Chapter 977 First of a hundred battles (seeking a monthly ticket)
"Dang, clang, clang..." The broken gong made a harsh and unpleasant sound when struck.
The loud sound echoed in the town, breaking the unique tranquility of the town.[]
"Dangdang, folks, come out quickly. Dangdang. Lao He's troops are all good people."
"Come out quickly. Dangdang. They don't want to grab food."
"Sir said, Dang Dang Dang, they won't snatch girls either."
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But what is not surprising is that even though the mayor stretched his throat and beat the gong twice around the town, his shouting had no effect at all.
Every household still has its doors tightly closed.
And although there was no change in the door, all the soldiers could feel that the door was closed tighter.
And from the cracks in the door and window, one can vaguely see vigilant and frightened eyes.
This made all the officers and soldiers of Laohe's army feel extremely uncomfortable. It was as if someone was pricking their backs with needles.
After walking around the town, the mayor came back alone.
With a bitter look on his old face, as if he was owed more than eight million yuan, he stood helplessly in front of Archbishop Sandos, bowed repeatedly and said: "Sir, these little people really can't call them out."
Archbishop Sandos patted the old mayor on the shoulder, smiled brightly, showed two rows of bright and smooth teeth, and said: "Old guy, do you think that I am a Kaizi and my money is so easy to get?
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As he said that, he cast a look to the side.
The guard next to him immediately pulled out half of his long sword with a "crack" sound. The bright sword blade reflected the firelight and dangled in front of the old man's eyes. He stared at him with a ferocious look on his face.
No matter what skin he wears, a bad wolf will always be a bad wolf.
Likewise, no matter what clothes they wear, soldiers will always be soldiers, and these bastards don't have many good things.
Let alone murder, even if a few people came together and beat him to death, it would be an easy thing.
The old mayor was so frightened that his legs softened and he almost fell to the ground. His sophistication, which was as smooth as dried orange peel, instantly turned white.
Archbishop Sandos sneered, and kept cursing in his heart: These bastards~!
After the autumn harvest every year, the old man never stopped running to the countryside in order to collect the "tithe tax" prescribed by the Holy See. He often dealt with the town mayors, township mayors and the like.
I am quite experienced in grassroots work and I know very well the virtues of these grassroots bureaucrats.
Eat and get cards, be proficient in everything.
One is more deceitful and slippery than the other.
If you respect him a foot, he will want another foot~!
If you give them a little benefit, they will think you are weak and can be bullied, and then they will slap you in the face.
I'll try my best to knock something out of your hands.
If you scare them, or give them a good beating with a whip, or cut off two dogs' heads, they will definitely be obedient and honest, and one will run faster than the other.
To deal with these bastards, we have to give equal weight to kindness and power~!
The old mayor had a sad face, bowed repeatedly to His Excellency the Archbishop, and begged: "General, General, please calm down for now.
Listen to me. Here's the thing.
More than a year ago, our Hafus was occupied by the Maple Leaf Danlin people, which caused great harm to our town and the villagers were all afraid."
Archbishop Sandos suddenly became furious.
He glared, his eyebrows almost stood up, and scolded: "Nonsense. The Maple Leaf Danlin Alliance Army is a mighty and civilized army. Wherever they go, they will not do any harm to the local people."
Having said this, he saw all the soldiers around him grinning. Even the old mayor who had a knife on his neck had a look of contempt on his face.
Archbishop Santos is a middle- and high-level manager of the Holy See and a professional magician who has obtained Level 4 and Level 6 certificates. He usually does not lie to others, but at this time, he felt that there was really no way to continue telling this lie.
He coughed lightly and hurriedly changed his words: "Well, at least there is nothing wrong with the ordinary people in the area."
The Maple Leaf Danlin coalition raided the Almohad nobles, which was an interesting story that spread across the entire continent.
Especially Lord Lorraine.
He was so famous in this area that the nobles of Almohad screamed like fat pigs being slaughtered. They screamed in agony.
Under the si, some people affectionately called Sir Alex "Luo Bapi". This shows how powerful his methods are.
Of course, it cannot be said that the coalition forces made no mistakes in Almohad Autumn.
Archbishop Sandos managed to round his nose, but he was also sweating profusely from exhaustion.
He took a deep breath, and then continued: "Don't think that I don't know, sir. How could the Maple Army harm the people if they had strict military discipline?
Watch your mouth and don't say anything you shouldn't.
If you talk nonsense again, be careful and I will sue you for libel~!
Let you go to the Inquisition and drink coffee~!"
Many people from the Maple Leaf Danlin Alliance were in the current peacekeeping force. Not to mention Lord Lorraine, even the current Pope Hilmelia personally participated.
If this old guy dares to speak ill of the Maple Leaf Danlin Alliance, he is speaking ill of His Majesty the Pope. To speak ill of His Majesty the Pope is to speak ill of the God of Light. To speak ill of the God of Light is to blaspheme the gods.
Blasphemy is heresy~!
If you are heresy, then you have nothing to say.
The Holy See, which represents brilliance and justice, must embrace the compassion of healing the sick and saving people, taking the world as its own responsibility, roll up its sleeves, tie that bastard to the cross, then put up dry wood, and purify his body with raging fire.
and Linghun.
The old mayor immediately shuddered.
Everyone knows that the Inquisition is a place more terrifying than hell. Once you get in, you can't get out. The top ten tortures of the Qing Dynasty are all appetizers there.
He was so anxious that he waved his hands repeatedly, a layer of white sweat appeared on his forehead, and said eagerly! "Sir General, I am not talking about the people of Maple Leaf Danlin, I...I am talking about our own people, our own people."
"One of our own?" Archbishop Sandos asked curiously.
"Alas," the old mayor lowered his head and let out a long sigh, saying: "After Fengye Danlin's army left, our place was full of bandits. They killed people, set fires, extorted money, and committed all kinds of evil. The villagers were deeply affected by it.
Harmful.
Not even two days have passed since these peaceful days, but you are here again, and the villagers are frightened by the disaster."
Archbishop Sandos patted him on the shoulder and said: "Go and call everyone out. We are from the Laohe Army. Our mission is to maintain world peace and put down rebellions. However, it seems that everyone seems to think of us now.
There's a bit of a misunderstanding, let's clarify it.
We, the Laohe Army, will not harm the common people, nor will we let Hadou harm the common people again.
Archbishop Sandos waved his hand to the soldiers behind him and said, "You guys, follow the mayor. If anyone is unwilling, please ask him to come out."
Hearing Archbishop Sandos' voice squeezed out from between his teeth, the soldiers immediately understood.
They regained the feeling they had when they were running rampant in the countryside. They immediately laughed, grabbed the mayor and went along the street to call for people.
Seeing the wolf-like soldiers behind him, especially when the weapons on their bodies collided, there was a rattling sound. The mayor had a lifeless expression on his face and had no choice but to accept his fate and knocked on their doors from house to house.
Watch the mayor weakly patting the door knockers of residents' homes.
The officer behind him glared at him with dissatisfaction and shouted: "Did you not have enough to eat?
Brothers, knock on the door for me."
Several soldiers stepped forward and banged on the door.
This is because Archbishop Sandos has an order to be polite. They are not here to clear the countryside, but to maintain peace.
If they had let go of their usual temper, they would have kicked the door down with their big feet.
The mayor cried and begged outside the door: "Old man, come out. The military men really won't steal food. I promise."
The people inside didn't open the door for a long time, and the soldiers simply blocked the door and kept banging on it, causing the two doors to make a loud banging sound.
After filming for several minutes, the people inside the door saw that they had no intention of leaving. Finally, they carefully opened the door, opened a palm-wide gap, and looked at the few people outside the door with uncertain eyes.
The old mayor smiled and said: "Old man, go to the center of the town. The generals are here to engage in goodwill activities."
The residents inside hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave now."
After leaving the house, he carefully closed the door. While peeking at the soldiers in front of him, he found the lock and locked the door. Then he slowly walked towards the center of the town.
Slowly, more and more people were seen, and it seemed that there was no danger. Many residents walked out of their homes spontaneously without calling out, and went to the center of the town to see the excitement.
Soon, almost a thousand people had gathered in the middle of the town.
Archbishop Santos cleared his throat and spoke in a professional voice that he had cultivated through hard work: "Folks, people of Almohad. We are soldiers of the peacekeeping force. We came to Almohad this time,
It is to maintain world peace, eradicate the traitors Amol and Hadou, maintain the peace and contentment of the people, and create a stable and prosperous Almohad."
As soon as Archbishop Sandos finished speaking, the mayor applauded vigorously.
However, in the whole crowd, only the old mayor was applauding vigorously. At least the old mayor had seen the market and knew that the leader would applaud after he finished speaking.
But everyone else stood silently, and the scene instantly seemed extremely awkward.
Fortunately, the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army reacted quickly and immediately shouted, "Okay, that's right!"
Then he clapped his hands vigorously, so as not to embarrass Archbishop Sandos.
But just as everyone was clapping their hands, a childish voice in the crowd suddenly shouted: "General Hadou is a good man, you are the invaders, woo woo"
It looked like his mouth was immediately covered by someone else.
The mayor nervously looked back at the crowd and said with a flattering smile: "General, a kid is talking nonsense. Don't be as knowledgeable as him."
Then he looked back and shouted to the crowd: "Whose furry kid is not sleeping yet? Take him back and take him back~!"
Archbishop Sandos frowned and thought for a moment, then said decisively: "That's not right~!"
Then he pointed to the middle of the crowd and said, "You let him speak."
The crowd instantly dispersed into an open space, revealing two people, one large and one small, in the middle. The adult was pulling the child hard to go back.
Archbishop Sandos waved his hand, and a dozen soldiers rushed into the crowd and stopped the two people. Then Archbishop Sandos walked up to the child and touched his pocket out of habit. When he took out his pocket, it was empty, and then he remembered this.
It's not like I went to the countryside to express my condolences.
Archbishop Santos clapped his hands, bent down and stood in front of the child, put on the kindest smile, and said: "Children, what you just said is very good, can you say it to uncle again?"
The child pointed at Archbishop Santos and said loudly: "You can't lie to me, the book says it all, you are all invaders, and it is all because of you that we are not living well."
The queen is also a bad person. She brought foreigners in twice to beat our people. She is an ajiān~!
General Hadou will kill you all, and then we will be fine."
The sound was not loud, but it resounded throughout the whole town.
The old mayor had a horrified expression on his face and thought to himself: It's over!
At this time, Archbishop Sandos turned back and glanced coldly at the mayor. The old mayor subconsciously rubbed his neck, as if his neck would be neatly broken in the middle in the next second.
"That's what it says in the book?" Archbishop Sandos frowned, reached for his wallet, and regretfully found that there were only gold coins in it. He painfully took out a gold coin from it, stuffed it into the child's hand, and said: "
Take it to buy some candy. Tell uncle where it is?"
Even though the child was young, he knew gold and silver very clearly. When he saw that there was a bright yellow coin in his hand, he smiled so hard that his teeth were exposed. Did he know that just this small round coin?
The coins are enough for him to buy all the delicious food in the town.
The child clutched the gold coin tightly, and put the hand holding the money behind his back, for fear that the uncle would ask for it back from him again. He walked to the wall next to him and said, "That one was read to us by the mayor."
Archbishop Sandos stood up, grabbed the torch from the soldier beside him, and headed straight for the wall pointed by the child.
As soon as the firelight shone, Archbishop Sandos saw a large piece of paper taped to the white wall, with large characters densely written on it.
After reading it carefully three times, Archbishop Sandos sneered and muttered to himself: "That's what I guessed."
The contents of the newspaper, in a nutshell, listed the crimes committed by the Maple Leaf Danlin Army and the peacekeeping force, as well as Queen Isabella's crime of colluding with foreign forces to interfere in the country's politics.
The current situation of Almohad is attributed to the emperor's stupidity, the queen's sycophancy, the greed of the ministers, and the evil intentions of the foreign intervention forces. Only General Almohad and Hadou are great and upright, and the south is prosperous under his leadership.
The newspaper made a final appeal, saying that only General Hadou's path is the bright path, the path to victory, and the only way out for Almohad.
People all over the country are just waiting to open their doors to welcome Hadu. When Hadu comes, he will not pay for food.
Archbishop Santos immediately realized the seriousness of this matter and thought that Bishop Santos knew very well that what was written on this big-character poster was 70% true and 30% false, which was extremely shocking.
The real point is that the reason why the Almohad people got to where they are today is indeed because the emperor is fatuous, the officials are greedy and lawless, and the nobles are extremely extravagant. As a result, the taxes of the common people are getting heavier and heavier, and the harvest in one year is not even enough.
To pay taxes, you have to be extorted by grassroots officials as if they were beating you to death.
Queen Isabella did cooperate with the Maple Leaf Alliance, and the peacekeeping force also sent troops to Almohad at Queen Isabella's request.
The common people saw these things in their eyes and understood very well in their hearts. The common people did not care whether the emperor above them was named Niodos or Haddu, as long as the emperor could keep them well fed and warmly clothed.
If this emperor doesn't work, if he changes his name to "Hadu," maybe we can live a beautiful and happy life from then on.
Because of Hadu's great intentions, he also did a lot for ordinary people. Many Almohad people have a good impression of Hadu.
Archbishop Santos also knew that Hadou's reputation among the people was very good, and the support of the people was very important at this time.
If the common people are convinced that it is better to choose Hadu, then the peacekeeping troops are likely to fall into the vast sea of people's war.
Political struggle, public opinion support, and public opinion cannot be violated. Archbishop Sandos knows it all too well.
A child dared to say that they were invaders in front of him, and no one paid attention to the anti-government big-character posters posted on the wall. This shows that this argument has a strong market among the people.
He might not be able to fight, but this was his specialty, and Archbishop Sandos could instantly deduce the possible serious consequences.
But the most critical part of this big-character poster is to change concepts, fabricate and slander. And it is done very skillfully.
The peacekeeping force is here to fight Amor and Haddou, not the people of Almohad. Although it seems that a war with the people of the southern provinces of Almohad is inevitable now.
The driving force behind today's situation is Amol and Hadou himself.
Because the Maple Leaf Alliance, especially Lord Lorraine, dealt a heavy blow to the power of the Almohad nobles, Queen Isabella's reforms were also very successful.
But it is impossible for the common people to understand these things that happened in the palace and among the high-level officials. They can only see what they can see and make judgments based on it. In their view, Hadou became the emperor.
Maybe he is really better than the current emperor.
Archbishop Sandos pointed to the newspaper on the wall and said, "Someone, please take it off for me."
Several followers hurriedly went up and hurriedly tried to pull the newspaper off the wall.
But it had been stuck for too long, and it had become tightly integrated with the wall. The soldiers carefully tore it off, but only a few scraps of paper came out.
The soldiers looked at Archbishop Sandos in embarrassment and said, "Sir, we can't get this done."
Archbishop Sandos frowned and said, "Idiot, knock down the entire wall."
"Yes," the soldiers responded happily, rolling up their sleeves and getting ready to smash the wall.
The old mayor became anxious, ran to the wall, waved his arms to stop the soldiers from taking action, and said loudly: "Sir, wait, wait. Don't hit, don't hit."
This wall is the old mayor’s own home.
The soldiers also knew what was posted on the wall. Seeing that the old guy dared to defend such anti-government opinions, the soldiers drew their weapons, shook them, and said with a ferocious smile: "Get out of the way, do you want to die~!
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The old mayor pressed himself against the wall, desperately protecting his property, and shouted: "Sir, what do you want is the paper on the wall? I still have it, I still have it~!"
Archbishop Sandos waved his hand and asked his men to put away their weapons, and said impatiently: "Go get it for me."
"Yes, yes." The old mayor opened his arms and ran back to the courtyard at a speed that was extremely inappropriate for his age. In just a few breaths, he ran back panting with a thick stack of paper in his arms.