In the early spring night, the temperature was still very low, and the cold wind hit the face, making it feel painful. In the reeds on the east side of the dock, Balian and his men were in ambush here, enduring the cold wind at night. Just as everyone was freezing
While they were shivering, the sound of shivering footsteps came from the grass behind them.
"I'm Shu Ke, please reply!"
"I'm Beta!"
After verifying the password, the sentry led someone to Balin. The person who came was none other than Balin. After seeing Balin, he didn't have time to take a breath and said quickly: "Sir, the steward and the others have already gone to that bitch's house.
, there are ten people in their party, and now there should be only twenty-two people left on the two ships, and eleven on one ship."
After hearing this, Balian pulled down the sweet grass root he was chewing and threw it to the ground, "Okay, brothers, let's go and seize the two ships now. If we encounter any resistance, we will kill them without mercy!"
"Kill without mercy! Kill without mercy! Kill without mercy!" Everyone shouted a few words in unison, lowering their voices. Then Balian led fourteen people, and Eomer led fourteen people, and divided their forces into two groups to seize the two ships.
Boat.
There are two large cargo ships parked on the east side of the pier at Bangshui Town Pier. At first glance, these two cargo ships are not inland river cargo ships. They have a deep draft, a wide hull, and both have three masts. These are the only cargo ships sailing offshore in this time and space.
Style, such a boat is extremely fast when the sails are full.
On the ship with a blood wolf painted on the bow, two night watch guards were chatting. "Skinny, these bosses are too ungrateful. They play with women, drink wine and eat meat, leaving us brothers in the cold."
The night watch is so damn useless." The short and fat guard complained.
"Fat man, you stupid groundhog, shut up your stinky mouth! You are the second son of a farmer's family, what do you think? Don't you think about it, the new boy who came yesterday is also an ordinary guard.
But the housekeeper is his cousin’s brother-in-law, so he can go with us today to eat, drink and have fun. We little bastards can just do our own thing. Besides, not all of us can earn anything from this trip.
He only has one or twenty dinars. When the time comes, my brother will take you to experience the girls from the south, hahaha." The tall and thin guard said with a lewd smile.
"What you have to do is stop playing with them for money on the boat. By then, you will have lost all your money, and you will have no choice but to watch us playing with girls there, and you will have no choice but to play hand-to-hand."
The escort continued to squeeze the squat escort.
When the short and fat guard saw the tall and thin guard trying to squeeze him, he punched the tall and thin guard on the shoulder, "You bitch, you know how to make fun of me. If I really don't have any money, I will
I stole your money bag and played with it."
After saying that, the short and fat guard reached out to grab the money bag from the arms of the tall and thin guard. The two were laughing and scolding on the board of the ship. On the other side, Bahrain and a man had rolled in from one side of the ship and were hiding on the deck.
From the shadows, they could see clearly that these two guards were the only ones on the entire deck, and the others were in the cabin below. Balin gave his men a look, and they both cocked their crossbows and aimed at the two fighting guards.
The short and fat guard and the expert guard were tired from fighting, so they lay down on the side of the boat to rest together. The tall and thin guard was thinking about giving his partner a few words, when they heard a whoosh, and then the short and fat guard was hit in the throat.
The blood spattered from the arrow hit him directly in the face, but before he could shout, he fell to the deck. A crossbow arrow passed through his leather hood and shot him directly in the head.
, those who died on the spot cannot die again.
After dealing with the sentries on the deck, Balin put down the gangway, and Balian led the people up. Everyone came to the entrance to the cabin. The sound of drinking and gambling inside could be heard from a distance. Balian and Balin looked at each other and smiled.
Let two soldiers go in and double-check whether there is an ambush. After confirming that everything is correct, Balian and the others officially entered.
The cabin of this ship has two floors. The upper floor is where the crew lives. Although it can allow an adult to stand up straight, the space is really not big. The bottom floor is the cargo warehouse, which is usually locked with iron chains.
The upper and lower cabin doors are locked. Now the remaining ten people on the ship are gathered in the center of the cabin. Three people are gambling in the middle. The others are watching and drinking in a group, laughing and cursing from time to time. These people are completely unaware.
Even though danger is approaching, we are still having fun here.
As soon as Balian raised his hand, seven crossbow arrows flew into the crowd, killing five people on the spot and wounding two others. At such a close distance, it was impossible to do this.
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It was easy to make sure the arrows were fired. Before the others could react, Balian and the others took out their weapons and rushed forward. They chopped melons and vegetables and defeated these guys. They captured three people and killed all the others.
, and only one person on his side was slightly injured.
Balian knelt down and looked at a guard who was tied to the ground. "I'm going to ask you three questions. If you answer them well, you can still live. If you refuse to answer or dare to lie to me, I will chop you into pieces and throw you into the Karl River."
Feed the fish inside, do you understand?"
The guard was blinded by Balian's words, and he quickly nodded in agreement. Then Balian pulled the rag from his mouth and asked him to reply, because after all, this was on the dock, and if they shouted, it was really possible.
Attract the guards on duty at the dock.
Balian casually pulled over a wine barrel, sat on it, and then asked: "What kind of cargo is this ship carrying?"
"It's food, my lord. There's food in the cabin below, including a hundred Schaeffers' worth of wheat," the guard replied.
One Schaeffer is equivalent to two thousand pounds, and one hundred Schaeffers is equivalent to two hundred thousand pounds. Converted into the units of the previous life, it is almost two hundred thousand kilograms of grain. Bringing this grain back will be enough for Nolandenburg's current life.
Some people suffer from stuttering for three years and are still wealthy.
Balian was very happy when he heard the news, but he still suppressed his inner joy and continued to ask without changing his expression: "Besides food, is there anything else valuable?"
The guard turned to look at a room at the end of the cabin, "Sir, there should be valuable things in that stupid butler's room. All the expenses for our trip were handled by him."
Balian nodded, and then asked Balin to take a man to search the room.
"Where did all this food come from?" Balian asked.
"This, this little guy doesn't know. We came to the Snow Realm Mine in an empty boat. One of the two ships was loaded with grain, and the other was loaded with pig iron. As for where the food came from, I really don't know." The guard replied.
explain.
"Did you fill another ship with pig iron?" Balian asked excitedly.
Seeing how excited Balian was, this man thought he had made a mistake somewhere, and quickly said: "Sir, what I said is true. I really don't know where the food comes from?"
"Who asked you this? I asked you if there was pig iron in the other ship?" Balian kicked him.
"Yes, yes, yes, that ship is full of pig iron bricks, and these pig iron bricks come from the Snow Realm mines." The guard who was kicked quickly answered Balian, for fear of being beaten again.
Afterwards, Balian interrogated the other two guards separately, and the information obtained was similar. Balian asked Balin to arrange for two people to guard the three prisoners, while he took the remaining people to the ship next to him.
Support Eomer and the others. Balion had just stepped out of the cabin and before he even got off the ship, he saw Eomer. It seemed that they were going well too.
"Sir, we've got it done. These boys were drinking and making money on the deck at that time. Our raid caught them off guard. We captured two of them and killed all the others. Only two of our brothers were slightly injured.
By the way, what do you think is on board that ship?" Eomer briefly introduced the battle situation to Balian, and asked Balian to guess what the cargo on the ship was with some excitement.
Balion kicked Eomer on the butt and laughed and cursed: "Look at how complacent you are. When I interrogated the prisoners on the ship just now, I knew all about the pig iron on the ship."
"Hey, it turns out you know everything." Eomer, who was lightly kicked, said with a smile, "The bottom layer of the ship is filled with pig iron and thick canvas. The pig iron weighs at least fifty thousand pounds, and the canvas
There are almost two hundred horses, and in addition to these things, there are dozens of rolls of cooked cowhide."
"Hahaha, now we are making a lot of money. Take me to see it quickly." Balion pushed Eomer excitedly and walked over together.
With torches, Balian and Eomer came to the cramped bottom cabin. Although it was dark, humid, with bad air and a musty smell, Balian was extremely excited. Now there is no money in Norland Castle.
It's not a shortage. The two most lacking supplies are pig iron and grain. Now, both pig iron and grain are available, and the development of the territory can enter the fast lane. Can Balian not be happy?
After leaving the cabin, Lal was on the deck
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Waiting for him, "Sir, we have finished everything. We can sail away in a moment."
Balian nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, Lal, these three ships will leave, no problem."
"It's no problem, sir. When we go back, the wind is smooth and the current is smooth. Without raising the sail, the speed is not very fast. It is enough to have two people at the helm on a ship." Lal explained to Bellion.
"Okay, go ahead and make arrangements now. You will take the lead this time. When you go back, you and your brothers will be rewarded heavily." Balian promised Lal a generous reward. This time, if not
He was afraid that he would not be able to grab this great wealth, so he would be rewarded based on his merits. Lal and his men deserved a heavy reward.
Rael went down to arrange the sailing. At this time, Balin came to the ship and asked what to do with the prisoners. Balian looked at the river and pondered for a while. These five prisoners must not be released. If the news spreads, not only will Baron Raul be
If a family is offended even more, they will be hated by the southern lords and the managers of the Snow World Mine. The great man in the history of the past life once said: "Fighting is to overwhelm your own people and overthrow the enemy's people."
A few." Balian must not let himself make too many enemies at the moment. After all, Nolandenburg has just started, and his family's power is also weak. Once he makes too many enemies, he may die without knowing how he died. When he is strong,
Before, Gou was king.
Eomer was too upright to think of this, but the attentive Balin knew what Balian was struggling with. Balin approached Balin and whispered: "My lord, these prisoners cannot be kept, and there is no place to hold them in Norland Castle.
, after all, the new serfs have taken up the space, and if we let them go, the news will spread, which will be very detrimental to us."
"Hey!" Balian sighed after hearing Balin's words, "But I promised that as long as they cooperate, I will spare their lives." As an educated modern man, Balian could not bear to break his promise.
, to kill innocent people indiscriminately, this goes against his conscience.
When Balin heard this, he was silent for a while, and then said: "My lord, take this ship and leave in a while. I will escort the two prisoners captured by Brother Eomer to another ship and hand them over to me."
"Uh..." Balin turned to look at Balin. Balin also looked at Balin with blazing eyes. His eyes were still firm. Balian nodded, "Okay, I'll leave it all to you. I won't ask any more questions."
Not long after, under the control of Lal and the others, they headed southwest along the current and returned to Fort Norland. Not long after leaving the pier of Bangshui Town, the sky was already dark. Balian, who was standing on the deck looking at the sky in a daze, heard
Hearing the splashing sound of falling into the water, he turned his head and looked back. Bahrain was directing his men to throw corpses into the river. The corpses on the two ships had already been cleared when they set sail. Those thrown in now should be those prisoners.
"Hey!" Balian sighed. He also knew that kindness should not be used as a weapon, but when it was his turn to actually do it, he looked forward and backward, and was shackled by various concepts. Although people should be principled and have a bottom line when doing things,
But sometimes you have to put your interests first. When you are weak, no one respects you no matter how moral and rules you talk about. But when you become strong and you still talk about morals and rules, it will be different. Naturally
Can win everyone's respect. In the final analysis, everything is based on strength. In the current situation, you really need to use some extraordinary measures. There is no need to hurt yourself and the people who follow you just for a moment of intolerance.
"Huh..." Balian let out a sigh of relief after thinking about it. After experiencing this incident, he has grown up. Although he has lived in two generations and has advanced knowledge from later generations, the difference between ancient people and modern people lies in their experience.
Not in terms of wisdom, Bahrain's cleverness did him a big favor.
Traveling against the wind and the current, although not as fast as they came, the speed is not slow. One day and one night later, the three boats arrived at the forest lake in the early morning. In order to keep the secret better, the location of the hidden boats cannot be known to more people.
When Lyon set out, he asked Mark to build a wooden trestle on the east bank of the forest lake belonging to Fort Noland, which was used to park the ship and unload the cargo. Lal commanded his men to dock the ship and park it.
Omer took people to find Mark in Fort Noland and asked him to send a carriage and manpower to unload the goods. Balian took Balin, Lal and others to make fish soup from the fish cooked on the boat in the past two days, and mixed it with the brothers
We had fish soup and dry bread together for breakfast.