"The winner has been decided." On the Noah tree boat, Patriarch Pang Ting put down his lookout glass and said.
This was a one-sided war. From beginning to end, Tsushima's defenders failed to make any effective response. When a huge hole was blown out of the western city wall, the soldiers' psychology completely collapsed. They scrambled to escape, hoping to get as far away from the coast as possible. According to the plan, the next step is for Noah to dock and send the Jinxia 1st Division and the machine beasts and other equipment to Yama Island.
"It's just like when the Natantine Empire attacked the World Island," High Priest Senia sighed. "It would be great if we had such power at that time."
"Well, with all due respect, there is a difference between the two." Pang Ting coughed twice, "Look, the fleet's artillery shells basically landed under the wall. This shows that Mr. Xia deliberately lowered the firing angle to avoid artillery fire damage. The residents of the city. The empire has no such considerations at all. Before the elders surrender, ordinary people will also be regarded as resisters and massacred."
Senia looked at him playfully, "I didn't expect that after a year, you would also say good things for Jinxia people."
"Aren't I doing this for my compatriots on the tree boat?" Pang Ting blushed, "There are nearly a thousand elven warriors in the Jinxia Division this time. I don't think they will be as despicable and cruel as the Imperial people. "
"Indeed." Senia cast her gaze towards the fumi mansion with billowing smoke in the distance. "It's time for World Island to take a step further."
To be honest, Xia Fan was the most tolerant ruler she had ever seen.
The princess may just not reject the arrival of the elves, but Xia Fan welcomes them and has been encouraging them to merge with Jinxia.
This is even written into the law. As long as they obtain Jinxia's ID card, the islanders have the same rights as the locals. Although discrimination still exists at certain times, just like the irresolvable gap between humans and monsters, this kind of discrimination only dares to appear behind the scenes. The government and Xia Fan's stance is enough to touch Senia. .
Because of the other party's attitude, the process of landing the Noah Islanders was much faster than she expected.
Commerce, fishery, machine building bureau, beach salt fields, and botanical research institute. Nowadays, elves are everywhere in Jinxia City, and many emerging industries are related to the seeds of spiritual trees.
But this still doesn't make Senia feel at ease.
Throughout the ages, if you want to become a community of interests, there are only two most stable ways: one is to get married, and the other is to join the army. Letting elves join the army and rely on military merit to obtain honor and status improvement is far more stable than doing business. After confirming that Xia Fan had no objection to this, she began to encourage the islanders to join the Jinxia Army to expand the elves' momentum. This time, the elves had already formed an organized team during the expedition.
Senia hopes that through this method, the World Island and Jinxia City can become a true whole.
"Get the landing troops ready, Noah is about to dock," she ordered.
In the central official residence of Tsushima Mansion, several ministers were anxiously waiting for the arrival of the new monarch.
It's not that they don't want to run, but they can't run. Compared to Master Kido and his group of trusted samurai, their family property is basically within the city. If they abandon it, they will be seeking death. Since escaping means certain death and staying may lead to death, it is self-evident how to choose.
Keiichiro Egawa is one of them.
He came from a humble background and could not enter the government to work in politics. Later, because of his good accounting skills, he was favored by the city lord and promoted to the inner government to be responsible for taxation and expenditure planning. He was considered a half-financial officer. But since the money bag is always in Kido's hands, he can only drink some soup at most, and he is still thousands of miles away from the real rich and powerful.
After a while, a group of people walked into the lobby, led by a short woman who looked extremely young.
Is this the leader of that terrifying invading army
Jiang Chuan doubted his eyes for a moment.
"A brief introduction," the man following her said, "This is Her Royal Highness the Princess from Jinxia, and the future king of Qi State."
Everyone was stunned.
Wait, are the mainlanders attacking Tsushima Mansion again
Before, they had received the news that the Qixing Privy Council had landed in Bumi Mansion, and now a Princess of Qi Kingdom suddenly appeared. What kind of wind was blowing, so that Yama Island, which had been isolated for nearly a hundred years, was suddenly attacked by so many powerful people? s concern
"Your Highness, Princess, may I ask what your relationship is with the Seven Star Privy Council?" Jiang Chuan asked boldly.
"Enemies." The woman replied coldly.
The latter immediately shut up. He already vaguely understood that Yama Island had once again become a arena for mainland powers. This situation also happened a hundred years ago, and An Jia was the winner at that time.
"Princess Jinxia?" Someone suddenly whispered, "Could they be the supporters behind the Evil Horse Queen?"
This was also heard by the other party. The princess said bluntly, "Yes, the Great Witch of May is an ally of Jinxia City. I want to help her in this expedition. By the way, it seems that your allegiance is to King Dongsheng?"
This question made Jiang Chuan and others tremble.
If you don't express your position now, I'm afraid there will be no chance to speak later.
Egawa Keiichiro was the first to prostrate himself to the ground, "We are willing to serve Her Highness the Princess!"
Such a neat surrender made the princess stunned for a while, "I thought you would consider it again after all, the original city lord is still alive."
"No, no, no," he shook his head repeatedly, "Master Kido has given up on Tsushima Mansion, and you are the new master of this city."
"Oh? You will execute any order I give?" The princess crossed one leg and swayed slightly.
"That's it!" Jiangchuan said bravely, "But since King Dongsheng fought with Queen Yama, the burden on Tsuima Mansion has been increasing day by day. I can only do my best."
"Do you know what I want?"
"Uh" Jiang Chuan was speechless for a moment. What else could he want from a war, but money, food and people. It's impossible to say that this group of people took over Tsushima Mansion just to find a place to stay, and they didn't take anything along the way, right? He tentatively replied, "As for grain and grass, there are still ten thousand loads in the warehouse."
The princess laughed and said, "Ten thousand is not enough. I need at least this number."
She stretched out her five fingers, clenched her fist and unclenched it.
One hundred thousand? Jiang Chuan couldn't help but became anxious, "Your Highness, one hundred thousand is too much, and we can't make it up in a short time! If this news gets out, I'm afraid it will cause panic among the people!"
There is not much grain in the Tsuima Mansion. If another hundred thousand grains are collected, the price of grain will immediately rise to the sky. He didn't dare to think about how many people would die in the city by then.
In fact, the war has continued until now, and food prices in various places have remained high for a long time.
What's more, the opponent's army only has a few thousand people, and one hundred thousand loads is really too harsh a requirement.
"Will the people panic? No, it's probably too late for them to be happy." The princess shrugged.
"Ah?" Egawa Keiichiro was stunned.
"Because these grains are not prepared for the Jinxia Army, but for them." The other party said calmly.