To the west of Coldwind City, there is a small town twenty kilometers along the road. Because the town is close to the emerald green valley, everyone calls this place Green Valley Town.
This place originally belonged to the long-legged family, but is now classified as the Arad family. For the people in the town, it doesn't matter who is the master, they have to pay taxes anyway.
Wild grapes are abundant around the town of Green Valley, and the residents of the town have learned to make the best wine over thousands of years.
There is a huge demand for alcohol in the world.'Green Valley Craftsmanship' can be regarded as a well-known brand in the north, and it is a must-have on the table of every power and noble.
Because of the development of the wine industry, it has also led to the development of pottery, wood, transportation and many other industries. This makes the life of the more than 1,000 people in the town pretty good, and their families have some surplus money, and their lives are more peaceful.
However, there have been some changes in the town in the past six months. A brand new caravan appeared, and heavy-duty carriages passed through the town from time to time, buying local specialties and selling cheap goods.
Compared with the thinness of the old-fashioned carriage, the four-wheeled heavy-duty carriage has a better chassis. It runs faster and more steadily, and it runs more.
The goods sold by caravans are cheaper and there are more varieties.
The women in the town can buy a few more floral clothes, and the men smoked exquisite tobacco from the south. Children can eat different flavors of candies.
Pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, and even refined salt, many condiments not only enrich people's taste buds, but also allow food to be preserved for a longer time.
The heavy-duty carriage also transported the wine produced in the town at a purchase price of 20% higher than in the past. This makes the residents of the town very happy, which means that their lives are getting better.
But the caravan also dumped metal tools and all kinds of wood, which were cheaper than imported iron ore and logs, which caused the blacksmith and carpenter's business in the town to wither.
The heavy-duty carriage not only promoted trade, but also brought convenient information. In the past, the caravans of the long-legged family only appeared once a month, but the caravans with heavy carriages came every week.
There has been a change of power in Coldwind City, the Long-legged family has been defeated and withdrawn, the nobles are clamoring, parliamentary farce continues, and the wise and powerful Victor Hugo is trying to clean up the mess.
In the past, the town’s perception of the outside world was often a month or even a few months ago, but now they can know what happened a week ago.
The caravan will also provide newspapers, which are posted on the signs in the small town bars. There are separate news in the newspapers, such as the recruitment of craftsmen, merchandise promotion, and apprenticeship recruitment.
The most influential one is probably the map of Coldwind City posted. For many people who have never left the town in their lifetime, they know the surrounding geographical environment for the first time.
The residents of the town feel that their time is being set aside. Their production and life in the past are calculated in months, but now they are calculated in weeks.
Some residents are recruited by caravans but work elsewhere. Some people came from other places and built warehouses in the town.
Different people and different information exchange and merge with each other, and everyone feels it is quite novel. Until one day, the long-legged family came back and showed up outside the town with a large group of gangsters.
The residents of the town opened the door obediently, fearing the appearance of the noble master. The gangsters rode horses and rumblings to attack the town.
In the blink of an eye, the walls of the town were broken. The militia guarding the wall was mercilessly killed, and the gates entering and leaving the town were burned by the bandits.
This is a group of extremely vicious desperadoes, with abominable and grotesque faces, brandishing weapons to force residents to provide drinks and women, and forcibly occupying the town’s bar as a camp.
The gangsters should have just gone through the battle, and many of them were wounded with blood. They are grumpy, angry at every turn, and murder when angry.
The town was on fire, crying and crying, and the disheveled residents fled in panic. The bandits rode horses to kill or arrest those who escaped, and then rushed back to the town.
Under the threat of death, the residents of the town were frightened. They were protected by Coldwind City in the past, and have not experienced such a brutal attack for many years.
The gangsters feel that Green Valley Town is far enough from Coldwind City, and the people in the town are also controlled. They can rest for at least a week, eat and drink, and think about the future.
At the entrance of Green Valley Town, five or six sturdy knights rode on war horses, looking at the town that is suffering from disaster.
A young knight galloped from the town, and when he approached, he shouted angrily: "My lord, the gangsters don't want to leave. They are going to rest in the town and are still killing people."
The leading knight is forty years old and has a strong physique. He just sneered on the horse, and his deep eye sockets made it hard to see his face. Even if the sun is shining, he is still standing in the dark, gloomy.
"The mobs have been hungry and hungry in the wild and have suffered enough, and they finally broke a town. They will not come out again if they don't eat and drink enough and waste enough."
The leading knight turned his head and looked at a four-wheeled carriage that was left on the side of the road outside the town, "We are here for this thing, so we don't have to worry about the life and death of that town."
The young knight urged War Malay to report the news. He was anxious for the tragedy that happened in the town, but he didn't expect that his leader didn't care about the life and death of civilians, but only paid attention to a carriage.
The gangsters flooded into Green Valley Town and threw a lot of the looted property outside the town. The lead rider dismounted, walked to a very conspicuous four-wheeled carriage, bowed his head and looked at its chassis structure.
"The things produced by the rich and powerful are so exquisite. Look at the carriages they make. Every piece of wood is stitched together. Only the best craftsmen can do this.
And this beautiful axle. Tsk tusk tusk..., made of all metal, it is no wonder that it can carry several times the cargo. It's a pity that such a good thing came from our enemy. "
Lord Exxon of the long-legged family, the former captain of the city's main guard of Coldwind City, and the Frost Knight who came to take revenge with full of hatred.
Zhou Qingfeng once had a fight with him in the military camp in the city, and the two sides were considered to be a tie.
The dignified lord himself directed a group of bandits to robbery. At this moment, when he is free, he got into the bottom of the carriage and pondered carefully, trying to crack the mystery of the heavy-duty carriage.
His attention was mainly on the two metal axles running through the bottom of the car, but he had no sense of the bearings that connect the axles to the wheels.
Climbing out of the bottom of the car, Exxon patted his hands full of dust, and his opponents said: "Get on this four-wheeled carriage, we can go back."
The young knight stood up again and asked, "My lord, what about Green Valley Town? Those bandits will destroy the town. It used to be our own town."
"It used to be, but not now." Exxon shook his head and sneered: "Tias, you are too young to pity a group of civilians
That town is now owned by the Arad family, and the people in the town have nothing to do with us. They are rebellious now. Even if we were to come back, we would hang a group of talents in the town.
Now it is just a small punishment on them. "
This drew a burst of laughter from the knights.
Tias was in his early twenties, with a baby face and a little fluff on the corners of his mouth. He was stunned, unable to understand Sir Exxon's meaning.
Regarding this rebellious attack on the north, Tias joined him voluntarily and followed Sir Alex Ferguson to the front stand. Before leaving, he wanted to make the rebellious group of Coldwind City feel fear and pain.
Guide the gang to attack the transport convoy of the "Harmonious Chamber of Commerce" and rob the carriage in an attempt to crack its secrets. This is the purpose of Exxon's team.
After the gang succeeded, they followed Exxon to Green Valley Town, and found that the town was defensively empty, and they immediately slew in and looted.
The screams in the town spread far and wide, and it is conceivable that there is a purgatory on earth.
The young knight still couldn't bear it, he said again: "What if Coldwind City sends someone to chase him? Maybe this gang will be destroyed."
The deep eye sockets of the middle-aged Ferguson suddenly lit up, and he sneered: "I will stay in the town for a few days. I just want to know how long it will take for the rebellious gang in Coldwind City to react
If they can't solve this group of gangsters within a week, I would suggest that your patriarch immediately launch a counterattack and let them turn into ice sculptures in the cold winter wind. "
Tias was taken aback again, and then asked: "If..., what if Coldwind City reacts quickly?"
Exxon's eyelids were suddenly closed, his eyes lowered, and he replied in a low voice: "Then we will have a rival."