These big shots are actually me - #44 - Chapter 44

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?

Thinking of this, Mozo couldn’t help but smile at Verdani:

“Miss Verdani.”

“Um?”

Mo Zuo wanted to tell the other party about this, but as soon as the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. Because it was still uncertain, it was better not to tell the other party, so as not to be happy in time and space.

“Ah, I want to ask you what you think of the Riverlands. I’m not afraid of your jokes. Although I am the lord of the Riverlands, I still don’t know what it is like there.”

Speaking of this, Verdani smiled and said:

“I think it would be better for you to go and witness this in person. But I can tell you responsibly that the River Territory is a very rich and prosperous land.”

“In this case, I’m really looking forward to it!”

–

Soon, Mozo’s airship arrived at White Castle.

After coming down from the airport port, Verdanni behind Mozo looked at the White Castle in front of her and couldn’t help but raise her head and said:

“This city is the famous White Castle! It was built by Archduke Cromwell himself in the north after he became the head of the Wolf family!”

As he spoke, he proudly pointed to the anti-aircraft gun fortress on the city wall and said:

“These anti-aircraft gun forts, which were reserved at the beginning of construction, are still proof of the Grand Duke’s foresight.”

“You must know that many great cities today had to destroy the city walls themselves because they wanted to renovate the city walls to install anti-aircraft gun forts. But this city built by the Grand Duke, White Castle, does not need it at all!”

“Because back then, the Grand Duke foresaw that the sky in the future would also be a battlefield for mortals!”

Obviously, Verdani, who is a descendant of Cromwell’s Guardian Knight, also highly respects the Duke of the North.

This made Mozuo on the side touch his nose in embarrassment. He was not able to build these anti-aircraft gun fortresses because of his foresight. It’s just that he took advantage of the ‘era’.

As a time traveler, he knows very well that technological advancement will inevitably allow mortals to take to the sky, and by then air defense will be a very important issue to consider.

What’s more, three hundred years ago, the ancient concept of gliders already existed, so Mozo deduced at that time that the era of mortals flying into the sky would be very soon.

I just didn’t expect that people in this world would use extraordinary technology to build airships similar to aerial battleships, instead of backward things like hot air balloons and hydrogen balloons.

However, due to the convenience of extraordinary abilities, the subsequent development of anti-aircraft artillery in this world also has corresponding power.

Under Verdani’s eloquent introduction, the group successfully arrived at the top garden of White Castle, which was the temporary palace of Archduke Cromwell.

But now, this is no longer Cromwell’s Duke’s Palace, but the Queen’s temporary palace.

But the guardian here is still the lion Gawain Saida.

In the fountain square in front of the top garden, the lion Gawain met Mozo here.

In the Spring Garden, Mo Zuo looked at the tall man in front of him with some sadness. Unlike Queen Isabelle, whose appearance has not changed.

Although the lion Gawain was still tall, Mozo clearly felt the powerlessness of a hero in his twilight years. Fortunately, the other party’s energy seemed to be very good.

Except for some special sequences, demigods only live long lives, not immortality. What’s more, Gawain had been active in the North for many years before accepting his recruitment to become a vassal of the Wolf family.

Calculating time, the other party’s life expectancy is probably within these few years.

And this was one of the main reasons why Gawain was willing to meet the half-blind young man at that time. He didn’t have many years to live, and he didn’t want to die in such a depressed and helpless way.

He failed to see the satisfactory answer promised by the Queen, nor could he re-establish the glory of the Lang family. But as time went by, he, who took the lead in kneeling to the Queen, and the northern princes who followed him, had lost the ability to rise up. Therefore, he is eager to find an external force that can change the current situation.

Fortunately, the other party brought enough good news, and the most important thing was that last night, he saw with his own eyes a heavy snowfall that would never be seen in the north.

The lion Gawain firmly believes that this is a sign of the return of the Wolf family!

Therefore, Gawain became more and more hostile to the tyrant of Fog City, and by the way, he was extremely dissatisfied with Mozo, the Queen’s minion. But he also knew that this was not the time to fall out.

Therefore, Gawain specially met with Mozo in the Fountain Garden, a rather solemn place in the White Castle.

But what surprised Gawain was that he thought he would need to carefully restrain his hostility and anger when facing Mo Zuo.

But when he really saw the other person, he couldn’t even feel the ‘due’ anger and wariness.

This situation made Gawain a little confused, but he suddenly realized that it was indeed the first step for the tyrant to completely divide the northern territory!

The lion Gawain became increasingly wary of Mozo in his heart.

After a while of formulaic pleasantries, the two parties came to the most important part of the meeting:

“I hope you will be able to keep the Riverlands garrison temporarily.”

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As soon as these words came out, the lion Gawain was stunned for a moment.

Even for a moment, Gawain directly doubted whether he, a dignified demigod, had heard wrongly.

Did he just say that he wanted me to temporarily stay as a soldier stationed in the Riverlands? ? ?

The fiefdoms of powerful nobles, even the national territories of dukes, would not normally have imperial troops present.

Because the territory of the nobles is a pure country within a country, there will be no soldiers from the suzerain country, only the private soldiers of the lord.

Although these lords’ private soldiers are also the suzerain’s soldiers according to the consensus of all countries, they will not listen to the suzerain, who is also the emperor. They only obeyed the command of their immediate lord.

After all, it was not the emperor but the lord who paid the wages.

At the same time, it is impossible for the nobles to tolerate a group of outsiders stationed in their territory. Because it is a real threat to yourself and your territory.

And now, this viscount actually asked me to leave the soldiers in the Riverlands?

After hesitating for a moment, the lion Gawain said uncertainly:

“You want me to postpone the withdrawal?”

“Not only is it temporarily suspended, I also hope that your soldiers can stay here for a long time, at least until my own private soldier training takes shape.”

“Are you sure? This is not a state of war, and there are no robbers and robbers in the north who dare to attack the noble land. Are you really sure that under such circumstances, you will let my soldiers stay in your private territory for a long time? “

“Yes, and military expenses will naturally be borne by me personally.”

Mozo said with great certainty.

Before coming, Mozo asked the Queen about the current situation in the north. Her Majesty the Queen said:

‘My child, if it’s you, you can trust all the soldiers in the north unconditionally! ’

Then after he came, the Governor told him so bluntly that his current situation was not good, so that for his safety, the Governor even assigned a Sequence Five who represented the limits of man to be his leader. Guard.

As a result, Mozo naturally did not dare to let Gawain withdraw the garrison from the Riverlands. Just kidding, what if the garrison is on the front foot and a group of well-equipped ‘robbers’ rob me on the back foot?

Sequence Five is very strong, but no matter how strong Sequence Five is, it is still in the category of ‘human’. As long as it is a human being, it is destined to be crushed to death by numbers.

And I don’t know what Her Majesty the Queen and the Governor think, but they are actually girls assigned to him…

True. Both Miss Jasmine and Verdani are very good knights, but when there are differences between men and women, it is unlikely that they will be able to pay attention to Mozo’s safety at all times.

At the moment, Mozuo is still just a rank ten rookie. The ability to protect oneself is very limited.

Mozuo clearly remembered that in the dream opera, the first rule for choosing a guardian knight was to be of the same gender. Otherwise it will be inconvenient many times.

As a result, both of his knights are girls…

However, the kings’ guardian knights or guardians are basically keen on choosing women.

Wait, is it the same as the land ceding issue, has the current custom changed again?

Before Mozuo could think about it, the lion Gawain opposite said tentatively:

“Do you want to turn the troops in the north into your private soldiers? If that’s the case, then you can give up. This is impossible.”

The people of the North can’t really be loyal to the tyrant’s minions.

“Huh? No, I think you misunderstood. My idea was simply to nip problems in the bud.”

Mozo felt that Gawain’s idea was a bit strange and a bit funny. He insisted on Gawain’s temporary withdrawal of the army because it was impossible for the other party to switch to someone else.

Gawain still couldn’t understand the Viscount’s thoughts, but the other party’s demands actually coincided with his.

If the army can be stationed in the Riverlands, then once the North decides to rebel, it can quickly control the tyrant’s lackeys.

It saves him having to send extra people there.

Thinking of this, Gawain immediately nodded happily:

“If you don’t think there is a problem, then there is no problem on my side, and if you come to spend military expenses, don’t say anything anymore. They are soldiers from the northern border, and the military pay and supplies naturally come from the northern border. But on the contrary, because They are not your personal soldiers.”

“So unless something unexpected happens that harms the Riverlands. They will neither follow your instructions nor take any action.”

“Of course I know that!”

Mozo replied funny.

I definitely didn’t think about commanding the empire’s army. I just hoped to rely on them to prevent someone from wanting to ‘bring trouble’.

And even if I could, I wouldn’t dare.

Local officials mobilized troops privately. Oh my God, if this is done, I will have to kill a few heads.

I’m not the queen, her son or a man!

In this way, with the coincidence of the two people, the meeting ended happily.

During this period, the lion Gawain also enthusiastically stayed with Mozuo for lunch. In the afternoon, he personally assigned a convoy to send Mozo and others to the Riverlands.

–

The river territory under White Castle is a plain town built along the river. Because it is a canal dug by humans. So this river runs through the Riverlands. It is not that it is abundant all year round, but whether to cross the water is artificially determined based on factors such as the trend of cargo transportation, season, and military needs.

When the gates are not opened upstream, the river is basically a creek, and a little girl can jump around. Once the gate is opened, it will be a river big enough to block the army’s ground march.

Therefore, castles were built at both ends of the river to strengthen the defensive properties and prevent anyone from forcibly crossing the river during war.

Of course, these are all wartime problems. In peacetime, the Riverlands is a prosperous town that can be seen everywhere in the north.

Regarding Mozo’s arrival, the officials who were originally responsible for managing this place also rushed to the entrance early to welcome Mozo’s arrival.

After a moderate welcome ceremony ended, Mozo and his party walked into the city under the curious and slightly hostile gazes of the residents.

As they walked, the official who greeted Mo Zuo in front said:

“Lord Viscount, our River Territory has two castles, one large and one small. The total number of residents inside and outside is 270,000. If you include the floating population, there are only about 300,000 to 400,000 in normal times.”

“But if it’s the peak season when the canal is open, it will double, and sometimes it can even reach millions.”

Mozo also nodded while listening. This number of people is considered very normal compared to a fantasy world with extraordinary power.

In fact, if high-end power was not rarely used to improve people’s livelihood, Mozo even felt that the population of this world could easily far exceed that of the previous life.

But then Mozuo was in a bit of a dilemma. If something happened to such a large number of people, they could not resist it.

How can I protect them? !

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For ordinary lords, this may be unfounded worries. After all, even if an enemy country invades, they will not just think about massacring the city.

But for Mozo, it was very necessary, because he didn’t have many good problems with the guys he provoked in the dream opera.

Many of the people in that group did it casually, so massacring the city was just a trivial matter.

Therefore, after Mozo knew that he would be the lord of a quasi-early territory, he had been thinking about how he would protect these innocent people once the irresistible enemy really came.

What he wants most is to let the enemy know that he has run away a long time ago, so that the other party may come to chase him, instead of killing him. But considering that those people are evil to the core, even if he is not here, he will probably massacre the city to vent his anger.

Therefore, Mo Zuo once again thought about the idea of ​​​​taking the people and running away.

In this kind of thinking, this problem gradually has a general idea, but whether it succeeds or not depends on fate.

And before that, he needs to get back the thing he hid near here.

After thinking about this. Mozo asked the officials in front of him who were chattering away:

“Excuse me, do you have a detailed map of the surrounding areas of the Riverlands?”

“Ah, of course! I will get it for you when you arrive at the Lord’s Mansion.”

“There is something else that I hope you can understand.”

Having said this, several officials looked at Mozo with some worry. Mo Zuo asked curiously: