Falcon City, the square in front of the castle.
The gallows had been removed, and the wide elevator slowly descended from the airship. The reflection under the setting sun was like a sharp sword slashing from the sky, dividing the Kingdom Avenue from the castle to the riverbank into two.
King Mungot, standing on the square, nodded slightly.
"Falcon City awaits your arrival, respected administrator..."
The nobles standing behind King Mungot also nodded one after another.
Seeing the humble gestures of those dignitaries, the representatives of the autonomous committee standing not far away felt uneasy and didn't know how to express themselves.
However, Tout was somewhat perceptive and knew where the power in his hands came from. He quickly imitated those people's actions and nodded slightly to show his respect for the alliance.
Chu Guang didn't care about these cumbersome etiquette, but he was satisfied with the humble attitude of these defeated generals.
Unlike Griffin.
Can't afford to lose.
It was obvious that they were at their wits' end, and they were still trying to play big with their subordinates.
Before getting off the airship, Chu Guang had already ordered the Skeleton Corps to let Mole and the armored troops follow.
But there was no need to engage in a firefight.
Just follow them outside the range.
No matter where these people retreated, no more supplies would be delivered to them. Whether it was bullets, shells, fuel, or even food and fresh water, the supply would be cut off.
At the same time, the Goblin Corps would continuously monitor the movements of the Corps, and once they were found trying to collect supplies from the survivors' settlements or villages along the way, they would immediately cooperate with the ground forces to drive them away.
If they stopped, the Skeleton Corps would surround them.
The subsequent ceasefire negotiations were crucial.
Chu Guang needed to put these 50,000 troops in a cage, and then cut off the water and food in the cage.
This would be more murderous than arresting them directly.
As for the defense of Bistburg and the work of guarding nearly 100,000 prisoners of war, it is the responsibility of the thousand-man team under the Second Corps of the Alliance.
"Are you Menggot? The king of the Falcon Kingdom?"
"Yes... sir." Menggot's voice was a little slow, and he was obviously not used to it.
Before, Kras, Griffin, and even the arrogant McLen were just on equal footing with him, and at most their status was slightly higher.
But now as a prisoner, he has nothing to say.
The concubines in the harem don't matter. Anyway, he is too old to do it. He just hopes that the manager of the alliance can let his family go...
Noticing the royal family members behind the king, Chu Guang looked at them and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that these guys living in the oasis are really fertile.
More than a dozen children, the oldest is in his thirties, and the youngest is only five or six years old.
The king personally took the lead in the birth control, no wonder the settlements of survivors in the desert have tens of millions of people.
On the other hand, the River Valley Province.
Even if he searched the entire Qingquan City, he couldn't find so many people. The Bone Gnawing Rebellion that swept the entire province was only a few thousand troops.
Hiding behind the drooping Menggot, a little girl was looking at Chu Guang timidly, with fear written in her watery eyes.
Someone died here at noon.
At that time, she hid by the window and took a peek, and was frightened by the situation outside. If it wasn't for her father's order, she would never come out of the room.
Not wanting to scare the little girl, Chu Guang gave her a smile that he thought was quite friendly and said in a gentle tone.
"Don't be afraid. We are not from the Weilant. We are here to end this stupid war."
However, what Chu Guang did not expect was that the little girl became even more scared when she saw him looking at her, and hid behind her father.
Menggot's expression froze, his wrinkled old face gradually lost color, and he closed his eyes in pain.
He buried his head even lower.
Count Krenway in the crowd looked stunned, Tong Kong flickered slightly, and finally made up his mind and whispered a few words to the servant beside him.
It was not just him, the other nobles around him also obviously misunderstood something.
Chu Guang's eyebrows twitched because he was still unaware of the whispers of those people, and he did not expect that he was actually hated.
Fuck!
Is my smile so scary?
The naughty kids in Qingquan City obviously like him very much.
Whenever there were extra candies and chocolates that could not be sold in the lottery, he would distribute them to the children near the settlement, and sometimes he would have people deliver them to the school.
Having lost interest in Huairou, Chu Guang looked at the old king.
"Before coming here, I heard a lot of stories about the oasis, all of which praised the abundance and prosperity."
"But when I stood on the bridge and looked down, this settlement was so ugly that it disappointed me."
Mongot's face was indifferent.
This level of humiliation was nothing to him.
On the contrary, the faces of several royal family members standing behind him, especially the young man, showed expressions of shame or dissatisfaction.
Chu Guang continued.
"The streets are full of obstacles and shelters, and everyone's face is full of malnutrition... You were born on the most fertile land, sitting on the legacy of the prosperous era, and you don't have to face the threat of alien species and slime molds. You only need to spend some time throwing seeds on the ground, and you can harvest rice without too much care."
"However, you who have all this have managed the most fertile land on this planet into such a mess, which is really unworthy of the god you mentioned."
A young royal family member stared at him hatefully. Although he didn't say anything, he carefully hid his hatred on his face, but he was complaining in his heart, "It's all because of you."
If they win the war...
It will never be like this now!
But his father is much smarter than him.
King Mungot lowered his head and said humbly.
"This is not our intention... It was the Legion. Those Weilant people bewitched us, blinded our eyes, and planted the seeds of hatred in this land."
He knew that the administrator of the alliance was not the kind of person who was bored enough to deliberately come and humiliate him. Although those words sounded humiliating and sarcastic, they actually gave him a chance to excuse himself.
That is, in front of all the subjects, put all the blame for the war on the Legion.
And this is the only way for him to survive.
Chu Guang looked at this guy with interest.
It seems that this Menggot is not stupid.
"I agree with you. You have indeed been bewitched and coerced by the Willant people, so I have no plans to liquidate you for the time being." However, Chu Guang suddenly paused for a moment and then changed the subject, "But this does not mean that you have no responsibility."
"As a punishment, we will disband your army and disarm you until you are transformed into a normal country."
"I hope you can cooperate with us."
Whispers spread among the crowd.
Taote of the Autonomous Committee was slightly excited, the nobles not far away exchanged glances, and the citizens outside the square looked at each other, not knowing what this meant.
Hearing the cruel verdict, King Menggot sighed softly in his heart and nodded slightly.
"As you command."
Although he lost a lot.
But in any case, he and his family finally survived.
Such an ending was not too bad for him...
...
Although Chu Guang humiliated the king of the Falcon Kingdom at the welcoming ceremony, he and his subordinates were still warmly welcomed by the king and the nobles at the welcoming banquet that night.
Castle banquet hall.
Under the instigation of everyone, Ye Shi from the perception department took the lead in picking up the fork and poking at the plate of meat on the table that could not be identified.
After chewing for a while with his eyes closed, he rolled his eyes.
"No poison... Bah! What the hell, so unpalatable!"
The cooking level of the desert countries seems to be very poor.
It's a waste to have such a large piece of black land!
"You don't understand this. In Luoxia Province, roasted sandworm meat is a first-class delicacy, and only the bravest warriors are served." Lao Bai laughed and teased, but did not move the fork in his hand.
In reality, the chef took a bite of the tomato scrambled eggs, then put down the fork and shook his head.
"... Old Na shook her head when she saw it."
It was not only the Burning Corps that got the tickets for the banquet, but also a few of the Silver Corps who were on the airship.
A few guys who couldn't keep idle started to talk about the gossip they had seen while wandering around the castle.
"Why didn't I see the manager?"
"It's not normal to be busy with official duties. Last time at the court banquet of the Lion Kingdom, he didn't seem to stay for long and left."
Silver's father turned his eyes around, and suddenly lowered his voice with a mysterious look on his face.
"Speaking of this... I just saw the manager got very angry."
Seeing the mysterious expression on this guy's face, Silver Hand and Silver Sword instantly became energetic and approached and asked curiously.
"What's going on?"
"Tell me!"
"Ahem," Baiyinzhi's father coughed pretentiously, "...I heard that those nobles stuffed more than a dozen girls into his room."
Hearing this, Baiyinzhi's hand suddenly widened his eyes.
"What the hell? Can he handle it?"
Baiyinzhijian had an envious expression on his face.
Although he didn't say anything, what he wanted to say was written on his face.
Damn it.
This bastard planner would rather give benefits to NPCs than players, is this appropriate!
At least let him have a look...
Guessing what his brother was thinking, Baiyinzhi rolled his eyes at him.
"What are you thinking? Is our manager that kind of person? All the people sent here were kicked out by him... Otherwise, why do I say he got so angry."
Both Baiyinzhijian and Baiyinzhi's hand were stunned.
Especially the former.
After hesitating for a long time, he whispered.
"Will he... have something to hide?"
Baiyinzhi's father said with a smile.
"That's not the case. After all, they are pentagonal warriors of more than 30 levels. They shouldn't have any unspeakable secrets... The main reason is that those nobles are too much."
Silver Sword was stunned.
"What do you mean by too much?"
Silver Hand was also puzzled.
"Too ugly? Or were men sent in too?"
Silver Dad shook his head slowly.
"It has nothing to do with that. The main reason is that more than a dozen people combined are not as old as your grandfather."
"Puff!"
Silver Hand spurted out a mouthful of red wine, choking the cup to the ground. Silver Sword next to him widened his eyes and muttered.
"Fuck! This is too perverted!"
Silver Dad sighed, tasted a mouthful of red wine that was so sour that it could be used as vinegar, and drew an exaggerated arc with the edge of the cup in the air.
"Yeah... If it was as big as Ya Ya, the administrator would probably turn a blind eye, but it's not as big as Teng Teng."
Quit Smoking, who had been eavesdropping on the side, finally couldn't help laughing out loud.
"Hahaha!"
Counting Quitting, who interrupted halfway, the four unlucky kids were joking recklessly, but after just two drinks, the network connection became unstable, and the two strength beasts were the first to lie on the table.
The other players didn't care, after all, they were used to this kind of blackout and offline method, but the waiter who was pouring wine next to them was scared pale, fearing that there was something wrong with the wine on his plate.
"Strange..." Looking at the silver hand and silver sword on the table, Baiyin's father muttered, "These two colored pens are usually very good at drinking."
The alcohol content is not that high.
Fortunately, he chose the physical system wittily at the beginning, otherwise -
Just thinking about it, he suddenly rolled his eyes and dropped the cup and lay on the table.
Quitting's face changed slightly, and he quickly put down the wine glass, but he still couldn't escape the disaster. It happened that he was also targeted by the BUG.
"Fuck, you guys are really good at drinking, the physical system is all drunk."
Ye Shi, who had no idea, came over with a grin and took a photo with them. Just when he was about to log off to laugh at these guys, a pot-bellied noble suddenly came over.
"Respected sir... I finally found you."
The fat man's face was full of sweat, and he barely squeezed out a smile.
Ye Shi had never seen this man before, so he looked at him.
"What's the matter?"
"My name is... Braham, and I am a baron appointed by His Majesty."
Before Ye Shi asked what was the matter, Baron Braham pulled the noble lady next to him in front of him and said attentively to Ye Shi, who was confused.
"This is... my daughter Cecily, thank you for saving me that night."
There is probably no hope of pleasing the managers of the alliance.
He saw it clearly in the square just now. Those big shots who were out of reach in the past all looked at that man with green eyes.
However.
This does not mean that he has no ambition.
After hearing about his daughter's experience that night, he immediately set his sights on the subordinates of the manager.
Ye Shi stared blankly at the pot-bellied baron and the shy girl next to him. He did not recognize that this person was the same as the noble lady last night.
"You're welcome..."
"This is not a question of being polite or not," Baron Braham said seriously, "You saved her chastity, and it is no exaggeration to say that you saved her life..."
Seeing that the noble lady nodded to express her gratitude, Ye Shi scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, "No... Actually, we did nothing. She knocked the man unconscious and escaped."
If he really wanted to say thank you, it should be to thank Lao Bai for the half curtain he gave her.
However, the pot-bellied baron in front of him seemed to have not heard anything and continued to speak on his own.
"Since that night... my daughter has been thinking about you and begging me to see you again."
"Eh?"
"I think His Highness is also a handsome man, a trustworthy person, please take her away!"
Ye Shi was completely dumbfounded.
"Wait, your daughter is in the castle, is she your king's concubine? Or?"
Baron Braham said with an embarrassed smile.
"Well... she was indeed one of His Majesty's concubines before, but in accordance with the will of the administrator, the king has ordered a reduction in the size and budget of the harem. Except for the concubines who have children with His Majesty, most of the other concubines have been dismissed."
As he said this, the man suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and moved closer to Ye Shi, smiling obscenely, and whispered in a low voice.
"His Majesty is old and can no longer do that. I'm telling you in secret, so don't spread it around. My daughter was only admitted to the palace last year. It was originally because of that McLen——ahem, anyway, I assure you that my daughter has not slept with the emperor yet..."
Lady Cecily, who was standing aside, also nodded slightly and looked away with a red face.
"Father... please don't say anything more."
After all, he was a young and energetic young man. Hearing those suggestive words, Ye Shi's face couldn't help but get hot, like a ripe apple.
His eyes unconsciously drifted to Lady Cecily.
It was obviously a dignified and elegant long dress, but it had a rather bold open collar, and the slightly curled hair ends lazily covered with a touch of bright white.
Actually, if you look closely...
Hmm.
It's really quite attractive.
Especially the mature and immature charm, which has a special attraction for him, a young man who has not yet stepped out of the ivory tower.
Seeing that this guy had obviously taken the bait, Baron Braham was immediately delighted and immediately took advantage of the opportunity to offer his courtesy.
"... I heard that you have a large manor in the Lion Kingdom. Can you take us there? I have traveled with the caravan and I know a lot about business. If you don't want to worry about worldly matters, you can leave it to me... I am willing to be your servant."
"Eh?"
Without waiting for Ye Shi to answer, Baron Braham continued to speak quickly.
"If you are willing, you can have the wedding now!"
"Ah... is this too soon?" Ye Shi said hurriedly.
He admitted that he was tempted by her beauty for a moment.
But he was just fantasizing about it in his mind, and he never thought about marrying an NPC in the game.
However, the baron was relentless.
Seeing that the duck in front of him was about to fly away, he was anxious and wanted to directly put his daughter's hand into the hand of the young man.
"How can it be soon?"
"But we don't know each other yet--" Ye Shi said with a smile, but his words didn't sound like a rejection to the other party.
Baron Braham pressed on step by step, knowing that he had this guy in his hands.
"It doesn't matter! You have plenty of time to get to know each other slowly after you get married!"
Ye Shi looked at the guy who sold his daughter dumbfounded, and was completely stunned.
What made him even more dumbfounded was that Ms. Cecily didn't care about her father's strong pull at all, and even when her eyes accidentally met his, her face flushed with shyness.
I don't know if it was real or fake.
Just when Ye Shi didn't know what to do, fortunately, Lao Bai came over and helped him out.
"Listen, I don't care what your intentions are, stay away from my people, or I'll throw you out of here, do you think your king will speak for you?" Staring at the man with a round belly, Lao Bai said in a non-joking tone.
"Yes... sir, I offended you." Baron Braham took two steps back with cold sweat, cursing in his heart.
Completely different from that young man.
His intuition told him that the man in front of him was not so easy to talk to, let alone so easy to fool.
Not daring to stay here any longer, Baron Braham quickly bowed his head to apologize, and hurried away with his daughter beside him.
Ye Shi breathed a sigh of relief.
He couldn't tell whether he was relieved or regretful, but there was no doubt that he was more of the former.
Seeing this guy's virgin look, Lao Bai couldn't help but tease him.
"Don't blame me for ruining your good thing. You don't have any manors in the Lion Kingdom. It's not easy to support her family."
Upon hearing this, Ye Shi was immediately unhappy.
"Tsk, who are you looking down on? Can't I go buy one?"
Lao Bai grinned and pointed to the back.
"Brother, I was reckless. I'll go back and tell you about it?"
Ye Shi glanced over there and shrank his neck.
"Forget it..."
Just now, I was obsessed.
Actually, if I calm down and think about it carefully, if I really marry her, she will be eaten alive.
No!
How can I get married in such a mess!
And it's with a stranger whose name I just knew.
I think I am also a young and promising person, a lucky one in a million who was chosen by the helmet. If I put it in games, comics, movies, animations, and online novels, I will definitely be the template of the protagonist.
Not to mention having a harem like Long Aotian.
At least I have to have a few sweet romances...
At this time, Kuangfeng, who had been silent, suddenly felt something in his heart.
"But then again... I can really buy a few of the manors in the Lion Kingdom when I go back."
"Indeed," Lao Bai touched his chin, "Fang Chang seemed to have said that we should not only focus on the main line, but also on the branch line."
For a long time, the food in Qingquan City has been mainly transported by merchants from the south.
However, the trade route in the south is not easy to travel.
Jinchuan Province is a plain surrounded by mountains. The mountains stretch westward and all the way to the Zhuobar Mountains in the north of the Camel Kingdom.
It is not an oasis with good weather and good harvests.
Instead, it is a poor and bad place full of mutants, predators, slave traders, chaotic believers and lunatics.
In comparison, Luoxia Province is undoubtedly a better grain-producing area.
And the most important thing is that compared with the falcons on the edge of the Great Desert and the honey badgers in the Midwest, the distance between the Lion Kingdom and the Alliance is not too far.
Recently, even the railway is going to be built there, and there are player save points in the Alliance's military base.
Now that the war is basically over,
Some quick-witted professional players may have already gone to "open up the wasteland"...
...
While the players were feasting at the banquet, Chu Guang was sitting in the office that originally belonged to King Monggot, flipping through the treasury account books.
The Alliance will not stay in the Falcon Kingdom for too long.
If Griffin had not refused to surrender, he would have left in two days at most.
Maintaining the border line unchanged is a consensus that all parties have tacitly agreed to, and it is also his promise to his allies. He does not intend to be the troublemaker who goes back on his word.
This is of no benefit to the Alliance.
It is precisely for this reason that there is the plan of "forcing the Falcon Kingdom to cease fire or surrender and then withdraw troops immediately".
However, now, Griffin chose to be the troublemaker himself, and Chu Guang could stay a little longer before the governor from Triumph City arrived.
Half a month is not a long time.
But it is enough for him to do something and make deeper reforms to this defeated country.
Establishing a citizens' self-governing committee is the first step.
What Chu Guang really needs to do is to transfer the fixed assets of the kingdom, including land, factories, and other fixed assets that cannot be taken away by airships, from the hands of the feudal nobles and landlords to the hands of the citizens who have just taken the guns.
100% transfer is impossible.
Even if it is done, it will definitely be snatched back.
But even if 10% is completed, only 1% will be left after the alliance leaves, which is enough for the Willant people to have a headache.
The checks and balances of internal power will weaken the potential for foreign wars.
And the town of Bicester, which is left in the hands of the alliance, will always keep an eye on the rise and fall of the internal power of the kingdom and give certain interference depending on the situation.
When the time comes, the Willant people will be surprised to find that although the Falcon Kingdom is still their vassal and the king of this country is still loyal to their Marshal, this vassal can no longer play a role except that it belongs to them in name.
Chu Guang couldn't help but raise a sinister smile at the corner of his mouth.
Just then, Xiao Qi, who was sitting on the desk, suddenly spoke.
"Master! There's an airship coming from the west!"
"Airship?" Chu Guang stopped writing, looked at Xiao Qi and asked, "How big is it?"
"It's a little smaller than the Iron Heart, but it has a weird-looking... uh, should it be a cannon?"
As he spoke, Xiao Qi stretched out his index finger and gently swiped it in the air. The signal light of the holographic computer pen on the table flickered slightly, projecting a pale blue holographic screen.
Chu Guang stared at the screen for a few seconds.
The image on it was very blurry.
Even after AI processing, only a rough outline could be seen clearly.
Chu Guang then asked.
"Did it do anything unusual?"
Xiao Qi shook his head and answered.
"No... Oh, by the way, it seems to have slowed down."
Slowed down?
Chu Guang thought for a moment, his heart moved slightly, and he immediately continued.
"Can we contact them?"
Xiao Qi frowned.
"The signal in the Great Desert is very unstable... But they are almost out of the Great Desert, so we should give it a try!"
Chu Guang: "Send them a message, just say... ask them to come to Falcon City to negotiate a ceasefire."
Xiao Qi winked playfully and said neatly.
"Got it!"
Chu Guang stared at the little guy for a while, and suddenly spoke.
"By the way, did you secretly kick a few players offline just now?"
Xiao Qi's eyes drifted to the side, with a guilty expression on his face, and he said in a low voice.
"... They secretly said bad things about you behind your back, so I punished them a little."
Chu Guang sighed.
"If you have to control everything that is said in private, then I, as a manager, will have too many things to control... Don't do that in the future."
Unless it is a premeditated attempt to sabotage or assassinate him, in that case, you can focus on it and "fuse it" before taking action.
It's not necessary to make a big deal out of a joke or a few words.
Xiao Qi nodded aggrievedly.
"...Okay, Master."
...
The next day.
A luxuriously decorated bedroom in the castle.
Before the sky outside the window was completely bright, Chu Guang was awakened by a call from the academy.
I wanted to call the guy who called me a lunatic, but thinking of the time difference, Chu Guang held back the words on his lips.
"What's the matter?"
"You took down Falcon City???"
Hearing the incredible exclamation on the other end of the phone, Chu Guang yawned and said.
"It happened the day before yesterday."
It seems that the news from the academy is not very well-informed. They didn't get the news until almost two days after the Falcon Kingdom surrendered.
Seeing Chu Guang's indifferent tone, Li Ke was immediately angry.
"You promised me to cease fire with the Legion! Why--"
Chu Guang coughed and interrupted him.
"I promised you, but there is a little time difference between the order from me to the front line... and I'm not ceasefire?"
"You call this a ceasefire!?" Li Ke didn't expect that the Legion would be so vulnerable that it was pushed directly to Falcon City by the Alliance.
He heard that Griffin was being chased by the Alliance's Skeleton Corps and had retreated to the Legion's largest military base in Oasis No. 2 - "Fort Horn", and was facing a crisis of water and food shortage.
In order to confirm this, he even called Griffin, but the other party didn't listen to him at all and hung up directly.
It was obvious that the muscle-minded Willant had gone too far, and the worst had finally happened...
He didn't care who died first, the Enterprise or the Legion.
But he couldn't stand the failure of this "results-brushing" mission!
"Don't get excited, we were planning to negotiate with the Legion--"
"You've occupied the capital of their vassal state, what's the point of them talking to you! Will they give you Oasis No. 2 directly?"
Chu Guang said impatiently.
"That's easy, just give it back to them."
Li Ke on the other end of the communication channel was stunned.
He didn't expect this greedy guy to spit out what he had so readily.
Chu Guang also regretted that he should have taken the opportunity to ask for some benefits from the academy, after all, the alliance had made such a great sacrifice for the overall situation.
But thinking that the Arbiter was about to drive to his face, he coughed lightly and gave up the idea of continuing to blackmail.
"...Look, I even gave up the Oasis No. 2 that I had obtained. Shouldn't you give me the coordinates as well? Otherwise, I have to reconsider it."
Li Ke said vigilantly.
"...I will give it to you after you sign the armistice agreement."
Chu Guang said distrustfully.
"What if you don't keep your word?"
"Impossible!" Li Ke answered without hesitation, but suddenly changed the subject again, "But...it's normal for you to have such concerns. How about this, where are you negotiating? I'll come over. It's always okay to trade in person."
Chu Guang couldn't help laughing in his heart, but he held back.
"In Falcon City."
"Wait for me for a week... No, three days, I'll be there in three days!"
Although he carefully hid his emotions, the details of that guy suddenly talking a lot still exposed his excitement at the moment.
How to show his importance in the ceasefire negotiations?
Of course, stand at the signing site of the ceasefire agreement!
Although this war has nothing to do with the college, it does not prevent him from coming here on behalf of the college's Foreign Affairs Department to get some attention.
I can probably guess what he is thinking.
Chu Guang smiled, but did not expose him, and said fluently.
"Okay."
Hang up the phone.
Chu Guang rested his head on the soft pillow.
The Legion, the College, the Enterprise... Speaking of which, the three eldest sons of the Post-War Reconstruction Committee unexpectedly got together by chance.
I didn't expect that this meeting, which was separated by a century and a half, was actually arranged by an outsider like me.
Chu Guang couldn't help but feel a little funny.
"Xiao Qi."
A pleasant voice floated from the bedside table.
"I'm here, Master."
"Call Yi Chuan for me, and tell him... In three days, we will negotiate with the Legion on a ceasefire, and the Alliance has fulfilled its promise to cease fire before the end of the year."
People from the college are also here.
With him, we can just make up a mahjong table.
I hope they don't fight over a grudge from more than a hundred years ago...
"But Griffin hasn't surrendered yet, has he?" Xiao Qi tilted his head.
"He," Chu Guang suddenly said with some regret after hearing the familiar name, "He may not live for too long."