Chapter 1083: The Conqueror
Although she had no idea what the meaning was, at Sarah's request, the three ships "Double-Sided Gold Coins", "Guns and Roses" and "Blood Flames" left Bilgewater with nearly a thousand experienced and battle-hardened sailors, and after more than a month of sailing, they reached Antahir.
Then, with just a double-sided gold coin, a ship's sailors took the once-glorious but now dilapidated port city.
Except for Captain Monodo, none of the sailors' knives were drawn, and the double-sided Gold Coin was not fired.
Confused, Monodo was already a little skeptical about life, and seeing that there was little to gain from the streets of the city, he decided to go to the Governor's mansion to have a look.
After all, the Queen of Doom's request was to "take and occupy the city completely".
In this way, Muttering in a low voice, "Why do we pirates occupy a city?" Monodo obediently followed the plan and led his men down to the port governor's mansion.
And then...... He walked around the Governor's mansion twice before he found the Governor—and the main reason for this comical scene was that the Governor lived alone in the huge Governor's mansion, and if it weren't for the fact that the back garden had not been turned into a vegetable patch by the Governor, Monodo would have been lost for a little longer.
Feeling disgraced, Mr. Monodo set up his guards, and led his closest people to a room where a figure was shaking, and when he kicked the door open, he saw an old man writing and drawing on papyrus.
Looking at the visit to this room, it seems that this is still a ...... Den?
If this is the study, then the poor guy in front of Monodo is probably the city's port governor.
And when Monodo walked into him, the pirate leader could hardly believe his eyes—the papyrus on the Governor's desk was double-sided!
Papyrus is not the copper-stamped and lead-stamped paper produced by Picheng, nor is it the more advanced Ionian rune paper, this original paper itself is not of good quality, and it is easy to smudge when writing.
However, it is this kind of rubbish paper that this port governor actually needs to use on both sides!
Reflecting on what he had seen since he stepped into the city, Monodo found himself with a new definition of the word "poverty."
You know, the port governor is the real real power of Shurima - before the resurrection of Azir, the port governor of Shurima's port cities ignored the real emperor and powerful factions, who controlled the port, taxes and army, had money and guns, and were the local rule-makers.
At this time, the port governor in front of Monodo had no money or guns, and even the number of people under management was pitiful.
"Oh, a bunch of robbers from the sea?" Shi Shiran finished writing the last stroke, and the port governor picked up the papyrus that was printed and dyed, and nodded with satisfaction, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I let you run in vain, and ask more before the next raid, Antahir is no longer the bustling city." ”
“……”
Faced with the extremely calm Mr. Governor of the Port, Monodo did not know for a moment what he should say - all the things he saw and heard along the way had completely verified the Governor's statement, and if he really came to plunder, I am afraid that the result would really be empty-handed.
Unfortunately, the purpose of Monodo's trip was not to loot.
"Hey, old man." Pouting, Monodo sat down directly on the dilapidated table, "I'm not one of those tasteless sand thieves, I'm from Bilgewater - have you heard of it, Sea Kingdom, Bilgewater!" ”
"I'm a little impressed." The old man has always looked down-to-earth, "A pirate kingdom that started selling stolen goods for Piltover and Zaun." ”
"What did you say?!" The kingdom of the sea was changed to the kingdom of pirates, and Monodo felt that he was insulted, so he stepped forward directly and put the scimitar in his hand on the neck of the port governor, "Show respect to the great Bilgewater, we are no longer pirates!" ”
"Yes." The old man raised his eyebrows unchanged, "That's a pity—since you're no longer pirates, why did you bring your sailors to Antahir?" ”
"We are conquerors!" To the surprise of the Governor of the Port, Monodo did not become angry, but put a different name on himself, "Conqueror, understand? ”
"I don't understand." Although the old man was a little surprised, his tone was still full of sincerity, "To be honest, I have never seen anyone over the age of ten go to great lengths to choose a worthless land to become a conqueror, have you Beaglewaters always been so strange in their thinking?" ”
Monodo wanted to look directly at this unforgiving old fellow, but because of the Queen of Doom's request, he finally restrained himself - he secretly made up his mind to strictly follow the plan from now on, and try not to have any communication with the people here.
Monodo was really afraid that he couldn't help but chop them.
Thinking like this, Monodo directly took out a document that Sarah had prepared in advance and read it aloud.
The document is not long, and the core has only one content - the announcement of the occupation of Antahir by Bilgewater.
After reading the papers, Monodo happily put away the paperwork, and then stared at the old guy in front of him, trying to find expressions on his face such as "shock", "pain", "despair", "frustration", and even "relief".
And what completely surprised Monodo was that after listening to it, this old guy actually showed a bright smile like Qiu Ju, a pair of shriveled lips with a big grin, and sparse teeth made Monodo's scalp a little numb.
"You...... What are you laughing at? ”
"Don't be nervous, little brother." The port governor, in a posture of beating a snake and a stick, said with a familiar voice, "Since Bilgewater has declared the occupation, does that mean that this is already the territory of Bilgewater?" ”
"Of course." Monodo subconsciously puffed up his chest, "From now on, this place is in the sea kingdom. ”
"That's good, that's good." After hearing this, the Harbor Governor muttered to himself, nodding his head incessantly, "That's great—I don't think the generous Sea Kingdom would mind a little help to Antahir, would it?" The city is running out of food! ”