Chapter 763: The Collapsed Lighthouse

"What do you nobles mean? Do you want us to stay and die for you? ”

"Give me back my children, I won't allow you to let them die on the battlefield!"

"Damn nobleman, we have put up with you for a long time, if you don't give us an explanation today, then everyone will die here together!"

Looking at the civilians of Shengguang Harbor who completely occupied the square in front of the entire city hall outside the iron gate, the city government guards who were hiding behind the iron gate and under the stone wall were now in a cold sweat, because there was no need to look at the situation in front of them, as long as they listened to the sound, they knew that this was definitely harassed by those civilians, and the situation had been so strict that hundreds or even nearly a thousand people blocked the door of the city hall by hundreds or even nearly a thousand.

As for the reasons for the popular riots in front of them, the guards in the hall of the city hall who were present knew about it, to be precise, they just learned it not long ago, that is, it is said that the old nobles in the city want to escape and escape from this Holy Light Port, of course, if it is just like this, it will not be able to promote this riot, after all, the aristocratic class has been coercing the commoners for many years, and many commoners have been obedient to any actions of the nobles.

But the problem is that the situation is so strict that it awakens the resistance in the hearts of all the civilians of the Holy Light Harbor: in order to allow themselves and their families to flee and transfer their family wealth along the way, these nobles decided to sacrifice the soldiers of the Holy Light Harbor to attack the Naga warriors of the Sunset Empire to cover their escape.

You must know that it is not only the regular army of the Holy Light Empire that is guarding the Holy Light Harbor, but in fact. There are only a few legions that really belong to the regular army of the Holy Light Empire, or those who are not at all those who have been stationed in the Holy Light Harbor for a long time, and three of them have been completely wiped out under the surprise attack of the Naga Legion of the Sun Never Sets.

Nearly three-quarters of the troops guarding the port of Saint-Light are the original troops stationed in the port of Illumination. And the vast majority of these armies are militia from Port of Saint-Light. What is the militia of the Holy Light Harbor? That is, in peacetime, they are just a resident of the Holy Light Port or even a shop clerk or something, but in wartime they will be assigned weapons and go to the front line to fight to defend their homes, so these people are basically wives and children in the Holy Light Port.

The problem arises in this case, the militia goes to the front to fight to protect their wives, sons and daughters, or to protect the land where they were born, and they fight because of the idea in their hearts: to fight their last drop of blood to protect their most important things. But this does not mean that he is to protect those nobles who are full of fat in their heads. Neither in terms of the facts nor from the militia themselves, they have no obligation or need for that.

So not to mention the reaction of the militiamen of the Holy Light Empire who were still fighting on the front line after receiving the news, just the civilians in the rear, or the families of those soldiers, exploded the moment they got the news. Maybe it would be better if these were just the families of the civilian soldiers. After all, there are ways to deal with the commoners, and those nobles have a way to fool, but the problem is that these civilians are not the only ones who come to make trouble.

Although the Holy Light Port has a city owner, this does not mean that the Holy Light Port is a city, just like the Holy Light Port has a huge military port building system, but in fact it is an indisputable fact that it is a trading port. And it is precisely because the port of Saint-Light is a port. Therefore, Shengguang Port is one of the few trade ports in the entire Central Continent that has been set up as the headquarters of various chambers of commerce, and on the other hand, it is also a place where few merchants will aspire to live.

Although the two human powers in the land region did not focus on agriculture and abandon merchants like the ancient China of the original world, the merchants did not live very well in these two countries, first of all, the merchants were basically not nobles, so the merchants could not enjoy the innate superior conditions and status of the aristocracy, and the real nobles they pursued power rather than wealth. In their opinion, as long as the power is big enough, wealth will naturally roll in, so basically only 1 out of 100 nobles in the Middle Continent and the Middle Continent rely on business at all. And even if there were other nobles who were involved in trade, it was just a foreshadowing to gain more power, and of course the word sacrifice was more appropriate for them.

Secondly, merchants are indeed an indispensable part of a force, but the Griffin Empire and the Holy Light Empire are very rich, so there is no special treatment for merchants, if there is, there is only a little more tax collection, and both countries are military-oriented, and the Holy Light Empire even puts religious personnel on the military, so if the merchants of the Griffin Empire are miserable, then the merchants of the Holy Light Empire are even more miserable than the merchants of the Griffon Empire.

But! After all, businessmen are a major source of financial revenue for the two countries, so in fact, the nobles and other high-level personnel of the two countries really dare not do anything to those businessmen, especially the high-level family members of those large chambers of commerce, you must know that a lot of military spending is taken from them by the empire, if you really anger these guys to guide these guys to transfer their property, then the two high-level people are also very painful, so a group of people ignore those small businessmen, The high-level forces of the merchants and the high-ranking nobles of the two countries have always been in a state where the water of the well does not interfere with the water of the river, but this time those old nobles directly touched the root of the merchants, or their descendants.

As I said before, the Holy Light Port is a huge trading port, which attracts merchants from the entire empire and even merchants from other continental forces to settle down, and the Holy Light Port wants an unwritten rule, or there is such a rule in the heart of every foreign settler, that is, if you want to mix in the Holy Light Port, and you want to mix up, then it is the best choice to put your hand into the army, and those regular troops have basically been chartered by the nobles and foreign nobles of the Holy Light Port, Therefore, these big businessmen can only look at those militia forces, and this is actually a good choice, you must know that the militia forces are basically responsible for law and security and tax collection in peacetime, if they can get the militia forces, then it is a big help for their own smuggling or tax evasion.

Therefore, those big businessmen put their male descendants into the militia to serve as petty officials, and the nobles of Shengguang Port did not say anything about this, after all, as long as one came each time, then they would be richer, and the things that those merchants brought were all good things, but they never thought that this would harm them and they would not be able to implement their plans today - the militia troops are all their own children! The irresponsible behavior of the nobles is not allowed by those big businessmen, so when those city government guards have a headache and make trouble outside the iron gate, and they are residents of Shengguang Port like themselves and dare not do it, the nobles in the city hall have a headache with those big businessmen who are mixed with the common people, and those guys are not something they can afford to provoke.

Of course, not all nobles are like this, such as the members of the nouveau riche faction, their faces are full of gloating expressions, although they don't know whether what happened in the past few minutes is blessed by the god of light, or someone is secretly helping them, but at least this time the battle between themselves and the old nobles faction, their side is a sure win, after all, the plan of the old nobles faction has been exposed, and the city lord of the Holy Light Harbor will not continue to make foolish choices to support the old nobles, in that case, he himself will become the target of the fire, And at this moment, these upstarts don't want to get the opportunity to walk the news back to their homes, so that their own subordinates can also intervene, anyway, for the upstarts, the more chaotic they are now, the more Casey. The officers in the old aristocracy's faction looked at the nobles with anger on their faces, because they knew that they were almost betrayed by these "cute" allies, including Chris.

"Roaring .........." At this moment, a milky white pigeon suddenly flew into the hall of the city hall, and before everyone could react, it landed on the shoulder of the city lord of the Holy Light Port, and the note on his leg proved that the pigeon was a carrier pigeon, and the city lord of the Holy Light Port took down the note without saying a word.

As the city lord of the Holy Light Harbor read the note for a longer time, the face of the Holy Light Harbor City Lord became more and more gloomy, and finally he snorted coldly and then walked to an earl of the old aristocratic faction, and threw the paper purchased by the sun in his hand directly on the earl's chest and reprimanded: "Look at the good things you have done, now you yourself are not even qualified to stand in front of me!" ”

The note said that it was not written anything, but about the convoy of the old aristocracy and their families, and according to the situation shown on the note, the convoy was now no longer in existence: after the plan of the old aristocratic faction was exposed, their convoy was surrounded by angry people, and eventually led to a conflict between the two sides, and it was the descendants of the old aristocratic faction who attacked, after all, they thought that they had private soldiers on their side, and their aristocratic status did not allow those untouchables to block their way.

But it's a pity that they are very wrong, they don't know that they are now blocked by all the civilians in the Holy Light Port, and what they didn't expect is that these civilians are also mixed with the guards from the Chamber of Commerce, of course, there are some others, that is, the Holy Light Port guards who are very decisive after learning the news, and then the descendants of the old nobles are drunk: although there are many dead and wounded on the civilian side, under the riot of the general public, the noble private soldiers were either killed or knocked unconscious, and the descendants of those nobles are the same.

So after seeing the news, the old nobleman panicked, really panicked, but this is not the end, because in the next moment, a huge explosion sounded, and the people attracted by the sound immediately changed their faces and looked out, and then everyone present was frightened: a hole was blown out of the stone wall surrounding the city hall hall, and the angry people outside the wall rushed in like a tide after a second of silence. (To be continued......)