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I'm sorry.,Originally, this chapter should have been sent last night.,When I sent the first chapter, I was in a bad mood by a guy looking for ballast.,Just wrote more than a thousand words.,Just made it up.,You can go to the book review area to see.,I've hung up those posts.,Please also give me advice.,And everyone should also look at this guy who has nothing to do every day.。 There's no fan value at all.,I suspect it's sent by other websites to make trouble.,There's not a single book on the shelf.,Could it be that he didn't read one of the so many books on our website??

"Thank you, thank you, Your Excellency, for your generosity. The general's hands were excited, and he held Cook's hand tightly.

"Huh!" Cook chuckled.

"Lord Baron, please!" Now the general is even more enthusiastic about Cook, and there is no way to be unenthusiastic.

"If the general has anything to do, go and get busy, I'll go around. Cook smiled and declined.

"Well, actually, I don't have anything to do. The general sighed and replied a little lonely.

Cook was strange at this moment, as the supreme commander of the human alliance, why did he have such an expression, Cook hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is there any difficulty for the general?"

"Your Excellency, it's hard to put into words!" the general shook his head as he and Cook circled around the top of the fort.

Cook didn't ask, but accompanied the general, and only then did the general ask leisurely: "Your Excellency the Baron doesn't think I'm beautiful, right?"

"Hehe, Your Excellency General commands a million troops, isn't it ....... Cook wondered, could it be that the position of commander-in-chief was not good?

"Your Excellency, what you see is superficial...... The general explained slowly to Cook.

It turned out that the commander-in-chief general in charge of this place was simply a guy who was pulled out by the Bright Empire and ready to be a scapegoat at any time, this time the millions of troops of the Orc Empire, the Scarlet Fortress had no hope of holding it at all, and the nobles and nobles who had no positions in the fortress had already fled here.

Even if there is a position, the family members have already been sent away, but they are afraid that the Scarlet Fortress will be breached, so the position of the commander is simply a position to cut off the head.

"And your Excellency, please see, only 300,000 of these soldiers are soldiers stationed in the fortress, and the rest of the millions are troops sent by various bishops. The general stood at the top of the fortress and continued with a gesture pointing to some of the soldiers lazily basking in the sun.

Cook took a closer look and saw that the weapons and equipment on these soldiers were too low-grade, and they were still bamboo armor, that is, armor made of bamboo, and if you didn't look carefully, you would think it was metal armor.

"Is this the farmer?" Cook gasped.

"Hmph, farmer, these are the elite troops sent by the bishops. The general snorted angrily, obviously very angry.

Then the general shouted in a low voice: "The farmer is enough, the empire has weapons and equipment, and there are rewards, but those guys should not have taken away all the weapons and equipment that were distributed, and they didn't even leave a single reward." ”

"I ....... To be honest, Cook was indeed shocked, at such a critical juncture, there were still such people, but then Cook was also relieved, an empire has existed for too long, there is no secret between the nobles at all, Cook remembered the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle on the earth, in fact, the First Sino-Japanese Naval War was also pitted by the officials at that time, the cannonballs, grain were sold to the Japanese privately, in exchange for white flowers, and when the battle was waiting, the cannonballs hit the enemy's warships without the slightest reaction, and the empire only existed for a long timeHow long did the Empire of Light last?

"That's it, the most hateful thing is that only half of the food distributed every month actually falls into the hands of the soldiers, and there is no meat or anything. The general was utterly furious.

"Aren't there any reinforcements?" Cook had the feeling that he was standing in an undefended fortress, which gave Cook a very uneasy feeling.

"Reinforcements, those guys are second-rate troops from other empires, but those guys are also sent by the nobles, not only do they have their own officials, but there are also countless fights every day...... Speaking of those reinforcements, the general was even more angry.

Cook was stunned, this is the so-called strongest line of defense, the strongest line of defense of millions of troops, but Cook was puzzled again: "So how do you repel the orc attack every time?"

"From last winter to now, the defenders of the fortress have paid the lives of more than a million soldiers, and the defensive equipment is even more massive, among which hundreds of thousands of civilians are not counted, and there are less than 100,000 of the 300,000 troops left in the fortress itself, as long as the orcs launch another attack, the fortress will be over. The general shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Cook shook his head and said, "Impossible, aren't there so many giant crossbows, magic giant crossbows, and magic crystal cannons?"

"Hehe, let's fire one arrow here, and ten will be reported later, and this arrow, Your Excellency Baron will understand it if you take a closer look. The general took a crossbow arrow and handed it to Cook.

Cook took the arrow and found that it was not right, it was much lighter, Cook looked at it carefully, and was speechless, the construction of the giant crossbow arrow is very strict, the arrow shaft should be made of hardwood, iron pine, ironwood and the like, and it should be dried in the shade, there are no cracks, more than a dozen strict processes, and the arrow should be made of white iron arrowhead.

But the one in front of Cook is not only made of miscellaneous wood, but even more hateful is that it hasn't been done much, and there are even some sun-dried upturned skins, as for the arrowhead, it is not metal at all, it seems to be cut from wood, and finally smeared with a dye similar to the color of white iron, this fraud is too obvious.

"How is this possible?" Cook wondered, weren't those nobles afraid of being discovered.

"How is it impossible, the fortress is nothing more than two results, hold it, don't hold it, if you keep it, everyone will have the credit, even if it is discovered, some are scapegoats, let alone not keep. The general slapped the wall hard and said.

Cook suddenly understood, compared to finding scapegoats, the profits brought by these weapons were too huge, and the weapons of millions of armies, Cook thought about it and understood how much benefit those nobles could get.

For those who get the benefits, a steward, or the head of the workshop, can commit suicide, and the benefits are enormous, and hundreds of millions of gold coins fall into the hands of those guys.

"Don't you care?" asked Cook then, puzzled.

"Cough, cough, Your Excellency, do you think Your Majesty doesn't know?" the general asked rhetorically.

"What?" Cook could barely believe it.

"From top to bottom, a large number of bishops, nobles do this, who is the Pope going to arrest, and, even if it is discovered, those bishops, nobles will definitely find scapegoats, those bishops, nobles are not fools, they will let His Majesty find evidence, and there is that now is the most critical time for the empire, in case of civil strife in the empire, then the fortress will definitely not be able to hold. The general explained with a sigh.

Cook still has a question in his heart, this question Cook can't ask, because according to the framework structure of the Holy See of Light, there is no such situation at all, although there is corruption, there are all kinds of society, but don't forget that the Holy See of Light is different from ordinary empires, it is a complete religious empire.

Occasionally, a greedy person may believe it, but when it comes to the safety of the empire, Cook can't figure it out, this is a religious country, and it is the craziest.

"Is it for yourself?" and then a thought popped into Cook's mind.

"Manly, check it out for me to see who the commander of the Scarlet Fortress is, and his family?" said Cook, as he instructed Manley to gather information on the Scarlet Fortress through his identity card.

"Cook, all this information has been gathered, the Scarlet Fortress is an independent system, directly under the jurisdiction of the Holy See Presbyterian Council, the commander is called Danny Moraton, as for the details, you need to check it. Manly replied to Cook immediately.

"Well, keep looking. Kuktong Guò ID card replied.

And what makes Cook strange is that the command system of the entire fortress can't be just one guy in front of him, you must know that the army of millions of people, even in the modern age of advanced communications, the command system required is a very large group, but now Cook sees a general, this is impossible.

After thinking about it, Cook couldn't think of any good way, so he had to make a reluctant decision, that is, to brake quietly to see what follow-up tricks the general had.

After Cook became suspicious, he chatted with the general with more thoughts, and Cook also observed the suspicion, that is, these giant crossbows seem to have just been assembled, you must know that the giant crossbow is very large, once it is placed, it will not move, unless it is damaged, when it rains, it is covered with special shelter, but even so, under the wind and sun, there will be changes.

A giant crossbow like this, Cook thought it was damaged, but the five giant crossbows on the top of the fortress were all newly assembled, and Cook's suspicions were even heavier.

"General, what about the magicians stationed here?" asked Cook casually, actually nervous.

"Hehe, Lord Baron, it's just some junior magicians who don't get into the stream. The general replied with a smile, not saying where the magician was.

Cook laughed, because Cook was already sure that what the general said was basically a lie, if it was true, embezzlement, the general would take himself to the place where the magician was, even if he was disgruntled, but it would be interesting to avoid it now.

"And what about the rest?" asked Cook casually again.

The general looked at Cook, and saw that Cook seemed to be asking casually, so he replied, "I have sent all the men down, and they are not allowed to leave the area unless they are ordered to do so." ”

"Oh, Your Excellency the General did this well. Cook sighed, and sneered in his heart.

Cook couldn't understand what kind of trouble this general was making, and after a little turn, Cook said to the general: "Your Excellency, General, I will leave today!"

"Huh?" the general was visibly shocked by Cook's words.

"Thank you for your hospitality!" said Cook, making a noble salute and walking under the fort.

"Your Excellency, aren't you here to support us?" the general asked suspiciously, following Cook when he heard this.

"Originally, I wanted to support, but seeing this now, I am sad, it seems that there is no hope here, and I don't plan to sell magic metals and magic airships to your empire anymore, and you don't want to tell me about the materials I donated just now. Cook said as if he had made up his mind.

"It's ....... The general was stunned, and then a cold sweat came out.

"Your Excellency General, I admire you very much, but the price of the magic metal I sold to you is much lower than the market price, I have always supported you, but the situation I see makes me sad, where is this war, it is simply a tool for those greedy guys to make money, I don't want the magic metal I sold to be sold at a high price, Your Excellency General, I am also thinking about your empire, anyway, the fortress can't be held, why spend so many gold coins." After Cook finished speaking, he patted the general on the shoulder, said with a very relieved expression, and then strode away.

"Why, how can this be?" the general was furious when he realized that Cook had already left, thinking that Cook would not sell the Imperial Magic Metal...... Thinking of this, the general collapsed directly to the ground.

"No, I've got to find those damn guys. "The buttocks made intimate contact with the city wall, and the general was awakened by the sharp pain, and suddenly got up and left in a hurry, cursing someone in his mouth.