Chapter 1600 Politics (Ⅰ)

Qiao An said just now that she doesn't want to make "national calamity money" or earn "blood money".

Proceeding from this principle, strictly speaking, he should not accept Professor Moriarty's huge profits from financial speculation by taking advantage of people's fear of war.

However, the mentor's warning was very persuasive, and he couldn't help but recall those difficult days dominated by poverty, and his heart was deeply touched.

After much hesitation, Qiao An finally accepted the money.

This made him deeply ashamed, and he had to admit that his conscience was not impeccable in the face of the temptation of money, and millions of dollars were enough to lower his moral bottom line.

Seeing Joan accept the check, a gratified smile appeared on the corner of Professor Moriarty's lips, and he turned around and snapped his fingers at Duo'er.

"Open a bottle of sparkling wine, let's celebrate."

He personally poured a glass of wine for his students, and Professor Moriarty held the glass with a smile: "If you don't count the heirs who were born in wealthy families, Joan, you are probably the youngest millionaire in Midgard. Come on, rich man, toast to our financial freedom!"

Joan picked up the wine glass as if sleepwalking, and drank it down after toasting with the instructor. He felt a coolness flow from his throat to his heart, and then it turned into a hot burning.

Becoming a millionaire overnight has caused the 15-year-old boy to suffer a great mental shock. He feels like he is in a dream and has not yet regained his ability to think clearly.

Duo'er held the tray and asked with interest: "Mr. Vida, what do you plan to buy with this money?"

"I haven't made up my mind yet." Joan told the truth, "I don't have anything in particular I want to buy right now. I'm probably going to live as before, and everything will go on as usual."

The life of the rich is so unpretentious and boring.

Professor Moriarty laughed, and patted the student on the shoulder: "It's okay, you have plenty of time to think about how to spend money, my child, enjoy this happy trouble!"

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Although the Midgard colonial authorities tried their best to block the news and forbid reporting on the war in the north, the truth cannot be hidden forever. The news about the fall of Deep Deep Castle spread like wildfire and quickly spread in the city.

While people are still arguing over these true and false news, they don't know that a more terrible crisis is quietly approaching.

On April 28, 1622, the second day after Linyuan Castle changed hands, Thomas Cornwalli, the deputy commander of the Jotunheim National Guard, led a force to set off from New Avalon and stationed in Linyuan Castle on May 6. , to complete the transition with Bannister Winthrop.

Lord Winthrop returned to New Avalon with two of his best friends, Andry and Ferguson, and shortly thereafter returned to his home country of Fizen for another military adventure.

General Kang Huali, who took over the command of the front line, left 1,000 troops to garrison the fortress. In late May, he personally led 4,000 Feizheng regular troops and the Calydon mercenary regiment from Linyuan Castle, and marched southward. Midgard City.

At this time, the colonial authorities were already in a state of desperation and could not care about blocking the news. The rumor that General Cornwallis led his troops to the south spread almost overnight in the streets and alleys of Midgard City, and became a topic of discussion at the dinner table of thousands of families. focus.

An atmosphere of panic where everyone is in danger, shrouded the city together with the night. The carriages eager to leave the city blocked the streets. Most of the passengers brought their families and traveled in a hurry. The purpose of leaving the city was nothing more than to escape the war.

Governor William Nichols had to appear publicly to appease the people, but unfortunately, the effect was minimal. The letter of appeal to the government of the mother country on the other side of the ocean did not receive a response. In desperation, he had to urgently recruit militiamen from all over the country to support the capital. Seek to save yourself.

Recruiting the militia and preparing the army for war are indeed the only measures that can solve the urgent need. However, Master Fei has already calculated this step before launching the offensive, and has made arrangements in advance, so that Sir Nichols' call-up order has become a dead letter. Get the expected response.

Most of the villages and towns around Midgard City have militias and self-defense teams. Although the training and equipment level of these militias is not as good as that of the regular army, at least they do not lack actual combat experience, and they are still qualified as auxiliary combat forces.

At the beginning of receiving the summoning order, the militia organizations in most villages and towns were willing to respond to the governor's call, but they were quickly overwhelmed and had to give up their plan to support the capital.

Not long after the fall of Deep Fort, disasters occurred frequently in Midgard, the dinosaur population in Aosta Lake once again set off riots, the aborigines in the Asa Valley launched a riot, and the snow monsters and winter wolves from Fang Mountain descended to plunder... …

Almost overnight, the surrounding villages and towns of Midgard were full of wars, and the militias everywhere were exhausted from dealing with the monster attacks, and had no spare power to support the capital. Midgard City fell into a desperate situation of isolation and helplessness.

There has been no news of the support from the mainland of the empire, but there are ominous rumors from the other side. It is said that the Feizhen fleet is about to set sail and cooperate with General Cornwallis' troops to blockade the city of Midgard from both sea and land.

If the rumors are true, the day the Fizen fleet arrives at Midgard Harbor, the city will also fall.

Bad news came one after another, people in the city were panicked, and the tide of fleeing was increasing day by day.

The municipal council is not stopping, and the "dovish" members are working together in private, and are actively planning to submit a so-called "extraordinary period civil protection bill".

If this bill is passed, then the parliament has the right to appoint a representative to conduct peace negotiations with the Fizen side. On the condition that the Fizen military promises to protect the lives and properties of the residents in the city, they agree to give up resistance and surrender in Kaesong.

Colonial Governor Sir Nichols and Garrison Commander Baron Laval resolutely opposed this de facto "Surrender Act", but as the war approached, public opinion gradually came to their opposite.

The reason why the theory of surrender is so popular in the city is inseparable from Feizhen's impromptu change of battle.

The commander of Feizhen's Southward Corps was originally "Blood Prince" Winthrop Jr. This noble son has excellent military talent and super personal strength, but he has a bad reputation and has a heinous habit of killing prisoners.

If Winthrop Jr. still leads the troops to attack Midgard City southward, the residents of the city will know the name of this man and know what will happen if he falls into his hands. They can only give up the idea of ​​surrender and work together to die Give it a go.

However, the reality is not the case.

Not long ago, Earl Rawls Winthrop, the colonial governor of Jotunheim, specially recalled his son from the front line and appointed General Thomas Cornwallis as the commander of the Southward Corps.

In the eyes of the residents of Midgard City, Earl Winthrop's unusual move sent a very obvious signal.

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