European Emperor Cultivation System

Chapter 44 The Uninvited Guest

"Your Excellency Mene, there are a few knights at the gate of the east city. Would you like to put them in?" The soldiers who were hiding in the sentry tower and observing secretly discovered the situation and hurriedly came back to report.

Meine's mind was not on this, and her eyes were always staring at the other side of the sea. The pirates' ships were gradually approaching the shore, and there was no sign of retreating at all.

"Your Excellency Meine, what should I do?" The soldier asked for approval again, and Meine came back to his senses.

"Knight? From Rouen? Check your identity and ask for your origin. If there are no problems, let him in. Remember to say hello to that guy Werther in advance."

The soldier nodded in a signal, then bowed and left.

Meine looked at the dark ships on the sea. Although they were all about [-] to [-] tons with light sails and single masts, the huge number of them was about three to four hundred people, so she couldn't help feeling nervous.

At the top of the city, Li Peijun and others have been hovering in front of the closed city gate.

"You said whether we want to break in, it is probably an empty city inside." Li Peijun waited and watched for a long time but did not see any movement, so he turned his head and came over to ask for everyone's opinions.

The three of Bernard nodded fiercely, while Catherine was a little restrained, agreeing with Li Peijun's opinion with a slight hint.

Li Peijun glanced at the top of the city. The ropes of the suspension bridge are also made of thick hemp rope, but compared to the Baron’s castle, the one here is a lot bigger. Li Peijun took a deep breath, approached slowly and prepared to wait. A climbing rope.

"Hey, where are you from and what are you doing here?"

Everyone noticed a voice coming from the city, Li Peijun moved his sight up again, a head emerged from the wall, and his body was still curled up in the city.

"The garrison of the Baron de Mona Castle outside Rouen, we are here to find the Duke of Normandy. The rebel Edward has already captured the castle of Rouen. I have something to ask the Duke." Li Peijun answered the other party's question fluently.

Feeling that the sky above his head was suddenly dark, and when he looked up, he realized that the other party had put down the suspension bridge. Li Peijun hurriedly retreated a few small steps, and a few people slowly walked out of the city. The leader was a nobleman, who was nothing special Face and hairstyle, wherever you throw it, you look like a passerby.

"I'm Baron Werther, nice to meet you." Werther stood up straight and made a greeting.

Li Peijun and other five people also dismounted to pay respect, and they led the horse all the way to Mene's residence.

"Mr. Witt, it's a little deserted here. My castle in the mountains is better than yours. You can hardly see anyone on the street. Why?"

Werther was also a little helpless, and spread his hands, "There is no way, pirates are rampant these days, the merchants in the city are all hidden, and the farmers outside will suffer. We have tried our best."

"Where is the Duke?" Li Peijun asked about it.

"I left during the day and went back to suppress the rebellion. We will continue to carry the stall here." Werther didn't mind saying this, and expressed the current situation objectively.

"After working on it for a long time, I came to nothing." Li Peijun felt cold in his heart.

"People in the city are also divided. Some don't want to fight recklessly for fear of consuming too much strength, some just want to protect themselves, and a small number just run away." Listening to Werther's tone, it is true that the nobles in the city Slightly critical.

Now that people have arrived here, it seems a bit unreasonable to just leave like this, and the weather is not suitable for going back. At least we have to wait until tomorrow, Li Peijun also admitted.

"Lord Meine, these are from Rouen. I brought them to see you." Werther led everyone to Meine's castle, where you can see the sea from the city wall, the Seine River Go through the middle of the castle.

"Everyone, it's a pleasure to meet you. Why is there a woman, dare to ask who she is?" Meine put aside her troubles for the time being, and warmly greeted everyone.

"I am the daughter of Baron Mona, Catherine." Catherine replied blankly.

"Rare and rare." Meine said a few more polite words.

"What's going on with Kante?" Meine was still waiting for news from Kante.

Yotte shook his head, but judging by the posture outside, the conversation should have collapsed.

Meanwhile, on the sloops off the coast
"Look, a few crabs were caught, hahaha, Kante, you're really good at it, natural bait." Dexter had a great time playing himself, and today he finally got his revenge.

"Forget it, let's stop here this time." Dix pulled the rotating rope and threw this guy Conte to the shore. Looking at him choking on a few mouthfuls of water and gasping for breath, he didn't even mention it. How happy.

"You guys haven't seen the sea yet, have you?" Meine cast his gaze towards the sea outside. Apart from the annoying pirates, the scenery along the Frankish route is quite pleasant. The blue sea and the white sky are printed together In one picture, it is indeed a good place to retire.

These scenes are not unusual in Li Peijun's eyes. After all, when traveling in Europe, the sunny beaches of the Mediterranean Sea are not inferior to here, and the temperature is even better, but the heads of those four guys are like pinhole typewriters.

"Lord Meine, I... I'm back." Conte walked into everyone's sight with a cough, his upper body seemed to have been soaked in water, but his lower body was dry, and he smelled like salted fish.

"Your Excellency Conte, why did you come back now? Needless to say, judging by your posture, you should have failed." Meine didn't mean to blame, but just urged him to change clothes quickly.

"That pirate chief, it's Dexna kid, he's the one who teased me, damn it." Conte calmed down and began to complain.

"Dex? He belonged to the former Earl Mason's family. I heard that he often went to sea, but I didn't expect to go to England to become a pirate." Mene had a little impression of this person, so he began to recall.

"Yes, yes, this guy is still the Viscount of England. Although he is not as good as the current Earl, he still looks like a man." Conte added again.

"This guy opened his mouth, disagreed with the price we offered, and humiliated me."

"I'm not happy with 1000 Sol. It seems that this guy has a really big appetite." Meine sighed again.

"How many troops can we mobilize now?" Li Peijun, who had been listening for a long time, began to ask.

"What are you doing?" Conte was puzzled.

"Fighting pirates, what do you want to do?" Li Peijun smiled slightly.

"Two thousand militiamen, five hundred cavalry, in fact, less than one-fifth of them can directly command the jurisdiction, about four hundred militiamen, and one hundred cavalry." Witte reported the news.

"It seems that there are quite a lot of factions within you." Li Peijun got up and walked outside the city wall, pointing to the vast sea ships on the other side.

"Your Excellency Conte, come and identify which one belongs to Dexter."

Conte rubbed his eyes and scanned it carefully, "It's that ship, the cloth bag that tied me up is still on the deck."

Li Peijun followed Kante's finger and glanced over. It was a ship about the same size as other ships. If it wasn't for the addition of an inconspicuous small cabin, it would be exactly the same.

"Now, let's start Operation Seagull." Li Peijun snapped his fingers with a confident smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)