The Revolutionary Era in One Piece

After climbing up the city wall, Maen and others followed Lux ​​into the village.

Ma En looked around and found that the houses in the village were not particularly good, but they were neatly planned.

The other people in the village looked at Lux leading three strangers into the village with a wary look on their faces. There were men, women, old people and children among them.

Seeing this scene, Crow also breathed a sigh of relief. The opponents did not look like desperate criminals, so Maan's safety should be no problem.

Finally, Lux led everyone to the end. "This is our headquarters." Lux said.

Although it is called the headquarters, it is actually just a bungalow with a small yard.

Ma En and others walked into the yard. The guards inside were much stricter. There were more than twenty people surrounding the yard on guard, and everyone carried a gun.

Ma En and others did not stay in the yard, but walked directly into the house, where a square table for meetings came into view.

There were several people who looked like civil servants standing on both sides of the square table, and each of them had a pistol on his waist.

As for the one standing at the main seat of the square table, it was a woman who was dressed simply and looked extremely capable. Unlike the others, she did not have a pistol on her waist, but a few short knives on her back.

Ma En was the first to walk to the front of the square table and greeted the people in front of him enthusiastically. Seeing Ma En's enthusiasm, the others also showed a gentle smile and were very friendly to Ma En and others.

Maan then turned to the guide and said, “Mr. Guide, you can go find your friends in the village.

Well, Miss Lacus, could you please send someone to help my guide find his friend?"

Lux nodded in agreement, then called a guard from the yard and led the guide out of the house.

Then the capable lady sitting at the main seat spoke, "Please take a seat, everyone. We have come from afar and there is no tea here. We are sorry for the poor hospitality."

Maan didn't hesitate and pulled up the chair opposite her and sat down. Crow and Lux ​​also pulled up chairs and sat down.

After everyone was seated, the two sides stared at each other. Although there were only two people on Ma En's side, their momentum overwhelmed the opposite side.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, Ma En was about to speak, but the woman opposite him spoke first.

"This sir, my name is Irelia, you can also call me by my nickname, Knife Girl.

I know why we are meeting here now, and I am very sorry for robbing your food. We didn't get any news from you before.

We have always thought that you are the nobles' lackeys. After all, at this time, I don't know who else can provide food except the nobles. "The woman in the main seat put her hands together.

“I’m very sorry about this. I know very well how important food is now, but we really don’t have any food to give back to you now.

We had lent all the food to the villagers before, but we didn't expect that it would be forcibly requisitioned by the greedy nobles. We wanted to stop them, but then we saw you coming.

I have been observing from the mountain stronghold because I am afraid that this is a conspiracy of the nobles. I promise, if you give us a little more time, even if we have to rob the military rations, we will definitely return the food to you."

There is a reason why Irelia is so humble. After all, this unknown force has a large number of people and strong soldiers.

But they knew the situation in their own village. There were only a few hundred people, and a group of elderly, weak, women and children who were lagging behind, and they had no equipment.

Once the fighting starts, the other side has already established contact with the village here. By then, we will be besieged by the kingdom and attacked by unknown forces, and we will definitely not be able to escape.

So now Irelia's goal is to lower her profile.

Looking at the force in front of them, it seemed that they were also a resistance force that was against the nobles of the kingdom. Moreover, they had strong men and horses, and their strength was several times that of their own side.

If we can get the support of the other party, or even surrender to the other party, it doesn't matter. Then we won't have to suffer from the lack of soldiers and food and various threats like now.

Ma En received a sincere apology from the other party, which did not surprise Ma En.

When Ma En learned that the team consisted of only a few hundred people, he realized that the opponent had few options left.

At the same time, seeing how the mountain stronghold treated the villagers, Ma En believed that as long as he understood the righteousness of the cause and tempted them with benefits, the other side would have no choice but to submit to the revolutionary army.

Speaking of which, Ma En really needs such a local team now.

Now most of the troops led by Maan are villagers living in the villages on the other side of the Aiya Mountains, and it is impossible for them to be stationed in the villages here permanently.

In order to ensure the revolutionary army's influence here and expand the base to this side of the mountain range, the addition of a local force is undoubtedly an urgent need.

Maan said, "I believe this is a misunderstanding. And there were no casualties in this incident.

As for the food problem, we don’t lack food so there is no rush, let’s put it aside for now.”

Ma En looked deeply at the sword girl in front of him, knowing that she was the backbone of everyone. "I mean, you!"

"Me!" Seeing Marn staring at her like this, Irelia blurted out.

"Arelia, you and everyone in this village, what are you going to do next?" Ma En continued, taking over her words.

At this time, Arelia also understood what Maan meant, and their thoughts just happened to coincide.

"Mr. Ma En, as you can see, the situation here in the village is not optimistic either. I hope you can guarantee the supply of materials for everyone here.

We, all of us here, are willing to surrender to you." Daomei also put forward her own request.

Ma En also nodded immediately, "Of course there is no problem with these. As long as you join us, we will all be comrades."

Ma En looked at the other cadres in the village and said, "I just looked all the way from the entrance of the village and found that few people carried guns. Why is that?"

After hearing what the future boss said, a straightforward cadre sitting at the table replied, "Guns are very expensive and there are very few of them.

A small number of guns are sent out before a battle, and we keep them normally to prevent them from getting damaged or lost."

Hearing her own cadres say this, Daomei felt a little ashamed. After being the boss for so long, she couldn't even fully handle the equipment of the combatants.

After hearing the reason, Ma En nodded gently and said, "To ensure the safety of the village, and to fight the nobles with arms, guns and other weapons and equipment are absolutely necessary, and they must be carried with them."

Ma En turned to Crow and said, "Comrade Crow, when you return, you will be responsible for counting the weapons and equipment and allocating 100 guns from our troops."

Ma En looked at Dao Mei again, "Irelia, I'll give you these 100 guns to ensure the armed strength of everyone in the village. Send someone to pick them up tomorrow.

As for supplies, they are still in short supply for the villagers. You can send someone to pick them up when the next batch of supplies arrives."

Ma En's words excited everyone present, and Daomei couldn't suppress her excitement, "Mr. Ma En, I have nothing else to say.

I will do whatever you need me to do, and this village and everyone in it will be at your disposal from now on."

After the dust settled, Daomei led everyone in the village to see Ma En and others off.

The red flag representing the base also fluttered over the mountain village.

"Now, the revolutionaries have taken root in the villages on both sides of the Aiya Mountains." Ma En thought as he looked at the flags.