Steel, Guns and the Industrial Party Across the World

When Schroeder escorted the sharks back to the pier, Paul Grayman was confirming the identity of the Leachman Adventure Group.

Several local residents of Port Fulan were called here, including the mayor's granddaughter Susan.

"So, this dying old man is indeed the mayor of this place."

"Yes, my lord." The townspeople replied cautiously, hardly daring to meet the lord's eyes.

They turned their attention to Susan, who was sobbing softly beside the mayor. She was so pitiful. She lost her parents since she was a child, and lived with her grandfather. If the old man can't survive this test, what will happen to the child in the future.

Paul looked at Susan: "Little girl, are those people who claim to be adventurers really invited by you to rescue your grandfather?"

Susan looked up at the lord, then looked down at her grandfather again, and said coldly, "Yes, lord."

Strange, does this little girl have any grudge against me? Paul was very strange. He saw Susan's gaze just now. It was a disgusting and disgusting gaze. Coupled with the tone of her speech, no one would feel comfortable being treated like this for no reason.

"Your name is Susan, right? I sympathize with what happened to your grandfather. Is there anything I can do to help you?"

Susan didn't even raise her head this time, and said coldly again: "There is nothing that needs help, my lord. As long as you can fulfill your lord's responsibility, and don't hide in the castle when the pirates come to bully us again."

Not long ago, Victor, who was promoted to be the captain of the internal guards, was standing beside Paul. When he heard Susan slandering his lord, he drew out his sword and shouted, "Presumptuous!"

Several other townspeople were terrified, and quickly knelt down to plead for mercy: "Master, Susan is too young and ignorant, plus her grandfather was beaten like this, I feel too sad, please calm down and forgive me!"

Unexpectedly, the little girl was aroused by Victor's "presumptuousness", turned around all of a sudden, and shouted to Paul in a high-pitched voice, "My grandpa has been tortured like this, why did you come here?" Do you know how many people's life savings were robbed, how many women were ruined, how many people who dared to resist were killed during these days, do you nobles know? You know that you are hiding in high castles and drinking Zuo Le, have you ever cared about the life and death of the people? Would you have come if the pirates wanted to occupy this place for a long time?"

After venting, the girl burst into tears.

The townspeople didn't dare to intercede anymore, they collapsed on the ground and swayed up and down, lest the lord's anger would implicate themselves.

Victor looked at the count, waiting for his order. As long as the count is willing, the girl will die. It is a serious crime for common people to insult nobles, although he himself sympathizes with her very much.

Paul waved his hand and ordered Victor to put away his weapon. He walked up to Susan and tried to put his hand on the girl's shoulder, but he slowly lowered his arm halfway.

He said: "I understand your current mood. A few months ago, my father was also killed by pirates, which was done by the Shark Gang entrenched in Port Flanders." The pain in his words was obvious.

The girl froze slightly and stopped crying.

The other townspeople understood. Just now they wondered how their lord turned into a teenager. It turned out that the old lord was killed by pirates. Sharks are not stupid enough to spread the word about killing nobles all over the world, so the residents of Port Fullland hardly know about it.

I could only hear the lord continue to say: "As for why it was so late to deal with the pirates, it can't be explained clearly in one or two sentences. The power in my hand was too weak before, so I have to accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity. In short, I'm sorry... "

There was silence.

Whether it was a soldier or a commoner in the lobby, they were stunned when they heard the phrase "I'm sorry". It's unheard of for nobles to apologize to the commoners!

The little girl Susan turned her head to look at Paul, her round eyes widened. She thought she was going to die just now, but she didn't expect that God gave her such an accident, and...it turned out that his relatives were also killed by pirates. up.

The boy who was not a few years older than himself said in a firm tone: "However, what you asked for 'don't hide in the castle anymore', I swear I will do it."

"Not just pirates, no one can bully my people."

The boy added silently in his heart.

…

The members of Leachman's adventure group who were temporarily held in the basement were released.

The blue-haired handsome Dean and the yellow-haired Shamatkai both expressed their gratitude, and thanked Paul one after another. Miss Scholar's face was still red, and she stood there without saying a word. Whenever Paul looked at her, Miss Scholar turned her head away.

Meru rubbed his sore and sore wrists from being strangled by the rope, and complained dissatisfiedly: "It's fine for those two men, but we two ladies were treated so rudely, you northerners are really barbaric."

Paul had a black face when he heard that, that green-haired lady is okay, as for you, no one who sees that kind of strange power will regard you as a lady.

According to the inquiry, this Lichman adventure group is not from the Kingdom of Rollman, but the independent leader Messiah from the south. No wonder this group of people look at themselves with less awe than others. Some city-states with more developed commerce in the south Compared with the independent territories, the gap between nobles and commoners is not as big as that of the northern countries. Of course, this is not so big and it is only in relative terms.

He doesn't intend to embarrass this group of people ~www.readwn.com~ Punish the people of other countries at will, maybe it will cause diplomatic troubles, it is not good to make enemies for yourself for no reason.

At this time, a soldier came in and reported: "My lord, the shark was caught by Major Schroeder and has been escorted to the door of the church."

"Oh? Quickly ask the old knight to come in and bring the captives."

Soon, Schroeder and others led the shark and others into the church.

"Lord Earl, the bandit leader Shark and his accomplices have been caught. As expected, these pirates abandoned their companions and tried to escape from the sea quietly."

The old knight looked contemptuous, and briefly introduced the battle process.

Shark and his little brothers were tied up, and he was lying on the ground with a wound on his leg, humming.

"It's him, my lord, he is the pirate leader Shark, my lord is going to kill him and make the decision for us!"

The townspeople in the hall recognized it one after another.

Shark suddenly cheered up and shouted loudly: "Master Graeman, I know the location of Edward's secret treasure, as long as you don't kill me, I will tell you the location! Your father's death is my fault, as long as you forgive me I have one life, I am your dog, I will bite whoever you want me to bite!"

snort! When death is imminent, I still want to grab the last straw. Not to mention that the shark was his "father-killing enemy", and if he just spared him for money, how could he gain a foothold in this world when it spread. This treasure is also a temporary nonsense in all likelihood. Can Edward's treasure be known to the small gang of vassals like sharks? Even if the shark knows, why doesn't he take it himself? There is still a need to fight desperately with the Greimans' army here.

Paul ordered: "Put these **** in the basement first, and I will hold a public trial tomorrow."

He didn't want to believe a word of the pirate leader's words.