flstandardbreds Chapter 297 I turned against you
Chapter 297 I turned against you
In the Basque port, several figures looked at the sun rising on the distant horizon. As the sun slowly rose, the sunlight dispelled the darkness of the port, revealing their clothes with the emblem of the Basque City Council and their nervous faces.
"Tell me, do we really have to follow what the city council said and bring people to seize that batch of goods?"
Looking at the calm sea, an official in charge of port management asked.
"Otherwise, this is a task assigned by our superiors."
"But I heard that Governor John made his fortune through force. If we seize his merchant ships, he will lead his troops to surround Basque Country. The city council will definitely use us as scapegoats."
"That shouldn't be the case. Didn't Earl Hawes from Windham say that we don't need to worry? Maybe he has already dealt with everything."
"Besides, anyone from Wendam must be close to the King of Midland. John is just a local official. I have never heard of a central official being unable to control a local official."
A few people were talking while waiting for the arrival of the ship. After an unknown amount of time, the sun rose into the sky, and the azure blue sky covered the stars in the early morning.
"Hey, here we come."
At the end of the field of vision on the right side of the port, the outlines of several ships appeared, and soon everyone could see the sails on their masts. The black eagle pattern made everyone realize that this was John's transport ship.
"Then I'll call the harbor guards to come and fence off this area?"
One officer was about to call for help when another stopped him:
"Go and call for help first. If the people on the ship see a bunch of soldiers wearing armor and holding weapons at the port, they will definitely run away."
After the ships docked at the port, the official whispered:
"Now you can go call the soldiers."
"Okay...wait a minute, something doesn't seem right."
Dozens of soldiers in black armor came down from the ship first. They ignored the port officials and instead cordoned off an open space and surrounded the officials inside.
"This this……"
The officials were at a loss for a moment. Some of them looked at other ships and found that some soldiers in black armor had come down from them and surrounded the open space near the ships.
"Who is in charge here?"
At this time, a man who looked like an officer came down from the boat and asked as he walked towards the official.
"I am, sir, what are your orders?"
At this time, the official had given up the idea of causing trouble. The gleaming swords immediately made him sober up. Now he only thought about how to get rid of this group of people.
"Where are the sailors? Tell them to come and unload the cargo as soon as possible."
The officer looked around and felt something was wrong when he found no sailors, so he shouted to the official with a stern look on his face.
"I'll go and call the sailor."
The official ran out in panic, but not long after, he returned with a group of sailors and began to direct the sailors to board the ship and unload the cargo.
As the cargo on the ship was carried down to the port by the sailors, the officer looked at the officials with less vigilance, and soon he returned to the ship.
"call--"
All the port officials breathed a sigh of relief, as they had finally sent this man away. As for the task assigned by the city council to seize the goods, they had to wait for those masters to handle it themselves.
However, at this moment, a carriage stopped outside the port, and a pot-bellied man got off from it. His pumpkin-like face was flushed. After getting off the carriage, he staggered into the port with the help of his servants.
"Let me see what those freeloaders are doing. Hmm?"
When he looked carefully, he found that the port had already started unloading the goods, but the officials did not bring the port garrison to seize the goods. Instead, they ordered the sailors to help unload the goods.
"Damn, they are really a bunch of trash."
Drunk, he pushed his servant aside and staggered toward the boat.
"stop!"
Seeing this, the Blackwatch mercenary pointed his spear at the drunk. The drunk on the other side saw that these people dared to stop him, and said drunkenly with wide eyes:
"Hey, you dare to challenge your uncle Sander? If you have the guts, stab your uncle Sander."
As he spoke, he puffed out his beer belly as if he was six months pregnant and continued to strut towards the mercenaries.
Looking at the spear tip so close, Sander looked at the mercenary who didn't react and mocked loudly:
"I'm here, your uncle Sander. If you have the guts, stab me with your spear."
After many rounds of taunting, Sander saw that the other party did not respond, so he yelled:
"Don't dare to poke me, if you don't dare to poke me, get out of here!"
As he said this, he grabbed a spear and tried to throw it aside, but at this moment, the mercenary holding the spear immediately pulled it back, and then stabbed Sander with the spear before Sander could react.
However, the drunken Sander lost his balance due to the spear being pulled back, and fell down when the spear pierced him.
At the same time, the mercenaries on both sides immediately pointed their spears at the lying Sander, but Sander rolled outward and avoided the attack of the spear.
After making sure he was out of the attack range of the opposite spears, Sander stood up tremblingly. His face was covered with sweat, and because his hands touched the ground, he wiped the dust on his hands onto his face in panic.
By the time he came to his senses, his face was covered with a mixture of sweat and dust. The servant next to him immediately rushed over and wiped his face clean with a handkerchief.
"Damn it, you dared to stab me when I asked you to. Do you know who I am? I am a Basque congressman. Who are you to murder such a noble congressman? I will sue you in court!"
When Sander saw that someone really dared to kill him, he had no choice but to curse loudly outside the port, and all the officials inside hid behind the cargo, fearing that this person would cause trouble for them.
"Who's barking?"
At this time, someone on the boat shouted loudly, and the officials turned their heads to look. The officer who had spoken to them before got off the boat again, but this time he was followed by a dozen soldiers. After getting off the boat, he led his men to surround Sander.
Looking at the tumor-like thing in front of him, the officer first said jokingly:
"Noble, is this word so cheap now? It's fine if he's not a noble, but can he be called noble if he looks like this?"
After hearing this, Sander pointed at the officer and cursed, not caring that he was surrounded by a group of mercenaries:
"Who the hell are you? You think you can tease me just because you're in charge of people!"
"You will soon find out who I am."
After saying that, the officer waved his hand, and the mercenaries surrounding him immediately rushed forward and started punching and kicking Sander.
Amid Sander's screams, the officer shouted:
"I am the centurion of the Black Watch Mercenary Group under Lord John. Who the hell are you? How dare you stop Lord John's goods?"