novellaaa Chapter 286 4 Cannon Shots
Chapter 286 4 Cannon Shots
Chapter 290 Fireballs Everywhere
The team sped through the clouds.
Looking up from the ground, one can only see a white rainbow stretching across the sky, trailing a thin tail of light as it extends southward.
Richard took the lead, his ice silk robes fluttering in the cold wind high in the sky.
He squinted as he looked down at the hills and wheat fields slowly receding below. At this rate, they would reach the border of Cold Mountain Territory in a few hours.
Since the unicorn advanced to the advanced transcendent level, its movement speed has reached a new level, and it can travel the entire Northern Territory in a day.
Now, Chiffon Trading Company's business network in the North has been initially established, with a total of eighteen branches already in operation.
Chiffon cakes were being transported out by caravan, and payments were gradually coming in. The numbers in the ledger were slowly increasing, but the money was coming in too slowly.
It's not that we don't want to open more branches, it's just that we don't have enough manpower.
In addition to one manager and several deputy managers, each branch also needs more than twenty servants to look after the warehouse and take turns on duty. Each time they restock from Qifeng, they need two hundred servants to escort them.
Given the current population size of chiffon cakes, how could they possibly become fat overnight?
Although several new deals were signed during the Grand Stage period, bringing in over three thousand gold coins, which seemed quite substantial and enough for a baron to live a carefree and happy life for a whole year.
But for him, it was only enough to transform more than 400 acres of land.
Grain orders aren't placed every day; they're purchased quarterly, since the market capacity in the North is limited.
Logically speaking, these things require time to accumulate gradually.
But now there's a problem.
The Space-Based Dragon Slayer Cannon takes a full month to charge naturally, and to speed up the charging process, it must consume Iridium crops.
One hundred portions only account for 1%.
This means that to instantly accumulate enough for one shot, you would have to throw in a full 10,000 units.
Ten thousand copies?
Based on the current inventory, at most we can only fire half a cannon.
In other words, after fully charging the Dragon Slayer Cannon, it can only be stuck in the magazine and can't be fired, which is really frustrating.
If you want to fire your cannons around as much as you want, you need to have enough Iridium crops and you need to transform more fields.
That's why Richard wanted to plan ahead for international trade, something that wouldn't require many people; he could handle it himself.
Of course, you can make money in the other three realms and the Emperor realm.
The South is prosperous, the West is constantly at odds with the Titans and needs a lot of resources, and the Imperial Capital is the heart of the Empire, so their markets are much larger than those of the North.
But the problem came again.
Chiffon cakes at this stage are already too flamboyant and high-profile.
The legend of the Unicorn Knights spread from Frost to the Golden Lion, and the deeds of the War Mage were turned into songs sung in taverns.
In addition, they used Iridium crops as rewards for the competition and gave away a large number of magic lamps as gifts, which led many nobles to compare chiffon cakes to rising stars.
This kind of fame is definitely a good thing commercially, but it's a double-edged sword politically.
Rising star?
Wouldn't that mean getting closer to the stars?
Richard only wants to make money for now and doesn't want to be targeted by the royal family, lest he cause any more trouble.
It's different abroad.
As long as there are buyers, we'll flood the market with money, selling everything, in large quantities, even at low prices!
There's no need to worry about whether it will devastate the other side's market or destroy local industries; that's something the Demon Empire should be concerned about.
If he is targeted by the Demon Royal Family, he can simply escape through the teleportation array, and they will have no way to deal with him.
Just as he was lost in thought, the team finally arrived at their destination.
Hanshan Territory is not large among viscount territories, with a total population of about 200,000 and three baronial vassal territories.
Outside the city, vast wheat fields were gradually ripening and would soon be ready for harvest. The city itself was laid out in a chaotic manner, with a constant flow of people coming and going.
As shadows loomed overhead, the patrolling soldiers on the city wall were the first to notice the anomaly.
That storm-shaped banner was too eye-catching!
Under the afternoon sun, the gold base with black patterns looked like a shield floating in the sky, visible from miles away.
Several soldiers wearing Hanshan-style leather armor froze on the spot, their mouths agape, wide enough to fit a fist.
unicorn!
Legend has it that Chiffon has a unicorn knightly order, and they've really arrived!
By the time the first soldier realized what was happening and blew the warning horn, hundreds of unicorns had already swooped down!
The entire town instantly descended into chaos.
"Enemy attack!!"
"Prepare for battle!!"
Several officers behind the battlements shouted at the shoving soldiers, urging them to quickly set up their heavy magic crossbows and prepare to engage the enemy.
This morning they received a military order saying that Chifeng had submitted a declaration of war yesterday and might invade Hanshan Territory at any time, and that they should be on high alert to deal with the sudden defensive battle.
This is way too fast!
Fighting a war takes several days just to transport supplies and provisions, so how come they arrived on the second day? It's like the Chiffon Territory is right next door!
More than a dozen heavy magic crossbows on the city wall have been loaded and set up, but the soldiers of Cold Mountain know that these cumbersome things are only good for dealing with ground troops.
Attacking highly mobile flying war machines is simply wishful thinking.
Many soldiers were trembling as they gripped their spears and crossbows; a territory was considered lucky to have even a few Sky Knights.
And there are more than three hundred people right in front of us!
How am I supposed to fight this?!
These mythical unicorns, treading on white flames, hovered in mid-air, silently and orderly looking down at them. Fear was more real than any mental preparation.
Richard raised his chin at Im.
Im understood and led the guards to fly towards the city wall at a low altitude.
The walls of Hanshan Fort are not very high. The gray-white limestone is neatly laid, and the cracks in the walls are covered with withered yellow moss.
At each of the four corners of the city wall stood a watchtower, a wooden structure with a wooden plank roof, inside which stood several panicked soldiers.
Im did not attack the city walls or the soldiers; he simply ordered the guards to throw their Guard's Fury at the wooden supports of the watchtower from a safe distance.
boom!
Hundreds of transparent light blades descended from the sky, accompanied by the sound of wind, and precisely cleaved the load-bearing pillars of the four watchtowers!
Amidst flying sawdust, the four watchtowers collapsed with a deafening roar. Just before the collapse, the Hanshan soldiers scrambled down the city wall in a panic.
"Help!"
"The city is under attack!"
"Run!"
Not only the soldiers, but also the people in the city sensed the approaching danger and scattered in all directions, hiding in shops or houses, causing chaos and disorder.
After the demonstration, Im led his guards back, and Richard signaled for the troops to land in an open area three kilometers outside the city and line up to wait.
Since we are going to follow the proper procedures, we cannot give anyone any reason to criticize us. Every step must strictly adhere to the rules of noble warfare.
Viscount Hanshan attempted arson, and witnesses and physical evidence have been sent to Benlang and Shuangmo respectively. A declaration of war was also delivered to Hanshan Fort yesterday by express courier.
The two sides need to negotiate; only if the negotiations break down can the war officially begin.