thefictionvixens Chapter 189 Conquering Andaman Port
Chapter 189 Conquering Andaman Port
After five minutes, four crazy people were ready to die heroically, even though many people came out to dissuade them, and even Liu Rengui asked them twice if they really wanted to die because he found it too unexpected.
After receiving a positive reply, Liu Rengui executed them and gave them a grand funeral.
Six others chose to leave Andaman Port, two of whom chose to go to Canterbury City on the same island, and four chose to leave Andaman Port and head south to the Grand Duchy of Naima on the southern continent of Osroni.
Liu Rengui also signaled the soldiers to let them go.
The two men and their families later arrived safely in Canterbury.
As for the other four people, they encountered a "shipwreck" shortly after they left.
Anyone with a bit of common sense should know that Liu Rengui and his companions, as outsiders, must have a follow-up plan if they suddenly wanted to annex Andaman Port. How could they really go south to spread the news that Andaman Port was occupied by visitors from other worlds?
The remaining Andaman nobles chose to surrender, and 30% of them chose to join the Helots. Although they knew that becoming a Helot meant becoming Zhang Wei's slaves, the benefits that Liu Rengui offered to the Helots were too tempting.
In addition to the benefits gained after becoming a freeman from a helot through contribution, Liu Rengui also provided very favorable promotion conditions and welfare benefits when he became a helot. Liu Rengui was also conveying a message that if one wanted to make progress, one had to gain enough trust.
After dealing with the nobles in Andaman Port, the lord of Canterbury City came forward to ask Liu Rengui how he planned to deal with them.
Liu Rengui smiled and said that he only invited them to the banquet and act as a witness to ensure that both parties fulfilled the agreement reached on the spot.
After hearing Liu Rengui's words, many of the nobles in Canterbury City breathed a sigh of relief, except the city lord, who frowned, because he knew that although Liu Rengui said so, he had already controlled Canterbury City by controlling Andaman Port.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Rengui's words verified the city lord's idea. Liu Rengui then announced that if the residents of the island wanted to leave the island, they had to go through the Andaman Port. Any smuggling or illegal immigration would be punished by death.
After Liu Rengui finished speaking, he smiled and asked the banquet to continue.
Some smart nobles in Canterbury City also realized at this time that Liu Rengui did not need to spend resources to conquer them, because Canterbury City was already blocked by Andaman Port. As long as Liu Rengui was willing, he could make Canterbury City's economy increasingly depressed and eventually collapse. And they believed that Liu Rengui would definitely do so!
At the end of the banquet, the lord of Canterbury City found Liu Rengui with the agreement discussed by the nobles, trying to make Canterbury City surrender to Zhang Wei while ensuring its autonomy.
Liu Rengui patiently listened to the conditions proposed by the city lord. He patted the city lord on the back and said that these things were not urgent and could be discussed slowly. The city lord wanted to cry but had no tears. He knew that they had lost the best opportunity to surrender.
Sure enough, starting from the next day, the Andaman Port began to find various reasons to cause trouble for the Canterbury merchants. Some merchants tried their best to persuade and persuade, and finally the goods entered the port, but in the end, they could not get on the ship.
Three months later, a large number of merchants in Canterbury went bankrupt and they began to be unable to pay wages.
After three months of layoffs and wage suspension, the working class and businessmen started a riot, civil unrest broke out in Canterbury, the ruling class was overthrown, and the mayor and others were hanged.
The powerful working class still wanted to negotiate with Liu Rengui, but was stabbed in the back by the merchant class in the city. The workers' leader was betrayed. The uprising in Canterbury failed because of the merchants' betrayal, and Canterbury fell into the hands of Liu Rengui.
Five months after the Canterbury City incident, the Neon Empire had sealed up all of its regular warships, so Liu Rengui ordered Andaman Port to head north to contact the Neon Empire.
When the Neon Empire learned that Andaman Port was another world from the south of the Endless Sea, the whole country was excited. They saw a bright future and they warmly entertained the envoys from Andaman Port.
The envoys from Andaman Port inadvertently revealed that they were engaged in a naval battle with the enemy and urgently needed to purchase a large number of warships for emergency response.
As the saying goes, the speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. The Imperial Army officer who was responsible for receiving the envoys from Andaman Port quickly reported the matter to the Imperial Army Department.
When the Army Department heard this, it knew that it could take the opportunity to sell the sealed regular warships to Andaman Port at a high price. This would not only make a lot of money, but also reduce the maintenance costs of the sealed warships. More importantly, it could take the opportunity to punch those old stubborn people in the Navy Department in the chest. Even if they couldn't kill these guys, they would at least be pissed off.
If it weren't for these old stubborn people using their military merits, family background and their deaths as a warning to cause trouble, the Army Department would never have allowed the Navy Department to seal up so many regular warships. They had long wanted to dismantle these regular warships belonging to the Navy and burn them as firewood.
As the saying goes, good things come in waves. After continuous advice from the cabinet controlled by the Imperial Army Department, the Emperor finally agreed to sell the sealed regular warships in a package to the Andamanese. The Emperor even proposed to give the Andamanese a good discount. Of course, this discount would eventually go into the pockets of these generals of the Imperial Army Department.
Soon after, the Andamanese proposed that they wanted to hire a group of experienced sailors as mercenaries at a high price. As a result, the Imperial Army was very happy to pack up some of the Imperial Navy people they hated and send them to the Andamanese as mercenaries.
The Andamanese were also very straightforward and spent all their money. Of course, this money was not enough to pay the full amount, but it was enough to buy all the regular warships.
Although the Imperial Army also wanted to humiliate the Navy under the banner of buy one get one free, but considering that the four old stubborn people, two were angry to death, and two were seriously ill, it was not easy to be too ruthless, so they regarded the money as a deposit for the two expenses, and agreed to settle the payment in the first round of trade after the ship arrived at Andaman Port.
However, what the Neon Empire’s army didn’t know was that they would never receive the balance payment.
The Imperial Navy cursed in their hearts, and reluctantly followed the Andamans to leave the Neon Empire and head south into the Endless Sea.
When they passed through the Endless Sea and arrived at a world they had never been to before, their original anger turned into ecstasy. Which navy didn't have the dream of expanding territory and discovering a new continent? Now, they were able to discover a second world. This excitement was beyond words.
The imperial navy looked at the Andaman Port which was getting closer and closer. They fantasized about the subsequent expansion of territory, but they didn't know that Liu Rengui had already set up a tight net and was waiting for their arrival.