"Consul Anthony, I don't care if you don't want to explain, but anyone with a discerning eye can guess what happened. It's one thing for the garrison to go out for training in the snow, but why did they take the militia with them? If they were to take them all, why only take the strong and healthy ones and leave the old and weak behind? Okay, these don't matter, but why did the bandits come as soon as they left? These bandits didn't stay in their nests in the freezing weather, but made a long-distance attack on Seneca City. How could they be so smart? They could guess that Seneca City's defenses would be greatly reduced at a glance?" Woolley's series of questions left Anthony speechless. Although Anthony was not at fault in this matter, he was still speechless because he was the consul of Seneca and had responsibilities and obligations for everything good or bad in Seneca City.

Seeing that more and more nobles and commoners were surrounding him, Wu Lai raised his voice a little more.

"I am Wuleglindo, a native citizen of the Seneca city-state. Since the time of my father's father's father, I have shared life and death, honor and disgrace with the Seneca city-state. But what did I hear when I came back this time? I heard the residents of our Seneca city-state condemning me!"

"Who are you blaming? Blame the garrison for stealing property like thieves! Why do the residents say that? Don't the garrison have food and wages? No! It's because the garrison is a privileged class in the territory, especially in the city-state where they are stationed! They dominate the security of the city-state, but they are more keen on exploitation. They rely on squeezing the blood and sweat of small and medium-sized nobles and civilians to live an extremely luxurious life. They are all greedy idlers."

"They use various names to unfairly distribute the burden and benefits. They are exploiting everyone every day and every moment, constantly taking away the harvest and savings of the middle and small nobles, and even the things that are indispensable for the simplest life of the common people. So much money has flowed into their wallets, but they still think it is not enough! They also want to squeeze more money directly from everyone by creating panic and threats! I believe that if everyone continues to tolerate it, they will be able to do it soon, because they have such power!"

"The garrison imposed some extra and unreasonable taxes on us. They are plundering us despicably. But is it because they are not rich enough? Is their life not luxurious enough? No! No, they plunder because plunder is their nature. They think that this way can consolidate their position and let them and their descendants always be above us."

"This is the garrison! Each of us, as well as your family, is constantly making noble sacrifices for the happiness of these privileged classes, and they will continue to let us do so so that they can plunder more luxuriously and more easily. Today's bandit attack is a good example!"

"Think about everything we've encountered, money, women, the threat of the city being breached. I want to ask everyone, do you still want to continue like this?!" Wu Lai raised his arms and shouted.

"No! We don't want to do this anymore!"

"Yes! Get them out! Get them out as far as possible!"

"We don't need a garrison!"

Anthony's face became more and more ugly. He felt embarrassed by the excitement and loud shouting of the people around him. Although Woolley's gun was pointed at the garrison, why did he incite everyone in front of me in front of my residence?

After successfully attracting hatred for the garrison, Wu Lai looked at Anthony with a serious face and said, "Consul Anthony, you are the leader of the Seneca City-State. Over the years, everyone has always seen and remembered your contributions to the Seneca City-State. We all fully believe that you were not aware of what happened today. We came to you today in the hope that you can represent all the residents of the Seneca City-State and lodge the most solemn protest to the garrison and the legion!"

Anthony's heart sank, thinking that he had really been tricked by this kid.

Seeing Anthony's expression change, Wu Lai smiled slightly, leaned close to him and said in a low voice: "Mr. Archon, if you hesitate any longer, you will be dragged down by Dayi. Now, it's time for you to choose your side."

Anthony was startled, frowned slightly, and nodded slightly. Yes, although Wu Lai was strong, it would at most embarrass him. Losing some face was not a hurdle that he could not overcome. But if something big happened in Seneca City, he would lose his position.

After thinking about it, Anthony no longer hesitated. He cleared his throat out of habit and announced in a loud voice: "I also think that what happened today is strange. Please rest assured that I will protest to the garrison and the legion about this matter! Please also believe that I, Anthony, will, as always, safeguard the interests of the Seneca city-state and will not let..."

Seeing Anthony so obedient, Wu Lai was happy. He didn't bother to listen to what Anthony said anymore. He squeezed out of the crowd and jumped into the carriage to go back to Baishi Building. Today, the Daishan team won the first show, so comments and rewards were a must...

In the evening, Mrs. Leah leaned on the windowsill and looked into the yard as usual, and Tina was with her as usual. Eaton had been playing all day and was sleeping soundly at this time.

When the smell of blood wafted over with the wind, Lady Leah couldn't help but cover her nose.

"So many dead horses, and you don't mind the fishy smell." Lady Leah frowned and said. Dead horses had been continuously transported into the Baishi Building since noon. Twenty or so slaves had been busy skinning, cutting meat, scraping offal, and pickling them since then. They have been busy until now. Looking at the mountain of horse carcasses in the yard, it would probably take another two or three days to clean them all up.

"Butler Gauguin said that Wu Lai ordered that all the horse meat be made into bacon and kept as rewards for servants and slaves," said Tina.

"Reward?! He's crazy, so much horse meat." said Lady Leah.

Tina sighed and thought to herself that it would be better not to tell you that Wu Lai had killed hundreds of bandits, so that you wouldn't make a fuss again.

…

Four days later, the garrison returned to Seneca City. From Dayi and Ivan to the lowest-level soldiers, they all looked exhausted, and many of them had bloodstains on their bodies.

You know, the garrison has not been idle in the past two days. At nightfall on the day after Seneca City was attacked, Osaire's deputy who survived by chance led a group of retreating bandits and angrily walked into the Red Valley Bay Fortress, wanting to find Dayi and Ivan to argue. As a result, Dayi listened to his story with a kind face and suddenly drew the sword at his waist.

According to Dayi's original intention, he wanted to kill this foul-mouthed guy first, and then go out of the tent to arrange for people to strangle the hundred or so bandits he brought with him who were eating and drinking for free. Unexpectedly, this deputy of Osaires was not only slick and flexible, but also very skilled. Not only did he block the attack of Dayi and Ivan with his sword alone, he was able to run out of the tent and shout a warning. As a result, the hundred or so bandits he brought with him were immediately furious...

Before this heroic deputy fell down after being shot by a feather arrow, he actually cut a bloody groove on Ivan's left cheek. A small number of his men successfully escaped from the Red Valley Bay Fortress and scattered into the snowy fields under the cover of night.

So Dayi began to arrange a pursuit, not only a pursuit, but also a search and suppression. If he did not catch and kill these guys or drive them away, Dayi would not be able to swallow this breath. He was not worried about what these bandits would say, because no matter what they said, it would be useless. He was just angry, angry that his plan was ruined, and from the description of the "brave deputy", it seemed that it was Wuleglindo who ruined the plan.

"Damn it!" Dayi has said this sentence countless times in the past few days. No wonder, he is so upset. You know, in order to increase Osaire's chances of success, Dayi even lent him a hundred horses.

The pursuit and search were quite effective. After two days, Dayi and Ivan collected more than seventy heads in total. Although some of them were actually cut off from the bandits who died of wounds and frostbite, it was still a victory after all. Dayi told Ivan that when he returned to Seneca City, he had to pretend to be rushing to provide emergency assistance, and taking these seventy heads back with him would at least explain something.

"Come on, Anthony has no choice but to stand on our side." Dayi said to the dejected Ivan.

Ivan nodded. He was really exhausted these two days.

Soon, Dayi found out that he was wrong. Antony obviously no longer stood on his side, because not only did he show an indifferent attitude towards the garrison, he also sent people to warn Dayi and Ivan that he had reported the attack on Seneca City by bandits to the Legion and the Supreme Noble Council truthfully, and also asked the Legion and the Supreme Noble Council to make a fair judgment. Before the judgment was issued, he hoped that Dayi and Ivan would abide by their duties and restrain the garrison soldiers under their command, and not and could not harass the production and life of the residents of the Seneca city-state.

After hearing what the visitor said, Dayi simply overturned the table.

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"Go and call the clerk." Dayi pointed at Ivan and shouted.

The next morning, three cavalrymen, each carrying a letter from Dayi, rode out of Seneca City...

Almost at the same time, the two-horse carriage driven by Puya crossed the Titan Mountains and rushed towards the Assyrian city 200 miles away. Sibanok was wrapped in a thick blanket and fell asleep in a corner of the carriage, unable to hide his tiredness...

…

After the bandit incident was talked about by people for a few days, the flames of the incident grew stronger and stronger. Woolley almost became the most prestigious person in the Seneca city-state, because both nobles and common people had subconsciously compared him with Mikoyan and Anthony.

Wu Lai was naturally happy about this, and the members of the Tongji Alliance were naturally even happier about this. Those small nobles who were dependent on him wished that Wu Lai's status and momentum would be as high as possible. Who wouldn't want to follow a superhero-level strong man?

Although he enjoyed this feeling very much, Wu Lai became surprisingly low-key, at least on the surface he seemed to be much more low-key. He stayed at home for several days, and except for Mikoyan or members of the Tongji Alliance, anyone who wanted to see him was told to postpone. To outsiders, he seemed to be out of touch with worldly affairs.

Wu Lai is certainly not a man who doesn't care about worldly affairs. He stays at home because he is busy assembling and improving several new gadgets with the craftsmen in the armory. In addition, although the individual crossbow is incredibly powerful in actual combat, it also exposes some minor problems. Wu Lai certainly wants to make it more perfect. You know, this thing is a close combat weapon. Without it, no matter how powerful the Daishan team is, they cannot achieve such a glorious victory.

In addition to assembly and improvement, Wu Lai was also waiting, waiting for something to happen. He did not expect that after he slapped the garrison in the face, the other side would not even react at all, although Gauguin had reported for several days in a row that the garrison had now restrained too much.

But Wu Lai knew that the other party was actually waiting just like him.

At noon twelve days later, Dayi and Ivan appeared at the checkpoint outside the main city gate at the same time, riding horses and wearing military uniforms, looking majestic...

After a while, one of Neptune's men ran quickly into the White Stone Building.

After listening to the report, Wu Lai stopped the work at hand, took the towel handed to him by Gao Geng, wiped his hands while frowning and thinking.

"They must be from the Legion to be welcomed by Dayi and Ivan. They seem to be of high rank and move very quickly." Wu Lai thought about it, smiled slightly, and said, "Let's make some preparations. If our predictions are correct, they will come to visit Baishi Tower soon."

"Okay, Master Wu Lai." Gao Geng nodded, his face becoming more solemn.