Steel, Guns, and the Industrial Party that Traveled to Another World

The news that the pirates had been repulsed spread in Huxin Town, and residents took to the streets and gathered in the town's central square to celebrate.

The next day, the earl ordered a victory parade. The troops formed a square formation in company units and marched into the square along the street. A temporary review stand was set up in the north direction of the square. Paul, Schroeder and Bryce Senior military officers reviewed the troops above.

The troops under review walked towards the reviewing stand from west to east. When passing the reviewing stand, the phalanx instantly changed to marching forward in accordance with the orders of their respective officers. The young men held their heads high and chests high, their faces filled with pride but pride. Without losing seriousness.

The onlookers exclaimed, followed by waves of applause and cheers. The old knights on the reviewing stand also nodded secretly. This peculiar way of marching really gives people an indomitable momentum. The discipline and quality of the troops are fully demonstrated. Even the troops he served in before could not achieve this level without long-term training.

After the troops were reviewed, they were followed by the pirates captured in this battle. Different from the flowers and applause just now, they were greeted with rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves. Because of them, the residents of Huxin Town were The life was extremely miserable. Not only were the people who went out of the town to work in the fields wary, but even the fishermen did not dare to go too far from the shore when going to the lake to fish.

In view of the great significance of this victory, on the afternoon of the day when the pirates were defeated, Paul and a group of senior officers suddenly formulated a temporary reward and pension system, and announced it during the military parade:

All those who were awarded temporary military ranks were promoted to regular ranks, and based on their performance in this battle, those who died in the battle were awarded first-class merit, those who were seriously injured were awarded second-class merit, and nearly a hundred others with outstanding performance were awarded third-class merit. According to the level of merit, different material and monetary rewards are given.

For those who sacrificed their lives in combat or were seriously injured and disabled and lost the ability to work, their families can go to the lord's mansion to receive a sum of 5 Aldo gold coins or other equivalent currencies. For civilian families in the Northwest Bay area, this is quite a big deal. of money.

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"You son-of-a-bitch nobles..." The bearded bearded man had his hands tied behind his back. He was struggling hard and cursing as he was taken into the hall. Two soldiers worked together to knock him down to the ground.

"So, you are the 'great' Quaker I?" Paul looked at the unconvinced pirate leader with interest. In the previous battle, the bearded man was trampled and knocked unconscious by his retreating men. I fainted after being stepped on... When I think of this, I feel like a great revenge has been avenged.

"It's your grandpa..."

"Let him speak more clearly."

The sound of slaps echoed in the hall, and a soldier fired his bow left and right. In a short time, both of Quick's cheeks bulged high.

"You...you..." The pirate leader's curses gradually trailed off.

"Tell me all the information you know honestly. How many of you are there? How many things did you steal? Where are the other pirates?"

"To death...hiss...I won't reveal...hiss...even a little bit." Quick's nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he couldn't even speak clearly.

"The bones are very hard. Is there any way you can pry open his mouth?"

Everyone involved in the interrogation brainstormed and came up with ways to punish the person, and good dramas were staged in the hall one after another.

First, he used whips and sticks, then the tiger bench, pepper water, and waterboarding, and he was given a good meal by Kuik. What? Still not speaking? Since the hard one was not enough, the soft one was used to scratch the creaks and soles of the feet, and a series of damaging tricks were used on Quick.

"Uh! Ah! Uh...haha...haha...ah...oh!!! Hahaha!!!"

The soft and the hard took turns, and the bearded Quick was thrown into heaven and hell.

"I'll move... I'll move..." After being tossed for a long time, Quick finally let go.

"It's true that if you don't eat the toast, you'll have to drink the wine as a penalty. Wouldn't it be fine if you opened your mouth earlier?" The little earl laughed eerily like a villain in a movie.

"Soldier, continue to interrogate other prisoners in the prison. Have you memorized the torture methods just now? Let's see if their boss's talk is tougher, or if it's the gangsters' tough talk."

"Yes! Your Excellency, Earl." The two soldiers saluted with the hand-raising salute they had just implemented, geared up, and went out with excitement on their faces.

After Paul laughed strangely for a while, he slowly said to Quik: "Then, the great Lord Quik I, tell me everything you know. If there is any conflict with what your men said, we Lake Xinzhen has always been hospitable, and you will receive an even better 'hospitality'.”

The bearded pirate lying on the ground trembled after hearing this.

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After synthesizing all the pirates' confessions, Huxin Town finally figured out the enemy's situation.

There were three groups of pirates in this invasion.

The first group was the Quaker Gang, who had just made a big mistake in Lake Town.

The second group is the Shark Gang. The leader of this group of pirates is named Shark. It is this group of pirates who ambushed old Paul.

The third group was the "Loach" Garden gang that had just landed ashore. They were the suspicious gang in this battle. After seeing the Quaker gang collectively overturned, they quietly greased their feet and ran away. It was really worthy of it." The nickname "Loach".

The Sharks came ashore first. After robbing the coastal areas, they were lucky enough to defeat the old Graman who came to attack them. When they learned that there was only one kid left in the Graman family, they became more arrogant and directly occupied the small port town of Fulan. They forced local residents to build fortifications and planned to stay there for a long time.

The Quicks came ashore later. The Sharks had almost robbed the coastal areas, so they headed inland. After looting some villages and towns, they decided to do something big and headed straight to the Lake Heart Town, and then they turned over.

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As for the third wave of the "loach" Garden Gang that came ashore, Quick had just joined them and didn't know much.

But what worried everyone in the Lake Heart Town was that although these three pirate gangs were only small gangs, they were affiliated with another powerful force - the sea giant who roamed the North Sea: Walker Edward.

Twenty years ago, Walker Edward suddenly rose to power and gradually annexed the big and small pirate gangs on the North Sea. The pirates who were twisted into a rope gave the lords of the Northwest Bay a headache. They united to try to wipe out Edward.

But the process was not ideal. The pirates came and went on the water, adopted guerrilla warfare, and were erratic. As soon as the noble coalition retreated, they went ashore to attack, and as soon as the main force of the coalition arrived, they retreated back to the sea.

The nobles tried to build ships and go out to sea to wipe them out, but the newly formed fleet was really no match for these old sea foxes and failed repeatedly.

In the end, the nobles couldn't bear it anymore. The two sides negotiated, and the lords paid a large sum of money, which was considered as protection fees, and set aside a piece of land along the coast (including part of the Paul family's territory) for the pirates to "resupply" every few months, while Edward had to restrain his pirate gangs from going too deep inland and entering the capitals of various territories and their surrounding areas.

In this way, the lords and the pirates "lived in peace" for twenty years, while the "supply land" along the coast endured the double exploitation of the nobles and pirates.

When Quick explained this, the Earl angrily threw the water cup he had just picked up, "These son-of-a-bitch nobles!!!" A swear word exactly the same as Quick's just now burst out. Not only Quick, who was kneeling in the hall, was stunned, but the other people participating in the interrogation in the hall also looked at each other.

The housekeeper reminded Paul coquettishly in his ear: "Ahem... Earl, please be careful with your words. Your grandfather was also involved in the negotiations at that time. At that time, most of the lords in the Northwest Bay agreed. Although a few families, including Graman, were dissatisfied, they could not play any role at all, so they had to agree."

Paul asked coldly: "Oh, so if the pirates had not crossed the line this time, would you continue to turn a blind eye and not be bothered?"

Everyone in the hall lowered their heads and remained silent. For a moment, it was terribly quiet, and only the sigh of the old knight Schroeder was heard...