The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Seven ships with the flag of the Kingdom of Root passed through the long and narrow entrance channel of Matou Bay, entered the interior of Matou Bay, and docked firmly at the pier under the guidance of the tug boat.

Because this is not the first time to receive a prisoner ship, the officials of the Governor's Mansion on the pier arranged the manpower after a brief handover with the captains of the ships, and assigned the people on board to different camps according to their identities. .

First of all, they are the slave soldiers with the lowest status. They were sent directly to the camp of the Pioneer Battalion of the Pioneering Regiment. Those Pioneer Battalions are essentially cannon fodder battalions. Once the mission of pioneering is issued, the Pioneer Battalion will be the first to enter the jungle and carry out pioneering work. , so they must be the first to encounter various dangers. Usually, more than half of the people in the vanguard battalion will die during a pioneering mission. Even if the entire army is wiped out, it is not unheard of.

In addition to the slaves in the vanguard camp, the officers or managers of the vanguard camp are all noble prisoners or officers who have committed crimes from the Kingdom of Root. Although they were dispatched to the vanguard camp, they are different from slaves. They have Opportunities can leave, as long as they complete a few missions, they can leave the Pioneer Battalion, and they can even make meritorious service and get a lot of rewards, so every time a pioneering mission is released, the officers of the Pioneer Battalion will try their best to complete the mission, at all costs. Fill it with human life.

Because of this, except for those unlucky guys, most of the officers in the vanguard camp can leave the vanguard camp safely, and some of them can even earn a lot of wealth, so when there are new development tasks to be issued At that time, the officers of these vanguard battalions were very excited. In order to get more powerful slaves, they even did not hesitate to fight.

In this regard, the Matouwan Governor's Mansion did not take any action to prevent it, but was completely a bystander, and even some officials from the public security station and the town government would take this matter to bet that the officer of the Pioneer Battalion would grab the most slaves .

Compared with the lively scene caused by the ownership of the slaves, the takeover of the prisoners of war seemed much smoother. There were a total of more than 400 prisoners of war from different countries on the seven ships. Among these prisoners of war, the number of prisoners of war in the Kingdom of Berent was not the largest. It only occupies the third place, and the most of them are prisoners of war from a duchy called Norseman. There are more than a hundred people, and all of them are from the army.

This Norseman Principality is a country in the New World. It belongs to a kingdom named Lips in the Novat continent. This Kingdom of Lips was also the first kingdom to send a fleet to establish a colony in the New World. The Norseman Grand Duke was sent to the New World and established a duchy.

Of course, this is just the public statement of the Kingdom of Lips. In fact, the Grand Duke Norseman was captured by rebellion, but King Lipps didn’t want to kill his only younger brother, so he just took away all the territory of the Grand Duke Norseman. , and then drew a piece of land near the colony point of the New World, and assigned the Norseman Grand Duke to the New World.

And this Norseman Grand Duke is not a peaceful person. After being dispatched to the New World, he quickly regrouped some of his subordinates and mastered the colony of the Kingdom of Lips. After the establishment of the Principality, in order to avoid completely angering the Kingdom of Lips and ordering it to send a fleet to attack him, he very wisely chose to bow his head to the king, saying that the Principality of Norseman belonged to the Kingdom, and agreed with Lips The Kingdom of Sri Lanka has sent a certain number of troops to station in the territory of the Principality, and is willing to cooperate with the Kingdom's development and exploration of the New World.

It was precisely because of the initiative of the Duke of Norseman to bow his head that the Principality of Norseman was not destroyed by the Kingdom of Lips, but instead received the support of the Kingdom of Lips, and was able to gain a firm foothold in the New World and expand its territory.

Among all the coastal kingdoms that started the colonization of the New World, only the Norseman Principality had the most successful colonization. It already had the size and strength of a real principality inside. Building a town-sized colony in one place is simply not comparable to the size of the Norseman Principality.

Therefore, the Norseman Principality has become the object of hatred and jealousy of these coastal kingdoms. Almost all coastal kingdoms have reached an undisclosed covenant. This covenant is very simple, that is, the Norseman Principality is their public enemy, as long as If you have the opportunity, you must attack the forces of the Norseman Principality.

Ever since, the Norseman Principality has become the favorite prey of pirates. From time to time, some pirates will attack the coastal villages of the Norseman Principality. Although the Norseman Principality knows that these so-called pirates are actually the navy of other kingdoms, but They also have no way to question those kingdoms. Even if they capture prisoners, those kingdoms will completely deny their accusations, and will only say that the Norseman Principality is a frame-up, and finally put the Norseman Principality's public enemy status on the table. Therefore, the Norseman Principality can only smash its teeth and swallow it in its stomach, send more soldiers to protect coastal villages, build naval bases in key coastal areas, etc., to a certain extent, it does alleviate the pirate attacks.

This time, the navy of the Kingdom of Root actually captured more than a hundred troops of the Norseman Principality. This matter is indeed a bit inconceivable to those who know the situation. After all, it is nothing more than a navy of a ship capturing some ordinary farmers. If you want more than a hundred fully armed army soldiers, you may need a fleet.

Afterwards, someone asked the captain who captured the soldiers of the Norseman Principality. After what happened, the captain did not hide it. He said that he was completely lucky. He originally planned to rob a village, but the army of the Norseman Principality was stationed there. In the village, the soldiers and officers of the army seemed to be celebrating something. They were all drunk, and only a few guards were still barely awake. In the end, they took over these soldiers without any effort. On the contrary, the officer suddenly When he came to his senses and wanted to resist, he was beaten to death on the spot by the soldiers.

It is precisely because of the particularity of these soldiers of the Principality of Norseman that they were arranged to be detained in a separate camp, completely in the way of prisoners, and the Governor's Palace seems to intend to organize these soldiers into In the vanguard camp, it seems that they want to let these soldiers die silently in the jungle through the pioneering mission.

Compared with the soldiers of the Norseman Principality, the naval soldiers of the Kingdom of Berent received much better treatment. They were assigned to the barracks of the security station, where they lived in relatively spacious houses, and their living conditions were better than other prisoners of war. Much better, this is mainly because even though the Kingdom of Belent and the Kingdom of Root are hostile, the people at the bottom of the two kingdoms belonged to the same country at first, and they were more or less related to each other, so even if they were on the battlefield The two sides face each other life and death, but after the battle, they will still keep a certain bottom line of treatment for each other, and will not do too much.

It's just that the treatment of the naval soldiers of the Kingdom of Belent is just that. After a few days, they will still be incorporated into the pioneering corps and go into the jungle to open up new inland settlements for Matou Bay.

In addition to these ordinary prisoners of war, there were also a few people with special identities who were arranged in hotels in the outlying towns of the port. Take care of these people, and Leo, who is disguised as an oceanographer, is one of them.

The people in the Governor's Mansion didn't seem to be worried about Leo's escape. Another prisoner who looked like a nobleman who was arranged in the hotel together asked the entourage assigned to him about this question, and the entourage gave The answer is that it takes about five days to take a boat to the nearest colonial village to Matou Bay. This area on land is full of virgin forests full of various dangers. Even the best adventurers have made all the preparations to break into the It is also difficult to get out of these forests alive, so they are not worried about Leo and the others escaping.

Since they were not worried about Leo and the others escaping, naturally they would not restrict the people who were taken care of from walking around in Matou Bay, so after they were settled and cleaned up, Leo directly asked his entourage if he could take a stroll. Visit Matou Bay.

In this regard, the entourage directly agreed, and it seems that they should have obtained some relevant permission for their realization.

Therefore, those followers became guides, and led Leo to visit Matou Bay. Except for special places such as the Governor's Mansion and the military camp where he was not allowed to enter, he visited all other places.

It is not difficult to see that the builder of Matou Bay originally planned to build it as a military fortress, so he built a total of 24 forts, ten of which were located on the entrance cliff of Matou Bay. Facing the sea, any enemy ship that wants to enter Matou Bay from here will have to undergo the baptism of dozens of artillery pieces. Due to the location of the fort, the artillery shells on the sea cannot hit the fort on the cliff, so they can only Passively beaten.

There are also four forts installed in the Governor's Mansion, the military camp, the security office, and the town government. The artillery on the forts are all aimed at the direction of the dock. It seems that they are worried that if the forts at the entrance cannot prevent enemy ships from entering, then These four turrets will carry out second-line defense to minimize the enemy's combat power.

Fourteen forts were used to deal with the enemies coming from the sea. It can be seen that the biggest concern of the builders of Matou Bay at that time was from the sea.

The remaining ten forts were arranged in the outskirts of the Matouwan wharf area, and were connected in a line by the city wall, guarding the wharf area, and the guns were aimed at the direction of the jungle. This should be to guard against the enemies in the jungle. Moreover, judging from the newness and oldness of the construction of the forts, the construction time of these forts should be in the past two years, which is much later than other forts. It is not difficult to see that the threat from the jungle should have appeared in the past two years. Yes, the Governor's Mansion in Matou Bay has therefore adjusted its defense target to the inland area, and the continuous development tasks may also be related to this.

The entire Matou Bay is roughly divided into two areas. One is the dock area. There are not only port docks, but also extremely complete urban buildings and even a sewer system. The buildings here are all made of bricks and stones, which are extremely strong. , the important officials and their families of Matouwan all live here, the Governor's Mansion, the public security station, and the town government are also located here. It can be said that this is the core area of ​​Matouwan, so it is also surrounded by extremely strong stone walls. and turrets for protection.

On the other side of the stone city wall is the second area of ​​Matou Bay. This is the residential area of ​​Matou Bay soldiers, their families, and voluntary colonists. The buildings here are all made of wood. Naturally, it cannot be compared with the houses in the dock area.

The protection here is also much weaker, and the jungle is only surrounded by a two-person-high wooden fence. Even ordinary people can easily climb over the height, not to mention the beasts or natives in the jungle. Therefore, in the past, people living here were often attacked, because most of the attacks occurred at night, so there was an unwritten rule here, that is, do not walk outside alone at night, and stay at home honestly.

However, the Governor's Mansion doesn't care about anything. A long time ago, the Governor's Mansion arranged for a patrol team to carry out patrols, and the number of patrol teams is also increasing. From the first two people to the current sixteen People, but even so, the attacks that should be encountered will still appear, but the targets of the attacks are more members of the patrol team.

When Leo was visiting the outskirts of the city, he happened to overhear the residents talking about a monster attack that happened nearby for more than ten days, but what they were talking about was not the monsters and victims who sneaked into the city, but the The lucky ones for that attack.

It is said that the lucky guy was originally the target of the monster attack, but for some reason, the monster changed the target of the attack midway and killed another patrol member. This is not the most bizarre thing, the most bizarre thing is Today the lucky guy was attacked again, and this time the attack was much more serious than the last one. The entire lumberjack team and the staff in the lumber camp were all killed in the attack, and even the bodies were not found. The lucky one survived and ran back to town to report.

It is precisely because the lucky guy survived both attacks, especially the increase in the number of people in the second attack, some people can't help but wonder if this lucky guy sold his soul to the lurking in the jungle of the New World Monsters, and those who disappeared in the monster attack were actually sacrificed to the monsters in the jungle by this lucky guy.

Although this sounds extremely absurd, and its credibility is almost zero, the way the lumberjack team died without bones left makes the relatives and friends of these people extremely sad, and they need someone to vent about. Guessing is just the best way to vent. For a while, the anger of all the relatives and friends of the deceased was consciously directed to the lucky person by the officials who did not want to take responsibility. Now the lucky person has been detained. It is said that after the interrogation, It will be executed publicly, so as to stabilize the hearts of the people in the outer towns who have been shrouded in panic and are on the verge of losing control.

"Can I go and see that lucky guy?" Leo asked his followers after hearing the relevant news.

The entourage was stunned when he heard the words, not understanding why Leo was interested in this person.

Leo explained: "I just want to know from the person involved what happened to the monster he saw? Maybe we can find a way to deal with it."