Chapter 1185: Massive Naval Guns
Without its fleet and garrisoned infantry, the entire Royal Port was like a peeled durian, completely at the mercy of Zhang Tuohai.
Zhang Tuohai mobilized the Unsullied from the ship again to act as a front, and walked towards the Governor's Mansion in a swagger.
The journey was smooth and there were no obstacles along the way.
When he arrived at the gate of the Governor's Mansion, Zhang Tuohai was stunned.
He originally thought that what he would see was a closed gate, a row of shields, and the Governor's Palace guards armed with live ammunition.
But none of this was seen. Instead, there was a girl holding flowers, a butler holding a silver tray, and the governor standing respectfully.
After seeing Zhang Tuohai and the neatly arranged Unsullied, the middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes standing in the middle immediately walked over and spoke.
"Welcome, great conqueror, you conquered this city. I am the local governor Yin Fan. Please allow me to pay my respects." Governor Yin Fan said and waved his hand. The butler holding a silver plate immediately came up and handed the silver plate respectfully to Zhang Tuohai.
On the plate was a dish of salt and some slices of bread.
This is a symbol of surrender, symbolizing the handing over of the materials on which the city depends for survival, and that everything from now on will be subject to the arrangements of the conqueror.
"Just eat it." Zhang Tuohai was not interested in these things, so he said to Molly next to him.
"Is this really possible?" Molly's eyes sparkled.
She dreams of conquering a city that belongs to the Empire as revenge for the Empire's destruction of Dragon Cliff.
However, the more battles she fought, the more she realized that it was too difficult to conquer the empire with just one dragon of her own.
Light durability is a big problem.
If the Empire wants to deal with her, it can send a large number of people. If the consumption is not taken into account, the consumption alone will be enough to kill Alduin.
Besides, apart from a giant dragon, she herself has no power.
The Empire could even send out a few assassins to bypass the dragon and attack her directly.
Once she died, Alduin was no longer a valid source.
Especially after Zhang Tuohai summoned the Hydra just now, the Hydra's powerful combat ability even surpassed Alduin, making her lose the last bit of her pride.
Even without her and Alduin, Zhang Tuohai can still roam the seven seas.
She even felt that Zhang Tuohai no longer needed her, and she could only stay by Zhang Tuohai's side like a lover to ensure Long Ya's safety.
But just now Zhang Tuohai actually asked her to taste the bread and salt that symbolize conquest. What does this mean?
Do you want Dragon Cliff to expand to this place?
This is a great achievement that our ancestors in previous generations were unable to complete!
Thinking of this, Molly's body couldn't help but tremble with excitement.
"I don't mean anything else. I'm just too lazy to move. You can do it for me. From now on, you can handle these open matters. The jurisdiction here also belongs to you. You can consider it as a subordinate city-state of Longya." Zhang Tuohai said calmly.
He is no longer interested in establishing a political power or dividing up territories.
No matter who has been the master of hundreds of worlds, he would not be interested in managing a few city-states.
In Zhang Tuohai's eyes, this is no different from playing house.
He was too lazy to deal with all this, so he asked Molly to help manage and handle trivial matters, while he sat behind the scenes and controlled the overall situation. It was a good idea.
Zhang Tuohai has no interest in these worldly rights, but Molly does.
When she heard Zhang Tuohai say this, her eyes sparkled.
What is her dream?
Isn’t it just about rebuilding Longya and letting Longya regain its former glory?
Conquering Port Royal, isn’t this the first step?
Molly excitedly dipped the bread in salt and ate it.
This represented acceptance of Port Royal's surrender.
The Governor of Port Royal also breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.
If Molly doesn't eat, Royal Port might be ushered in a bloody storm. People in the port area don't know that the high-ranking officials and nobles of the empire may lose their heads.
Now, no matter what, my life is saved.
Zhang Tuohai didn't want to kill all the imperial officials.
It is certainly fun, but it will not be beneficial for future battles.
Those imperial officials who knew that surrender would mean death would inevitably lead the entire city in rebellion, which would be extremely disadvantageous to him.
Simply take them in temporarily to reduce the resistance of other imperial officials.
As for whether these people are loyal, whether they have ideas of rebellion, and whether they are beneficial to the stability of the future regime, what does that have to do with him?
He just used the power of this regime to fight against the empire, find Mephisto, and then kill him, that's all.
As long as he kills Mephisto, he can leave this world, and everything here will become a thing of the past.
It's not worth caring about at all.
Several parties had their own thoughts, and under the leadership of Governor Yin Fan, the group entered the Governor's Mansion.
The Unsullied took over the defense of the Governor's Mansion. Governor Yin Fan had already arranged a dinner in the hall. The huge long table was filled with all kinds of delicacies.
Countless noble ladies and maids stood on both sides. When they saw Zhang Tuohai and his party come in, they all knelt down and saluted to show their respect.
Zhang Tuohai naturally sat in the main seat, Molly sat next to him, and the Governor and his entourage accompanied them with smiles, chatting and laughing throughout the table.
After the meal, the governor presented the account book.
"These are the supplies currently available in Port Royal. Please have a look."
Zhang Tuohai flipped through the account book and found that there were more than 5 million dinars in cash alone, and more than 80 million in taxes collected from other places.
In addition, there were large quantities of food, wood, weapons, artillery, shells and other supplies.
"So many weapons?" Zhang Tuohai raised his eyebrows. The supplies on the books were already a hundred times more than enough to maintain a port.
Even with the garrison, it would not consume so much.
After all, artillery is not a consumable item. It is not impossible for a smoothbore artillery of this era to be used for decades.
"This is the temporary reserve of the empire. It is said that it is used to strengthen the city defenses in various places," Governor Yin Fan said immediately, "but I always feel that it is a bit strange."
"What a weird thing."
"The caliber of these guns are obviously naval guns . To strengthen the city defense, we should use coastal defense guns with larger calibers."
"Moreover, these cannons are obviously old and have been used before. Many of them have traces of erosion by sea salt. They look like they were discarded from warships."
Governor Yin Fan said.
"Those who were eliminated from the battleship, take me to see them." Zhang Tuohai said.
"plz follow me."
Governor Yin Fan led Zhang Tuohai to a warehouse and asked someone to open the door of the warehouse.
There were a lot of cannons neatly stacked in the warehouse. All of them were naval guns used on ships. Zhang Tuohai even saw a large number of pursuit guns, which were obviously dismantled from ships in batches.
"Why are there so many? Did the empire retire its warships in large quantities?" Zhang Tuohai frowned as he looked at the naval guns.
