Chapter 10: Mac the King Slayer
In short, when the sun still rises on a new day, Zelen, who helps assemble the general-purpose machine gun in the production workshop, has quite a headache.
Because the Blue Wave general-purpose machine gun he needs to assemble in front of him is a machine gun that uses a 100-round ammunition belt. It has a total length of 1066 mm, a barrel length of 558 mm, a theoretical rate of fire of 650 rounds per minute, an empty weight of 10.2 kg, and 800 The effective range is 3,000 meters, and the maximum range is 3,000 meters.
Although it sounds okay, but... the blue wave universal machine gun in front of him is not one of the latest weapons and equipment of the Crurod Empire, but a replica of the same historical model that Paula read in a book before. .
Therefore, Zelen realized the importance of the Golden Moon Party.
At the very least, with the help of former diplomatic experts and excellent profiteers like the Golden Moon Party, does he need to imitate historical relics from a hundred and fifty years ago to prop up the scene?
You must know that twenty years ago, the army of the Krurod Empire was fully equipped with assault rifles and special light machine guns. For this reason, Zelen immediately understood the importance of money and reconsidered the Golden Moon Party's requirements.
So another day passed, and sure enough, the Golden Moon Party still asked Zelen to go to Semeru Island in person. What's more, to the frustration of congressional officials, the leader of the Golden Moon Party made it clear that he was willing to send ships to pick up people.
Envilla: "These guys...can't...haha...it's already this time, what else do they want to do?"
Senagou: "The leader of the Golden Moon Party probably wants His Majesty to go there in person, kneel down in public, and apologize and make amends for the mistakes made by His Majesty the Nether in the past. After all, the Golden Moon Party was defeated by Nether in those days. His Majesty forced us to collect taxes from people all over the country."
Envilla: "So...can't I go down on your Majesty's behalf and kneel down to apologize for my crime?"
Senagu: "Enwela, about this...I..."
Obviously, when faced with the embarrassed expressions of the two congressional officials, Zelen held in his hand a stern radio telegram written by the leader of the Golden Moon Party, White Mac, and he knew that his grandfather was really a Offending someone is too harsh.
Zelen: "Tell me, what kind of person is this Mr. Bai? What did he do during my grandfather's time?"
Senagou: "He is a businessman. He used to make a fortune by selling sugar. Later, because of his ability to make money, Your Majesty's grandfather, His Majesty Nether, named him and promoted him to become the Minister of Finance at that time. He was specifically responsible for how to increase the tax rate of the empire at that time, thereby increasing the national revenue and providing enough funds for Emperor Neser's offensive plan at that time. As a result, the act of asking for exorbitant taxes from the people made Mike suffer from both sides, so that he later became the first one. He was reviled by the people, and then forced by the assassins sent by His Majesty Neser, and finally participated in my activities at that time. He was also the first minister of the Pa-O Republic to choose to resign in the face of unfavorable war conditions. Officials who take all responsibility and voluntarily go into exile to suffer.”
When Zelen heard this, he couldn't help but cover his face.
Wasn't his grandfather too good at offending ministers? No wonder this Mr. Bai directly became a traitor.
But it has to be said that self-exile... not many officials these days have such feelings to talk about it, or even bear such responsibilities.
no way.
Go ahead.
Since they were willing to send ships over, he naturally didn't have many choices.
Therefore, as an armored transport ship flying the golden moon flag came to Sugui City, Zelena had to take Paula and the four of them, as well as a group of officials and entourage, on board the ship to officially go to Semeru Island. .
"Dad, are you really okay with this?"
"Although it has been seventeen years since the incident, or was it eighteen years ago? In short, I still have anger. Even back then, I had shot that old faint gentleman through the abdomen."
"this……"
"I definitely didn't ask him to come here to apologize. I was the one who dragged the corpse of the old fool through the streets. But Clara, as for me... I just want to see the little hero who beat a dozen black-haired kobolds by himself. What does it look like? After all, Sena Gu, who is not afraid of death and is not afraid of how big the trouble is, is so humble. He probably has no chance of survival and is forced to find Emperor Zelen's grandson."
At the same time, on Semeru Island, the leader of the Golden Moon Party, who is now a white-haired old man, whose full name is Bai Tina Mike, has long been a dying old man. Mike no longer has so much hatred for the old fool who died under his own gun, that is, Zelen's grandfather, His Majesty the Emperor of the Crurod Empire before the Paou Republic came to power in the coup, Dai Helena Nether. meaning.
But compared to the past history, Mike looked at Clara who was currently by his side.
This is his last child.
His wife, as well as other children, either died in the coup that year, or died successively in the subsequent response to the invasion of kobolds, pig-headed men, and poisonous lice.
Although these deceased children also left behind some grandchildren, these seventeen years made him feel a certain regret.
What would happen if he just shot and killed the foolish king of Neser, did not listen to Senagu and the others, cleared out the members of the royal family, and then supported a puppet emperor?
Obviously, history did not give him a second chance to choose, nor did it give his children who unfortunately fell on the battlefield a chance to revive. Even if he was willing to take out all the money in his pocket, the incident had already happened. As a Republican general, regicide brought him a high reputation, and also planted the seeds for his choice of self-exile to an island.
Although many people tried to keep him after he left, he did not stay. So now he naturally brought a lot of people to Semeru Island to enjoy the sea breeze and resist the invasion of monsters like poisonous lice that eat people until the end of his life.
So Mike, an old widower, sat back in his office seat and took a document from his last child, Clara, who is now officially middle-aged.
Mike: "We can't continue to trade with those pointy-eared profiteers in the East. No matter how rich we are, we can't let them cheat us."
Clara: "But if we do that, we will lose the supply of neutralizing agents to counter the gene mutation bombs. Moreover, we don't have any powerful biological experts to develop this."
Mike: "Ha... It's because we had a falling out with the traditionalists of the Green Snake Party and drove them out. If I'm not mistaken, there must be members of the Green Snake Party around this grandson of the emperor named Zelun. Moreover, the Green Snake Party must have been the first to suggest that he could become the emperor."
Clara: "So do we really have to make the grandson of the emperor Zelun kneel?"
Mike: "If If it was someone else, I would have made him kneel immediately. But this grandson of the emperor Zelun was an innocent victim who had been persecuted long before we started the coup. What's more, the avalanche incident that year was our fault. We were too radical back then and shouldn't have harmed them. Especially since his father, as the crown prince, was earlier than me and brought his two second-time regicides with him, I... even if I arrested him and waited for him to be a puppet in the future... Alas! We were too radical at that time, and we made mistakes step by step. "
As Mike said these words with a gloomy face, Clara understood what a big mistake her father had made as the first official who took the initiative to seek help from the black-haired dog-headed man and his mastermind behind the scenes for the coup.
The family affairs of the Japanese Mai people should not be interfered with by foreign forces. It is much better to engage in internal strife behind closed doors than to invite wolves into the house.
Outsiders should not interfere in their own affairs, even if outsiders offer conditions that they will not refuse.
At least Clara's brothers and even children would not die so much, and colleagues in her faction would not sacrifice so many lives for this.
Not to mention that the people who followed her to Semeru Island also suffered such a suffering at the end of the century...