Chapter 1170: Tower Defense Game

This Count from Britain is a pitiful man.

The Howard Family was originally an old-established Noble family in Britain, possessing a vast territory by the British seaside. According to the course of history, this family could have remained wealthy indefinitely just by collecting rent.

What makes one feel helpless is this.

The Industrial Revolution arrived.

Following the trend of the Industrial Revolution, the Howard Family used all their land to build factories...

And so...

A tragedy occurred.

In the tide of the Industrial Revolution, not everyone could complete the transition from agriculture to industry and make a fortune. The Howard Family was one such tragedy.

Because they did not understand industrial technology well, they followed the brutal methods of the Industrial Revolution but did not delve into precise science.

History is fair.

The Howard Family was thus nearly bankrupted.

In the end, they were also dragged into lawsuits over the ownership of the land.

This caused the Howard Family to begin to lose heart.

The land had belonged to their family since ancient times.

Why should it be ceded to those Gentry, to those Knights who used to wait on them hand and foot? Where was their Noble aura, where was their Noble glory?

The stubbornness of the old-established Noble caused them to develop deep disappointment toward the King of the British authorities.

Thus, they took all the wealth they could carry, followed the great trend, and came to Australia. Although the family's descendants had begun to wither, they still maintained the nobility of their European Noble status, spent a large sum of money to buy a village that already had a rudimentary form, and spent a month organizing and planning the place.

"Father, it should be about enough now..."

Howard is a stubborn old man.

This long period of organization has caused the younger generation of the family to have some complaints.

Because they are showing off their wealth too much!

They just arrived in Australia and couldn't help but squander money like this; who wouldn't be jealous? They don't even know what kind of place this Australia is yet.

Hearing this, Howard snorted and poked his ornate cane hard against the ground: "What do you mean by 'about enough', what do you mean by 'about enough'! This is etiquette, this is the etiquette of us British Nobles, not a single bit can be lost! Continue!"

A group of people wore bitter expressions.

They have clearly fallen to a place like Australia, yet you are still talking about etiquette?

"Father, what do you think about this military rental?"

"I think it is very necessary to rent an army to protect our safety... Father, not far away, a group of pirates is stationed, and I fear they harbor evil intentions toward us..."

Howard nodded: "Go ahead. Three hundred troops? Heh... We must emphasize winning people over with virtue, do you understand? If those pirates really come, what can three hundred people do?"

"Very well, Father."

In fact, everyone is currently paying attention to the situation of Duke Howard.

All the investors who have come to Australia are waiting.

After all, when these people came to Australia, they all had their own Warships, guards, and even armies.

Only these people from the Howard Family came with just their own family, and they have very few guards.

But, they are wealthy enough...

In a place as mixed as Australia, wouldn't they be fish on a chopping block? Waiting to be slaughtered?

Furthermore...

Looking at the map of all Australia, this Howard Family, for heaven's sake, chose a village right next to those cold-blooded pirates... Isn't this asking for death?

These people are all waiting to see a joke.

Of course.

One is to see the joke of the Howard Family.

Two is also to see the joke of this Australia.

After all, many people still do not agree with this policy. No one wants to hand over their own safety issues to others to handle. Isn't it better to have armed forces in one's own hands?

Besides...

Three hundred men?

Today's Australia is a mixed bag; which of these oligarchs and tycoons didn't come with hundreds, thousands, or even several thousand followers?

Three hundred?

What can three hundred do?

Ridiculous!

The Howard Family soon hired three hundred fully armed troops from Xie Fang.

Actually, when hiring, these people from Howard's side were also somewhat hesitant.

Is three hundred really enough?

They wanted more, after all, it wasn't as if the family didn't have the means.

But Howard insisted on hiring three hundred for the time being.

In the end, Xie Fang waved his hand.

After all, they were the first to eat crab in all of Australia, weren't they? And considering everything, because the Howard Family's location was somewhat complicated—the pirates were right next door—Xie Fang was generous for once: hire three hundred, get three hundred free!

Six hundred soldiers rushed overnight to the village where the Howard Family was located.

"Click, click, click, click!"

These six hundred were all soldiers brought by Qin Zhangfeng, well-trained and with super combat power. Each of them wore green military uniforms, looking extremely explosive in the night.

When they arrived, they were still very high-profile.

After all, this was the first time they had been hired, and Xie Fang also had his own ideas: from head to toe, he wanted to shock these active-minded oligarchs.

"The Longyan army, truly extraordinary!"

"Indeed well-trained!"

"Strict discipline!"

"Hmph, what is the use of looking good? It depends on the real combat effectiveness!"

Those who were paying attention to this matter immediately began to discuss it heatedly.

Howard had spent money, and seeing this, he was relatively satisfied. These soldiers were fully armed, even carrying Weaponry and Equipment that many people had never seen before. Once they arrived at this village, they began a serious and meticulous guard.

The whole thing could be summed up in one word.

Professional.

From the moment they arrived at the scene, the captain of this small unit began to study the defensive layout.

From the southeast, northwest, and all directions of the village, they set up sentries and built simple defensive fortifications very scientifically. Moreover, they matched them with many of the defensive weapons they brought; many things were things that even this noble family, once a great Noble of Britain, had never seen.

"What is this?"

"Please step aside, it is a bit dangerous."

"And what is this?"

"Hello, this is a duty post, please keep quiet!"

The people of the Howard Family all asked curiously one by one.

Hao Hao narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Could it be that these Longyan people are really much more formidable than the armies of Britain?"

At least in his heart right now, he was still shocked.

If he were still in Britain before, he would certainly have thought, how could there be an army in this world stronger than the army of the Empire on which the sun never sets. But now that he had come to Australia, his entire stance had become objective. Australia belonged to the Longyan people; this was common knowledge.

Then...

The six hundred people who came today, were they not the Longyan army?

Strong.

At least in terms of military temperament, they were stronger than those armies of Britain that boasted of noble spirit and glory.

It was just, could these people actually fight?

Could they actually fight?

Xie Fang never worried.

Just kidding...

In all of Longyan, in Liangzhou, besides Jiang Xuan's Dark Night Legion, Qin Zhangfeng also had his own

personal guard unit.

This small unit also totaled three thousand men.

Named "Gray Eagle"!

And the one that went to the Howard Family today was exactly a small detachment of the Gray Eagle battalion.

Their combat effectiveness went without saying; just this full equipment meant they were armed to the teeth.

All of it was the most advanced weaponry from the Liangzhou side!

Xie Fang never worried that these soldiers could not fight...

He only cared about what kind of scene this first appearance would be.

Therefore.

He was actually looking forward to it too.

Looking forward to the time when those rabble of the pirate group would attack sooner...

Attack sooner.

He wanted to let all the investors in Australia see just how strong the combat effectiveness of the army he wanted to lease out was!

Midnight.

The atmosphere in the Howard village this night was somewhat strange.

It seemed as if this was actually a pre-arranged combat drill: the Howard Family hired the army, and the pirates came to raid.

This was what everyone perceived should happen.

It was just that this drill was a drill with real guns and live ammunition.

If Liu Zheng were on the scene, he would feel that this matter always looked so strange and bizarre. It was like a tower defense game; one knew that these pirates were constantly coveting the wealth of the Howard Family, and one knew they would come soon. But one simply could not take the initiative to attack and could only defend passively.

Because if the pirates did not make a move, they would always be guests of Australia, investors in Australia!

But...

If they made a move, it would be different.

Wait.

Everyone was waiting.

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