Starry Sky Railway: Opening Performance - Taixu Sword God

On his chest was a large medal symbolizing his status.

"Hey, old man, you're here too? How are you doing? Still looking for girls lately? I have a new batch of photo albums. You're a regular customer, so I can give you a discount!"

"Take it and take a look."

"for you."

Jepard, Pera, Bronya: "Oo?"

As she watched the filthy old man hand over a Winterfell shield and stuff several books—books that defy description—into his robes, Pella couldn't help but mutter:

"Wow, grandpa! Weren't you supposed to be a beggar? How come you still have money to buy pornographic books!"

"Tch, what pornographic book? Can't young people be a little more subtle?" the dirty old man scolded.

"Can't I just collect scraps to earn some money?!"

"..."

Bronya sniffed and asked uncertainly:

"Just now... wasn't there a book with me and Seele on the cover?"

"how?!"

Jepard asked, somewhat uncertainly:

"I think I saw my sister and the Great Guardian up there too."

"how?!"

Pera exclaimed in surprise:

"Grandpa, you're so BL-loving!"

"?"

Upon hearing this, the dirty old man silently pulled out a crumpled notebook from his pocket. It contained drawings of Jepard and Sambo, but their cheeks were covered in a strange blush.

Clearly, this book isn't exactly serious either.

"I don't really like this one; someone gave it to me. Do you want it?"

"Ha, do I look like that kind of person?"

……

Shortly after, as Cocolia walked down the steps of Cripper Castle, three strange figures caught her attention at the edge of her line of sight.

"?"

She slowly turned her head, and after seeing who the three people were, she couldn't help but ask in confusion:

"Huh? What are you three doing here? Where's the stuff the executive gave us? Wait, where are your uniforms? Why are you all in civilian clothes?"

Bronya quickly stood up and replied:

“Mother, we…weren’t we fired? As for the documents…uh, they’re here. The executive officer took his lunch and left.”

"???"

"You just said you were fired? Who would dare fire you?"

“Sambo,” Pera asked, puzzled.

Wasn't it Cocolia's idea to fire the three of them? The guards had taken away their uniforms, so they had to change into their own civilian clothes.

“If you’re going to ignore him, why don’t you come to Krippar Castle to find me?” Cocolia said helplessly.

"Is this still possible?"

"..."

Cocolia covered her forehead speechlessly. Why were these three so obedient? Didn't they know how to resist?

“Bring those documents to Cripperburg. What are you doing sitting there like that, begging? It’s so embarrassing.”

"Sambo made us sit here begging."

"..."

"By the way, Guardian, my sister also said that you liked her post on WeChat Moments, saying that we beggars are doing a good job."

"She ordered it herself; my account is with her. I'm too busy to play on my phone."

"..."

“Wait… Pera, what’s that crumpled book in your hand?” Cocolia asked sharply.

"Uh...this is really good."

Chapter 196 How about we get some fries first?

Inside Cripper Fort.

Three people dressed as commoners carried stacks of documents and moved them to Cocolia's desk.

"Phew." Pera laboriously put the documents away, and asked in surprise:

"What are these things for anyway? Why don't you let the Iron Guards move them?"

Cocolia stood to the side and glanced at the documents:

“No, you have to transport it yourself to ensure safety. Since the executive officer doesn’t intend to reveal his identity, he cannot enter Cripper Castle to avoid causing panic.”

Jepard scratched his head:

"Then now..."

"You audacious scoundrel, how dare you trespass into Cripper Castle!"

"..."

Before I saw the person, I heard his voice first.

Soon, five-star general Sambo Koski led his troops back in triumph and appeared in everyone's sight.

He was now imposing and adorned with gold and silver from head to toe, a stark contrast to the three poor bastards in front of him.

"Hey hey hey, isn't this Corgi? Why is he dressed like this?" Pera gave Sambo the middle finger in annoyance.

"It's Sambo Koski! Not Corgi! You lowly wretch, how dare you mock my name? Guards, drag him away and execute him!"

Cocolia, speechless, kicked Sambo to the ground with a "thud" and said in a deep voice:

"Stop acting crazy. Have you done everything I asked you to do?"

"what?"

Sambo lay on the ground, turning back to look at Cocolia in shock, and said incredulously:

"How dare you kick me...you insolent commoner!"

"?"

Pera looked at Sambo in shock:

"This guy's gone crazy with his showing off, he doesn't even pick and choose who he's talking to."

"What 'showing off'? How dare you speak to Lord Sambo like that? You..."

"Stop messing around and say something useful," Cocolia said coldly.

In an instant, the temperature in the entire Kripper Fortress dropped several degrees.

A thin layer of frost had formed on Sambo's body.

"...!"

After exhaling a breath of cold air, Sangbo jumped up and down, breaking the thin layer of ice that had suddenly grown on his body, and said with a fawning smile:

"Ahem... Your Excellency, I have just defeated Beloberg. Those bastards are all in the dungeon now. With just one order, they can be executed!"

He reached up and rubbed his neck, grinning maliciously:

"That way, all their stuff will be mine, hahahaha...!"

"..."

"Did you know that all of their businesses have stopped operating?" Cocolia asked.

"Hey, of course I know that!"

Sambo rubbed his hands together, walked up to Cocolia, put on a passionate expression, clenched his fists, and said with heartache:

"Those bastards, after they arrested their bosses, they dared to all go on strike and abandon their businesses. Meat processing plants, textile mills... car manufacturers, weapons manufacturers, almost half of Bellberg's businesses were paralyzed."

The nobility's control over Belleburg was almost entrenched, and many production units were infiltrated into their private enterprises.

The price Sambo paid for his arbitrariness was that these businesses shut down en masse, which in turn expressed the dissatisfaction of those families.

"Of course, I also arrested the heads of the companies that stopped operations, hahaha... Now the line stretches all the way to the snowfield, all waiting to go to jail!" Sangbo said shamelessly, trying to take credit.

"Good heavens!" Pera's eyes widened. "So you're planning to just put anyone you don't like in jail?!"

"Otherwise what? Do you think I'd put up with this kind of bullying? That would be too much of an insult to me!"

"..."

Under Sambo's tyrannical rule, the nobles who privately controlled the enterprises not only failed to protest, but even the people in charge were arrested.

Before they were arrested, they even instructed other employees to voluntarily destroy their production materials, as well as various technologies and blueprints.

"Mother, what should we do now?" Bronya clutched her chest in worry.

"If all these businesses shut down, the supply of resources needed for the daily lives of the people of Belloberg will be significantly reduced."

If no one makes food and no one weaves clothes, what will other people eat, drink, wear, and use?

In the past, we always gave face to those nobles and were lenient with them whenever possible, partly because of this factor.

“If they can’t do it, then let’s find someone else.” Cocolia said calmly, then silently walked to the top and sat down gently.

He crossed his legs and said in a deep voice: