Chapter 44 The results of several years of hard work
At noon, the sky was clear and not even a cloud could be found.
Under the warm winter sun, Wilderness Town has entered the most lively time of the year.
A large number of townspeople put on their best clothes and gathered at banquet venues in their residential areas.
Of course, it is impossible for nearly ten thousand people to celebrate the New Year together. Just the possibility of a stampede would make Jamila heartbroken.
In order to hold this banquet, the newly appointed Hand of the King prepared more than a dozen venues, evenly distributed within the urban area of Wilderness Town.
Each banquet venue can accommodate between 400 and 500 people. In the center of the venue is a large bonfire.
Surrounded by a large number of tents, the tents were filled with wooden tables, and on the tables were various kinds of food.
The food is placed on a special metal plate. The plate is made of three layers. The bottom layer is charcoal and the middle layer is water. The water vapor is used to keep the food on the plate at a certain temperature.
A large number of residents gathered in front of each tent, and they all picked their favorite food. When a plate was empty, someone would immediately be responsible for filling it until the banquet was over.
There are also more than a dozen wine barrels scattered around the venue, with mead and beer of your choice, managed by the person in charge of the residential area. Each person attending the banquet can be divided into three large glasses.
Of course, children are not allowed to drink, but there is honey water specially provided for them.
There are also a dozen fully armed soldiers in each venue, responsible for maintaining law and order. Most of the time, they just act as a deterrent. For several years, no one has ever caused trouble for Allen at this banquet.
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Residents were constantly in the venue, eating and drinking with smiles on their faces. From time to time, someone raised their wine glass and shouted loudly, "To thank Mr. Allen for your kindness.", "To thank Miss Jamila for her hard work."
", "To celebrate this year's harvest.", "To win the battle" and other such toasts.
Every shout can resonate with a large group of people. Everyone raises their glasses and drinks happily, chews delicious food happily, chats and laughs with their neighbors. This is a very harmonious and happy scene.
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This was a scene that Allen was very willing to see, and it was only at noon. There was a better one in the evening, but he didn't participate in it.
Allen was very busy at this time. He was discussing with Tire, Jamila, Stephen, and Alleyn in the conference room about repairing the old jungle road.
The plan proposed by Tire is very good. The ultimate goal is to restore the old jungle road to its grandeur in the Second Age, but it will take a very long time. It will take at least five years to build the stronghold.
Allen didn't want to wait that long. His suggestion to Tire was to open up the road first, and then slowly expand it. Later, he could even build a defensive stronghold or even open an inn in the middle of the road.
But the premise is that it must be opened first, so that it can continuously attract businessmen, build its reputation first, and then consider expansion.
After hearing this, Tire thought about it for a while, and finally decided to agree to Allen's suggestion. Although this would increase the difficulty of unified repair, the speed of opening the road would be several times faster, and the lord's wishes should still be the main priority.
Attack the target.
In Allen's plan, after the New Year, Allen will lead two hundred soldiers to the old dense forest road to build a simple stronghold to form a preliminary defense force.
Cooperate with the northerners responsible for repairing the roads to avoid any unexpected situations.
Allen learned some news from Gale that he didn't know before, that is, the eastern part of Rovanian was far from as peaceful as he remembered, but there was nothing worth recording in the past few hundred years.
Just a large-scale battle.
The barbaric Dongyi people would cross the Running River or the Red Water River from time to time to attack the Rovanians who still lived in the waters of the Running River.
In order to resist the attacks of small groups of enemies, humans in the north would break out small-scale battles sporadically in many places. Some Rovanians also relied on offering a certain amount of food or gold and silver as protection fees to avoid attacks by the Dongyi people.
In the entire eastern part of Rovanian, only the rushing river near the northern Black Forest is relatively safe.
Because the group of marauders had suffered from the woodland elves in the past, they did not dare to approach the edge of the black forest. They have learned a little bit.
It is for this reason that Gale and his several other villages have left the vast plains alone and have been living on the edge of the black forest.
But it's different now. Once the road maintenance starts, who knows whether it will attract the attention of those guys. It's good to make preparations early.
This is only the west side of the Benliu River or the Hongshui River. Once you cross these two rivers, it will be the world of the Dongyi people. I don’t know how many Dongyi tribes live there, and I don’t know how many Rovanians there are.
Working as a slave there.
Allen remembered this, but he didn't have enough strength yet and could only focus on the things in front of him.
And after the New Year, Allen will also ask Stephen, a financial consultant, to go with Alleyn. His main job is to calculate the wages of these employed northerners and to further understand the food prices in eastern Rovanian.
If it is cheap, you can purchase it slowly and continuously after the old jungle road is opened.
Large-scale purchases will inevitably lead to skyrocketing food prices. Allen still has this economic common sense.
Allen never feels that he has too much food. He has too many places to consume it.
As for Stephen's family, they will stay in Wilderness Town and accept Allen's protection. Allen is really too afraid that this greedy buddy will make a living for him, so it is good to keep some hostages, lest Stephen force himself to hang him.
When the time comes, the team will be followed by a large number of tools and the initial salary of the northerners.
The overall progress of opening up the Old Jungle Road is all decided by Tyr. The soldiers of Alleyn are only responsible for protecting everyone, and regularly transporting some wealth, and then distributing it to the hired northerners.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! If there is a problem that three people cannot solve, they will send someone to rush back to inform Allen. It is not that far anyway, it is just a matter of a few days of galloping.
Of course, Allen's idea is that it would be best to open the road a year later. By that time, Allen should have already cleared the high pass.
Everyone continued to discuss until the evening before all aspects of the matter were settled. At this time, Dosili also came to the conference room and informed Allen that the evening banquet had been prepared and could begin.
Allen told Dosili to let the officials announce the start and not wait for him. If he had time, he would go to various banquet venues.
In fact, Allen will not go at all. The banquet now is not like the beginning. At that time, Allen could still chat with the villagers at the banquet, have a drink and so on.
Now, as long as Allen appears at any banquet, the place will become silent and silent in an instant.
Then Alan had to say a few words on the stage of the local people's performance. If he didn't say a few words, the entire banquet would be in a very embarrassing situation.
Allen has no talent at all when it comes to giving speeches in this area. He just wants to eat and drink well, or drink and eat well. After speaking, Allen can't stay for long. In his opinion, he seems to be fleeing in despair.
Just like a banquet.
And often not long after he left, the banquet could enter the carnival again. Just a few times, Allen was no longer willing to appear in the venue, but several of his subordinates were able to handle the banquet with ease.
Chatting and spanking with the fellow citizens.
Of course, this does not include Jamila, the King's Hand who has been managing Wilderness Town all year round, and the pressure is also very heavy.
Allen can understand the thoughts of the people. Even if Allen does nothing, when he sees the people, he will never deliberately maintain the majesty of the lord.
But with the passage of time and the brewing of various legends, Allen's pressure in the hearts of his people has become heavier and heavier, so that there are often silences.
This can be considered a good thing, but it just makes Allen feel that he is getting further and further away from the people, and he already feels a little lonely, which is not particularly pleasant.
At this time, Allen could only sit with Jamila on the balcony of the lord's house, drinking wine, caressing Juan, and watching the piles of bonfires in the city lighting up, which meant that the banquet had begun.
Soon, the sounds of everyone cheering, singing and dancing, and giving congratulations and drinking, reached the lord's house in waves.
Allen picked up the red wine glass in his hand, touched it with Jamila next to him, and said softly: "Thank you for your hard work."
Allen, who just turned around, didn't notice that Jamila's eye circles turned red at this moment, and it seemed like crystal tears fell from her eyes.
It's just that Jamila, who has been in a high position for a long time, has a very calm expression on her face. Taking advantage of the opportunity to drink, she has quickly returned to normal. She did not speak, but quietly accompanied Alan, watching the banquet in the distance.
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This scene always has a sense of loneliness.
However, in Allen's hometown, there is a saying that there is no way out, but there is always a bright future.
Soon, two guys, one tall and one short, came to Allen's lord house. They were Allen's friends, Gandalf and Bilbo Baggins.
Now in Wilderness Town, they are the only two people who have a pure friendship with Allen, and now these two are here to invite Allen to set off fireworks together.
In recent days, the two of them have been staying at Radagast's hut, and then brought back a large number of fireworks from there to celebrate today's New Year's banquet.
They were busy all afternoon arranging these fireworks on the east wall, and they had already been arranged.
Allen, who was a little depressed at this time, happily responded to the two people's invitation, and did not forget to turn around and greet Jamila: "Come on, Jamila, let's go together, I guarantee it will be something you have never seen before."
Jamila, who was dressed in a costume, nodded in confusion, holding up her skirt and leading Juan to follow the footsteps of the other three. Behind the four of them and one dog, more than a dozen guards followed them from the darkness.
Hermione and Gael were among them.
Jamila, who has been living in Calradia, has indeed never heard of fireworks, but she was still a little excited when faced with Allen's invitation.
Soon the group came to the east city wall. At this time, there were dozens of soldiers patrolling and standing guard on the city wall. They would receive a good allowance to make up for the regret of not attending the banquet.
Allen, who walked up the city wall, nodded in response to the soldiers' greetings, and followed Gandalf and Bilbo Baggins to a lookout.
Gandalf smiled and handed the ignition tool to Allen, indicating that Allen should be the first to light the fireworks.
This year, Gandalf was so happy. Everything he planned had very good results. Sauron was expelled back to Mordor in the east, the Lonely Mountain was recaptured by the dwarves of Durin, and reunited with the dwarves of the Iron Hills.
One place, once again, became a great kingdom.
The most important thing is that he met Allen, this very interesting human leader. Under the leadership of Allen, the northern humans once again showed signs of becoming great. This may indicate that Gandalf's return home is not far away.
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Allen had already lit the first fireworks. Soon, a line of fire flew toward the sky with a "squeak" and spread out, and what appeared in the light was actually Allen's crown with three stars.
flag.
Before the light of the flag disappeared, Bilbo lit several fireworks again. The first ones appeared were silver flying birds, and as they flew, crisp bird sounds would appear.
Then there was a big tree made of golden light. The golden leaves seemed to be dancing in the air. Along with the big tree were countless silver-white arrows, flying quickly towards the distance in the high air, disappearing directly in the sky.
before people's eyes.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Soon, the carnival crowd at the banquet was attracted by the movement of fireworks. As the fireworks escalated, a large number of cheers floated over the wilderness town.
At this time, Allen had already handed the igniter to Jamila, telling her to let her play by herself. Seeing such colorful fireworks, Jamila was also a little eager to try, and took the igniter from Allen's hand.
, joining the ranks of Bilbo and Gandalf.
For a time, fireworks continued in the sky. Gandalf was very, very well prepared for this day, enough for several people to play for a long time.
Allen took Juan and found a corner to sit down. After sitting down, he kept stroking Juan's soft hair with his right hand, looking at the fireworks in the sky, and fell into deep thought.
Soon, a sneaky figure poked his head out from the steps of the city wall. It was Kress, and right behind her was Alleyne. Soon these two guys also joined in.
In the procession of fireworks.
At this moment, the fireworks in the sky entered the most brilliant moment tonight. At one time, countless silver butterflies penetrated into the golden leaves, at another time, colorful fountains fell from the sky, and at another time, a flower
A colorful flower bloomed in the sky, and suddenly groups of meteors seemed to be crashing into the wilderness town.
At this time, Gandalf sat next to Allen with a smile. He handed a pipe filled with "Old Toby" to Allen.
"Alan, my friend, please have a bag. This is a very famous tobacco leaf in the Shire."
After Alan thanked him, he took it, and then Gandalf's hand flashed with fire, and the tobacco in the pipe was lit.
Allen took a deep breath. The smoke entered his lungs and quickly stabilized Allen's mood. Then a large circle was spit out from Allen's mouth. This was the only skill he had left over from smoking in his previous life.
Then, an evil dragon made of white smoke passed through the circle spit out by Allen. The dragon that looked like Smaug even broke up Allen's circle when it waved its wings.
Allen turned to look, and Gandalf was also looking at him with a smile on his face.
"Alan, what are your plans next?"
Hearing this question, Allen looked at Gandalf strangely and said, "What are your plans?"
"Of course it's about how to resist Sauron's power and return to the Black Forest. Have you ever considered forming an alliance with the elves and dwarves?"
Allen looked at the gray-robed wizards who were fighting for the stability of Middle-earth at this moment, and said helplessly: "Gandalf, my friend, do we really want to bring up this topic at this moment? Okay, okay, in fact,
I have already discussed this matter with His Majesty Thrand Governor Yin, and the key lies in Thorin. I am going to wait until Thorin officially becomes the King of Lonely Mountain before I mention this matter, and I am certain that it will succeed."
"Oh, oh, oh, I'm relieved now."
Gandalf exhaled a puff of thick white smoke and said: "If you need help, you can go to the Shire to find me, or I will come to you often."
Allen nodded and said: "You are always welcome, Gandalf. If I have time, I will also go to the Shire to visit Bilbo and you. In my plan, the road to the Shire from here will be
It will be very easy, and it may only take less than two months for a fast horse."
Gandalf smiled happily and nodded.
At this time, Bilbo also came over, also holding a pipe in his hand. As he walked towards this side, he said: "I smell the smell of old Toby. Good friends must learn to share."
As he spoke, he sat down next to Gandalf, handed the pipe to Gandalf, and motioned for Gandalf to fill it for him.
After Gandalf took it, he filled a bag full for Bilbo Baggins. Then he secretly glanced at the bag containing tobacco leaves and frowned slightly. There was not much in it. After all, Radaga was a smoker.
Nor did Sturt give Gandalf much.
Later, the three old friends, who had known each other for a year but had a very good relationship, chatted on the city wall from time to time, telling jokes about the things they encountered during their adventures, why Bomber could spit moths in his sleep, what a bunch of
The dwarves broke the sewers in Bilbo's house, little things like that.
Jamila and the others were already having fun at this time. This was unprecedented since they came to Middle-earth. The soldiers guarding the city walls turned their heads to look at them from time to time. These few people had quite a lot of power in Wilderness Town.
A powerful figure, but now he was playing like a child.
The banquet in the city also reached its peak with the fireworks, creating a scene of carnival.
Everything that happened in Wilderness Town made Allen, who was smoking "Old Toby", feel very happy. Part of his original wish to protect the northerners was finally fulfilled.