Everyone kept drinking and eating meat while talking, and soon the delicious dinner was over. After packing up, Lerman took Steven and Kate to a room. This room was not big.
There were four wooden beds inside, with no bedding but straw mats. The two of them didn't feel shabby either. Being able to sleep on a bed in the room was much better than sleeping in the wilderness.
There was no conversation all night, and soon the next morning came. When the two got up, the workers had gotten up first. They had already eaten a simple breakfast and were busy in the open space in front of the shed. The two simply washed up.
I took out dried meat and wheat cakes for breakfast and sat on the bed in the house to eat.
At this time, Lerman knocked on the door and walked in, saying to them: "Gentlemen, I'm really sorry, can I trouble you with something?"
Kate asked: "Mr. Lerman, you're welcome. Is there anything you can do for me? Please just ask."
Lerman said: "It's like this. We had five companions drawn out a few days ago, led by Manjin, and followed the mercenaries to the depths of the grassland. Of course, they only led the way and carried supplies. There was no fighting.
Where are the mercenaries? But this is still very dangerous. I didn’t tell other people at the construction site about it because I was afraid that the remaining people would worry about their safety and their own. In the past few days, we were ordered not to go to the site for construction, but only in the work shed.
Some mold parts are made here, but there are not many materials and parts left. If they are not delivered after today, our work will stop. You will pass by our base today, where we have the materials and parts we need.
I would like to ask these two gentlemen to send a message to the base, asking them to send the necessary things here, and also to inquire about the situation of those companions and the mercenary group."
After hearing this, Kate said: "That's no problem! If we happen to pass by your base, we will definitely bring your information to them. Do you have a list of required materials?"
"Thank you! Dear sir, this is a list of materials and parts. You can bring it to the base material manager Mr. Xiuning. He is in the base warehouse."
Kate took a piece of letter paper handed over by Lerman, with the type and quantity of materials required written on it. There was Lerman's signature and date on the back of the letter. Later, the two of them organized and loaded all the equipment with Lerman and his gang.
Say goodbye, mount your horse and drive out of the camp, heading towards York City.
After the two rode horses on the Pesa grassland for a while, the sky darkened. They looked up and saw that the sky was covered with dark clouds and it was about to rain. The two quickly dismounted and put on the raincoats they had brought, and then slowed down to let the horses walk.
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Soon it started to rain heavily, and with the roaring sound, lightning struck the trees in the grassland in the distance. The heavy rain not only slowed down the progress of the two of them, but the unpaved road quickly became muddy, and in the endless endless
There is no place to hide from the rain on the grassland, and those standing trees have to be kept as far away as possible during thunderstorms to avoid being struck by lightning.
Fortunately, the heavy rain on the dry season grassland came and went quickly. The rain stopped quickly. Soon the dark clouds moved into the distance and the blue sky and white clouds appeared above their heads again. The two took off their raincoats and continued to move forward, eating on horseback.
Shortly after having a simple lunch of dry food, the two discovered the outlines of some buildings appearing on the side of the road in the distance.
The horses' hooves splashed dirty water in the mud. The two of them galloped for a while and approached the building complex. These were buildings similar to Lerman's work sheds, and there were several larger and more advanced buildings in the middle.
It is a sturdy wooden house with a wire fence surrounding the building complex. There is a door frame made of two tall wooden stakes at the exit of the site. There is a plaque above the door frame with the words "Southern Railway New Westin Co., Ltd." written in
In front of a fence made of welded iron bars stood two men holding flintlock spears.
When the two men saw Steven and Kate approaching the iron gate, they couldn't help raising their guns. One of them shouted to the two of them: "This is the company's headquarters. If there is nothing wrong with you two gentlemen, please leave immediately."
Steven and Kate got off their horses. Kate raised her hands, and he held Lerman's letter in one hand. He walked up to the two people and said: "We do have something to go in. This is the C section of the work area. Mr. Lerman invited us."
A letter brought here."
After Kate finished speaking, she handed the letter to the man on the right. The red-haired man with a thick beard put down his gun and raised his hand to take the letter, looked at it, raised his head and said to Kate: "This is indeed Lerman's. I'm sorry, gentlemen."
, I was disrespectful just now. You may have heard about the man-eating lion. The grassland has been very tense recently. We are worried that some criminals will take advantage of the fire, so Mr. Patterson ordered to strengthen the security. You can go in now. The warehouse is here
In the largest wooden house across the square."
After saying that, he and his companion pushed open the iron fence door, pointed at the wooden house, and motioned for the two of them to go in. The two led the horses into the base, crossed the square and came to the warehouse of the wooden house. Outside the house
There is a tall porch in the middle of the wall. Inside, a thin old man in a vest is sitting. He is sitting at the table holding a porcelain cup, wearing glasses on the bridge of his nose, holding a newspaper in his hand, and is reading intently.
When he heard someone coming, he put the newspaper in his hand on the wooden table in front of him, took off his glasses and looked at the two people leading the horse, and said: "Gentlemen, you are not from the company, what do you want here?
I'm just an old man guarding construction materials and parts. There are no flintlock guns or bullets here. If you want those things, you have to go to Mr. Patterson."
Kate walked over and handed the letter to the old man and said: "We don't need guns and ammunition, but we are just bringing you the list of materials Lerman and the others need along the way. You should be Mr. Huening, right?"
The old man nodded and took the note, put on his glasses again, looked at the letter, raised his head and said: "This is Lerman's letter, why doesn't he come over by himself? Oh, I'm sorry, gentlemen! I'll leave this question another day.
Ask him! Anyway, I have to thank you both for helping him make this trip. I have accepted this letter. I will bring the materials and parts he needs by carriage tomorrow, and let him complete the procedures. You can report back to
he."
Kate smiled and said: "We were just passing through here and going to York City, and we brought the letter to Lerman by the way."
After hearing this, the old man named Xiuning raised his head, looked at Kate from the top of the lens, and then looked at Steven behind him, and said: "That's it! Please forgive me, I'm a little confused, you are not those servants
Soldiers? Seeing that you are riding horses and carrying weapons, I thought you were mercenaries hired by Mr. Patterson!"
Steven said from behind: "We are not mercenaries, Mr. Xiuning, we are just travelers going to York City. Mr. Lerman also asked us to find out about a man named Mankin in their Section C camp. He brought
A few young men went out with the mercenary group to look for traces of man-eating lions a few days ago."