It's none of my business whether sharks and black snakes fight. It's better if they all die cleanly. That's what Claude thinks. After returning to the forest farm, he still lives his three-point and one-line life, patrolling the forest farm, practicing magic, and trial production.
Flintlock gun, and occasionally pick some mushrooms and other mountain products to go home, buy some delicious food for my brother, and give my sister some pocket money, so as not to injure my parents by pretending to be poor.
Mr. Morsan and the investors also sent pensions and compensation to the families of all sailors in the merchant fleet, and gained a lot of reputation. In addition to Captain Otruny's family, because Eric
Sen and his mother refused their visit to express condolences...
On March 12, Bailu Town received a rare arrival of a logistics supply ship belonging to the Kingdom's Navy and a sea survey ship, also known as the so-called maritime reconnaissance fast battleship. The two ships were moored at the public
In the dock area, many people came to watch the excitement. Several naval officers got off the ship. They went to the town office and submitted official documents, saying that they needed to park in Bailu Town for a period of time due to official business and hoped that the town office could do the corresponding logistics.
Supply matters.
The mayor of the town, Baron Robert, breathed a sigh of relief and promised to provide fresh vegetables and meat to the two naval warships to ensure that the kingdom's naval officers would eat with confidence and satisfaction. However, when he tried to ask the two navy warships to come here to do it,
At that time, the answer was a military secret. But before leaving, those naval officers revealed that the Royal Navy would probably send some warships to gather in Lake Beringa to conduct a secret military operation.
In the next two days, the sea survey ship kept wandering around Lake Beringa. Many fishermen saw the sailors on the ship lowering ropes from time to time to measure the depth of the lake bottom, and some naval officers led people
Mapping the terrain on the lakeside. As for another logistics supply ship, two small groups of marines disembarked and set up sentries in the public dock area, which was equivalent to de facto taking over the jurisdiction of the public dock area.
March 15th is a big day for Bailu Town, because after two months of training, the newly formed garrison brigade can finally be declared officially into an army. This means that in the next two or three days, from
The garrison battalion in the county will transfer the defense tasks of Bailu Town to the garrison brigade and head back to the county. The military control of Bailu Town will end.
The square in front of the town hall was once again decorated with colorful flags flying and gongs and drums noisy. The 224 newly trained members of the garrison brigade wore dark blue tall military caps with white feathers on their heads, dark blue military uniforms on their upper bodies, and dark blue military uniforms on their lower bodies.
Wearing dark black military trousers with white stripes, high black leather boots on their feet, and carrying Kemiller III standard matchlock guns on their backs, they entered the square in a neat queue to be inspected by the onlookers.
Claude didn't go to join in the fun, and Verricro didn't go to see the town-wide parade that would be held by the garrison brigade later. He ran to the forest farm to have a shooting competition with Claude. If it weren't for his father Kubury
Ke offended the mayor, Baron Robert, and was excluded from the formation of the garrison. At this time, he was also a member of the garrison under review.
The two of them played for a long time, and Vericro finally vented some of his depression and talked to Claude about what happened at the Ericson family.
"You know, that dock no longer belongs to the Ericson family." Verricro said.
It turns out that Captain Otruny mortgaged his private dock to a smuggler before he led the merchant fleet to sail. He loaned a large sum of money and worked with a few friends to collect the cargo of the merchant ship. Now it's like a chicken or egg. That smuggler
He came to the door with a due IOU, and he either had to pay back the money with interest, or he took away the private dock that was used as collateral.
This debt together with the interest amounted to one hundred and fifty gold crowns. Even if Mrs. Elena sold her building, she would not be able to pay it back. She and Erikson never dreamed that Captain Otruni would take away the private dock.
They went to take out a mortgage, but in the end they had no choice but to use the private dock to pay off the debt. You must know that this private dock was worth at least more than two hundred gold crowns, but now it was transferred to others at a low price. Mrs. Elena was so angry that she vomited blood and fell into a coma on the spot.
"Won't she remortgage her private pier to the National Bank to get the money to pay off the debt?" Claude was very surprised, why should he suffer such a loss obviously.
"It's too late. It takes at least half a month to go through the formalities of mortgaging it to the National Bank. And what Captain O'Trunny signed is a six-month usury loan. If you don't pay back the interest after maturity, the interest will double every day. It takes half a month to mortgage it from the bank."
I can’t even pay the interest on the loan. In fact, Captain Otruny only loaned one hundred and twenty gold crowns and paid back one hundred and fifty gold crowns, of which thirty gold crowns was the interest.”
Well, the private dock worth more than two hundred gold crowns was actually sold for only half the price. No wonder Mrs. Elena was so angry that she vomited blood. This illustrates a universal truth of the universe. No matter what world it is, usury is untouchable. However,
Mrs. Elena made a decisive decision and directly used the private dock to repay the debt, eliminating the consequences of being entangled with loan sharks. Everyone knows that if you continue to be entangled with loan sharks, you will only be saddled with higher and higher debts, and by then eight lifetimes
It’s not clear yet.
Now that Erikson's body has not recovered, his mother, Mrs. Elena, has collapsed again, and at the same time he has lost the family's largest real estate. You must know that the private pier can be rented to other ships to berth when it is not in use.
The rent is a lot of money, which is enough income for the Erikson family to live on after losing their fishing boat.
Claude could only sigh. Even if he came to visit now, he would still be rejected. Erikson had a very stubborn temper, and even if he wanted to help him, he would not accept it.
"Is there any other news?" Claude asked.
Verricro shook his head: "No, now even the Sharks and Black Snakes who fought in the slums and dock areas have stopped. The public dock area has been taken over by the soldiers who got off the two warships. They can't fight if they want."
We can no longer fight. In addition, today is the day when the garrison brigade takes over the defense of White Deer Town. Butcher Bill and his fourth squadron have already left the military camp. What the Shark Club has to consider is how to escape the pursuit of the Black Snake Club.
By the way, I met Kaifani when I was fishing by the lake last time. She said that she worked as a cashier at the Mermaid Tavern, responsible for the purchase and payment of various supplies. I also asked about you, and I said you were still staying at the forest farm. She asked
Let me tell you, if you have any prey in the future, you can sell it to the Mermaid Tavern, and she promises to give you a good price."
"See, this is the benefit of studying." Claude sighed: "If Kaifani didn't go to school, she might become a maid in a tavern like her sister. But as soon as she graduated, she became
The cashier of a tavern is a senior employee, equivalent to the management of the tavern."
Viriklo was speechless, saying to himself that I was talking about women with you. Didn’t you tell us that you liked Kaifuni before? Now I am helping you to win over you, but you are lamenting that reading changes your destiny. We can’t talk anymore today, so Weiluo
Rickero stood up, drank the last glass of rye, patted his butt and went back.
A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and Claude received a letter from Bokhar, saying that he had become a member of the security battalion in Bongilia County, Siromik County. Bokhar used two pieces of paper.
To accuse myself of the abuse I suffered during the two-month recruit training, and the difficulty of getting through the two-month training period, it can be said that the letter is covered with blood and tears.
However, after the training period, because he had established connections or bought connections with his family's money, Bockal was assigned to the logistics department, responsible for managing weapons and various types of ordnance. Although he has not yet become an officer, he is confident that he will be able to do so in two or three years.
Within the year, he will become an independent supervisor, and may even be able to control the entire logistics department.
I really don’t understand where this guy’s confidence comes from. When he first arrived, he didn’t pretend to be a grandson and still wanted to climb up. He had to suffer a lot to understand... Claude complained, then turned to the last piece of letter paper, and then realized
The news that the merchant fleet had been besieged and annihilated by pirates had reached Boqar's ears.
Bockard said that he was very shocked after receiving the news of the merchant fleet's accident. He was very worried about the family situation of Claude and Ericson, and hoped that this incident would not have any bad impact on the two of them. In addition, the previous
I was unable to communicate for two months because I was undergoing training. Now that the training is over, I immediately wrote to my friends to tell them where their future mailing addresses are.
Claude held the letter and smiled bitterly. The impact had already occurred. At least Erikson no longer recognized him as a friend. There was nothing he could do about it. Claude could not express his anger at others. Who said that his father, Mr. Morsant, was responsible for the entire plan to open a new route?
One of the leaders. By the way, so is Bockaar’s father. I just don’t know if Erikson will tear up Bockaar’s letters as well.
Life had to go on as usual. Claude wrote a reply to Bockard. After that, he basically stayed at the forest farm and rarely went to the town.
On this day, he was cleaning a basket of freshly picked mushrooms and preparing to dry them in the sun for a few days to take home. Unexpectedly, his sister Angelina came to the forest farm.
"What happened?" Claude was shocked, because his sister Anna's face was still stained with tears and she was panting. She came here crying while walking.
"Second, second brother, you, you come home quickly, home, there are many people coming to the house, they all look very fierce, and they are holding muskets, they say they want dad to pay back the money. Dad was very angry, argued with them, and said
There was no money owed to them. Then they took out a piece of paper, and Dad turned pale when he saw it. He said it couldn't be like this and wanted to go out to find someone, but those people wouldn't let Dad go and forced Dad to pay back the money..." Anna
He said breathlessly.
Didn't his father say that he had paid off all his debts, including compensation and pensions to the families of the sailors and crew members? How could he still owe others money? Claude wondered whether his father had forgotten who owed him.
account?
As for those fierce-looking people with muskets who come to collect debts, Claude doesn't care. Those who can hold muskets always have the foundation. Civilians cannot take muskets to the streets unless a citizen guarantees him. Claude
De didn't believe those people dared to shoot his father. After all, his father had national status and a great reputation in the town. No one dared to do anything random at home.
"How did you get here? Did you run all the way?" Claude asked his sister.
"No, I first took the car down the mountain road and then ran up. Second brother, please go home quickly, those people are really scary..." My sister looked very anxious.
"Don't worry, no matter how scary it is, it's not as scary as your second brother. Okay, I'll go take a look with you now."
Claude went to the stables, drove the carriage, and hurried home with his sister. However, he arrived a little late, and the fierce-looking people that his sister Anna said had already left.
"Father, what is going on?" Claude broke into the study, and Mr. Morsant sat behind the desk with a pale face.
Claude had never seen his father look so depressed.
"I, I seem to have been fooled..." It took a long time for Mr. Morsan to hold back a sentence.
In his intermittent narration, Claude finally understood the true process of the whole thing.
It turns out that there is a merchant ship in the merchant fleet and its cargo belongs to Sir Fox. If Mr. Morsanne is the leader behind the scenes, then Sir Fox is the one behind the scenes. However, due to his status as a National Assembly member, he cannot leave.
When we get to the stage, we can only provide some assistance behind the scenes of people like Mr. Morsan.
After the new route was successfully opened, Sir Fox was the one who insisted on concealing the information. He hoped to organize the merchant fleet to make a few trips and make enough money before reporting the new route to the royal capital. The merchant fleet was also under his control.
It was formed at the behest of Mr. Morsan. Since he was difficult to come forward, the best person to help him take care of the merchant ships and cargo was Mr. Morsan.
Sir Fox paid five hundred gold crowns and entrusted Mr. Morsand to purchase merchant ships and goods. Mr. Morssant should have issued a receipt. But he made a mistake here and followed Sir Fox's suggestion and wrote an IOU. Anyway, at that time
The idea was to wait for the merchant fleet to come back, and then mortgage the merchant ship and its cargo to Sir Fox on the pretext that he had no money to repay, so that no one would accuse Sir Fox of concealing the new route and smuggling goods.
This is simply being a bitch and setting up a chastity arch. Claude used to wonder why Sir Fox, the most famous national congressman in White Deer Town, didn't have a hand in the matter of the new route. Now I know that he not only had a hand in
, even my father and the others were under his instructions.
But what Mr. Morsanne didn't expect was that when something happened to the merchant fleet, Sir Fox would actually ask the boss of the Black Snake Society, Bill the Butcher, to bring his fourth garrison squadron to the door to demand the debt with an IOU written by him.