Because the Blue Feather Army was sieging the city and plundering the territory of the Eskiline Principality, the war did not stop even this winter. War smoke was everywhere in the Eskiline Principality, and countless residents braved the cold and took their property to flee their homes in carriages, trying to avoid
War. Therefore, as soon as the heavy snow stopped, countless refugees appeared on the roads of the three southern counties. They carried large and small bags, drove horse and ox carts, and wanted to leave the territory occupied by the invaders.
The checkpoints that Mark Qi set up on the mountain road began to generate substantial income, and the fees he charged for passing the passes were sky-high. A person was charged a small silver coin, and the pass fee for a carriage was a small gold coin. Although these were all out of love.
The gold and silver coins minted by the Principality of Skilling, but compared with the silver thalers of the Kingdom of Overas, the exchange price is almost two to one. Two small silver coins can be exchanged for one silver thaler of the kingdom, and the gold coins are also
in this way.
However, most of the people who can pack their bags and flee with their families in carriages in this cold winter weather are rich people, and they can still afford such customs clearance fees. In fact, they don't care about the customs clearance fees, but because
The soldiers were polite and did not harass their families and did not rob them of their belongings but were willing to pay extra tips and even pay a high price for a steaming meal.
This gave Marki another opportunity to earn extra money. He simply partnered with the village elder to set up a large tent next to the road as a temporary roadside restaurant, and hired a few people from the village to serve as chefs on an 82-80 split basis.
He and his helpers slashed the bodies of the rich people passing by who were fleeing. The things they sold were twice as expensive as those in the towns...
"Sir, I don't understand why these people are running away. Don't they know that if they go to Swan Castle, they can only stay at ease for a while at most. When the next two second-line legions arrive, the Blue Feather Legion may go to attack Swan Castle.
.When the Principality of Esquiline is destroyed, won't these people have to wait for death in Swan Castle?" McJack asked, standing next to Claude.
At this moment, Claude, Michael, and the big man Gimi stood on the edge of the protruding cliff, watching the vehicles and people crowded together on the mountain road below paying the customs clearance fee in front of the checkpoint. Even the man who worked as a roadside restaurant
The big tent was full of people who came down to rest, and from time to time there were acquaintances who greeted each other loudly and asked for a bottle of expensive wine to drink and chat...
"In fact, most urban residents will not run away, and these people who run away are mainly afraid that we will settle accounts in the future. The three southern counties are the most famous mining and military industry areas in the Eskiline Principality. These people are more or less related to
These industries are related, or have great interests. Now that we occupy the three southern counties, we can't take care of cleaning up those minerals and military industries for the time being. After all, we don't have enough follow-up troops, and the Blue Feather Army is busy occupying a larger territory.
If these people don't run away at this time, when the situation stabilizes and the kingdom sends people to clean up and rectify the mineral and military industries, they will be bankrupted due to various crimes and even sentenced to hard labor. So of course they will run away knowing the result.
They can be free for a while, and maybe they can go to other countries. Besides, these people have colluded with the powerful people in the Eskiline Principality, and they went to Neuschwanstein Castle with the hope of counterattack to regain the lost territory.
At that time their industry and interests will be back in their hands." Claude explained.
"Then why do we let them go? We can arrest them." Michael asked again.
"Haha, why are we arresting them? We haven't received an order. In addition, cleaning up their properties is what the Kingdom's internal affairs department has to do. If our army intervenes, it will only be a thankless task. This lawsuit will be brought against His Majesty the King.
Go in front of us, none of the general leaders above are willing to cause these troubles. Besides, wouldn't it be better if they escaped and brought us extra money..." Claude is still very clear about this. The kingdom's army is only responsible for fighting, and generals are strictly prohibited.
To meddle in the duties of other departments, Major Leedfunk had mentioned these things several times during meetings.
"Let's go, put your gun on your back, and go to the forest behind Squirrel Village. The old man, the village chief, has told you several times that you hear wolves howling in the middle of the night. Let's go on a patrol to see if any wolves appear near the village.
.If there are any, they must be destroyed to prevent the soldiers patrolling outside at night from being in danger." Claude turned and left the cliff. There was nothing to see below.
Heavy snow covers the mountains and forests, and wild beasts will approach villages and towns if they lack food. Claude knew this very well when he was in White Deer Town. The snow in the mountains and forests was very thick, and Claude took Michael Jack and the big man Gimi for a walk.
, I found a few lines of wolf paw prints. It seemed that it was not a pack of wolves, but an old wolf or a lone wolf that had been expelled from the pack. It came to the vicinity of Squirrel Village to look for food. I had to find an opportunity to kill it, otherwise I would stand guard at the entrance of the village at night.
Soldiers are likely to be attacked by hungry lone wolves.
When Claude returned to the camp, he found a soldier waiting for his return.
"Lieutenant Claude, we stopped a carriage at the crossing. In the carriage were a young lady and her two maids..." the soldier reported.
"Well, what's going on?" Claude asked, wondering what the hell is this guy Markchi trying to do?
"That's it, Lieutenant Claude, we found this in the car." The soldier handed over a package in his hand.
Claude opened the package and his face became serious, because the package contained two disassembled Obas type III matchlock guns. He picked up a firearm accessory and looked at it. It was obvious that the person who disassembled the muskets was a veteran. These
The accessories were disassembled intact without any signs of violence.
"Tell Sergeant Markey to bring me the carriage and the three women. I want to interrogate them where the two muskets came from," Claude ordered.
"Yes, Lieutenant Claude, I'll do it right away." The soldier stood at attention, saluted and retreated.
Not long after, the sound of rolling wheels was heard, followed by the shouts of soldiers and the screams of women.
"McJack, take Germi and search the carriage below carefully. Bring me up any suspicious items." Claude said.
"Yes, sir." Michael took Germi downstairs.
Then there were footsteps on the stairs, and Markchi knocked on the door and came in: "Second Lieutenant Claude, we're here."
"Bring them in one by one and call the correspondent over to make interrogation records."
"yes."
The lady who was brought in first was wearing a thick leather jacket, but it still couldn't hide her graceful figure. She also wore a translucent hat with a curtain on her head, revealing only her rosy face.
lips and a small and delicate chin.
"Miss, please take off your hat." Claude reminded.
The red lips split upward in an arc, and the young lady chuckled: "You should call me madam, young sir, but I am still very happy to hear you call me young lady. This makes me happy."
Reminds me of my carefree teenage days before I got married..."
She took off her hat and revealed her face. Mark Qi and the correspondent who was taking notes showed pig-like expressions on their faces. She was indeed beautiful, with a wonderful combination of sexy and dignified temperament.
The charming helpless look on his face can easily arouse a man's desire to protect...
Claude stared at her for a few times, his face expressionless. He had no feelings for beautiful women. He had seen too many in his previous life. No matter how ugly a woman is, she can be transformed by learning the make-up technique that can change her appearance, one of the four evil arts in Asia.
There are thousands of beauties, none of them worse than the one in front of me. As a veteran driver, I often encounter this situation. When I wake up one night, I often find that the beauty from last night has become an aunt. If I didn't know that this is a disassembly,
The reason may be that the mother came over in the middle of the night to replace her daughter...
Knocking on the table, awakening the two pig brothers next to him, Claude pointed to the package on the table: "Madam, please tell me your name and origin, and by the way, tell us about these two muskets equipped by our kingdom's army.
How did you get it?"
Perhaps it was Claude's indifference to his appearance that made the beautiful lady feel a little weird. She stared at Claude for a while, and saw that Claude still had that businesslike expression. She couldn't help but feel discouraged and hesitated.
After a while, she finally spoke: "I am Baroness Sonia Luo Vacusili. I am from the city of Pacasia and I am going back to Swansea Castle to visit my seriously ill father. As for these two muskets, I bought them from others for a lot of money.
What I bought in my hand, I didn’t know that these were the standard muskets equipped by your army. I thought they were two very unique privately made muskets..."
Pacasia City is the county seat of Palo Alto County among the three southern counties. It is the place where the military industry of the Eskiline Principality is concentrated. The largest firearms workshop in the Eskiline Principality is located there, and there are many production facilities.
Workshops and workshops for supporting products.
Claude stood up with a smile and picked up an accessory from the package on the table: "Baroness Vacusili, it is impossible to disassemble these two muskets without some knowledge of firearms.
It's so thorough. Look, it's very difficult to disassemble an accessory like this intact. Most people will knock it off with a hammer. It's not the same as the ones on your two muskets. There's nothing.
Traces of knocking. I believe that when you bought it, it must be two complete muskets, not such a pile of parts..."
"If you knew who my father was, you wouldn't say such things." Madam Beauty retorted unceremoniously: "My father is Libweid Mirowski. You should have heard of this."
name."
Libweid Miloski, who is he? Claude looked at Markchi and the correspondent who took the notes in confusion, and found that they were also confused.
"Ahem, ahem, Baroness Vacusili, who is your father? We have never heard of him..."
The beautiful lady's face suddenly turned red, out of anger. She looked at Claude as if she were looking at a country bumpkin: "My father is a well-known firearms master in the mainland. He has designed and manufactured more than a dozen types of muskets.
There are several types of muskets that have become the standard military equipment of many countries. As his daughter, she has been able to disassemble muskets since she was a child. It is not a big deal for muskets like yours. My maid can easily disassemble them under my guidance.
It was disassembled.”
"Are you talking about Master Bird?" Claude finally remembered. Master Bird is the most famous master of firearms design and manufacturing in the Eskiline Principality. Before entering the three southern counties, a list of names was issued.
, that is, when the troops encounter the people on the list, they must treat them with courtesy and then send them to the top. The kingdom needs these talents on the list to serve the kingdom.
It seems that Master Bird is ranked third or fourth on this list, and the superiors pay more attention to it. However, after capturing the three southern counties, it was discovered that many people on the list had gone to Swan Castle and were not in their own country.
At home, it was said that Master Bird had relapsed and had gone to Neuschwanstein Castle for treatment, allowing him to escape the mandatory invitation from the Kingdom's army.
If Baroness Vacusili is the daughter of Master Bird, then the purpose of carrying the kingdom's two Obash III standard muskets to Swan Castle is obvious, which is to continue to research and imitate this precision aiming musket.
.
Although the Eskiline Principality has already launched what is it called? By the way, it is called the Falhiston 185-type precision aiming and shooting musket, but in terms of performance, it is the same as the Obas III type that the Kingdom's army has begun to equip.
The muskets were still a long way off. The purpose of this beautiful lady bringing these two muskets was for the firearms master Libweid Mirowski to continue researching, or perhaps because his father was very interested in them personally.
"Baroness Vacusili, do you have evidence to prove the father-daughter relationship between you and Master Bird? If you can't provide proof, I'm sorry, but you have to stay here for a few days while we go to Pacasia City to investigate.
Only when it is clear can we let you pass. Because you carry our kingdom's standard equipment musket, we have to suspect that you are a spy. Please forgive me for being presumptuous. Due to my duty, I have to leave you." Claude made a prompt decision.