From the three southern counties to Fort Afina, this time Claude no longer took the temporary passage through the Picklet Mountains, but along the national highway of the former Principality of Modera. In fact, if he took the sea route, he would still have more time.
It may save a few days, but several seaport cities in the former Eskiline Principality and the former Limodra Principality were destroyed and attacked by the anti-Austria Alliance joint fleet, and the shipping routes have not been restored to this day.
Although the war has ended, the fleets of the three principalities that originally participated in the anti-Austrian alliance did not surrender with white flags as the Navy Ministry imagined. Some of them still followed the combined fleet, but changed their nationality and joined the Principality of Karrnus. Others
Some of them dispersed, and they split into one of the countless pirate gangs in the eastern seas of the mainland, attacking coastal towns and villages, occupying various islands in the eastern seas, and becoming independent...
Therefore, Claude, Michael, and the big man can only go home to visit relatives by land. If they encounter pirates at sea and they find out that he is an active-duty official captain of the Kingdom of Orvilas, then there is no way they can survive.
Fortunately, Claude had money around him. He bought three strong horses and two pack horses from the battalion headquarters at a low price, and embarked on the way home with the luggage of three people.
If possible, Claude would actually like to take his own mount home, which is the Karrnath war horse captured in an ambush of the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry. Unfortunately, the kingdom does not allow the war horse to be lost among the people, and Claude's military rank is not enough.
Obtain the qualifications of a war horse. If you become a school-level officer, Claude can buy a so-called retired war horse. If you become a general, you can even apply for a small team of personal guards on war horses.
The road was full of troops returning from the front line. The soldiers were in high spirits. Folk songs and ditties from various places were heard from time to time. Sometimes some slightly straightforward tavern ditties about the interaction between men and women would attract a lot of cheers and boos.
Basically, what you see the most on the road to the Principality of Rimodra is the bright red of the kingdom’s military uniforms.
Claude originally wanted to buy some specialties in the Principality of Rimodra to take home, but he was soon disappointed. The war had turned all the towns in the Principality of Rimodra into ruins.
I didn't see a single intact town. There were broken walls and old and weak residents who looked helpless and impoverished everywhere.
Claude couldn't even find a tavern, so he asked McJack how they managed to eat when they went to the royal capital to deliver messages. McJack said they had no choice but to eat the bread they brought with them and fill the kettle with water, or find a military post station.
Spend a little money to buy some hot food. But things get much better when you get to the Principality of Sidings. There are basically pubs at the inns along the national highway. As long as you are willing to spend money, it is easy to eat well and sleep comfortably.
Claude, three people and five horses carrying heavy luggage, obviously went home to visit relatives on vacation, so they were envied by many military officers on the march. At noon on the last leg of the journey to the Principality of Rimodra, Claude took the help of
Get some hot food for yourself at a rest camp of the second-line army. Several lieutenant-level officers of this second-line army chatted with Claude and learned that the three of them were indeed going home to visit relatives. A captain officer recommended that Claude must go to love.
Take a look at Fennersburg. The largest black market in the kingdom has formed there. Claude may be able to buy some treasures worth taking home as heirlooms there...
The captain officer said that last month he went to Fort Afina on business and found that the square there was full of small stalls, and many of the things sold in the stalls were unexpected treasures. He inquired about it and found out that there were
People who knew the inside story told him that many things here came from the homes of nobles and wealthy people in the principality. Of course, some of them were stolen and snatched privately by the soldiers of the kingdom, and they were all brought here to sell the stolen goods. He saw with his own eyes a
The exquisite little silver pot was marked with the name of Evanson, the famous master of gold and silverware making two hundred years ago. Unfortunately, he was short of money and could not afford to buy it. He watched helplessly as this small silver pot was used by a fat noble lady with only this
I bought the small silver pot at a low price of one-seventh of its value.
Afinasburg was the capital of the original Duchy of Sidings. After the Kingdom's army destroyed the Duchy of Sidings, Afinasburg became the base camp where Prince Hansback commanded the Kingdom's army to attack the Duchy of Rimodra.
At the same time, it is also the reserve center of the kingdom's army's logistics supplies. It is the first city in the former Principality of Siddings to regain prosperity. The troops who are now ordered to evacuate need to rest and recuperate in the military camp of Fort Afina to restore the ability of the soldiers to march long distances.
fatigue.
So many soldiers choose to sell their private trophies here. For them, the golden gold coins are more worth taking home. And some officers who have no chance to go to the battlefield come to buy trophies worth taking back to brag about their bravery.
There are also many vendors from all over the kingdom who come to pick up bargains, thus forming the largest black market in the kingdom. The reason why it is called a black market is because Fort Afina is now under military control, and these vendors who set up stalls
Vendors only need to pay a small management fee and do not need to pay commercial taxes.
Claude was aroused by the topic spoken by the captain. After participating in this war for more than four years, the spoils he received were not many. Last time, he was given a set of exquisite silver tableware for four people.
, but this set of tableware was placed with Sheila. Also, after defeating the coalition of territorial nobles from the two principalities in Squirrel Village, I got a very sharp and beautiful dagger, but Sheila also took it after seeing it.
In addition, most of what Claude received was fine wine. He still has six bottles in his luggage. These can be used as favor gifts when he goes back. The others have been drank...
It seems that I have to take a turn and go to Afena Castle to buy some exquisite utensils and items to take home. I will call them my trophies so that I can show them off when guests come over in the future. At least I don’t need to.
Use ordinary glassware to entertain distinguished guests.
After thanking these lieutenant-level officers, Claude decided to turn to Fort Afina to have a look. The last time Michael and the big man Gemie went to the royal capital to deliver a message, they took another direct route to Ames City.
The road does not pass through Fort Afina, because it can take half a day faster. Claude is not in a hurry to go home to visit relatives this time. First, the vacation is very long, lasting five and a half months. Second, he wants to go to Afina.
Fort can take a look at the things for sale on the black market and casually ask if Bock'al is still here.
After another day and a half of driving, Claude and the other three finally arrived at Fort Afina in the evening, and inquired with the soldiers from the security battalion guarding the city gate. Claude took Michael Jack and the big man Germi there.
After staying in a relatively high-end tavern in the city, we ate a fairly delicious dinner and went to the bathroom to take a hot bath to recover from the fatigue from the next journey. Claude fell asleep early.
Early the next morning, Claude was awakened by the sound of hawking coming from outside the window. When he got up and looked outside, he found that countless small stalls had been set up on both sides of the empty street last night, which could originally accommodate six cars.
The spacious street with horse-drawn carriages running parallel became four lanes. People came and went, and it was very crowded. From time to time, vendors pushing two-wheeled carts joined the ranks of those setting up stalls on both sides of the street...
It was not even eight o'clock yet, but it was already so lively outside. Michael Jack and the big man Gimi had also gotten up, and Claude took them downstairs to have breakfast. I heard from the waiter in the tavern that these days
The streets leading to the central square are like this, and the central square is full of small stalls. Only two roads across the central square are still open to carriages. In other places, you need to walk to see the stalls.
goods.
After having breakfast, reading a few newspapers, and drinking a cup of honey black tea. Seeing that the time was almost half past eight, Claude decided to go to the logistics headquarters to inquire about Bokhar. He met Verrick at the medal ceremony last year.
Luo, Viricero said that he met Bockar in Fort Afina. I don’t know if he is still here. After all, nearly two years have passed since Viricero said he saw him.
Claude and the other three did not ride horses, but walked. This was the advice of the tavern clerk. He said that there were small stalls on both sides of the street, and it was easy for the mounts to damage things if you were not careful. Once, a lieutenant colonel was bargaining with a merchant, and as a result, his
The mount gnawed some precious flowers and plants on the stall next door, causing the lieutenant colonel to lose a large sum of money. He had witnessed this with his own eyes.
Claude followed his advice and decided to walk away. It wasn't too far anyway. It only took ten minutes to walk to the General Logistics Department in Fort Afina. However, after arriving, Claude asked several officers from the logistics department.
, no one knows where the Bungiliya City Security Battalion where Bockal is located has been transferred, or they simply don’t know what the serial number of the Bungiliya Local Security Battalion is, which makes Claude unable to find out even if he wants to.
, and in the end could only return in despair.
After the war broke out, the local security battalions deployed by the kingdom from the rear to the front line were all classified as garrison troops, and the original local names were replaced with serial numbers. It is said that this was mainly to prevent secret revenge from the enemy. After all, the role of these local security battalions was
To suppress the resistance and riots of the indigenous people in the newly occupied areas, the suppression methods sometimes used were very cruel, and it was easy to form mortal enemies with the local indigenous people.
More than a hundred years ago, a serial murder case that shocked the kingdom occurred in a place. More than a dozen families were wiped out. It was finally discovered that the families that were wiped out were retired officers and soldiers from the local security camp. They were in the 20s.
He participated in the kingdom's external expansion war years ago, and carried out brutal suppression of the riots in a newly occupied indigenous town. It is said that more people died that time, and there were only ten survivors, and most of them were old people and children.
.
As a result, more than 20 years later, those surviving children grew up. They still remembered the name of the local security camp, so they used various methods to move to that place to make a living, and paid attention to the former people who participated in the suppression of the riot.
The retired officers and soldiers of the guard camp made friends with them. Then on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the riot, they launched a bloody revenge operation and wiped out more than a dozen households of former officers and soldiers of the guard camp.
After the case was solved, it shocked the entire kingdom. A total of seven murderers were captured, all of whom were children who survived the crime. They said that seeing their relatives beaten to death in front of their young selves was a nightmare.
After working for more than twenty years, they also remembered the name of this local security camp. When they grew up, they tried their best to come to this place to make a living, just to take revenge on the murderers of their relatives. Now, everyone is finally free.
Already...
From then on, when the kingdom mobilized local security battalions from the rear to go to the front line to stabilize the order of the newly occupied territories and suppress local riots in foreign wars, these local security battalions would be given new serial numbers as soon as possible to replace the original local names. For example, Du
Captain Riolo's local security battalion was originally named Leicester Local Security Battalion, but now it has been changed to the garrison force sequence 0378 Cross-Mountain Road Local Security Battalion...
Claude didn't know that the Bungiliya Regional Security Battalion was changed to a serial number after it arrived at the front line. Without this number, he would not be able to find the movements of the Bungiliya Local Guard Battalion at the logistics headquarters. Because
What is registered here at the Logistics Headquarters are all the garrison serial numbers of these local security battalions. For example, the 0125 local security battalions are dispatched from a certain place to a certain place, how much military supplies need to be supplemented, etc...
He didn't get any useful information for most of the day, and Claude could only wish good luck to the Bunjilia local police camp where Bockar was located. Then he took Michael Jack and the big man Gimi to visit the central square.
Small stall market.
In the evening, when Claude and the three of them were eating in the tavern, they met several officers of the second-line army who also came to the black market of Fort Afina to buy some souvenirs and trophies. They heard these officers who had been to the black market several times complain that they seemed to
During this period, the sales price of goods on the black market increased by one-third. It is likely that the large-scale withdrawal of the Kingdom's army affected the black market. Merchants were taking advantage of this period of withdrawal from officers and soldiers who wanted to buy souvenirs and trophies.
The more money you earn, the higher the price will be.
The worst thing is that more and more counterfeit treasures have appeared on the market. Many precious items that are said to have been passed down from a famous noble family are actually fakes. Merchants have gone to great lengths to sell these forged treasures.
He made up touching stories one after another to make customers who wanted to buy this treasure believe that the thing in front of them was the real thing.
An officer said that he found more than 50 obsidian pipes in the market that the Archduke Sidings, who was exiled in the northern part of the mainland, never left his hands. Every vendor selling pipes said that his pipe was an authentic Sitting pipe.
The one held in the hands of Archduke Sidings. He listened to seven legendary experiences in the afternoon about how this obsidian pipe came from the hands of Archduke Sidings to the stall in front of him. The most powerful ones were these seven legends.
The experiences are all different and very reasonable...
Claude also remembered that he seemed to have been sold this pipe in the afternoon, but he was not interested. If his father, Mr. Morsant, was still around, maybe Claude would think of buying him a pipe, but unfortunately his father is no longer here.
Now, Claude can only buy some gifts for his mother, sister and brother.
In the black market of Fort Afennes, Claude spent two days visiting the market and bought a lot of things, spending about five hundred gold crowns. Finally, he ended his business after being reminded by Michael Jack.
Purchasing action. Because there were too many things, I had to buy a passenger and cargo carriage, stuffed all the purchased goods in the carriage, and then set off again and embarked on the way home.