Claude arrived at White Deer City on the afternoon of the next day. The arrival of their group almost caused a sensation in the entire White Deer City.
Without him, the one-eyed Langback gangsters who had been wreaking havoc on the Winding Mountain Road and the Black Forest area in the past few years were killed by Claude and the three of them. Even their lair was ransacked. Not only were the bodies of all the gangsters who were killed were transported
He came back and brought back eight prisoners, rescued three women and two hostages who had been kidnapped to be used as vent products, and transported back the robbed goods of three large carriages.
Claude and others were lucky. The three of them had not been able to get back so many things that had been confiscated from the gangster's lair. However, the next morning they happened to encounter a caravan setting off from White Deer City to Ambriz County. Then
When the caravan director heard that the one-eyed Langback gang had been wiped out by three people, he asked about the eight prisoners, the rescued woman and the two hostages. He heard that there were still more than 20 corpses of the gangsters and a large amount of goods that had not been brought back.
, decided that the caravan would return to Bailu City first, freeing up four freight carriages to do Claude a big favor.
In fact, Claude and the three of them did not expect that this group of gangsters would be so careless. When Claude held a discharged shotgun and shouted on the horse to put down his weapons and kneel down and surrender, he did not expect to kill those who surrendered. Even he did not expect it.
The remaining seven gangsters actually dropped their swords, guns, and spears and knelt on the ground. Perhaps these seven surviving gangsters also knew very well that there was no way they could outrun Claude and the others on two legs.
Those who chase with their legs might as well save their energy. Another point is that the three Claudes' killing like chopping melons and vegetables has frightened them out of their wits...
Originally, Claude and the others just wanted to pack up the corpses of the gangsters and take the seven prisoners back to Bailu City. They just made two tree rows and tied the corpses of the killed gangsters to them, preparing to use horse-drawn horses.
When going back, McGick heard the whispers of a few gangsters, to the effect that they would not have come out to rob in the afternoon if they had known earlier. But now it's good, everything in the lair is cheaper than Piqué and the others...
He put the musket on their heads and asked, and the gangsters immediately explained everything very clearly. It turned out that their lair was only half a day away from here, in a cave on the edge of the mountain forest, and there were three more there.
The house was guarded by gangsters, three kidnapped women and two hostages, and there was also a large amount of looted goods stored inside.
When Claude heard this, he decided to turn around and raid the gangster's lair to eliminate the evil. So the three of them drove a carriage, escorted the prisoners, and dragged the raft containing the corpse. The funny thing was that the three gangsters guarding the gangster's lair saw him from a distance.
The team, thinking that they had successfully robbed and brought back a large amount of supplies, happily came forward. Then two of them were shot down by two shots. The remaining one was so frightened that he wet his pants and joined the captive team.
In fact, most of the goods accumulated in the bandit's den were not very valuable, such as pottery and small commodities sold by merchants. Most of the more valuable cloth and fur were destroyed by these bandits. They used them to keep out the cold and spread them on the ground as beds. As for food, too
Not many, but there are still two donkeys, which must have been snatched back from some unlucky merchant.
There was also extra money. A money bag made of deerskin contained gold and silver coins worth more than 170 gold crowns. This was the result of the hard work of the one-eyed Langback, the leader of the gang who had been killed. As for the robbery,
The copper coins were generously rewarded by One-Eyed Longback to his subordinates. Anyway, there was nowhere to spend them here. Most of the gangsters used the copper coins as capital for gambling. McJack found less than half a sack of copper coins from the gangsters and the cave.
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It was getting late, and Claude and the other two could only make do in this gangster's den for one night. They could only set out the next day with the three rescued women, two hostages, and the eight prisoners. With good luck,
Yes, when we arrived at the mountain road, we happened to meet a caravan departing from Bailu City. As a result, the caravan director was very enthusiastic when he heard that the one-eyed Langback and the gang had been destroyed, and volunteered to free up four large carriages to transport the corpses to the bandits' lair.
and goods.
It took until the afternoon to arrive at White Deer City. After hearing the news, the residents of White Deer City flocked to the city gate to watch the excitement. Claude and the three were regarded as heroes. From time to time, young and beautiful women threw garlands to the three of them.
Perhaps in their eyes, the three young soldiers wearing military uniforms who are extraordinary and heroic are in line with their fantasy of the best lovers.
But for Claude, the current White Deer City is completely different from the hometown he remembered. The changes have been huge. Even the caravan that helped him a lot is very strange in his impression. He has never heard of it.
After mentioning the name of this caravan and trading company, and through casual conversation on the road, he learned that this chamber of commerce was only established four years ago and had a very strong background. The backstage bosses were a few nobles from the royal capital, and they were doing business in two continents.
trade between.
No wonder the caravan director has no feeling for Claude's name. None of the people in the caravan are old residents of White Deer City. They don't know Claude and haven't even heard of his name. They just treat him like this.
He became an official captain of the kingdom at a young age and was very curious. However, the caravan director recognized the knight's badge worn on Claude's chest, and his attitude became more attentive in his conversation.
Under the leadership of the caravan director, Claude and his group arrived at the new Bailu City Patrol Headquarters. The handover of prisoners and the identification of the gangsters' bodies were the responsibility of the patrol headquarters. There were a huge crowd of spectators, and the patrol officers who came to identify the bodies were
After it was announced that One-Eyed Longback and the other gang leaders were indeed dead, the crowd cheered excitedly.
For the residents of Bailu City, the gangsters entrenched on Panshan Road are indeed a major worry and scourge for the small businessmen and ordinary residents. It is not that Bailu City has not dispatched police forces to clear them up, but this group of gangsters never confront anyone, they will escape.
He went to the black forest area to hide and seek with the clean-up teams. After the clean-up teams returned without success, he intensified his efforts to harass ordinary farmers and residents all over Bailu City, just like a disgusting and disgusting fly surrounding Bailu City.
Claude also needs to take notes at the patrol headquarters and talk about how he annihilated this gang of gangsters. The goods seized from the gangster's den must also be handed over to the patrol department. Those with a report record must be returned to the owner of the goods. Unregistered goods will be
The auction will be held on another day. Two-thirds of the auction proceeds will be given to Claude, and one-third will be used as handling fees for the patrol department. This is a unified approach. As for how the owners of the goods who got the goods back thanked Claude, this is not the same as the patrol police.
The department has nothing to do with it.
The rescued women and hostages are treated in the same way. Those who have homes to return to will be taken back by their families, while those who are homeless will be arranged by the public administration department of White Deer City. However, Claude and the three of them will have to wait for a few days for the bounty.
The amount was quite large this time, adding up to nearly four hundred gold crowns, of which the bounty for One-Eyed Langbach and several other famous bandit leaders alone was more than half.
What confused Claude was that there were very few old people who looked familiar to him in the patrol headquarters. He remembered that he knew most of the members of the Bailu Town patrol team in the past, but now everyone in the patrol headquarters was unfamiliar. He asked the receptionist
His patrol officer, the patrol officer replied, in the past, the people from the patrol team were basically incorporated into the Bailu City Guard Camp and were sent to the front line and have not yet returned. But now, most of the people at the patrol headquarters are transferred from the royal capital and other places.
Come on, as a local city under the direct jurisdiction of the royal capital, the management of its power agencies and executive civil servants are all in this situation...
It wasn't until Claude completed all the formalities and left the patrol headquarters that he was stopped by a very familiar person. After thinking for a long time, he remembered that the person in front of him was the business manager of the Bockard family. He was Bockard.
His father was a trusted assistant to the great businessman Ruby Will.
"Master Claude, our master has been waiting for you in the carriage over there. He wants to treat you to a meal." The steward of the business bank bowed respectfully.
Claude motioned to Michael Jack and the big man Germi to drive the carriage and lead the horse to follow him, and accompanied by the steward of the trading house, he headed to the carriage where Boker's father was.
"Uncle Lubiwell, I didn't expect you to be the first relative I saw after I came back." Claude gave a formal military salute before getting on the carriage.
Bock'ar's father laughed loudly, obviously very satisfied with Claude's title and family description. He reached out and patted Claude on the shoulder: "Good boy, you are so promising. Not only have you become an official of the kingdom now,
Captain, you came back to visit your relatives and annihilated the one-eyed Langback gangster who had left White Deer City helpless for a long time. I believe that your name will spread throughout White Deer City in the past two days, and everyone who knows you will be proud of you. Uncle is treating us tonight.
I won’t come back drunk.”
"I'm sorry, Uncle Lubiwell, it's been five years since I joined the army and I haven't even stepped foot into the house yet. I appreciate your kindness and I still want to go home first," Claude said sincerely.
Bok'ar's father slapped himself on the forehead: "Yes, you should indeed go home first. I was just so happy to hear the news that you were back that I forgot about that. Then I'd better send you home first.
I'll treat you to dinner in a few days."
Take me home? My home is in a forest farm. It would be embarrassing for you to take me all the way... Claude quickly declined: "No need, Uncle Lubiwell, my home is in a forest farm. You
You're too polite to go out of town to take me to the mountain, I'd better go there by myself. You see, I also have a carriage and a mount..."
Boker's father was stunned: "The forest farm? Claude, didn't your mother and your sister write to tell you? They no longer live in the forest farm, and they moved back to the red house left by your father three years ago.
In a big brick house..."
Moved back to the big red brick house? What do you mean, don’t live in the forest farm, what happened? Claude was confused: "No, I haven’t received a letter from home for more than a year. In the first half of last year
The letters I received from home were sent the year before last. Because the troops were constantly on the move, we rarely received letters from home on the front line. The efficiency of the military postal service was never very good, and we were always disliked by the officers and soldiers on the frontline. The military postal department was always trying to shirk the situation.
, they said they were too busy with too few people. There were nearly a million officers and soldiers on the front line, and one of their family members could write a letter to paralyze the entire military postal department. Moreover, there is a so-called separate inspection system..."
It is true that all letters and replies must be checked by officials of the military postal department. During peacetime, this task can be left to the disciplinary inspection officers of various independent combat units, such as the military police or the military discipline department. But during war, the military discipline department of independent combat units
But there was no such leisure time. Letters piled up in the Military Postal Department, sometimes reaching nearly 10,000 letters a day. Relying on the inspection and sorting of a dozen or so letter checking officers, it was natural for the entire department to be paralyzed.
Therefore, countless letters from family members were stamped with the seal of not finding this person. This is no wonder the military postal department. Many combat troops accept tasks in a confidential nature. The officer in charge of the military postal department does not know where they will be transferred. And the family members also know that after retirement,
The stamp on the returned envelope that no one has been found does not mean that something has happened to your relatives, but that they cannot be contacted temporarily. This is much better than sending a notice of war dead...
Bokhar's father nodded to express his understanding, and poked the coachman in front of him with his cane. The coachman turned around and asked, "Sir, what are your orders?"
"Go to Mrs. Field's house," said Boker's father.
"As you command, sir." The coachman shook the reins and the carriage began to turn.
Claude also poked his head out of the carriage and waved his hand to signal the big men behind him, Germi and Mike, to follow him.
"By the way, Uncle Lubiwell, how is Boa doing?" Claude asked.
Bokoal's father smiled: "He's not bad, and he has become a second lieutenant now. The Bunjilia Security Battalion is currently stationed in the port city of Kamontole in the Principality of Rimodra. Last year, their security battalion retreated.
A pirate fleet plundered the port of Camontole. It is said that this boy performed outstandingly and was promoted to second lieutenant due to his merits. Last month, he wrote to me telling me that their battalion will probably set off to return by the end of the year."
Claude was a little envious: "Boa has done a good job. After becoming a second lieutenant, he can go home five years early to help you manage the business."
It takes fifteen years of service in a local garrison battalion to obtain national status, but Boker's promotion to a second lieutenant in the garrison battalion can reduce his service time by five years, which is equivalent to the ten years of military service he has now served.
You can take off your military uniform and go home to do business.
Compared to Claude, Boquear, the second lieutenant of the security battalion, is indeed inconspicuous, but he is free after obtaining national status. Although Claude, the official second lieutenant of the kingdom, is prominent, he cannot help it. He does not have the freedom to retire.
You must obey the arrangements above.
The big red brick house arrived soon. What Claude was not used to was that a three-meter-high wall was now built outside the big red brick house, enclosing the previously wide front door, the open space behind the house, and the open spaces on the left and right sides.
It stood up, leaving only a three-meter-wide gate. From the looks of it, there was a concierge built next to the gate.
Boker's father's carriage stopped at the gate without entering.
Just as Claude was about to say goodbye and get out of the car, Boker's father said with a serious face: "Claude, your sister Anna is in charge of your home now. Your mother, your sister and your brother still live in the house on the left. Originally.
I have a lot to talk to you about today, but now I think it’s good for you to go home and understand the situation first. Bailu City has changed a lot in the past few years, and your mother and your sister also had no choice but to make the choices they made.
It’s also very helpless. But the situation is like this, and we old people in Bailu Town can’t help. If your father was still here, maybe the situation wouldn’t be so bad..."
There seemed to be something in his words, but Mr. Lubiwell was no longer ready to continue. He waved goodbye to Claude and left. Although Claude was a little confused, he couldn't restrain the joy of going home and signaled to McJack.
He and the big guy Gimi followed and walked towards the door.
"Hey, who are you looking for? Sir." A familiar voice at the door stopped Claude.
Claude looked back and saw that this person was very familiar to him: "Well? Uncle Peg, why are you here?"
This is the lame Uncle Pegg who guarded the private dock of Erikson's family. He also helped Erikson build and refit a small fishing boat. The small fishing boat was filled with the innocent friendship of four friends. It's just that
Later, Ericson blamed the Claude family for his missing father and turned against Claude. Soon he heard that his family's private dock had been acquired by others. Claude did not hear about the whereabouts of Uncle Peg, and soon
Claude also went out to serve as a soldier.
Unexpectedly, I saw Uncle Peg at the door of my house. I hadn’t seen him for five years. Uncle Peg was getting older and his hair was mostly gray. But he still recognized Claude: "You, you are Claude."