The Ibiniste Plain is the largest plain in the eastern part of the Farea continent, with fertile soil spanning thousands of miles. In the ancient Hertzian language, Ibiniste means the land of light, and can also be translated as fertile soil under the sun. In countless literary works,
The Ibnieste Plain has been described as a fertile land filled with sunshine and flowing honey, a lucky place blessed by the Mother Earth.
After Stirling I, the founder of the Kingdom of Ovelas, captured the Ibiniste Plain, he decided to build a royal city here as the foundation of the Kingdom of Ovelas in the eastern part of the continent. Until Stirling III
After ascending the throne, it took nearly eighty years of construction before this royal city could be completed. One can imagine how huge this royal city is.
From Stirling III to Stirling VII, successive kings of the Kingdom of Overas still invested a lot of money and energy in the expansion and renovation of this royal city, making the scale of this royal city continue to expand outwards.
Extended development. By the time Sterling IX ascended the throne, this royal city had become one of the four major cities in Farea, the largest city in the eastern part of the continent, with a resident population of more than one million, and the royal city had also
From then on it was called the royal capital.
The entire Ibiniste Plain is under the jurisdiction of the Royal Capital. The four Davidic cities, nine towns and fifty-six villages under the Royal Capital provide sufficient guarantee for the material consumption of more than one million people in the Royal Capital. At the same time, it also
It has brought prosperous commercial activities to the Royal Capital, making the Royal Capital the largest commercial city in the entire eastern part of the continent. It can be said that the rise and fall of the Royal Capital's business has affected the economic development of the entire kingdom, and even the entire eastern part of the continent.
Lake Buranopes is the second largest freshwater lake in Farea and the largest inland lake in the eastern part of the continent. It is located next to the Ibiniste Plain. Its rich freshwater resources have brought agricultural development to the entire plain.
It brought abundant harvests and joy year after year, and at the same time ensured the water needs of more than one million people in the royal capital.
The successive kings of the Kingdom of Overas attached great importance to water conservancy projects. They dug canals on the Ibiniste Plain and built a farmland irrigation network. While ensuring a good agricultural harvest, they also added a water transport logistics transportation to the royal capital.
channel.
"Actually, you don't need to go to the royal capital first and then to Kaleben Village. This will only prolong the entire trip." Donobi, the merchant, pointed at the map and said to Claude and the other three, and then drew a straight line on the map: "You guys
It is completely possible to cross from Lake Buranopes and go directly to the village of Kalebeng, which can save at least two days of travel."
"Can Lake Buranopes be crossed?" Claude asked.
"Of course, I hired three river boats to deliver goods to Kalebeng Village in November. But it's winter now, and the boats can't go into the lake, but there is thick ice on the lake. You can go directly on the ice on the lake.
Cross over. Or you can hire a guide from Bulada Village by the lake to take you across the lake, which will be safer." Merchant Donoby said with confidence.
"Then can I hire you to lead the way? Mr. Donoby." Claude said: "If it weren't for time, I wouldn't want to trouble you. But you also know that the weather and the strangeness
It will make us waste a lot of time in finding the road to Kalebeng Village. If you don't mind it, I am willing to pay you a gold crown."
Claude has no choice. It is better to find someone to lead the way than the three of him wandering around like headless flies. Now the entire wilderness is covered with thick white snow. Follow the national highway to the royal capital and then to Kaleben Village.
If you go there, you can still ensure that you don't lose your way. But if you leave the national highway and walk in a straight line like Donoby said, it looks very simple on the map, but in fact it is very easy to lose your way if you are not familiar with the place behind the road...
"This..." Merchant Donobi hesitated.
However, his business friends heard what Claude said and all agreed: "Let's take a trip, Donobi, it only takes five or six days to go back and forth. Anyway, you will miss saying hello to your wife when you go home now.
If you don’t have a return date, it’s better to help these three kingdom warriors and take them to Kalebun Village, and earn some wine money and extra money by the way. As for your wife, just say hello to her when we go back, prove it.
You did not go home because you were doing favors for others and making money, you were not seduced by other women..."
"Well, then, let me take you on a trip." Merchant Donoby made up his mind and did not deny that the employment fee of one gold crown was very attractive to him.
The heavy snowstorm lasted for two days and one night before it stopped. The snow on the road was more than half a meter thick when you stepped on it. It was already January 11th, and I reported to work on the 15th, which means January 14th
He had to rush to the village of Kaleben on the same day. In order to make the journey easier, Claude accepted Donobi's advice and stopped riding horses. Instead, the three of them crowded on a snow sledge brought by Donobi for delivery.
, let his three strong horses follow the snow sledge and move forward lightly.
The merchant Donobi did not lie. It only took Claude and the three of them two days and two nights to stand at the door of the Royal Military Academy of Caleb. They gave Donobi a gold crown and shook hands with him to say goodbye.
, Claude and the three of them looked at this place called a military academy but it was actually a snowy place with full suspicion...
That's right, the only decent gate did have a sign for the Royal Military Academy of Caleben. Michael went over and dusted off the snow on the sign to make sure there were no omissions in the words on it.
"This place seems to have been abandoned. You see there isn't even a sentry outside the gate..." McJack muttered to Claude.
"Let's go inside and ask." Claude could only take the lead and walk inside.
"Hey, stop, what are you doing!" As soon as they entered the gate, the three of them were stopped by shouts. It was not that there were no sentries, but that the sentries were hiding in the sentry box inside the gate to warm themselves up.
"Are you here to report?" Several soldiers emerged from the guard box and stared at Claude and the three of them suspiciously: "How did you get here? Didn't you receive the notice?"
How did you come here... Claude was speechless, but he was still very strange: "What notice? We came directly to report on family leave, and there was a heavy snowstorm on the way. Later, we were afraid that we would not be able to make it in time for the start of school, so we found a guide and went straight across
From Lake Buranopes to the village of Kalleben..."
The soldiers suddenly realized: "So you didn't come from the royal capital. No wonder I was wondering how you could get here because the roads are impassable. I bet you took another road. So you didn't receive the notice, because the first two
The heavy snowstorm that day buried most of the royal capital. Now the road from Kaleben Village to the royal capital is covered with snow. It is said that the deepest part is more than one meter, making it impossible to pass. So our Kaleben Royal Family
The opening date of the Army Military Academy has been postponed to February 1st, and notices have been sent to training personnel in various units..."
Claude and the three of them were dumbfounded when they heard this. What should we three do? We worked so hard to get back, first to report for duty and second to cancel leave. Now it doesn't matter if we report for duty, but where can we go to cancel leave? Even if we go back to the 1st Ranger Battalion
They couldn't find the person who made the decision. A letter from Major Skerry told them that he had resigned as battalion commander and had another appointment, and that the 1st Ranger Battalion was to be reorganized.
In other words, even if Claude and the others rush back to the capital immediately, they still don't know whether they will be able to find the establishment of the combat unit of the 1st Ranger Battalion, not to mention that Major Skerry has already transferred the files of the three of them to Kaleben in advance.
The Wang Army Military Academy has nothing to do with the First Ranger Battalion.
"You go to the office building over there to find Lieutenant Colonel Manrich. He is now the highest-ranking officer here. I think he should be able to solve your leave cancellation and registration problems." A non-commissioned officer in the sentry said to Claude and the three of them.
Got an idea.
The so-called office building is actually a row of double-storey wooden houses made of logs, except that half of the first floor is the basement, which means it is dug into the ground to a depth of nearly two meters, so that the second-floor roof can be sloped directly to the ground, so there is no need to worry.
Will be crushed by snow.
Lieutenant Colonel Manrich was a middle-aged officer with a very simple appearance. He was wrapped in a thick fur coat because this semi-underground office was very cold. At the same time, in order to save money, he did not light the fireplace until Claude and the others arrived.
After that, he went to light the fireplace himself.
Claude told the reason why the three of them came to see Lieutenant Colonel Manrich. The matter was quickly solved by Lieutenant Colonel Manrich. He did not shirk, but went to find the files of Claude and the three of them in person.
, then went to get the training roster of the military academy, stamped the registration and leave cancellation seals behind the names of Claude and the other three, and then signed his own name.
Claude finally breathed a sigh of relief, because the military academy delayed the registration date, so that there was a gap of half a month between the sales holiday and the registration date of the three Claudes. If Lieutenant Colonel Manrich did not help Claude
If this is done, even if Claude reports to the military academy on February 1, he will be punished by military law because of the half-month delay in sales leave, and it will even be recorded in the file. This will have a great impact on his future family leave.
influence.
Even if Claude raised objections, the delay in canceling the counterfeit goods has become a fact. Even if this is caused by special circumstances, it still needs to be discussed and studied by the higher authorities on how to deal with such a situation. However, the military law disposal must be carried out first, and there is no other way.
, this is the rule of the army, mistakes must be punished. As for why this kind of mistake happened, it is none of their business...
After completing the formalities smoothly, Claude had a good impression of Lieutenant Colonel Manrich. He was very curious and asked Lieutenant Colonel Manrich why he did everything by himself and there were no adjutants, orderlies or guards to help him run errands.
?
Lieutenant Colonel Manrich replied with a wry smile. The military academy did not assign him a position, and he himself did not recruit anyone. The main reason was simple. He did not have the capital. Many people in the family, including the old and the young, all relied on him.
The salary of a lieutenant colonel supports his family. After all, his family lives in the royal capital, and the cost of living is not low. With his income of two gold crowns per month, it can only be said that the nine members of his family can barely survive.
not bad……
The income of two gold crowns per month is not low. Claude got interested and asked Michael to bring over the two bottles of fruit wine he bought at the Fang Tavern and prepare to have a good chat with Lieutenant Colonel Manrich.
. He is now a captain of the kingdom, and his monthly salary plus welfare subsidies and other benefits add up to an income of one gold crown. For Claude, this is already three times the salary of his deceased father, Mr. Morsan.
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After drinking two glasses of fruit wine, Lieutenant Colonel Manrich started talking about sex. Anyway, he was bored staying here alone. He said that he had never had such a happy drink after getting married. His experience was very simple. He was born as a civilian.
, after graduating from the Junior Military Academy, he entered the Kingdom's Army Department and became a civilian officer. He survived the qualifications and became a lieutenant colonel. After all, he was still in the Army Department. Promotion was easier than in the army. Many of his classmates who graduated with him back then are now
Still a major.
Civilian officers like Lieutenant Colonel Manrich, who came from civilian backgrounds, will always be clerks in the Army Department and cannot hold real power. At most, they can only become the deputy to the head of a certain department. And Lieutenant Colonel Manrich has no ambitions. He is very concerned about his situation.
I'm very satisfied. My biggest hope is to handle all the things I handle conscientiously without making any mistakes.
Lieutenant Colonel Manrich got married at the age of twenty-seven and married his childhood sweetheart, the daughter of his next-door neighbor. After he was promoted to major, both his parents were old, and he and his wife were both only children.
Female, so the support of four elderly people has become a burden for the couple. Plus three children, there are nine people in the family. As the two sets of parents grow older, the cost of regular medical treatment becomes a burden for the family.
The biggest expenditure, the savings of the year are gradually spent on this.
Lieutenant Colonel Manrich said that he had forgotten how many years ago he bought a bottle of fruit wine to drink. The cost of living in the capital was much more expensive than in other places. Claude communicated with him for a while and was shocked to find that even
Ordinary honey bread is twice as expensive as that in other places. And the rye wine in the tavern, most of the rye in other places costs three to five pfennigs a cup, but the taverns in the royal capital sell for one sunar a cup, which is about the same.
It's two to three times more expensive.
As for coming to serve at the Caleb Royal Army Military Academy, Lieutenant Colonel Manrich had some regrets. He didn't know how he caught the eye of Prince Hansback and promoted him to this military academy as the administrative director. If it weren't for his greed to come to the military academy
Lieutenant Colonel Manrich would not agree to leave the Army Ministry if he could get an additional gold crown per month in welfare subsidies.
It was only when Lieutenant Colonel Manrich arrived here that he discovered that this military academy was still in the preparation stage. And the news he heard from friends in the capital seemed that the future of this military academy was not good. Not only the military academy, it is said that Lian You
There were big problems with the formation of the cavalry regiment.
If Claude had not been a captain and was still wearing a knighthood, perhaps Lieutenant Colonel Manrich would not have told these inside stories so happily in front of him. Of course, this may be because Lieutenant Colonel Manrich drank too much and wanted to find someone to talk to.
Because of his inner boredom and worries, Claude soon understood the reason why he was not optimistic about this military academy.
Prince Hansback wants to form the Ranger Corps because he hopes that the Stirling royal family can truly control a reliable armed force that only obeys royal orders and prevents any officers with noble backgrounds from participating in this regiment. But similarly,
The formation of this ranger regiment has encountered resistance, both large and small. Whether it is the nobles who are pro-royal or the nobles who are not pro-royal, they do not want the Sterling royal family to have an independent legion.
The war has just ended, and the kingdom lacks sufficient funds for reconstruction. So lack of money has become the best excuse. The four ace field legions, the Red Dragon Legion and the Griffin Legion will be deployed at the borders of the Kingdom of Nasseri to intimidate the enemy.
It plays the role of suppressing the local area. The re-formed Blue Feather Legion will be deployed at the border of the original Eskilen Principality and the Principality of Karnas to guard against enemy invasion.
As for the Guards Corps, they will return to the royal capital. Of the four standing legions to be formed, the first three will be stationed in the newly occupied territories of the three principalities, which is also indispensable. Therefore, as the Ranger Corps of the Mobile Armed Corps,
It became a thorn in the side of many nobles and ministers of the kingdom. They proposed to abolish this regiment to save the kingdom's military expenditure. Even the Caleb Royal Army Military Academy, which had been established to specially train the grassroots officers of the Ranger Corps, also suffered a disaster.
, the school's funding has been cut by more than half. The delay in the start of the school year is not only due to the snowstorm, but also due to efforts to raise funds...