Claude opened the pillow and took a look. The dozen or so copper coins he had thrown under it in the morning were all quite large. These copper coins added up to four or five riaso. Claude had deliberately thrown them under the pillow, three times in a row.
Oh my god, it seems that this thief doesn’t like money, he just likes food...
It has been nearly a week since the advanced seminar started. During this period, Claude went to the confidential archives to get many examples of battles. Some of them were really shocking. For example, he captured the defensive position on a hilltop guarded by an enemy squadron.
The kingdom's second-line army often has to pay the casualties of a large group of troops to win. When some officers in the advanced seminar class read these battle case summaries, they often couldn't help but curse the officers who commanded at that time for being stupid. They were really forcing their soldiers.
Towards death.
Claude always went to the military academy in the morning and returned to Aunt Natalie's house in the evening. But soon he discovered that he had been robbed. What was stolen was not money, but a large bag of snacks that Claude bought from the royal capital.
Egg rolls, biscuits, dried meats, dried fruits, etc. Claude bought these because he was afraid that he would be hungry at night and just fill them up. Secondly, his mouth was very light, and he didn't like drinking very much, so he thought he would put something in his mouth while reading at night.
Chewing is also good...
But these snacks were a lot less. It was hard to tell at first, but as time went by, when Claude wanted to eat snacks, he picked up the bag and saw why there were so many missing? Needless to say, the suspects, except Nata
Aunt Li's youngest daughter, Halbena, has no one else. Because only she can enter Claude's room to clean, put away the change of clothes, and help Claude make the bed, fold the quilt or get the quilt.
Go out to dry...
The dozen or so copper coins under the pillow were deliberately thrown there by Claude. He wanted to see if Halbena would steal money again. However, in the past three days, not a single copper coin was missing. It seemed that Halbena
Na was just greedy and stole Claude's snacks, not greedy. Forget it, Claude didn't want to argue with her. Stealing some snacks was not a big deal to Claude.
Claude was quite comfortable in the advanced seminar and lived very comfortably. The school-level officers also respected him and did not treat him as a subordinate. Even when analyzing battle cases, Claude was often asked to comment.
, after being named by General Michelich and speaking on the podium about the two battles in which he participated in the capture of Wilf Hill and the victory of Squirrel Village, he smoothly integrated into these school-level officers. They regarded Claude as
own kind.
I have to admit that these school-level officers who participated in the advanced seminar are all talented people. They often divide into two groups to debate because of the results of a battle case. Claude feels that many of the opinions have never been thought of, but after listening
But it feels very practical and reasonable. During this period, Claude felt that his military level had improved very quickly...
The rainy season in March arrived soon. Claude packed up some battle case files he had copied and brought them to Aunt Natalie's house, preparing to write his own summary report during the rainy season. These files he brought
The documents were all about the personnel and material consumption list after the formation of the Ranger Battalion. Only now did he know that when that damn Lieutenant Colonel Roesler was in charge of the Ranger Battalion, how many soldiers had been sacrificed and lost by the Ranger Battalion in order to ambush the enemy's scout cavalry, plus
Now you can form two more Ranger battalions.
They recruited soldiers with good marksmanship without organization and discipline, gave them an Obash III standard matchlock gun, and forced them to ambush the enemy. Later, because too many soldiers died, they could not recruit volunteers, so those soldiers were
Soldiers who violated military discipline were escorted over, and the bounty was increased to attract desperadoes in the army, turning the ranger camp into a mercenary camp...
If Claude had not cast a long-range arrow protection spell on Lieutenant Colonel Rosler during the battle to capture Wilf Hill, making him the target of enemy fire on the hill and killing him,
Then there might be no more Ranger Battalion. Because all the soldiers in the Ranger Battalion were forced by him to march in formation towards the enemy's position. If he had not died, all the soldiers in the Ranger Battalion would have died on the battlefield.
That is to say, after Lieutenant Colonel Rosler was killed, Claude gained the command of the Ranger Battalion on the front line. He ordered the soldiers to lie down and suppressed them with precise aiming and shooting from the Obash Type III standard matchlock guns in their hands.
The defensive firepower on the enemy's position covered the following soldiers who rushed up the hill and captured the enemy's defensive position. That battle was the beginning of the glory of the Ranger Battalion, and it was also the beginning of the great prince and the king's team starting to pay attention to the performance of precise aiming and shooting.
The beginning of the Bash Type III standard matchlock gun's role in suppressing enemy defensive firepower in offensive warfare.
The summary report of combat cases that Claude is going to write this time is about the Ranger Battalion. From the time when Lieutenant Colonel Rosler was the commander-in-chief to the role of the Fourth Ranger Battalion in the war in the later period, the main content is about the combat cases of ambushing enemy reconnaissance cavalry, and
Not just a soldier equipped with an Obash III standard matchlock gun can deal with the enemy's scout cavalry. Claude used his own combat experience to analyze how to cooperate, how to deal with the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry's group reconnaissance and response, and how to ambush.
Not alerting the enemy on the battlefield, etc...
In fact, Claude had already made a draft in the seminar room of the military academy. When he came back, he just needed to find time to copy and revise it again. So when he woke up early in the morning, he heard the sound of rain outside and didn't bother to get up.
Just stay in bed. From today on, you don't need to go to the military academy. Of course you can go, but it's raining so hard. There's no need to run three times a day for food.
By the way, I haven’t told Aunt Natalie yet that I won’t go to the military academy during the rainy season, so I’m going to eat at her house. Of course I have to pay for the food, but it started to rain last night, so I’ll be busy when I get back.
I took a shower and changed clothes, but forgot to discuss it with her.
Just when Claude was mentally struggling with whether to get up or not, he heard a "squeak" sound, the door was pushed open, and a figure jumped in.
Claude was a little confused. Didn't I lock the door last night? I remember the door was closed. Didn't the door latch...
It was Aunt Natalie's daughter Halbe who came in. After she came in, she went straight to the table in front of the window. On the table was placed the big bag of snacks that Claude had brought from the royal capital.
More than twenty days had passed, and the originally bulging bag had become empty. Claude himself ate very little, and most of it went into the belly of the snack thief.
Now the only thing left in the big bag is a small flat iron box. In the small iron box is pear candy, which is a famous sweet specialty of the royal capital. It is a kind of candy made from pears and honey.
In this world lacking sweets, this is already an expensive luxury sweet. Claude remembered that he spent a silver thaler to buy this small iron box of pear candy.
Halbena skillfully reached into the big bag and pulled out the small iron box. Opening the lid of the iron box, she carefully took out a small piece of pear candy with two fingers, put it in her mouth, and closed it happily.
Close your eyes and reminisce...
After a while, Halbena finally opened her eyes, smacked her mouth, and reluctantly looked at the pear candy left in the small iron box. She slowly closed the lid, gritted her teeth and took the small iron box.
Put the box back into the big bag.
Claude wanted to laugh. He bought a total of four boxes of pear candy in small iron boxes, and three of them were given as gifts to his three children when Lieutenant Colonel Manrich held a family dinner.
The three children were very happy. The younger daughter opened the lid on the spot and gave Claude a piece of pear candy, saying thank you uncle, which made everyone laugh and praise her for being good.
At that time, Claude saw that there were only about ten pieces of pear candy in this small iron box. Now it seems that there should not be much pear candy left in the only small iron box in this big bag. No wonder Halbena
I was so reluctant to taste just one piece.
Halbena turned around, ready to start cleaning the room, and then she saw Claude lying on the bed staring at her with a half-smile. But what Claude didn't expect was that Halbena said "Ah!"
He screamed in surprise, startling him.
I have to say that Halbena's voice was really too loud, comparable to a soprano. Claude felt his ears buzzing, and then vaguely heard a voice coming from outside, as if "What's wrong?"
What happened?”…
Immediately afterwards, old man Zacilak, Aunt Natalie, and Doris broke into Claude's room, and everyone stared at Claude lying on the bed.
"What did you do to Beina?" Old man Zasirak's face turned red, and he roared like a crazy old dog, waving his fists.
"Bena, what happened?" Aunt Natalie asked her daughter. She didn't know that Halbena's face was red at this moment because Claude discovered her stealing behavior, not because of it.
What did Claude do to her.
Doris first looked at Halbena's clothes, and then at Claude's body wrapped in a quilt on the bed. She curled her lips disdainfully, as if she felt that Claude had taken advantage of Halbena, who was not as good as her in figure or appearance.
I really don’t have much vision...
Claude finally recovered from the tinnitus. Hearing the menacing shouts of old man Zasilaq, he couldn't help but feel furious and said in a cold voice: "What did I do? Ask your precious daughter, she did it.
What! I was lying here, and she suddenly came in...she screamed when she saw me, and almost made me deaf...ask her what her name was!"
Claude originally wanted to say that Halbena had eaten his food, but after thinking about it, he concealed it for her. It is normal for girls to be greedy. Besides, the way she looked at eating pear candy just now was ridiculous and cute.
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Halbena finally calmed down, and when she heard that Claude didn't say anything about her secret eating, she couldn't help showing a grateful look. When her mother asked her why she screamed, she pointed to Claude on the bed: "You
, why haven’t you gone to the military academy yet? I was shocked..."
It was obvious that this was a misunderstanding. Halbena came in to clean up. Claude had already gone to the military academy at this time. But today he was still in bed. Unknown to Halbena, when she came in, she suddenly found someone on the bed. She was so frightened.
I screamed, it's that simple...
Claude said helplessly: "Sister, how can I go to the military school when it rains so heavily outside? The rainy season is coming, and the military school asked me to write reports at home and wait until the rainy season is over before I can go to class..."
The misunderstanding was clarified, and I could only blame Halbena for being too timid and speaking too loudly. Old man Zasirak turned around and walked out without saying anything with a cold expression. Claude wanted to curse, what did this damn old man mean by being so fierce just now?
Who am I? Now that things are clear, shouldn't I apologize? If you leave without a groan, don't blame your employer for being rude in the future!
Claude's eyes turned cold, but Aunt Natalie kept saying sorry and blaming Halbena for being such a stupid girl who made a fuss about everything and made the whole family restless. At the same time, she said
If Claude is not going to the military school now, he must not have had breakfast yet. Let Doris go to the kitchen to make breakfast for Claude.
Claude took the opportunity to step down, and discussed with Aunt Natalie the issue of having a meal at their house during the rainy season. Regarding the cost and specifications of the food, they finally reached an agreement after talking for a long time. Claude's only request was that he would not
He was willing to eat at the same table with their family. The first reason was that Claude didn't want to look at the face of that dead old man Nazasilak. The second reason was that for the sake of purity, every meal needed to be delivered to the room.
Aunt Natalie happily took Halbena to pack up the clothes that Claude had changed yesterday and left the room. Claude was very generous and gave him a silver thaler for food. During the rainy season for more than 20 days
, it is estimated that Aunt Natalie can earn half by saving a little. Except that Claude needs a meat dish for lunch and dinner, there are no other requirements. Anyway, Claude doesn't have any high expectations for their family's food.
However, the breakfast that Doris brought over surprised Claude because she actually cooked two poached eggs for him. The other items were black bread slices, salt, butter and a bowl of oatmeal. Claude was just about to tell Doris
Si said thank you and asked if there were any sausages or something to put in the bread. However, she saw old man Zasilak hanging around under the eaves outside the door, his eyes only glancing into the room, as if he was watching.
I am just like Doris.
Claude suddenly felt that he had no appetite at all. This old man was too disgusting. He nodded to Doris, said thank you, then sat down and picked up a fork to pick out the poached eggs. Doris did not say anything.
, turned around and walked out.
After a while, Doris came to clear the dishes, and found that Claude only ate poached eggs and oatmeal. Claude said that he should put the black bread here first and eat it when he is hungry. Wait for Doris to leave.
Later, Claude heard the unpleasant sound of sawing wood coming from outside. When he went over, he saw old man Zashirak sawing wood under the eaves, as if he was doing something. He didn't expect that this old man could also do carpentry. Claude also
Not intending to see what was going on, he closed the door and started reading and writing.
After lunch, Claude wanted to take a nap, but there was a lot of noise coming from outside. Claude got up and was about to go to the kitchen to get a pot of hot water to make black tea. When he went out, he saw the damn old man Zasirak going up to the second floor.
I don't know what is going on on the stairs, and the "ping-ping-pong-pong" knocking makes the whole staircase vibrate. No wonder such a loud sound can be heard in a stone room with such good sound insulation.
Doris was the only one in the kitchen. She was sitting in front of the stove, her eyes blurred and she didn't know what she was thinking. She was rubbing a wooden stick as thick as a cucumber in her hand. One end of the stick was rubbed round and smooth.
, I don’t know what it is used for.
Claude called out twice before she came back to her senses. When she saw it was Claude, her face turned red and she didn't know where to move the stick in her hand. She finally calmed down and asked Claude what happened.
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Claude said he would make a pot of hot water, and asked what the old man Zasila was doing.
Doris looked at Claude and said that the old man decided to install another wooden door on the stairs going upstairs so that the upstairs and downstairs could be isolated. He said that this would prevent accidents and that people would sleep harder at night as they get older.
, so if someone touches the upstairs, he won’t be able to hear it. With this door, you can rest assured.
Damn it, this damn old man, how could he be so unreasonable!