Although Claude was just a technician responsible for program support and logistics in his previous life, he had been with the boss for a long time and wandered around shopping malls, and he had seen a lot of scenes. I want to watch the complete version for free.
-Please-Baidu-Search-Although he has never seen a pig running, he has eaten a lot of pork, so he naturally knows what a pig looks like. So he behaved like a humble, studious and honest student in front of Marshal Michelich.
But in front of Mr. Veblen, he seemed like a shopping mall veteran, chatting and laughing and handling things with ease.
Even though this mining and business association has invested a lot of money in him, Claude will never show that he is flattered or overjoyed. His attitude is still ambiguous and he will not succeed Marshal Michelchi as the highest commander in the war zone.
After becoming the commander-in-chief, he made promises that were beneficial to the mining and business associations. Businessmen were very profitable, and Claude knew very well that if he could invest in him, he would naturally expect to get greater profits.
I originally thought that Mr. Veblen was talking about these two official matters, but Claude did not expect that Mr. Veblen would talk to him for a while about the next colonial war in the Hicks Kingdom. It would take several years.
After preparing his guess, he took out a National Bank account from his pocket and placed it in front of Claude.
"What does this mean?" Claude wondered, is this a blatant bribery? It's too rude to just put this national bank account in front of him.
Mr. Veblen laughed: "Lord Baron, this is an anonymous account, and the password is recorded at the back. No matter who takes this account to the National Bank, they can use the password to withdraw the deposits in the account.
But now there is only one riaso for account opening and no other deposits.
Perhaps the Baron has already heard that as the Governor and Admiral of the Amphiston Territory, you can receive a 10% dividend from the two large gold and silver mines every year. This account is for dividends.
, the amount of dividends will be credited to this account at the end of the year. Now that the Amphiston Territory belongs to the war zone, there is no governor and admiral, so only the supreme commander of the war zone can enjoy this 10% share."
Claude laughed, picked up the account and looked at it. It was indeed anonymous. But he immediately threw the account back on the table: "Why are you giving it to me so early? I remember that Marshal Michelci is in the war zone now."
Supreme Commander, this account should be given to him. I won’t get dividends until next year.”
Mr. Veblen nodded and admitted: "Marshal Michelchi naturally has such an account. The dividends of the previous two years were all paid to him. But this year he will not have it, because he will leave office at the end of November and return to the royal capital.
At that time, our association will give him a generous farewell gift. But the dividend of this 10% share will be at the end of December, so Marshal Michelich will not be eligible to receive this dividend anymore, and you will take over
If you take his position, the dividend will belong to you."
"You guys are really realistic. Just one month after leaving the tea, Marshal Michelchi has lost a lot of income." Claude shook his head: "Maybe I should persuade the Marshal to postpone it until January next year.
Then set off back to the capital, so that at least you can still get this dividend."
Mr. Veblen's face turned red: "Lord Baron, it's not that we don't miss our old friendship, it's just the association's regulations. This dividend is only allocated to the highest-responsible officer of the Amphiston Territory in office at the time, whether it is the governor or the war zone.
The supreme commander, whether he is about to take office or is about to leave office, whoever is in office on the date of dividend distribution will own it."
It is better to be in charge now than to be an official, but this is considered fair, just and reasonable. No one has anything to say. At most, they can only blame themselves for not having such wealth. Just like Marshal Micheli, he did not get this in just one month.
But Claude immediately laughed. Naturally, Marshal Michelich would not take this money seriously. Claude suspected that he was just doing as the Romans do in his previous collection of dividends, and was unwilling to give these mine owners and
The businessman is just embarrassed.
"Okay, my friend, I appreciate the kindness of your association. Is there any other business?" Claude looked at Mr. Veblen shaking his head and asked: "Didn't you say there is another private matter? What's the matter?
You need my help”
"Oh, that's right," Mr. Veblen began to tell.
It turns out that Mr. Veblen has two sons and one daughter. The eldest daughter is already married. The third son is still young and has only two years to reach adulthood. He is currently studying at the junior high school in Greno Castle and is a liberal arts student. What worries Mr. Veblen is that he
The second son, Derivic, is twenty-nine years old.
What surprised Claude was that Mr. Veblen's second son Derivic turned out to be a retired soldier who had participated in the five-year war in the eastern region. Claude remembered that at that time, the Kingdom of Overas was not in the seven overseas territories.
Recruiting soldiers, how did he go to participate in the war?
Haha, I didn’t expect that when Derivic was eighteen years old, he secretly went to the Kingdom to enlist in the army and became a volunteer. Mr. Veblen originally wanted his son who was determined to join the army to be in the area directly under the jurisdiction of Amphiston.
He was serving in the garrison, but he didn't expect him to show up like this, and he almost had a heart attack from anger. His wife went to the Temple of War to pray every day, hoping that her son would return safely.
Perhaps it was the sincerity of Veblen and his wife that moved the God of War. As a result, his son Derivic experienced five years of war in the eastern region. Not only was he unscathed, but he was also promoted to lieutenant of the kingdom for his meritorious service. Just because he was in the
The second-line army was downsized after the war. Junior officers like Derivick, whose families were in overseas territories, were among the first batch of compulsory retirees. Even if Derivick wanted to continue his military career, he could only return to Anphes.
Directly under the jurisdiction of Dunton.
After returning home, Derivic felt more at ease and became a manager in Mr. Veblen's mineral resources company. He got married a year later and is now the father of three children. Mr. Veblen thought he
In a few years, he will be able to take charge of all the family property, but I didn’t expect that this son, who is nearly thirty years old, still has a restless heart. Some time ago, he even said that he wanted to sign up to join the army and continue his dream of being a soldier.
Then the family started to quarrel, with the big ones crying and the small ones howling, and it became a mess, but Derivic was determined to join the army.
"Why does he have to enlist in the army?" Claude is a little surprised. Retired veterans like this, especially those who are retired from grassroots officers, will basically not be subject to compulsory recruitment even if they do not have national status. Unless the situation is extremely urgent and the military strength is extremely high,
Lack of it. At that time, men generally had to take up arms and go to the front line. Otherwise, it was mainly voluntary, and at the same time, they were awarded corresponding military positions based on their rank before retirement.
Like the 100,000 retired soldier families who immigrated to the war zone this time, they are mainly civilians and live in poverty. That's why they agreed to migrate to the continent of Nubicia under the financial temptation of the emerging business aristocrats, and for the sake of their families.
He is willing to take up arms and enlist in the army to fight for the future of himself and his family on the battlefield again.
But Derivic is different. He doesn't have to worry about his livelihood at all. To be honest, Mr. Veblen's family business is ranked among the top ten in the Amphiston Territory, and he can be called a rich man. And overseas
There is not much difference between national status and civilian status in the directly-governed territories. The people here are not as class-conscious as those in the kingdom. Except for the difficulty of holding public office, other rights are almost the same.
"He has never forgotten the dream he had when he was a child about being a general," Mr. Veblen explained to Claude helplessly. It turned out that Derivic once had a dream when he was a child, in which he enlisted in the army, and then
He performed meritorious service on the battlefield and was promoted all the way to the end of the war. He had become a victorious general of the kingdom. However, when he rode a white horse and led his troops into the royal capital triumphantly to receive a review from His Majesty the King, he suddenly fell from his horse.
Come on, this sweet dream is over.
"At that time, he told us about this dream he had. I remember that I encouraged him to pursue his dream. Maybe when he grows up, he can really become a general of the kingdom." Mr. Veblen smiled bitterly.
: "Perhaps he has always regarded my encouragement as true, so when the war broke out in the eastern region five years ago, he felt that this war was a call to him and his destiny, so he secretly bought it with us.
I went to the mainland of the kingdom and volunteered to join the army, just to go to the battlefield and realize my dream."
Based on Derivic's voluntary enlistment, his bravery on the battlefield, meritorious service, and his promotion to the military rank, he should have been retained by the Kingdom's 6th Military Department after the war and sent to the main force to serve as a grassroots officer. However, he was born in an overseas territory.
, according to the regulations of the Kingdom's 6th Military Department, soldiers from overseas territories should serve in Nubisia Continent.
In addition, he joined the second-line army. After the war, it was completely downsized, so he could only be forced to retire and only got a letter of recommendation. That means that if he wanted to continue his military career, he could rely on this letter of recommendation to go to the slave army.
Seek a position in the local garrison of the seven overseas jurisdictions in the continent of Bisia.
It's just that Derivic, who has experienced five years of war in the eastern region, has no interest in continuing to serve in the local garrison forces of the seven overseas territories. Being born here, he naturally knows what kind of goods these local garrison forces are composed of.
Not to mention that the officer positions in these troops are a trap. Most of the officers are held by the admirals' personal confidants. Foreigners like Derivick are not welcome no matter which local garrison force they join.
This is why Derivick went home directly to help in the family business, but he did not expect that the colonial garrison of the Kingdom of Hicks would have the idea of the Kingdom's overseas territories. After the colonial war broke out, Derivick wanted to join the army.
But it happened that his wife was about to give birth. Because he was afraid of being irritated, coupled with his parents' persuasion and the fact that he had not received the call-up order, Derivic gave up his thoughts.
Unexpectedly, the kingdom won two colonial wars. The Kingdom of Hicks still refused to give up and vowed to persevere in this colonial war. It also announced that it would form ten standing legions to wash away the shame of the two colonial wars. Seeing the war
If this continued, Derivic finally couldn't restrain his desire to become a general. Now his youngest son was two and a half years old, and he no longer cared about it, and was determined to join the army.
Unable to persuade his son to change his mind, Mr. Veblen could only choose a good unit for his son. After much thought and comparison, he felt that Claude's unit was the most reliable. First, Claude's 131st Ranger Regiment.
It is the most combat-effective and offensive-minded unit in the Ranger Corps. It always makes great achievements. Serving in such a unit is the easiest opportunity to obtain meritorious service and promotion. Secondly, Claude's unit has another characteristic that makes Wei the most
Mr. Bolan values that every time he participates in a battle, he can win with the minimum cost of casualties.
So Mr. Veblen's private matter is to ask Claude to let his son Derivic join his army and become a member of his command. Perhaps in the eyes of Mr. Veblen, he has embraced Claude's lap.
, his son Derivic may really be destined to become a general. If he can go one step further and obtain a noble title, then he will die with no regrets in his life.
"My friend, is this really your decision?" Claude smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The war is fierce and dangerous, and any accident may happen on the battlefield. Even I, a colonel, sometimes have to go into battle myself and fight for my life.
If you really decide to make him my subordinate, then you and your wife must be prepared to lose him. This is not a joke."
Claude spoke the truth, but Mr. Veblen still nodded resolutely: "Baron, I know that our couple's request has made you feel embarrassed, but since my son Derivic still wants to become a
As a soldier of the Kingdom, we decided to help him pursue his dream.
After making this difficult decision, our husband and wife naturally understood that this is not a safe road, but full of glory and danger. He will sacrifice at any time. But our husband and wife hope that even if he falls, he will still be an upright soldier of the kingdom.
, This is the path he chose, and we will not regret it."
Claude was a little moved, and after thinking for a long time, he finally nodded: "My friend, since it is your request, then I promise to give your son, Drivek, a chance. Our 131st Ranger Regiment is picking him up.
In the next few days, you will be back from Ferru Town and stationed in Lanhu Town. When you get there, ask Derivick to come to the regiment headquarters to find me. I will first arrange for him to serve as a combat staff officer under me.
The military rank will be calculated based on the lieutenant rank Derivek held when he retired. Let him familiarize himself with military affairs first. After all, he has been away from the army for such a long time. In addition, he has to relearn the fighting methods and new tactics of our Ranger Corps. Of course,
I don't have the power to make him a member of the Rangers. I just open a small door for him to see if he can become a soldier again.
Marshal Michelich has decided that within the three months before he leaves his post, our theater will reorganize and complete the basic framework of five reinforced divisions. In the future, when those immigrants come in batches, we will only need to
Just fill in these five reinforced divisions to replenish the troops. If your son Drivik really has military talent, then I will use it according to his ability and find a suitable one for him among the divisions directly under my command.
Position"
"Thank you, thank you, Lord Baron." Mr. Veblen was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.
After seeing off Mr. and Mrs. Veblen, Claude finally stayed at home quietly for several days. However, he was not very comfortable at home. His son's mischief and disobedience made Claude feel very troubled and he was beaten several times.
I wanted to beat him up and teach him a lesson, but my mother always stopped me. That little bastard has experience. As long as he follows his grandma immediately when he gets into trouble, he will be fine. Even Claude
No matter how strong the fire is, it can't do anything to him.
In addition to his son making Claude worried, his mother's nagging also made Claude feel that life was extremely difficult. Of course, his mother's nagging was not directed at Claude, but at his sister Anna. Sometimes Claude felt that
Did she teach her sister Anna the wrong chemistry and physics knowledge? She no longer does any medicine experiments. Instead, she likes to experiment with the synthesis of explosives that Claude taught her in the alchemical magic talisman. So much so that she
Now the so-called pharmaceutical laboratory has to be moved to a remote corner of the lake to prevent the frequent explosions from alarming the residents of the town.
A week later, the 131st Ranger Regiment entered the town of Lanhu. On the same day, Claude received a falcon message from the regiment headquarters. Marshal Michelchi asked him to rush to Greno Castle to participate in the next morning's meeting.
A preparatory meeting for the new theater was held.