The swaying carriage creaked and drove into a small square in the early morning fog. "These clothes are really uncomfortable." Polu tilted his head, tugged on his collar, and holding a leather cylinder, he followed
Behind Leonardo, stepped from the carriage
Come down. Tezier, Deke, Schick, and Leah jumped down one by one. A man who completely fit the image of a middle-aged stereotypical housekeeper stood in the square waiting. "Everyone, please come with me." He bent.
He bent down and made a "please come here" gesture.
Along the cobbled road, everyone walked into a circular pillar hall. "Please wait a moment." The butler walked aside, and Polu glanced at everyone from the corner of his eye. Everyone was standing calmly.
With his expression on his face, he began to study the decorative puzzle pieces on the ground. Suddenly, Bolu felt a burst of magic flashing through the circular decorative mosaic under his feet.
The fluctuation lasted for a long time. "Putting it in this position, it is probably a security scan?" Bolu was still wondering what the mechanism of the magic circle hidden in the decoration was, and the closed door slowly opened, "Okay.
"Everyone, please come with me." With exactly the same actions and the same stereotyped tone, the butler made the invitation gesture again.
Walking into the door, the ceiling and surrounding walls were decorated with exquisite patterns and carvings. Polu was unconsciously immersed in this rare classicism atmosphere. He looked around a lot as he walked until he heard someone saying, "Please sit down."
Let's go." Then he came back to his senses and realized that he was already standing in a small round hall.
Among them. "It's the first time I'm in this kind of environment. What posture should I use, rush, wait online." The habit of random thoughts happened again, and he finally restrained his thoughts. Bolu looked around him with the corner of his eye.
Tezier, imitating his example, held his head high and sat on a row of benches.
The room was very dark, and the space was filled with an atmosphere suitable for conspiracy. The surroundings were shrouded in shadow, making it difficult to see clearly. Only the chandelier on the top of the bench emitted dim light. Leonardo stood up and gestured around
, and then in a non-hurried manner
Tiao began to tell about his discoveries in the mountains of the northwest. The slow speaking speed made people sleepy. Polu, who regarded himself as someone who came here to make friends, began to look at the carvings on the table legs and became distracted during the long narration.
Until Tezier next to him nudged him with his elbow.
"Map." Leonardo's calm voice came. Polu quickly opened the leather case at his hand, pulled out a large roll of thick tissue paper map, unfolded it and lifted it up. The map on the tissue paper was Polu's
Yesterday, according to the previous records, I redrawn it on the big table using the method of drawing square notes. I really can't figure out the contour lines. It's still possible to use lines to draw a 45-degree bird's-eye perspective at the appropriate position.
Polu was making a human flesh display board while listening to the group leader's description of what he found. Occasionally, he had to change a picture according to the content. He raised it until his arms were sore and waited until the explanation was over. He heard Leonardo say: "This is what we have this time.
Found." Polu breathed a long sigh of relief, and then a voice came from the shadow: "Leonardo, bring the map and follow me." He quickly rolled up the pile of maps in his hand and put them back.
In the tube.
Leonardo whispered: "You just wait here, don't move around, let alone go out." After saying that, he took the map from Polu's hand and left with several figures in the shadow. Polu
He sat back on the chair and shook his stiff arms. "Party A's headquarters, I don't dare to run around without telling you. If something happens and I'm detained, it will be troublesome."
Tezier and Liangke both sat upright and stared straight ahead. Their appearance skills were much better than Polu's. Leah was sitting at the other end and was silent at the moment. Then do as the Romans do, Polu
I also struck a pose. I was really tired of looking at the decorations on the wall, so I simply started to review the information in my mind.
I don’t know how long it took, maybe two or three hours, but Bolu’s waist was quite sore. The door opened with a creak, and a group of people in uniforms pushed the door and walked in. Some of them held small bags in their hands.
Bolu was overjoyed: "Here it comes, here it comes, here comes the drama!" They came to the investigation team sitting in a row. "Stand up! Tezier!"
Tezier took a step forward, and the officer at the front of the team took the tray from the hands of the person next to him and handed it to Tezier. Following him were Deke, Shik and Leah. Finally, Polu also took the tray from his hand.
They took the trays that belonged to them. The group of people did not stop after distributing the trays, and immediately turned around and left. Bolu immediately lowered his head to look at the harvest in his hands.
There was a piece of parchment, an envelope and a medal in the tray. The medal was something Bolu didn’t recognize. He unfolded the parchment and saw that it was the knight canonization document that had been agreed upon before. Bolu didn’t really care about this knight or he didn’t know what to do.
He pinched the envelope, pulled it out and saw that it was a money order for 100 gold coins.
Polu touched Tezier: "Old Te, how do you use this thing?"
"You have to take this to the bank to cash it in."
"Can you cash it all out?"
"Of course you can, but if you're not in a hurry to use the money, don't exchange it. It's a lot of money, so it's safer to leave it in the bank."
Bolu naturally followed the good example and put it in his pocket: "Then I'll store it first."
This time it can be said that I have dignity and respect, which is quite satisfying.
Tezier looked at Polu and grabbed his neck: "Hey, you are now a little nobleman and have a small amount of money. How do you feel?"
"It's not like there's no fiefdom."
"Hey, who among the knights who have been canonized now has a fiefdom? They just get a little annuity every year."
"Every year? How many?" Bolu's ears keenly caught the key words. Everyone came together.
"If you don't join the Knights, you will be given 10 gold coins every year."
"It's a bit less. Why is my salary similar to mine?" Polu did not hide his disappointment.
"You have seen the world, haven't you? One gold coin is enough to feed a family for a month. You are more or less an alchemy apprentice. If you have work, is it strange that your salary is higher than that of idlers?"
"So, my conferment is equivalent to having an iron rice bowl? It's quite good to think this way. Wait a minute, I seem to be paid, but the teacher has gone to work, who will pay me my salary? This year's conferment money will be paid
Do I have to go somewhere to get it?"
"Just go to the parliament to get it. Do you have the money to use it?"
"Well, I still have some last time. The teacher left it for me. There will definitely be no problem eating. But when this thing is over, I don't know where to go. I didn't really join the Knights.
The establishment will have to be moved out sooner or later."
"Then where are you going?" Leah also joined the conversation. "Didn't you say you were going to the big iron mine before?"
"I would like to, but of course I plan to go with the teacher. Now that the teacher is not here, what's the point of going by myself? To swing a sledgehammer?"
"I have a small laboratory that I left behind when I was studying alchemy. It's located in the large iron ore area. It's vacant now. I can lend it to you for now. I'll explain it in detail when I get back." Leah said without any pressure.
The language of rich people.
"Thank you so much!" Polu decided to accept without any moral integrity. After all, he walked out of this door and didn't know where he would sleep at night.
Everyone who had gained a lot had spent a long time thinking about how to spend their money. Everyone was wealthy. Tezier wanted to buy himself a kitchen with full equipment, and Sigg wanted to buy a small farm after retiring.
He ran away and joined the reconnaissance team, but he saved a lot of bonuses. Dyke said that he wanted to learn sculpture. Leah refused to reveal her plan.
Boom!
Leonardo pushed open the door with a livid face, and shouted: "No matter what the noise is, get up and leave."
Everyone immediately turned into obedient babies and left the room with their respective harvests. After getting on the carriage, Leonardo's expression did not improve: "The suggestion of comprehensive preparation for war is impossible. Before those things reach the national border, only
We can rely on a standing army. I told you that Finistere was crippled, that bitch, Bashkolto
Since the enemy has never been seen before and only we have experience, let us first study the equipment and tactics to resist these things. Where do I know how to fight those big bugs? The Knights who are still unwilling to let go of the Eastern Front are stationed there.
There are four whole regiments with him! Why don’t you let them go! If he doesn’t let them go, Your Majesty can’t do anything to him!”
"After all, he hasn't really seen those things, and he hasn't felt the pressure on the Finistere battlefield, so it's normal for him to refuse to let go." Leah took advantage of her and came out to ease the tense atmosphere.
"I know! I'm just angry! If we don't prepare in advance, how many people will die!"
Leonardo took a few deep breaths, and after calming down a little, he said: "Tezier, tomorrow you take the reconnaissance team and go to the big iron mine first!"
"Yes!" The topic changed: "But why did you suddenly go to the big iron mine?"
"Your Majesty believes in my judgment, but there is no direct evidence. If several dukes are not opposed now, there is definitely no chance of national mobilization. Didn't they ask us to prepare first, then we will prepare. The large iron mine is a royal asset, your Majesty can
Let’s make a decision, let us move and defend the large iron mine! The mining area must be secured. After we get there, we must first find a suitable location for garrison. We will move there in a few days.”
"Polu, His Majesty originally wanted your teacher to be in charge of the mining area, but now that he is away, you need to prepare the basics first! There are only three things to do: prepare the defense line, increase production, and develop equipment!"
"Promise to complete the mission!" Boru's decisive reply made everyone stunned.
"The task is very heavy, don't force it." Leah reminded.
"I think it's okay. I've been thinking about how to deal with those big bugs on the way back, and now I have some ideas."
"Okay! Young people are motivated. Your Majesty said that you can allocate resources in the mining area, but the production of armor and weapons cannot be touched. In other words, steel production can only be increased, not reduced, and iron can be fluctuated. As long as the other production is not reduced,
Just do it! Now you are the manager of the mining area, and Leah is responsible for supervising you. In three years, as long as you increase the production of the mining area by half in three years, you will be the general manager of the mining area!"
After the ecstasy, Polu suddenly felt that something was wrong. Where had he seen this set of operations? He thought to himself: "Did I step on the trap? There is still a question whether it will be three years since this wave of insects rushed over."
"Then what will happen when my teacher comes back? I'd better give up my seat to the teacher. I'll be an assistant."
"You can't bear to let your teacher run errands day and night? Of course, let the teacher be the design consultant. Why do you do the work?"
It’s over, Polu thought to himself, I’m sorry, teacher, your student really got into trouble! But I can’t refuse this bait at all!