Luck, at least for Sean at the moment, is really not that good.
I have a house, a car, a deposit, and I am not afraid of the police coming to my door. I live a free life. Why do I come to this strange world and suffer?
Sean was holding a plate and standing in the corner, eating delicious food while watching the lively scene, as if he was an outsider.
He suddenly found someone pulling down his pants. He looked down and saw Kim Carell hiding under the table, devouring food while looking at himself and smiling, with his face covered in food residue.
"Hide it, be careful not to choke yourself to death." Sean whispered.
Jin didn't speak, only the sound of chewing was heard from his mouth.
This is the back garden of the monastery, surrounded by an iron fence half a person's height. Outside the fence is a tall tree, and outside the tree is a courtyard wall.
At this time, night fell, and because there were candle lamps with glass shades in the garden, the trees and courtyard walls outside the garden fence became dark under the lamps.
A strange feeling made Sean slowly turn his head. He was in an excellent position and could see a dark shadow on a tall tree not far away.
In this dark corner, if you don't pay special attention, you will never find a person hiding there.
Just when Sean looked at the black shadow, the black shadow also looked over, and the two of them stared at each other for about five or six seconds from a distance of more than ten meters.
Sean was surprised and didn't know what to do, while the other party was extremely surprised and didn't react for a while.
Sean picked up a silver table knife and turned around again. The black shadow had disappeared. This made Sean wonder if he was dazzled or had a recurrence of his brain injury.
Sean lifted Kim out from under the table:
"Just now, there seemed to be a dark shadow there, did you see it?"
"I know, she's still talking to me." Jin's mouth was filled with food.
"Is it a woman?" Sean asked.
"Yes, it's a sister. She said there was a banquet here and there would be a lot of delicious food. She asked me if I wanted to eat?"
"How did you answer?"
"Of course the answer is yes."
"How did you get here?" Sean asked.
"Of course it's the sewer. The guards won't let me in." Jin said nonchalantly, "I'm familiar with every inch of the sewer here."
Sean gave him a hard shudder. He didn't want to alarm others, so that little guy Jin would be implicated. Besides, the mysterious woman had run away. If he hadn't been caught, all the hype would be in vain.
After taking Jin away from the scene, Sean first went to his room to get a pistol and loaded it with lead bullets.
"Tell me, where would that woman escape from?" Sean asked.
At this time, Jin also realized that he seemed to have done something very bad. He rubbed his still aching forehead and said:
"That sister seems to be able to shrink her bones and sneak in the sewers, but even so, she can't go any faster."
Jin took Sean outside the monastery and walked quickly along the sewer route. The city of Als was not big, and within ten minutes they arrived under the city wall.
"If she wants to slip out of the city, she can escape here. But there are too many forks in the city's sewers. If she changes her route midway, we won't be able to find her." Jin pointed to his feet and said.
There is a huge pool here, and there is a strong iron fence near the base of the city wall, which does not seem to be damaged.
After waiting quietly for a while, Sean found nothing. He led Jin along possible routes and walked several times. Everything was normal. It was impossible for him to lift every stone slab to search.
At this time, the city of Als has regained a little bit of its popularity, because this is where the garrison headquarters is located, and soldiers can be seen on the streets at any time. Sean stared at every civilian he met and found nothing.
In Evans Abbey, the big shots left one after another before ten o'clock in the evening.
The banquet lasted until late at night, and the soldiers ate all the food and drank all the wine. Gary Norris and others sneaked out to have fun, and no one cared about them anyway.
Sean, who returned to the monastery, was also forcibly dragged to a tavern by Gary and others to continue drinking. This tavern specializes in military business.
In addition, there are many businessmen accompanying the army and some people who want to try their luck after the war.
A man who claimed to be an arms dealer invited Sean and others to drink beer.
In the European Empire, beer is the most common and popular alcoholic drink, because the best beer only costs ten shillings a cup. It satisfies the common people who love drinking but are short of money, especially in summer.
For soldiers, cheap and inferior wine is not something they can't afford, but it is not as enjoyable as drinking beer.
The generous businessman who invited the soldiers to drink beer was the most popular. When the businessman saw Sean reappearing, he took the initiative to sit over.
Although Sean is not very old, Gary and others naturally followed him on this occasion because he had the highest military rank among the people from the 21st Infantry Division.
Seeing that the businessman seemed to have something to discuss with Sean, Gary and others went to play darts and gamble for money.
The businessman's name was Hammer Bess, the owner of Bess Machinery Company. He was short, chubby, and looked a little funny.
He is very talkative and can talk about the latest high-level personnel changes in the Holy City to the scandal between a certain lieutenant in Als City and his boss's wife.
Showing courtesy for nothing, Sean remained calm and responded word by word.
He roughly guessed what this guy named Bess was going to do, because as a member of the only shotgun battalion of the 21st Infantry Division, the rifled gun in his hand was called Bess 1825.
Compared with the smoothbore guns in the hands of ordinary infantry, this rifled gun is a huge improvement, with a long range and accuracy, but at the same time its flaws are also obvious.
"I heard that the 21st Infantry Division is going to be rebuilt?" Hammer-Bess said in a low voice, as if he was talking about a very top-secret matter.
"This is a natural thing." Sean drank a glass of beer, as if he was not interested.
"Second Lieutenant Connelly, I'm afraid you don't know that the new division commander's name is Nicholas Herman."
The word Hermann means "toll" in Europa, which is close to the literal meaning of the name of the royal Sauron family. As the name suggests, the ancestors of these two families have done "I drive this road"
Buy and sell.
However, hundreds of years later, the Sauron family became a royal family and the Herman family became a great noble.
"Is the news accurate?" Sean couldn't help but become concerned.
"As a businessman, it is our instinct to have a good sense of smell." Boss Bess kept his expression secretive, "I have some information, and I think the second lieutenant will be interested."
"Then what do you want, Mr. Bess? I don't have many gold louis, maybe you have a beautiful daughter?" Sean joked.
"Haha. My daughter is only five years old. If you are willing to wait, I have no objection." Boss Bess smiled, "I just want to express my respect as a mere patriotic businessman to Lieutenant Colonel Horns through you. If there is any
If possible, I hope that as a soldier who has used the Bess 1825 rifled rifle proficiently, you can give an objective and fair evaluation of this rifle, because I want to participate in the bidding."
"It's that simple, then it's a deal!" Sean gave him a high-five. Boss Bass said:
"The Hermann family has been friendly with the royal family for generations and often intermarry. Their relationship with the royal family has always been unusual. Lord Nicholas is a military fanatic who believes that force can solve everything. He has been serving as an aide by His Majesty's side and is extremely popular with His Majesty.
Take it seriously, this release is also a reward for his hard work in the past. If you can use some brains from him, I believe the future is limitless."
"What are his hobbies? Habits? Preferences?" Sean asked.
"My Lord doesn't like glitz and rhetoric. He likes the direct, clean, rigorous and orderly style of the military. It is said that he doesn't drink alcohol and is not a womanizer. He only likes famous horses." Boss Bess answered directly without being too pretentious.
"So should there be one or two famous horses in Mr. Bass's stable?" Upon hearing this, Sean asked tentatively.
"I happen to have two expensive horses from the Bilis Salin area. One male and one female are black horses without any color. They have noble and pure blood. I am worried that I have no place to foster them. If the second lieutenant can help me raise them for a while, it will be great.
gratitude."
"Cheers!" Sean raised the beer in his hand.
At this time, Gary Norris and others were pointing at a portrait on the wall and discussing.
That is a reward order:
Earl Cohen-Howard offered a reward of 5,000 gold for the capture of the gangster.
Seeing that Sean's attention was on the reward order, Boss Bass explained:
"Earl Howard is very unlucky. He was just appointed as the governor of the Northern Xinjiang Province this month. He came here with his family to take up the post, but he did not expect that his youngest son was kidnapped. The earl is a well-known figure in the noble parliament and is very important in improving the country's financial situation.
There have been studies and several bills with extremely far-reaching impacts have been proposed, such as the 21st tax.”
The Twenty-One Tax is a direct tax levied based on property status, especially income from real estate such as land.
"To be honest, this is the fairest tax in history. In all previous taxes, privileged people always paid less or avoided paying taxes. They paid taxes according to their property, including princes, instead of letting those poor people pay taxes.
The farmers bear the heavy burden of the country's finances.
So if the resistance is too great, his colleagues in the parliament will first oppose him. Businessmen like me will buy land first when they have money, and of course they don't like him, let alone the powerful church."
In European society, privilege is not a derogatory term. It at least indicates the social status of the owner. The lifelong goal of many civilians is to become a privileged person. In fact, privileged people may pay more taxes, but at least privileged people do not have to pay "military service tax".
"This kind of tax was considered by the people of the time as a kind of tax paid by lowly people.
As rulers and managers of a centralized empire, although the emperor and his ministers are the top figures in a privileged society, they have always struggled with the privileged class. This is a difficult problem. They have at least tried to make this
The empire will not collapse immediately.
"Did he propose this bill with the approval of the imperial court?" Sean asked.
"Yes, rumors say that His Majesty promised to make him the next Minister of Finance. Now the financial situation of the imperial court has not improved, but has worsened year after year. It is all because of this damn war!"
"Mr. Bass, these words should not come from you. Arms dealers love war the most. It is best to do business with both warring parties at the same time." Sean joked.
"Haha, that's true. Dear second lieutenant, God testifies that I am an upright patriot. Haha, this is too far off topic. Let's get back to the point. So in order to compensate the unlucky earl, His Majesty appointed him as the Governor of Northern Xinjiang Province. He originally had
If you have the opportunity to serve as the Chancellor of Finance, you can get a position of up to 35,000 gold louis a year, not to mention other gray income that we will never know about." Boss Bess said, shaking his head again, "He is very unlucky.
, I was struck while passing by the Black Forest. That guy named Benjamin Tang is a gangster, a habitual gangster, and a villain. I have heard of this guy at least ten years ago, and he is known as the 'Beheader'."
"5,000 gold louis is not a small amount, I believe many people will be interested in it." Sean said.
"Of course. But I heard that after the count's youngest son was kidnapped, Don just asked the count for 500 gold louis. Tsk tsk, 500 gold louis, but the count didn't get a dime. Don became so angry that he immediately broke up the vote and sent the poor child's head to the count.
.Now the count wants to offer a reward of 5,000 gold louis, and I can’t do it anyway.” Boss Bess said sarcastically.
"If, I mean if, your youngest son was kidnapped by Tang, what would you do?" Sean asked curiously.
"I will happily give him 1,000 gold louis, along with my message that if I don't see my child after a good sleep and a hearty breakfast, I will put a reward of 10,000 gold louis on his life."
, if it is not enough, I will sell off my property and recruit warriors to fight with him, even if I beg for the rest of my life, I will not hesitate until he pays for his life with his life, then I will ask him if he is afraid?"