Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 124 Military control

“I'm leaving White Deer Town...” That's the first thing Bok Al said.

Claude didn't care. Last year, Boc Al followed his father on vacation to visit branches in three counties in the southwest, and later in January he returned to White Deer Town: "Are you going to visit those branches of your business with your father again? ”

“No, this time I'm going to my aunt's house in Similoch County. My father didn't go. He's going to stay here until the merchant fleet arrives.” Bok Al said with some sadness: “I don't know when I'll be back after I leave White Deer Town this time, maybe more than a decade, maybe I won't be back in White Deer Town...”

“Hmm? What do you mean?” Claude, is this a goodbye to life or death?

“My uncle found a relationship, and after New Year's I'm going to the county town of Bongilia in Siromick County to join the guard battalion and follow the path of enlistment. My father asked me to be granted national status before I could retire home.” Bok Al sighed, "but I joined the logistics of the guard battalion, although as a soldier, but as a civilian, so don't worry about security. ”

“When are you leaving?” Claude asked. Bok Al told him that it was obvious that it had become final, that it was unstoppable, and that he had no capacity to let Bok Al stay. It's just Claude didn't think that the first person to join the army would be Bok Al, who would have thought it would have been Verricolo.

“Tomorrow morning," Bok Al kicked his head to the ground with his feet: “I wanted to see Ike in the afternoon. I saw Lady Elena come, and the Wickham teacher gave her Ike's diploma, and she left in a hurry. I wanted to ask her how Ike was, but I didn't expect her to leave so fast. So I wanted to see him this afternoon, and even if I didn't see him, I did what I wanted. I'm a little upset that Ike didn't do me any favors this time. ”

“It's not your fault.” Claude grabbed Bock Al's shoulder: “Ike did it himself, and no one expected him to have the audacity to go out on that modified boat alone. All of a sudden, me and Vero were anxious to go out to find him, so I forgot to let you know. You don't have to blame yourself, it's our negligence...”

Bok Al nodded and didn't respond, just silently continuing to kick a rock out of the ground with his boots, as can be seen from his mood.

“It's all right, Boa, even if you go to Silomick County, we're still good friends and good friends. Although we can't meet, you can write to us and we'll get back to you with the address.” Claude can only be so comforting to Bok Al.

“Well, I'll write to you.” Bok Al sounds a little low: “I have some things to sort out, so I'm going home. Goodbye, Claude. ”

Bok Al turned around and walked away, and Claude clearly saw him turn around and wiped his face off, and he seemed to cry. But Claude just stood there and watched Bok Al leave, graduated, and after New Year's, it meant that he was eighteen years old, adult, and everyone had to take responsibility for themselves, no one else.

Tomorrow morning Bok Al is leaving White Deer Town, and Claude doesn't know if he'll ever see him again. My father had said his arrangements before, so this time the merchant fleet came back for the New Year to go to the mainland of Nubian, and he had to board the boat to go to the direct administration of Tyrsim to meet the Viscount, who had never met the Godfather as Governor, to enlist with him. When can I go back to Bai Lu Town I don't know, like now I have one of the best days in the woods...

Claude didn't want to go back to school for that graduation party, and his carriage was parked at his house, and he came with his father in a public carriage at the town hall in the morning. Now he just wants to walk quietly on the road that he and his friends have been attending school together for three years, with a lot of sadness in his heart.

After returning home, Claude's mood subsided when his brother Brooke and Snow Dog got tangled up. Sister Angelina was also on vacation, helping her mother cook lunch, and she asked Claude if she had eaten, and Claude shook her head. Mother complained about Claude not having a good meal at school, after all, the food at the party was much richer than at home.

After a simple lunch, Claude plays with Little Booker and throws a little wooden ball out for Little Snow Dog to pick it up. Little Booker had a great time, screaming and screaming until his mother came and said he was going for a nap.

My sister sat in the restaurant reading quietly, and now she is also fourteen years old. She is becoming more and more knowledgeable, like a quiet little lady. Claude used to touch her head, Anna was a little angry, and Brother Er messed up her hair again.

Looking at the title of the book in her hand, it was a small encyclopedia describing marine life, a rough description of the species of marine life that had been discovered. Only this book does not specifically explore the habits of these marine organisms, but focuses on the economic value of these marine organisms. For example, what kind of seafood would be more valuable, what parts could afford these...

Claude drove his carriage back to the woods after saying hello to his sister. He decided to go hunting, earn more money, and buy test materials for the alchemy experiment from today on.

Over the next few days, Claude's life became busy and fulfilling, hunting in the woods and setting up a series of traps in the hills and hills on the southern outskirts of town. With the Black Majesty step, Claude's hunting range has expanded considerably...

The only thing that made Claude a little upset was that after he sold nearly fifty wild chickens and rabbits to the old tavern, Pierre did refuse to buy them. But Claude had already earned seven Silver Tales from him. I'm tired of eating rabbit wild chickens every day, and my sister Anna gave Claude the nickname of a wild chicken killer. Finally, Claude made the remaining dozen wild chickens and rabbits into smoked chicken and waxed meat and hung them under the roof of the cabin.

In addition to the wild chickens and rabbits hunted, Claude caught a big gray wolf, three wild goats, two big boars, a red fur fox, and two pig badgers. The prey was sent to the open market for sale by Claude, who now also has a savings of more than three gold crowns in his hand.

As Claude ignored the news that the merchant fleet had never returned, the uneasy clouds accumulating over White Deer Town were becoming more depressing and rumors were spreading in the tavern. Mr. Morsan hasn't smiled in a long time, and he's getting bored at home and addicted to smoke. Mothers also often sit idle and wonder what they are thinking.

Claude only wanted to make money hunting, and he didn't have time to communicate with his parents except to go home and send some prey, most of all after dinner and back to the woods. And Mr. Morsan didn't want to talk to Claude about anything big, and in his eyes, Claude was a kid, and it was already very good to be able to take care of the forest.

Less than a week after New Year's Eve, Claude came out of the mountains on a black horse Jamie with a grown-up leopard corpse on his ass, a harvest that Claude had gained by entering the mountain hunt. This leopard obviously came out looking for food because the snow stopped. Claude and Darkmajamy came up with the idea. As a result, the prey could not be hunted. Claude used only one psycho-shocking technique to get him shot with a fireline gun...

Claude was excited about it too. I didn't expect it to snow for three days. The snow stopped him from visiting the woodland, and he rode his horse into the mountains to see if there were any deer herds or anything. Who would have thought there was such a leopard attack in the pine forest at the foot of the mountain? Fortunately, he was prepared to discover that the shadow was a direct mental shock and then perform the shooting code again.

Throw the leopard's body on the horse's back, and Claude's ready to go back to the woods. I sold this leopard to the open-air market in town this morning and I had five gold kroners, enough to buy a box of white root powder. The last time I bought a box of white root powder at Julian's fat old man's underground acquisitions, I actually wanted seven gold crowns. I was killing a pig, and I answered silly.

I didn't expect to find white root powder for sale at the drug store in the open market, only 18 silver tallers a box, that is, three gold crowns plus three silver tallers, almost half the bid of the fat old man Juliana. When I think of this, Claude hates trying to eat and peel this fat old man Julian alive. You should know that Claude beat up the Wild Chicken Mountain Rabbit for almost a month before earning a gold crown or so...

Back in the woods, put the torch back in the cabin, put Jamie in the carriage, and dump the leopard's body on the carriage, and Claude's ready to drive the carriage to town. I didn't expect to meet the Theories back in town selling charcoal on the highway. They sat in the old wagon like that. There were no bags of linen with charcoal in the wagon. Looks like the snow stopped. The charcoal business of the two matriarchs was very good. They sold it back so early.

It's just that the Theories looked at Claude in a strange way and stopped talking. Claude didn't care, and he said in a friendly way, "You go ahead, I'll move aside. ”

Two carriages rubbed their shoulders over, and Theorie turned around and said, "Chief Claude, you've been in town. Be careful down there. ”

Been in town? Claude's a little strange. It'll be New Year's in a few days. Which army will be in town at this time? Can you make it to town for New Year's Eve?

By the time we got to town, Claude found out it wasn't excessive, it was martial law. Many soldiers in dark blue military uniforms stood in the alleyways, and they were not holding Obash 2, but a slightly lagging Camille 3.

This is not the kingdom's field army, but the Baromise guard battalion, the local guard force in the county city. But what happened when this county security camp suddenly came to White Deer Town to run the military?

However, it seems that nothing significant has happened to the soldiers' faces, that their discipline has not been very strict, and that some soldiers are still joking with the lively women who are watching next to the streets, although they have not revealed what has happened, merely that they have been ordered to come to White Deer Town for temporary military control.

Claude's carriage was also stopped by two soldiers, who were surprised when they found the carriage carrying the body of a leopard, leading a group of soldiers to the perimeter. Finally, an officer arrived. He looked at the leopard's body and asked about Claude's identity. When Claude was said to be the director of the Normanly Forest Farm, he dispersed the soldiers and let them go.

Claude thought about it and drove the carriage to the old tavern, where he was called out to show him the leopard's body on the carriage.

“How much do you want?” Pied asks, but he sees some pity in Claude's eyes.

“Just caught in the woods this morning, you touch it, the body isn't completely rigid. Whatever you say, I'll give it to you if it suits you, and I won't get the open-air market for sale.” Claude was very happy to say that he had not noticed the way Pierre had just looked at himself.

“Eight silver tallers. This fur is worth a golden crown, and the bone meat is not very affordable.” Pierre thought about it and said that he offered a fair price.

“Okay, this leopard is yours.” Claude was pleased that he had expected the leopard to sell about six or seven silver tallers.

Pierre greeted several servants at the store, moved the leopard's body into the carriage, and paid Claude out of his pocket: "Have you never been home? ”

“Mmm.” Claude nodded.

“Go home and have a look, your father was arrested this morning.” Pierre sighed and told Claude a nightmare.

“What!” Claude stunned there.