Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 138 Two Things

Claude took the two letters from Mrs. Maria about her father upstairs and read them to her mother. The mother, who was sick and resting in bed, heard the good news that Mr. Morsan's life was not in danger. Finally, she let go of the big stone that was pressed against her heart, and her spirit was excited. Claude was interrogated for another half day before she let him go.

Back in the study on the second floor, looking at the crowd on the street outside the window, Claude was in contemplation. He is now faced with a dilemma as to whether he should tell Ericsson the nightmare of the destruction of the merchant fleet by pirates. After half a month in bed, Ericsson recovered quite well and could barely walk around.

But his mother, Mrs. Elena, said that Ericsson's spirit was still somewhat anxious and noisy, and every day last year she asked if there was any news about the merchant fleet, but instead did not eat it after the New Year, often standing next to the window and staring in the direction of the pier for half a day.

Perhaps Ericsson himself had a bad feeling about the merchant fleet, which had not returned for a week after the New Year, certainly not because of the weather or for any other reason. The idea that the merchant fleet will be back soon is to deceive themselves. Many people in Bai Lu Town are not aware of it. No one is exaggerating just because the merchant fleet involves two or three hundred families in the town, and their relatives have been hired on the boat.

Seven ocean sailboats, plus Captain Autruni's Red Sea Shark, eight seacraft, nearly 300 sailors, crew and escorts. In order to keep the new route confidential, the merchant fleet was essentially chosen by people based in White Deer Town. Claude knew perfectly well that when the merchant fleet's news came back, Bai Lu Town didn't know how big a wave would be...

It is with this in mind that Captain O'Truni ordered the surrender of the crew of the sailors who followed him in order to preserve their lives, after being unable to resist the siege of the pirate gang, that it was not known how many survivors would return to White Deer Town in the future. But what he didn't expect was that the pirates hadn't let them go after the raid, but had forced them to surrender to join the pirate gangs and refused to be pirates Captain Otruni, who was thus flowing on an uninhabited island in the silent ocean.

I don't know if he can take it anymore if he goes to tell Ericsson about this nightmare, it would be bad if he were to relapse... Claude thought about it for half a day and thought he should keep it a secret, so naturally, after the news came out in March, Ericsson's body should be able to take this heavy blow...

After another four days of slow recovery, the mother's body can say much, and now she can do some simple chores in the kitchen. Claude made another trip to the National Bank, again advancing three gold kroner. This is to collect money for my sister's tuition, who is about to go to middle school, 12 Silver Tall tuition fees, and two Silver Tall meals and books must be paid to the school 15 days in advance.

Until his father was released, Claude had to shoulder the burden of his family alone. Now that you've promised your sister, then you have to do it. There was only one gold krone and two silver tallers left in the ten gold kroner bank accounts opened for him by Mrs. Maria. And the next year, he was going to dry out in the woods, because he had paid all his salary in advance.

That night was so stupid, why didn't you think to scratch some money in the casino to spend it on yourself... Claude paid for her sister's tuition from the country, looked at her happy and happy look, he thought about his lack of money, should we go to the Black Snake Club trouble and get some money back?

On January 15th, it was a very important day for Bai Lu Town, as two major events took place in the town. The first big thing was that the county council approved a proposal for the formation of a White Deer Town Guard Brigade, submitted by the mayor, Baron Robert, and, unexpectedly, the county council adopted a third proposal, by the owner of the fishery processing plant, Bidrill. Brönch donated money to form a brigade to honor Bedrill. The Brünch, keen to donate, appointed him as Commander of the 4th Squadron of the forthcoming Guard Brigade and authorized him to form his own 4th Squadron.

But the owners of the county council were sober and didn't agree to pay for the maintenance of the White Deer Town Guard. Instead of donating, Brönch relieved White Deer Town of paying 30 per cent of the tax on the county, about 1,000 gold kroner, as an annual maintenance fund for the guard battalion. If there are any shortfalls, ask Bai Lu Town Hall to raise funds from the townspeople to make up the balance.

The town hall was drumming and rejoicing. The mayor, Baron Robert, delivered a warm speech in which he celebrated the possession of his own defensive armament in White Deer Town.

Black Snake Club boss Bidrill. Brunch, as the owner of the fishery processing yard, accepted the letter of appointment from the Mayor of Robert for the Commander of the Guard Squadron, announcing the establishment of the Guard Squadron IV, and a group of Black Snake club members waved the colored flag below, cheering with pride.

Villicro's father, the first hunter in White Deer Town, Uncle Coobrick, was watching coldly under the stage with a group of retired veterans. While they oppose the Robert Mayor's Guard Battalion Formation Program, the Formation Program has now been approved by the county council and there is nothing they can do but listen to the arrangement. After all, they are retired veterans, and the formation of a guard brigade is inseparable from their participation.

Uncle Kubrick's face grew darker as Mayor Robert read on stage a letter of appointment for a retired veteran. Because at the end of the day he didn't hear his name, even the crippled retired postman, Boric, was appointed head of a communications team without his letter of appointment, and apparently Mayor Robert excluded him from the formation of the guard brigade.

The mayor, Baron Robert, did not have the capacity to exclude all retired veterans from the formation of the guard brigade, since he would then be questioned and even arrested on charges. So he let go of the veterans who were also opposed to him, only against Uncle Kubrick alone, find a grumpy, unsuitable excuse to teach recruits to kick Uncle Kubrick out of the formation of the guard brigade...

Veterans who have received letters of appointment have begun to establish recruitment sites in town squares. If Uncle Kubrick could be a Squadron Leader in the Guard Brigade, then it might be comfortable for him to sign up for military service on the spot and serve in his home town. With his ability, he will soon be able to stand out in the garrison and succeed in securing a junior officer position. After all, many retired veterans look after his future and are better cared for in the guard battalion.

However, now that his father had not been nominated by the town council, he was unable to serve in the defensive battalion, so Vericulo also put out his mind to sign up for the defensive battalion and went home with his unhappy father.

For Claude, he had nothing to do with the brigade recruiting. Mr. Morsan was arrested on charges of endangering the security of the Kingdom and, as his second son, could not have been recruited at all. The Royal Military Recruitment Ordinance stipulates that members of the local guard must be innocent of their families and that a civilian descendant whose immediate family has no criminal record will not pass through this article alone.

They say a lot of people are staring at Bedrill now. Brunch, look what this black snake boss's recruiting for the fourth squadron will look like. If he recruits the gangsters and rogues of his Black Snake club, there will be plenty of people who believe in reporting it.

It's just Bedrill. Brunch is not a fool, otherwise he won't be the boss of the Black Snake Club. He was well aware of every step he was going to take, so he also set up a recruiting spot on the old street in the Glades to promote recruitment. As for Blacksnake electing members to enter the guard 4th Squadron, it was all a big deal not to do anything small. The gangsters who kept no criminal record in the patrol team were so disappointed that those who were watching him were disappointed...

In addition to the fact that the formation of the guard brigade officially began, another major event was the arrival of a special envoy from the King, who, shortly after entering the barracks, announced the release of Mr. Morsan and his friends in the name of the benevolent and wise Sterling X, on charges of endangering the security of the Kingdom.

Prior to his release, however, the Special Envoy harshly reprimanded Mr. Morsan and his friends. Tell them that, because of the enormous loss of shipping in the Kingdom caused by their greed, Mr. Morsan and three other local civilian officials were removed from public office, while retaining their citizenship.

The release of Mr. Morsan and others has sparked much more spectacle and gossip among the townspeople than the liveliness of forming a guard brigade. A lot of people go around saying hello and trying to get out of their mouths why they were released. It was just that Mr. Morsan and others, unwittingly intertwined with the audience, shouted and drove the carriage home.

At first sight, Claude barely recognized this as his father, Mr. Morsan, 52 years old, who appeared to be in good spirits, well-dressed, well-behaved, and exemplary of a local middle-aged civilian official. After his arrest, he was imprisoned in the military camp for more than 10 days. Although he was not tortured or worried about his clothes, he now looks like he is in his early teens, and his whole face is as white as an old man in his sixties.

But he came back intact, and his mother was happy, turning around Mr. Morsan, shushing and warming, asking him very warmly what he wanted to eat. Even the little snowdog, who had never seen him very well, sniffed his pants and sniffed and snuggled around his feet.

After eating his mother's love lunch, Mr. Morsan went to the bathroom to change his clothes, changed his robe and called Claude to the study to ask him everything that had happened at home since his arrest. Because during his lunch, his sister Angelina had already told him a lot, mainly about the bad things that Boss Albert had done and the happiness she had in going to the country...

Claude would have told his father everything happened at home after his arrest. As for Albert, he didn't add vinegar, either, to be honest. It's just that when he went to see him later, he heard about seeing Albert out in the old street, so he didn't look for him anymore.

In addition, he presented Mrs. Maria's reply to her father for observation, and when he saw the letter that the merchant fleet had been surrounded by pirates and that Captain Otruni had been forced to surrender, Mr. Morsan sighed deeply and deeply, looking out the window with anxiety and silence. It took half a day to come back to God, waved Claude out, he had to think quietly for a while...

The mother had always feared that Mr. Morsan would be disappointed by his removal from public office and hoped Claude would accompany him more. But Claude thinks that the father should be able to get past this, the position of a town administrator, naturally not worth mentioning in the eyes of the passers-by. Claude comforted his mother with his father's ability, perhaps to live better without public office.

Claude went to the woods this afternoon, took a tour and drove back home in a carriage. I didn't expect to see Albert crying on his knees holding his father's legs when he walked in the door, and Claude immediately rose in anger and rushed over to beat him up. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by his mother.

Mother said, don't blame your brother, he also did it in a painful way, he was also trying to save his father, but he was fooled...

Claude's face is strange. Mother, do you know what you're talking about?