Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 321 Visit

Aunt Natalie's third son, Federa, was a buddy in a small business called Wolft. Much of what this firm operates in Wangdu's commercial district is the specialty of mountain goods and several villages near Kaleben Village, and it is for this reason that Aunt Natalie's eldest son, the incumbent village chief of Kaleben, was able to shove his careless third brother into this small business.

Early in the morning, Claude said goodbye to Lieutenant Colonel Manridge and found a taxi carriage with a large package to the business district, although this small business called Wolft was a little difficult to find. Good thing Aunt Natalie gave me a specific address, it took me over an hour to find the front shop of this small business, and then I waited about half an hour to see this Federa.

This Federa looks a little clearer than his sister Harbena, but she smells a little crazy. He didn't care much about this big package that his mother, Toklord, had brought to him, nor did he expect to thank Claude. If it wasn't for Claude's reminder, he wouldn't even have thought of writing back to his parents. I grabbed a piece of paper at the counter and hurriedly wrote a few words to Claude, leaving impatiently.

Claude also had to shake his head and shove this note from Federa into his pocket, ready to go back and hand it over to Aunt Natalie. When the package arrived earlier, the cost of the cab alone cost two riazos. If you don't get a thank you from this Federa's mouth, you won't do it again. Claude wasn't talking about spending, but the attitude of Federa made him uncomfortable.

Claude was in the business district for a while, and he wanted to buy some presents before visiting Mrs. Maria. Claude still inherited the thought of his past life and always felt that the first time he came to the door, he looked less polite empty-handed.

Lieutenant Colonel Manrizi was right that in the commercial district of Wangdu, a variety of commodities originating from the entire Farea continent could indeed be bought. Claude also found iceberg fruit wine from the Iceberg Peninsula in the northwest of the mainland in a specialty liquor store, a famous wine known as one of the three mainland fruit wines, said to produce less than 8,000 bottles of iceberg fruit wine per year, all booked empty by the royal nobility of the mainland. I didn't expect to see another bottle in this store.

The price is also very touching, of course, and the label below is in three digits, in kilograms. Claude thought about it for half a day or gave up buying. After all, the first time I came to the house to give such an expensive gift, it seemed a little inappropriate, it would make Mrs. Maria feel difficult, she was only visiting, not asking for someone.

So Claude spent 11 Ginkles buying two other bottles of famous wine as a gift for a home visit, so that the price seemed very appropriate, neither particularly valuable nor light, and Lady Maria would not feel rude to entertain the noble guests with these two bottles in the future.

Another taxi was called to Baron Normanly's residence in District XVIII in the Wangdu Second Ring area. Half an hour later, the carriage was stopped. The carriage man apologized and told Claude that this was the area where the noble mansion was located. There was a police inspectorate. Taxis like him operating in Wangdu would be inspected when they entered the area...

Claude, however, was wearing military uniforms, a knight's medal on the chest, and armed with an officer's card and identification. After saluting Claude, the patrol officer who carried out the inspection mission discovered that Claude's identity was correct and, while apologizing, asked diligently about Claude's destination, knowing that Claude had sent a horseback riding officer to lead the way in front of the carriage after going to Baron Normanly's residence, and did not salute Claude until his destination.

Lady Maria actually has two houses because her husband is Viscount Carter, and Viscount House. However, Viscount Carter's mother is still alive, holding all the affairs of the Viscount, plus Viscount Carter's two or three brothers and sisters, nothing is happening, living in the Viscount's house all day long. So Lady Maria rarely goes to the Viscount, and even if her husband, Viscount Carter, returns, most of it rests in the Baron Normanly.

Here, Lady Maria is the real owner, Baron Normanly is a hereditary nobleman, and Sterling X himself decided to let Lady Maria inherit the title left by her father, a tribute to her many years as a royal pharmacist.

Claude came to the door at a bad time and Lady Maria was not in the Baron's House. Even though Ludhan Butler, who was welcomed out of town, was old acquainted, and even though he had shut down the Real Estate Development Company, Lady Maria's trust in Ludhan Butler remained intact, and he was still appointed as the chief executive of the Baron's residence upon his return to Wangdu.

Lutheran housekeeper invited Claude to the meeting room to accompany him personally. He said that Lady Maria had not returned from her visit to the palace for two days and that Her Majesty the King, Sterling X, had recurred from the old illness last year and had been unable to sleep. The illness appeared to be worse in the previous period, so Mrs. Maria went to the palace frequently during this period, and it was common practice not to return for two or three days.

Since Lady Maria was not here, Claude didn't want to stay any longer, so she came up to say goodbye after giving a gift and talking to Ludhan's butler. However, he was caught by Lutheran butler. The old butler was still angry that he had shut down the real estate company. He wanted to ask Claude why the same business Claude had succeeded and he failed...

Claude had no choice but to analyze with Lutheran's housekeeper why he had failed. He was in a heated conversation and saw a skinny middle-aged soldier walking in. Lutheran butler hurried up to greet him, but Claude stood up in panic to salute him. There was no way. The middle-aged soldier had two golden suns on his shoulder, which was the official rank of lieutenant general of the kingdom.

The middle-aged soldier with the rank of Lieutenant General is Viscount Carter, Mrs. Maria's husband, who is probably in his fifties and should be five or six years older than Mrs. Maria. When he returned home, he discovered strangely that the housekeeper Ludhan had a very lively conversation with a captain officer and was curious to come in and take a look. It turned out that this was the pharmacology disciple his wife had mentioned in White Deer City and later joined the army, Claude.

Claude was then retained by the Viscount of Carter, who, of course, was not concerned with the creation of premises, but with Claude's five years of war experience and the knight's medal he wore on his chest. As a member of the Royal Army and a general, Viscount Carterf regretted most of all that he had not been able to show up on the battlefield to earn new merits for his family during the war that swept the entire eastern part of the continent. As His Majesty's closest servant, he must assume the responsibility of the remaining King.

Claude couldn't help but briefly describe his experiences in the war. As a soldier, Viscount Carterf was keenly aware of the role played by the guerrilla camps in the war. While not launching a full-scale offensive against enemy defensive positions in a parade like a large regiment, it has great effect in dealing with enemy reconnaissance cavalry and suppressing defensive fire at enemy positions.

Viscount Carter was most concerned with the example of the guerrilla battalion ambushing enemy scouts and the course of the battle to capture the Weaver post. He saw it in the war papers, but did not pay particular attention. It was only after the personal testimony of Claude that Viscount Carterf learned about the true course of the battle that he was so enthusiastic and decisive about the major event currently being discussed by the Guardian Corps to replace the Obash 3.

Claude also shared his views on the precisely designed firearm Obash III, which he believed would have to be equipped in a way that changed the way the mainland army had traditionally marched in full firing. The war in the eastern region, which has ended, has shown that, if the enemy is unwilling to fight with you, firing with a full line of fire at the enemy's well-set defensive positions can only cause heavy casualties.

As in the Great War between the Kingdom and the Anti-Olympic Alliance, the Kingdom, while destroying more than a million enemy coalitions, also paid close to 600,000 casualties. That is also why the Kingdom is ultimately unable to sustain itself but can only negotiate a truce. No one expected that the war would last five years and that the wealth accumulated by the Kingdom for more than two decades would be wiped out. Mandatory conscription has been carried out in many places two to three times, and the new territories occupied have been shattered into ruins. The Kingdom has not only been deprived of the wealth of the newly occupied territories, but also needs to invest more money in reconstruction and development…

Viscount Carter and Claude spoke with great speculation and even moved their minds to redeploy Claude to the garrison. However, Claude refused this request. After all, although the Guardian Corps called the Kingdom's first Ace Field Corps, the Royal Sterling Forest Army, the internal personnel relationship was extremely complicated, and he was transferred halfway to his post, which was unlikely to be reused. Obviously, it was not as promising as the newly formed Rangers' Corps.

Nearly noon, Claude prepared to bid farewell, but Viscount Carter forcibly withdrew. In order to show the importance that he attaches to Claude, Viscount Carterf has also deliberately instructed Luthoran's housekeeper to bring both his eldest son, Heltinger, and his second daughter, Christie, to dine with Claude. According to Viscount Carter, you young people should have a common language and make friends so that my two children can learn from you...

It could be that Viscount Carter had no idea of the grudges between his two children and Claude. One was playing Claude's sister Anna, who was almost beaten to death. On the other hand, she thought that forcibly returning Mrs. Maria's cabin and 300 acres of woodland to Claude had left her mother, Mrs. Maria, completely flawed in her plans to cage Claude...

It was also the first time Claude had seen the children of Lady Maria and Viscount Carter. From the outside, the eldest son, Heltinger, as old as Claude, could be said to have inherited all the advantages of the appearance of both his parents. He was a beautiful man with a very handsome face. He was a little shady, well-written, taller than Claude. It felt very good to meet him for the first time. He thought he was a very polite and educated young man, and he spoke well.

My brother is handsome, my sister Christie is naturally not bad, she is a demonic body, she has a forward and backward shape, she is sexy and violent, she walks very sucking eyes, her face is cold and she refuses to look a thousand miles away, she is truly a big beautiful woman with eyes higher than the top. Claude looked only a few times and felt that sister Anna was right, and that she could not be more polite than to look down on others.

But Viscount Carter didn't realize it, it was common for every man who became a father. They see only the strengths of their children in front of them and easily ignore their weaknesses, not to mention the fact that Viscount Carter has been busy for much of the year and knows his children less than a bystander as a housekeeper in Lutheran.

Of course, Heltinger and Christie performed perfectly in front of their father. Even if they do not understand why the father, a lieutenant general, would value the ordinary captain officer in front of them, this does not prevent them from showing their hospitality and courtesy. Only when Viscount Carter introduced Claude's identity, Claude was satisfied to see that Heltinger's face suddenly turned sober and his eyes flashed. It seemed he hadn't forgotten the beating her sister Anna gave him...

And that Christie behaved like she only touched the opponent's belligerent cock, seemed to have her hair up, and her eyes on Claude suddenly became very vigilant.

It's just that Viscount Carterf didn't notice, but instead, he gave Heltinger and Christie time to talk to Claude more during dinner and not hang out with those fox puppy friends. In the mouth of Viscount Carter, Claude was boasted of being the most outstanding young soldier in the kingdom, with a bright future, and becoming the beacon of the kingdom for days to come...

Especially after Claude was married to his family last September, Viscount Carter felt very sorry for himself. What that means is that if Claude was single, he would have preferred his daughter, Cristido, to be in contact with Claude. Only Viscount Carter did not find his two children restless at the banquet, and Heltinger was only a voyeur and wanted to deal with the lunch. And Christie, like a wildcat whose head was in a hurry, looked cold and looked at Claude's eyes and seemed to be spraying anger.

After a long meal, Viscount Carterf dragged Claude back to his study, and now he wants to hear Claude talk about the whole battle of Squirrel Village Daejet, how he managed to defeat more than 5,000 enemies with less than a large army.

It just so happens that when Claude talks about it in the middle of nowhere, Viscount Carterf was notified that he was to attend the meeting immediately. Viscount Carter wants to leave Claude in the house until he returns for the evening. But Claude refused, and Lieutenant Colonel Manridge has arranged a reception for Claude tonight, with the possibility of returning to military school tomorrow.

Finally, Claude promised to stay in the study and write down the entire battle so that Viscount Carter could return at night and conduct a routine replay on the map based on the battle report he had written, which made Viscount Carter happy, bringing in Lutheran housekeeper and instructing him to entertain Claude before leaving in a hurry.

The next thing I know, Claude wrote this battle report for about an hour. I was just about to say goodbye to Ludhan's butler. I didn't think Miss Christie was waiting for him with anger. Ask him what he wants to do as soon as you meet him. Don't confuse his mother and father and take back the cabin and 300 acres of Normanly Forest Farm. It is her inheritance. She will never let Claude's intentions succeed...

Claude was still hungry, but after listening to this self-righteous young lady, who thought that the purpose of his visit to Lady Maria was to retrieve the cabin and the 300 acres of woodland, he couldn't help but laugh, suddenly turned off his thoughts of fighting with the young lady, ignoring this arrogant young lady, ignored her and left Baron Normanly's mansion.