Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 322: Mayor Chenova

Lieutenant Colonel Manridge's business went well and came home early in the afternoon to prepare a home feast. In fact, Claude, his deputy, Lieutenant Longko, had two guests. His wife cooked herself and prepared a delicious but warm dinner for everyone.

Since Claude was left at Baron Normanly's residence all day today and did not have time to go to the bookstore to buy some books back, Lieutenant Colonel Manridge decided to stay another day. He took Claude and Lieutenant Longko to visit Wangdu, then to the bookstore in the commercial district, and left for military school after dinner, so that when he arrived it would be exactly daylight and would not delay business.

That's why Claude and Lieutenant Colonel Manridge returned to the military school the third morning, and poor Lieutenant Longko sat in front and the wagon driver rotated overnight, frozen like a quail. Lieutenant Colonel Manridge waved his generous hand back to his dorm to rest, while finding another wagon driver to escort Claude to Aunt Natalie's house.

When he got to the place, the wagon man helped Claude move a big box of books into the room, so he drove the wagon back to military school. Claude herself went into the yard with a big bag, said hello to Aunt Natalie, handed her a note from her precious son, said two more words about her son, Federa, and told Aunt Natalie not to disturb him during the day, he was going to sleep well.

Although Luke Claude and Lieutenant Colonel Manridge slept in the carriage overnight, after all, it was a wagon and it didn't sleep very well. So Claude's spirit is tired, too, and he needs a good rest. The break didn't wake until after 3: 00 p.m., when Claude left the room and was about to go to the kitchen and burn some hot water to take a nice bath.

It was Doris in the kitchen, and Claude remembered the other night, and it was a little embarrassing. Doris also had some blushes, but she pretended not to care and asked Claude what she needed. Knowing that Claude was going to take a hot bath, she was enthusiastic that she could help, so Claude went to fetch water and send it to the kitchen. Doris, on the other hand, starts boiling water in a clean bronze pan and lets Claude pour the boiled water into the tank outside the room.

After half a day of tossing, Claude can finally take a hot bath in pain, but there's only a shower head in the bathroom, and there's no bathtub, which makes Claude sad. He really wants to take a bath. Claude only remembered after the bath that Harbena had taken her clothes and washed them before she could get them back. Although she had put on new underwear, there was no replacement for the military outfit outside.

There's no way Claude had to open the window and stick his head out to call Doris for help. He shouldn't have dipped his changed uniform in the wooden basin in the shower, otherwise he could have put it on first. Doris heard Claude's call and went upstairs to pick up Claude's last wash of clothes, all neatly stacked and the uniform was hot, which made Claude feel that his monthly cleaning fee of Triasso was worth the money.

Claude was ready to thank Doris for her help, and took a bottle of baked egg roll from Wangdu as a gift to thank her. Doris didn't expect Claude to give her a gift, and she panicked for a moment and was a little shy. After a half day, Claude left the kitchen with this cartridge-wrapped gift in front of her.

It's just unexpected that Claude came out of the kitchen and saw old man Zacharak standing in front of the courtyard staring at him with a dark face and asking, "What are you doing? ”

What am I doing? What's that supposed to mean? Claude also had a bit of a mess in the wind for a while, so I don't know what to say.

Old Zacillac no longer cared about Claude, the momentum went into the kitchen, his eyes carefully weighed on Doris, and he didn't notice any loose clothes, so he asked: “What does this kid want in the kitchen? ”

“Ah, he just came to thank me.” Doris said.

“Thank you. Why thank you?” The old man seemed very suspicious.

Claude just found out that the cartridge in front of Doris was gone, and he was very upset about the old man's skeptical attitude: “Hey, what do you mean? I just woke up and wanted to take a bath. She helped me burn hot water. After I took a bath, I didn't get my clothes back from the last wash. She brought them to me upstairs. Now I have to go to military school to say thank you. Can't you? ”

Doris nodded, indicating Claude was right. The old man got bored and was embarrassed to apologize. He just “hummed” and went upstairs.

Paralysis, you old man, Claude is really a little angry. The two days before I went to work, Wang had just brought you a big package for your baby son, and spent so much money on the carriage. I didn't expect to come back and say two words to your daughter-in-law, you turned your back and didn't recognize anyone, and suspected me of hitting your daughter-in-law's idea... Who are these people? Okay, old man, you wait for me...

Doris said something beside her, are you okay? This is what my father looked like, because my husband is not home, he cares about other men contacting me...

Claude said nothing in the dark. I went to military school first.

Claude had to walk to the academy this morning because he was in a carriage. It's not that far anyway, it takes about half an hour to walk, that is, from the village side to that side, just a dozen minutes on horseback.

The road is a little wet and the roads in the village are rocky and flat, which is much better than the rest of the village. Many of the villages' roads are dirt roads. In February, the ice season became a crater, and in March, the rainy season became a small water pond, unable to walk at all.

Claude slowly walked along the village road towards the military academy, the village of Calebon was large, the villagers' houses were not crowded together but scattered to the east and west, the houses and houses were small vegetable gardens and, by the way, flowers were one of Calebon's specialties.

Soon Claude walked to the side of a vast open area of the village, which had already been bought by several traders who were preparing to build the first tavern in the village of Calebon, apparently at the initiative of the cadets of the military academy, who were more willing to spend their salaries and subsidies in the tavern than the villagers.

At this time, Claude was called. Turning around, the person who called him looked familiar. It was only when he saw the fake wooden leg Claude on his left foot that he remembered. This person called him was the village chief of Calebon, the eldest son of Aunt Natalie, as if it were Cherokee.

The Mayor of Chenova was polite, wearing a faded old uniform, without a shoulder stamp, and most likely brought it back from his disablement. Since he was a national and a retired soldier, he was fine in his old uniform, except that he was not allowed to wear any official shoulder stamps. The treatment of soldiers and officers in this kingdom is completely different, and Claude, if retired as a Major, can wear military uniforms and wear official Major rank shoulders for daily social activities.

The Mayor of Cherokee called Claude, just wondering why Claude was walking rather than riding, and wondering if Claude was used to staying at his parents' house. Claude explained briefly and said Aunt Natalie was very hospitable, but she just couldn't figure out why his father, Old Zacilac, seemed very unwelcome to stay with her.

Cherokee laughed hard, sorry for his father. He told Claude the reason that his father did not like the military school settling in the village and thought it would disturb the villagers' lives in peace. Chenova, on the other hand, strongly supported the opening of military schools in the village, believing that this would bring about a dramatic change in the village, with the potential to change the face of the village in poverty...

“Knight Claude, Kaleben Village, because of its distance from Wang Du, is the most edged village, although under Wang Du's jurisdiction, it has no positive impact on the village. Like the flowers from our village, it is often too late to send them to Wang Du at the latest fresh hour, so the price has been kept very low, and it is often felt that planting is very inexpensive. For the villagers, why not go to the mountains to pick up some mountain goods and dry them before selling them, and earn a few copper coins to subsidize the household..."

The chief of Chenova, a man who had seen the great world, joined the Marine Corps when he joined the army and followed the Kingdom's fearless fleet to the Nubian mainland, where he had stationed many places. Only then, after 11 years as a soldier, he tried to build a career for himself, trained as a soldier and transferred to a local unit in a direct jurisdiction of the continent of Nubian. Unfortunately, he was shot by poisonous arrows during a repression of an indigenous riot, and the pharmacist cut off the left foot of the arrow in order to save his life, and he was discharged from service for disability.

Mayor Chenova learned to read and read in the army, which is better than his semi-literate father. Upon returning home, he first married his wife, but soon after clashing with his father, who was originally the village chief, he was appointed village chief of Kaleben because of his national identity, and eventually had to separate houses in the village.

Regarding the clashes with him and his father, the old man of Zasilak, the mayor of Chenova simply put it differently. Old Zahirak is a man who doesn't like to do anything except collect taxes and recruit, who is usually reluctant to get in touch with villagers and only likes to close his home and live his life.

At that time, Chenova had just been appointed as the village chief with great ambition, hoping to rally the entire village to change the face of poverty in Kaleben village, something his father, Old Zasilak, was most opposed to. Old Zasilak thinks it's none of their business if the villagers live well, and the opportunity to find a way to make money is better than to have it all to himself. It can be assumed that old man Zasilak is an extremely selfish and blind villager who cares about only one acre and three cents of his own land. He doesn't care if other heavens collapse...

The mayor of Chenova, who has been a soldier for more than a decade, knows very well that many of the rich roads are not owned by their families alone, but by their own wealth, but by an effect of scale. Just as he has been to the continent of Nubicia, a catchment town or village is often famous for what it is that drives the entire village to become wealthy and affects the surrounding areas, creating more opportunities for wealth...

It was with this in mind that he strongly supported the settlement of military schools in the village of Caleben, which could make a significant turnaround and change in the calm of the villagers' lives, so that they would no longer be trapped in poverty. At the same time, it would bring him great benefits, such as the development of the village of Calebon, where the mayor would have achieved political results. There was also a huge financial gain, like the tavern he was now planning to build, and he had a share in it.

But now the mayor of Chenova is distressed by how to change the economic situation in Kaleben and find a way for most of the villagers to benefit from it, creating a cluster effect in Kaleben. Flowers are a specialty of the village, the shelf life is too short, and the mountain goods collected by the villagers on the mountain are not many. They can be collected slowly to have certain components for sale, and the scale is too small. Other plants are oatmeal potatoes, common foods that don't have their own specialties at all...

Claude was ready to say goodbye after talking to him, but stopped for a few more steps, thought about it and told Chenova that there was actually a cash crop that might meet his requirements, and Claude thought it would be very appropriate for him to grow it in the hills of half the village of Calebon. However, the cash crop is somewhat expensive and it is unclear whether the Chenova mayor has the courage and confidence to grow it.

Mayor Cherokee grabbed Claude and asked him what the cash crop was.

Claude simply said two words: "Tobacco. ”

The mayor of Chenova suddenly realized that he raised his hand and slapped himself. He naturally knew that tobacco was the specialty of the Nubian continent, and he had not tasted it while stationed under the direct authority of the Kingdom of the Nubian continent. Tobacco is a luxury in the Farea continent, but in the Nubian continent tobacco is used as a very common medicine, and when he comes back he breaks the habit of smoking because it is too expensive here.

Perhaps the prevalence and prevalence of tobacco in the Nubian continent is such that several major trading houses that monopolize the supply of tobacco to the Farea continent do not expect tobacco to be grown on the Farea continent. All they had to do was bring back the tobacco from the continent of Nubicia for a few times the price, which was simple and profitable, so there was no need to grow it separately on the continent.

Claude also saw the sale of tobacco seeds in several shops in Wangdu Commercial District before he thought he could grow tobacco. If the mayor of Cherokee had listened to himself and really planted tobacco in the village of Calebon on a scale, the price of tobacco in the kingdom would have fallen dramatically, perhaps attracting a blow from those big businesses. But Claude is confident that the Cherokee mayor will understand the risks involved, and if he insists on growing tobacco, then he is obviously confident in dealing with the big businesses that monopolize the tobacco trade...

After bidding farewell to the village chief, Claude arrived at the military academy, and Lieutenant Colonel Manrich told him that the day after tomorrow was the day of the senior seminar, all the officers who had participated had arrived at the military academy. Tomorrow morning at 8: 30, Michelle. General K. Priest personally teaches as the Director of this high-level seminar, presiding over the projects and courses that need to be studied.

“What do I need to do to prepare?” Claude asked.

Lieutenant Colonel Manridge thought about it, or shook his head: “You were named to this senior seminar by General Michel himself, and I don't know what you should be prepared for, but we'll see about that. But I think you'd better take a book and a pen and make a note of it while the other officers are talking, which might give you a little bit of a boost. I can't help it, who calls you the smallest captain, you should make a good impression in front of those school officers...”