Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 363: Mr. Vibran

McJackie came up and said, "Sir, where are we going? ”

Claude got into the trunk and said to Mike, "Go home, don't go to Mission Command. ”

“Yes." McJackie closed the cabin door and told the driver in front of the cabin that the carriage was starting to start and the big Grimes took a small group of guards to escort them on both sides of the carriage.

The Legion Command of the Rangers is located at Castle Grenouche, the capital of Amphiston, the largest mountain city in the Territory and one of the most important mineral development sites. Claude has been suspicious of locating the capital of Amphiston's direct administration at Castle Grenouille, mainly with two large gold mines nearby. Former governors and governors have always been concerned about the production of two gold mines because of the richness of their wallets.

Remember when the Grand Prince of Hansburg came to visit the Cavaliers and set up the theatre to remove the four governors and governors from the theatre, the governor of Amphiston was in love when he left. According to an informant, as governor, you can own 10% of the dry stock in two gold mines, which is the income of more than 1,000 gold kroner a year from drought and flood protection...

Castel Grenouille is a mountain town, and the carriage needs to go up and down the hill and take a half-day detour. The position of the Triad is currently in the town of Ferru, under the direct control of Robisto, a town originally under the direct control of Bering Ghana, nearly 300 miles from the capital of Amphiston, Castle Grenoux, but the theatre was redefined and assigned to Robisto. Claude's first victory on the Nubian continent was a night raid on the town of Ferru, which would also have been a reinforced battalion of Mount 113 Battalion World War I defeated an enemy guard regiment and captured more than 3,000 prisoners.

But Claude's home is in Langhu town, which is mainly where the Claude family loves the natural scenery of Langhu. Sister Anna came to visit with her mother and son, highly recommending the view of Lake Lan. The last time she brought her brother Browick into the army, she lived by Lake Lang, so this time it was no exception. Claude directly rented a villa estate by Lake Lan where mothers and wives and children lived, Claude's first home on the continent.

“McJackie, when you get home, you tell Gemmy to send someone to the regiment to convey my orders, get them camped back to Langhu town, and we'll have to stay here for a while.” Claude said.

Claude had decided that the first thing he would do to succeed the Chief Commander of the theatre would be to move the theatre headquarters to Langhu Town and change Langhu Town to the capital of Amphiston. This saves at least half a day's journey from Castel Grenouille to Langhu Town, and the most convenient and expeditious departure from Langhu Town to the direct command of Robisto increases the speed of the troops' mobile response and leads to the front line in the shortest possible time.

The carriage takes you down the Lane Lake Avenue into a beautiful lakeside estate called Vibran, a deacon's summer villa estate of the Amphiston Direct Mining and Commerce Association, a family of which lives in Castle Grenouille. Every summer the deacon brings his family to Langhu town for a summer holiday. When Claude heard about finding a place to stay for his family in Lake Lan town, he voluntarily rented the villa estate to Claude at a monthly rent of one gold krone, and the two climbed into a relationship.

The carriage stopped, Claude drilled out of the carriage and found a familiar carriage parked in the courtyard, with a variant of the text engraved on the exterior wall of the black carriage. Needless to say, the original owner of this villa estate, Mr. Vibran's family, came to visit again, just wondering if they came this time as a wife or husband, or if the family came as a whole.

Carriage engraving of family badges and surnames is a traditional practice in the world, except that the Viberons are not noblemen and do not have the right to design their own family badges or to label their entire surnames. So Mr. Viberon can only be marked with the first word of his last name, which is an officially permissible act, and when he sees it, he knows it belongs to his wagon.

Claude laughed so hard, don't look at the fact that he spent a Golden Krone a month renting this villa estate, but this Mr. Vibran came to visit every three turns, and he didn't know how many times as many gifts he received. I don't know what he sees in me, but he spends so much money investing in it. But think about it, Claude thinks Mr. Viberon has a real vision. After all, in three months, he will be promoted to Major General of the Kingdom, and he will succeed Marshal Michel as the commander in chief of the war zone.

Alec's butler hurried up and bowed slightly: "Welcome home, sir..."

The housekeeper, also recommended to Claude by Mr. Viberon, was originally the housekeeper of a Count of Wangdu, who served his family for three generations. It was just bad luck when he was a butler. Because the new owner, who inherited the title of Count, was not only habitual since childhood, but also had a very bad temper, he thought he could not heed the loyal advice of his subordinates.

After the new Count failed several times to make smart investments of his own, the family's industry was defeated at a visible rate. Then the countess abandoned herself violently, drunk and dreamed of dying all day, and resented the people of Heaven. As a housekeeper, Alec naturally tried to persuade the new Count to get back on his feet, but every day he persuaded the Count to piss him off. He actually sent a message to get Alec's housekeeper to take his family away from the Count's mansion...

I didn't expect my loyalty to turn out like this. Yarik Butler was saddened and simply signed up to emigrate to overseas jurisdictions, took his family across the sea to the mainland of Nubicia, settled in Amphiston, and made a mistake in Mr. Viberon's mineral resources company. Having learned about his past, Mr. Viberon wanted him to be his housekeeper, but Yarik refused because he served only the nobility.

So Mr. Viberon heard that Claude, while searching for a place to stay for his family, not only rented his own villa estate on the shores of Lake Lan to Claude, but also recommended that Alec be the housekeeper here. Because Claude is a nobleman of the kingdom, and although he is an honorary baron, he is young, some with a future, in keeping with the principles that Arik expects to serve the nobility.

Claude nodded, pointing to the carriage: "Is Mr. Viberon here? ”

“Yes, he brought his wife to visit the old lady and Mrs. Keffany, who was happy to leave them for lunch. Mr. Vibran said you would definitely be back today, so he is resting in the room this afternoon, and I think he has something urgent to discuss with you..." replied Yarik Butler.

“Well, let the kitchen get us some food first, and I'll go to the study when I'm done cleaning up. Why don't you go see if Mr. Vibran's resting, and if he's okay, ask him to come to the study.” Claudetto put his coat down and handed it over to the Yarik Butler.

When Claude and McJackie were dining in the dining room, Caffrey came down the stairs in the lobby to the dining room. She was pregnant again, and Claude had succeeded in getting her tummy up again less than six months after visiting her relatives in the Nubian mainland.

“How did you get back today?” Kevin asked with surprise.

Since the position of the Triads is in the town of Ferru, under the direct authority of Rosby do, Claude basically returns home only once a month, after a three-day stay.

Claude got up and kissed his wife's face softly, laughing: “I'm not going back, I'm staying home. My troops will be stationed in Lake Lan town. ”

“Really?” That's really good news for Kevin. When the two men got married, they got together less and less, and with the promotion of the Claude rank, he was running out of time to go home and visit his family. This is exactly the same as Kevin imagined Claude would go home from retirement, the two of them would live quietly in White Deer City, have children, and she would be a smart and happy housewife. Not only is she not a housewife now, she has to be a mother again, and even learn how to be a baroness at the same time...

Claude sat down again: "Of course it's true. By the way, where's Tess Orey? ”

Tess Aurey, the eldest son of Claude and Caffrey, born in 582, is eight years old, six years old, and is the most naughty, naughty, naughty, troublemaker. Also, because Claude rarely came home, Tess Orley, who had been spoiled by her grandmother since childhood, was not very close to her father, which upset Kevin a little.

“He caught a wasp in the garden this morning and accidentally got a big bag on his hand and cried for half a day. Mother sent someone back to find Anna and drugged her to stop the pain. She ate lunch because she was too tired to cry and went to bed.” Kevin said.

Claude didn't care much, it was common for boys to get hurt or anything when they were little, and that's how he came here when he was little. Kevin was worried, though, that the presence of a wasp in the garden must be somewhere around a wasp nest, which would pose a great threat to Tess Aurey. Ask Claude to send his guards around to find a way to eliminate this security hazard.

Claude wanted to say that instead of threatening the Horse's nest, it would be Tess Aurey, the bear child, stung by the Horse's bee, who would certainly find a way to retaliate if he found it. But he couldn't help but complain about his wife, Caffrey, and promised to let his guards search for the horsehair nest near the estate after eating, which put Caffrey at ease.

After filling his stomach, Claude took a bath and changed into civilian clothes to greet Mr. Viberon in the study. Changing to plainclothes meant that Claude didn't see Mr. Viberon as an outsider, but as a more intimate friend. Claude laughed and asked him how he knew he was coming home.

The reason is simple: Claude was summoned by Marshal Michelle to Castle Grenouche, and the news reached Mr. Viberon's ear, and he knew Claude would come home. There was no fighting on the front lines during this time, and Claude couldn't be this close to home without going home.

“Come on, my friend, if you need anything, just say it.” Claude invited Mr. Vibran to sit down, and Yarik's butler served two cups of black tea before exiting the study and closing the door.

Mr. Viberon was also accustomed to Claude's straightforward style of speech, and he laughed and congratulated Claude: "My Lord Baron, first of all I must congratulate you on your upcoming promotion to Major General of the Kingdom and then succeed Marshal Michel as the Supreme Commander of the theatre. I am not invited this time, mainly for a few business matters and a personal matter I would like to discuss with you. ”

Hood, what's going on? Claude stood still and said that most of the Rangers didn't know about it. Where did Mr. Viberon get this inside information? Or is the battlefield command leaking like a sieve, discussing it with Marshal Mitchell just this morning?

Seeing Claude stare at himself, Mr. Viberon naturally knows why: “Relax, Baron, these news are not clear to 99 percent of those under Amphiston, and our intelligence comes from Wangdu. ”

Claudeson's breath, coming from Wang Du, is no wonder, no one there regards what happens in overseas jurisdictions as top-secret intelligence, and a little bit of movement is taken up as the subject of the gathering to show that he is well-informed and well-connected. The news that Marshal Michel had recommended that he succeed him as Commander-in-Chief of the theatre, as well as his plan for a follow-up strategic plan for the Overseas Territories battlefield of the colonial war, may have been presented to the military of the Kingdom of Hicks.

“Do you have sources in the King?” Claude asked with interest.

Mr. Viberon nodded: "Our Mining and Business Association has offices in Wangdu, and every year the gold ingots and silver ingots from the Amphiston-owned gold and silver mines are shipped to Wangdu National Bank's main bank vault.

So our people in Wang were very surprised to hear that the Rangers were returning to the mainland of the kingdom, and that Marshal Michel was leaving. Because it's about the safety of Amphiston and the lives of our people...

Through the people of the Royal Army Department, we heard from Marshal Michel that you have been recommended as the new Commander-in-Chief of the War Zone, as well as information that after the withdrawal of the Rangers to the mainland of the Kingdom, you will be instructed to form five reinforced divisions in the War Zone in response to this colonial war.

And the bottom line of the kingdom is to hold you to Amphiston. After our discussions, it was more than enough to hold Amphiston's command as the commander in chief of the theatre. So we all let go of our minds, we don't have to abandon the industry here because of this change... "

Claude smiled bitterly: "You have confidence in me...”

Mr. Vibran laughed: "Of course, Marshal Michel thinks you're handsome, and you're famous for your offensive excellence in the Rangers, and even in the five Eastern Regional Wars, you've won the Knights Medal for destroying more than 5,000 enemies with less than one battalion of troops. ”

“You've been very clear about me.” Claude can only shake his head: "Well, tell me about your business. ”

“As such, Baron, we already know that the families of 100,000 former soldiers will be relocated to Amphiston as a complement to the five divisions to be integrated in theatre. Chairman Henderman of our Mining and Commerce Association would like to discuss with you the allocation of these immigrants..."

“Does your association have a charter?” Claude asked.

Mr. Viberon nodded: "The news from Wang Du is that the 100,000 immigrant families are ready to arrange for them to work here in agriculture and pastoralism, and our association hopes that some of these immigrant families will be enriched into the four mountain towns to become industrial workers and urban residents. After all, we in the mining and business associations have a lot of positions that are not suitable for those Nikanchas, who were previously powerless, but now with immigration, these problems are easy to solve.

The other way is to expand the size of the kingdom's inhabitants in the four mountain towns, lest the whole city always see the messy Nikanchas wandering around. If this immigrant is interested in doing business, our association is also willing to offer low-interest loans to help them open their businesses. Moreover, if immigrants are willing to settle in four mountain towns, we are willing to provide housing free of charge. ”

Population means wealth, and miners and businessmen in these mining and business associations are smart enough to get the idea of these immigrants early.

“I understand. I'll discuss this with Chairman Henderman sometime. Of course, all premises are that the voluntary relocation of those migrants to the mountain towns is the norm and that no forced relocation should take place.” Claude gave an ambiguous reply.

Mr. Viberon's microjaw, he knew that Claude's ability to make such a statement was already in his own face: "The second business is that our mining and business association expressed dissatisfaction with the level of support given to the war zone by the Royal Army Ministry, so we decided to donate 100,000 gold kroner to the new war zone to make up for the shortfall in military spending. ”

Donate 100,000 gold kroner for military expenses, these guys are so fat! Claude was overflowing with enthusiasm. Didn't you hear what Mr. Viberon said about the new war zone, which clearly indicated that they were going to kiss their asses and that they would have to wait until they took office to donate 100,000 gold kroner for their own platform. This is one of us...