Chapter 9： Huxin Town News

Hansel sat in the carriage in a depressed mood, which had lasted for two weeks.

More than half a month ago, I received the letter of appointment from the royal family with great joy. When I opened it, I was dumbfounded. He was actually sent to a place that he had never even heard of on weekdays as a permanent representative. The Earl of Lehmann, God knows where the birds don't shit. Later, in the barracks, he ran into an old man he had met on the way to escape. He had already settled his affairs and was ready to return. Then he remembered that the Earl of Greymans was not the place where the old man came from? This time I have companions on the road.

Hansel's old classmate Matthew appeared again in Hansel's mind. This guy was lucky enough to stay under the princess' command, and he said, "Although the positions are different, they are all loyal to His Majesty the King!" sarcastic remarks.

Bah, bah, bah, Your Royal Highness needs your advice, and I will make the best use of it if I give you a note to keep accounts, and I will not take a pee to reflect on my own virtues. When I think of Matthew, the villain Hansel I just want to throw up.

Steward Ford, who was riding in the same carriage, was full of joy, and things went smoothly. Her Royal Highness readily acknowledged Paul Greiman's succession to the title. In view of the fact that the territory is currently facing the pressure of pirate invasion, the franchise does not need to send troops to serve the king. In the end, he also offered 50 pairs of leather armor and 50 spears.

Along the way, Hansel found out the situation of the territory through chatting with Ford's manager.

The Graiman family can be traced back to a certain big family in the ancient Bella Empire. After the collapse of the empire, the ancestors of this line established themselves. After several generations, the family followed the founding king of the Aldo Dynasty to fight everywhere. , can be regarded as establishing a meritorious family that has shed blood and sweat for the kingdom. It's just that he made a wrong bet in a political struggle for the succession of the throne. At that time, the royal family's control over the local lords was not as weak as it is now. The title was retained after the secret political operation, but the relatively wealthy territory was taken back by the new king, and the whole family was kicked to the barren Northwest Gulf. Since then, the owners of the past generations have been very low-key, and their ties with other families have been decreasing day by day. Slowly fading out of the center of the kingdom's political arena.

No wonder I haven't heard much about it, Hansel thought to himself.

Ah... my life is so gloomy, the unknown country nobles, the unknown backcountry, there is not even a decent town along the way, full of blood, talent, is it going to be buried like this?

The more Hansel thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, and then he hated his own background. If he was not a concubine, if his mother was born better, if... Forget it, there are so many ifs, some things cannot be changed after all, let’s finish it first The current task is to work hard to return to the side of His Majesty the King and His Royal Highness. His efforts will be recognized one day. He quickly adjusted his mentality.

The Ford manager next to him looked out the window and said excitedly: "Look, Sir Abbott, in front of you is Lake Arda. In fact, the official name of this land is Ardaland, and the name comes from this lake. We will We are going to Huxin Town."

As the trees on the side of the road gradually decreased, a large lake appeared in front of them, and the opposite bank could hardly be seen. There was a huge island in the water near them, and many buildings were distributed on it, except for the castle standing in the center of the island. In terms of size, it is a relatively large town.

Hansel slandered: "This 'town' is the capital of an earldom? It's not as good as the countryside near the capital."

In fact, this can only be blamed on Hansel's lack of "knowledge". In this era, many lords built their castles in this way, either on cliffs or on isolated islands surrounded by water. Some places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack can prevent bandits, rebellion of the local people, and the coveting of the lord next door. It's just that young nobles in the capital like Hansel generally haven't been out of the circle around Jingyao Castle at their age. Even if they travel far, they will take the bustling commercial roads along the way, so naturally they have never seen such a scene.

Walking into the lake, I found a huge pontoon bridge on the water. The pontoon bridge is spliced ​​together with special boats as nodes. It seems that if the enemy comes to attack, the boat can be dismantled immediately, so that the enemy cannot pass through.

"Should we get out of the car and walk to the island?" Hansel was very worried about whether the pontoon bridge would be able to support the passage of the carriage. Ford's supervisor next to him heard his worry, and after laughing, he patted his chest and said: " Abbott, please rest assured, this pontoon bridge is very strong, and a carriage is nothing to worry about."

Seeing the local people's reassurance, Hansel was a little relieved, but he still sat on the carriage and crossed the pontoon bridge. After arriving on the island, he was completely relieved.

"Then, Your Excellency Abbott, I need to report to the lord first. Please follow my servant to the castle guest room to rest. I will arrange for you to meet with the lord right away."

"Yes, Mr. Ford."

The carriage slowly drove into the gate of the castle wall, and I saw Butler Philip walking towards this side.

"Boss Ford, you are back."

"Butler Philip, it's just right, take me to see the count."

"Hey, I was just about to mention the Earl to you."

"Did something happen?" Manager Ford's heart twitched. It couldn't be that Graiman's old injury had relapsed.

"My lord has led the newly recruited soldiers out for training, and it may take a few days before they return to Huxin Town."

"What, you just let him lead a group of recruits out? Don't you know how arrogant the pirates are outside?"

"I've said everything, but I still haven't persuaded them. Everyone had to let Master Claude lead the castle's guards to accompany him for protection."

Only then did Butler Ford feel relieved, and he immediately said, "Send someone to find the Earl quickly, and say that the royal commissioner has arrived and is waiting for his reception."

"Yes, I'll send someone to look for it right away."

Butler Philip bowed to Hansel and left in a hurry. Steward Ford turned around and said to Hansel, "I'm very sorry, Mr. Abbott, it seems that you can only wait for a while. gone."

"It doesn't matter. Since the Earl won't come back for the time being, if you don't mind, can I walk around here?"

"Of course it is possible. You are a distinguished guest from afar. Please treat this place as your own home. But I also need to go home, so I won't accompany you around." Then, Manager Ford appointed his own servant as Hansel As your guide, he took his leave and went home.

Hansel wanted to drink something, so he told the guide to take him and Tommen to the tavern in the town. There were quite a lot of people in the tavern, and the guests were talking about it, suddenly a well-dressed son walked in, some well-informed people had already judged from the clothes that he must be a nobleman, and he was followed Isn't it the servant of Manager Ford? The bowed appearance proved that this person's identity is not simple, and the conversation in the tavern suddenly became quieter.

"Boss, bring me three beers. I hope the glasses are unused."

"Yes, sir, please wait a moment, the younger one will go to prepare right away."

The tavern owner in his forties had never had such close contact with nobles from other places at his age, so he was in a panic and hurried to prepare beer.

"People in small places have little knowledge!" Hansel laughed inwardly. He found a seat by the window, asked Tommen to spread a cloth on the seat and the table, and then sat down.

The tavern is a good place to inquire about news. Since everyone is here, he doesn't intend to just sit and drink, but how should he ask?

At this moment the proprietor brought over three glasses of beer, he took one himself, and let Tommen and the flattered guide share the remaining two.

He looked at the customers around him, and saw that most of them were avoiding his gaze, for fear that some impolite gesture would make the nobleman unhappy. There was only one person who was sneaky and secretly turned his head to look at him from time to time.

"You, come here! Yes, it's you, the one in the fur hat."

"Me?" The young man pointed out by Hansel quickly turned from astonishment to fear. Did his peeping behavior make the nobleman angry? What should I do, will I be beheaded?

The people sitting around the young man distanced themselves from him one after another, fearing that it would affect him.

He came to Hansel tremblingly, knelt down as soon as he stopped, and kowtowed desperately while weeping, "Master, I was just curious for a while, I really don't mean any harm, please look at me..."

"Okay, okay, it scares you, and I don't want to do anything to you! It's just asking a few words, asking about something. Get up!"

Only then did the young man stand up as if he had been pardoned.

"Sit there!" Hansel pointed to the empty seat next to him.

"This... how dare you?"

"Sit down as long as the baron asks you!" The servant Tommen acted as the dog's leg at the right time.

The young man had no choice but to sit down and thank you.

"I ask you, is the situation about pirates really serious right now?"

"Yeah, UU Reading Although it hasn't appeared in this area yet, everyone is getting more and more afraid. Now even walking between villages and towns requires a large group of people to accompany each other."

"Is your lord just letting them go?"

"That's not true. I guess you've heard that the old lord died during the campaign against pirates. The new lord announced the recruitment of soldiers as soon as he took over the position. He wanted to settle accounts with them both publically and privately."

"I heard that your new lord is just a child who hasn't grown up?"

"Yeah, I don't know if I can take on the burden. To be honest, Master Paul... ah, he is our current little earl. He was spoiled by the old earl when he was a child. Mischievous things..." The young man suddenly kept silent. In other words, there is also a nobleman in front of him. If you say that to another nobleman in front of him, he is still your own lord, isn't it causing trouble for yourself?

Hansel smiled. He asked the boss to serve the young man a glass of beer, comforted the young man, and after inquiring for a while, he suddenly felt that the little lord here was quite an interesting person.

For example, at the beginning of his accession to the throne, he ordered that defecation is not allowed anywhere. In addition to encouraging every household to build their own toilets, he also paid for the repair of several public toilets in the town. A large box called a "trash can" is placed at intervals on the street. Pedestrians and residents must empty the garbage into the garbage can. The Lord's Mansion organizes people to clean up the garbage every day.

Hansel had a high opinion of this little lord: "That's not bad. It's unexpected that a mere country lord is more particular than the nobles in the royal capital. I hope he doesn't have all the problems of those country bumpkin nobles."

He stood up, rewarded the young man with a few coins, and beckoned Tommen and the guide to continue to visit other places.