Lord Chronicle

Chapter 10 The Garden Party

That night, under the leadership of Sol, the group of villagers who fled from the Lulin Empire went down the mountain one after another.The residents of Lowell were shocked when they saw a large number of ragged, yellow and thin men and women walking out of the mountain supporting each other. They never thought that these people were thieves!
Lovell once again let Sol see the simplicity and kindness that almost disappeared in his era.Even though they know that the other party is from an enemy country, even though they know that they are robbing their own food these days, even though they are deeply wary.But they still spontaneously took out all possible things, food, clothes, quilts to keep out the cold... and silently handed them to the villagers who went down the mountain.

The villagers took it silently, nodding their heads from time to time to express their gratitude. Many people's guarded expressions have been diluted by warmth and gratitude.Jessica didn't even give any explanation as planned, and the residents of Lowell seemed to understand the whole thing, which relieved Sol's nervous heart, and at the same time was greatly moved by the behavior of the residents.

Looking at the busy arrangements of the defense team, he couldn't help but sigh: "We finally brought them down."

Jessica said worryingly: "But the real difficulties begin. There are more than 800 people, housing, food, medical care, and conflicts between them and the residents of the territory. It is a headache to think about it."

"Don't worry, I know you must have a solution. My manager's internal affairs value is at least 95, which is the most capable." In order to reduce his troubles, Sol began to flatter him.

"What, you want to pat your butt and go to sleep again?" Jessica saw through it at a glance.

Sol laughed awkwardly: "Wahhaha, how come, you misunderstood me too much. I will stick to my post until the last moment." He yawned involuntarily as he spoke.

"Forget it, they can go down the mountain, it all depends on your persistence, I will make an exception today and let you rest. But if I don't see you in the morning, be careful, I will wake you up with a sword!" Unexpectedly, Jie Xika actually agreed, but at the end, her eyes were full of smiles.

Couldn't believe his ears, Sol couldn't help stretching out his hand and shaking it in front of her eyes.

"what?"

"No, no, you don't have a fever, do you?"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't dare." Sol waved his hands again and again, and hurriedly ran to the mansion, and at the same time yelled regardless of his demeanor: "Dear Marlene, hurry up and prepare supper for Brother Sol, and warm it up for me." Quilt~"

Looking at the back of Sol going away, Jessica had a soft look in her eyes.Immediately, she sighed for the hard work to come, stretched deeply, and walked towards the refugees with full of energy.

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Jessica didn't use the sword to force Sol to get up the next day, but he was dragged up by Marlene early in the morning.Looking at her with a smirk standing beside the bed, Sol couldn't help but suspect that this little girl must have been instructed by Jessica.

Oh my god, Marlene was so well-behaved when we first met. I don't know why she has been bewitched by Jessica recently, and she has become more and more disrespectful to herself.Sometimes he really doubted that the real lord was the woman.

Depressed to get up and eat, Sol came to the place where the villagers were resettled, and was immediately impressed by Jessica's super administrative ability.However, in less than one night, rows of simple tents have been erected in an orderly manner using various materials that can be found in the open space next to the town. Many villagers fell asleep peacefully and enjoyed the rare peace that has been rare for months.

At the other end of the open space, Maisie and Julie led the women in the town to cook breakfast, and a burst of fragrance mixed with the morning smoke wafted into the air.Not far away, accompanied by the village chief, Jessica was discussing something with a group of leading villagers.

Seeing Sol, the villagers greeted him respectfully. At this moment, they all knew that this was the lord who took him in.Walking over, Saul asked, "How are you doing?"

Jessica nodded: "It's settled down now, but there is not enough food in the town, enough to feed everyone for 2 months at most, you have to ask Reed to buy food as soon as possible. Manson took people to the forest to log, we The house will be built as soon as possible, otherwise many people will get sick, and as for the medicine, the herbs collected in the town are just usable.”

Seeing that she had arranged everything in an orderly manner, Saul couldn't help but secretly rejoiced that Jessica was a bit fierce, but she was absolutely unambiguous in her work.It was also fortunate to have her, otherwise even if the person was brought down, there would be no way to settle her down.

Nodding to show his understanding, he said: "I understand. I will let Reed go to other territories to purchase food and daily necessities as soon as possible. The remaining money should be enough. Don't be stingy with food during this period, just take it out."

The village chief Albert said gratefully: "Everyone was saved this time, thanks to the lord's kindness, we will never forget it." Several other village elders also echoed.

Saul was right in predicting that once he went down the mountain and enjoyed a stable life, no one insisted on going back.He was embarrassed and modest, and said casually: "Where is Chip, why haven't I seen anyone from him?"

Albert sighed: "Last night he led people to bury the dead villagers, so they are still there now."

After asking about the location, Sol found the cemetery in the forest.Dozens of new graves stood up, and simple tombstones were made of split branches in front of the graves.This is only a small part of the villagers who died recently, and the remains of most of them have been left in the mountains forever.Chip sat quietly in front of a tomb, and a dozen members of the Night Shadow Troop stood quietly not far away.

Seeing Sol, their attitudes were guarded and measured, but there was gratitude in their eyes.When he came to Chip, Saul sat down with him: "The dead will not come back to life, don't be too sad."

After one night, Chip's hair became white, his beard was disheveled, his eyes were as calm as water, and there was no trace of sadness or joy in his eyes.He was already very handsome, and this appearance added a mature charm to him. Compared with him, Saul, who looked like a thief, was simply a far cry from him.

Turning to look at him calmly, Chip said, "Are you here to persuade me to surrender?"

Although he was thinking about everything in his heart, Sol knew that he must behave calmly at this time, otherwise he would definitely fail.Sighing lightly, Sol looked up at the sky, trying to make himself look a little deeper, and at the same time prevent his eyes from being able to maintain seriousness for more than 1 minute from betraying himself.

"At this moment, do you still think I have selfish intentions?"

Sure enough, Chip was obviously taken aback when he heard this.Looking carefully at the strange young man in front of him, he only saw a pensive side, which made him feel that the other party was elusive.

"Hurry up, brother, it's tiring to maintain this posture."

Finally, Chip gritted his teeth with determination, and said in a deep voice, "I am alone now, and I am no different from a dead person. If the lord does not dislike it, my subordinates and I will follow you, but you must agree to two conditions."

Saul was overjoyed when he heard the words, he immediately turned his head, with a smile on his face: "Wow ha ha ha, you finally figured it out, it's not in vain for me to put on a show..." Suddenly remembering that his attitude had changed too quickly, Quickly put on a serious look, and coughed twice.

"Ahem, uh...I'm very happy that you can make this decision. Tell me about your conditions."

"First, I hope you will keep your promise and take good care of the villagers who came out with me. If you say what you mean, I will kill you with my own hands even in the remotest corners of the world!"

This is what Sol had planned from the beginning, and he answered very frankly: "Of course."

"Secondly, we will not be subjects of the Kingdom of Dinar. We only submit to you, the lord of Lowell, Saul Lovell. Except for you, we will not bow to anyone in the Kingdom of Dinar."

Sol understands that this is the last self-esteem of Kip and others.Although they did not submit to Dinar, they were the lords of Dinar themselves, which was also a form of submission.So he nodded: "I promise you."

It seems that it has been discussed long ago, and his subordinates have no objection to Chip's decision.Silently walking to Chip's side, everyone suddenly pulled out the daggers of the Yeying troops at the same time.

Sol was taken aback. Could it be that the other party changed his mind immediately and wanted to kill someone?However, everyone from Qipu and below rolled up their sleeves and cut off the skin with the bat tattoo with a dagger.

Regardless of the blood dripping, they buried the cut skin and the dagger in the pit and buried them.Then everyone knelt down and kowtowed respectfully to the pit.

When he stood up, Chip had a look of determination in his eyes: "From today onwards, there will be no fourth squadron of the Lulin Empire Night Shadow Troop. Only a group of ordinary people led by Lovell."

At this moment, Thor knew clearly that he had won the unreserved loyalty of these strange men and strangers.

Even if it's just for them, it's worth the hard work, not to mention saving so many people.

Following Chip introduced his subordinates to Sol one by one, in addition to the 4 people who were arrested first, there are 9 people here.A squad of Yeying Troops has 30 people. On the way to escape, 17 people died in order to stop the pursuers, but even if it was only a small half, Sol felt very lucky.This kind of talent can only be met, not sought.

The man who almost shot him to death last night was the deputy captain of the team, Yada, who was very powerful with a strong bow and arrow.The rest of the people were also shrewd and tough, Saul couldn't close his mouth with joy.

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That night, at Sol's lord's mansion, the leaders of the Blue Wolf Mercenary Group, the village chief Albert and Lovell gathered together to celebrate the villagers joining Lovell.

At the banquet, Sol noticed that everyone's faces were worried, and he couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong?"

Jessica showed a sullen expression: "You are the only lord here who is carefree. Just now everyone mentioned that the increase of so many people in the territory for no reason will be discovered sooner or later. Now the Adventurer's Guild is against us again. If They made a big fuss about it, how should they explain it?"

Sol had already prepared for this, and he said confidently when he heard the words: "Don't worry, I have a solution. You don't have to hide it, just send a report to the king, and if you write it clearly, it won't fall into the limelight."

Albert hesitated and said: "Although I don't know the situation in your country, I'm afraid it's not so easy to explain clearly that we have been fighting all the year round. If we lose the word, I'm afraid it will affect the whole Lovell."

Jessica also said: "What did you learn in Kalmuk? You don't understand such a simple truth."

Sol laughed, and said unhurriedly: "Then let me tell you a story."

Ignoring everyone's astonished gazes, he said to himself: "Once upon a time there was a general who fought against the enemy country, but he was always defeated. He lost more than ten times in a row, and he was very embarrassed. At this time, the king suddenly asked him to report the situation of the battle. He thought of a way, not only not to be punished for his defeat, but to let the king reward him vigorously, tell me, how did he do it?"

Kress immediately said without thinking, "How is this possible!"

Rubens thought for a moment, then shook his head: "I don't think it's possible either."

Chip thought the longest, and finally said, "I can't think of any other way but to lie."

Jessica frowned: "We asked you to make up your mind, but you tell a story. Tell me, what kind of mystery are you playing? If you're just making us happy, hehe..." After speaking, she hummed threateningly.

Sol hurriedly laughed: "How could I make a joke on such a serious occasion. It's actually very simple. Although he always loses battles, in his report to the king, he only said 'one battle was fought, but one battle was lost' Do you understand the difference between 'losing a battle and winning a battle'?"

After thinking about it for a while, everyone understood it, and they were all overwhelmed.Sol looked at everyone with a smile, and knew that there would be such a reaction.Zeng Guofan's story of "repeated defeats and repeated defeats" has become "repeated defeats and repeated battles". Sol elementary school has learned it, but he did not expect it to come in handy here. The Chinese culture is indeed extensive and profound, and it can shine in other worlds.

He continued: "We only need to state in the report that the villagers are unwilling to resign themselves to the tyranny of the empire and admire the civilization of the kingdom, so they come over the mountains and mountains to join them. Lovell takes them in out of the king's mercy. Don't forget to flatter the king." , all the credit is due to his good leadership, and he guarantees that there will be no problems again. I don't believe that other territories will compete with us for this hot potato."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone looked at Sol in astonishment. Chip, Rubens, Albert and others who had looked down upon him a little, felt great admiration in their hearts.And Kress, Marlene, etc., had long admired them so much that their eyes shone brightly.

"Master Saul, you are amazing." Marlene stared at him with eyes shining with admiration.

"Ahahaha, it's just a trivial matter, it's just a trivial matter. Don't praise me like that, I'll be proud. Marlene, why don't you come to my bedroom tonight, I still have a lot of stories to tell you..."

Boom!Jessica kicked this nonsense guy to the bottom of the table without hesitation, and said calmly to everyone: "Let's continue."

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The next day, Rubens led the Blue Wolf Mercenary Group to bid farewell and left, promising never to reveal the truth about the villagers joining.In the following months, the entire Lovell was fully under construction.

Reed went out to buy enough food and daily necessities, and Saul handed over pickaxes, shovels, wheelbarrows and other tools to Manson for building, which greatly improved the efficiency of the project, and there were enough woods around Lovell , Soon hundreds of wooden houses were built beside the town, and the villagers were officially settled.

During the period, Hitches proposed to use magic to lay the foundations for the villagers, but after seeing this man's magic that does not distinguish between enemy and friend, everyone sternly refused.No wonder he is so downcast as a magician, his skills are really bad.

At the same time, the surrendered villagers were not idle. The farmers among them reclaimed a large area of ​​farmland and urgently sowed a batch of cold-resistant crops, which solved the food problem for the coming year.At the same time, combined with the farming techniques of Lulin and Dinar, a set of effective farming methods can be summed up, which can increase the harvest by [-]%.

The Lulin Empire has a strong military and a well-developed military industry. There are many experienced craftsmen among the villagers. They helped Manson and greatly improved Lovell's smelting level.Some of these young people are very innovative, and they have improved and optimized the simple design drawings that Sol dumped on them several times, and made works that surprised Sol. In this way, the technical team of his dream has advanced Reveal the embryonic form.

Chip and his men also joined the Lovell garrison.Kress was greatly impressed by their superb stealth and espionage capabilities.At the same time, Chip brought some disciplinary training from Yeying troops into the garrison, which greatly improved the discipline of the sluggish garrison.

The attached villagers joined all walks of life in Lovell, bringing great vitality to this remote territory.There is only one thing that makes Sol a little worried. Although the two sides have not had any conflicts so far, it is always difficult for the original residents and villagers of Lovell to really integrate together. Although the two sides are friendly on the surface, they always maintain a strange relationship. distance.

Saul knew that this was due to the long-term ideological inertia of the two parties. The best way is to get in slowly, but this will take at least one or two years, and the premise is that there will be no conflict between the two groups.So he has been looking for an opportunity to completely break this barrier.

The day finally came.

Jessica finds Sol and tells him that the residents are holding an autumn harvest festival.The Autumn Harvest Festival is a traditional festival in Lovell to commemorate the annual harvest.It was originally supposed to be held two months ago, but it has been delayed due to the relationship between the villagers. During this period of time, life has returned to calm, and winter is coming soon, so people asked to make up for the postponed autumn harvest festival.

I have also heard about the Autumn Harvest Festival Sol, when the residents of the whole town will participate, each family presents the most exquisite food, singing and dancing at night, carnival, very lively.

His heart moved, isn't this the best opportunity to break through everyone's barriers?After thinking about it, he has decided: "This year's autumn harvest festival, I want to change the method."

Jessica said strangely: "Another way, what weird things do you want to do? If you dare to act recklessly, be careful that I won't forgive you."

Looking at Jessica who looked at him warily, Sol couldn't laugh or cry, is his image so bad?He said helplessly, "Where did you think of it? I mean, change the way of celebration this year."

At this time, what he thought of was the summer night festival or garden party, where various stalls, games or food were set up in the venue, not for making money, but for joy.Everyone goes to participate, it must be very lively.

Telling her thoughts to Jessica, Jessica greatly agreed, and she said happily: "Great, everyone will be happy. And maybe it can make us get closer to them."

As expected of a girl of wisdom and heart, she guessed the deep meaning behind Sol's move so quickly.You don't need to worry about the rest of the matter, as the lazy lord, Jessica hurriedly went down to make arrangements.

A few days later, the town's bulletin posted a notice of holding the Harvest Festival, along with the new method, and the townspeople discussed it a lot, and they were all very interested.Sol personally went out to lobby Albert to lead the villagers to participate.Albert understood his painstaking efforts and readily agreed.

Everything is ready, just waiting for that day to come.

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Five days later, on a clear full moon night, the much-anticipated Lovell Harvest Festival was finally held as scheduled.

The location is in an open space on the edge of the town. The engineering team led by Manson has set up sheds in advance, and ropes are drawn between the sheds, and lanterns made of red tissue paper, "invented" by Sol, are hung up.

After the candles were lit, the whole venue was melted into a festive red color, which was very pleasing.

When the evening time came, a large number of villagers and townspeople entered the venue, and the whole venue immediately became lively.Sol, who likes to join in the fun the most, naturally refused to be idle. He took Marlene to set up a goldfish fishing stall.

In a water tank, dozens of beautiful small fish swim around. Sol made many small nets with the thin and light inner membrane of a kind of fruit that is abundant here, and yelled hard.He planned to let Marlene wear sexy clothes to solicit business, but Jessica firmly stopped him, so he had no choice but to do business honestly.

This novel gadget immediately attracted a large number of children to watch, including those in the town and the village.The children didn't care about the barriers at all, they put their little heads together excitedly, watching their companions try hard to catch small fish.

But the film is very fragile, and several children get nothing. If one fails, there will always be another one who is not convinced.The adults watched happily outside, and willingly paid a nominal fee to let the children have a good time. At the same time, they chatted in low voices, creating a harmonious atmosphere.

After a while, a dexterous boy found the trick and picked up several in one go. Sol was so angry that he yelled regardless of the lord's demeanor, which attracted a lot of happy laughter.

Manson took his lovers and opened a statue carving stand.For a small fee, these handy craftsmen can quickly carve a bust of a person from a small piece of wood, and it is very popular.

And the gourmet stall of Mei Xi's mother and daughter was also very popular. Mei Xi set up a few big pots in front of the stall and cooked a lot of delicious food, and the fragrance spread throughout the venue.Coupled with the lively and lovely Julie as the waiter, there is an endless stream of people who come to taste the snacks, forming a long queue in front of the stall.

Reed, who is eloquent, opened a puppet theater. At this time, "Dragon Quest" was being staged with the script provided by Saul, and the children never got tired of it.Under Sol's quiet gesture, he forced Jessica to play the role of the witch in the play. Jessica resisted a little at first, but soon she was fully involved, holding the witch's puppet and yelling, and the following The children who watched the play had a great time.

Hitches was not idle either, he actually set up a storytelling stand (I really don't know how he thought of it), at this moment he was sitting high on a chair, talking about his adventures when he was a wandering mage.Because the speech (most likely the boast) was very exciting, it attracted many people who didn't know the details to join in.

Kress' stand is arm wrestling. He and several defensive players who are as strong as cattle set up a ring to challenge those who come to compete with them.But everyone knows the strange power of this group of people, and after a long time, no one came to the door, which made them extremely depressed.

After a while, Chip came over and whispered something in his ear, and Kress immediately changed the signboard: the guards carried the playground for a week.This action immediately attracted many children. Kress and the team members happily ran around the venue with the children on their backs, not minding that they did not earn anything.

Yada, the former deputy captain of the Yeying Army, and several members opened an archery stall.He made many small bows and arrows, placed targets more than ten meters away, and drew images of various monsters according to their sizes.Immediately it attracted many boys to come, and there was a surge of people in front of the booth, only the deputy captain of the defense team, Boqi's throwing knife booth, could compare with it.

In addition, there are many other stalls, some from the townspeople and some from the villagers. At this time, everyone has long forgotten the barriers in their hearts, and happily wandered around in front of each stall, tasting exotic food, or playing games together.The whole venue laughed and laughed, and everyone was as close as a family.

Angrily, Sol watched a child catch more than half of the small fish, then proudly accepted the reward from Marlene, and left with his head held high.Compared with him, a stingy lord, Marlene was more happy and liked by everyone when the children picked up small fish.

Raising his head, Saul saw the harmony of the venue in his eyes.At this time, Jessica, who was panting and resting after performing a play in the distance, inadvertently looked at each other, and both of them couldn't help but smile.

Lovell's tomorrow will definitely be better.

(End of this chapter)