Iron Powder and Spellcasters

   Chapter 427 Dinner (Part 1)

  [Iron Peak County]

  [Revodan]

   A week after the news of the "New Reclamation Corps" and the New Reclamation Expeditionary Army jointly dispatching troops to Jinghu County reached Revodan, the messenger of the Red Rose was finally able to meet with the "Tiefeng County Civil Officer" again.

   Winters Montagne, in his own name, invited Majors Mayer and Major Nievitz to his private house to have dinner with him, and the two majors couldn't help but cheer up.

Majors   Meier and Major Nievitz have been visiting for some time, and their treatment has been lukewarm.

   Although the Tiefeng County side is doing its best to meet their living requirements, it is strictly forbidden for them to leave the residence at will, and they are not allowed to have contact with people other than the designated host. It's called protection, but it's actually house arrest.

   Winters Montagne also had only one formal negotiation with the two majors, and no substantive answer was given.

   For all of the above, Major Meyer and Major Nievitz showed full understanding, generosity and self-confidence.

After Major   Mer told Winters Montagne the price offered by Red Rose, he stopped pressing him to meet Captain Montagne again and again.

He played cards leisurely all day~www.readwn.com~ basking in the sun, and occasionally went out hunting accompanied by the reception staff, as if his real purpose in coming to Iron Peak was to relax. As for Winters Monta He didn't care which side Nirvana would fall to.

Days passed by like this, and when the war on the new reclaimed land reignited, Gervoudan seemed extraordinarily calm, like an island in the midst of stormy waves: the shops were open as usual, the market was held on time, and the construction site on the south bank was still noisy from early to late. In the evening, the construction workers can still buy cheap flour after work, and can also buy a small piece of sugar for their daughter by the way.

   Until the news of Maplestone's deployment reached Iron Peak on this day, Major Meyer and Major Nievitz were invited to dinner at Winters Montagne's house.

  The Tiefeng County garrison has a total of eight officers' quarters, which are neatly arranged on both sides of a stone road that can accommodate two horse-drawn carriages.

   Winters' residence is on the southeast corner of this small block, not the biggest, best house.

   The largest and best house in the middle of the block originally belonged to the family of Major Ronald.

After the Battle of    Blood Mud was over and Major Ronald's family moved out, the house was vacant. Winters originally wanted to move in, but did not want to be preempted by Major Seber.

After Major   Cerber came to Gervodin, he justly moved into the apartment that originally belonged to Major Ronald, and instructed other "redeemer" officers to occupy all the remaining vacant apartments.

Since then, Winters can only continue to live in the small house, so his dining room can only set up a table, and because of this he does not invite other people to accompany him - at least when the reason for not inviting other guests is regarded as an anecdote. , that's what he said to Major Mayer and Major Nievitz.

   "Captain Montagne's life is really frugal." Major Meyer surveyed the furnishings in the dining room—except for a few paintings whose provenance was unknown.

   He politely said compliments: "However, with your current status, living here is really a bit shabby and aggrieved."

"It may be a little shabby, but it's not wrong." Winters, who was sitting in the main seat, stretched out his upper body and laboriously brought back the clay pot containing the beef stew from the other end of the table, and served himself the dishes: "The house is small and warm. ."

   Anna, who walked into the restaurant with another main course, saw this scene, smiled and calmly kicked Winters' chair, silently warning the latter - pay attention to table manners!

  Winters promptly put the pot back in place and set it up.

  Anna glanced apologetically at the three guests and walked to the kitchen again.

   As soon as Anna left, Winters brought the clay pot back to him.

"Sorry, I'm used to it." Winters apologized, but he didn't mean to stop. He raised his chin towards the third guest and said half-jokingly: "This pot of beef is too close to him, If I don't move faster, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat a piece."

The third guest at the other end of the long table, Axel of Orange, laughed dumbly: "Shouldn't it be me who said this? I was hungry every night at the academy, and you must be at least as bad as the bursar. many responsibilities."

   The old-fashioned but timeless Army Academy joke made the four around the dining table smile knowingly.

   "When you were studying." Major Mel had a look of reminiscence in his eyes and asked with a smile: "Burner or Lieutenant Colonel Morton?"

   "No, it has been replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey." Winterston took a moment: "But the food provided is still just as bad."

Major Nevitz, who has been seldom speaking, also cleared his throat and said, "I still remember that story, the first time a guy from outside school ate in the cafeteria, he fished out a mouse tail from the vegetable soup and scared him. Panic shouted 'rat, there is mouse meat', and then the classmates next to him said to him..."

   Winters, Axel, and Major Mel said in unison: "Then why don't you eat it quickly?"

   After saying that, the four of them laughed and patted the table while laughing, causing the cups and plates to jump around.

  Anna walked into the dining room from the kitchen with the soup cup. Seeing the four people at the table laughing, she also asked, "What are you talking about? So happy?"

   "We're talking about something that only we know." Winters took the soup cup with a smile and put it on the table.

   The main dishes have already been served, and Winters' eyes swept over Major Meier and Major Nievitz, and nodded slightly: "Two seniors, the conditions are limited and the reception is not good, please forgive me."

   "Only foxes and wolves complain about the lack of rich dishes provided by their masters." Major Nevitz said a Platonic proverb and said: "It is we who did not bring gifts to the door, and we should apologize to you."

Major   Meyer also smiled and nodded his thanks.

   In fact, Majors Mayer and Major Nievitz didn't care at all how many plates were on the table, or even whether there were plates on the table.

   Winters Montagne entertained the two of them with a family dinner—a gesture of friendliness that delighted them more than any delicious meal.

   Not to mention that Winters Montagne also invited a special guest at the same time - Mr. Alpha of Shovel Harbor, Axel Orange, a second lieutenant of the Union Provincial Army.

As one of the leaders of the "rebels", Axel was obviously not quite used to being invited to the house of the "tribal officer" in a grand manner. Although he still maintained his demeanor, there was a bit of embarrassment and confusion in his eyes and tone. .

On the other hand, Major Mel - his face is unchanged, he is full of laughter, he knows everything from the royal secrets of the empire to the most prosperous drama in the province recently; from the history of Veneta's development from a city to a country to which horse farm in Palato This year's favorite to win the championship, he can talk about everything.

   Even the meaty jokes on the dining table that he couldn't get rid of, he could grasp the scale well, not only to not embarrass the only lady, but also to make Anna couldn't help laughing along with it.

   As if he didn't know why Axel appeared here; as if it was not the regime he was loyal to who made the decision to "send envoys to Tiefeng County for peace talks, and at the same time to install coordinators in Shovel Harbor".

  …

  Major Mel can be so calm, of course, has his confidence.

Since Maplestone City dispatched troops in mid-May and publicly announced in the name of "New Reclamation Corps Headquarters" to expel the "Alpad Rebels" and retake Jinghu County, this wrestling within the New Reclaimed Province has shown One-sided posture.

  [New Reclamation Army] and [New Reclamation Expeditionary Army] crusade troops launched an offensive along the provincial road, advancing all the way, like a broken bamboo.

The defense line of the   Blue Rose army was vulnerable. The towns of Jinghu County, which had previously announced the change of flags together, now once again pledge their allegiance to the Great Council of the Kings and Castles.

   Every time a village or town is recaptured, the legion headquarters in Maplestone City will send groups of messengers to report victory to Vagnie County, Leiqun County, Bianjiang County, Baishan County—and of course, Tiefeng County—with great fanfare.

  Because of Maplestone City's powerful propaganda for victory, in today's newly cultivated province, even hunters who live alone in remote mountains and forests have vaguely heard that "Jinghu County is fighting" from the mouths of traders who exchange materials;

   Even an illiterate country old woman knows that the "official army" is gaining victories;

   As for those who closely follow the situation of war because of their vital interests, needless to say.

The same goes for    Iron Peak County—it's no exaggeration to say that the civilians of Iron Peak are far more concerned about the war than the civilians of the other four counties.

   On the ridges of the refugee farm, in the workshops of the Forge Township, and by the fireplace of the Gervoudan mansion, well-informed people were talking in high spirits.

  The audience is either worried, or can't hide their fear, or applauds, or secretly hilarious...Because of differences in interests or emotions, they feedback very different attitudes.

   Right now, except for Maplestone City and Jinghu County, which is at war, the other five counties that have not been affected by the war have tightened their borders.

  Additional patrols were dispatched, and double checkpoints were set up, making the counties that were already sealed off from the inside more encrypted and airtight.

   However, the latest news about the war is still spreading, from the air, in the wind, with the rain, to the new fields, to the Palatine, and to the nations of the Alliance.

   Compared with the strict defense of other counties, Tiefeng County chose a compromise method to deal with the propaganda offensive of the "Legion Headquarters".

The Tiefeng County garrison does not allow the messengers sent by the "Legion Headquarters" to report victory in various towns, but the Tiefeng County garrison will truthfully relay the content of the "Legion Headquarters" announcement of success - using the "Communication Announcement" during the Battle of Blood Mud channel.

   Not only that, the whimsical Winters also attached his own comments on the "Legion News" in the "Communication Bulletin".

  Captain Montagne used the pseudonym "Elek, the engineer officer" to help listeners and readers with no military knowledge to squeeze the moisture out of the good news, analyze the actual battle situation, make future predictions, and occasionally attach some maps to assist.

   Winters' article was well received, but after two issues, he felt deeply tired. He instinctively found Senior Mason, and left from Senior Mason disgraced.

  Although he failed to ask Senior Mason to help, Winters finally succeeded in handing over this "honorable and arduous" job to others.

   From the third issue, the commentary on the battle report of the "Communication Report" was taken over by Lieutenant Colonel Jesska.

Lieutenant Colonel    scolded Winters with a dark face at the beginning, but after taking over the pen, he wrote in detail and earnestly.

   To be precise, the lieutenant colonel did not "take over the pen", nor did he "write an article".

   Winters hired two scribes for the lieutenant colonel and made a comfortable rocking chair for the lieutenant colonel. Therefore, most of the battle report comments are done through the method of "the lieutenant colonel is lying on the chair and commenting, and the scribe is recording beside it".

   In the comments of the battle report, Lieutenant Colonel Jesska bluntly pointed out:

First of all, most of the so-called "recovered towns" listed in the Legion's Good News are actually small villages and small enclosures. Even considering that his map has not been updated for more than ten years, it is impossible for those villages and enclosures to all become "towns". ";

   Secondly, Jinghu County has only two hills, "Yinque" and "Qingmeng", and the rest are hills and plains. Therefore, except for the narrow passage between the two mountains, Jinghu County has almost no danger. However, the "Good News" never mentioned that there was a battle in Yamaguchi, which can only mean one thing - the "Arpad Rebels" voluntarily gave up the peripheral danger and chose to squeeze their five fingers into fists. The lieutenant colonel boldly speculated that this fist would not be placed elsewhere, only in Bazenauer;

In the end, the lieutenant colonel commented very, very, very restrained on the deployment, strategy of the two armies, and the commanders of the "crusade" Colonel Sanel and Colonel Chloe - of course, in the eyes of Lieutenant Colonel Jesska "restraint" , and still used the pseudonym "Elek, the engineer officer."

   In addition to finding a new content for the Newsletter, another contribution Winters made to the Newsletter was giving it a new name.

   With a stroke of his pen, he crossed out the second half of the "Communication Report" and changed it to "Communication" - both concise and ink-saving.

After    began to relay the "Legion Good News" and the appendix commentary articles, within a few days, the special newspaper "Newsletter" issued to the common people became the most fashionable thing in Iron Peak County.

   Every day from morning to night, people stand in front of bulletin boards all over the county, either reading it by themselves or asking others to help. A few towns even had to send someone to watch over the bulletin boards in case someone ripped the Newsletter away in the middle of the night.

   As for the small-sized Newsletter printed on low-quality paper, it is even more in short supply. The literate commoners scrambled to circulate, copy, and some copies even appeared on desks in neighboring counties.

   "Engineer Officer Elek" has also become the most mysterious figure in Iron Peak County, and everyone wants to see his true face.

  …

  Since the war is the most concerned topic in the new land, the dining table of the Montagne family is naturally inseparable from it, especially when someone deliberately brings the topic to it.

"According to the content of the good news from the Legion, it really doesn't look like it has fought a major battle, and the troops in Maplestone City are not particularly fast." Winters basically agreed with Lieutenant Colonel Jesska. Ruowu smiled and looked at Major Mel: "What do you think? Your Excellency Major."

   [Although... I can only go here first today... ≡(▔﹏▔)≡]

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