"A special pass? Captain, thank you so much. I was just thinking that it would be too troublesome if I have to line up every time." Shad raised his glass to the captain, and Captain Ladds was very happy that he could help Shad:
"You've helped me so much, this little thing is nothing. Oh, speaking of it, I forgot to congratulate you." He lowered his voice with a smile:
"Champion of the 1854 Ring Journey."
Saying that, he clinked glasses with Xia De. It was already Tuesday, and news of the competition that ended last Thursday had already spread throughout the Old Continent. Of course, Captain Lades knew about it.
"It's nothing."
"It's so humble, you can be regarded as the most powerful person I know." Then, the captain chatted about new things about his work:
"Don't think that special pass is very special. Carsonrique's garrison nearby also set up border checkpoints, and they also have similar passes. The nobles on both sides don't know how many of these two special passes are in their hands. I heard that It's been thrown into the black market."
He shook his head while talking:
"Let me tell you, the bigwigs above have their own ideas, but this kind of border inspection is actually useless except to cause trouble for the citizens and villagers on both sides."
When he said these words, he still lowered his voice, but it was obvious that he had been holding back in his heart for a long time:
"Yesterday evening, I met a woman with a child. They wanted to come from Kasenlik. She is a villager from Kasenrik and married to a villager from Delarion. Some time ago, she brought her children back to I visited my parents at home in the south, but I didn’t expect that when I came back, I would have to register, but she couldn’t write.”
"Then what should we do?" Xia De couldn't help asking.
"Let her go back to the village in the south and write a letter of proof in the village to prove her identity. Or find someone she knows to go to her husband's village and send someone to pick her up.
The captain sighed deeply:
"This is just what I saw, there are many other troubles."
Xia De also pursed his lips and didn't know what to say, but the captain saw that the topic he brought up made the atmosphere a bit dull, so he took the initiative to talk about other things:
"What are you going to Mikaela Blast City for? Do you need my help?"
"No, I'm not very familiar with this side yet, so I want to go around the cities on both sides, and then start to investigate. And, Mikaela Blast Furnace City, isn't there a famous spectacle in the Old World—the glass blast furnace? Now that you’re here, you always have to take a look.”
"Then you are really lucky. Although I have been transferred to work here, it is impossible for me to go to Kasenlik."
Even so, Captain Lades still gave Shad a lot of travel information about the city of Mikaela Blast Furnace, which he heard from his colleagues. In addition to travel information, Captain Ladds also mentioned those famous colleges and universities in the Green Lake area. He still remembered that when he saw Shad in Fort Midhill, he was in the local school, so he also suggested that Shad go to Professors of folklore try their luck:
"If the Edwards family wants to study weird knowledge, they always have to ask others for advice. This kind of research can't be understood by reading books, right? Maybe more than a hundred years ago, they asked the local school for advice. too helpful."
The captain said, this gave Xia De a new way of thinking.
Captain Ladds still has the task of inspecting the camp, and Xia De also has to seize the time to cross the border to neighboring countries, so the two plan to say goodbye after drinking. Xia De will be active in the local area for a long time, and they will have plenty of time to meet again in the future.
But while the two were chatting, the tavern proprietress wearing an apron and a headscarf brought over the drinks from the next table behind them. The three guests at the next table spoke Carsonrique with a very serious accent, cursing very unceremoniously about the behavior of the De La Rion army setting up checkpoints at the border. It seems that they also encountered difficulties when crossing the border Quite a hassle.
The men talking looked like ordinary peasants in their attire. Their faces were reddened by the wind and darkened because they hadn't washed their faces all year round. It seemed that there were patches on the clothes that hadn't been washed for a long time, and the shoes were full of mud. .
They obviously drank a little too much, and their voices became louder and louder. And unfortunately, because of the special environment, people in the Green Lake area understand more or less the languages of the two countries.
Captain Lades, who had his back turned to them, also heard those unclean complaints, but the captain didn't want to bother. However, when the proprietress brought wine glasses for them and reminded them to be quieter in a low voice, the man sitting behind Captain Lades, who was almost back to back with him, suddenly grabbed the proprietress's hand:
"Oh, you **** Delarion cousin, are you looking for trouble too?"
At the same time as the vulgar slang was spoken, the sound of the wine glass falling to the ground attracted the attention of everyone nearby.
Captain Ladds apologized softly to Shad, then stood up suddenly. He didn't even ask a question. After leaving the table and turning around, he kicked the man who spoke rudely to the ground.
"Southern."
The captain muttered something, and found some unfriendly eyes from the crowd of onlookers. The three drunks in this tavern were not the only ones who were southerners. But frightened by the captain's uniform and the gun holster on his waist, no one dared to say anything.
The tavern fell silent, only the three people on the ground moaned from the pain.
"Both of you, go to the gate of the camp and call the guards over, and say that Captain Ladds has spotted the stowaway."
said the captain to the man at the next table to the left, who nodded and walked quickly to the door. Then the captain said to the bewildered landlady standing by the wall:
"Don't worry, I'll take care of these three. You should have hung Delarion's badge on the wall, so these southerners don't dare to make trouble."
Because it is the border area between the two countries, taverns and hotels in the countryside usually take the initiative to hang a country's micro-stamp to indicate their country. "Also, their drinks are paid for by me."
The captain said again, but the trembling woman just shook her head, looking afraid to speak to Captain Ladds.
The guards of the camp soon arrived, and after seeing their chief, they dragged away the three fainted men without asking anything. Captain Ladds also walked out of the tavern, and then said to Shad who came out one step earlier and was standing at the door looking at the rural scenery:
"I'm so sorry that I let you see this scene."
"No, no, this made me better understand what's going on in the Green Lake area. I didn't feel it when I was in Tobesk. Only when I came here did I understand what the forefront of the confrontation is."
Xia De put on the black hat that he obviously didn't have just now:
"But it seems that the proprietress here will not welcome you in the future." He looked into the tavern through the half-open door.
"Yeah, I beat the Kasenlik people here, and the Kasenlik people will come here less often, or they will feel disgusted here. If I didn't do anything just now, the proprietress would just be taken advantage of. She runs a tavern here, so of course it's impossible to encounter this kind of thing for the first time...but I just can't help it."
The captain shook his head, and said goodbye to Shad:
"Mr. Watson, I'm wasting your time, so let's say goodbye for now. Come find me when you have time, I've been in the camp. If I don't have time today, I really want to see your current Rhodes deck."
"Thank you again for the special pass."
Xia De said, and then looked at the three men who were carried away by the guards. The idlers onlookers were discussing what happened to the three of them. Such a trivial matter would not warrant hanging, but hard labor in the barracks should be unavoidable:
"Captain, you've probably been getting busier recently."
The border area still belongs to the rural area where the two countries meet, but it is not difficult to find a carriage on the side of Kasenlik.
The junction of the two countries has been a traffic artery since a long time ago~www.mtlnovel.com~There are special rental horse-drawn carriages waiting here to carry passengers. But it's not the one in the city
It is not a carriage that starts with one or two guests, but a carriage that waits until the carriage is full.
Most of the carriages of this type of carriage do not have a roof. If the seats are not comfortable, they are no different from carriages transporting grain. Xia De was the second one to board the carriage after negotiating the price. He didn't wait too long, and four more guests boarded after negotiating the fare with the coachman, and then the group officially set off.
This kind of travel is also very interesting for foreigners. He did not forget to observe his traveling companions during the journey with the sound of hooves and ringing bells. The gentleman who came before him was dressed similarly to Shad, both in black coats and stain-resistant trousers. But that gentleman's hat and boots looked more upscale, and the handkerchief hanging out of his pocket was not as good as Shade's - Shade's handkerchief was prepared by Rezia.
The guests who boarded the carriage after Shad looked less interesting. The four of them were divided into two groups, first came a country woman wearing a headscarf and carrying an egg basket and a boy in his teens, and later came an old couple cuddling with each other.
Shade is not the only one who is bored with such a journey and is not very interested in the scenery of the countryside. As Shad watched people, someone watched him.
Therefore, the gentleman who boarded the carriage before Xia De, after confirming that Xia De was the only traveling companion in this carriage who might have a common topic with him, spoke first:
"Sir, you don't look like someone from Lake Green." "How do you tell?"
Xia De asked with a smile, and was very happy to have someone talk to him.
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