Luck or something, at least for Sean at the moment, it's really not that good.

I have a house, a car, a deposit, and I am not afraid of the police coming to the door, so I live freely, why did I come to this strange world to suffer?

Sean stood in the corner with a plate, eating delicious food while watching the lively scene in the field, as if he was an outsider.

He suddenly noticed someone pulling his pants, and when he looked down, he saw Jim Carreyll hiding under the table and gobbling up and smiling at himself, his face covered in food scraps.

"Hide it, be careful not to choke yourself to death. Sean whispered.

Kim didn't speak, only heard the chewing sound of his mouth.

This is the back garden of the monastery, surrounded by a half-height iron fence with tall trees on the outside and a courtyard wall on the outside.

At nightfall, the trees outside the garden fence and the courtyard wall are darkened by candles with glass covers.

A strange feeling made Sean turn his head slowly, he was in an excellent position, just in time to see a black shadow on a tall tree not far from his side.

In this dimly lit corner, you won't find a person hiding there unless you're paying special attention.

Just as Sean looked at the black shadow, the black shadow also looked over, and the two stared at each other for almost five or six seconds from a distance of more than ten meters.

Sean was surprised and didn't know what to do, but the other party was extremely surprised and didn't react for a while.

Sean picked up a silver dinner knife and turned his head again, the black shadow was gone, which made Sean wonder if it was a dazzle, or a recurrence of a brain injury.

Sean lifted Kim out from under the table:

"Just now, there seems to be a dark shadow there, do you see it?"

"Yes, she's still talking to me. "King's mouth is stuffed with food.

"Is it a woman?" asked Sean.

"Yes, it's a sister, she said there is a banquet here, there will be a lot of delicious food, ask me if I want to eat?"

"How did you answer?"

"Of course, yes. ”

"How did you get here?" asked Sean.

"Sewers, of course. The guards wouldn't let me in. Jin said nonchalantly, "I'm familiar with every inch of the sewer here." ”

Sean rewarded him fiercely, he didn't want to alarm others, then the little guy Jin would be implicated, and the mysterious woman had run away, if she hadn't been caught, it would have been in vain.

Taking Kim away from the scene, Sean first went to his room to get a pistol and loaded it with lead bullets.

"Tell me, where is that woman going to run from?" Sean asked.

At this time, Jin also realized that he seemed to have done something very bad, rubbed his head that was still aching faintly, and said:

"That sister seems to be able to shrink her bones and sneak through the sewers, but even then, she can't be fast. ”

Kim took Sean outside the monastery and walked along the line of the sewer road, Ars City was not large, and in less than ten minutes they were under the city walls.

"If she wants to slip out of the city, she runs away from here. But there are so many sewer turnovers in the city that we won't be able to find her if she changes course halfway. Kim said, pointing to his feet.

Here is a huge pool, and near the base of the wall is a sturdy iron fence that does not appear to have been destroyed.

After waiting quietly for a while, Sean didn't find anything. He led Kim along the possible route, walked a few times, everything was normal, he couldn't have lifted every stone slab to search.

At this time, the city of Ars has regained some popularity, as it is the seat of the garrison headquarters, and soldiers can be seen on the streets at all times. Sean stared at every civilian he came across, noticing nothing.

In the Evans Monastery, the bigwigs left before ten o'clock in the evening.

The feast lasted until late at night, and the GIs ate all their food and drank all their wine. Gary Norris and the others slipped out to have fun, and no one cared about them anyway.

Sean, who returned to the convent, was also forcibly dragged to a tavern by Gary and others to continue drinking. This tavern specializes in the business of military personnel.

In addition, there were quite a few merchants who accompanied the army and some who wanted to try their luck after the war.

A man claiming to be an arms dealer invites Sean and the others to drink beer.

In the Europa Empire, beer was the most common and popular type of liquor, as the best beer cost only ten shillings per glass, and it was a good way to satisfy the common people who loved to drink but were shy about money, especially in the summer.

For the soldiers, they could not afford to drink cheap and inferior wine, but they did not always have the pleasure of drinking beer.

The generous merchant who invited the soldiers to a beer was the most popular, and when he saw Sean reappear, he took the initiative to sit down.

Although Sean was not very old, it was natural for Gary and the others to take him as the first to look at him on this occasion, because he had the highest rank among the 21st Infantry Division.

Seeing that the merchant seemed to have something to talk to Sean, Gary and the others went to the side to play darts and gamble for money.

The businessman's name is Haulmer Bess, the owner of the Bess Machinery Company, who is small, chubby, and somewhat comical looking.

He is very talkative, and can talk about the recent high-level personnel changes in the Holy City, to the scandal of a lieutenant in Als City and his boss's wife.

Nothing to do, Sean remained silent, and responded without a word.

He could roughly guess what the guy surnamed Bess was going to do, because as a member of the only shotgun battalion of the 21st Infantry Division, the rifled gun in his hand was called the Bess Type 1825.

Compared to the smoothbore guns in the hands of ordinary infantrymen, this rifled gun is a huge improvement, with a long range and accuracy, but at the same time its flaws are obvious.

"I heard the 21st Infantry Division is going to be rebuilt?" said Haulmer-Bess in a low voice, as if to say something very top-secret.

"It's a natural thing to do. Sean took a beer, not looking interested.

"Ensign Connery, I'm afraid you don't know yet, the new division commander is named Nicholas Herman. ”

The word Herman means "passage fee" in Europa, which is close to the literal meaning of the name of the royal family of Sauron. As the name suggests, the ancestors of these two families have done the "I opened this road" business.

Hundreds of years later, however, the Saurons became royalty, and the Herman family became the nobility.

"Is the news exact?" Sean couldn't help but care.

"As a businessman, it's our instinct to have a good sense of smell. Boss Bass's expression was secretive, "I have some information, I think the second lieutenant will be interested." ”

"What do you want, Mr. Bes, I'm afraid I don't have a few gold louis, but you have a beautiful daughter?" Sean joked.

"Huh. My daughter is only five years old, and if you're willing to wait, I'm okay with that. "I just want to show Lieutenant Colonel Horns through you that I am a mere patriotic businessman, and if possible, I want you, as a soldier who has skillfully used the Beth 1825 rifled gun, to give an objective and fair evaluation of this rifle, because I am going to participate in the bidding." ”

"It's that simple, that's the deal!" Sean slapped him. Boss Bass said:

"The Herman family has been friendly with the royal family for generations, and they often intermarry, and their relationship with the royal family has always been unusual. Lord Nicholas was a military fanatic who believed that force could solve everything, and he had always served as an attendant at His Majesty's side, and was highly regarded by His Majesty, and this release was a reward for his past diligence. If you can use some brains from him, I believe that the future is limitless. ”

"What hobbies, habits, preferences does he have?" asked Sean.

"The lord does not like flashiness and bombasticism, he likes the straightforward and neat and rigorous style of the soldiers, and it is said that he does not drink at all, nor is he good at women, but he likes famous horses. The boss of the bass didn't sell it, and replied directly.

"And should there be one or two famous horses in Mr. Beth's stable?" Hearing this, Sean asked tentatively.

"It just so happens that I have two fine horses of the noble breed in the region of Bilisis, a male and a female black horse without any variegation, and the blood is noble and pure, and I am worried that I have no place to foster them, and it would be grateful if the second lieutenant could help me raise them for a while. ”

"Cheers!" Sean said, holding up the beer in his hand.

At this time, Gary Norris and others were pointing to a portrait on the wall.

It was a bounty order:

Earl Cohen-Howard offers a reward of 5,000 gold for Louis to capture the bandits.

Seeing that Sean's attention was on the bounty order, the bass boss explained:

"Earl Howard is very unlucky, he was just appointed governor of the northern province this month, and he came here with his family, but he did not expect his young son to be kidnapped. The Count was a well-known figure in the Council of Nobles, who was very knowledgeable about improving the country's finances, and introduced several far-reaching bills, such as the Twenty-One Tax. ”

The twenty-first tax is a direct tax levied on the basis of the state of property, especially the income from immovable property such as land.

"In my opinion, this is the fairest tax ever. In all the taxes of the past, the privileged have always paid less or avoided paying taxes, and have paid taxes according to their property, including the princes, rather than leaving the poor peasants with the burden of the state finances.

So the resistance was too great, and his colleagues in the council would be the first to oppose him, and a merchant like me, who would buy land as soon as he had money, certainly did not like him, let alone a powerful church. ”

In Europa society, privilege is not a pejorative term, it is at least an indication of the social status of the owner, and the lifelong goal of many civilians is to become a privileged person - in fact, the privileged person may pay more taxes, but at least the privileged person does not have to pay the "military service tax", which was considered a lowly tax at the time.

As the rulers and administrators of a centralized empire, the emperor and his ministers, although they were at the top of the privileged society, they were constantly fighting against the privileged classes. This is a difficult question to solve. They had at least tried to keep the empire from collapsing immediately.

"Did he propose this bill at the behest of the imperial court?" asked Sean.

"That's right, the grapevine says that His Majesty has promised him to be the next Chancellor of the Exchequer. Now the financial situation of the imperial court has not improved, but has deteriorated year after year, and this damn war is to blame!"

"Mr. Bess, this should not come from you, arms dealers love war more than anything else, and it is better to do business with both warring sides. Sean teased.

"Hehe, that's right, honorable lieutenant, God bears witness that I am an upright patriot. Hehe, this is far away, back to business, so in order to compensate the unlucky earl, His Majesty appointed him as the governor of the Northern Xinjiang Province. He would have had the opportunity to be Chancellor of the Exchequer, but he would have earned a position of up to 35,000 louis a year, not to mention other grey incomes that we will never know. Boss Bess said, shaking his head again, "He's unlucky to catch up on the road as he passes through the Black Forest." The guy named Benjamin Don was a bandit, a bandit, a villain, and I had heard of this guy at least ten years ago, known as the 'decapitator'. ”

"5,000 gold louis is not a decimal number, I believe there will be many people who will be tempted. Sean said.

"Of course. But when I heard that the count's youngest son had been kidnapped, Don only asked the count for 500 gold louis, tsk, 500 gold louis, but the count did not pull out a dime, and Don was so angry that he immediately tore up the ticket, and sent the poor boy's head to the earl. Now the Count is going to offer a reward of 5,000 louis, which I can't do anyway. Boss Bess scoffed.

"What would you do if, I mean, your young son was kidnapped by Don?" asked Sean curiously.

"I will happily give him 1,000 gold louis, and send my message by the way, if I don't see my child after I have slept and eaten a good breakfast, I will offer a reward of 10,000 gold louis for his dog's life, and if it is not enough, I will sell my property and recruit warriors to fight with him, even if I beg for a living for the rest of my life, I will not hesitate to do so, until he pays for his life, and ask him if he is afraid?"

Boss Bess said viciously.