Chapter 197: When Happiness Knocks on the Door
Today is destined to be an extraordinary day for Silvermoon City, but when happiness comes knocking on the door, not everyone is ready, and there may even be a disaster in advance.
Winter in the Northland always came so early, and the weather was gloomy, and for Levi the cool breeze that blew the tents made of wood and linen in the square always made the sound of hunting, and it was cold just to listen to the howling wind.
The refugees, who had already received relief food, huddled in numb and desperate faces, trying to minimize their physical and caloric exertion.
The wolf cavalry of the orcs came so suddenly that many people did not have time to take anything with them when they fled, and many even wore patched cotton and linen pajamas.
And on the endless plains, the refugees who fled on two feet were almost indistinguishable from the two-legged sheep in the eyes of the orcs.
No, maybe there's a difference, the two-legged one doesn't run as fast as the four-legged one
If it weren't for the fact that a militiaman on the watchtower insisted on lighting the beacon fire before he was on the verge of death after being hit by an arrow, and asked Erasdror to open the portal to save the scene, and then the Knights of the Silver Moon rang the bell in the middle of the night to gather help, so that the orcs could retreat immediately after getting their spoils, I am afraid that most of the refugees in the city would have died at this moment.
Although orcs do not use corpses as rations when they have enough food, it is a good choice to feed them to wolves, and skulls with remnants of soul fragments are also good materials for shamans to cast spells or sacrifice.
Herbert's family was one of those refugees who survived, and they probably owe it to the old horse who had been on the battlefield with him and had accompanied him in farming.
When the disaster occurred, because he was one of the first people to respond to the call of Silvermoon City, the reclamation land he was assigned was closer to Silvermoon City.
So the family of three rode the thin old horse like a bamboo pole and galloped all the way towards Silver Moon City.
Their family was rescued by the Silver Moon Knights, but the old horse that had followed him for half his life was forever closed.
Yes, Herbert is a retired veteran of Silvermoon City, who was unfortunately shot in the knee by a stray arrow during the battle to defend Silvermoon City more than twenty years ago, and was left with sequelae due to the failure to treat it in time, and became lame.
Originally, the head was sympathetic, but for the sake of his outstanding military achievements, he was ready to arrange a job for him to guard the city gate so that he could spend the rest of his life in peace.
But the battle to defend the city was so tragic that even after being broken by the orcs, there were even more bloody and brutal street battles.
If it weren't for Eraszor's timely rescue and activating the vanguard spell of the Silvermoon Mystery Lock to reverse the tide of the battle in one fell swoop and quell the internal strife in the royal power, I'm afraid Silvermoon City would have ceased to exist long ago.
The brothers suffered heavy casualties, and there were no longer a few who were left with disabilities like him.
Herbert pondered for a long time, but declined the favor and gave it to the more needy brothers, who worked as a dock porter and sold swords in Silvermoon City.
It wasn't until Erasdr formed the Silver Moon Alliance and won victory in the Moon Forest that he was still single at the time, and he responded to the call of the Supreme Mage, carrying a hoe and plunging headlong into the undeveloped Northland grasslands.
A few years later, I was lucky to meet my current wife and have a lovely child.
Coupled with his willingness to endure hardships, he gradually became a well-known and well-off farmer.
It's just a pity that now there is nothing.
Originally, he thought that after escaping into Silvermoon City, he would at least be able to start over.
But when they entered the city with their dazed wives and children, they found that the number of refugees was much higher than they had imagined.
After more than 20 years of development, the northern farm of Silvermoon City has taken in at least 40,000 displaced people, more than the people of Silvermoon City.
Although the farmers in many places were not affected, the herd panic occurred when they discovered that the watchtowers could not stop the new orc tribes from invading the barrage.
With so many refugees, or at such a delicate juncture, he knew that their lives were probably going to be very difficult.
As he expected, in the first week, Silvermoon City was at least barely able to sustain their relief drain.
But as time passed, the porridge became visibly lighter.
For a middle-aged strong man like him, he couldn't fill his stomach at all.
But he didn't dare to venture out of the city to hunt, and their family's ability to resist risks was too low.
He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid of what his children and wife would do after he died
Moreover, the refugee camp is now mixed with dragons and snakes, and the child is still a fourteen-and-a-half-year-old boy, can he protect his mother well?
The situation really deteriorated as he expected, and before it was their turn today, the relief food had already been received in advance.
He got rid of his old military relations and found out that the city's grain reserves were indeed exhausted.
Because the Northland Farm is the granary of Silvermoon City, the grain harvested in the autumn was looted before it could be put into storage, so the grain raised by other city-states was still on the Ruiwen River.
Originally, it was nothing to suffer for a day or two, but his wife contracted the cold, and he was really worried if he didn't have any nutritional supplements.
And at this very moment, there was also a terrible incident of a damned grain merchant hiring people to receive relief food.
Just as Herbert was about to stand up and subdue that damn guy, the events that followed were reversed several times, and he was stunned by a big man.
First the political officer, Ms. Tagda, came forward, and was dismissed by the merchants, and then the elven merchant appeared out of nowhere.
That's a real trench
Today's incomparably precious grain is actually the appearance of containers and containers, directly stacking meat and mushrooms into mountains.
It's just that what makes him a little puzzled is that this kind of thing is not only infested in the depths of the earth?
And thanks to the elven merchant, he lined up to get a fathead fish, a nezumi front leg, and a mushroom of some kind of mushroom.
The family had to rely on this to survive until the subsequent food shipments came.
At this moment, Herbert was gathering around the embers of the fire with his wife and children, and his stomach was warm after drinking hot fish soup.
When your stomach is full, there is room to think about the way forward.
It's a brand new orc tribe, most likely migrated from the Spine of the World.
As long as they can't be completely disabled, they will never dare to invade the territory of Silver Moon again, otherwise the Northland Farm will no longer be safe.
However, he has been farming for more than 20 years, and in the overcrowded Silver Moon City, what can he rely on to support his family.
Just when Herbert comforted his wife and children and looked at the crowd outside the curtain in a daze, there was a noisy sound outside.
"Hey, boy, can you give me a few more!"
"No, the master said, one person is limited to one. ”
"Or you give it to me, and we'll send it for you. ”
"That's it!"
"Can't I pay for it?"
"This is unreasonable, the mage is watching from the sky, if I violate the rules, I won't get paid!"
"Hey, that's a bad deal! But is this true? With this ticket declaration form, the boat that goes to the moon bridge in the harbor can get a mushroom of this size?"
"It's not far from the port, so just check it out. ”
"That's it!"
"Mushroom?" Herbert's heart moved, could it be that the elven merchant began to be kind again?
They cut some mushrooms in the fish soup today, and he kept more than half of it, which was delicious and nutritious, and it tasted great.
It would be great if you could get another one for free.
And just as he poked his head out of the shed, he was slapped on the old face by a piece of paper.
"it, little bunny, stop me! We're all three in the family!"
But that kid had already been filming all the way and was gone
He was afraid that if he slowed down, he would not be able to get more mushrooms.
Herbert muttered and tore the paper off his face, glanced at the dense words on it, instinctively dizzy, and said in his heart:
I can't read and write, so I can see something
But as soon as the idea came to him, his eyes straightened.
He found that his illiterate man could read the words on it!
No, he was still illiterate, but he was able to understand the meaning directly.
It's like seeing the undead!
He suddenly remembered that he had heard a war mage say that there seemed to be a spell called lingua franca that could make him even able to read and understand books.
In other words, this piece of paper has been enchanted!
That's too extravagant, isn't it?
Wait a minute!
According to the posture of the kid sending the form, there should be hundreds or thousands of them!
If every so-called application form is enchanted, how much work it will take a mage to complete!
And what he didn't know was that for such an application form, Li Wei had the mages of the War Art Regiment copy a total of 40,000 copies using copying!
They were all enchanted with lingua franca.
That's right.
Levi expressed despair at the world's literacy rate.
In order not to make their plan a joke, the nearly two hundred mages of the War Art Troupe almost didn't do any spells for a while, and they just memorized and released these two zero-level tricks every day
Then act as a humanoid printing tool, and the man will make flyers for his big boss.
Levi was counted according to the number of people in Silvermoon City, and he was going to let them have one each.
Thankfully, he didn't know something was wrong with Northland Farm, otherwise he could have doubled the weight of the flyer!
Herbert then focused his attention on the so-called ticket application form, and what caught his eye were four big words:
Happiness Plan!
Herbert shook his head and smiled.
They are still happy, and they are now able to survive thanks to the goddess Zentia.
But when his gaze fell downward, he couldn't calm down.
In fact, there are two main contents.
First, the merchant named Levi recruited a group of men on the west bank of the Sebrin River to build a new town called Zeellandia.
Since the city has not yet been completed, we are now recruiting construction workers, not only to cover food, housing, and management, but also to get three copper coins a day!
That alone made Herbert's heart flutter.
You must know that many refugees are desperate for the future, so many refugees gather in Silvermoon City, but there is not enough work to support them.
How long can you be relieved by relief alone!
And when the second point was seen, Herbert's eyes straightened.
If his understanding is correct, any migrant worker who is willing to go to Zeellandia will be given a permanent rent-free land to cultivate after the city is built.
Yes!
Although the land is not yours, as long as you are willing to continue to cultivate, you will never charge any rent, as long as you subscribe to a tax equal to that of Silvermoon City every year.
Isn't that equivalent to the fact that the land is one's own?
And at the end of the application form, this paragraph is written:
"If you have a dream, make it happen.
If you want to be happy, create it.
We firmly believe that these truths are self-evident, that all men are created equal and endowed with an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ”
When Herbert saw this, his eyes couldn't help but become in a trance, and he muttered to himself:
"Dreams, happinessI have only had a short period of happiness, but are dreams really possible?
At the end of the leaflet, a line of small print was printed: Anyone who goes to Yueqiao Port with this application can receive a mushroom brand. Friendly sponsorship of the Hogg Merchant Group
So he turned to his wife and children and said, "Luna, Gardner, bring the food, let's go to the port." ”
"What's wrong?
The wife, who had already noticed her husband's unusual husband, took her son and asked nervously.
"I saw an opportunity, and I wanted to see if it was true, it was the elven merchant who gave us food today, and he built a new town, and I wanted to try it. ”
"Is the last conscience of the businessman, Lord Levi? I think he is a good man. ”
"Let's go, then!"
Herbert has always believed that he has always had a keen sense of opportunity, just like the call of Silvermoon City to go to the Northland to open up wasteland.
But when Herbert arrived at the port with his wife and children, he realized that he had been wrong.
The harbor had already become crowded with people in front of a ship, and people lined up in two long lines in front of a ship.
In fact, Herbert got one thing wrong, and the vast majority of the public was still skeptical of the information on the leaflet.
After all, the food in the autumn and winter in the north is precious, and at this time, hiring people not only to take care of food and shelter, but also to be full?
Somebody has spit out, if the other person dares to do that!
So most of them came for the mushrooms that were given away.
Levi also knew that flyers alone could not fool people, so he also prepared another hand.
As soon as Herbert looked up to the sky and sighed, his eyes straightened again
I saw that above the broken ship without a mast, there was a huge image of light and shadow levitating at this moment, and on it was a picture comparable in scale to Silvermoon City
Perhaps a much more magnificent and beautiful megacity than Silvermoon City, entrenched on the western bank of the Seblin River.
The city, which is based on white as a whole, is based on the griffin mountains on the banks of the river, radiating in a semicircle towards the riverbank.
That kind of beauty and holiness made Herbert feel an unprecedented shock.
So much so that in the lower right corner of the poster, a small word with a fly's head was directly ignored by him:
"This is a promotional map of the first phase of Zeellandia, please refer to the actual situation. ”
In fact, the vast majority of people simply ignore that one
Who let Levi, a cheated bastard, let Calvin directly bring out the famous Gondor in the Lord of the Rings in a way of thinking sharing!
Not only that, but he was not satisfied with the fact that Calvin had processed the structure and scope of the original.
Well, just like many of the photos of girls in Blue Star have to be filtered and dermabrasioned.
It wasn't until sunset that Herbert finally got to the front of the line, and then he realized that the queue on the other side was actually the merchants of Silvermoon City and even the entire Northland!
They were waving large bags of gold coins that Herbert had never seen in his life, just to pay for the off-plan intentions.
And that Lord Levi is like a real estate consultant in another world, explaining Zeelandia's excellent location and development prospects to the fanatical businessmen with a burning hand.
There was also a small elf girl on the side, handing out mushrooms piled up on the deck to the people according to the application form of the people's vouchers.
After listening for a while, Herbert finally understood
It seems that the house in Zelandia has not been fully built, so now you can only pay the intent to pay the off-plan property first, and then wait for the city to be built, before you can move in.
If you want to make a purchase, you must sign a purchase intention agreement, and if you regret it at that time, you will need to pay a part of the liquidated damages, and you need to refund according to the procedures.
At this moment, Herbert finally knew how the wages of the would-be hired workers came from
It's all about Silvermoon City, no, the money of the merchants of the entire Northland!
If Levi knew what he thought, he would have sneered and said:
"The real estate developers in Blue Star dared to start pre-sale before they started the construction of the land, and he finally called Ig and them after leaving the Supreme Palace, so that they could start breaking ground!
"He's already very conscientious, okay?"