Chapter 33: The Beginning of Troubled Times
The tragedy in Longshan Village happened a bit suddenly, and Rosen felt a little incredulous.
"The Duchy of Delun has never been involved in disputes between countries, how could it suffer such a disaster?"
Anne sighed: "It wouldn't have been, but this time the situation is really serious. ”
"How?" Rosen listened intently.
Although Anne was young, she had traveled all over the continent and had a wide range of knowledge, and she recounted the stakes and disadvantages: "The Palathanian Empire in the south may seem prosperous on the surface, but in reality it is full of internal contradictions, and the aristocracy is increasingly dissatisfied with the emperor's authority. In order to deflect the conflict, the newly appointed emperor Gandra III brazenly launched the Third Northern Expedition. If the Northern Expedition is won, Gandra III will gain endless prestige and his position will be completely consolidated, but if he fails......."
Hearing this, Rosen already completely understood.
This situation was not unfamiliar to him at all, because before he crossed over, the third Northern Expedition in the game had just ended.
He let out a long sigh, and then Anne continued: "If it fails, the emperor will step down, and the political situation in the empire will be in turmoil, and no one will have the energy to restrain the rout. These routs are scattered all over the country and will eventually evolve into countless robbers and robbers. ”
This situation, Lawson has experienced once in the game, when countless routs went south, and the top of the Parason Empire fell into turmoil, as a result, the empire was almost completely eroded, and the major principalities within the empire could not escape the disaster, bandits were rampant, monsters were rampant, countless villages were destroyed, corpses were everywhere, and it became a real hell on earth. The scene is unspeakably miserable.
Anne sighed, "You're right, I even think it's going to be more serious. ”
Rosen knew in his heart that what Anne said was not wrong at all, and he groaned for a while and said, "There is still too little news. In this way, I was about to give the magic mirror to the baron, just in time to inquire about it. ”
A game is a game after all, with too much detail in the real world, and Lawson is in it, and seeing that the troubled times are coming, he naturally has as much information as possible.
"Okay, I'll keep an eye on that magician here."
After a brief exchange, Lawson turned and walked towards the gate of the Baron's Palace.
Anne's hiding place was no more than a hundred meters from the gates of the Baron's Palace, and he quickly crossed the square, and as soon as he reached the door, he heard Baron Draco's furious roar coming from the courtyard.
"Coward! Rebel! Idiot! ”
Rosen chuckled in his heart: 'It looks like the situation is not good. ’
"Dangchang~"
The two guards at the gate of the Baron's Palace staggered their spears and blocked Lawson's way.
Rosen was prepared and took out the ruby gold ring given by the baron: "I'm Rosen. Laplace, son of Sir Laplace, this is a token given to me by the baron. The lord said that with this ring, I could go to him at any time. ”
The ruby gold ring was very eye-catching, both guards knew it, and as soon as they saw the ring, they immediately withdrew their spears, and one of the guards gave a military salute to Rosen: "I was offended just now, please come in." ”
Another guard volunteered to open the door for Lawson.
Rosen walked in.
Entering the courtyard, he saw the messenger galloping in the square just now, and he knelt in front of Baron Draco without saying a word, and Baron Draco looked very excited, holding a piece of parchment in his hand and waving it, and saying something all the time.
Lawson took out the magic mirror and walked over slowly.
The courtyard of the Baron's Court is very large, as spacious as half a football field, and the terrain is also at the highest point of the town, in the outermost layer of the courtyard is a circle of stone walls more than 4 meters high, inside the stone wall is a circle of wooden frames for walking, and a wooden watchtower is built in each of the four directions of the stone wall, south, south, north, and west, and a little inside, there is a circle of wooden buildings. The main body of the building is a two-story wooden building covering an area of at least 200 square meters. On the west side of the wooden building, a small garden is enclosed with a wooden fence, there is a pavilion in the garden, and next to the garden is a stable, and then there are barracks, granaries, weapons depots and other buildings where the guards live.
There was also a big tree growing in the open space in the middle of the courtyard, and under the tree were disorderly placed drinking horse troughs, weapon racks, and a small pergola to protect against the rain, and on the edge of the shed, several guards were practicing martial arts.
All in all, the Baron's Mansion was dirty and messy, and the smell of horse manure wafted through the air. In terms of refinement, it is far inferior to Laplace Manor, but in terms of military use, it can throw Laplace Manor out ten streets.
This baron's palace is a standard war fortress.
When Rosen got closer to 20 meters away, Baron Draco finally noticed his presence, and he turned his head to glance at Rosen, and soon, his gaze was fixed on the magic mirror in Rosen's hand.
The baron immediately turned his anger into joy, and he waved his hand at the messenger in front of him, and said, "Send the order to the captain of the guard and let him start preparing for battle." ”
"Yes, sir." The messenger stepped back quickly.
The baron turned to look at Rosen, his face was already full of smiles: "Ahaha~ Young man, tell me, you will bring me good news, right?" ”
Rosen walked a few steps briskly to the baron, bowed down and presented the magic mirror: "Uncle, your magic mirror has been repaired, please take a look." ”
The baron took the magic mirror and just looked at the spectacle lens, and his eyes lit up: "Hey, how did this lens become so exquisite?" ”
He looked at the eyepiece and then at the objective, and felt that the lens had an indescribable sense of delicacy and purity.
Rosen smiled and said, "Uncle, that's the case, I not only repaired the damaged lens, but also made some improvements to the intact lens. ”
"Improvements?" The baron was skeptical, and his thick eyebrows wrinkled slightly: "This is the work of Master Parkland, you dare to say that you can improve it at a young age, if you break the uncle's magic mirror, the uncle can't spare you." ”
"Uncle, you might as well give it a try." Lawson smiled confidently.
"Okay, then I'll try."
The baron put the magic mirror in front of his eyes, looked into the distance, and after a glance, he paused: "Huh? ”
"Uncle, how's it going?" Rosen asked knowingly.
"It's bright, it's clear, it's really a lot better than the previous magic mirror."
The baron turned his body and looked around, and after looking for a while, he climbed up to the wooden gallery of the courtyard wall and looked around, and finally, his mirror barrel was fixed in the direction of the Daredevil's house, and after looking at it for a while, he put down the magic mirror with great satisfaction.
At this time, he was already smiling: "Little guy, you really have real skills." This magic mirror is twice as good as the original. Especially these two lenses, shiny and pure, at a glance, the lens barrel seems to contain two clear springs, which makes people want to see it, it is really a good baby! ”
The baron stroked the glass lens with his hand with a gentle motion, as if caressing his lover's skin. A rugged man made such delicate movements, it seemed that he really liked this magic mirror to the extreme.
Rosen bowed slightly and smiled reservedly: "Uncle, this is what I should do." ”
The baron laughed, "Good, very good. I must give you a reward, a great reward! Matt, bring 100 silver rontes over here. ”
After a while, a middle-aged man who looked like a butler trotted out of the wooden building, holding a bulging money bag in his hand, and when he ran closer, the baron pointed at Rosen: "This little fellow will help me fix it...... No, it was the improvement of the magic mirror, which he deserved. ”
A smile suddenly appeared on Matt's face, and he held the money bag to Lawson with both hands, and shouted, "Praise you, you really helped the master solve a big problem." ”
Rosen smiled and took the money bag, but complained in his heart: "It's only 100 runtes, and it's a loss." ’
However, when he thought about it again, he realized that he might have been wrong in his estimation: '50 loundes is the total annual income of an ordinary peasant family, and the baron gave me 100 loundes at a time, which is actually quite generous. ’
It's like in the Chinese country of the earth, an ordinary person's annual income is 50,000 yuan, and he casually helped the baron repair the magic mirror, and the baron rewarded him with 100,000 yuan, which is actually a big deal. For example, Anne, a stalker, desperately kills a monster, and the bounty is so much.
As for the 3,000 runtes, that was all the savings of the Laplace family, which the old knight had accumulated from copper plate to copper plate, and it could not be compared with this bounty.
Thinking about it this way, Rosen has a lot of balance in his heart.
However, 100 Ronte is still a little less, and in the face of the baron, the richest man in a radius of 100 miles, how can he pick a big piece of oil and water.
Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Uncle, in fact, I can make a better magic mirror than this." ”