Time passes quickly before you know it. After a short autumn, the harsh winds once again howled back to the vast ice fields of the south. And at the same time as the cold winter descended on the southern continent of Antagreqi, there was also the relentless horn of the outbreak of the civil war in Bracada. Because just a week ago, the last peace talks between the North and the South ended in a helpless failure.

No one expects war. However, after the Southern delegates resolutely announced the beginning of the formal secession from the Union at the negotiating table, a huge war that was about to engulf the entire ice field could no longer be avoided. And both southerners and northerners will fight to the end for their own interests and dignity until the other side is completely defeated and surrenders.

Just three days after the North-South negotiations ended, the northern city-states signed a regional offensive and defensive alliance known as the Pact of Humanity in Northern Bracada.

In this Convention, the lords of the north unanimously determined that at the critical moment when the Bracada Federation was facing dissolution and division, the people of Northern Bracada would have to take up arms and use force to counter the "bandits" in the south. Yes, "thieves", this is the latest name given by the Northern regime to the Southern Dividers. In order to deal a more effective and heavy blow to the southern bandits, all the northern city-states of the Convention will form a powerful "allied army" and march to the south to fight.

Correspondingly, the southern city-states, with the goblins as the main body, soon formed a new "Southern Bracada Alliance" to counter the shameless interference of the evil "thugs" in the north. At the same time, the Giants and Naga, who are also in the southern ice fields, jointly issued an announcement. Declares that it will support the independent cause advocated by the goblins to a limited extent, and will intervene in a future civil war in due course.

At this point, the Great Civil War, which had never occurred in Bracada for thousands of years, finally kicked off.

In a month's time, Bracada's annual New Year will be held, but the buzz of the festivities of the past is long gone. Everyone, all departments. All the industrial and commercial lines are making frantic preparations for the inevitable war.

Since a large amount of grain, steel, and clothing were purchased by the government as strategic materials, the price of living materials in Blue Crystal City has risen sharply for a period of time. A pound of the most common white bread has risen from half a silver coin to one or a half silver coins. And the price of meat has directly increased several times. Under such circumstances, many poor families have begun to reduce their daily meals, changing the original three meals to two meals in the morning and evening. Or even just one meal.

Fortunately, such a bad situation did not last long, and when all parties reported the situation in the city, the City Lord's Mansion immediately made corresponding adjustments and changes. Through the newly established "Wartime Control Department" in Guò, Blue Crystal City began to sell basic daily necessities such as bread, meat products, and cloth to the people on a daily basis and at low prices per person. At the same time, the city defense army frequently dispatched to arrest some merchants who deliberately or "deliberately" inflated market prices, and seized a number of shops. In this way, the lives of the common people were maintained at the most basic level, and they "vented their anger" in a timely manner, and finally the social order in the Blue Crystal City was stabilized again......

"Morty. The total income of the studio this month is about 25,000 gold coins, and after deducting the cost of materials and the salary of the craftsmen, the remaining profit is about 18,000 gold coins. Hayyna leaned tenderly beside Moriarty, pointing to a delicate account book on her lap and slowly explaining.

It is different from those shops that have been hit hard by the city lord's mansion, and even singled out the "innocent" to calm the people's anger. During the war, the alchemy studio was the object of key care and protection. No matter how unscrupulous the studio is to make war money and earn gold coins, those in power will only applaud and encourage it to keep up the good work. Because every gold coin of profit earned by the alchemy studio means that it has provided a valuable war "food" for the rulers to control and accumulate, and has accumulated a rare strength for the final victory. …,

Moreover, the current Earth Studio's account books show. It's still just a 200 percent profit margin. For the corporate nature of its military manufacturers, it is really not excessive. If possible, the City Lord's Mansion would like to see Moriarty devote all his efforts to the production and processing of alchemy products to undertake more orders from Blue Crystal City. It's a pity that Moriarty is now the commander of the guard squadron of the Azure Mage Regiment, so at least until the end of the war, most of his energy will be involved in the military direction.

"Have all the previous orders been delivered?" Moriarty didn't pick up the ledger from his fiancée's hand, but just hugged Haiyana's shoulder and asked.

"Well, Lord Lille's potion kit was delivered the day before yesterday. As for General Cruyff's magic dagger, Adjutant Shiram visited the studio once this morning, hoping to give us two more orders. Because you weren't there at the time, I didn't reply to him right away. Haiyuna said softly.

"You're doing the right thing." Moriarty nodded, then hugged his fiancée in his arms: "I will personally go and talk to Adjutant Shiram about the magic dagger." ”

"Two batches, will it be too much? You—" Hayyna said, looking at Moriarty with some concern.

"It's a lot. But the general's face is always to be given. Moriarty smiled faintly: "Don't worry, I will pay attention to my schedule." ”

"If only I could help you..."Looking into her fiancé's eyes, Hayuna couldn't help but lean forward and kiss the corner of the other's lips, and then pressed her body tightly into Moriarty's arms.

"Hehe, you've helped me a lot. Moreover, you have now mastered the process of refining healing potions, and you can be considered an alchemist. If it weren't for you this time, Lille's order would have to be postponed. ”

I don't know if it comes from Schmidt's genetic talent, but Haiyuna quietly learned the art of preparing healing potions two months ago, and it stands to reason that it is enough to advance to the rank of a first-level alchemist. It's just that this matter is still only known to Moriarty and her, and even Schmidt is still "kept in the dark".

"But..."Hearing Moriarty's words, Haiyuna wanted to say something, but she was kissed by the other party and couldn't make a sound.

After only two hours in the Olympus Gardens and dinner with Haiyna, Moriarty returned to the camp of the Guard Squadron.

In the past few days, the squadron's joint combat training has entered a critical stage. Each evening, officers from each squad and company were summoned to the squadron leader's office for an open and fair discussion with Moriarty, White, and Clausewitz about issues and improvements that had arisen. Although at the beginning, no one except Moriarty was accustomed to this kind of overly civilian-residential military management method, and even the old werewolf, who most wanted to be fully utilized, believed that the superior officers would lose their own identity and prestige if they communicated with their subordinates on an "equal" basis and were often refuted by their subordinates, which was inconsistent with the mainland's military tradition. Eventually, however, Moriarty used his squadron leader authority to enforce this special system of internal communication. And gradually over the course of several months, the officer system of the guard squadron seemed to be accustomed to and even liked this equal communication mechanism, so much so that one night when they did not expose each other's shortcomings and expose each other's weaknesses in the squadron leader's office, several officers could not sleep in peace.

Among them, the most noisy are Marguerite and Guderian, and intermittent martial arts scenes often break out. Occasionally, Gustav, who had already greatly restrained his temperament, could not help but participate in it. On the contrary, White, who has always been hostile to Beamon, gradually began to get used to a calm exchange with Clausewitz, although most of the conversations between the two began with a conflict and ended with a conflict, but Moriarty could see that White really realized the excellent military quality and ability of the old werewolf as a staff officer, and planned to learn as much as possible from the other party. Of course, Clausewitz was aware of this, but he did not think it was wrong. …,

However, when Moriarty returned to the squadron, he saw a noisy and chaotic scene in the camp. I don't know what happened, but half of the squadron was fully armed, and Margaret and Guderian, led by Margaret, were arguing loudly with White, who was blocking the camp gate.

"What's going on?" Moriarty strode between the two people, slowly glanced around, and asked in a cold voice.

"Your Excellency the Captain, Captain Margaret Company and Captain Guderian tried to lead their subordinates out of the camp to make trouble, but they have been stopped by me." White immediately gave a military salute and reported to Moriarty.

"What is the crime of leading troops out of the camp without my order?" Moriarty turned his head with a "snap", stared at the werewolf and the silverbearded dwarf, and asked fiercely.

"Just now, our squadron's equipment was robbed, so..."Facing Moriarty's gaze, Guderian was a little overwhelmed, lowered his head slightly, and tried to argue.

"Gustav also wounded the city guards, we are going to take revenge!" On the side, Margaret did not avoid the squadron leader's gaze, and shouted loudly.

"Grab equipment? Gustav? Moriarty's brow furrowed, and he turned to look at White.

"In the afternoon, the Ordnance Institute informed us to pick up the new camping tents, and I sent Gustav there. Unexpectedly, on the way back, I met the Saruman Brigade of the City Defense Army..."Huai Ling nodded and said in a deep voice.

"Saruman? Is that the former Shangguan of Gustavus? ”

"Yes, that's him. Subordinate to General Miguel, I heard that he was a member of the same name as His Excellency Lille. However, it does not have a good reputation in the city defense army, has a bad reputation for jealousy, and has a very narrow atmosphere. ”

"How's Gustav doing?" Moriarty nodded.

"The injury is not minor, and it is being treated in the camp, but there is no major problem." White paused, and then added in a low voice: "It's not easy, in this conflict, Gustav didn't make a move. ”

“… I know. Moriarty took a deep breath, then turned to the soldiers in the squadron around him: "Now, I order, all of them are disbanded and returned to the battalion. If there is disobedience, severe punishment will not be lazy! ”

"Yes, Your Excellency."

It seemed that it was the first time to see Moriarty's angry face, and the hearts of everyone in the guard squadron couldn't help but "chuckle". No one, including Margaret, dared to say a word, and silently dispersed back to the barracks. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )