6 Let's talk about paella

When Fengxing Town began to prepare for the war, someone asked with the same eagerness: How is Kelan's side?

On January 31, Kelan sent a letter to Viscount Li, which read: "Ten days later, prepare for direct contact with Sha Ling at the Nanchangling Pass. ”

The so-called "contact" - isn't it just a war.

"Kelan means to let us go out and fight Sha Ling and not defend the town?" One of the guards' squad leaders clearly did not support the proposal, and some of the guards also felt that it was inappropriate.

"Don't rush to conclusions yet," the viscount stabilized the captain and guards who disagreed, "Kelan's meaning should be to let us fight Sha Ling in advance and find Sha Ling's weaknesses in the battle, even if we really need to retreat to Fengxing Town in the end, the guards can be regarded as having the combat experience to fight with Sha Ling." As soon as the words came out, everyone suddenly opened.

"Isn't there a conclusion to Kelan's investigation?" Mello asked.

The Viscount presented Klan's letter to Milo and said, "It's so short, and I hope she'll find out a conclusion, and we'll not go into battle in advance." ”

"Then I'll take someone with me." Milo took the initiative to take on the task.

"I'll go with you." Erin quickly followed, and the captains of the guards all looked at her, amazed at her courage.

No one took the initiative to accept the mission anymore, and if Parrett was present, he would have taken on the task, but at this time he was in the harbor to negotiate something with some captains from Aube.

So the number of players and the lineup were quickly determined.

After several days of preparation, on February 5th, a team of about 300 people set out from Windrun Town, led by Milo, Erin, and the Snowdog Night Sparrow, and at Erin's request, all the 100-man musket team she trained was in battle. The team is expected to arrive at the South Changling Pass on the 8th, and will have its first direct "contact" with Shaling on the 10th.

On the evening of February 7, at the Nanchangling Pass, Kelan stood by the temporary camp and watched the sandstorm that had already spread to the clouds, she knew that countless enemies were also looking at her in the sandstorm, but she was not afraid, because the temporary camp was not covered by the sandstorm.

"It's a strange sandstorm," said one member of the guard, a former veteran of Milo's Squad, "and I don't see it blowing at all, but it's getting closer and closer every night." ”

"Well, it's weird." Kelan replied, his voice unfluctuating, his tone flat, "This dust seems to be controlled by magic, and it only expands, not moves. ”

"Magic? I heard that it was a special agent placed by the United Kingdom? The veteran asked curiously, and Kelan's answer was not quite the same as what he had heard.

"Not really, it can't be the United Kingdom." Kelan said solemnly, it seems that there is a shocking secret hidden behind this dust, "If I have to say, this is a complex magic, so complicated that no magician or battle mage from any country can perform this magic." ”

"Hug, sorry?" The veteran didn't seem to understand.

"This magic is a big hybrid...... It contains 'illusion' magic, a combination of 'puppet' magic, 'teleportation' magic, and possibly 'time control' magic. Among them, the two types of magic 'illusion' and 'teleportation' require at least three magicians to cast spells at the same time to complete, and such a large area of sand and dust requires at least four hundred magicians to cast 'illusions' at the same time to form; although the 'puppet' magic can be cast alone, the number in front of him is too large, and one person summons a sand spirit 'puppet', and the other party needs at least more than 1,000 people; as for the 'time' magic......"

Kelan wanted to continue, but suddenly noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and hurriedly looked at the veteran—only to see the veteran's dumbfounded expression to express to her, "What is this?" ".

"Ah, I'm sorry," Koran politely apologized, "it's so boring and hard to understand. ”

The veteran gasped hard, and it seemed that he had a great difficulty understanding this passage.

"Hmm......" Kelan thought for a moment, "then let's talk about the signature dish of Windswept Town, the paella." ”

"Poof—" The veteran was surprised, the topic was changing so quickly that he couldn't accept it for a while.

"You see," said Kolan, turning to the veteran again, "in the paella, rice is good rice, and someone is responsible for planting rice and harvesting it; Someone is responsible for transportation; Someone is responsible for cooking it...... Of course, I can't get the person who grows the rice to cook, and I can't let the person who transports it to grow it, why is that? ”

"Isn't this a clear division of labor?" The veteran finally understood.

"Hey, in fact, the fish, shrimp and crab dishes in the paella have also gone through the process of being salvaged, preserved, transported, and cooked, and there is a very clear division of labor between them. In other words, it takes at least a dozen people and more than ten processes to really make a good paella, and it is difficult for one person to complete it, right? ”

The veteran nodded.

"Now, this sandstorm and sand spirit are a 'seafood rice', someone is responsible for making sand and dust, someone is responsible for making sand and spirit, and someone is responsible for transporting sand spirit to the front line......"

"Oh oh oh!" The veteran seemed to have an epiphany and understood what Kelan meant.

"So, how many people do you think it will take to make this huge 'paella'?" Klan finally asked the final question.

"It takes a few hundred people to look at this stance, right? Thousands? ”

"Hey, thousands, yes."

The veteran's eyes widened, and then he sighed - because the total strength of Windrun Town was only a few hundred.

……

"But—strangely, if the other party is more than a thousand people, why hasn't it attracted any attention?" Kelan said, "There are thousands of people, which is enough for the scale of the open operation, why use the mysterious and strange trick of Sha Ling to hide in the shadows?" ”

The veteran shook his head - he couldn't give an opinion.

Kelan also took a deep breath, there were too many mysteries to face, she subconsciously took out the diamond-shaped wooden ornament, rubbed it, and thought to herself: May I find the solution to the mystery, my husband.

……

"(The librarian)," a guard soldier ran to Kolan, "and we're all done with the stalls. ”

"Hey, thank you very much, friends for your hard work. Please get ready to pack up and rest, we will start training and preparing tomorrow. ”

"Are we really going to take on Shaling here?" The guards looked a little nervous as they looked at the sand and dust in the distance.

"It's not an attack, it's a temptation, we have to see the details of Sha Ling." Kelan comforted the guards a little, but the conversation changed, "Besides, raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, the town guards will also have to go through some training." ”

Kelan glanced at the diamond-shaped wooden ornament again, and then reluctantly put it in his pocket.

"Ahh

"Look! Administrator, that's—"

- A terrifying enemy appeared before their eyes!