Chapter 117: Camp of the Wild Roses

After a year and a half, Chang Le finally returned to his hometown, Kassel, an important city in northern Xinjiang, with mixed feelings.

Born and raised here, he was a "pariah";

When he left the place to join the military academy, he was a "civilian Changsler";

Now that he has returned, he has become the legendary "Rogue Fury" again.

There is almost a fourth identity today, because Lilith has already talked to herself about him as a boyfriend, and has made up a businessman identity for him, intending to introduce him to his parents, and invite him to dinner at home, without asking him whether he agrees or not.

"I'm a robber, why do you say I'm a businessman?"

"Oh, don't talk nonsense! Think about what business you do, don't show your stuff in front of my dad, otherwise he won't promise me to be nice to you!"

"Holy! Who wants to be nice to you?"

Chang Le had enough of it, so after getting out of the car, he asked the coachman to go first, and he walked a few steps with Lilith. When the girl rushed up the steps and pushed the door to call her parents, and when she turned around to find someone, her "boyfriend" was nowhere to be found.

As for whether Lilith will be angry or crying next, Chang Le doesn't care, and really doesn't want to entangle with her anymore.

But this time, after all, he took care of his own losses and ruined his family's plan to go to Seisai to learn tailoring to make money, so the next stop Changle was to the Mario Chamber of Commerce, found the fat man Miles, and planned to borrow the fat man's hand to help Lilith's family.

It just so happened that he had a new idea, to set up a reserve camp north of Kassel City, south of the Devil's Forest, in case his Red Mountain camp in the southwest was involved in war, he could lead his subordinates to withdraw here and station.

The camp was nominally a "refugee camp", built by Miles for charitable reasons, and the place was rather desolate and not a fief of any nobles, so no one should interfere with it.

Once the war starts, there will be a lot of refugees fleeing from the west, and whether Changle himself will be stationed or not, this camp will be very useful, at least to do good deeds to contain the refugees, and he can recruit troops from them.

Lilith's father and daughter are responsible for the construction and management of the refugee camp, which can be regarded as giving them a job, and can also cultivate Lilith's sense of responsibility and let her learn to care for others.

Chang Le still had 1,000 gold coins in Miles, which were originally used for Alain's father's living expenses, but since the uncle had been pampered in the bandits' den, the money was changed to construction funds, which should be enough to build wooden houses, build fences, and dig trenches in the early stage.

When Miles saw Changle and his old friends reunited, he naturally smiled, and pulled him to the inner room to pour a famous wine to drink, and chatted about their recent situation, he knew very well that the "Heavenly Bandits" were Changle's people, and he was also full of gratitude to Changle for never robbing the Mario Chamber of Commerce.

But his white and chubby face, in addition to the smile, obviously had a lot more worries than before, and the reason is self-evident.

In fact, the whole city of Kassel is full of panic.

Despite the distance of the battlefield from Kassel and the fact that the inhabitants of the city were mostly merchants, artisans, and wealthy civilians, conscription was generally faced with the peasants, and they were rarely recruited, but the richer the man, the more afraid of war, in any era and region.

Chang Le smiled and took a sip of wine, turning the topic to the main point:

"Look at your sad face, are you worried that your altars and jars will be shattered when the war comes?"

"What rich man is not worried?" sighed the fat man, "the army is more ruthless than the robbers when it kills the enemy's land, and those nobles and nobles who are mobilized to participate in the war have to bring their own armor and weapons, and they have no military pay, so why should they fight bravely to kill the enemy?

Chang Le didn't care about the victory or defeat of the empire at all, in his words, it was called "about my birds", it can be seen that the fat man is so not optimistic, he is still full of curiosity:

"Do you think the empire can't win? Duke Stennis is said to have mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops!"

The fat man sighed:

"The number of people doesn't say anything, Marquis Philip's more than 200 soldiers were wiped out by your 100 bandits, or last month, right? The empire has not fought for twenty years, and there are few veterans left who can fight well. ”

Chang Le nodded, the expansion period of the Havilland Empire was like a cloud, but after a long period of peace, now Marshal Fontaine may be the last famous general, and he was relieved of his military post and returned to his hometown to farm.

And who are the current generals of the empire on the front line? The commander-in-chief is Duke Stennis, although he is also a famous general, he has never fought a serious battle, and his son Weber is a straw bag at all, and he is also a major general and division commander.

Those who know the truth may still have some expectations for the "Jiangmen Huzi", but anyone with a little vision can see that the prospects are not good.

Thinking of this, Chang Le suddenly laughed:

"I remember, you and Xu Si are relatives, so Xu Si bribed everywhere, let himself be assigned to take care of logistics, and resolutely refused to go to the battlefield. ”

"Yes, Xu Si's cousin is married to me, and that little guy is very smart. The fat man smiled, "He is full of praise for you, and said that if you were the commander of the Western Front, he would be much more optimistic about the situation of the war." ”

Chang Le shook his head vigorously:

"It's an exaggeration, I don't have much combat experience, and if I want to say that I am better than others, I am cautious enough and think about the problem more carefully. ”

At this point, he began to cut to the chase, and he laid out his plans and plans to build a new camp, including his true intentions, and did not hide them from Miles at all.

The more the fat man listened, the more surprised he became, he forgot to drink it while holding his wine glass, his eyes were round, and he stared straight at Chang Le.

When he finished speaking, the fat man put down his wine glass, with an expression of crying and laughing:

"What are you kidding?"

This reaction is quite strange, okay is okay, no is no good, it's a big deal to ask someone else to do it, why not talk about "just kidding"?

"Of course I'm not joking, this camp is very important, you can also move some of your belongings there, in case the war situation is critical, from that place through the Blade Corridor, you can go to the Permafrost Plateau, it is definitely a good place to take refuge!"

"The problem is, you already have one of these camps!"

"What?"

This time it was Chang Le's turn to be stunned, he did already have a camp, but it was located in the southwest of Sesnik City, not in the Devil's Forest, and the fat man's words were more like a joke.

Miles stared at Chang Le's expression for a moment, then suddenly laughed, decided not to explain, and got up directly:

"Let's go, I'll take you to see your camp!"

"Devil's Forest?"

"That's right!"

Going out and getting into the car, escorted by mercenaries, Chang Le was led by Miles, and it took him half a day to arrive at a hundred kilometers northwest of Kassel City.

The scenery is familiar, and this is the destination for Changle's first adventure last spring.

It's still a wilderness, sparsely populated and full of animals, and if nothing else, this is likely to continue for thousands of years.

In the distance, there is a green wall, the Devil's Forest, which stretches high into a sea of green, and in the background is the majestic Devil's Mountains, the top of which rises into the sky and is covered with snow that does not melt all year round.

But there's one thing that's very different from last year, and that's the addition of a camp!

Located about five kilometres from the forest, the camp is quite sizable and at first glance looks like a castle.

The defense is also very strong, with watchtowers, high walls, trenches, and repulsion horses, which are enough to resist large groups of demonic beasts or human armies.

"This ...... You say this is my camp?" Chang Le was stunned as soon as he jumped out of the carriage.

"Of course it's yours, it's been expanded a few times, and if you need it, you can expand it again!"

The fat man answered the question, but Chang Le still didn't understand, turned his face to look over, and saw Miles smiling, and even showed a little envy, but he didn't plan to continue to explain.

After continuing to walk for a while, he came to the gate of the camp, and Chang Le saw a signboard hanging high:

"Home of the Wild Rose Adventurer"

What the hell is this?

Chang Le looked at the signboard, and then looked at the fat man, and he was even more confused.

The fat man laughed:

"How did you become a boss? Didn't Amy tell you? She felt that the business of a weapons shop was too small, so she closed the shop and moved out of the city, and set up a camp here, and the business scope includes equipment sales, all kinds of food supplements, and the purchase and processing of adventure harvests, and one-stop service to the end!"

It turned out to be Amy's doing!

Chang Le hadn't sent Blue Moon to contact Amy for a long time, and he didn't know anything about the progress of the business here, but he didn't expect the pretty widow to make such a big deal!

After laughing, Miles shook his head and sighed, saying that he was entrusted by Changle to take care of Amy, but the other party didn't need guidance in business, and he was simply a genius.

"The god of gold coins is above, it's a pity that I got married early! Otherwise, marrying such a woman would have helped my business a lot!"

The fat man has turned from exclamation to lamentation.

Chang Le squinted at him as he stepped into the camp:

"Isn't it possible for a rich man to marry several? A poor person may not be able to afford to marry a single one, and a nobleman cannot marry more than one if he has a rule, so you businessmen have no one to take care of them. ”

"Haha, if you are willing, I will really marry!"

"What am I reluctant to do? She's not my woman. ”

Chang Le replied in a low voice, stopped talking about this topic, and began to visit the camp in earnest.

Amy set up camp without Miles interfering, but she obviously borrowed the advice of some military talent, the defensive arrangement and layout were very reasonable, the warehouse was built very strongly, and if she guessed correctly, there should be tunnels.

The function of the camp is for adventurers to visit the Devil's Forest, looking at the number and scale of the houses, it is enough to accommodate a few hundred people, if it is replaced by Chang Le's subordinates, a room can squeeze seven or eight, then it is not a problem to live two or three thousand people, it can be said that it is a small castle!

Here, food, clothing, shelter and transportation can be solved, weapons and equipment and supplies are available, and the harvest can be processed and sold immediately, without worrying about the expiration date.

Some mercenaries were scattered around, vigilantly watching the adventurers coming and going, and carefully maintaining order in the camp.

Obviously, when an adventurer arrives here, rents a wooden house, he can completely relax, earn money by selling his harvest, eat a meal and drink a few glasses, sleep beautifully, no longer have to worry about guarding against attacks, and after a day or two he has recuperated his spirits, buys equipment and supplies, and starts his next adventure.

If Changle was an adventurer himself, he would also like it here, so it is not surprising that the business is booming in front of him.

Amy did a great job!

When it really comes to wartime, send these adventurers away and garrison your own men and horses, and it is a perfect fortress.

"Where's Amy?" Chang Le couldn't help but ask, he was now eager to talk to the widow.

The fat man spread his hands:

"I'm not an adventurer, I rarely come over, and I'm not sure where Amy lives. But I know very well that Amy is in the camp most of the time, and even her two children have been brought over. ”

The two could only go to the purchase point and ask the staff:

"Where's your boss?"

"Our boss?" the man looked mysterious, "The boss is a great master, a master of space magic, he is not usually here, but he may come out with a 'whoosh' at any time, spatial teleportation technique, hehe......"

Chang Le was dumbfounded:

"Master of Space Magic?

"It's you!" After the fat man pulled him away, he smiled and explained softly, "Amy sold the space enchantment equipment, you made it, right? She described you as a mysterious master in the Western Continent, a master of space magic, so that it can be sold at a high price." ”

"This Amy! liar!"

Chang Le laughed, although he scolded the liar in his mouth, he appreciated Amy more and more in his heart.

However, when he came to the tavern, Chang Le's heart sank downward, because there were many beautiful girls in it, and the adventurers who drank were greasy and crooked, moving their hands and feet, and there was a burst of laughter from time to time.

His first thought was "Amy is back to her old business", but after sweeping his eyes, he found that Amy was not among them, and the girls on the scene were all younger and more beautiful than Amy, and their appearance and figure were no less than the luxurious Fengyue place in the imperial capital Haisen.

After being stunned for a while, Chang Le understood the truth, the adventurers who came here, after selling the harvest, it was the moment of making a windfall and being lonely for a long time, and it was easy to make a lot of money by drinking here, and of course Amy was easy to recruit the most beautiful girl.

On the other hand, even if they don't take a cut of the girls' income, their presence can better increase the popularity of the camp.

But in any case, Chang Le didn't like this kind of place and scene, so he immediately turned around and left with a straight face.

Finally, led by a mercenary, they came to a two-story wooden building with a unique shape, a balcony and a rain corridor.

The mercenaries were all hired by Amy, so she naturally took her as the boss, and respectfully went to the door to report, saying that there were two guests who were fat and thin and asked to see her.

In this "Wild Rose Adventurer's House", most of them are sturdy and strong, and fat people should be very rare, so Amy immediately guessed:

"Is that Mr. Mario?

Miles' full name is "Miles Mario", and the combination with "sir" should be the surname, so it is wrong to call him "Mr. Miles" in the past, and Amy's name is correct.

But Chang Le, as a pariah, has no surname at all, so he doesn't care about these particularities, and he doesn't plan to care about it in the future.

After Amy's shout, Chang Le waited for a long time, probably grooming, and finally "squeaked", the door opened, and a bright red-haired woman appeared in front of him.

Chang Le couldn't believe his eyes at first, Amy actually became beautiful, and even her waist became thinner!

But it's normal to think about it, Amy had just given birth to a child, and her nutrition was not good, so it was inevitable that her waist and face would be swollen, but she was also a beauty at that time, not to mention that now after recuperation and careful makeup!

And her front breasts are as large as ever, and once her waist is slender, her figure is full of temptation, enough to make people bleed. Now Chang Le has to revise his opinion just now, in fact, none of the girls in the tavern in front of him can compare to Amy.

Amy stared at Miles and smiled:

"Dead fatty, which wind blew you here? Please come in and sit in the living room, the sound is quiet, the baby is still sleeping upstairs." ”

Then she turned to Chang Le:

"This is ......"

Seeing that the other party didn't know him, Chang Le didn't know why, and felt sad for a while.

But Amy soon exclaimed "ah", raised her hand to cover her mouth, shook her body slightly, and supported the door frame with her other hand:

"Is it really you?

Chang Le smiled: "Who do you want to ask?"

"Chang Sler!" Amy's eyes faintly flashed with a crystal light, "You promised to come often, and as a result, I waited for two years!"

"How can there be two years?

"Yes!" Amy pouted like a girl, "Come in, this camp is yours, and the house is yours, you're welcome!"