As the snow began to clear, the temperature in the city of Highlandsa plummeted.

The staff of the firm moved a basket of sulphur ore back to the warehouse.

The manager of the White Elephant Trading House kept rubbing his hands that were about to freeze, and pulled the cloak on his body tighter, such a big snowfall, the match workshop in Highlandsa City will be busy for a while, and the price of the sulfur mine may be crazy during this time, he looked at Surdak with a smile, and handed a money bag to Surdak.

Charlie didn't expect a cart of sulfur ore to be exchanged for a heavy bag of gold coins, and sighed in his heart that if he divided the money, he would have to buy that share.

The two drove the carriage away from the White Elephant Trading House, Surdak threw the money bag into Charley's arms, Charlie hurriedly caught the money bag, he took the bag of coins and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't think about where to hide it to be safe enough.

"Duck, can I put this pocket of money in your pocket?" Charlie was a little at a loss, threw the money bag back and said, "I'm afraid I'll lose the money bag." ”

Surdak then took the money bag and said, "Then I will help you keep it for a while, and before you leave the city of Hylandsa, the money bag can be kept with me." ”

The streets are covered with snow, and many civilians are clearing the snow.

But there was only one road cleared out of the street, which was not too wide, barely enough to accommodate a horse-drawn carriage.

If two carriages are moving in the opposite direction, one of them is destined to stop for a while to avoid it, and after walking for a long time before returning to the hotel next to the square garden, Surdak patted his forehead and said to Charlie: "I think it is better for you to stay here for a few more days, and after a few days, the mountain road will be passable in Huiwo Village." ”

Charlie looked embarrassed and said with some reluctance: "I didn't expect such a big snowfall, it can only be like this for the time being." Duck, I don't want to live here, the chariot shop only needs thirty copper plates a night, and here it costs two silver hammers a night, it's too expensive here! ”

Surdak asked with a surprised face, "What about your carriage?" ”

"I can take care of this horse and the wagon, and I'm fine, I'm sure I can take care of this wagon!" Charlie said to Surdak.

Surdak frowned, although he had not slept in the chariot shop, but it sounded like the environment would not be too good, Surdak hesitated for a moment, and then said to Charley: "Although this hotel is a little expensive, but the environment is not bad, and there is a free breakfast, let's stay here for the time being, I have already paid for the hotel, by the way, if you feel a little uncomfortable, maybe I can find you a temporary job, which can offset some of your expenses." ”

Charley's eyes lit up when he heard that Surdak could help him find a temporary job, and he said excitedly, "Work? Well, although I don't know any handicrafts, I still have a lot of strength, so it's better to stay in the city and find a job! ”

Hearing that he could work, Charlie's face became a little lighter.

Surdak looked at the time, guessing that Carl should be sitting in the tavern for a drink at this time, so he asked Charlie to park the carriage in the backyard of the inn, and then took Charlie to the tavern where Carl frequented, the tavern was a little dimly lit, and the hall was filled with the bitter smell of ale, and sure enough, Carl was sitting at the front of the bar, chatting with the tavern lady without saying a word.

Seeing Surdak, the tavern lady nodded to him and turned to serve the other drinkers.

Despite the cold and snowy outside, the wine girls in the tavern wore thin short skirts and held a tray full of wine sellers, shuttling back and forth in the crowd, and Charlie was so red that he was so restrained that he didn't even dare to glance at the wine girl.

Karl turned around and saw Surdak walking over with a young man, holding a wine glass and smiling and asking him, "Why are you here?" I would also like to send you a letter to ask you to take the time to go to the guard barracks. ”

Surdak sat down on a barstool in front of Carl, put his hand on Charley's shoulder, and introduced Carl, "This is Charlie, my friend, from Wall Village. ”

Surdak then introduced Charley, "This is Baron Karl, my friend in the city of Highlandsa, and I guess he can help us." ”

Karl only nodded slightly to Charley, and then asked Surdak with a curious expression, "Say, what do you need me to do?" ”

Surdak said, "I need you to help Charlie find a temporary job. He also told him about Charley's carriage coming to the city of Highlandsa and being trapped in heavy snow, and after hearing this, Carl looked at Charlie and asked, "You have a wagon with goods?" ”

"Yes! Lord Baron Karl. Charlie said stiffly.

On the other side is a nobleman, he usually has almost no chance to talk to the nobleman, and now when he speaks, his voice is also slightly trembling, Charlie doesn't know how Surdak did it, and talking to Baron Karl is so easy and casual.

Karl waved his hand indifferently and said, "That's easy!" Now the city snow removal team gathers a large number of snow clearers, if a single person to pay that little money is not interesting, there is only one silver coin per person per day, but you have a carriage that can pull snow, and the daily work is relatively easy, that is, to transport snow outside the city, in addition to the salary of one silver coin, there is about three silver coins a day for carriages and horses. ”

"Baron Karl, I'm willing to do this temporary job!" Charlie didn't expect to get four silver coins in one day, and immediately excitedly agreed.

Karl put down his glass and tapped his head again, as if remembering something, and said to Charlie: "I'm afraid it won't be too long, and once the snow in the city clears up, I'm afraid you'll be unemployed again." ”

Charlie didn't worry much about this, and he said happily: "It's okay, the road to Wall Village will probably be opened by then!" ”

Carl saw that Charlie seemed very clever, so he simply put down the wine glass, stood up and said: "Then let's go to Jasper now, now he has been transferred to the city logistics department, and now it seems that he is in charge of managing the city's snow clearing mess." ”

Surdak didn't expect Carl's rival Jasper to be in charge of the mess, but it seemed that Carl didn't care at all.

"By the way, you said you wanted me to go back to the guard camp, what's the matter?" Surdak asked, following behind Karl.

Carl said as he walked: "The matter of the Ice Lake incident is over, the guard battalion is also in time to drink a sip of soup this time, the city hall has approved the expansion of the guard battalion support squadron, and two more support teams will be established, I recommended you to Captain Sauron, it is possible that Captain Sauron will let you be the sheriff outside the Paglos Mountain Pass, and the level is still the squad leader in the guard battalion." ”

The three of them walked out of the tavern, and Surdak asked Karl, "Do you know that I am going back to Vol Village after I get my diploma from the Knight Academy?" ”

Karl walked out of the tavern, tugged at his collar in the cold wind, then hopped into a carriage on the side of the road and said, "You've behaved so obviously, I should have guessed how slow I was." ”

Speaking of which, Carl and Jasper were both born in a high-ranking family of Highlandsa, they are natives of a high-ranking family, their family conditions are similar, and their abilities are similar, and they joined the guard battalion in the same year, in fact, there are not many promotion opportunities in the guard battalion.

Highlandsa City is not a battlefield, the death rate of the guard battalion is not high, and the high-level people are well protected, if you want to be promoted, you have to rely on the boss who is pressing on the top of your head to promote or retreat, the squadron leader in the support squadron is old, and finally there is such a promotion opportunity, of course Carl and Jasper are unwilling to give up, so Captain Sauron will give the two of them an exam question, whoever does a good job is the squadron leader of the support squadron.

Carl relied on Surdak's merit to succeed in ascending to the position, which also meant that Jasper had no chance in the support squadron, and the big men in the family stepped in and transferred him out of the guard battalion. Now he is a staff member of the logistics department of the city hall, and he has family resources, and it is estimated that it will not be long before he can get out.

Carl brought Surdak to the door, and Jasper, although a little surprised, was very enthusiastic, although he and Carl were rivals at the beginning, but now the times have changed, and many friends in Highlandsa are far more prosperous than many enemies.

"That's no problem, we're going to clear the snow overnight, your name is Charley? You can start work at any time! Jasper said with a smile as he sat behind his desk.

He didn't go to the scene to supervise in person, so he called his assistant and asked him to arrange Charlie down.

Carl thanked Jasper and left the town hall with Surdak.

The square in front of the town hall was now piled up with a castle made of remnant snow, which continued to be transported from the streets to this side, and the heavy snow had seriously affected the traffic in the city of Highlandza, and the guard camp was only a few hundred meters away from the town hall.

The two walked to the guard barracks, and a group of guard camp knights walked up to them, and when they saw Karl and Surdak, they all took the initiative to wave hello. Surdak didn't recognize all of the Guards Battalion knights by name for the time being, but it seemed that they had quickly accepted Surdak's new colleague with extraordinary strength.

Walking into the courtyard of the guard barracks, I saw several female colleagues of Ms. Gwendoline holding on to the fence at the door, watching the servants sweep the snow in the yard, and instructing them to build a big snowman in the yard.

"Hey, Miss Gwendolin, wait a minute!" Surdak shouted before he spoke.

"I can't hear, I can't hear what you say! Don't look for me! Miss Gwendoline walked briskly to the basement arsenal.

Surdak hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, Gwendolin looked at Surdak and took out the dwarven chain shield from his backpack with a smile, there were two scratches on it that looked so shocking, and he frowned and complained: "I know that every time I see you, there is nothing to worry about, why didn't I see that you were a big trouble in the first place!" ”

Although Miss Gwendoline said this, she readily agreed to help with the repair.

Surdak and Karl then came to Captain Thor's office, Captain Thor saw Karl and Surdak knocking on the door and walking in, and asked the two of them to sit down very casually, and asked the assistant to bring two cups of lemon tea, and asked Surdak with a smile: "Karl told you about the expansion?" ”

"Yes, Captain!" Surdak replied.

Captain Thor nodded and said, "Okay, I won't repeat it, the support squadron wants to add two more sheriffs in the mountains south of the Red Pine Forest and in the barren land outside the Paglos Mountain Pass, the level is equivalent to the squad leader of the support regiment, because it belongs to the remote area of Hailanza City, the manpower can be recruited locally, and the guard battalion provides basic weapons and equipment, establishment and salary, and can recruit six members." ”

With that, Captain Thor pushed a letter of appointment in front of Surdak, whose name was still blank for the time being.

Captain Sauron continued: "Karl has recommended to me that you go to the barren land beyond Mount Paglos and serve as the sheriff there, if you wish, I will sign the letter of appointment now, and then go to the Minister of Personnel, Ms. Lovera, to register, the appointment will take effect immediately, and the appointment can be delayed until next spring." ”

Surdak immediately sat up straight and said to Captain Sauron, "I am willing to be the sheriff outside the mountain pass, captain. ”