676. Arrival
After Surdak entered the city, he did not stay in a hotel, but took people directly to the airport dock in the city of Hailanza.
At dusk, the afterglow of the setting sun shines through the two towers on the airport, leaving two huge shadows on the ground.
There happened to be a magic airship slowly sailing into the airport, and there were two magic airships hovering on the tower platform in the airport, at this time, the magic patterns of the floating device on one of the magic airships were all lit up, and a team of coolies carried wooden boxes and burlap bags of goods, along the front row of the magic airship, and walked into the airship in an orderly manner.
The towers of the airport terminal are brightly lit, and four-wheeled trucks are waiting under the airport terminal, rapidly unloading their cargo.
The dock was full of people and very noisy.
A group of crew members are walking out of the airport with their shoulders hooked, apparently wanting to have a drink in the taverns of Highlandsa City, and maybe to talk about life with a street girl.
Surdak rode into the airport on horseback, and when he saw the badge on Surdak's chest, the airport staff who originally wanted to step forward to stop him quickly stopped and cast a flattering look.
Walking directly to the ticket gate of the airport terminal, Surdak jumped off the horse, and at this time basically no one bought a ticket, and a female airport clerk dozed off on a chair at the ticket gate, her head on the table, almost buried between her arms.
Surdak stood in front of the wooden platform and tapped his fingers on the plank.
'Tuk Tuk'
The female clerk at the airport dock woke up in shock, raised her eyes and saw Surdak staring at her with a smile, quickly sat up straight, quickly wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth, and glanced at Surdak a little embarrassed, she first fell on Surdak's noble badge.
"Where do you want to go, Lord Baron, I can help you see the schedule."
Seeing that Surdak was a nobleman, the female clerk had a very good attitude, sat up straight, tied her loose hair back at the back of her head, and stood up and said to Surdak.
"Bednar City." Surdak replied.
The female clerk looked at the schedule intently and said:
"Well, there happens to be an airship moored on the tower pier, but the supplies haven't been gathered yet, and it will probably stay for about three or four days, and the magic airship between Highlanza City and Bena City has been coming and going very frequently recently, even if you can't catch up with the voyage of this magic airship, this magic airship that has just docked in port is also taking the route between Highlandsa City and Bena City."
After speaking, she took out the different tickets for the magic airships from the ticket holder, and was about to ask Surdak which time period to buy, when she saw Surdak take out a paper order from his arms, pushed it in front of the female staff, and said calmly: "I need the airport dock to help me clear out two magic airships, I will set sail to Bena City before dusk tomorrow, this is a conscription order." ”
The female clerk looked at the requisition order with a surprised expression, and hurriedly asked Surdak, "Ah, do you need to requisition two magic airships?" ”
"That's right!" Surdak nodded.
"I'm going to call the supervisor, and I'll handle it for you right away!" The female clerk hurriedly picked up the requisition order, walked quickly to the ticket sales desk, and did not forget to ask Surdak: "Has a plane war also broken out in Bena Province?" ”
"On official duty, no advice!" Surdak refused to answer the female clerk's question.
Surdak waited only a short time before he saw a female clerk walking briskly with a supervisor of the airport terminal.
The supervisor, who was in his middle age, looked Surdak up and down, and carefully examined his noble insignia, and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with Surdak's nobility and requisition, and then said:
"Lord Baron, we will arrange two magic airships for you soon, and you can meet the boarding conditions before dusk tomorrow, do you have any special advice?" Water, food and other ......"
Surdak thought for a moment and said, "Prepare water and food for five hundred people during the voyage, as well as some forage and drinking water for feeding the war horses, and about seven hundred and fifty war horses. ”
"Okay, that's probably going to be ready for you tomorrow." The airport director said tentatively.
He was afraid that Surdak would ask a few magic airships at the airport dock to set sail, and that would be the worst.
It's so late, and it's impossible to even get together the crew of the magic airship.
Surdak was not in such a hurry, and nodded in agreement.
When the airport terminal supervisor took Surdak to go through the formalities, he almost had a green light, and it took almost no effort to set the boarding time on the airport terminal.
Although the director of the airport terminal was very curious about which plane Surdak would go to, he finally couldn't help but ask.
He returned the requisition order to Surdak, guaranteeing that the two magic airships would set sail tomorrow afternoon as scheduled.
Surdak then left the airport terminal.
Of course, he didn't know that just because of this requisition order, the airport wharf was a . The night is full of chickens and dogs, and the two captains of the magic airship have to recruit those crew members overnight.
This kind of conscription is very common in Bena Province, and according to the laws of war promulgated by the Green Empire, whether it is an airport dock or a magic airship, it must fully cooperate with the army dispatch, for the magic airship, although this kind of military control flight does not make much money, but the benefits are also a lot, at least part of the tax can be exempted, and you can also apply to the best commercial route in Bena Province with the conscription order.
At present, no magic airship in the Grimm Empire dares to openly refuse the requisition order, unless the magic airship itself has a great hidden danger of failure and has to enter the shipyard immediately for maintenance, otherwise once it is investigated by the military intelligence department and is only delayed for an excuse, the ensuing punishment will definitely be much greater than the price paid for temporary conscription.
By the time we left the airport terminal, it was already completely dark.
At this time, it was too late to apply for permission to enter the city at the town hall and guard barracks in Highlandza, so Surdak chose to stay at the Garden Square Hotel.
Carl was waiting in the lobby of the hotel, and when he saw Surdak pushing the door and walking in, Carl stopped chatting with the innkeeper Cohen and went directly to Surdak.
"Carl, why are you here?"
Surdak walked into the hotel with Samira, Selena, Viru, and Charlie, and saw Karl coming out.
Carl knew the half-elf archer Samira, and had only met Selena and Charlie and Viru a few times, and his eyes stayed on Viru for a moment, and Viru was almost covered with bandages, and he could only see his pupils like an abyssal pool, and then withdrew his gaze.
Not sure what kind of strength Viru really was, Karl asked Surdak:
"Didn't I hear that there is a cavalry battalion stationed outside the city, not only the city defense guard side has raised the alert level, but even the guard battalion has also taken action, and when I saw Andrew, I knew that you actually formed a cavalry battalion without a sound, so you got the requisition order?"
A few people sat down in the rest area of the hotel hall, the proprietress Mrs. Cohen brought black tea, and when she saw the delicate Selena, she couldn't help but glance at it a few more times, and the smile on her face couldn't help but have a touch of sourness.
Surdak said to Karl, "Well, I received a requisition order from Bena City when I came back from the desert, and I was thinking of submitting my application to the guard camp tomorrow morning to enter the city. ”
Although Carl had known about this for a long time, but seeing that Surdak had really built a cavalry battalion, Karl was naturally very envious, and said: "Tsk, this time it is completely tied to the chariot of the Marquis of Luthor, with this cavalry battalion, it is clear that you want to earn merits, maybe when you come back, you will be a viscount." ”
"Why don't you come with me?" Surdak put his hand on Karl's shoulder and asked him with a smile.
"Forget it, it's still a comfortable life in Highlandsa City, I don't want to go anywhere for the time being!" Karl said somewhat lazily.
Surdak also knew that Karl would say this, so he said: "You came here, just to save me from looking for you, I brought Charlie here this time, I also want to ask you to communicate privately, this year I am going to let Charlie take the construction team out of Wall Village, and if you receive some projects here in Highlandsa City, you usually have to take care of the construction team." ”
"That's fine." Karl readily agreed. "I'm also very familiar with Charlie, just come to me if you're in trouble."
……
The next morning, Surdak received permission from the city hall to enter the city and immediately left the city.
Before noon, he led the cavalry battalion into the city of Highlandza.
Five hundred cavalry lined up in a long line on the central street, and many of the cavalry battalion recruits had never even been to Highlanda, and when they saw the shops on both sides of the bustling street, their intelligence almost plummeted, and they looked around like goose-headed geese.
However, the various squads in the cavalry battalion were interspersed with veterans, and with the reminders of the veterans and timely remediation, there was finally no chaos in the city.
The inhabitants of the city of Highlanza were very curious about the ogre, and a group of half-grown children chased after the cavalry battalion, following them for three streets in a row, just to take a few more glances at the ogre.
Some of the residents felt that there might be another plane war, so they couldn't help but ask all the way.
The cavalry battalion of Surdak was like a pebble, only a small splash in the large pond of the city of Highlandza.
More than 700 war horses swaggered through the market, and onlookers crowded the central street.
However, the chaotic scene did not last long, Surdak led the cavalry battalion to the side of the airport dock, where two magic airships had been moored on the tower platform, and the cavalry led the war horses along the spiral steps of the tower to the platform, and the war horses were led by the veterans into the stables that had been temporarily converted into the bottom warehouse.
The boarding process was also unusually smooth, and the sun had not yet set when the magic airship took off.
Surdak stood on the bow deck with Viru and Andri, a mountain town with a very elaborate layout, bathed in the golden light of the setting sun, and the roof tiles were like golden scales.
At this time of year in late winter and early spring, the cold wind in the sky is biting, and just standing on the deck for a while will make people feel cold, and after a while they will freeze hard.
Surdak didn't dare to stand on the deck for too long, pushed the door and walked into the room, and suddenly the heat hit his face.
I saw Signa sitting by the window, looking down at the city of Hylanza in the sunset, and her big clear eyes were full of infinite wonder.
This time, Selena followed Surdak to the White Forest Plane, but she couldn't come back in a few months, and Selena naturally couldn't leave Signa at home alone, so she took her on the road together, and along the way, no one found that Selena was hiding a little girl under her long skirt.
"Uncle Dark, is this the city of Hylanza?" She asked Surdak with a wink of her big dark eyes.
"That's right, this is Hylanza!" Surdak stood beside Signa and stroked her hair with his hand.
"Where are we going?" Signa put on a well-behaved look.
"Go to Bena City, then go through the portal from Bena City to the White Forest Plane." Surdak patiently explained.
"It's good that you didn't leave me behind this time!"
Signa gave Surdak a sweet smile, and then happily climbed onto the second bed in the cabin, and slipped into the bed, her long eyelashes still trembling slightly when she closed her eyes.
The magic airship arrived in Pena City on the morning of March 12.
The airport dock outside Bena City is dozens of times more prosperous than the airport dock of Hylanza City, and there are rows of magic airships waiting to land in the sky outside the dock......
Even from high in the sky, you can't see the whole picture of Bednar City.
Outside the city, there were a series of slums, and some shacks where wanderers lived, and it had just rained lightly, and the fields were already a faint green glow, and the smell of spring spread over the city of Bena, but the chill in the air did not seem to have diminished much.
Veterans and recruits of the cavalry battalion all huddled on the deck, pointing at the bustling city of Bena.
Some bosses told the recruits that Bednar City was full of gold......
There are also veterans who say that as long as there is money and power, this is like a paradise where the High Council is located, but for the poor, it is like hell, far less comfortable than living in the city of Highland......