Chapter Eighty-Three: New Land

Father received an invitation, and Legion Chief of Staff Sdelander invited 'old friends' to a small gathering. ()

My father remembered how Sdeland had pulled out miraculous victories on the Garmic Plains: hundreds of soldiers had survived under his leadership. Although in the end, it was the power of the Rhodoks that deterred the Salanders, but if it wasn't for Sderant's desperate battle, it wouldn't have prompted the Rhodoks to make up their minds.

People will help themselves, and God will help them.

After the separation of Garmic, his father never saw Stellant again. Later, after his father's accident, he finally got married, and when the wedding began, Stellant was on official business, and he sent a few snowflake cloths as a wedding gift.

After the wedding, his father left his post automatically, and by the time his father re-entered the military world, Stellant was already on the road to a smooth career. Now that I think about it, at the time of Jamich Harbor, my father was the commander of a full ship of soldiers, and at that time Striant was the leader of a remnant army, and now, Stellant is his father's boss.

After seeing the chief of staff, my father stood up straight at the door and gave a military salute.

Stellant nodded and beckoned his father in. My father found some officers of the Eastern Army in the tent, and these people looked very happy with their faces.

"Arcadio, you're here," said Stellant, smiling, "I just told the lads about how you brought the Rhodoks to help us. Everybody's curious about you. ”

His father was a little embarrassed, Rhodok's military experience had aroused other people's ideas in the army of Frost Castle, and Emperor Frederick had personally inquired about his father's naval career. He had great respect for his father-in-law, General Garcia, --- Emperor Frederick said that he had often heard about the brave Garcia of the South when he was a child.

Now in order to fight Haraus, Frost Castle is trying its best to maintain friendly relations with Rhodok, so no one will say much about the fact that his father was once a soldier of Rhodok. Having said that, my father was able to feel a constant sense of attention, and that feeling made him feel like an outlier.

Several of the younger officers nodded to their father, and the lower-ranking officers were already on their feet.

The father found his place and sat down at a small table, and a young soldier came up and put down a wine glass in front of his father, filling it with clear and transparent Vecchia wine.

"Thank you very much for the invitation," said my father, holding his glass and toasting everyone, "Long live the emperor and long live the victory"

The officers all raised their glasses and shouted their greetings.

Stellant took out a small page of paper and asked his father, "I heard that you did not apply for the division of the land. Why is that? Don't you like these lands? I've heard that the land that is going to be allocated to your third regiment is a river flat, where the yield of one acre of land is more than twice that of other land, so why not? ”

"Your Excellency," said the father, looking at Stellant, "because the family has already possessed the land granted by the Empire, in the province of Suno. So I don't need more estates now, I don't have enough energy to manage them, I might as well leave them to someone else. When the emperor returns to Paravon, I will return to my hometown. I think that at that time I will apply for some fiefs from His Majesty as a reward, and I will leave the army to run the manor. ”

"Oh, that's what you think." Durant said tepidly.

Several officers bowed their heads and talked to each other.

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Stellant smiled, "You don't have to be Your Excellency. The Eastern Army has been defeated, and we have all rebuilt it together, so why make it so clear. Just call me Mr. Stellant. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Several of the officers around laughed at his father's restraint, and Stellant coughed and cleared his throat. Then, the laughter died out in a tacit silence.

The atmosphere became oppressive, and Stellant spoke, "You know, there are many young officers who don't accept the land now. I have the impression that there is that Wright of Parabun, who is the highest official in office. ”

"This," my father didn't know why Sdelant asked, "I don't know." ”

"Yes. And I can tell you that these officers are the sons of nobles. It's easy to associate with others. ”

"Lenovo?"

"Yes. Yes, Lenovo. Did you know that there was news recently that made His Majesty Frederick a little unhappy. ”

"What?"

"The news came that in the occupied area of Haraus, the noble houses that had participated in His Majesty Fiderick were closely watched. Some say that the reason why the children of the nobility did not accept the land was because they feared persecution of their families, so they hinted to Haraus that they were actually forced to join Fidelelli. Our soldiers even searched for letters on messengers disguised as farmers, many of which contained explanations given to Haraus by the young officer. ”

"Letters? Your Excellency, I have not written any letters. ”

"Well, yes, yes. No correspondence has been found from you at this time. ”

"What does that mean?" My father was a little upset, and he sensed that there was some ill-intentioned intention in this invitation. The father did not think about these things that the father had ever thought about at all, and he had not considered this method by refusing the fief to protect his family.

"Don't be in a hurry, young Arcadio. I know what you're thinking, and I believe in you. If I didn't believe you, I wouldn't have come to you. ”

"Come to me, and then suggest that I might have two ambitions for His Majesty Fiderick?"

Stellant didn't show an annoyed expression, "Well, now that you're talking about this, I don't need to go around in circles anymore, I'm not used to that. To be honest, Arcadio, I'm annoyed by this too. But a bunch of people said such things around His Majesty Fiderick, and now His Majesty Fiderick was angry, and those who did not receive the fiefdom made His Majesty Frederick feel very uneasy. You should think about it from Your Majesty's point of view, and then it will be easier to understand. Soon someone will find you, and I advise you to accept a piece of land. Then there will be no trouble, and today I see that no one else knows about you, and the people here are people you can trust. ”

His father was silent, and he did not admit that there was any stain on Fidel's loyalty. But in the current situation, he obviously can't help but defend himself. Uncle Bianwen once told his father a story that if the bandits robbed the goods, they would usually divide them equally, and if anyone did not take them, they would arouse suspicion, because such people seemed to be outside the group, not all the way.

My father felt quite uncomfortable with this suspicion.

After discovering that the atmosphere had become awkward, Striant changed the subject, and the officers around him began to ask about his father's past and plans for the future. The conversation did not last long when a soldier came in and said that dinner was ready.

A group of people ate crispy suckling pig, sugar pastry, pigeon soup and other flavors, and Sdeland explained that these were all foods from his hometown, and if everyone liked them, his chef could make a little more for everyone to take home.

My father didn't eat much, but he drank a lot of wine. After the wine and dinner, my father took his leave.

Sdelant didn't hold back, but said, "Arcadio, what I'm saying to you today is entirely out of concern and even respect for you. I believe in your character, so I don't want you to be pinched because of formality. Of course, if you have your own plans, you can completely ignore our conversation today. I will support you as always, good luck, young man. ”

Several officers around him raised their glasses to their father and said goodbye to him.

My father walked in the direction of the station at night, surrounded by campfires.

A number of cacophony came from a newly built barracks of recruits who had recently been added to the army. Many of them were highlanders, and the young peasants, as soon as they heard of the prince's conditions for recruitment, left their farm work and went to the country. Military training has not yet officially begun, and the concept of discipline has not yet penetrated into the minds of those recruits. The officers were also silently observing those people in the shadows, hoping to find out the best among them before the official start of training.

This cheerful atmosphere was the mainstream in the barracks, but my father felt a sense of worry and depression. I don't know why, maybe Stellant is right, maybe he doesn't accept the field subconsciously to protect his family, although he has found excuses such as inability to manage and courtesy.

Dimitri had already acquired a farm during the attack on Frost Castle, and this time Dimitri justifiably gave up his new fiefdom, which he exchanged for a few tenant farmers and a large number of tools and livestock. My father didn't have that opportunity, he didn't have a fief of his own.

Although he had a premonition that this would cause trouble for his family who were far away in Suno, his father did not want to be regarded as a traitor, and this thought also disgusted his father. And, more importantly, His Majesty Fiderick had shown himself to be an enlightened emperor by supporting the pioneers. My father hoped that his long-held dream could be fulfilled by the hands of His Majesty Fidre.

Maybe one day, all kinds of misunderstandings and doubts will pass, and a new world will arrive.

At that time, all people will live freely and equally in the same country, and there may be differences at first, but through the education and enlightenment of generations, one day, people in the world will become the same as in the time of Zenda, and the brilliance of reason and science will illuminate the world. There will no longer be so much brutality and oppression, there will be no life-and-death struggle between nations, there will no longer be love that is broken because of high status, and there will be no more war tragedies due to ethnic discrimination.

This day will come, people will sing and dance, the earth will be full of flowers, at that time will be full of flowers, people will be like a family.

The father thought about these bright things in the night, then sighed, and turned to the official who was in charge of the distribution of the spoils.

It was a small piece of land by the river, seven acres and twelve acres, with a small mansion on it, a side house of the lord's family. There is a stable, a mill, a threshing floor and an apple orchard. In the house there were four servants who had volunteered to stay, nine horses, sixteen oxen, eight donkeys, and more than a hundred sheep. Originally, there were more than 20 tenant farmers on it, but they all left the land after receiving permission. The remaining four servants were all people who had nowhere to go, an elderly couple and one of their daughters and sons.

In order for my father to take over and run the estate, he had to spend a lot of money to recruit farmers.

Walking to the official's tent, the father said that he was ready to accept the fief, the official stared at the father, smiled and thought about it, and then took out a document and asked the father to sign and paint.

It was when I was about nine years old, when a group of Suno officials suddenly came to my house.

They were shouting inside the White Dove Castle.

Then I saw a man enter the Valley of the White Pigeon, and set aside a large area of land on the edge of the stream, and put a fence to prevent us from going there. A large amount of land has been taken away from the valley.

People say that when my father got a piece of land from the emperor in the east, the emperor in the west would take two pieces from my house.

It is said that the father will be a man destined to ruin the valley.