Chapter 5 Eighteenth Birthday Wishes
Imperial Imperial Gardens.
At the top of a tall tower, Princess Liliai, dressed in a white palace dress, had been here for an afternoon. Leaning against the iron railing, I looked at the distant sky with a lot of heart.
There, under the blue sky, the majestic mountains are rolling and undulating.
Today, I went to Marshal Lin Tian's grave, but unfortunately I still didn't wait for the person I had been thinking about for three years. The young princess also knew that she was unlikely to see him again in her life.
But three years have passed, why do I still feel a heartache in my heart when I think of him.
Brother Lin He, it's been three years, and you're there! The day after tomorrow is my eighteenth birthday, and you really don't plan to come back.
Standing at the top of the tower, the breeze blowing through the soft hair, closing his eyes, he silently made his eighteenth birthday wish: Brother Lin He, you have to be happy every day.
A few tears slipped from the long eyelashes and drifted in the evening breeze. In the distance, a handsome young man walked towards the tower with a large bouquet of flowers.
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Three days.
In addition to the necessary rest, Lin He even eats on horseback. Along the way, in the mercenary unions of the cities along the way, five batches of war horses were replaced.
Finally, on the afternoon of the seventh day after leaving the mercenary group, one person and one rider stopped at the gate of the Jin Jinhua mercenary group.
After receiving the news, the deputy head of the regiment who stayed behind, Love, hurriedly rushed over. As soon as I walked out of the gate, I saw Lin He, who was standing there alone and looking at himself.
The first time he saw his regimental commander, Love had a special feeling. The person is still the same person as before, but his temperament has changed dramatically.
Deep, that terrible deep.
Look at it like this, this bastard is out of love.
The trip to the imperial capital had the worst result, and it took only nine days for half a month to run back alone in despair. In addition to falling out of love, there should be no second result.
The head of the regiment was kicked by Princess Lili Ai? In just a few seconds, Deputy Head Love, who has countless love experiences, has threaded all the details into a complete story chain.
Walking closer, feeling the gaze of his leader, Love struggled to squeeze out an ugly smile. Rubbing hands together, he stood there not knowing what to say.
"I'm back!" The calm tone exudes exhaustion.
"Hmm!"
"I'm out of love!"
"Hmm!"
Handing the reins to the soldiers who came over, Lin He looked at the smirking Deputy Regiment Commander Love with idiot eyes. Then he simply shook his head in disgust, and walked around Love and straight to his room.
"Have a drink with me in the evening!" After throwing down a sentence from afar, he locked himself in the room.
"No problem, Captain!" Deputy Head Love, who came back to his senses, almost responded to the invitation of the head of the regiment in a roaring tone.
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"That's the way it is, now you can laugh at me!" Lin He, who changed his clothes and took a bath, was obviously in a much better spirit.
Leaning against the wall of the noisy tavern, holding the back of his head with both hands, he looked defiantly at Deputy Head Love, who was sitting opposite.
"That, judging by the dozens of relationships I've talked about in my life! I admire you. Really, Captain!" Love, who was holding a wine glass, motioned for Lin He to drink one together.
Straightened up and leaned over and touched the glass gently, Lin He looked at the deputy head of the regiment who had taken a big sip of wine with his wine glass, obviously waiting for the second half of the sentence of this love old-timer.
"After seeing the person I love find happiness, I can't choose to leave silently!" Love took a break and gave his regimental commander a thumbs up.
A bitter smile accompanied by the mellow wine was drunk into the stomach by Lin He.
"Maybe!" Lin He tried his best to get the girl's figure out of his mind.
"How is the matter I told you before I left going these days?"
"Deputy Head Cohen has been soaking in the mercenary union for the past two days, and the first batch of material procurement lists has been implemented, and the other party promised that we can pay one-third of the payment in advance, and offset it in kind such as food and cloth."
"This guy usually underestimates him, but this time he did a good job!"
"Over there in the 100,000 Mountain, Rose and Legolas have been walking for six or seven days, and there should be news back to the camp by this time."
After years of cooperation, these brothers have become familiar with the operation mode of the group leader, and the things that use their brains can never be considered, and they can't consider the head of the regiment leader.
Tomorrow morning, I still need to rush to the Sunset Grand Canyon, and after drinking the last sip of wine in the cup, Lin He stood up and took Deputy Head Love, and the two of them left the tavern together.
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Outside the southern gate of Fallen Leaf City, the morning fog has not completely dissipated.
From the street behind the city gate, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and it seemed that there were quite a few people coming.
The squad leader, who had just completed the change of guard, hurriedly commanded his subordinates, holding long bayonets to block the crowd waiting to leave the city on both sides of the road.
As the sound of horses' hooves got closer and closer, a mercenary flag embroidered with golden violets on a blue background appeared on the street, and behind the flag was a cavalry team of dozens of people.
The captain of the city defense team who led the team at the city gate had already recognized the two people walking in front of the team. One is Lin He, the leader of the mercenary group, and next to him is Lord Love, who is the most familiar among the deputy commanders.
Seeing this, the team leader hurriedly pressed the hilt of his sword, ran to meet him, and took the initiative to salute a military salute.
"The regimental commander, the deputy commander, the city defense army probationary knight Cass, salute the two!"
"Captain Cass, we need to go out of the city for something, I don't know if we can pass?" Riding on the horse, Lin He also returned a cavalry salute and greeted Cass in front of the horse with a smile.
"No problem, Captain!"
Cass quickly turned around and waved his hand to get out of the way for the soldiers in the line.
"It's hard work!" He nodded slightly, knocked the stirrups, and led the whole team towards the outside of the city gate.
"Cass, you should retire next month, come to our regiment headquarters to find me when you have time." Deputy Commander Love, dressed in light armor, passed in front of Cass and sent an invitation to the squad leader standing on the side of the road.
"Really? Thank you so much, Lord Love!" Cass was unusually happy to receive the invitation, and hurriedly bent down again to thank him.
Looking at the group of people who disappeared outside the city, Cass happily beckoned everyone to hurry back to their respective posts. On the way, from time to time, good brothers rushed over to congratulate their team leader.
Everyone knows that the Jin Jinhua Mercenary Group is a large mercenary group that has risen in Fallen Leaf City in the past few years. Even on the entire border, it is the existence of the number one.
In particular, the Jin Jinhua Mercenary Group is still the only mercenary group that can maintain a good relationship with the intelligent races in the 100,000 mountains for a long time.
So unlike other mercenary groups, the Jin Jinhua mercenary group can also be seen as an armed merchant group. Unlike other mercenary groups that rely on mercenary missions, relying on a good relationship with the 100,000 mountains, the Jin Jinhua mercenary group has been responsible for the transfer of goods between the human world and the 100,000 mountains.
In the past, even the Trade Federation was rarely able to penetrate deep into the interior of the 100,000 Mountains for so many years. Basically, before that, the contact between the two sides was limited to Deciduous City, which borders the 100,000 Great Mountains.
The orcs, elves, and dwarves who walked out of the mountains brought the supplies from the mountains to the border cities. After exchanging some necessities for the human world, he returned to the interior of the 100,000 Mountains with the materials obtained from the exchange.
Because of the consistent greed of human beings, the transactions between the two sides have been frequent, and conflicts often break out. Because it is on human territory, it is often these foreign tribes and natives who suffer. This also further deepened the mutual distrust, and the human merchant group's attempt to enter the 100,000 Mountains suffered an unprecedented failure.
Historically, several large-scale armed human merchant groups have been organized, hoping to penetrate deep into the interior of the 100,000 Mountains and open up trade routes between the two sides. The results all ended in failure, and the traveling caravan group was left with no bones.
Eventually, this trade situation has continued.
The change occurred in recent years, with a newly formed mercenary group in Fallen Leaf City. I don't know when he actually won the trust of all the intelligent races outside the city, and the head of the regiment alone opened up this trade route that everyone dreamed of.
As time passed, the entire mercenary group quickly gained a foothold in Fallen Leaf City by relying on the huge profits brought by trade. The impact is also growing.
Of course, Cass wouldn't think about it that much, he only knew that compared to other mercenary groups, the salary of the Jin Jinhua mercenary group was more than five times higher.
Even the most ordinary logistics staff has as much as two gold coins a month's salary. You must know that two gold coins are enough for half a year's living expenses for an ordinary family of five.
Of course, Cass is not alone in knowing the news. So as long as there is a chance, everyone is willing to go to the recruitment office of the Jin Jinhua Mercenary Group to try their luck, in case they leave.
So, I don't know when any news about the Jin Jinhua mercenary group in the Fallen Leaf City Mercenary Guild has aroused everyone's interest.
For example, the head of the regiment is still single, and one day the confidante of the deputy head of the regiment came to the door. Even the cook of the mercenary group went out today and bought an extra 200 catties of rice, which could cause speculation among the people around him. Is it that the mercenary group is recruiting again? I'm going to try my luck soon.
All this has also brought a lot of unnecessary troubles to the growing mercenary group. For example, after the news about the head of the regiment that he is still single was revealed, it directly led to that period of time, there were often delicate ladies who ran to the recruitment place of the mercenary group with delicate fruit knives and strongly asked to sign up for the mercenary group.
Of course, more attention is paid to the sales or purchase announcements of mercenary groups. From time to time, the mercenary group will publish news about the sale of goods in the 100,000 Mountains or the purchase needs of materials sold to the 100,000 Mountains in the mercenary union. At this time, a large crowd of human merchants and shippers crowded the counter at the issuing place.