Chapter 4 Wolf Town(1/2)
"Okay, let's send it here." Winters patted Andre's arm: "It's not that I won't see you in the future."
"I didn't expect that this sheeper is even more king than a mud guy!" Andre said with tears in his eyes: "If you have a way at home, hurry up and let them take you away. Whoever has a way can go will go, it's not unfair. But I really can't afford to be with this sheeper..."
The Sheep Herder is a derogatory name for the Paratus. Andre lost control of his emotions and his words were no longer through his mind. Andre was tempted to speak, but there were others beside the two of them.
When he heard the title of "Sheeper", the Palatu soldier who was responsible for "escorting" Winters and others could not help but look at him.
Winters quickly comforted Drey with kind words and persuaded him to leave. When Andrey walked towards the town, he still looked back reluctantly.
After setting off again, Winters apologized to the Palathu cavalry beside him: "Lieutenant Cellini has always been careless, but he has no malice. I apologize to you for him."
Lieutenant Kovin Voyk, who led the team, squeezed out a cold smile and nodded.
The group rode war horses and galloped. The fields on the roadside were flat, and you could see the dark blue mountains rising on the horizon at a glance.
Looking around, there was nothing on the wasteland, only the vast green.
It was refreshing to ride a horse in this vast world. But Winters was completely unhappy now. Only when he saw the desolate scenery in front of him did he understand where he was sent.
This is the frontier of the Palathu Republic and the extreme west of the alliance. If Guitu City is the hinterland in the hinterland, then this is the frontier in the frontier.
The story starts six days ago, when Warrant Officers Veneta finally escaped from the carriage, but were immediately under house arrest. It was not until this time that Warrant Officers Veneta learned two things:
First, they are now second lieutenants; second, they are now second lieutenants of the Republic of Paratu.
The Palatus people were very good to treat Winters and others, and could take a bath with food, drink, and still restrict their freedom and were not allowed to meet with Venetta's officials in Palatus.
The gods fought and the mortals suffered. In the eyes of the United Provincial Military, this was just an insignificant provocation, but it completely disrupted the life trajectory of the second lieutenants such as Winters, Andre, and Bud.
For this group of young people, the future path was originally clearly visible: awarding titles, hiring, accumulating qualifications, waiting for promotion, retirement...
But now their path has been completely disrupted by the sudden "distribution", as messy as a ball of thread played by cats.
In Veneta they are promising young men, but in Paratu they are nothing.
There were no connections, no relatives and friends, and even no money... Winters and others were escorted to the Kings Castle, and everyone didn't even have a silver coin on them.
They have no relatives and no news. They don’t know anyone or know nothing. Now they are just the lowest-ranking professional officers in the army.
I don't know how the above negotiations were made, but after being under house arrest for three days, the Paratus had new arrangements for their fate.
In a sunny office, Colonel Paratu, with a warm smile on his face, handed Winters a letter of appointment.
After receiving the letter of appointment, Winters was immediately asked to leave the office. He only remembered the colonel saying, "...The Republic hopes that you will achieve great things in the vast world..."
This deserted wilderness... is really his mother's "broad world"!
Thinking of the colonel's enthusiastic smile, Winters couldn't help but curse in his heart.
After speeding on the dilapidated dirt road for several hours, crossing a river shoal that was more than ten meters wide, the group arrived at their final destination.
In front of you is a small town that cannot be called a "town". Two dirt roads that are more than 20 meters long are the main roads, one horizontally and one vertically. At the intersection of dirt roads is a small church.
Along the roadside are several houses made of logs, which seem to be the only shops in this small town.
Winters originally thought that the place where Andre and Bard were separated was desolate enough, but compared with the small town in front of him, the town where Andre and Bard were so colorful that it was very lively.
"Here, this is Wolfthorpe [Wulfthorpe]." Lieutenant Voyk pointed with a horse whip: "Let's go, I'll take you to meet the mayor here."
Winters followed Voyk to the door of a house opposite the church. In addition to the church, the whole town has the largest wooden house, and it seems that this is the town office.
Before entering the door, Winters heard a loud...snoring sound?
Lieutenant Voyk was also a little surprised. He and Winters looked at each other and walked into the town office first.
After entering the door, there is a small compartment, a wooden wall partitioning the entire house. A table is placed on the door, and a thin old man with a clean beard is writing calculations.
"Are you the mayor?" Voyk made it straight to the point.
The old man narrowed his eyes and glanced at Voyk, and replied slowly: "I am the clerk of this town. Who is your Excellency?"
"I am Lieutenant Voyk of the Military Department." Voyk introduced himself and pointed at Winters with a horse whip: "This is Lieutenant Montagne, we want to see the mayor."
"Oh, please follow me." The thin old man spoke in a very literary manner, sounding quite strange. He stood up and opened another door on the partition wall: "This is the mayor's office."
Looking into the door, the first thing Winters saw was the soles and beer belly?
The owner of the beer belly was sleeping soundly on the bench by the window. The deafening snoring sound came from here. The man's snoring was too loud, especially, and every time he breathed, he seemed to choke himself to death.
"Master, wake up... the officers from the city want to see you." The old clerk tried to wake up the man who was snoring like a thunderous sound.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! But no matter how he pats the other person's shoulders and arms, the mayor just doesn't wake up. The old man gritted his teeth and slapped hard on the face.
The middle-aged man in a sleepy state suddenly woke up, rolled to the ground as if he was greatly stimulated, and looked around in horror.
After discovering Voyk and Winters, the middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, stood up embarrassedly, and asked with a smile: "Ah? What's wrong? Who are these two?"
The old clerk introduced Voyk and Winters again, and Winters was able to carefully look at the man in front of him.
The mayor of Wolf Town is a shorter man, one head shorter than Winters. But his neck is thicker and his waist is thicker. If he only looks at his upper body, others may think he is taller than Winters.
Supporting his bulky upper body are two short and thick trunk legs. Ordinary people will not have this type of leg shape. Obviously, he is a good rider.
The thick brown curly hair was mixed with many silver threads, which meant that he was not young anymore. But his two blue eyes were still the carefree look of a young man.
The pair of blue eyes were born on a round face, with a big nose and a wide mouth below the eyes. He smiled cheerfully and sincerely, without any hypocrisy, and a rough but vibrant spirit.
With just one glance, Winters developed a lot of affection for this stout man.
"Haha, I'm laughing!" The mayor of Wolf Town smiled and scratched the back of his head: "I'm Gillard, Gillard Pleninovich Mitchell. When the villagers see that my home is close to the town, they chose me as the mayor. Tell me what you two have to do."
Voyk didn't say anything and handed a letter of official document to the mayor.
Gillard smiled and scratched the back of his head, and handed the letter to the clerk's old man: "I don't know a few big words. Pan Weiche, you and I miss what the letter is written on."
The old clerk - now we know that his name is Pan Weiche - took the document and read it carefully. Then he looked up and pointed at Winters and said, "Master, this Lieutenant Montagne is the newly sent garrison."
"Hey! OK! There is a resident in the town!" Gillard slapped his thigh happily, and grabbed Winters' arm with a smile: "This guy! How great! There is a resident in the town in Langtun! OK!"
Gillard woke up again and saw that the young man in front of him was not his son. He quickly let go and said with a smile: "Sorry, sorry! I'm so happy! Our Langtun has been vacant since the establishment of a town garrison. It has been missing for many years. Now it's a town garrison. It's still such a good young man. It's such a big happy event!"
Voyke obviously didn't want to stay for a long time, so he took out another purse and gave it to Winters: "This is your salary for this quarter. The responsibilities of the town garrison are very simple, and they are written in the letter of appointment. The military correspondents will come here regularly, and they will be responsible for giving you your future salary."
Winters took the purse silently and saluted.
Looking at Winters, Voyk was also a little reluctant. He took Winters out of the town office and sighed and said, "In Paratu, the town officials are actually the representatives of the military in the Xinqing District. Just manage the security and militia. It's very easy and there's nothing to do. Just bear it, and you can go home if the matter is solved."
Winters knew that this was the truth, nodded and gave a solemn salute.
Lieutenant Voyk patted Winters on the shoulder and left with his cavalrymen.
Three days ago, all Lieutenants Venetta received a letter of appointment. They were appointed as the town garrison officers of each town, and were ordered to take office immediately without delay.
Maybe it was to break up the Venetians in this way, maybe it was for another purpose. Winters didn't know the decision-making process of the Paratu military, but obviously they made their attitude: they would never put the Venetians home until the Paratus were satisfied.
Most of the lieutenants of Venetta's residences are in the "Xinqing District".
If the Republic of Paratu is the most edge of the alliance territory, then the Xinken District is the most edge of the territory of the Palatus Republic. And the small town assigned to Wolf Town, Winters, is the most edge of the territory of the Xinken District.
Winters has now reached the edge of the edge of the Senas Alliance territory, and perhaps even the most brink of "civilization".
Therefore, further west here is the unmanned land that is nearly a hundred kilometers wide, and further west of the unmanned land is the land controlled by the barbaric Hed tribe.
Almost all the "towns" in these new reclamation areas have "combined villages and set up towns" in the past ten years. They are sparsely populated and have low communications. Almost no officers are willing to work in such places, so the officials in the towns of Xinren District, including Wolf Town, have been vacant.
Now it is just being used to place these "uninvited guests" of Veneta.
Looking at the desolate border town in front of him, Lieutenant Montane suddenly felt an indescribable loneliness.
Fifty-six kilometers north of this place, Lieutenant Andrea Cellini felt the same way.
At this moment, in the small town distributed in a linear shape along the border of Paratu, every Venetta lieutenant was thinking about one thing: go home.
But how can I go home?
run?
Where to run?
Leaving a position without permission will become a "traitor" and a "descendant" in the legal sense.
wait?
When will you wait for the beginning?
...
When Winters was in a daze, Gillard happily walked out of the town office with the clerk Pan Weiche.
Gillard reminded him as he walked: "When you go back, tell Ellen that you must do it well today. When you go back, you can invite both the Wilkes and Benting's house and ask them to bring two bottles of good wine..."
When I went out to see Winters, Gillard said excitedly: "Lieutenant Montane, we must have a big drink tonight! It's been a long time since we encountered such a big happy event. By the way, do you have a place to live? Our town is small and there is no hotel, so you can stay in my house! By the way, don't look at our town, the villagers are all good people..."
The hospitality of Gillard suddenly made Winters feel helpless and also made him feel a little warm. He agreed with a smile, thanking him.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! The old man Pan Weiche saw that Gillard and Warrant Officer Montane were having a lot of fun chatting, so he walked behind the house to pick up the horse.
But Gillard suddenly discovered something. He looked at the empty horse-tethered stake in front of the town hall. He scratched his head and called Pan Weiqi back.
"Master, what are the instructions?"
"Pan Weiche, go back."
Pan Weiqi said with a bitter face: "This is far away from home, lord."
To be continued...