Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 378 Happy too early

When the adjutant saw that it was a young woman with a pretty face, he stopped scolding her, but warned them not to approach her again. Richard cautiously used [Mage's Hand] to uncover the handkerchief on the flower basket, revealing several Valois pastries inside.

These cookies have been stored for a long time in winter and have lost moisture on their surface. However, the mixture of sugar, oil, and carbohydrates has not gone moldy, so they are still edible. The adjutants and soldiers who saw the snacks swallowed quietly.

But they all knew that only the acting commander of the regiment, Major Richard, was qualified to accept and distribute this dessert. However, the real master was unmoved and stared at the old servant with cold eyes.

The old servant quickly said: "My lord, my master is Pont Montville III, Count of Troyes of the Holy Kingdom. My young lady is the second daughter Teresa. She... Oh, young lady, you can speak for yourself."

Teresa stumbled and recited the words her parents taught her: "Sir, thank you for taking care of us. These snacks are from my heart. If you have other needs, I am willing. I am willing." As she said this, she was about to cry. I came out and couldn’t talk anymore.

The adjutant and the soldier both said "I feel pity for you", and at the same time they secretly cursed which count, for actually using this to test our commander? Which good young man can withstand such a test?

But Richard's face was expressionless, and his face even began to turn gloomy, which startled the adjutant. This was a sign of anger.

When the old servant saw that the young lady was struggling, he quickly answered. He tried to smile, but others only saw a pair of rotten teeth: "Sir, you are really a young and talented man who is invincible! The young lady has a deep love for you, and my master is willing to facilitate this." It’s a beautiful thing, look at it”

The adjutant who caught Richard's anger quickly expressed his opinion, raised his riding crop and whipped the servant: "Who is your master! He is just a stray dog ​​to the earl. Do you know who the major is? The earl's The second daughter is not worthy of being a mistress!”

"Didn't General Karl's team fall? Or is the castle too small and missed?" The adjutant was a little confused, but Richard had already begun to prepare for the battle, because they were a baggage team, and this kind of manor must have food and grass, so they couldn't let it go. . Can you solve it by yourself? Richard wanted to vent his anger and evaluated the difficulty of conquering it as a mage.

"Sir from the Empire! I just misunderstood. My master has already sent a message to the vanguard of the Imperial Army, that Ka"

This episode disrupted the repairs. Richard banished the trembling and sobbing girl from his mind and ordered the infantry regiment to continue moving forward.

"General Carl."

The old slave who was beaten was about to urinate, and he quickly rolled to the ground and begged: "Sir, I don't know. I have offended you and deserve to die!"

Finally they crossed the wilderness and saw a large manor.

"That's enough!" The adjutant stopped and obeyed Major Richard's order: "You will supervise the return of this carriage to the team, and explain clearly to the count that no more military discipline will be disturbed. Adjutant, you must also prevent soldiers from harassing the carriage. If there is any violation of discipline, Ten lashes with the riding crop."

Richard thought it was really a farce. He looked at the pretentious adjutant, the curious and laughing soldiers, and the soft bones rolling on the ground, and an unknown fire ignited from the bottom of his heart.

The core of the manor is a small castle. When a team appears from the skyline, the gate is closed in a hurry. There were many farmers in ragged clothes surrounding it, banging on the door in a panic.

Just when he was about to take action, the door suddenly opened again, and a donkey hurried inside, carrying a servant of the manor owner.

"Yes!"

"Yes, yes, my master has already surrendered to General Karl. I didn't expect there was more than one imperial army, so there was a misunderstanding. There are too many bandits these days."

The men and horses were repaired in the manor, and the manor owner's castle and the farmer's cabin could not accommodate thousands of people, and the uncultivated fields became military camps. Richard was invited to the manor to wash and dine.

He found that the gathered farmers were shivering and staring at the Imperial Man warily. Richard was a little strange and asked the manor owner: "What are these farmers doing together?"

The manor owner's face changed slightly: "These are refugees begging for food, but my family has no food left, and they have already supported your army." After speaking, he shouted to the farmers: "Do you bitches hear this? Lords of the empire. They are all here! They are not as easy to talk to as I am, get out of here!”

After attacking the farmer, he also winked at the servants. The servants received the order, and one wave wanted to disperse the farmer. Another wave seemed to be carrying heavy objects into the castle, and several of them were shielding themselves to prevent Richard from seeing clearly what they were carrying. .

Sensing something was wrong, the major ignored the manor owner and decided to find out on his own. He quickly stepped forward and asked the orderly to capture two farmers and question them personally.

The owner of the manor stammered: "Sir, they may be sick, so we'd better stay away."

Richard used magic to silence the chatty manor owner. Seeing the farmer's pale face and chapped lips, he asked the guard to fetch water for the farmer to drink first.

The small kindness made the farmers less afraid and able to tell what was going on.

It turned out that Karl's vanguard troops passed by, and the dog immediately opened the door to welcome the army, and took the initiative to lead the imperial army to various farmers and nearby villages to collect food. With the leading party, the imperial army plundered all the food nearby, and the manor owner used the power of the imperial soldiers to instruct his servants to smash the farmers' farm tools and confiscate all weapons.

The farmer spat at the manor owner angrily: "You cunning beast, you lied to the enemy that your family had no food, and led the soldiers to rob us. When the soldiers left, we had nothing to eat, and you took out the hidden food." , asking us to trade our land and our bodies for food.”

Richard untied the manor owner's silence and signaled that it was his turn to confess.

The owner of the manor yelled: "You idiots, I don't want to die even if you give me your life! My lord, please don't pity these people. When the king's capital was in chaos, I don't know who instigated them to come to my house and threaten me to hand over the inheritance of my ancestors." The land deeds and IOUs passed down from generation to generation were burned cleanly! My great-grandfather is a knight of the kingdom. How dare you!
After venting his anger, the manor owner turned his head and changed his face instantly, showing a flattering smile to Richard: "Your Majesty, the Lord of Order, the empire's army is coming, these untouchables can't be proud of themselves. I just want to recover the losses in the past. "My lord, do you think I did something wrong?"

Richard shook his head: "I don't care about these things of yours. I only care about whether you have hidden food?" As he said that, he took out his command knife and pointed it at the manor owner's fat-covered dough.

The farmer laughed heartily: "Haha, sir, please take away all the food! Let this fat pig starve to death with us! That way we will die more happily."

Seeing that the manor owner had fainted from fear, Richard asked the guards to drag him into the castle. He found his adjutant: "Get ready for a rapid march. The general is going to storm the capital of the Conti region."

The adjutant was puzzled that they had not received an order from the troops ahead.

"The general didn't wait for us and collected food here, which means he brought enough supplies and planned to capture the city quickly. We have to catch up."

As soon as they finished speaking, a Qingqi came over. Sure enough, it was the general's order, telling them that they no longer needed to collect food, and that they should give priority to transporting supplies of ammunition to the battlefield.

"There is still food here. Let's replenish our own food and grass, but it doesn't have to be full. It will slow down the march. Leave the exiled nobles here as well."

The adjutant knew that the team still had a lot of food, and the manor owner could not take away much of the food hidden away: "What if there is still some left?"

Richard looked around at the farmers controlled by the soldiers: "Then move them out and divide them among the civilians for the winter."

(End of this chapter)