Iron Powder and Spellcasters

   Chapter 242 Grinding Disc

  What does it feel like to have a different sun in the sky?

   The answer is simple: if it is the same as the sun before it, there is no feeling.

   This is the case with the citizens of Gervodin.

   Everyone watched in a daze as someone went out of the city and someone entered.

  According to the most widely circulated and the most logical statement in the streets, the course of things is like this:

  The officer stationed in the garrison went out of the city to suppress the bandits and died;

  The bandits entered the city, robbed them and made a mess;

  The new captain drives away the bandits and becomes the new garrison officer, all right.

   "New Stations" deliberately did not correct this perception, but instead strengthened it.

  Because Winters' strategy for Gervoudan is "do not move".

   He had only four genuine officers at his disposal—Moritz and Juan were not under his command.

   And there are no more than two dozen people under his command who can read and write.

   Winters knew very well that he was incapable of taking over Geraldine, nor did he have the will or the need to do so.

   What he wants is stability, without adding chaos.

The strategy of   [as is] has the disadvantage of "no feeling".

   The citizens of Gervoudan did not feel it, and naturally they would not have any identification with the new regime.

  Bread has to be eaten, work has to be done, and shops have to be opened.

  What was it before, what is it now, everyone is in peace, just continue to live.

   Not only the citizens of Revodan didn't feel it, but also the sixteen towns of Iron Peak County.

  The farmers and townspeople in Nanba Town also knew some news, and Beiba Town didn't even realize that Gervoudan had changed to a new owner.

   But Winters decided to let everyone know after discussing it in the group of six.

  …

  Tiefeng County, Qingfeng Town, Shibi Village.

  Three cavalrymen rushed into the center of the village like lightning, and the leading cavalry held a green flag high, which meant that he had brought an important message.

  According to the familiar process, the three cavalry first found the village chief, rang the bell, and gathered the villagers.

   Many villagers saw the cavalry break into the village and have already hid in the forest around the village.

   It takes a lot of energy to get them all back.

The cavalry led by    did not waste this time either. Seeing dozens of people coming to the village square, he went up to a horse station and read the notice to the villagers in Shibi Village.

After reading   , he put the notice on the notice board in the village square, and immediately got on the horse and left, and went to the next village.

After the    cavalry left, the peasants who ran into the forest returned to the village one after another.

   They gathered in the village square and looked at the notices on the signs.

  The newly posted notice is very large, and a piece of paper takes up half of the notice board.

   Each letter written on it is also very large, as if afraid that the reader will misread it.

There is also a huge lacquer seal in the lower right corner of the    notice. Even the most foolish villagers understand the meaning of the lacquer seal: whoever dares to tear it will be killed.

   The few people in the village who could read it crowded in front of the sign, squinting and reading it to the others.

  …

   Winters had not intended to write the notice, because he felt that the farmers could not read it and that it would be useless to write it.

"You're wrong." Bud explained with a smile: "Most farmers can't read, but there are always people in the village who can read, and they can read it to others. The small leaflet with the teachings was Calais back then. One of the important means for Wenzong to attract believers. Rest assured, they will know what is written on the notice."

   So Winters himself drafted a notice.

  Bard smiled even more happily after seeing it: "You can't use this grammar. There are literate people in the village, but they can only read about it."

   "I've tried to use simple syntax as much as possible."

"Writing notices is not easy work. It must be written according to the standard that an eight-year-old child can understand." Bud's smile became more and more: "To be concise, you must focus on the key points. Otherwise, before you finish listening, the previous The content has been completely forgotten. It is best if it can still rhyme, like a children's song."

   Andrei on the side murmured, "I thought of a good sentence."

"what?"

  Andre cleared his throat: "Eat his mother! Wear his mother! The blood wolf came and won't pay!"

   "Don't pay!" Winters grabbed the tissue paper and smashed it at Andre: "What do you eat if you don't pay!"

   "Political promises, aren't they meant to be broken?" Andre said nonchalantly, "If we can really conquer Maplestone City, would anyone dare to ask us why we pay grain?"

   "Okay, don't irritate him." Bud knew that the problem was actually with "Blood Wolf".

   Winters was wronged, really wronged.

   He has never called himself [Blood Man], [Blood Wolf], and he is not the kind of soldier who is proud of his terrifying nickname.

   But for some reason, his nicknames are getting worse and worse, and the more they spread, the more evil they are.

  Captain Speyer once taught him "If you don't want to live with a bad nickname all your life, don't do this kind of shit".

   He didn't take this sentence to heart at that time, and now he has no time to regret it.

  On the third day he entered the city, all the guilds of Gervoudan suddenly collectively donated a large sum of money.

  Winters was very happy at first. He left the troubles outside the city and went into the city to thank the presidents of the guilds in person.

   Until one of them leaked his mouth and said that these were the money "for Lord Blood Wolf".

   Hearing this, Wintersten changed his face.

   The person who spoke was too timid, and was so frightened that he lost control on the spot.

   In the end, Bud cleaned up the mess for "Lord Blood Wolf", and gave Winters a good lecture afterward.

   All in all, the last thing Winters wanted to hear was the word "blood wolf".

   "But this slogan is very good." Bud took the pen and paper with a smile: "Just change it to [eat his mother, wear his mother, and don't pay food this fall]."

  …

   Ye Genni "Big Eye", who lives at the west end of Shibi Village, carefully stayed in the forest for a while longer.

   After confirming that the cavalry with the green flag did not return, he walked out of the woods, so he returned to the village relatively late.

   When he walked to the village square, he found that the villagers were all gathered in the square, chatting in groups.

The    notice has been recited, and it has been recited several times.

   "What's the matter? What are you talking about?" Big-eyed Yegeni hurriedly found his neighbor, the fisherman and farmer [Ilya]

   "I didn't quite understand either." Fisherman Ilya scratched the back of his head and said, "It seems that the garrison in the city has a new master."

   "Has the village chief changed?"

"No."

   "Has the mayor changed?"

"nor."

   "Hey, the birds are chirping and the lord is going to be promoted, what does it have to do with us farmers?" Ye Genni spat.

   The peasants still in Shibi Village are all self-cultivators. They have land and houses, and they cannot escape like long-term workers and tenant farmers.

  The life of the peasants was much better than the real bottom of the rural society - the landless peasants.

   They can raise pigs, cattle and sheep, and even horses. From time to time they had meat to eat, and leftover grain to make moonshine.

   And now, they are just struggling to live.

   But that doesn't mean they are willing to endure exploitation, they just can't escape.

   "The new master is very good, and he will be exempted from food this autumn." Ilya muttered: "Eat his mother, wear his mother, and not pay food this autumn."

"Fuck it!" Ye Genni's big eyes widened even more: "Fuck it's almost time to plant winter wheat! It's still autumn! Besides, a while ago, the city sent a grain collection team down to cut us. wheat?"

   Another farmer [Pushian] interjected: "The new master also said that he wants to suppress the bandits."

"Which master doesn't say that he wants to suppress the bandits? But who really cares? Don't the bandits still bully us?" The more Ye Genni said, the more angry he stomped: "Fuck! A pair of trousers, just with the crotch turned back! Fuck!"

   Ye Genni's words were dirty, but they touched the sadness of the surrounding farmers.

   Bandits, taxes, military disasters, farmers work hard to farm and live, but they have to be oppressed all year round.

   In Shibi Village alone, several homesteaders were forced to flee from their homes. I don't know if he became a soldier, joined a bandit, or died.

  The surrounding farmers were silent.

   "That's right. The new master said that from now on, there will be no more [grinding tax]!" Ilya happily told the neighbors: "Wash whatever you want, whatever you want, whoever wants to make it!"

  Yennigan was stunned, because he really had a crank mill at home.

"real?"

   "Really! It's on the notice!"

   stood there for a while before Yennigan said, "That newcomer is a good old man."

  …

   Winters' strategy is not only to "do not move" in Gervoudan, but also in the countryside.

   "It was too chaotic for a while." Winters explained the idea to the others: "Everyone misses their old life and longs for a sense of security. So let's stabilize Iron Peak County first. If you can, you can't move.

  Don't knock on the carriage if it's not broken. Tiefeng County can still operate, so don't touch it. Where do we have experience running a county? Besides, do farmers still need our teaching? "

   But Winters soon found out that he was playing the harp to the ox.

   A total of six people can now participate in the decision-making meeting, Winters himself, Bud, Andre, Mason, Moritz and Juan.

  Senior Juan and Andre didn't care about this at all, they were sleepy and yawning when they had a meeting;

   Lieutenant Colonel Moritz never yawned, because he dozed blatantly, and he had the highest rank in the presence of several people, and no one could control him;

   And Senior Mason was obsessed with his [horse dragging cannon].

   When the Hammer Fort was besieged before, the [Mara Wood Cannon] was a great success, so the seniors are now full of "where can I get two real cannons".

   There must be no cannons in Tiefeng County, nor can they be bought outside. Either go out and grab it, or make it.

  Mason is already considering whether to try casting two small cannons first.

   Not to mention Lieutenant Colonel Moritz and Don Juan.

  …

   "Do you know what else I have to do besides collect your corpse?" Moritz asked Winters.

   "I don't know." Winters replied, "But I guess it has something to do with your choice of the B battle plan."

  Moritz pointed to Andre and Bud and asked, "Then do you know why they didn't go back to Veneta?"

   Winters guessed something, but he didn't want to say it.

"It was Veneta who asked them to stay here." Moritz sighed: "Not only does your home country not want to take you back, but also wants you to stay in Palatu. When you return to your country, Veneta will only have a few more lieutenants. . You stay in Palato, and Veneta has many valuable grippers and eyeliners."

   "Is that so?" Winters asked Andre.

  Andre nodded, his eyes were complicated.

   "It's all the same, I'm not surprised." Winters was already numb: "The Paratus people don't treat us as people, and Veneta is similar."

   "You are quite mature." Moritz smiled.

Winters asked: "So what? You and Senior Hu An think my small business is a good investment opportunity. If it can grow as soon as possible, it will be able to contain the Red Roses of the New Reclamation Army and even the kings' castles? So you two Decided on a backup plan? For Veneta?"

"No, I'm helping you because I'm happy." Moritz replied sincerely: "I just prefer Plan B. Since you can annihilate Ronald's department in one go, there's no need to cause more damage. You can kill with one strike. Why are you still torturing him?"

   "I'm not either, I'm here to take you back." Don Juan interjected: "I help you fight because I'm idle because I'm idle. Besides, didn't you beg me?"

  …

   In the end, Winters sadly found that in the small conference room, the only people who really cared about the farmers were Bud and him.

The    six-person meeting completely turned into a formality, and in the end, only Bud and Winters discussed it.

   "That's right." Bud agreed: "Don't knock on the carriage if it's not broken. With our current capabilities, we simply don't have enough control over the entire Iron Peak County. So it's best to keep things as usual."

   Therefore, the rural areas of Tiefeng County are temporarily "unmoved".

The disadvantage of    not moving is that there is no feeling.

   The advantage of not moving is that there is no feeling.

   Everyone didn't feel it, and the day went on as usual, which was exactly what Winters wanted.

   Citizens don’t feel it, and farmers don’t feel it, which doesn’t mean other people don’t feel it.

   The refugees, disaster victims and prisoners detained by Winters gathered around Gervoudan. It is roughly estimated that the total number of men, women and children exceeds 20,000.

   They have feelings because they lost everything and are hungry now.

   Their lives have been turned upside down, causing them deep fear, anxiety and anger.

   The riots on the day the city of Gervoudan was broken were but a small relief.

  The refugee camps outside the city have been turned into giant powder kegs, and as long as a small spark is needed, the earth will be shaken and the sky will be shattered.

   Winters must keep Iron Peak steady no matter what, so he doesn't move the city, doesn't move the country, he just needs to be stable.

  Because he also wanted to "edit households Qimin".

   [Winters enters the city - a thousand threads]

   [The last chapter plus this chapter also has 6,000 words, and today I also overfulfilled the task. Yesterday and today are mostly because of the New Year's holiday + detailed outline, which is not the real level of the author. The author is at the level of 3,000 per day, so if it falls back to 3,000 per day in the future, it will be good for everyone to know that it is the author who has "revealed his true self", thank you all]

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   (end of this chapter)