Iron Powder and Spellcasters

  Chapter 491 Rebuilding the Country (6)

"...Grove Magnus had premeditated, and the garrison who secretly joined him blocked the Kings Castle overnight-they didn't even wait until after dawn, when the councilors went to the Great Chamber to meet-until Grove's The lackeys came to arrest people, and many congressmen did not know the fiasco of the government army in the new land..."

   While speaking, Kay Moreland kept his hands firmly on his knees.

  He restrained his mood swings and tried his best to maintain calm and demeanor. Still, others could easily see how scared he was by his body language.

  Because after the battle in Hegu Village, the Zhuwangbao government immediately blocked the land passage with the new reclamation province.

  So much so that the military and political officials in the new reclamation could only learn about the process of the false Speaker Grove Magnus’s process of “cleaning out native MPs and welcoming federal troops into the country” only from rumors in private letters.

  Through the personal narration of the person involved, Congressman Kay Moreland, the three school officials present finally saw the light of the day and figured out the whole story of the "Second Kings Castle Coup" shrouded in fog.

"It seems that Grove Magnus is somewhat similar to the officer cadets who have just graduated." Lieutenant Colonel Matthias Kerwin looked at several alumni and joked: "'First time' although I was embarrassed, but I still learned a lot. When I do things for the 'second time', I will be more proficient."

  Lieutenant Colonel Matthias tried to liven up the atmosphere with a nasty joke, but among his three target audiences:

  Winters didn’t get it, because the unfortunate Captain Montagne never got the chance to participate in the “Victory Parade”—the extravagant, lavish graduation carnival.

  As an old and serious person, Colonel Skool Mecklen blushed a little, and he was not ashamed to answer;

  As for Colonel Gaisa Adonis, he was not amused by Lieutenant Colonel Matthias' vulgar jokes at all.

"You said that Grove had planned for a long time and arrested all the opponents in one night." Colonel Gaisar stared at Kai Moreland, half of his face covered with scars twitched slightly, looking very horrible terror.

  He asked the latter loudly: "Then how did you escape?"

"It all depends on Major Claire Ronald reporting in advance." Kai Moreland was not intimidated by Colonel Gaisa, and replied calmly: "I changed my clothes and pretended to be the major's adjutant. Wang Bao escaped."

   Colonel Gaisa did not intend to let Kai Moreland go easily, he asked aggressively: "But you are the only one here now, where is the Ronald?"

   "I don't know." Kai's eyes darkened.

   "Don't you know?" Colonel Gaisar's tone became more and more severe.

"At that time, Grove's lackeys were chasing after him. Major Ronald gave me his horse and turned around to lead the pursuers... So I don't know what the major is doing now." Kay Moreland eye circle Slightly flushed, he said very emotionally: "But without Major Ronald's sacrifice and help, I would not have the opportunity to sit here today."

   Upon seeing this, Lieutenant Colonel Matthias took out a silk handkerchief from his pocket and gently placed it in front of Kai Moreland.

  Kai Moreland nodded gratefully, and took a handkerchief to wipe the corners of his eyes.

   Colonel Gaisa pouted contemptuously: "Forget it! Who knows if you betrayed Ronald so that you can escape back to the new land."

   "Colonel." Kai Moreland put down his handkerchief and looked directly at Gaisa Adonis: "I can swear by my father's grave—everything I said today is true."

   "Really?" Geza sneered, "But I don't believe it."

  Kay Moreland clenched his fists under the table and said in the most sincere tone: "Then what should I do to make you believe me?"

   "No matter what you do, I will never trust you." Gaisa replied mockingly.

  The smell of gunpowder in the conference room was getting stronger and stronger. Colonel Skool looked at Winters Montagne who brought Kay Moreland in front of everyone, hoping that the latter would take some action.

  Winters remained silent, watching Colonel Gaisa, who suddenly became extremely aggressive, and Kay Moreland, who swallowed his anger and dealt with difficulties under the Colonel's attack.

  From the moment he met Colonel Gaisa at the entrance of the city hall in the early morning, Winters was keenly aware that "Mr. Congressman" hadn't confessed everything to himself.

   At least, Kay Moreland is deliberately hiding his relationship status.

  Because Colonel Gaisa immediately showed undisguised hostility when he saw Kai Moreland;

   Lieutenant Colonel Matthias was very surprised when he saw Kai Moreland walk into the conference room, as if he didn’t know anything about it beforehand—of course, this is very likely the effect of a disguise.

  Because of surprise, Lieutenant Colonel Matthias welcomed Kay Moreland, hugging and kissing the latter very warmly.

  It seems that the two had a good personal relationship in the past.

  That being the case, it would be suspicious if Lieutenant Colonel Matthias had no idea that Kai Moreland had already returned to the new land.

   On the other hand, Colonel Scull Mecklen, after seeing Kai Moreland, showed complete shock.

  Suspicion ensued, so most of the time, Colonel Scull's eyes lingered on Winters rather than Kay Moreland.

  Colonel Scull seems to want to see from Winters' face that he is in collusion with Kay Moreland, what is his plan?

   All of the above, Winters saw it.

  Winters even found that Kai Moreland also unconsciously showed a tendency in seat selection:

  Although the latter was sitting next to Winters, he chose a seat that was farthest away from Colonel Gaisa and faced Lieutenant Colonel Matthias.

   This makes Winters have to rethink the value of Kay Moreland.

  Because for Winters right now, the most important task is to win the two votes of Colonel Gaisa, and prevent the nascent Republic of Plato from becoming a second federal province from the root.

  So at this critical juncture, the last thing Winters wants to see is a conflict between himself and Colonel Gaisar.

  Winters was also a little displeased with Kai Moreland's intentional concealment of his relationship with Colonel Gaisa and Lieutenant Colonel Matthias.

  So Winters watched Kai Moreland get bitten by Colonel Gaisa.

   Seeing that Kai Moreland had explained everything he knew about the second coup in Kingsburg, Colonel Gaisa asked the former unceremoniously: "Do you have anything else to say?"

  Kay Moreland took a peek at the expressionless Wolf Blood, and observed the atmosphere in the meeting room. Even if he had ten thousand words in his mind, he swallowed them all.

   He shook his head.

   "Take him away." Gaisa knocked on the table vigorously, and directly ordered the military police who heard the sound to open the door of the conference room.

   Members of the gendarmerie from Baishan County were about to step forward to take down Kai Moreland, but they were blocked by two figures—Charles and Heinrich.

  Everyone present knows that Charles, who is also a Vineta, is the blood wolf's valet, and "The Executioner" Heinrich is the blood wolf's standard bearer.

  With the two of them standing in front, no one dared to act rashly for a while.

   Kai Moreland looked at the blood wolf for help, while Colonel Gaisa also stared at Winters with raised eyebrows.

   "Mr. Kay." Winters, who was the focus of everyone's attention, stood up and said politely: "If there is no other place that needs my help, please leave first."

  Kay Moreland expressed his gratitude to everyone present. Although it could be seen that he was very reluctant, he obediently walked out of the meeting room under the protection of Charles and Heinrich.

  As soon as the door of the meeting room was closed, Colonel Gaisa undid the top two buttons of his military uniform, and asked Winters angrily, "You brat, why did you get mixed up with Kai Moreland?"

"[The bird is chased by the eagle and flees into the bosom, and the hunter will protect it well]." Winters said a proverb that exists in both the country of galloping horses and Heard Moor, and then sighed: "Not to mention He said that Major Ronald asked him to come to me for help, so I can't kill him directly, can I?"

  Colonel Scull couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and looked at Lieutenant Colonel Matthias, who shrugged.

  Hearing what Winters said, Colonel Gaisa's anger subsided a little, but it still hadn't completely calmed down. He asked Winters, "Do you know who Kai Moreland is?"

  Winters tactfully replied: "I only know what Kay Moreland himself told me now."

"Then you might as well come and listen to what I tell you!" Colonel Gaisar took a deep breath and said viciously, "Kay Moreland is a **** Red Rose! Grove Magnus' lackey! After the first Kings Castle coup, he was the one who swore allegiance to the puppet government on behalf of New Reclamation! All along, he is the guy who has dealt with us the most in New Reclamation!"

   "Senior." Lieutenant Colonel Matthias interrupted with a smile: "To be precise, it should be the one that has the most trouble with you."

   "Is there any difference?" Colonel Gaisa immediately stared back.

   "No difference." Lieutenant Colonel Matthias smiled and waved his hands in surrender: "There is no difference."

   Colonel Gaisa turned around and said to Winters earnestly: "In short, this kid is very bad, don't get involved with him..."

"If he is Grove Magnus' running dog." Winters has never been an obedient child, he frowned, and asked the colonel: "Why did Grove Magnus arrest him? Kill him?"

"Damn it! Who knows if what he said is true or not." Colonel Gaisa slammed the table and swears: "Anyway, Ronald doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, so let him say everything alone. Then he didn't want to say anything, How can I put it? Maybe Grove Magnus sent him back to the new clearing on purpose to drive a wedge between us!"

   "It's also possible." Winters replied calmly.

"We can talk about Kay Moreland later, anyway, he is in Maplestone City, and he can't escape." Colonel Skool tried to stop the meaningless discussion, his eyes flashed with excitement: "The most important moment The most important thing is to prepare the troops as soon as possible and create new land reclamation provinces."

Colonel Skool analyzed: "If what Kay Moreland said is true, then the second Kingsburg coup is by no means a simple military coup, but Grove Magnus put all opposition He and the local MPs who opposed federal interference were all cleaned up.

   In other words, Grove Magnus is now completely alone. If there is no inter-provincial force to suppress him, the citizens of Kings Castle may attack and overthrow him. "

"If this is the case, we must seize the opportunity and make new lands as soon as possible!" Colonel Skool said eagerly: "Before Kings Castle can re-establish its rule, we must combine those with Grove Magnus The cities that have been separated from Germany, and those Platonians who hate the federal invasion as much as we do, pull to our side."

  Finally, Colonel Scull seldom imitated other officers, slapped the table hard, and emphatically emphasized: "The sooner the better!"

"I agree!" Lieutenant Colonel Matthias immediately raised his hand to express his support, and suggested: "We should merge and manage the captives in the hands of the troops in each county as soon as possible, and recruit people from the captives to supplement our losses. Captives are the best. As long as the conditions are good enough, they will be happy to take up arms again."

"I also agree." Winters also raised his hand. The management of prisoners is an opinion he has always supported: "Unified management of prisoners is also conducive to screening and statistics. However, the scope of recruitment should be limited to soldiers, and officers should be placed separately. Not considering taking them in for now."

  Colonel Scull and Lieutenant Colonel Matthias exchanged glances, and then the former nodded happily: "The officer should indeed investigate for a while."

  Here, the three discuss how to manage the captives being engaged.

  Over there, the sullen Colonel Gaisa suddenly asked, "Where does Kai Moreland live now?"

  Winters raised his eyebrows: "He's taking shelter at Mikesh Keremin's house now, and I sent someone to protect him."

   "No, no! It's not about protection, it's about monitoring and keeping him in custody! If you don't control him, God knows what kind of trouble this kid will cause us!"

  Gaiza slapped the table with gritted teeth: "Just arrest him and lock him in the dungeon of Maple Leaf Castle! He is a member of Red Rose, so arresting him is justified! I don't think anyone else can say anything."

   "I support your decision." Winters paused: "However, at this juncture, I am afraid that Kai Moreland cannot be easily captured."

  Winters glanced at Colonel Skool meaningfully: "If we want to fight out."

   "Why can't you catch it?" Geza asked angrily.

"No, it really can't." Colonel Skool reacted and quickly dissuaded him: "Anyway, Kay Moreland is also a local faction who opposes federal intervention, and a redist who opposes Grove Magnus." Qiangwei may even be the only member of Parliament who escaped from the Castle of Kings. At this time, if he is publicly arrested, it will definitely send a wrong message. Not only can we not arrest him, but we must use him to persuade those who are still arrested The city that Grove Magnus bewitched, let him prove the madness of Grove Magnus..."

   Colonel Geisar will not be easily persuaded by Winters, but he can listen to Colonel Skool's opinion.

  He sat there, sulking for a while, and finally said unwillingly: "Even if you don't arrest him, you must keep him under strict supervision! Prevent him from playing tricks on us!"

   "I also sent a few people to watch Kai Moreland." Colonel Gaisa looked at Winters: "No problem?"

   "Of course no problem." Winters replied with a smile: "You sent someone there, and you saved me the effort."

   "That's it for today." Colonel Geisar buttoned up his collar, picked up the coat hanging on the back of the chair, and said in a rough voice, "I'm tired, and I won't come in the afternoon."

   After finishing speaking, the colonel walked out of the door.

   "Why can't you come?!" Colonel Scull was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly chased out of his seat: "There are still a lot of things for you to talk about."

   "You three, let's make a decision." Colonel Geisar glanced across the group of people in the conference room, and finally settled on Winters. He said angrily, "Anyway, I'm not bad!"

   After finishing speaking, he walked away.

   "This..." Colonel Scull looked at Colonel Gaisa's back, then at the other two people who stayed in the conference room, and finally sighed helplessly: "Alas..."

   "That's it for today." Seeing Colonel Gaisa's strike demonstration, Lieutenant Colonel Matthias also got up with a smile and said goodbye: "We also have a day off."

  In the blink of an eye, there were only two people and three votes left on the Supreme Committee, completely disabled and shut down.

  The small door to the next room was gently pushed open, revealing a head—Lieutenant [Woods Frank] of White Mountain County.

  The honest Lieutenant Woods was pushed out by other officers selected into the preparatory meeting to "reconnaissance the enemy's situation".

As the plans formulated with painstaking efforts were ruthlessly rejected again and again, the officers of the counties who were elected to the preparatory meeting had an extremely strong feeling of common hatred for the four-member Supreme Committee, which unexpectedly enhanced the mutual trust of the key middle-level officers of the counties and friendship.

   "Colonel." Lieutenant Woods bit the bullet and asked Colonel Skool: "Our officer..."

   "Let's go." Colonel Scull slowly took out his pipe, his face was full of tiredness: "Lieutenant Colonel Matthias is gone too."

   "Then we..."

   "You guys also take a day off."

  As soon as the words came out, enthusiastic cheers erupted in the next room. Listening to that feeling, I am happier than winning a battle.

   "Yes!" Lieutenant Woods saluted Colonel Scull, then Junior Montagne, and happily disappeared behind the door.

  Winters signaled the recorder sitting in the corner to leave as well, so only Winters and Colonel Skool were left in the huge conference room.

  Winters walked up to Colonel Scull with a kettle in his hand, poured a glass of water for the old man, and helped the latter light his pipe.

  Colonel Scull was not used to it at first, and subconsciously looked at the little wolf cub suspiciously, but in the end, he accepted Winters' kindness with a smile.

   "Senior." Although strictly speaking, Winters should be called "Student Uncle", but he still had the cheek to call the senior: "Excuse me, what kind of grievance does this Kai Moreland have with Colonel Gaisa?"

   "What's the grudge?" Colonel Scull took a deep breath of the pipe, and then slowly exhaled the smoke: "That would be a long time to say."

  Winters used body language to show that he was listening.

"If you have to say something." Colonel Scull rarely teased his old classmates behind his back: "Every upright Newland MP has a grievance with Gaisa Adonis. Kai Moreland is just the most The tough one."

  Winters laughed dumbfounded: "It turns out that Colonel Gaisa is here...a villain?"

"Black and white, right and wrong, who can tell?" Colonel Scull glanced at Winters meaningfully: "Captain Montagne, do you think you are not a villain? I am not a villain." Are there characters? Sometimes, who is decent and who is villain depends on who tells the story."

   "I partly agree with your point of view." Winters politely replied: "But I think that no matter when and where, right and wrong are black and white... There will always be a basic principle of judgment that applies everywhere."

"May you always be as firm as you are at this moment." Colonel Scull gave Winters a loving look, and then sighed: "Anyway, Adonis really hates Kai Moreland. Otherwise, Kai Morland will not hide in Kings Castle."

Immediately afterwards, Colonel Skool changed the subject and said with a smile: "However, even if he hid in Kings Castle, Kay Moreland still did not give up his plan to 'Chabai Mountain County's Tent'. Just make trouble for Adonis."

   "Just checking the accounts?" Winters recalled Colonel Geisar's anger: "I'm afraid it's not just checking the accounts."

  Colonel Scull was silent for a moment: "It is said... I just heard that it seems that there have been deaths."

  However, Colonel Scull no longer intends to talk any further: "I know only so much, and I've already told you. I'm going back to rest too, and you should also rest earlier."

   After finishing speaking, Colonel Skool knocked off the ashes, got up and left.

  Winters raised his hand in salute.

   Colonel Scull was taken aback for a moment, then returned a salute, and the two said goodbye.

  …

  That night, Winters hosted a banquet at the residence for the old Mitchell couple who had traveled thousands of miles from Wolf Town to Maplestone City.

  However, Winters, Anna and the Mitchell family have long been close as a family in a literal sense.

  So rather than saying that "Winters entertained the Mitchell family", the actual situation is more like the Mitchell family entertained Winters and Anna at Winters' apartment.

  The delicacies on the table are basically made by Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell.

  Theoretical hostess Anna was "invited" out of the kitchen to coax the children with Scarlett. The two girls also haven't seen each other for a while, and they have endless whispers with each other.

  Winters is like every Plato man: he just chats in the living room before the meal, and hides in the lounge to play cards after the meal.

   Even Father Karman—Karman was of course invited to the seder—was brought by Wintesla to play cards.

  Winters' reason is "otherwise there will not be enough heads."

   After a few rounds, Winters regretted it. Winning Winters was stunned because the priest was so powerful.

   "Tell me the truth, did you use it..." Winters stared at Father Kaman like an interrogation: "Mind reading?"

   "Follow you." Kaman shuffled the cards deftly, and replied contemptuously: "No need."

   "Cheating will also go to Hell!" Winters yelled.

  Kaman suddenly stretched out his hand, conjured a card out of thin air in front of Winters, and then disappeared the card in a blink of an eye: "Cheating is only when you get caught."

   "I don't believe I'll never catch you!" Winters was furious: "Again!"

  The Mitchell father and son on the side could only look at each other helplessly and smile wryly.

Gerald Mitchell actually noticed it a long time ago: Although the young resident officer of Wolf Town is always calm, his heart is more competitive than anyone else; in a sense, it is precisely because Too competitive, it is easy to hurt others, so the young resident official became calm and deliberately avoided competition.

  Seeing that Lord Montagne's desire to win has been fully aroused, old Mitchell couldn't help worrying about Father Kaman's personal safety.

   "Your Excellency." Girard asked cautiously: "Excuse me..."

"Please don't call me 'Your Excellency', Uncle Mitchell, please don't do it anyway." Winters looked away from the cards in Kaman's hand as if he had been burned, and looked at Gilad Mitchell Chell, pleadingly said: "You can still call me Winters... or Captain as before."

   "Then..." Girard blushed, hesitated for a moment, and finally didn't mention the title at all.

  Ignoring that his son was shaking his head vigorously, he asked cautiously and suspiciously: "What exactly are you going to call the 'free men' from the new reclamation land this time?"

  The card table fell silent instantly, and even Kaman stopped what he was doing and looked at Winters curiously.

  Winters immediately became serious when he heard this question.

He put his hands on his knees, thought for a long time, and replied solemnly: "Although there are many things I want to explain to you, but to be concise and honest... I hope that the 'free men' of the new land can witness the birth of a new republic .”

   Both Kaman and Pierre had complicated eyes.

  Girard seemed to be okay, he nodded, and asked again: "Then what is the difference between this 'New Republic' and the current 'Republic'?"

   Another long silence.

  Winters thought for a long time, and he came up with an answer, which he thought was too hasty; and another answer, which he thought was too optimistic.

  Finally, he raised his head, and a gleam of confusion flashed in his eyes: "I don't know if this new republic will become the same thing as the current 'republic' in the future, or even worse, I really don't know.

Father Rhett asked me to read more books, but I only saw the cycle repeated again and again—one lord left, and another lord came; scream. Even if there are some golden moments, in the end, they are just a fleeting moment. Only eternal oppression, eternal pain, never ending. "

   "But, I will do my best to make it better." Winters' eyes became firmer, and he told the old Mitchell word by word: "Even if it's only a little bit."

  Girard Mitchell, who was born in the empire, finally inter-provincial, and witnessed the last earth-shattering, confirmed the eyes of the young man in front of him.

  He vaguely remembered, as if he had seen a pair of almost identical eyes somewhere.

  Girard Mitchell struggled to digest it for a while, and finally, he replied honestly: "What you said is too profound, actually... I don't quite understand what you are talking about."

   "But I believe in you." Girard stood up and nodded in greeting: "I believe in you."

"Tell me, what do you want me to do, and I will do my best." Gilad Mitchell took Mitchell's hand and pulled the latter up: "It's an honor, my son can also do it for you Serve."

   "It is my honor to gain your trust." Winters also stood up and solemnly returned the gift.

   "Okay." Kaman sighed: "Let's play cards."

  Winters, who was sober, did not intend to play with Kaman anymore. He sincerely said to Girard: "Actually, I also have a lot of things I want to ask for your opinion and explain to you."

   "Available at any time."

   "Then now." Winters directly removed the cards and said with a smile: "Then I will tell you now."

  Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

  Scarlett's crisp girlish voice came into the lounge:

   "Winters, here comes an ugly guy with no hair."

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