Chapter 151 Reaching that beautiful vision
Horn really did not expect that the thief locksmith Halkin was talking about was actually a female snitch.
The thief named Seamotine looks to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, but he is about the same height as the dwarf Halkin.
It was winter, and she was wearing a leather vest as if she was not afraid of the cold, exposing the muscle lines of her arms.
Correspondingly, Halkin next to him was wearing a thick coat.
Both of them were bruised and swollen, and it seemed they had had a fight before they came.
"I know what you asked me to do." Haimoting said straight to the point, "As long as you can find the person who made it, I can make any kind of lock drawings I want."< br>
"She is also good at the clockwork and gear machinery you mentioned." Halkin was afraid that Horn would think he was fooling him, so he quickly took out an hourglass-shaped object from the box and placed it on the table.
Looking at the small ball swinging back and forth on the bracket and the clicking sound of the gears turning, Horn's eyes widened.
Isn’t this a pendulum clock?
"I use this to keep time." The girl glared at Halkin bitterly and took the pendulum clock back from the table. "It's just a crude little toy."
That's not it. It was a crude little toy, but Horn could see how delicate it was. It took a lot of time, and Seamotine had obviously put a lot of thought into it.
Compared to Harjin who picked it up vulgarly, Seamotine's movements were much gentler.
"Okay, you're hired." Making a decision, Horn immediately took out a contract, "The weekly salary is 5 dinars, the same as a stonemason apprentice, how about it?"
" I want 10 dinars, and I can also help you find out the news and steal information.”
"I probably don't need you to do these things." Horn thought for a moment, "I'll give you 8 dinars, including food and accommodation."
Haimao Ting was unexpectedly cheerful: "Okay. ."
As she said that, she put her fingerprint on the contract.
"In the past two days, you should pack your luggage, because we have to leave the day after tomorrow, and you must come to the camp the morning of tomorrow at the latest."
"No need." Haimoting said to Horn Showing the small box in his hand, "My luggage is here, ready to go at any time."
"Why do you look like you're leaving in a hurry?"
"There's going to be a war soon. If you're not in a hurry, I'm still in a hurry."
"...That's true, oh yes, Halkin, you have been staying with me for the past two days. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, your father will come to deliver the sword.” Sit down and make your schedule for today.
Opening the alchemy product list, Horn took out a copy of "Industrial Planning and Vision of Chizhu Town" and wrote quickly on it while copying it.
This plan can be said to be Horn's version of the five-year plan. Of course, it is only a draft and a framework. The details will have to wait until we go to Chimo Town for detailed investigation.
As time passed, Horn's writing speed became slower and slower, until finally he stopped writing altogether.
He should be happy when he got the long-awaited alchemy list, but the more he wrote, the less he could continue writing, so he took out another list in his arms.
That was the list of people who would follow him to Chisuma Town. Horn had talked to everyone on this list, and most of them agreed to follow him to Chisma Town.
Except Jeanne.
This little girl didn't know what was wrong with her, and she had to stay in Castle Joan to lead the refugees to fight against the church army.
That was originally a task assigned by Horn to Thomas and Madeleine. Why are you joining in the fun?
Horn leaned back in the chair and rubbed his temples.
Jeanne's electric arc ironmaking is an important link in the large-scale preparation of steel, iron and orichalcum. She stayed at Castle Joan, which was a major blow to Horn's development plan.
In this "Vision", there are a large number of processes that require Jeanne's participation, such as orichalcum assembly lines and electric arc furnaces.
After wandering in the room for a long time, Horn stood up and walked to the door: "Duvallon, go and call Jeanne over."
Returning to the desk, Horn poured himself a glass of water. , slightly relieved the nervous spirit.
After a while, the door to the room was opened, and Jeanne poked half of her head in: "Brother, are you looking for me?"
"Jeanna, please sit down."< br>
Jeanna walked across from Horn, pulled out a chair and sat down.
"Ahem..." Horn cleared his throat, "Jean, have you ever thought that one day, people can enter the city on high-speed machines, and in that world..."
"Brother , I said." Jeanne interrupted Horne, "It's not of much value for me to go to Chizhu Town. It's the refugees here who need me more."
"Chimp Town needs you more, Chizhu. The town is the starting point of everything."
"Why can't Castle Joan be the starting point of everything?"
Horn originally wanted to show her the "Vision", but Thinking that she couldn't recognize a few words, she had to give up.
"Although Fort Joan of Arc is a good place, with a stable source of troops and the Duke's alliance, after all, this is not our place.
There is no way out as a bandit. We need to consider the future and cannot just focus on it. At present, the army needs a stable and loyal rear area. War is not about fighting and killing. War is boring training, camping, marching, platooning and logistics, none of which does not require stabilizing the rear area.
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We stay at Castle Joan to make wedding clothes for the Duke of Kush. The Kush family has accumulated a century-old reputation that we cannot replace.”
The other thing is that Horn does not have it. It is said that those who are the first to rebel will face the greatest encirclement and suppression by the church. In peasant uprising wars, it is often not the first mover who wins.
From the immediate perspective, it is best to stay in Castle Joan and cooperate with the Duke, but from a long-term perspective, Pond Town is the real way out.
This is the most rational and correct choice.
"Why replace it? Isn't the victory won by the Duke a victory for the Thousand Valleys?" Jeanne said angrily, "Why on earth did you leave the Thousand Valleys?"
"The problem is that the Duke cannot win." Horn spread his hands, "What else can I say? Without you to help me develop the rear, these refugees are rootless water and will only be wasted by the Duke.
If you stay here, who will provide the guns for these refugee armies?”
"I'm not going."
"What's wrong with Chizhu Town? What are you afraid of?"
Raising her head, Jeanne wanted to say something, but she swallowed it back. She remained silent. He bent his legs and rested his chin on his knees.
Cuddle up like a baby.
"What are you afraid of?" The voice became softer, and Horn walked around from behind the table and gently touched her shoulder.
"Brother, do you think I'm ridiculous?" Jeanne leaned her head on Horn's belly, "I thought you were a cowardly betrayer, but in the end I was the betrayer.
I Treating Danji as a self-deceiving clown, it turned out that I was the clown.
I firmly believed that I was always wrong. Every time I changed my mind, I had to pay the price with my life.
I don’t know if I should stay here, I think I should stay here, but...Brother, if we leave Qianhe River Valley, do you think I will regret it? "
Huo? En opened his mouth, but not a word came out for a long time.
Those images appeared before his eyes again.
The license plate is getting clearer and clearer, the driver’s face is getting more and more frightened, and the endless blue sky is stretching as far as the eye can see.
The Empire is not his homeland, the Thousand River Valley is not his hometown, and Galar is not his last name. He has his own relatives and friends, but they are no longer here.
He is a lonely guest in a foreign land. He cannot go back to the past, to the earth, to make up for the regrets and to slap those who abandoned him in the face.
He can only move forward. There are splendid palaces, endless women, and endless wealth.
Once there, he could clear Danji's name, he could establish a security system for the elderly and children, he could expel the church and let the blue-blooded orphans go home.
He can make up for the regrets he has now, instead of dwelling on the regrets of the past forever in the present like he did in his previous life, being powerless and unable to accomplish anything.
As long as we can reach that beautiful vision...
"Brother Huo En?"
Jeanne blinked her eyes and looked at Huo En who suddenly hugged her at a loss. kindness.
"Jeanna." Horn's words rang in Jeanna's ears, just like on the hill shrouded in heavy rain two months ago, "I will never give up on my hometown."
Warmth And damp.
Jeanna's face turned red, but she still wrapped her arms around Horn's neck.
“I know you took that marriage certificate, right?”
“I, I didn’t, you, don’t talk nonsense! I, I, I, I didn’t take it, I happened to pick it up Arrived.”
Listening to Jeanne's incoherent explanation, Horn opened and closed his mouth until finally he opened it mechanically.
He originally thought his voice would be extremely dry, but now it sounded extremely gentle and soft: "Since I am already a witch and have no worries, can we get engaged?"
< br>"Ah...ah? You, are you serious?" Being occupied by this shocking news, Jeanne replied dazedly, "Well, what about Carrie?"
"She's just my sister."
"But..."
"Tomorrow is Grampwin and Diya's wedding. At the wedding, we will announce our engagement and the wedding date will be on New Year's Day. What do you think?"
New Year's Day is the tenth day of every year in the imperial calendar. Three days from February 30th to January 2nd.
If nothing went wrong, Horn and Jeanne had already arrived in Pond Town at that time.
Looking at Jeanne who fainted and left, Horn sat on a stool. He stared blankly at the "Industrial Plan and Vision of Chima Town" in front of him until night fell.
When the house fell into darkness, he took a deep breath, lit the fluorescent lamp, picked up the quill again, and started writing on the parchment.
(End of this chapter)