Chapter 29 New Intelligence (Part 1)
Cooperating with smart people is so simple. Although there was no prior discussion, with just a few words and a few glances, Jiangyou, Andre and the current "Winchester Clerk" successfully completed a combination of kindness and force on Andre's new subordinates. Even the funds for rewarding the knights were paid by Baron Neumann.
All the winter melon tea they brought was sold out. After collecting the buckets, Jiang You made a sincere offer to the Winchester clerk: "Winter melon tea is 10 nickels per liter..."
The Winchester clerk smiled knowingly. "I understand. Regular winter melon tea costs 10 nickels per liter. Adding ice adds another 10 nickels. Plus, the jelly... well, jelly is hard to make, so it's naturally expensive. Not to mention shipping it all the way here, plus the transportation costs, labor costs, heatstroke prevention fees, and stall taxes..."
He rattled off a long list of incoherent words, making Jiang You dizzy. Finally, Little Bone, dazed, held the three gold coins given by the clerk and signed his name and the words "Money Received" on the payee's side of the long bill.
Winchester folded up the bill and put it away. "Thank you for your hard work. If you have any new delicacies next time, please be sure to send us a batch."
This was the first time Jiang You encountered a trading partner who was eager to pay. She was overwhelmed by the sudden surprise. She nodded dazedly, sat on the bicycle frame, and waved to Andre: "Let's go back first~"
Andre nodded to her and Jericho, but the apprentice knights were much more excited. They jumped up one by one and said, "Goodbye, Manager!"
"Next time, let's go to the store and drink winter melon tea, manager!"
Amidst the laughter, one or two discordant voices emerged. Someone muttered, "Huh? Winter melon tea and jelly, so effeminate! A real man should drink strong liquor!"
Andre frowned, looked in the direction of the sound, and secretly memorized the identities of these people.
But before he could say anything, he saw the other apprentice knights looking at them with indignation, and they were the first to retort: "What are you talking about? I didn't see you guys eating less just now."
"That's right, you guys are the ones who eat the most! If you don't like it, don't eat it. I still want to have a couple more drinks!"
"Come on, go on the field and practice a few laps. Let them see what a real man is."
A group of knights carried the man away, and not long after, screams of people crying for their parents were heard from the field.
Andre: "..." As expected, the friendship between men is built through fighting and delicious food.
The Winchester clerk casually said, "By the way, have you read the latest newspaper from the capital?"
"Not yet. Anything new?" Andre chatted in the same nonchalant tone.
"Something interesting," the Winchester clerk casually pulled out a neatly folded newspaper from his notebook. "Not only do we have a new Duke, but we also have a Marchioness. If you don't mind, I've read the newspaper. If you'd like to read it, please take it."
"Oh?" Andrei took it. "That's much more convenient. Thank you."
The newspaper in his hand had an unusual weight. Andrei's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't open it to read immediately. Instead, he naturally tucked the newspaper under his elbow and said, "It just so happens that today's work is done... Hey, over there, clean up after you're done, and pack up!"
"Yes! Deputy Captain!"
"Yes, sir! Boss!"
Today's training for new recruits was obviously quite effective. Most of the rookies and the tough old hands had gradually developed a sense of identity with him, and the remaining "unsociable" guys were worth investigating.
Andrei quickly packed up and rode home. It was strange, even though he was only renting the brewery, he somehow felt at home.
Bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, heading towards 'home', thinking about the cold tea and delicious dinner that will be waiting, all the fatigue in the body seems to be swept away, and the mood becomes relaxed.
"There were no such relaxing moments when I was on missions in the past..." He muttered, recalling the time when he led Jericho alone deep behind enemy lines. There were moments of isolation and helplessness, as well as situations where he had to endure the pain silently.
Compared to those times, the mission in Eston West City was not the easiest one, but it was definitely the best and most heartwarming one, all thanks to the little bone with a unique painting style!
When he returned to the workshop, Jiang You was just closing up shop. Seeing him return, the skeleton immediately smiled broadly. "Welcome back. Is everything going well?"
Andrei suddenly felt a sweetness in his heart, like eating sweet and cold chocolate gelato in the hot summer, or drinking a bowl of rich cream soup in the cold winter... Come to think of it, the five-fingered hairy peach and pig's trotter soup was also quite good.
"Well, it went very smoothly. You've been a great help today." Andre led the horse to the stable and saw fresh alfalfa and fermented bean dregs in the trough, which are all good horse feed.
Diego snorted with delight and could not wait to get into the stable and eat his fill. He didn't even give his master a glance when Andre took off the saddle and picked up the brush to comb his hair.
Andre: "..." My heart felt warm and a little cold at the same time!
He carried the saddle into the house, took out the newspaper given to him by Winchester's clerk from his saddlebag, and went into the small dining room. The guests had already left, and the small dining room was empty, which was a good opportunity for him to study the information.
The newspaper was neatly stacked, but when Andre picked it up, he felt that its weight and thickness were not right.
He opened it carefully and found that there was indeed a record mixed in the newspaper. It recorded the allocation of manpower, materials and money that Baron Neumann had secretly made in recent days. It was indeed very important information.
The newspaper itself was not a piece of waste paper. It did record the latest events in the royal capital. His Majesty the King had indeed gone against the majority opinion and appointed Winston as the Duke of Huntington. The fiefdom granted to Winston was the crescent-shaped territory that belonged to the Duchy of Huntington during the German Kingdom period and bordered the land of the Rock and Iron Giant.
This was the fiefdom of successive Huntington dukes, and a military trump card held tightly in the hands of the current king. Now that His Majesty had handed this important land to Winston, it was hard not to let people have wild thoughts.
Many people have begun to speculate about the relationship between Winston and His Majesty the King. However, the blond Winston and the dark-haired His Majesty the King look very different on the surface, and no one has yet thought of them as father and son.
However, since His Majesty the King has no real offspring, some people speculate whether His Majesty the King is considering appointing a crown prince.
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