The riding and chopping simulator of the Lord of the Rings

Chapter 139 A Little Incident in the Tavern

If you count from the village, Wilderness Town has been established for almost ten years, and some infrastructure has existed in this town from the very beginning, such as the inn that once hosted the Lonely Mountain Expedition Team, and then Like the longest-running and well-stocked General Store, or the Spear Tavern, popular with all male townspeople.

This tavern is a location specially reserved by Yatiman when he first designed the village structure. It is in the center of the town and not far from where Allen lives. It can be said that the location is excellent. After all, the overall structure of Wilderness Town is now It is around Alan's residence, spreading out layer by layer like a spider web.

At that time, Allen, in order to allow his citizens to have an extremely comfortable environment to eliminate the fatigue during the day after hard work during the day, so he built the entire tavern extremely spacious, and provided a variety of drinks and snacks, to meet the needs of its citizens.

At the beginning, alcoholic beverages were distributed free of charge in a limited amount. After all, the environment at that time was difficult to have any commercial atmosphere. If the guests wanted to continue drinking, those forest residents and Alan's original subordinates had to spend real money Silver to buy.

With the development of the territory and the increase of the population, the business strategy of the tavern is constantly changing. In order to make the tavern worthy of its name, Jamila even took the heavy-duty tree that Alan broke when he killed the troll. The lance was placed right behind the bar counter in the bar. Even after several years, the cold light on the tip of the lance still made people shudder.

Next to the broken gun are two dried troll heads, and a spear is nailed to one of the troll heads. Any guests who have doubts about this will hear the tavern owner tell The story of that night was that Allen single-handedly killed the killer demon, and led his soldiers to repel the attack of the orcs.

The tavern, which is open as usual today, received three strange guests in the morning. They were wearing unremarkable clothes, with gray-green cloaks behind them, and the hoods tightly covered their faces. The more eye-catching ones were , one of them wore a silver brooch shaped like a shining star on his left shoulder.

The proprietress, who has been in the tavern for nearly ten years, has extremely vicious eyes. She can tell at a glance that the three people in front of her are not simple. The sturdy figure is definitely a fighter with extraordinary skills, but she doesn't care. You must know the current wilderness. In the town, except for families with special permission, only the army maintaining law and order can formally hold weapons in the city.

Strangers from outside will be asked by the guards to disarm at the gate of the city, and even a dagger is not allowed to enter the city. If they do not agree, they will not be allowed to enter the city. Mining workers.

After the three strangers entered the tavern, they took out a silver dollar to buy some food and drinks. The proprietress who warmly entertained them heard Eriador's accent from their low conversation. , As for what they said, the proprietress didn't hear much, but there were words such as "stay for a few days" and "wait".

In fact, through the efforts of Manid and the propaganda of past businessmen, in the past two years, some unemployed people, or people who think they have a skill, have traveled thousands of miles from Eriador to Wilderness Town to find a place to live. housing, or a decent job.

And from these people, Wilderness Town also has other names. Some people call Wilderness Town the "City of Happiness" that produces sweetness, while others call it the beautiful "City of Flowers". No matter which name it is, it is related to honey. It is related to the sale of flowers and the flowers all over the mountains and fields, not only in the wild, but also on both sides of the planned streets in Wilderness Town. There are flowers blooming most of the year. This is a move made by cabinet officials to increase honey production.

Many people came to Wilderness Town from Eriador, which was not unusual for the proprietress. Many merchants and caravan guards had drank in the Spear Tavern, and she had seen many such things.

However, due to an incident not long ago, the proprietress still quietly called her son, who was already a knight apprentice, and asked him to inform the patrol team in the city of the stranger's news.

If it was an ordinary person, the proprietress would not be nosy, after all, her responsibility was only to run the tavern well, and she did not receive the salary that belonged to the spy.

But these three people are indeed very different. Even with a simple contact, the proprietress knows that they must be elite soldiers. When such strangers come to the very center of the town, she feels that she still needs to pay attention.

As luck would have it, just as the proprietress' son pushed open the door of the tavern, another group of teams also came to the door of the Spear tavern. At this time, a gray-brown squirrel behind them was watching five people enter the tavern After that, he dexterously jumped from the roof to the distance.

"Come in, guests, you can sit wherever you want."

Seeing five new guests coming to her tavern, the proprietress greeted her enthusiastically, and at the same time gave her son a wink, signaling him to leave quickly, and then the door of the tavern was gently closed.

Bandak has always been in charge of the security work in Wilderness Town. Unless Allen and other forces break out in a full-scale war, Bandak will lead his subordinates all over Wilderness Town most of the time. Patrol, sometimes Alan would always half-jokingly say to his retainer: "You are the commander of my Imperial Guard."

Of course, the army in Allen's hands does not have the establishment of the Imperial Guard at this time, but in Bundak's view, it is only a matter of time. Any king will always have guards guarding his castle. As for the commander of the imperial guards, no one is more suitable than himself.

On the morning of this day, Bundak led people to patrol near Alan's residence as usual. Don't look at Alan's residence is just a small three-story villa. In fact, his house has a yard, and the yard occupies The size of the land is enormous.

Because from the very beginning, Yatiman wanted to build a palace for his boss first, but was rejected by Allen in the end. At that time, Wilderness Town was in ruins, and there was really no need to waste money and people for comfort or other reasons. to make a great deal of construction for himself, but the place Yatiman was spared and enclosed with a wall.

Therefore, it takes a little time for Bundak to go around Alan's residence, and on most days, Bundak will go around several times, and most people who are familiar with his habit know that , As long as you run around Alan's residence in the morning, you will definitely be able to find him.

By the time the proprietress' son found Bundak, a young girl was already saying something to Allen's "Commander of the Imperial Guard", and a smart squirrel was standing on her shoulder, which was constantly moving. It delivered food to its fast-moving mouth, and looked around frequently with its dark eyes, as if worried that someone would snatch what belonged to it.

"My lord, they have entered the Spear Tavern, do you want to arrest them?"

Looking at the little girl with a happy face, Bandak shook his head with a smile, then took out a golden dinar from his pocket, put it in the little girl's hand, and then touched the girl With some messy hair, he said, "This is my reward for you. You have worked hard these few days. Go and play."

"For me?"

The little girl with wide-eyed eyes looked at the gold coin in her hand and asked a little uneasy.

Although she didn't get the answer she wanted, and she didn't see the arresting scene that she was thinking about, but she was able to get a commemorative gold coin, and the little girl's heart was full of surprises. She also had some of these gold coins at home, and these golden coins The baby is always kept in the extremely secret safe at home by her mother together with the medal inlaid with rubies.

According to the little girl's understanding, from very early on, the king's first subordinates would no longer receive such gold coins, including her father, and such gold coins are actually very precious in the circle of military descendants , sometimes some people will pay a greater price in exchange for it.

"Of course, don't be taken away by Ni's mother, go and play." Bandak said to the little girl in front of him with a smile.

"Thank you Uncle Bandak!!"

While speaking, the little girl put the gold coin in her pocket properly, then grabbed the squirrel from her shoulder, and bounced away. He muttered, "There are several people, how do we divide them?"

Watching the little girl leave Bundak, the smile on his face quickly disappeared, and he returned to his usual expressionless state, waved to his subordinates, and said calmly: "Let's go, it's almost noon, go to the gun Have a drink at the Spear and meet a few people."

After hearing this order, the subordinates behind Bandak looked at each other in surprise.

Under normal circumstances, soldiers on duty patrolling towns are not allowed to drink while on duty. They can only enter the tavern when they are on vacation or rest, and according to Allen's order, no tavern is allowed to receive people who are on duty. Soldiers who find out can report it to the cabinet, and there will be rewards after verification. Anyway, it is enough to take the law enforcement team to the tavern to arrest people. It is very simple. If it is reported by other guests in the tavern, then even the tavern owner will be arrested. .

And after the personal experiments of the brave men, and Bandak himself brandishing a whip to flog in full view, it has been a long time since soldiers drink on duty in towns, not only ordinary soldiers, but even squadrons. Dark himself obeyed this order.

Today, despite the approval of their own bosses, these soldiers still find it a bit unbelievable, but they also know that drinking may be just a way, and the few people they know are the really important things.

At this time, the son of the proprietress of the tavern also came to Bundak's side and briefly reported what happened in the tavern.

"Well, I see." Bandak nodded slightly.

After all, I'm going to a tavern, and I just want to get to know each other by then.

Soon a group of dozens of people came to the door of the tavern. Seeing Bundak's arrival, the proprietress didn't show any strange expression, as if these fully armed soldiers were not called by her own son, they were still full of enthusiasm. Face enthusiastically greeted: "Isn't this Master Bandak? Why do you have time to come over for a drink today? But I have to remind you, I don't dare to sell wine to everyone at this time, and you will take me away by then , I don’t have to complain about my grievances, and Lord Jamila won’t care about me.”

"Thirsty, hungry, bring us a glass of juice and a fish set meal, and put it on my account." Bandak tapped the bar counter of the tavern lightly, said his needs, and then turned around in the lobby Li randomly found a table and sat down, while his subordinates sat around Bundak, waiting for the proprietress to bring the juice and food.

Ever since he knew that Saruman would place spies in his own town, Allen and Bandak discussed how to deal with it. The easiest way is to identify them, catch them or drive them away. Although this method is fast and effective , but it can only be effective for this infiltration. Saruman will continue to send other spies over later, and it will be difficult to find them accurately.

And direct killing is not in Alan's consideration. Unprovoked killing is not a good thing in Middle-earth, and it will greatly damage Alan's reputation, even if you execute it quietly in the wilderness. In a world with magic, who knows what methods those wizards or bosses have. Most importantly, before Saruman completely fell into darkness, Allen didn't want to do this. Everyone belongs to the camp of free people , are all human beings, there is no need to draw a sword to see blood.

After discussing for a long time, the final result of the two people's discussions is to let them stay in the town, but they must be under relatively strict monitoring. If it is inconvenient for people, let animals monitor them. You can send loyal subordinates to mix in with them, and provide them with some untrue news, which may have an extraordinary effect at a critical moment.

Therefore, after learning that the spy he needed to monitor had arrived in Wilderness Town, Bundak brought his subordinates to identify the person first, so as to facilitate future work.

By noon, many guests had already been seated in the Spear Tavern at this time. In addition to the relatively well-to-do residents living nearby, some soldiers and officials, there were also some foreign businessmen who had lived here for a period of time. In addition to buying some honey in the "City of Flowers", there are also some commodities that need to be sold here, so I often meet the needs of three meals a day in the tavern, and don't look at the location of the Spear Tavern. Xinglong, but the consumption here is not expensive, not much different from those in other urban areas, and the people who eat here are very well-known, if you can make friends, it may be a good deal for these foreign businessmen. very important thing.

Bandak ate the food in front of him amidst the greetings of his colleagues, and by the way, at the prompt of the proprietress of the tavern, he glanced at Saruman's spies, engraved their appearances in his mind deeply, and at the same time glanced at two of them. The three people sitting on the other side of the tavern were nothing. They were elite soldiers. Bundak had seen a lot of them. Some of his colleagues were more elite than this. He had seen them all. The dozen or so people around the boss.

It's just that the star-like silver pin on the shoulder of one of them made Bundak's eyebrows raised. He naturally knew what this meant. Alan had asked him to pay attention to the arrival of these people a few months ago. up.

Bundak, who had finished eating, did not take any action. Instead, after taking a short rest, he left the Spear Tavern with his subordinates.

And the three Dúnedain from Eriador were stopped by an official in uniform in the evening, saying that the owner of this place invited them to be guests.

　I said before that the people of Dunedain live in the River Horn, but I actually set it up secondly, because I didn't find a gathering point where the people of Dunedain live on the Internet, but I think such a gathering place must exist. Those soldiers They can guard Shire and Bree outside all year round, but where do the old meat women and children in their family live?I don't remember Rivendell taking all the Dúnedain.Moreover, a standard elite warrior actually needs many people to support him. Regardless of the fact that during the War of the Ring, the Dúnedain only produced [-] warriors, but there may be around [-] standing behind these [-] warriors. Ordinary people, after all, the behavior of the Dúnedain guarding Eriador is very secretive, and naturally they cannot get supplies from the people of Shire and Bree, so they must be self-sufficient in food, drink, weapons and equipment, and horses , which means that the population should be larger, but I really didn't find any relevant information. Does anyone else know?

　　
　
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