For the people in the Hosman area, what they have experienced in recent times is even more complicated than what their ancestors have experienced for several generations combined.
The Horsman family that ruled this land suddenly fell apart. The owner of the castle was replaced by a "government official" from Cecil. The concise and strict government decree replaced the old lord's law. , and major events such as population migration and land distribution followed. Cecil's well-disciplined army replaced those lax and greedy noble private soldiers, and strictly implemented the orders of the new lord, and came here with these things. On this piece of land, there are batch after batch of engineering teams, and one construction area after another...
The new changes are so rapid, and the impacts are naturally both good and bad.
Many people feel uneasy and at a loss when facing all kinds of new things. Some people even cannot understand the meaning of those unheard of "Cecil Law" and "Cecil Order". The Hosmans, who are accustomed to a chaotic lifestyle, often get together to discuss the "unbelievable" parts of the new law, such as the ban on urinating and defecating on the street, centralized garbage disposal, etc. Others have also noticed The good side after the arrival of the Cecils -
The officials of the Government Office are obviously more reasonable than the lords and knights. The laws they promulgate are strictly enforced, rather than following the wishes of the law enforcement officers; Cecil The Er soldiers are more disciplined. They have occupied castles and outposts without robbing nearby civilians of anything, and are even helping to repair houses; the land distribution promised by the new lords is not an empty promise, at least the first batch of new lords who have moved to the periphery of the city. The residents have all obtained their own land. Although many people are worried that the lord will take back the land at any time, at least they have land in their hands temporarily...
For most people , they don’t care who the lord is above them, nor which family’s flag is hanging on the castle. As long as they can ensure the food and clothing of the people, the rulers can gain unimaginable support in this era, and the new The Government Affairs Office has at least guaranteed this, so even though it is not easy to implement the new law, the renovation and construction of this land by the Horsman Government Affairs Office is still proceeding according to the schedule.
Old Horsman Castle - where the Government Affairs Office is now located, a group of magic technicians and soldiers are busy in the square in front of the castle.
These "engineering teams" from the Cecil area are frequent visitors in the territory in recent times. As the situation in the entire Horsman area stabilizes, there are more and more Cecil construction teams Entering this area, they brought incredible magic technology and used a variety of magical machines to build houses and various facilities.
The Hosmen call those magicians wearing cloth work clothes "Cecil Wizards" because they always see magicians using magical spells to build houses, but These magic technicians all claimed to be ordinary people, so the locals gave them such names.
Every timeWhen the "Cecil Wizards" are working, there will always be people watching - the Hosmans have gradually become accustomed to the various magical things that the Cecil people have brought to this land, and they have kept them in the Government Affairs Hall Under the propaganda, they were exposed to incredible magic technology bit by bit, but after all, the time was too short. The so-called "magic era" was still a novel and strange term to these locals. "Noble Magic" is now so close to them, and most ordinary people cannot resist this curiosity.
Many people are gathering around the square at this moment, guessing what the magic technicians and soldiers are busy with, and guessing what the uses of those strange metal, crystal, and rune devices are. Although some soldiers are The construction site was guarded, but they had no intention of driving away the crowd.
The Hosmans have roughly figured out the temperament of these mighty soldiers: these soldiers are really disciplined. Even ordinary soldiers are as self-disciplined as the most upright knights. As long as they do not violate the law, these soldiers will wear Soldiers with swords and swords will never cause trouble or extort money from civilians.
"What do you think they are going to do?" In the crowd, someone asked the person next to him curiously, "You came early, did you know?"
The person being asked shook his head. He shook his head and said: "I don't know - they were busy when I came here. But I guess it's probably street lights... Haven't they been building street lights all over the city recently?"
"This There are already street lights in the square, so why bother with street lights?" the third person next to him retorted, "Sooner or later, people from the Government Affairs Department will say it - by the way, does anyone know what is written in the notice in the square today? "< /p>
The first person to speak shook his head: "I am illiterate. But most of them are the new laws, prohibiting urination on the street, building toilets and garbage stations, etc..."
p>An old man standing behind the crowd heard this and couldn't help but muttered: "No one is allowed to poop on the street. To be honest, this is really unreasonable."
Onlookers looked at the crowd The topic is like this. Sometimes a few sentences will completely divert it to another place. The discussion point of several people will soon shift to those weird "Cecile Orders". Some people shook their heads, He muttered: "They even asked everyone to boil the water before drinking it - let me tell you, although the gentlemen in the Government Affairs Department are all good people, these rules are too restrictive..."
< p>"I think it makes sense to boil water. At least there is no weird smell after boiling water -"People began to discuss new topics happily and went further and further on this topic. , but at this moment, the construction in the square has come to an end: after the intense work of the magic technicians, a strange large-scale device was fixed on the stone platform in the center of the square.
It was a strange device with a triangular base, a surface glittering with runes, and a crystal inlaid on the top.
The magicians began to test this device and lit up the runes on its surface to confirmAs for its state, the curious crowd around them gradually stopped talking and turned their attention to this strange-looking thing again. When the crowd was gradually aroused to be curious, several groups of soldiers on horseback suddenly ran out of the castle. And ran towards the various exits of the square.
Someone heard the shouts of these soldiers:
"Citizens of Horsman! The great Duke Gawain Cecil wants to speak to you! Go and assemble in the square!"
Gawain? Cecil? Lord?
Will the lord appear in the square? When did he come?
People looked at each other with confusion on their faces. Of course they knew the name of their new lord, but they did not expect that the lord would appear in this place. Obviously there was no news before and no one saw it. Chariots and horses enter the city, why is the lord coming soon?
And...didn’t I hear that the lord led the army to fight in the north? Could it be that he has come back? Coming back so soon... did you win the battle? Or was there no fight at all? Or... lost the fight?
People were surprised and confused. Those who were about to go home because they were tired of watching the construction also stopped abruptly and stayed to discuss the "Sudden Arrival of the Lord" with others. It was an incredible thing, and during the discussion, they saw another group of soldiers coming out of the castle and standing in line around the strange "magic device" that had just been set up in the center of the square.
The soldiers lined up to guard seemed to prove that the lord would really come, but they were guarding around a magic device... This was confusing.
There are more and more people in the square.
At this moment, the city of Hosman is still an old-style town. There is only a limited urban area around the castle, and the soldiers only notified those residents who were nearby and could get to the square quickly, so there was no After a while, after receiving the notice, curious and nervous residents gathered in the square. Those who came late could not even find a place in the square. They could only climb to the roofs of nearby buildings, and in the center of the square Those nearby couldn't help but feel happy at this moment -
Fortunately, they were here early to watch the excitement, and now they occupied the best position.
The residents of Hosman City gathered and watched. Many of them were nervous and fearful: Gawain Cecil's reputation was known to everyone in Ansu. I don’t know, but this legendary hero conquered Horsman not long ago and became their lord. Now he wants to talk to them again. This is not an ordinary thing. If nothing else - they have never had this opportunity for generations. ...
After all, even the heirs of the Cecil family can only go in and take a look at Gawain Cecil's coffin when sweeping the grave.
But the lord still did not appear. There was only a group of soldiers guarding the open space in the center of the square, and a dozen magic technicians were busy there.
People on the outside of the square couldn’t even see what was going on inside, and there were still people shouting and asking questions from behind.People in front: "Has the lord arrived? Has the lord arrived? What does he look like?"
"The lord has not come yet - but I saw Archon Daedalus! Maybe the lord will come soon ?”
After a while, the magic technicians finally completed all the adjustments and successfully completed every test.
The Archon of Hosman City, Daedalus, and several colleagues came to the square, and a magician technician came to him: "Archon - the test has been completed, and the signal has been connected. ."
The young consul took out the mechanical watch from his arms, glanced at the current time, and then took a deep breath to calm down his slightly nervous mood, "Let's get started - let's Witness it together."
The magic technician nodded, turned around and gave instructions to his assistants: "Adjust to the broadcast mode, increase the sound and image to three levels, and turn it on!"
The energy of the device is switched on.
Under the dimming skylight, under the curious gaze of countless pairs of eyes in the square, a slight buzzing sound suddenly sounded, and then, a hazy and chaotic light suddenly appeared in the mid-air in the center of the square. emerge.
That ball of light floated in the sky, like a constantly shaking aurora curtain. It instantly caused exclamations one after another. Before the exclamations could settle, the image in the light curtain Then it shook and gradually stabilized.
The figure of Gawain Cecil appeared there, in the huge holographic projection.
Even those at the far end of the square could clearly see their lord.
Under the influence of amplification magic, a low and majestic voice resounded throughout the square:
“Good afternoon, glorious citizens of Cecil, I am your lord.