rise of empire total war

Chapter 353 Hilbert's Story

Hilbert is a native of Nord City and a native of the royal capital. The same goes for him and his family. Although they were born and raised in the royal capital, their family is not rich and they can only live in Nord. In the slums in the northwest of the city.The conditions here are very bad. Although His Majesty the King personally ordered several improvements, it always returns to its original appearance after a while, with sewage flowing horizontally and a fishy smell filling the air.

However, since the demolition started in May last year, the original dirty and messy slums have disappeared and been replaced by ruins one after another. The engineering team not only demolished the tall and strong city walls, but also removed the remains of Hilbert's family. Their homes were razed to the ground. Of course, they did not just demolish them without managing them. After negotiation, every household in the slums that was demolished received a large amount of compensation. In addition to the compensation, when the new city expansion is completed, Finally, they can also get a brand new home in the new city.

Not only that, but the homeless poor have also obtained new jobs. They can join the engineering team, help build new urban areas, or clean up the ruins, with food and housing, and receive wages every day. Life is so much better.

Because of this, the poor people swept away the decadence of the past, and suddenly felt hopeful in life, and they were very grateful to His Majesty the King who ordered the expansion of the city. If you use game terms, Richard suddenly made these poor people loyal At the highest level, unless they deliberately do something to show off, their loyalty will not be reduced.

The Hilbert family did not intend to join the engineering team. They first lived in a relative's house in the city for a year, and finally decided to leave the capital with the remaining compensation money to join relatives who lived in the countryside.Before setting off, he bought some good cloth robes for his family, hired a carriage, and left the city with all his belongings.The development of Nord City can be described as advancing by leaps and bounds. The streets in his childhood memories have all changed. Even if he leaves here, he doesn't have much nostalgia.

Thanks to the paved roads that extend in all directions within the royal territory of Nord, the carriage only took a few hours to reach the village where relatives lived. This village has also changed a lot. The walls in memory have been demolished and the muddy dirt roads have been replaced. The land is flat, and around the village are large tracts of golden wheat fields. A gust of wind blows, just like blowing across the lake, causing large waves. Looking at it, it is very spectacular.

The carriage drove all the way into the village, and the houses on both sides of the road were not dilapidated as they were more than ten years ago. On the contrary, the original low and dilapidated thatched houses had disappeared, replaced by solid stone houses, although the appearance was not very good. , but it is very practical, at least you don’t have to worry about the rain leaking in the house on rainy days, and you don’t have to worry about the roof being overturned in strong winds.What surprised Hilbert even more was that not far from the entrance of the village, a tavern stood impressively. Although it was daytime, there was still a lot of people inside, and the villagers were all sitting inside, tasting delicious wheat wine.

"The changes here are really great." Hilbert couldn't help but sigh. When his relatives held a wedding and invited him to the banquet more than ten years ago, the place was still in a state of depression, and the environment was worse than the slums in the city. It's dilapidated, but more than ten years have passed, and the changes here are so great, life may be better than those of the so-called city dwellers.

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of the relative's house. Hilbert jumped out of the carriage, walked to the closed door, and knocked hard a few times, only to hear the sound of knocking on the door. First there was a movement, and then a series of footsteps from far to near, the door was opened from the inside, and the familiar but somewhat strange face of the relative came into Hilbert's eyes at random, and the two looked at each other. They were stunned for a moment, and after a few seconds, they recognized each other.

"Hilbert? Why are you here?" the relative asked with joy and surprise in his voice.

"The place where I live was demolished, so I came to join you for a while." Hilbert said with a smile, "Besides me, Galina, Jane, and Alan also came with me."

"Bring them in quickly, I think Larissa will be happy to see you." The relative said happily, and then shouted into the house: "Larissa, come and see who is here."

"Who?" A somewhat hoarse female voice came out from the house. After a while, a middle-aged woman in coarse cloth came out. She happened to see Hilbert who was leading his wife and children back. Seeing the other party, she screamed and said excitedly: "My dear Hilbert, why are you here? And my lovely little Alan, no wonder I saw a magpie jumping in front of the window this morning, so it was you To come!"

"Okay, Larissa, go and prepare some delicious pine cones for them. I think our guests are already hungry."

"Oh! Bilawal, you reminded me, I'll go get ready right away." Larissa said, walked quickly into the house and started to work, looking at her back, the man named Bilawal smiled, and looked again Looking at the carriage parked outside the house, he asked, "Hilbert, is there anything else you haven't brought in?"

"What?" Hilbert didn't react for a moment, but he followed Bilawal's gaze and looked out. He immediately thought of it, clapped his hands and said, "You reminded me, Bilawal, I'll give it to you." I have prepared some gifts, and they are still on the carriage!"

Hilbert said, and ran out quickly, and happened to meet the coachman who took out a box from the carriage. When the latter saw him coming, he handed the box he was carrying to Hilbert and said at the same time: " Sir, your things are forgotten here, if nothing else, this should be the last box."

"Thank you very much, this is indeed the last box." Hilbert said, then took out a silver mark still warm from his arms, handed it to the driver, pretending to be generous and said: "This is for For your tip, you can go back to Nord City."

"Thank you for the tip." When the coachman saw the silver coin, his face was full of smiles, and he took the silver coin while bending down to thank him.After he put the silver coins in his arms, Hilbert had already returned to the house with the box. The smile on the coachman's face disappeared immediately, and he secretly cursed "Tuchaji" (Zhaji is a popular name among the Winsters). The protagonist of a story, although he is a pauper, loves face and shows off, and finally starves to death on the street because he spends all his money on saving face. So when people describe people who have no money but like to pretend to be rich, can be described as Tuchaji), then returned to the car and drove the horse away from here.

Hilbert didn't know what the driver was talking about behind his back. When he returned to the house, Bilawal closed the door. Then, there was a burst of laughter in the house...

　Let's write a short story to relax the brain. I have a headache recently.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)