The maid of the tavern came up with a wooden tray, put two glasses of wine on the wooden table and said in a soft voice:


    "please enjoy yourself, gentlemen."


    Before leaving, she winked at the two customers and quickly left a sentence:


    "if you have special needs, you can come to me..."


    In the foreign world, the maid of this kind of tavern often has a meager income. In order to support the family, most of them will take part-time jobs that are not stated. The same is true for this maid.


    When she saw that the two customers could afford more expensive wine, she wanted to make friends with them and "expand" their business channels.


    Among the two customers, a young man, who was full of disgust, stared at the dirty tabletop with a thick layer of grease. He deliberately lowered his voice and chattered on and on:


    "navid, only the dirty pariah would come to this kind of street tavern. This is not the place that nobles should patronize."


    "If you want to drink, you can find it in Heidelberg manor. The quality of the drinks provided in the manor is better and the environment is better. Look at this table. My God, I''m sure it hasn''t been polished for at least two years..."


    "Simone, shut up!" Another customer, the young man''s "navid", interrupted his companion''s complaint angrily. "I heard that yesterday the fleet of Haichao chamber of Commerce caused a sensation in the whole city of Copernicus. I came to the pub to inquire about it, not to drink."


    "Someone over there is talking about Haichao chamber of Commerce. Please be quiet..."


    Simone was ready to say something. After being glared by navid, he was unwilling to shut up. They listened to the noisy voices nearby.


    “…… It''s incredible. I''ve lived half my life, and it''s the first time I''ve seen such a strange boat that it can sail without sails. I really don''t know how the people of Haichao chamber of Commerce do it.... "


    "Ha ha, old Carter, you are such a fool. Are there few boats without sails in thousand Lake kingdom? Which River freighter do you see with sails


    "Audrey, you''re the brainless fool. I''m talking about seagoing ships. Do you know that? How can a seagoing ship rely on human power to paddle like a river flatboat


    "I went to the dock yesterday, too. Old Carter was right. I didn''t see the oars. Besides, the strange ship was made up of two thousand ton ships. The oars couldn''t move such a huge ship..."


    "Have you noticed that the deck of this ship is made of metal? Tut Tut, the tide chamber of commerce is so rich that it uses steel as its deck..."


    Navid and Simone looked at each other in shock.


    What the hell is this?


    Two thousand ton ships joined together? A ship without sails?


    Can this kind of boat run?


    What''s a steel deck? Won''t this ship sink directly when it comes out?


    Soon they heard even more amazing news.


    “…… Guess what that big iron house looks like? "


    "What big iron house?"


    "It''s the big guy on the steel deck..."


    "Lazaro, I have said for a long time that you will regret leaving the dock so early. Hehe, I''ll tell you that the big iron house you mentioned grew legs later..."


    "Are you kidding? How can a big iron house have legs? "


    "Those big iron houses ran from the deck to the wharf automatically. They don''t have legs. What is it?"


    "Really? Are you wrong? Is there someone pushing it in the big iron house


    "Why don''t you give it a push? They''re bigger than one house. They''re all made of steel. I''m afraid they''re as heavy as five houses. Twenty people don''t have to be able to push them. "


    "I saw with my own eyes that where the iron house passed, the soil was deeply depressed, probably as deep as my fingers..."


    "If you want me to tell you, it''s still that weird pony cart that is more powerful. Yesterday I opened my eyes. I can''t believe that the two wheeled carriage can still run so steadily..."


    "The two wheeled carriage doesn''t even need the horse to pull the cart. The wheels roll up automatically. The speed is so fast that you can''t see the shadow in the blink of an eye. It''s amazing..."


    "I think there must be magicians in Haichao chamber of Commerce. The two wheeled carriages must be made by magicians. Otherwise, they will not be able to stand firm and run without horses."


    "I agree with Royce. I heard that Haichao chamber of commerce also sells hot air balloons, which are mostly the invention of the magician..."


    Listening to the heated discussion of the civilians, navid and Simone looked at each other, with more and more doubts in their hearts.


    What are these civilians talking about? Why can''t we understand at all?


    Walking iron house?


    A two wheeled pony?


    Two people suddenly found that the world is so strange.


    Simone looked at his companion and asked in a low voice:"Navid, are you going to take part in the exercise to be held by Renault''s army tomorrow?"


    "Go Navid said categorically that he was extremely curious about the strange things that civilians talked about.


    "But what if Renault takes the opportunity to blackmail everyone?" Simone hesitated.


    "The one who sent troops to Qianhu Kingdom under the banner of miss aleeti deliberately, I feel that this is to ask you for money..."


    After a pause, he murmured in a low voice:


    "since the black Orc army occupied the Dushan kingdom in the north, the king always levied special war tax every three or five times. Now even a foreign nobleman dares to ask for money. How did the Kingdom become like this..."


    Navid said nothing but sighed.


    The castle of the Duke of Byron.


    At noon, the banquet was neither toasted nor disheveled. Even though the food was quite abundant, all the nobles attending the banquet showed great restraint, so that the atmosphere of the banquet was a little cold.


    On the one hand, it is because of the great event that happened before, that is, the fall of the two fortresses.


    Three days have passed, but the royal family has not started to organize counterattack action, which shows the weakness of the royal family and makes us deeply uneasy.


    As the leader of the noble group, even the royal family behaved so badly, who would have confidence in the future of the kingdom?


    If it wasn''t for the black orcs'' inability to continue to go south, I''m afraid many nobles would have run away.


    Rao is so. A large number of nobles have begun to prepare for the evacuation secretly, such as finding various excuses to transfer their families, or transferring part of their money to the southern mainland to prepare for the future ahead of time.


    On the other hand, it''s because Renault is under the crown.


    Most people hold a wait-and-see attitude towards the purpose of the exercise, even with a faint repulsion. It''s not surprising that when this emotion continues to the banquet, the atmosphere becomes like this.


    Towards the end of the banquet, the waiters yelled:


    "Dear Sir, if you have finished your meal, please move to the small square at the gate of the castle, and there will be a special carriage to take you to the exercise site..."


    "In half an hour, the exercise will officially begin..."