The Lordevening banquetis always fillingvarioustypes of good food, thistimeis no exception, Alviswasthisevening banquetpreparedonetable of delicacies. The butter bread, the brittle skinsausage, the applesalad, the smokingham, the eeldashi, mashed potatoesandroasting pig...... varioustypes of mealshave everything expected to find. Made that the guestsdrool with envy.领主的晚宴总是充满着各种美食,这次也不例外,阿尔维斯为这场晚宴准备了一桌的美味。奶油面包、脆皮香肠、苹果沙拉、烟熏火腿、鳗鱼汤、土豆泥、烤乳猪……各种伙食应有尽有。弄得宾客们垂涎三尺。Is looking at the livelyhall and crowd, had a look on the table the assorteddelicacy, Rodto recall the initialyearsagain. Threeyears ago, Blackhammer Fortis a bordersmall town, depends onmaintains the livelihoodnext to the gulfmine in castlereluctantly.
望着热闹的大厅和人群,再看看桌上各色的美味,罗德不禁回想起当初的岁月。三年前,黑锤堡还是一座边境小城,靠着紧挨城堡的深坑矿场勉强维持生计。At the present, the castlehas changedgreatly, the cityexpandedseveraltimes, the streetwas neat, the townappearanceis changed beyond recognition. Varioustypes of commoditiesenriched, thistypeabundantthencanseefrom the multiplicity of food. Initially, evenevening banquet of Lordmeeting, stillonly thenonveryordinaryfoodtable. Even the meatisluxurious. Now, foodis dazzling, not onlytastefultype, but alsocares about the approach and style. The roasting pigmouthwas shoutingazureapple, the symbolis prosperous. In the roast duckskinpouring the honey, the symbolis industrious. Variouskind of foodbeforedisplaying the tableprocessafter the kitchen, the fruitwas suspended the hors d'oeuvre, variousabovecolorshave. Rodonlythought that the lifehas no momentnowsoto be likely satisfied.
而今,城堡已然大变样,城区扩大了好几倍,街道整洁了,城镇面貌焕然一新。各种物资丰富了,这种富足从食物的多样性便可以看出。当初,即便是领主会见的晚宴,也只有很普通的食物上桌。连肉食都是奢侈。现在,食物琳琅满目,不仅仅讲究种类,还在乎做法和样式。烤乳猪嘴里喊着青苹果,象征繁荣。烤鸭皮浇上蜂蜜,象征勤劳。各类食物在摆上餐桌前都是经过后厨加工的,水果被摆成拼盘,上面各种颜色都有。罗德只觉得生活没有哪一刻像现在这般惬意。
The flame in stoveis burningunceasingly, bakesverywarmly the hall. Peoplehold up the wine glass, is celebrating the victory. Meanwhile, outside the castleis also conducting a celebration. The theateris performingWhite Bear Lordto expedite the northernplay, the freeopengrand theaterwas filled with the civilians.
火炉里的火焰不断燃烧着,将大厅内烘烤得十分暖和。人们举起酒杯,庆祝着久违的胜利。同时,城堡外也在进行着一场庆典。剧院正在上演白熊领主远征北方的戏剧,免费开放的大剧院挤满了平民。
The Eastspringshore, the fireworks displayis performing, the large flameshoots up to the sky, from the skybloomsvariousshapes, causes the peopleto cheerintermittently. Especially the children, in a year have the socheerfultimerarely, theyare playingheartily, buttonight, the parentswill not managethem.冬泉河岸边,烟火表演正在上演,火舌冲天而起,在空中绽放出各种形状,引得民众阵阵欢呼。特别是孩子们,一年中难得有如此欢快的时刻,他们尽情玩耍着,而今晚,父母也不会管他们。Thisis the raretime.
这是难得的时刻。In the hall, drinks the drunkencrowdto startto create a disturbance, does not know that iswhofirstproposed, making the twoleads of thiscampaignat the scenehot the kiss, causesCarolineto blush.
大厅内,喝得醉醺醺的人群开始起哄,不知道是谁首先提议的,让这场战役的两位主角当场热吻,引起卡洛琳脸红不已。„Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!”
“吻！吻！吻！”Undermilitary officersare creating a disturbancerepeatedlyloudly, graduallyturns into the unifiedslogan. Carolineis stubborn, but, is red the faceandRodkissesin the presence of everyone, underBlackhammer Fort and Hyde Fortmilitary officersburst into the warmcheersimmediately. Rodgrabs the cheek of Caroline, wildkissherexquisitepowderlip. Pushes to the high tide the atmosphere in field.
底下的军官们一遍遍高声起哄着,渐渐变成统一的口号。卡洛琳拗不过,赤着脸与罗德当众接吻,底下黑锤堡和海德堡的军官们顿时爆发出热烈的欢呼声。罗德抓着卡洛琳的脸蛋,狂野的亲吻着她小巧的粉唇。将场上的气氛推向高潮。
The soldiersare striking the wine glass, sends outwarmshouting. A moment later, Rodlet looseCaroline, actuallywhenturning the headsaw that Priestess in corner...... Lyannadoes not knowwhencomes, butnow, her facegloomypreparationleaves. Rodcould see that expression——loses, hasdisconsolateandseveralpoints of pain. Before thismood, hehas also read, buttodayobviouslyis not the sadtime, Lyannawill makesuchaction, it is no doubt that Rodhas also guessed correctly12.
战士们敲打着酒杯,发出热烈的呼喊。片刻之后,罗德放开了卡洛琳,却在转头时看到角落里的女祭司……莱安娜不知道什么时候进来的,而现在,她正一脸阴郁的准备离开。罗德看得出那种表情——失落,带着惆怅和几分痛苦。这种情绪以前他也读过,只不过今天显然不是悲伤的时候,莱安娜会做出这样的举动,不用说,罗德也已经猜出一二了。Whydoes not know, after having looked atLyannathatsadlook, Rodalsofeltseveralpointsare not comfortable. As ifPriestessis the cardin a oneselfheartthorn. Roddoes not know how shouldtellher, can only treat asdoes not know , to continue to drinkwith the peoplewith a smile, chats.
不知道为什么,看过莱安娜那悲伤的眼神之后,罗德也感到了几分不自在。仿佛女祭司是卡在自己心头的一根刺。罗德不知道该怎么跟她说,只能当做不知道,继续笑着和众人喝酒,闲聊。
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……Ormondsitsin the bow, rows the soundto take off and land, town of distant placereveals the fuzzyoutlinein the dawngradually. This is the first time that nothearrived atKislev, actually the first time isarrived atBlackhammer Fort.奥蒙德坐在船首,划桨声起起落落,远方的城镇在晨曦中渐渐显露出模糊的轮廓。这不是他第一次来到基斯里夫,却是第一次来到黑锤堡。AsDiplomatEmpire, thistimecomesBlackhammer Fort, the Ormondgoalis very clear, discussed the cooperationwithBlackhammer FortLord. The news of northerncampaignvictorynot onlytravelledinKislev, spreadinKislevoldneighbor——EmpireprovinceOstland. Empire that poses as the byfirearmpowerful nation, whenheard the Kislevperson in borderto defeat the quantity the Norscaarmy who with the artillery of high techunexpectedlyexceededoneselfseveral times, the naturewas interestedinthismysteriousripple fireartillery. OrdmanthencameBlackhammer Fortto find outby the life of Municipal Senior Official, ifOk, buysthistechnologywhile convenient.
作为帝国外交官,这次来黑锤堡,奥蒙德的目的十分明确,就是与黑锤堡领主谈合作。北方战役胜利的消息不仅在基斯里夫传开了,也在基斯里夫的老邻居——帝国行省奥斯特领传开了。作为以火器强国自居的帝国,当听到边境的基斯里夫人竟然用高科技的火炮击败了数量超过自己数倍的诺斯卡大军,自然对这神秘的连射炮感兴趣。奥德曼便是受市政长官之命前来黑锤堡一探究竟,如果可以,顺便买下这门技术。
The officialmerchant shipis enormous and powerful, drives into the Blackhammer Fortwharfby way of the Kislevbay. Before comingBlackhammer Fort, Ordmanhas imagined the appearance of thisbordersmallcastle, itshould be the same withotherNorthsmallcastles, has the simpleinner and outer city walls, a crudesmall pier, several hundredor1,000-2,000people of appearances. The soldiersstandin the city walllistlessly, in the castle, the personis sparse.
官方的商船浩浩荡荡,经由基斯里夫湾驶入黑锤堡码头。来黑锤堡之前,奥德曼想象过这座边境小城堡的样子,它应该和其他北境小城堡一样,有着简易的城郭,一座简陋的小码头,几百或者1,000-2,000人的样子。士兵们无精打采的站在城墙上,城堡内,人丁稀疏。However, whenMay Rosedrives into the Eastspringouter harbor area, Ordmanandhisassistantsat present cannot help but shocked. Stonehouseneatstanding erect of bigpiecein the coastlinearrives in the region of no relief between inner cities, almostcannot look at the end. The neatstreetpasses throughfrom the city areaunceasingly, the carriage and crowdcome and go, livelyexceptionally.
然而,当五月玫瑰号驶入冬泉河外港区时,奥德曼和他的助手们不由得被眼前的惊呆了。大片的石头房屋整齐的矗立在海岸线到内城之间的平原区上,几乎一眼望不到尽头。整齐的街道不断从城区中间穿过,马车和人群来来往往,热闹异常。Hisoriginally thoughtMay Roseis the entireharborbiggestships, however, whenthis when officialmerchant ship that representsBakerdrives into the outer harbor area, Ordmannoticed that in the wharf in not far awayanchorstwoalsoto want the giantforeignmerchant shipcompared with the oneselfship. Andon the merchant shipis drawing up the Tileaareauniquechamber of commercesymbol. Anotherseems like, thenseems like the Dwarfopen seamerchant ship.
他原本以为五月玫瑰号是整座港口最大的船只,然而,当这艘代表贝克城的官方商船驶入外港区时,奥德曼看到不远处的码头上就停靠着两艘比自己的船还要巨大的外籍商船。其中有一艘商船上面绘制着提利尔地区特有的商会标志。另一艘看起来则像是矮人的远洋商船。May Roseswims against the stream, moves to the deep water wharfunceasingly. Inriversboth banks, isneatShangmao Avenue, the flankat leasthasabovethree layersclose to the house of river course, usesShangmao Avenueas the axle, extendsmanytracks, thesepathswithout exception, spreadwith the crushed stoneflatting, rather than the mudroad in imagination.五月玫瑰号逆流而上,不断驶向深水码头。在河流两岸,是整齐的商贸大道,外侧靠近河道的房屋至少都有三层以上,以商贸大道为中轴线,延伸出许许多多的小道,这些道路无一例外,都是用碎石压平铺成的,而不是想象中的泥巴路。ButinentireShangmao Avenue, is the crowd of coming and going, variousdressing uppeoplehave, someseems like the merchantfromsouthTilea, some areDwarf, Dwarf of whichplacebutcannot seeis., Evenis the person who came from the Arabyarea. TheirbusyformandneatbroadShangmao Avenuecomposedprosperoustogether, happyupwardcitypicture scroll. It is difficult to imaginethisis a bordersmallcastle, itsscalealmostcancompare favorablywith a small-scalecity. Moreover, the ordinarysmallcitymaynot haveit is so neatandhygienic.
而整条商贸大道上,则是来来往往的人群,各种装扮的人都有,有一些看上去是来自南方提利尔的商人,有一些是矮人,不过看不出是哪个地方的矮人。还有一些,甚至是来自阿拉比地区的人。他们忙忙碌碌的身影与整齐宽阔的商贸大街共同组成了一副繁荣,欣欣向上的城市画卷。很难想象这是一座边境小城堡,它的规模几乎可以与一座小型城市相媲美。而且,普通的小城市可没有它这般整洁和卫生。„Sir, haven't wecome to the wrongplace?”
“大人,我们没有来错地方吧？”Indeck, nearbyassistantsurprisedasking. Just likeOrmond, assistantalsosurprisedlooking around, hethinks that oneselfwill go to a barren landto negotiate, will stayin the domain of savageat leastfor half a month, thatis a painfuljourney. Howeverat this momentlooks like, not onlyhereis not a barren land, is not the place that the savagelives, is on the contrary more civilized than Empireinsomeplaces......
甲板上,一旁的助手惊奇的问到。和奥蒙德一样,助手也惊讶的东张西望,他原本认为自己将前往一个不毛之地谈判,将在野人的地盘待至少半个月,那将是一段痛苦的旅程。但是此刻看来,这里不仅不是不毛之地,不是野人生活的地方,反倒在有些地方比帝国更加文明……„On the markaccording tomap, we have not come to the wrongplace. Damn, thesefolkmerchants, theyhave come tohere, howto speak the truth?”
“按照地图上的标记,我们没有来错地方。该死的,那些民间商人,他们来过这里,怎么不说实话？”Ormondsomewhatangryspeaking.奥蒙德有些恼怒的说到。„Theyhave saidprobably......, butno onebelieves......”
“他们好像是说过……但是没人相信……”
The youngassistantanswered.
年轻的助手答到。„Good, it seems like that this Rodalsoa littleskill.”
“好吧,看来这个罗德还有点本事。”„Did wecomeas scheduled?”
“那我们按原计划来吗？”
The Ormondassistantasked.奥蒙德的助手问到。„Nonsense, naturallyas scheduled. Blackhammer Fortis prosperous, issmalltown. The Kislevpeopleare short of money, hisRodevenagaindifferent kind, are still a Kislevperson. The gold that webringis the number that his does not dareto imaginefor a lifetime, hemustcooperatewithus. As scheduledcame.”
“废话,当然按原计划。黑锤堡再繁荣,也不过是一座小城镇而已。基斯里夫人都缺钱,他罗德就算再异类,也是一个基斯里夫人。我们带来的黄金是他这一辈子都不敢想象的数目,他不可能不与我们合作。按原计划来。”Ormondis saying, arrives in the broad sidedeck, preparesto disembark. Not far away, the stevedorehas put on the stance, preparesto greetthisvisitingEmpiresteamship.奥蒙德说着,走到船舷甲板上,准备登岸。不远处,码头工人已经摆好架势,准备迎接这艘远道而来的帝国大船。
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