Broadcity, neatstreetsandpassionatepeople? No, does not have. WhenRodCentigor/troopsreturns toNorth, herelonely, withcapital citynotdifferent. Peoplebecomein the warpoor, the entirecountrybecomesin the civil warcannot withstanddeficiently. Writeswith the painoneachfaceexhaustedly. Only some small number ofmunitionspeddlers and slave traderalsohas the profiteer that does the deceased personbusinessgets rich by foul meansin the war, most people, the lifehas returnedpoor.
恢弘的城市,整洁的街道和热情洋溢的民众?不,没有的。当罗德的人马返回北境时,这里一片冷清,和都城无异。人们在战争中变得贫穷,整个国家都在内战中变得贫乏不堪。疲惫与痛苦写在每个人脸上。唯有少数军火贩子、奴隶贩子还有做死人生意的奸商在战争中大发横财,大多数人,生活都已返贫。Does not conduct the triumphal returningtype, does not hold the glee feast, the low keyreturns to the city. EvengovernorAlvisdoes not know that King of the Northhad come back, un...... no longerwasKing of the North, butwasKislevArchduke. Howeverthisdid not matter, butis a given name, whoknows that Rod LowenforeverisNorthGreat Lord, foreveris the Northspiritual leader.
不举办凯旋式,不举办庆功宴,低调回城。甚至连总督阿尔维斯都不知道北境之王已经回来了,嗯……不再是北境之王了,而是基斯里夫大公爵。不过这无所谓了,不过是一个名号而已,谁都知道罗德劳恩永远是北境的大领主,永远是北境的精神领袖。RodandSartride the dark horse, the lineare taking the lead, is50NorthKnight. The snowflakefallsononegroup of voluminous, dyed the white the Rodcape. The Sartbearskincoatsimilarly is also white and shinyonepiece, the warhorsebecauseas ifcannot withstandto bear the weight of person, once for a whilesends out1-2respites.罗德和塞尔塔骑着黑马,行走在前面,身后,是五十名北境骑士。雪花洋洋洒洒落在一行人身上,将罗德的斗篷染成了白色。塞尔塔的熊皮大衣同样也是白花花的一片,战马似乎因为承受不住背上人的重量,时不时发出1-2喘息。
The pedestrianscome and go, onlythought that thisteam of Centigor/troopsare not simple, as for the concretestatus, andno oneknows, no onewears the simplemanandKing of the Norththisat presentlinks, personallysees the Rodpersonafter all is a few, most peoplein the mindonlythought that White Bear Lord, King of the NorthandVampireend matterRod Lowen, shouldbe a verytall and strongpowerfulman, hisreturnwill definitely have the grandtriumphal returningceremony......
行人来来往往,只觉得这队人马不简单,至于具体身份,并无人知晓,没有人会将眼前这个身着朴素的男人和北境之王联系在一起,亲眼见过罗德的人毕竟是少数,大多数人在脑海中只觉得白熊领主、北境之王、吸血鬼终结者罗德劳恩,应该是一个非常魁梧强悍的男人,他的回归必然会有盛大的凯旋仪式……Becauseno oneknows,no onepays attention, Rodsawrealside. Writes about——Northonsuch as the Alvisletterinlike the witheredsponge, the civil warsqueezes dryitslastdrop of moisture contenttogether. The thinchildroams abouteverywhere, let alonegoes to school, the warm and sufficient conditionis the difficult problem. The beggarsbind the bodywithallragswaste materials that canfind, topassthisseverecold winter. Rodknows,herebeggaris the realbeggar, notthatmoon/monthincomeoverten thousandprofessional beggars......
正是因为没有人知道,没有人关注,罗德才看到了真实的一面。就如阿尔维斯来信中写到——北境就像一块干瘪的海绵,内战将它最后一滴水分挤干。骨瘦如柴的孩童到处流浪,别说上学,温饱都是难题。乞丐用能找到的一切破布废料裹身,以度过这严酷寒冬。罗德知道,这里的乞丐是真的乞丐,绝非那种月收入过万的职业乞丐……
The teampasses through the long and narrowstreet, stoppedbefore the Erengradcity hall.
队伍走过狭长的街道,在厄仑格拉德市政大厅前停了下来。
......
……„Rod! Cannotbelieve how youdid come backat this time?”
“罗德!不敢相信,你怎么这时候回来了?”Incity hall, whenAlviscatches uphurriedly, Rodhas stoodbefore the hallwindowwaited there for some time. The setting sunafterglowsprinklesin the roomby the glass window, was the wallincreased the littledark-redstripes, seemed the blood...... back then, the Erengradrulerswere then slaughteredhere, the blood-coloroncewas of incarnadine the floorthishall, was dried, then, againincarnadine. Rod under sunlightonlyfeelsheavy, the civil warcomes to an endby the victory of northarmy, however, entireKingdomis torn to pieces. Onesuch asthiscity, is seemingly prosperous, butcontraststenyears ago Erengrad, was unable to compare.
市政大厅中,当阿尔维斯匆忙赶来时,罗德已经站在大厅落地窗前等候多时了。夕阳的余晖透过玻璃窗洒进屋内,为墙壁增添了几许暗红色的条纹,好似鲜血……想当年,厄仑格拉德的统治者们便是在这里被屠戮的,血色曾经染红这座大厅的地板,又被擦干,然后,再次被染红。阳光下的罗德只觉得心情沉重,内战以北方军的胜利而告终,然而,整个王国支离破碎。一如这座城市,看上去繁荣,但是对比十年前的厄仑格拉德,已是不能比的。„Hehe, how? Alsothere is a matter that youdo not know.”
“呵呵,怎么?也有你不知道的事。”Rodturns around, is cracking a joketo reply.罗德转身,开着玩笑着回答到。
The matter that „Ido not knowmaybe many, Iam not the god...... Ionlyknow that half a month agoyoustartedfromKislev, return toNorthhowevernever expected thatyouto come backlike this...... naturally, ifyoudo not wantto makemeknow,Ido know? Also, Ido not dareto know.”
“我不知道的事可多了,我又不是神……我只知道半个月前你从基斯里夫启程,返回北境但是没想到你就这样回来了……当然,你如果不想让我知道,我又怎么会知道?再说,我也不敢知道。”Alviswalksaround the argument, hisnotlamefoot, butlegshortlikehand, when walksgives an misconception of lamefoot.阿尔维斯绕着口舌走过来,他并没有瘸脚,但是腿短如手,走路时给人以一种瘸脚的错觉。„Whatalsohasis you do not dareto know?”
“还有什么是你不敢知道的?”„Are many......”
“多着……”Alvisis standing on tiptoes the tip of the toe, reveals a faceto smilebadly.阿尔维斯踮着脚尖,露出一脸坏笑。„Ok, did not chatwithyou. The ErengradsituationIhad seen, seeming like your governoris not competent.”
“好了,不跟你闲扯了。厄仑格拉德的情况我已经都看到了,看起来你这个总督不称职啊。”Rodteased, heknows that thiswas not the Alvisresponsibility, tradingto doisothers, onlyfeared that will be worse than the presentsituation.罗德调侃到,他知道这不是阿尔维斯的责任,换做是别人,只怕会比眼前的情况更糟。„Governancecityis much more difficult than the managementcastle, butin time of warstabilizes the citycompared withusuallyisdifficultover a hundredtimes, ifIwill command troops, Irathergo to the frontline.”
“治理城市比管理城堡要难得多,而战争时期稳定城市比平时更是难上百倍,如果我会领兵,我宁可去前线。”Alvisis saying, before arriving at the deskdirectly, saying, mustget the liquorwater.阿尔维斯说着,径直走到书桌前,说着,就要去拿酒水。„Youshouldstop drinking.”
“你该戒酒了。”Rodbrokehim.罗德打断了他。Thistimeis earnest.
这次是认真的。„Good, does not drinkin the same placewithyoutemporarily.”
“好吧,和你在一起的时候暂时不喝。”Alvissmiles, immediatelyputs down the beverage bottle, walked.阿尔维斯笑到,随即放下酒瓶,走了回来。„Fromprominentaristocrat, torefugeerefugee, wheneverthere is a matter that could not handle, piledtohere, youhad not looked that mythesetwowere older?”
“大到显赫贵族,小到流民难民,每当有处理不了的事,都堆到我这里,你没看我这两年老了许多吗?”Then, Alvisreferred tooneselfforehead——
说完,阿尔维斯指了指自己的额头——„Hairfellhalf, this way, does not like the prostitutes.”
“头发都掉了一半,这样下去,连妓女都不喜欢了。”„No, richnessonline.”
“不,有钱就行。”Rodinterruptedhiswordswith a smile.罗德笑着打断了他的话。„Alsoright, butI, withoutmoney.”
“也对,不过我,没钱。”Alvisis blinkingto return.阿尔维斯眨着眼睛回到。„Iknow that the goal of thiscoming back, wantsto promoteNorth , to promote the Erengradport. However......”hisstopped, the visioncontinuesto stayonRod, „, but, withoutis so simple.”
“我知道你这次回来的目的,想振兴北境,振兴厄仑格拉德港。但是……”他停顿了一下,目光继续停留在罗德身上,“但是,没这么简单。”„Iknow. The presentsituationwas much more complex than initially.”
“我知道。现在的情况比当初复杂得多。”Rodreturns. In fact when alsoindeedso, in the past, Blackhammer Fortgreat development, Alvismanagementis a castle, the populationare most30,000people. At the present, hemanages, isErengrad. The city and castlearetwo matters, on the solepopulation, ErengradisBlackhammer Fortseveraltimes, let aloneitisnorthKislev the most importantcommercial harbor, new and oldinfluencepackingcomplexity, scope of large citiesonebig, variousissuesalsocrop up, hygienicandcrowded, public security, the gap between rich and poorwait/etca series ofissuesare much more difficult than Blackhammer Fort. In additioninthese two years of civil war, mustcollect the soldier's rations and pay and grain and fodderasAlvis of rearmanagerfor the army...... Rodguessed that hisalcohol addictionisthese daysfosters.罗德回到。事实上也的确如此,当年,黑锤堡大发展时,阿尔维斯管理的不过是一座城堡,人口最多不过三万人。而今,他管理的,是厄仑格拉德。城市和城堡是两码事,单单人口上面,厄仑格拉德就是黑锤堡的好几倍,更别说它是基斯里夫北方最重要的贸易港,新旧势力盘根错杂,城市规模一大,各种问题也接踵而至,卫生、拥挤、治安、贫富差距等等一系列问题都比黑锤堡严峻得多。加上内战的这两年里,作为后方总管的阿尔维斯还必须为军队筹集军饷和粮草……罗德猜测他的酒瘾就是这段时间内养成的。PresentNorth, is notreferred todelimitingon the mapto be ablepastto construct.
如今的北境,已经不是昔日在地图上指指划划就能建设好的。„Ok, Iwas tired, needs the resta whilefirst.”
“好了,我累了,需要休息一阵子先。”Rodgave a hand signal, for the last few daysjourneywriteson the facetired.罗德做了一个手势,连日来的旅途劳累写在脸上。„Mythismakespeoplecleancleanly the room, youwill like. Erengradhotelabsolutelycompared withbeing better of Kislev.”Alvisnarrows the eyesto speak of a smile, hehit a soundto refer , side the servantthenslightlyranis arriving, „the roomreorganization of city hallattic , after twohour, Imustseeroom that did not have the dust.”Alvistold.
“我这就让人将房间打扫干净,你会喜欢的。厄仑格拉德的旅馆绝对比基斯里夫城的要好。”阿尔维斯眯起双眼笑着说到,他打了一个响指,仆人便小跑着来到身边,“把市政厅顶楼的房间整理下,两个小时后,我要看到一间没有灰尘的房间。”阿尔维斯吩咐到。„Right, sincecame back, Ithink,has a personyou to see?”
“对了,既然回来了,我想,有个人你是不是该去见见?”
The Alvisfront leghas gotten out of the way, suddenlythinks ofanything, turns the headto speak to Rod.阿尔维斯前脚已经走开,忽然又想到什么,转头对罗德说到。„Iknow, shouldseeImeet, pleasedo not come backthismatterto tellmeexcludingyouanybody.”
“我知道,该见的时候我会见的,也请你不要将我回来这件事告诉除你之外的任何人。”
The Rodexpressionenforcessuddenly.罗德的表情陡然严肃起来。„Right, a matter, youmade the harvester that EngineerDwarfproducedreallyeasy-to-usewhenBlackhammer Fort, savedmanymanpowerdraught animal powers, Ihave been making the technicianscontinueto improve, now, the Erengradsuburb, 1/5landshad been contractedbythesebig fellow.”
“对了,还有一件事,你在黑锤堡时让矮人工程师们造的收割机还真好用,节省了不少人力畜力,我一直在让技师们继续改良,现在,厄仑格拉德郊外,五分之一的土地已经被这些大家伙承包了。”Alvisis self-confident, thisiscomes backto the onlygoodnews that presentRodhears, isAlvisshows the happy expressiontruly the time.阿尔维斯自信昂扬,这算是回来到现在罗德听到的唯一一个好消息,也是阿尔维斯真正露出笑意的时刻。„Continuesmaintains, the mechanizationis inevitable, welose toEmpire is too many, is not only the fund, technology, the thoughtandconcept of people.”
“继续保持,机械化是必然的,我们输给帝国太多,不仅是资金,技术,还有人们的思想和观念。”Rodspoke.罗德说到。
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