The Rise of the Grassroots Rider

Chapter 3. The Green Palm Tavern

It was four in the afternoon and most of the men were awake, Locke got up and began to greet his men. "Come on, let's go outside the camp for a drink! I haven't slept in this heat!" Locke complained.

"Hooray, chief!" Locke's men were very excited about being able to enjoy free booze right away. On a hot day like this, only chilled ale could appease the parched hearts of these big-headed soldiers.

"Kane, you first take the men to the Green Palm Tavern, one cup of ale per person, and book me a private room, tell the boss's wife to put the bill on me; Hans, you and I will go to find Squadron Leader Joschak." Locke commanded.

"Okay, guv." The two replied.

Locke brought Hans to Uncle Yorchak's military tent, "Uncle Yorchak, go drink!" Just after entering the army tent, Locke shouted at Uncle Joshak who seemed to have just woken up too.

"I know, you kid voice smaller, my head was shaken by you straight tremor." Uncle Joshak joked.

"Uncle hurry up and go, the Green Palm Tavern in the town of Giza outside the camp, I've already arranged for someone to book a private room." Locke said.

"Eh, let's go." Uncle Joshak put on some civilian clothes and set off after Locke. "This is Hans, isn't it, the lad has gotten quite a bit stronger." Uncle Joshak was also a little impressed with this lad from the same town.

"Yeah uncle, I'm satisfied with my body now, I have no problem beating up three Shiloh barbarians." Hans interjected.

"It's still the fact that this guy can eat that makes him so strong, he can eat two of my meals in one meal." Locke joked.

"Soldiers are meant to be able to eat! You see how much Uncle I eat in one meal. You kid is still a bit skinny even though you're still in good shape."

Uncle Joshak wasn't very happy with Locke's physique. Locke now stood at one meter 76, which was actually a little taller than most soldiers, he was well-proportioned and weighed 150 pounds, compared to Uncle Yorchak's one meter 9 height, almost three hundred pounds was indeed nothing. Even Hans had a height of one meter eight and a weight of more than two hundred.

A group of three people, talking and laughing, walked towards the outside of the camp.

The Giza town outside the camp was once the territory of Charlotte Kingdom, after Forstein Kingdom forcefully attacked down the Felmer Canyon two months ago, Charlotte Kingdom didn't have any big heavenly dangers and resistance, the three major legions were divided into the upper, middle and lower three ways to attack deep in the hinterland of the Charlotte Kingdom, pointing straight to the Charlotte capital city of Odysseus City, all the way to crushing so far. The Eagle Legion was attacking from the southern encirclement, because the resistance along the way was sporadic resistance, so the Legion Commander decided to spread out the ranks, the four infantry regiments of 20,000 people to brigade an average of 500 people to participate in a battalion of village and town level attack, for the attack on the city or large territories and then reintegrated into the form of a corps, a regiment of 5,000, the Legion Command left behind only the Cavalry Regiment and the Logistics Regiment a total of 10,000 people to remain at the Military Headquarters.

The town of Giza is a small town in the southern part of the Kingdom of Shiloh. This town had just experienced the baptism of war, walking along the roadside, houses burnt into charcoal, dark-faced beggars could be seen everywhere. These people peeked down at Locke and the others with scared and panicked eyes, and the standard civilian clothes of the Forstein Kingdom's army revealed Locke's identity. War always destroys something, two weeks ago Locke and his battalion captured this place, the lesson of blood and fire made the remaining residents of this town accept these strange visitors.

The owner of the Green Palm Tavern is a wonderful man, who is said to have betrayed his country before the forces of the Faustian Kingdom even arrived, and by selling out the town's defenses and capturing the town's mayor himself, the owner of the Green Palm Tavern has managed to gain the olive branch of Baron Caduceus, the de facto leader of Locke's battalion, by offering him a large sum of money. . The Green Palm Tavern is the only business in the town that is still in operation, and it serves the soldiers in the barracks.

As for why so many soldiers are willing to drink outside the camp, one is that there are very few senior officers in the camp here, the highest is the level of small captains who drink here, here these big head soldiers can talk freely, drinking and bragging and boxing; two is that the cost here is very low, because as an occupied area, the original currency of the Kingdom of Charlotte is about to be useless, and the dreh is now the hard currency, and a large cup of ale costs only one copper dreh, which is half cheaper than in the camp. A cup of ale costs only one copper drei, which is half as much as in the camp, and there are also some other businesses here on the side. Because of the war, many women from poor families have come here to earn a living. Some of them came here voluntarily, some were forced to do so, but no one would care about them before the law was established in the war zone. Because the price is cheaper and fresher than those women in the munitions battalion, even the strict military discipline can't control the hearts of these hot soldiers, with the hidden business of the Green Palm Tavern having a tendency to grow bigger and bigger, the higher-ups have also turned a blind eye to it. In fact, in the occupied area this is a common thing, the bottom of the civilian population of the Kingdom of Charlotte, this year because of the war on the mainland how many can peacefully farming, not farming what do they eat? Can only sell blood and meat 。。。。。。

Rock and his entourage came to the Green Palm Tavern, just entered the door a strong smell of sweat and noise came to the face, it seems that there have been a lot of people to patronize. Sure enough, after seeing a lot of familiar faces, Locke they all smiled at each other and nodded their heads to show their greetings to each other, Uncle Joshak is even more popular, after all, there are still a lot of boys from his squadron here, as one of their battalion's four powerful squadron commanders, Uncle Joshak is also counted as one of the senior one, a lot of people went up to greet them. Uncle Joschak just nodded slightly.

"Chief, here!" A shout came, and sure enough, Kane and his g**g had already occupied a few tables in the corner of the tavern, and looking at the large cup of ale that was still untouched on their tabletop, it seemed that they were still waiting for Locke and the others.

Uncle Joshak was still entertaining the people around him, and Locke led Hans towards their squad's table first. "You guys go ahead and drink, I've got some business to discuss with Lt. Commander Yorshak, Kane, go order one for Hans as well." Locke instructed the squad members.

"Alright, chief." Kane nodded and handed Locke a key in passing, which was the key to the upstairs private room.

"Hans, you drink with the brothers, I'm going to discuss things with Uncle Yorchak." Locke said to Hans again.

"En, you go." Hans nodded his head and looked at the front desk not far away where Kane had already brought him a large glass of Ice Cane ale to walk, Hans smiled and showed a mouthful of yellow teeth, this guy also has this taste.

"Drink up brothers, I'll be down later." Locke said and headed for Uncle Yorchak.

"Chief, go ahead." "Holler, guv." "Guv, we'll wait for you." 。。。。。。 The squad members all said.

"Uncle, let's go up." Locke said to Uncle Joshak. Uncle Joshak was still exchanging pleasantries with the soldiers who greeted him, when he heard that, he nodded to Locke and said to the people around him "I still have something to do, boys go ahead and drink." "Okay, Captain." "Captain, see you later." "Captain, come down and have a drink with us."

The surrounding soldiers were not without their eyes and nodded their heads in response. It wasn't without intent that Locke used the word 'uncle' here to address Lieutenant Captain Joshak, which showed his unusual relationship with the Lieutenant Captain. The battles in the barracks are also everywhere, a small address also reflects Locke's uncommon backstage. Let the people who have the intention to listen to the influence of Locke also invariably enhance a lot. In addition, this time period and the squadron leader to talk about what, to a certain level of people can roughly guess, this around there are a few soldiers look slightly changed.

Locke and Uncle Joshak went up the stairs from the corner of the front desk, during which they also nodded with the tavern owner's wife at the front desk. This was a woman with red wavy curly hair and charm, called Shashi. After all, when you drink and talk about things in someone else's place, you have to take a look at the host family. Xia Xi threw a wink, indicating that she knew. This charming siren, Locke thought in his heart.

Upstairs there is a row of five or six private rooms, Locke took the key and found their private room and opened the door. The room is not large, less than 20 square feet, the room has a window, through the window can see the distant lush mountains, leaning against the window there is a table, the table on each side of a sofa,, the doorway is not exquisite but more eye-catching screen, next to stand a small coat rack, the table is set with two glass cups, two bottles of bottled ale, glass bottles, oak corks. The room layout as a whole made people feel comfortable, Locke had been here once, and having never been attached to the world, Locke was impressed as he felt it was a classy place to drink. This is a woman who knows how to do business, Locke commented to the owner's wife.