"Speaker Obed, there will be a bonfire party in Leman Town tonight. Since you are here, why don't you watch the party tonight before leaving?"
A reporter from the Fabro Daily stood next to Yaden, nodding frequently, holding a bulky camera in his hand. If the big shots can attend the bonfire party, the front page of the news will be easier to write and more substantial.
Yaden continued, "If we take the airship, we can get back to the city in less than 4 hours. We can set off around 8 o'clock in the evening, which will not delay Deputy Speaker Williams and Major General Bali's rest at all."
Yevgeny, Deputy Director of the Court of Justice, did not stand up to object. Deputy Speaker Williams glanced at the reporter with expectant eyes and said, "Okay, I haven't participated in the activities in the town for a long time. Everything here is quite fresh. Then stay and see what the bonfire party is like in the evening."
For the provincial deputy speaker Williams, he went to some towns around the provincial capital of Aub during the small-scale election campaign when he was young. That was a very distant memory.
Seeing Deputy Speaker Williams's enthusiastic look, Obed was even happier. If Deputy Speaker Williams was satisfied, his future status as a senator would be guaranteed.
Before night fell, the sun was setting, and the refugee farmers were busy in the open space outside the grain pile, preparing to pile up several piles of firewood.
Each of these firewood piles was more than two meters high, almost a cube.
This place is not far from the grain pile, and there are some fire hazards. Some refugee farmers have also separated some people to stand in the open space between the grain pile and the bonfire. They are leaning on shovels, talking and laughing. In the event of a fire, they will quickly make a firebreak here.
The bonfire party cannot be far from the grain pile. Today, the refugee farmers must see a full grain pile to feel at ease and have a festive atmosphere. As night gradually fell, the bigwigs stood on the side of the airship, watching the first program of the Harvest Festival, the Harvest Parade.
The farmers held wheat ears or straw and walked from the grain pile to the temple in the center of the town.
There is a statue of the goddess of harvest in the temple. In recent months, the priests of the goddess of harvest have solved many problems for farmers and have gained many believers.
A bonfire was also lit in the square in front of the temple. After circling the bonfire, the parade walked to the grain pile from another route.
Two fire dragons made of torches and lights appeared in Leman Town. One end of the fire dragon was in the grain pile, and the other end was in the temple. The two fire dragons were connected head to tail, which was very spectacular.
Deep in a certain alley, Rudolf was handing over to Bowen, the witch hunter of the Court of Inquisition.
"Captain Bowen, I haven't found any trace of the furnace in Leman Town in the past few months."
Rudolf was asked to find the furnace, of course he couldn't find it, even if he looked for a hundred years.
Bowen also knew that the witch hunters in Leman Town had been working in fear for a long time, and it was normal that there was no result. They didn't find the furnace in the Court of Inquisition either.
Bowen asked, "Is there anything going on in the wilderness and the mining area?"
"No major problems, but minor problems keep happening. The werewolves in the wilderness are becoming more and more proficient in operating steam locomotives, but the Fast family in the Ruhr mining area said that refugee miners and the original blood servant miners are constantly in conflict, and there have been many fights between the two sides, which often prevent mining from proceeding smoothly."
"We know this too, but it's a pity that the level 5 vampire Fast has been sleeping and we haven't been able to contact him, otherwise Fast should have come forward to deal with these problems."
Bowen had nothing else to ask, and he finally emphasized, "Be extra careful tonight, beware of the furnace appearing and ruining the Harvest Festival."
Rudolf nodded and left the alley. Why would the furnace ruin the Harvest Festival if there was nothing wrong with it? Isn't that crazy?
After collecting the intelligence, Bowen headed towards the Judgment Hall airship. The courtroom airship landed first. They had to clear a rostrum in front of the bonfire party venue. The bigwigs would watch the ceremony on the rostrum.
Bowen reported: "Deputy Director Yevgeny, no trace of the furnace was found."
Yevgeny stared at the bonfire that had just been lit, his eyes flickering: "Don't worry, don't worry. If I were a furnace, I would definitely not be able to help it. There are so many prey here, how could the furnace not be tempted?"
Bowen did not respond. He just felt it was absurd. If those bigwigs knew that Yevgeny used them as bait, I wonder if those bigwigs would be angry.
Farmers gathered from all over and continued to join the parade, making the parade bigger and bigger.
Rudolf looked at the shielding signal tower on the roof of the police station. The top of the signal tower kept flashing red lights. This was the most powerful shielding device in the entire town.
Among the airships, there were a total of three airships with mobile shielding signal towers, one for the Provincial Parliament, one for the Constitutional Army, and one for the courtroom.
The courtroom airship landed, and there were two more in the night sky.
Rudolph took off his cloak, revealing linen clothes bought from the tailor shop in Leman Town, the same as those worn by the refugee farmers.
He mixed into the parade, and like everyone else, he raised his hands and waved straw, and walked out of the town.
Church had just left the grain field with a scarecrow in his hand. This scarecrow, like the scarecrows that can be seen everywhere in the farmland, is the most commonly used tool for farmers to scare sparrows. Church , who was holding the scarecrow, was also dressed as a refugee, as if his good harvest came from the blessing of this scarecrow. In fact, there was a kite shield hidden in the scarecrow. Church, who kept shaking the scarecrow up and down, sometimes glanced in the direction of the police station. His target tonight was the most powerful shielded signal tower on the roof of the police station.
Outside the town, Cooper locked the gate of the cemetery and walked into the town. On this day of harvest, the lonely gravekeeper couldn't stand the loneliness and wanted to go to the crowd to feel the excitement.
Yvonne sat in a carriage, wearing a headscarf and ordinary clothes, like a farm girl who was told by her father to look at the important tools on the carriage, silently watching the fun at the bonfire party.
Sandwiched between the refugee farmers, even Rudolph, who was worried, could feel the joy of the people around him.
This is the joy from the heart, the joy gained after life has become better. Perhaps from today, these farmers will no longer think of themselves as refugees from outside. They will cultivate this land, live on this land, and reproduce on this land.
From today on, they are no longer refugee farmers, but ordinary farmers.
It's a pity that their supplies are still scarce and there is no wine. Maybe in a month, oatmeal beer will appear on the market, and only with wine can happiness be happier.
The parade kept going until Rudolph entered the bonfire square.
One airship after another landed, and the bigwigs on it walked up to the viewing platform.
Rudolph finally saw his goal, Obed!
The former speaker Quint's biggest backer, the person Abel later turned to, the speaker of the Vichy County Council, Obeid!