Traveling through The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

Lund dragged the two orc blacksmiths to talk all night, and finally forced his bloodshot eyes open, and said with regret that he could not complete the plan of the blacksmith shop before leaving. As for whether he could take care of this matter in the future, it would depend on the situation of the Sunshine Garden Fortress. Helgi was much calmer, and still completed her training plan step by step every day. She also left me all of Falion's magic notes and her own reading experience.

After they left, the Bloody Throne Fortress became much quieter.

What Lund did before, I now need to do myself. For example, I have to check the account books registered by Lucia every day. Although this little girl is calm and down-to-earth, she is only eleven years old after all, and someone has to check her work. In addition, I have to listen to Talver's report on the situation of the mine, arrange personnel to check whether there are contraband in the goods entering and leaving the tiger people's warehouse, check the inventory status of various materials, handle disputes between residents, and redeem prisoners at any time according to the requirements of Nanya's chief steward.

Of course, daily training is also essential. Locker's physical condition is not bad, and since I traveled through time, I have met many good teachers and helpful friends. It's a pity that I have been busy with worldly affairs and have no time to integrate the skills I have learned. Now is the right time to calm down and carefully polish my fighting skills. Avustern of the Gray Mane Family became my sparring partner.

As an officer of the Stormcloaks, this guy is quite skilled in martial arts. He wields a warhammer with great vigor and is a perfect counter to my fighting style. He has tried every trick he could to find out the whereabouts of his brother Thorad. Instead, he was discovered by old Vignar, who sent him a letter to reprimand him. Now he has no choice but to behave himself in disgrace.

Eric came to see me once. He and Angie lived in Helgen Town, so he soon learned that Lund was sent to the Reachman Tribe by me. Although this change was actually his suggestion, Eric still expressed his concern for Lund's safety and asked me to arrange someone to protect him no matter what. Another purpose of his visit was to find out about Ion Bjorn, who was mentioned by Krako, and his relationship with the Silver Hand Mercenaries.

Of course I know that this former member of the Companions is now a high-ranking member of the Dark Brotherhood, but how to tell this news in a way that is not too abrupt is more difficult. In the game, Einberjorn is just a reckless man and has nothing to do with the Silver Hand. Although many situations in this other world are inconsistent with the settings in the game, I think there are still many doubts about this matter, and Krako's guess may not be correct.

First of all, Einberjorn’s wife is the boss of the Dark Brotherhood. He has a ready-made platform, so why would he need to come up with a Silver Hand?

Secondly, Astrid is a woman with a strong control desire. How could she tolerate her husband saving money in a treasury? Not to mention that this treasury is used to raise assassins. If the Silver Hand is a subordinate organization of the Dark Brotherhood, then given the current situation of this group of assassins, it is unlikely that they would be so generous as to give each peripheral member a silver weapon. Wouldn't it be better to keep such a large sum of money to arm themselves?

It's not that I haven't thought about getting information from Cindy. But that girl is not a direct descendant of Astrid. If I let her investigate the other's husband, it might alert the enemy and even cause trouble. Moreover, Cindy is usually elusive. If I want to contact her, I have to go through Rigel. The little saber-toothed tiger will never let his little sister take such a big risk. If I get beaten up for a disagreement, it will be a small matter. But if I get pregnant, it will be a big trouble.

I also asked Eddie to keep an eye on Silver Hand, but so far nothing has been found. He has to take care of Rigel's diet now, so he has no time to care about anything else.

So the enemy was still in the dark and I was in the light. I could only persuade Eric to act cautiously. He was naturally dissatisfied, and gave me a severe lesson under the pretext of exchanging martial arts, and then left.

A few days later, Lei Mei sent Herata back with a message that they had found a tunnel in the Bretsin Mountains and settled down. Hayou also brought three other cats into the Whiterun Territory. They found a strange dead tree. After tasting the sap flowing from the trunk, Lachlan showed signs of mild poisoning, manifested as dizziness and blurred vision. Fortunately, he recovered before the sun set. In order to prevent his greedy cousin from being poisoned again, Hayou chose to continue walking west and finally hid on the hill north of the Gukar Monument.

Agis sneaked into the town of Loristed at night and contacted Eric's father, Muraki. Although the two had met before, in the eyes of a Nord, all tiger people actually look similar, and only gender is clear at a glance. The little cat girl had to spend a lot of time to convince the other party that she was not here to steal.

Everything is going well in Loristed. The Niu Hoof Farm has been rebuilt, and Lord Igmund has appointed a new mayor to be responsible for taxation. This guy named Salton seems to be quite powerful. He took his wife, children and a large group of slaves and occupied the villa of old Lori. To show his kindness, he allowed Lori and Joanne to rent the land left by Donna and gave them a letter from Solitude.

The High King's Lords' Council expressed condolences to the retired veterans of the Imperial Legion, condemned Lord Balgruuf's shameful fraud, announced support for the victims to claim the money they were defrauded of, and expressed willingness to provide legal assistance. Old Lori was certainly not naive enough to offend the Lord of Whiterun with this piece of waste paper, but his youngest son disappeared that night. Thordon thought he had gone to join the Stormcloaks, so he arrested Lori's family and tortured them severely.

Mullarkey got the news the next day. He quickly saved the man under the banner of the Comrades, but Lori and his son and daughter-in-law were tortured, and his daughter was also humiliated. The old man fell seriously ill, and although he was saved by Joanne, he was completely unrecognizable, like a walking corpse. Now Lori's property has been confiscated, and his family is under strict surveillance, not allowed to come in and out at will, and even other people have to get approval from the mayor to visit.

In addition to devouring Lori's family business, Salton also announced new tax rates in the name of the lord. One-tenth of all crops harvested from the land shall be paid to the lord, one-tenth to the church, and one-tenth to the mayor. The movable property such as farm tools and livestock purchased by the town residents shall be taxed at one-tenth of the transaction price. In addition, no one may sell goods outside the town without authorization, but must sell them to the mayor at the publicly announced price. This purchase price is naturally far lower than the market price, and the mayor will also charge a handling fee in the middle. If someone wants to build a house on the rented land or reclaim nearby wasteland, real estate tax will be levied according to the area.

Salton specifically stated that agricultural taxes were to be collected only in kind, while real estate and personal property taxes were to be collected only in cash.

Previously, Lori collected a quarter of the crops or an equivalent amount of Septim coins, and he was responsible for paying taxes to the lord and the church. Everyone knew that the taxes from the lord and the church were one-tenth, and they only accepted cash. Most people did not have business channels like Ennis, and were happy to pay taxes in kind. As for whether old Lori could make a profit from the grain trade, everyone generally did not care.

Ennis said privately that the price Lori offered was usually slightly lower than the grain purchase price in Whiterun. But if the transportation costs, the loss on the road, and the risk of being robbed were taken into account, then this price could even be considered quite high.

Lowry did not interfere in other matters. Even if we only look at the last ten years, the size of Lowrysted has at least tripled, and no one knows whether Lowry has paid the lord for these newly reclaimed lands. Everyone has been living like this, eating their fill with their own hard-working hands, and feeling at ease letting the old man deal with the officials.

Everything has changed.

Salton's plundering behavior caused dissatisfaction among everyone, but he brought more than 20 servants with him, all of whom were fully armed thugs. In addition, Lord Igmund's garrison was right next to the town, so people only complained in private and no one dared to do anything out of line.

Mulagi also mentioned that a dark elf who called himself Veles passed by more than a month ago and asked around about Lund and his sister. Most of the villagers knew that Lund was following me now, so out of caution, they said that he had moved away a long time ago and they didn't know where he went. This incident again aroused Salton's vigilance. Fortunately, Lund was alone and lived outside the town because of the conflict with Ennis, so no one else was implicated.

However, Salton seemed to believe that the so-called "Lund's sister" was Lori's daughter. In this way, their previous beastly behavior turned into a heroic fight against the rebels. As for the fact that the poor woman was actually four years older than Lund and had already been married, such details were not enough to interfere with the judgment of the wise, nor could they erase the achievements of the brave.

The new mayor made a secret investigation and learned that Lund was only close to me and Eric. But Donna and I were both in Falkreath, and Eric was a rising star in the Companions. He was quite sensible and did not cause trouble for Mularkey. However, since then, there have been people patrolling around the Ice Fruit Inn, but their abilities were limited and they were not enough to find a cat in boots.

"Thank you for your hard work. You should take a rest first, then go to Helgen Town and convey all the information to Baron Horrick. You will also follow his arrangements for future actions. Also, tell Lydia to let Ariana follow Lund to Sun Garden Fortress and be responsible for his safety."

As far as I know, the lord and the church both collect money. This Salton deliberately collects food, probably to make a profit. But another possibility cannot be ruled out, that is, he is raising supplies for the army. We need more intelligence support to make a judgment on the actual situation. My father has been a soldier for half his life and is very experienced. He took the initiative to take over, so there is no need for me to help him analyze anything.

In Lund, the Rich people value women over men, so sending a woman over there would make things easier. But Lei Mei is responsible for the operation of the entire intelligence line, and Aigis's stealth ability is irreplaceable, so I only have Ariana as my choice. This woman is barely an excellent hunter, but she is still far from being a master. Eric, this guy, was passionate about his brothers, but when I asked to borrow his Angie, he immediately turned hostile and was quite cruel.

In the end, I suffered the loss of having no one available!

I thought my life would become boring after sending Herata away, but it turned out not to be the case because I found some interesting things in Falion's notes.

This Red Guardian wizard lived in Mosal for quite a long time, and often went far outside the city to do research that was not known to outsiders. He found that bubbles would sometimes appear in the rotten water of the swamp, and one time, on a whim, he cast a flame tongue spell.

"After a series of interesting attempts, I realized how reckless my previous behavior was."

Falion's records show that he found that when this gas reaches a certain concentration in the air, it can produce a powerful explosion when it encounters an open flame, while in small quantities it will burn steadily. The method of judgment is very simple, that is, smell. When you smell a clear pungent odor, it means that the concentration of the gas has reached an extremely dangerous level.

There are two whole paragraphs of Farion's complaints in the notes. He complained about the cliquey atmosphere in the College of Winterhold and criticized those people for their almost perverted obsession with magic theory. In the eyes of this Redguard wizard, theory and experiment are like a person's legs. After one leg steps forward, the other leg must catch up as soon as possible or even surpass it, so that it can keep moving forward. One-sidedly focusing on theoretical research while ignoring the verification of the theory will only result in taking too big a step and causing trouble.

In order to practice his ideas, Falion lifted up his robe and dug a pool of mud from the swamp. For a period of time afterwards, he was like a kind old hen, concentrating on incubating the foul-smelling mud, and finally found a way to stably generate this gas. At the same time, he also revised the direction of his experiments. The initial idea was to use it in conjunction with fire spells to increase the damage ability, and later it became used as an energy source for heating.

Falion's sister runs the Merced Inn. In order to cope with the cold and wet climate, a large amount of fuel needs to be purchased all year round. If the mud in the swamp can be used for heating, a lot of expenses can be saved. But on the other hand, this gas is very dangerous and must be used with great caution. If it explodes in a crowded place, the consequences will be disastrous.

Falion proposed the idea, conducted small-scale experiments, and collected some data. However, the lord and local residents had always been prejudiced against him, which prevented him from truly implementing his ideas and forced him to stop there.

Apparently, the gas he discovered was biogas.

Helgi also noticed this passage. In her reading notes, a large part of the passage was about the collection and use of biogas. I suspect that after reading about it, the little girl spent all her time studying it.

It's just the direction of her inference...