Transcendent Noble

Songlin Township is located in the northwest of Chebman. It has four villages under its jurisdiction, with a total population of less than 2,000, and its geographical location is very remote. Therefore Count Chebman chose to trade Mithril with Victor here. Since Mithril is a very sensitive strategic material, both parties conduct secret transactions as free citizens. Count Chebman instructed the lord of Songlin Town to build a free private camp outside as a trading point. In order to deceive people, the daily inspection work in Songlin Town was also suspended. It can be said that the surrounding area of ​​Songlin Town became a place of freedom to come and go, and Wedge and the others did not know it.

When the Wedge entire group entered Chebman's lead, the convoy deliberately avoided the road signs and drove directly into the wilderness, Scared Witless as seen by Waring and the others. Walking on a road is common sense in the human country. Lords build roads between villages and towns, set up guards on the roads and send soldiers to patrol the roads to ensure the safety of pedestrians and the smooth flow of roads. At the same time, they also need to check the identity and goods of outsiders and collect taxes. If you have a way to go, it is a bad intention. If you are caught, you will never end up. You will either follow the theory of banditry, pay a fine, or perform hard labor.

Under the encouragement of others, Waring Brace Oneself reminded Sasha that the Chebman family is different from a new family like Randal Family. Once they leave the road built by the Chebman family, being caught is a felony. Sasha didn't explain, but viciously told Waring to shut up.

When it was dark, they saw a little light. It was a simple camp. Sasha jumped off the horse and waved twice with the torch, and the flames on the opposite side also danced.

"Let's go! It's them."

Sasha turned around and ordered, and walked towards the camp first. There are four bonfires rising in the camp, and dozens of men are sitting around the bonfire. It is the instinct of merchants to observe words and colors. Witch and the others found that these brawny man are sturdy and sturdy, with sharp eyes, and the equipment is old but complete. They have all kinds of locks, leather armor, lance, and short blade, and there are about twenty. Dark crossbow. Obviously this is not a mob pieced together at random. Freelancers and businessmen sighed in relief.

Weiqi also noticed that Sasha was talking in a low voice with a sturdy man. Sasha was more than half a head taller than that man, but he looked nodded and looked flattering. I knew that the man should be the head of the mercenary group. Sure enough, after a while, Sasha walked over with the man.

"Are you Wedge Boss?" the short man asked in a urn voice.

Weiqi immediately showed a more flattering smile than Sasha, nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes, I am Weiqi. Good day Elder Tuan!"

"My name is The hammer is the head of the Warhammer mercenary group, not a master, you can call me the head of the hammer." The hammer toward the merchant nodded, and said: "Our situation, Sasha told you. Set up camp here tonight, and leave early tomorrow morning. You don’t have to worry about safety. My brotherhood is watching the night."

"Head Hammer, your members will know that they are all powerful warriors. Warhammer must be the mercenary group of the cream of the crop. We are not worried about being with you." Witch complimented, and asked hesitantly: "It's just, this...Can you let us see the goods? "

The hammer grinned and laughed silently. This businessman may not know what a powerful warrior is or what is dangerous, but he is concerned about whether there are goods. This self-seeking, act recklessly character is exactly the same as Nelson described. Wedge didn't know Hammer, but Hammer had heard of him. The old mercenaries talked about Fat Wedge’s performance in the Goat Hotel more than once. At that time, he was almost crying, but after tasting the purple cane wine, he immediately wanted to talk to Nelson for a deal. go.

"Here."

The hammer pointed towards the corner where there were dozens of hemp pockets and ten oddly shaped wheelbarrows. Several burly mercenaries picked up ten sacks and threw them on the ground. Several businessmen rushed forward and untied the sacks. The iron essence arrow suddenly appeared. Seeing the arrow, the businessmen smiled. According to the agreement, half of the arrow is their capital for turning over.

These iron essence arrows are well-made, outstanding in quality, and large in quantity. They must be produced by a certain lord’s weapon workshop. Since Warhammer mercenary group can get iron essence arrows, maybe there are good things in other bags. Thinking of this, Fat Witch rubbed his hands and said enthusiastically: "Captain Hammer, what are the goods in the other bags? Would you like us to check for you and give you an estimate?"

The Hammer shook his head and said: "They are all supplies, nothing to look at." Witch was a little disappointed, but he heard the Hammer say: "Oh, there are ten bags of raw sugar."

"Coarse. .... Raw sugar?!" Witch was happy, surprised and afraid, and whispered: "Head, I think we should leave overnight."

"Why?" Hammer unfathomable mystery Asked indifferently.

"Oh, jaggery is a specialty of the Randal Family. You picked up their goods. They must come and look for it. It's close to the Randal collar. It's better to hit the road earlier." Witch lowered his throat and whispered. After speaking, seeing Hammer look weird but indifferent expression, he hurriedly said: "Captain Hammer, let me tell you, Viscount Randal’s guard Captain is called Nelson. I heard that he personally killed hundreds of people. Very fierce, very powerful, his arms are thicker than my thighs, and one hand can lift me up..."

"Wedge Boss, remember, when did I say You can leave when you leave! You have to listen to my arrangements when you are outside, even if you pee and pee, otherwise you will die, and you will kill other people!"

Hammer patted Wedge’s shoulder , Turned around and left. After walking not far, Witch heard the hammer laughing.

"haha, I am so ridiculous! Very fierce, arms are thicker than thighs! Haha..."

Weiqi looked down and saw that he had two ordinary people. Thick thighs, innocently said: "I'm not afraid you don't pay attention to it...I don't know if you do business!"

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The temperature has warmed up, the earth has recovered, the season of cold and wet water is over, and the season of earth has come quietly.

Nearly 20,000 acres of potato fields and 10,000 acres of wheat fields around Pinghu have produced green seedlings. Farmers are spreading out in the fields to water and fertilize the seedlings, busy in a frenzy.

In the pig farm near Hekou Village, hundreds of peasant women poured cut blue core grass and wild thorns into the fence, and thousands of large and small wild boars were eating around the trough. . In a corner of the pig farm, a few strong farmers firmly pressed a half-large wild boar on the stone platform, raised the knife and dropped it, and two white meat balls were knocked out.

"Victor, is this what you said about castration?" an old man asked curiously.

Victor said with the first jaw: "Yes, Master Edwin, this is a steer."

When the water season was about to end, Nicole brought the battallion to Randal. , Along with Baita scholar Edwin. Nicole was busy taking people to build a camp near the entrance of the swamp to prepare for most of the people behind, while Edwin stayed at the manor and inspected Victor's farm and pig farm. Reunited after a long absence, Victor warmly entertained this frank and wise scholar, and has been by his side these days, introducing his farming and pastoral system.

"What's the use of steers?"

"Male wild boars are ferocious, aggressive and difficult to manage, and they will swallow the young of other male wild boars. The habits of male boars after castration are basically Like the sow, it not only grows faster, but also has more tender meat. It can also prevent inferior wild boars from mating freely."

Edwin asked: "Victor, how do you know so much?"

"The wisdom of the free people." Victor explained with a smile: "My leaders often hunt wild boars. They know the habits of wild boars very well, and the meat of male wild boars is old and tough, and has a bashful taste. In contrast, the taste of female pork is much better. In order to solve this problem, I asked the people for solutions. It happened that a farmer had a male dog, and his dog was bitten off when he was fighting with other male dogs. **As a result, the dog became less aggressive, and got fatter as it grew longer. So, I ordered people to try to castrate boars. At the beginning, I didn’t have much experience and killed a lot of them. Now they are very skilled. , The effect is also very good. In addition, my people have begun to try to steer cattle and sheep."

The half true half false as Victor said, the farmer is just an alchemy militia arranged by him, but on Earth The castration technique really comes from life experience, and it has been there in ancient China. It is the invention of livestock castration that greatly improves the economic benefits of animal husbandry and has a positive effect on improving breeds. Victor naturally wants to promote this simple and efficient technology in the territory.

"You can listen to people's suggestions, apply and organize them. Victor, you are amazing!" Edwin praised heartily.

Victor laughed humbly, but thought in his heart: "Master Edwin encourages the nobles to absorb the wisdom of the people. Although they have good ideas, they can’t see the essence of the problem. I want to listen to opinions, but ordinary people are The two ropes of the Glory Code and the vassal system are firmly tied, so what kind of creativity is there."

Edwin didn’t know Victor’s true thoughts. He continued: "Victor, the farmer you designed The animal husbandry system is very good. Although I don’t know if the new plough and pig manure will increase food production, it is certain that the number of cattle, sheep and wild boar will increase greatly. However, there are two defects, one inside and one outside."

Victor frowned and asked: "Oh? Could you please elaborate."

"First, let’s talk about external defects." The method is completely opposite. This is based on the fact that there are no monsters and wild beasts in Centaur Hills. But have you ever thought that wild beasts and monsters will come back sooner or later. By that time, how many soldiers can you protect cattle and sheep? "

Victor nodded, but did not speak. He had considered this issue a long time ago. The larger the area of ​​the wilderness, the greater the living space of wild beasts and monsters. Human soldiers are far less capable of action than wild beasts and monsters. It is necessary to rely on the army to completely eliminate the threats in the wild. impossible. The only way is to build more villages, towns, outposts, and roads to squeeze the monster's tossing space and eventually drive them out of the territory. This is why Victor wants to build an artificial river. Victor is also preparing to discuss this issue with Edwin, but now he wants to know what is the other flaw?

"Master, what are the internal flaws?"

Edwin sighed, shaking his head and saying: "Victor, follow your method, you will lose the support of the people in three years !"

Victor was shocked.