Chapter Twenty-Nine: Migration
The equipment of these soldiers is better than that of the militia urgently mobilized in Limburg, but it is too far from the current regular soldiers in Limburg, they are wearing thick coats wrapped in several layers of thick linen, and most of the weapons in their hands are cheap spears, but there are so many people who can have an iron sword with iron filings, and as far as the eye can see, almost everyone has a certain leather helmet or iron helmet, such armament is indeed much better than the urgently mobilized militia, and such soldiers are the lowest combat power in the north.
Behind the soldiers, there were thousands of civilians, most of them men and women in the prime of life, although Lelouch guaranteed that everyone could receive rations, that is, the more people who came, the more food they could lead, but those who were willing to come were still a minority, and one person from each household was ready to see the situation first.
Although these people are in the prime of life, they don't have too much flesh on their bodies, and their faces are slightly yellow, each of them is a manifestation of long-term malnutrition, and everyone's gaze at Lelouch is more colorful than when Lelouch first arrived in Limburg, the eyes of the residents of Limburg are more colorful, different from the complete numbness of Limburg, the civilians of Wind Helmet City have a tangled performance of fear and expectation in their eyes, which makes Lelouch very satisfied, which at least proves that the people here have not given up hope of living.
Lelouch looked at the people, and the people were also looking at Lelouxiu, I have to say that the friendly smile on Lelouxiu's face that always carried it made the people more or less let down their guard, and the cart of food behind him made people understand that Lelouch came with sincerity, which made the civilians breathe a sigh of relief.
And there are as many as 200 "mighty" knights behind Lu Luxiu, the red horse coat with a unified painting style, the riding spear raised high, the colorful flags fluttering on it, plus the tall horse with the well-nourished and healthy soldiers, each of them is like a little giant to bring great pressure to others, grace and power, only grace and no might, then it is just a sign of weakness and bullying.
"Baron Limburg, Lord Lelouch has arrived!~"
As the attendants chanted, the leaders moved out of the way and bowed in unison, while Lelouch dismounted and walked to the center of the crowd:
"Ladies and gentlemen, please don't have to be like this, I am just a representative of everyone, not the master of everyone, today, I have the honor to lead you, exercise the rights given by everyone, it is my greatest honor, how dare you receive such a big gift?"
Saying that, Lelouch found an older man, walked over and gently helped him up, this scene made the people of Wind Helmet City slightly surprised, Lelouch didn't understand what he meant at first, and even many people thought that Lelouch was not sick in the brain, but the act of helping the old man went straight to their hearts, no matter what, the lord who could do this scene would at least not be too harsh!
After Lelouch helped up the first person, the other people also stood up, this time, they looked at Lelouch with less jealousy in their eyes, and more fanatical anticipation, the more they came to the front, the more maddening it became, everyone looked at Leluxiu, including those soldiers.
Lelouch smiled, sure enough, for the ancient people with low quality, the role of the great truth can never be compared to the real thing, it is convincing, only when the people have the real thing you give, your great truth, can they understand what it means, and they are willing to work for you willingly.
Lelouch waved his hand back, and the men pushed the wagons and began to place their supplies on the spot, while the cavalry, except for a few horsemen who were still patrolling on their horses, dismounted, spear in one hand and shield in the other, all around the majestic guardian supplies.
Lelouch waved his hand generously:
"Go, as your lord, I will fulfill my promise!"
After getting the affirmation of Lelouch on the spot, the soldiers at the front had rushed over desperately, and with the soldiers taking the lead, the civilians who were afraid that the supplies would be emptied in a few strokes rushed to the front, and then were forced to retreat by the soldiers with sharp spears, and honestly went to get food one by one in the passage that the soldiers used the shield wall to flow out.
Half a rabbit or a piece of venison per person, Lelouch has been breeding rabbits for nearly half a year, five months of breeding period, so that rabbits have been bred for three generations, in addition to their own consumption, now almost every household has bred no less than two hundred rabbits, and Limburg, now there are at least three thousand households, in this way, as the main renewable meat supply in the early stage, rabbit meat can be said to be the largest source of the entire Limburg.
But even so, in the face of the food needed by the population of Wind Helmet City and Winter Castle, it is still a little difficult to make ends meet, Lelouch took away almost all the rabbits in Limburg this time, except for breeding rabbits, even if it is a Limburg people, rabbits can't let go of eating as before, and they still rely more on mushrooms and potatoes and cured meat as the staple food, but it doesn't matter, at most a month, with the second batch of rabbits coming out, at least the local meat problem in Limburg can be solved.
Lelouch was not prepared to let the people of Wind Helmet City and Wintercastle eat meat during the transition period of these three months, except for the first five kilograms of meat, and then a family will be at most two taels per month, but even so, it is also a huge burden for meat, but when it comes to Wind Helmet City and Wintercastle, the civilians who learned about Lelouch's detailed plan really left tears of gratitude, these real things are the things that can most move the hearts of the poor.
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Old Jack was busy slaughtering pieces of meat, and in front of him was a long queue, and with Lelouch's assurance, and the encouragement of someone who really received the meat, more and more people rushed to the city gate, which caused the food to be distributed for a long time, but the number of people was increasing.
"Come and get it, this is your family's meat, don't forget, you can have such a good treatment, but it's all because of Lord Leluxiu's kindness!"
Saying that, Old Jack gave a piece of wrapped meat to a family in front of him, and in the other party's thousand thanks, he smiled and waved his hand, signaling to the next person, Old Jack was one of the earliest Limburg soldiers, and he was also the first batch of soldiers to be cut off after Lelouch came to power, and after he was discharged from the army, he was arranged to be a cook in logistics.
Although Old Jack did not have the iron rice bowl of soldiers, which was a little bit of security in Limburg, Old Jack was not sad at all, but was extremely grateful to Lelouch, because Lelouch really did not give up on them, and arranged jobs for each of them, and those young boys were even fortunate to directly become Lord Lelouch's close attendants.
As soon as he thought of his close attendant, Old Jack's strength in slaughtering meat suddenly hit a little, and there were tears flowing slightly from the corners of his eyes, his grandson was one of Leluxiu's close attendants, but he fell to the ground under the attack of the goblin, and when he thought that his grandson died at such a young age, Old Jack's hatred for Mordor tormented his heart all the time.
However, when he thought of Lelouch's funeral to the attendants, as well as the act of personally stamping them with the red dragon flag, Old Jack felt that his heart was hot, and the old lady always remembered Lelouxiu's words: "They are all good, they all fought until the last moment, they are the worthy guardians of Limburg, I am far inferior to them!"
This sentence is not only hot for Old Jack, but also for every Limburg person's heart, Lelouch is always so inadvertently enveloping people's hearts.
Old Jack's work seems to have been done more powerfully.
Jack, eh~This person has nothing to do with Old Jack, Jack is the first batch of immigrants to enter Limburg, and the first batch of soldiers to expand the army in Limburg, at this time Jack is wearing mighty armor, maintaining order with a shield and a spear in the other, and sufficient nutrition for a long time makes Jack's body extraordinarily tall, coupled with the fact that he is a developing age, under the double guarantee of training and diet, Jack not only has a height of nearly one meter nine at this time, but also is exceptionally strong, and when he stands in the crowd, he is generally half a head taller than the residents of Wind Helmet City。
"Big brother, do we really get a pound of meat each?"
"Of course, Lord Lelouch is the most merciful lord, and he never oppresses his own people!"
Although Jack has answered these questions countless times, whenever others ask, he takes the trouble to answer them again and again, and enjoys it.
Jack's words seemed to reassure the crowd who had not yet received the meat, and seeing that Jack was so good at talking, someone dared to ask:
"Big brother, why are you so tall and strong?
The man's words caused a burst of laughter
"Why are you old thing asking this, do you want to recruit a son-in-law?"
The ridicule of the crowd made the man smile embarrassedly:
"Eh, I'm not curious!"
Just as the crowd was about to continue washing him, Jack stopped them:
"Actually, it's nothing? The main thing is that Lord Lelouch is very kind, only since he became a soldier, Lord Lelouxiu has provided us with meat every meal, it's not that I'm bragging, I now have to eat half a catty of meat every day, this is not counting other food, you say I eat so much, can I not open meat?"
Jack's words made the crowd's eyes widen for a moment
"My God, isn't that the king's life?"
"You all eat so well, shouldn't Lord Lu Luxiu eat one pound of meat in one meal, no, at least two pounds of meat!?"
These rustic people believed that luxury could be measured entirely by the amount of meat eaten at each meal, rather than by the decoration, pursuit, and exquisite layers of food.
Jack smiled again this time, and at the same time said quite loudly with respect and pride in his heart for Lelouch:
"No! Lord Lelouch eats every meal with us, and eats exactly the same!"
Jack's words once again dropped a spiritual bomb in the hearts of the residents of Stormhelm City, and they suddenly realized that maybe it was really as Lelouch and the northern soldiers advertised, Lelouch was really a lord who was the most merciful and kind to his people, perhaps, he was really lucky!