The tax collection team returned in the afternoon near evening, bringing in two full boxes of money. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This is a place to eat and live, and of course the ten saber thugs have to eat and drink. So the southwest room of the kitchen--dining room was lively, with constant conversation and laughter.

After taking off his armor in his room, Rudolph asked the little servant to take it and wipe it. He took a meal and went to the study, because everyone else was in the study.

Regel was also eating in the study, and Rudolph came in and closed the door of the study, while Cheng Qianxun and Sneijder were counting the money with the lamp.

Snead put the copper coins in stacks and raised his eyebrows: "Knight, you seem to be going to the restaurant to eat, right?" Anyway, we're all masters. You're in their pile, but you're the equivalent of a supervisor. ”

"I'm going to go!" Rudolph said angrily: "They did give me the main seat, but the smell of their bodies can smoke me so much that I can't even eat." ”

"Let's come and eat." Regel was drinking soup with a spoon: "They don't use utensils at all, they use their hands for everything. It turned out that in the Middle Ages, there were no napkins at all, and oily hands wiped directly on the body, and the sleeves were used to wipe the mouth. You've never been to the village, oh my God, it smells terrible. The peasants did not have toilets at all, and they pulled wherever they went. They also have no awareness of using excrement as fertilizer, and it is said that people in the city also pour urine directly on the street. ”

"Don't say it, will you let me eat?" Rudolph tore open the brown bread with his hands, and the brown bread that had just been baked today should be relatively soft, but relatively speaking. He immediately pretended to be humble and said, "Oh, I am a knight, and I can't speak like this to the noble lord master!" Please consider that the lowly duty wears more than sixty pounds of armor like a clown, and stands in the stinky pile of and urine for a day, so that the lowly duty can have a good dinner. ”

Cheng Qianxun and Sneijder suddenly became happy, and Rudolph became more and more funny under their influence.

Cheng Qianxun kept grabbing the money in the box and placing it on the table one by one: "Brave and loyal knight, your armor is extremely shiny, but no one will think you are like a clown." ”

Sneijder was even more direct: "The Milanese armor worth 200,000 euros is worn on whoever wears it, and it makes those village girls scream wherever they go." Your horse alone is enough for the price of four bulls, and riding it is no less than driving a top-of-the-line luxury Ferrari. ”

"Why don't you enjoy this honor, the honorable Lord Sneijder?" Rudolph was obviously angry, and he also looked unusually tired, and he tore the black bread vigorously, trying to tear it to pieces, and stuffed it in his mouth one by one, so that he could bite it open without teeth: "Who told me that this damn armor size can only be worn by me, I only feel guilty." ”

"My faithful knight." Regel sat for a day, plus special abilities, so he didn't feel much tired, he reassured: "Don't worry, we don't have to go from tomorrow, just count the money in the castle and pay." ”

He explained to the others: "The peasants were very cooperative, and they all came out to pay their taxes obediently. The ladders have all been placed in the church, and whoever wants the ladder goes to the monk to get the ladder, and after the time or the ladder is gone, he has to pay. ”

Cheng Qianxun was a little surprised and said, "Can the ladder really be taxed?" ”

"Of course you can pay taxes. In many places, there are more bizarre taxes, and you may have to pay taxes on any dress that is too big for a mirror. "As soon as I said that the tax would be given to the church," said Regel, "the monk was so pleased that he immediately took up the job." also said nonsense on the spot! ”

Then Rudolph laughed: "That bastard really makes up nonsense, saying that climbing the ladder will bring you closer to heaven, and will make the gods think that they are approaching heaven without permission, which is blasphemous." Therefore, the ladder is always left in the church, and it is used when needed, so that the gods will forgive them when they see that it is the ladder of the church! ”

Now everyone was happy, and it was clear that the problem with the ladder was solved. The hole was filled, and there were special men standing guard at the door, and the ground in front of the door was deliberately muddy and illuminated by torches like day. The gate is not opened, and a small door is specially opened, which can only be used by one person to bend over to enter and exit. Anyway, just to guard against one person, that's Jeffrey.

"I never thought that medieval Europe would be so poor and so horrible." Today, when he finally went deep into the grassroots villages, what he saw touched Rudolph about the villagers, and he described the villagers: "Those people are dirtier and more horrible than we have seen before. There were many pustules and scars on his face, and a thick layer of dirt, and about the beggars on the street were cleaner than them. The clothes on his body are all tattered, one color, about the old rags are haphazardly put together to hang on the body. ”

"Because I don't take a bath, and I'm poor." Legel raised his spoon and swallowed what he had eaten: "Don't talk about these peasants, look at the clothes on our Oriental nobles, there is not even a patch or hole, which can only be seen in the palace." Now in the castle, even if it is the lord's daughter, you can find a few patches on the clothes on her body, how can you wear clothes without patches every day, only when you meet guests or go on a blind date, that is, when there is a noble guy who comes to change quickly. ”

This is what Europe, famously rich, looked like more than 500 years ago? Cheng Qianxun smiled bitterly and said: "About the darkest Yuan Dynasty for the Han people in our place, even some Han people at that time were a little better off than most of the peasants here, it is better to let Genghis Khan fight here." ”

Legel looked at Sneijder, who was counting the money: "How did you do what you did today?" ”

Snead laughed and shook his head again and again: "After chasing the stinky and sweaty beauty for a day, I chased all the slightly beautiful ones in the entire maid team." ”

"I prove it!" Cheng Qianxun joked: "Make sure that people inside and outside the manor know that Master Sneijder is normal and completely in line with the characteristics of a lustful nobleman." The women were also chased, and they were very happy, and the laughter was endless. The cry of the chased chicken is louder and crisper than when you catch the chicken! ”

Regel also smiled: "That's no way, we'll walk to the stairs later, I'll scold you a few words, scolding your fiancée for not knowing the check." That way you don't have to chase them anymore, but you need to pat them on the butt or touch their breasts from time to time. Don't worry, they will only snort coquettishly, and scold you with a smile on their faces It's just boring. ”

Snead stopped what he was doing at this time, looked at Cheng Qianxun seriously, and said matter-of-factly: "My dear, you won't abandon me because of these little indiscretions, right?" I still love you! ”

"Fuck off!" Cheng Qianxun scolded with a smile.

After Rudolph and Reggle finally ate the unpalatable bread, raw vegetables, and baked fruit, Sneijder and Cheng Qianxun counted all the money. It's a total of four thousand copper coins, and because the lord here has been vacant for almost a month, there must be a lot of taxes in the past few days.

The next step was to discuss how to spend the money, and Regel sat down in his chair and rested his feet on a high place to relieve the fatigue of his legs: "This fief has about a thousand silver coins a year, that is, an income of 100,000 copper coins, which is about the same as the income of other regions. Of course, we won't stay for a year, we just need to figure out how we will get through that time. ”

"The income in a month is about 8,000 copper coins." Snead quickly calculated, "The monthly expenses are 6,000, as if the lord's income is not much. ”

"That's because the bastard in the church called the guy, and we pay more than half of the salary." Rudolph said a little angrily: "Actually, only 4,000 coins is enough for expenses. ”

"As long as you save your life, you can take care of the rest." Cheng Qianxun thought about it and proposed: "You can't give too much money to the monk, this person has a poor memory, he used to give gold coins, and after two days, he turned his face and didn't recognize people." Otherwise, after receiving the tax every day, let a man go to the church with ten copper coins and give it to the monk, and say that he is thanking the gods. ”

"Or every week!" Snead said: "There is a weekly service, we need to go to church, and we send a person with seventy or a hundred dollars, which is considered a fundraiser. ”

It's like spending money to buy a quiet place, and finally deciding whether to go to church every week. It happens that the day after tomorrow will come, so that the people of the church can continue to reap some benefits, so that they can be sustainable.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Rudolph immediately put his feet down, got up from his chair, and stood beside Regel, and raised his chest, looking energetic. The knight must stand by his master's side and give his life to defend his master at any time!

Everyone had their clothes in order, and Snead walked over and opened the door.

Outside the door was a thug, he pinched his hat in his hand, nodded and smiled flatteringly, "Lord Snead, is the lord here?" ”

"In!" Sneijder replied, moving out of the way slightly, allowing him to see Regel sitting inside.

Regger pretended to be noble and asked, "What is it?" ”

The visitor smiled and showed his yellow teeth: "My lord, a few untouchables have come and want to ask you to move their soon-to-be-married daughter to bud?" ”

"What?" Regel was stunned, thinking he hadn't heard clearly.

The thug explained with a smile on his mouth full of yellow teeth: "Since the death of the last lord, there has been no way to get married for a month. The peasants in your fiefdom came to you to open buds for their daughters. ”

Now I understood, I heard it right, and after Legel opened his mouth for a long time, he said: "I'll come right away, let them come in first, and wait downstairs." ”

After the door closed, Cheng Qianxun looked at Rudolph who was holding back a smile in a daze: "What do you mean?" ”

"First Night Right!" Rudolph finally couldn't help but laugh: "I forgot, in the lord's privileges here and there, there is the right of the first night. ”

The right of the first night is that all women must prepare a generous gift before getting married, and send the bride and the generous gift to the lord's manor or castle, and ask the lord to hehe. Because in the early Middle Ages, it was believed that women were poisonous for the first time, and only the noble lords and monks could overcome the "toxicity" of virgins, replace the groom under the protection of the holy light, and "ward off evil spirits" for the virgin bride, and then those powerless grooms dared to perform conjugal rites with their wives. (To be continued.) )