Chapter 3 Horse Farm
Ryan looked speechlessly at a large area of land fenced off, this is the so-called horse farm, and the entire horse farm is only a few hundred acres in size. There are only about a dozen horses inside, and this horse farm is on the hillside behind the town. The distance is only dozens of miles, but it is all small roads, and horse-drawn carriages cannot be passed, so it is not easy to bring supplies. And the use of horses is even more refusal. The minimum price of a horse is a dozen gold coins, which is worth as much as a dozen slaves, and civilians and slaves are not allowed to ride horses.
It turned out that early this morning, the captain of the guard, Tori, sent two guards to take Ryan to take over the new job, accompanied by a few civilians, and the day of transporting supplies was also the day to check the fence around the horse farm by the way, and when the group of several people walked to the horse farm, Ryan was depressed. In fact, Ryan should have thought a long time ago that since a large log cabin can be called a castle, then a farm with only a dozen horses can also be called a horse farm.
This horse farm has a straight cliff on one side, a stream on the other side, and a mountain peak on the other side, and there is a stone house on this peak, which is where Ryan lived and worked in the future, and the fence was erected along the creek and the place where Ryan and his party came up, as for the cliff and the peak, there was no fence, and on the opposite side of the creek was a forest hundreds of meters high, which surprised Ryan, because Ryan was already mentally prepared, the other world, the other world, if it is the same, it is not called the other world, It wasn't just Ryan and his party who came in a little more gently, and Ryan also saw the horses. The horse was about the same size as Earth's, except that it was larger and had some scaly material on its legs, but Ryan didn't bother with it that much. In fact, this is also the meaning of the horse that Ryan understands, the meaning of this animal name is a docile mount, what is not a horse on earth, so according to Han Yu, it is a horse, as for other languages, haha! So don't take it seriously. Hee-hee!
Because dozens of miles of mountain roads tired Ryan like a dead dog, because Ryan carried a bag of grain himself, if it weren't for the 7 glittering gold coins in this grain bag, Ryan would have thrown the bag under the cliff, this is also the way Ryan saw the grain bag, he thought of a way, wrapped the gold coins in cloth one by one, and then hid them in the grain bag, and there was the book that he couldn't read, as for the rest of the people hurriedly did their own thing, because these people would have to go back, and no one wanted to stay longer.
"The view is beautiful." Ryan couldn't help but sigh as he watched the backs of a few people descending the mountain, as for his predecessor, Holman's nephew, Ryan didn't see it, and it was estimated that he was not here for a long time.
Ryan stood at the top of the hill and looked at the houses in the town below, which sat on a gentle slope of the mountain, and along the road from the town, he could see the misty city in the distance, which was the nearest town, Harry City.
Ryan entered his lodgings, and when he entered, he saw a wooden bed, an iron can hanging in the center of the room, and some cold ashes underneath the iron can, and several wooden bowls on top of a large wooden table, and a wooden barrel, which was also covered with dust. It seems that Holman's nephew has never been here at all.
"Alas! It would be nice to have a notebook. Ryan was bored basking in the sun, looking at the horses not far from the mountain from time to time, in fact, there is no need to manage here at all, Ryan is okay to bask in the sun, and then prepare things for the winter, because it is already late autumn, the leaves on the trees are already yellow, although the leaves here are very different from the earth, but Ryan still found that he still hasn't seen enough, such as the two huge moons that appear at night, where are the moons, they are clearly two huge planets, Ryan can clearly see the lake above, It's like looking at the Earth in a spaceship. There are also huge trees hundreds of meters high, wasp-like creatures the size of fists, things similar to ants the size of kittens, etc., Ryan has been up the mountain for a month, and in this month Ryan has collected a lot of firewood, all of which were cut from afar, and then brought back with horses, don't look at this horse is quite big, in fact, it is quite docile, if Holman knows, Ryan must not be beaten to death, and Ryan is not far from where he lives, and Ryan also found a cave, the cave is dozens of meters deep, and there is a lot of wood in it, They are all used for winter, and they are also covered with a thick layer of grass.
"Uh, uh, uh, that's pretty cool." Ryan's movements are more bizarre and weird now, this guy is lying on his side on a big rock, his right palm is against his left knee, his left foot is against his right knee, and his left palm is against the crook of his right arm, Ryan feels a tingling feeling, running around in his body like a small ant, and finally converges to the center of his eyebrows.
"Fortunately, Lao Tzu used to see a lot of things, this qigong Lao Tzu practiced on the earth for half a year and didn't feel anything, and he only practiced for less than a week, and he could have the legendary sense of qi. But how to practice in the brain, shouldn't you return to the dantian? Ryan continued in this position for half an hour, and then Ryan felt pain in his meridians, so he stopped and said to himself.
It turns out that Ryan is very bored, so he tried the legendary meditation and qigong, although Ryan doesn't know if there are magicians in this world, whether there is fighting spirit, but this does not hinder the enthusiasm of our Ryan classmates. "If you eat it one day and lie down, and then lie down and eat again, I guess you will do the same." Why don't you move, you say? Big brother, there is only so little food, wild fruits, who knows if there is poison? Hunting, our classmate Wang Jin is an otaku, I'm afraid of practicing injections, what do you say if a rabbit bites? Besides, the rabbit here is about the same size as a dog, so what else can I do if I can't beat or run? Try to be as little active as possible. γ
After doing the routine, that is, basking in the sun, and then practicing qigong, and then taking into account the number of horses, this day has passed for most of the day, Ryan walked down the mountain, came to the side of the creek, there are a lot of good things here, Ryan found that there is a gecko-like animal in the creek, but the scales all over the body, I can't tell what it is, Ryan occasionally caught one, and then roasted it, tested it with something similar to insects, and found that this animal is not poisonous, So Ryan weaved a shoddy fish basket out of tough rattan, and stopped it in half of the stream, in fact, it was a creek, and the whole was about 2 meters wide, and now in winter there was less water and wine, and the water only flooded the instep, and Ryan had caught a lot of these things in recent days, all of which were dried and stored together. It's strange to say, if Ryan hadn't caught one by accident, who would have known that there was such a thing in this creek, anyway, Ryan had only seen it in the fish basket, not in the water, Ryan checked the fish basket and found that there were about 7 or 8 in it. Ryan squeezed out the internal organs of this thing with his hands, and then threaded it with a wooden stick, propped the stick next to the fence, and then climbed over the fence and headed into the forest, because there are several plant tubers in it, and there are some mushrooms, but the smallest mushroom here is about the same as the one on the earth, and the big one can be more than 1 meter high, but Ryan is not surprised, Ryan shook around and picked up two mushrooms, Ryan carried two mushrooms, because this mushroom weighed dozens of pounds, this is the first time Ryan found it, There are plans to stay, and Ryan even watered the mushrooms with a wooden barrel in the middle, and Ryan sat under the fence, which was about 3 meters high and had a finger-wide gap in the middle. Ryan skillfully tied the 2 mushrooms with rattan, and then the person climbed the fence first, and then pulled it up at a time, and then put it in the fence, just like that, Ryan was out of breath, who called the previous food too bad, and the body was weak, but when Ryan saw the string of small fish, "Let's call it a fish with scales in the water!" γThe mushroom with a basin next to the fish, Ryan knew that he had saved food for another two days, there was no way, this ration was not enough, and no matter how lazy he was, there would only be a dead end.
"Haha! It is worthy of being a genius, if I had known that there was no one on this mountain, and I was free, I would have come up a long time ago, so much dry food, plus the food sent down the mountain, it is estimated that it will be enough for the whole winter, but the hay for the horses still has to find a way. It seems that there will be no time to rest in the future!" Ryan only remembered that he had rounded his belly this month, and he still remembered to prepare the grass for the horses for the winter, and now he remembered when he saw the horses, so he hurriedly put the mushrooms on his back. Carry the small fish and run away.
"Scolding the one next door! Lao Tzu has horses and does not ride. I have to suffer for myself. When Ryan ran home, he patted his head, but it was too late to regret it, in fact, Ryan had ridden the horse during the month. Of course, it's just that they don't fall off it, the horses here seem to be so tall, but they are not at all like the horses on the earth, they are too docile, like little lambs, but this is also inseparable from Ryan feeding them salt every day, which is the most important job of watching the horse farm.
Ryan found the legendary scythe, a rusty piece of iron on the handle, and began to dry, and there was a simple wooden hut under the peak, which was relatively large, and all Ryan had to do was put the grass down, and then exposed it to the sun like that, and when it was dry, it was transported to the cabin, where the horses spent the winter.
In this way, Ryan gets up early every morning, first goes to the creek to take a turn, takes back the mushrooms by the way, then tears the mushrooms into strips, dries them up, and then eats some mushroom fish soup, gnaws some roasted nest heads, and then starts the day's work, collecting hay, as for practicing qigong, our Ryan classmates only put their posture in a good position when they sleep at night, and then they sleep with their heads covered, and they also say: "The Great Dao is natural" But Ryan obviously feels that his strength is a lot greater, and his body gradually has a little meat, The most important thing is that Ryan found that no matter how tired he was, he could be in good spirits the next day, Ryan couldn't figure it out and didn't think about it, because the last time Ryan's ass was swollen, it was almost fine after 1 day, if it was placed on the earth, the hospital would not accept you thousands of oceans, and leave you for a week, you don't want to go home, Ryan also thought about it, since this is another world, then nothing strange is strange.
"I didn't expect to see the horse farm and have a holiday, so I must go to the town to see it today. The hay has been cleaned up, the horses have been fattened, and the food for the winter has been provided. "It turns out that there is a custom in the racecourse, you can go back to the town for a day of rest in March, and send a silver coin to the activity money, mainly because there is only one person on the mountain, and stuffiness can also make people sick, so it becomes a chore, but for Ryan, everything is so new, besides, Ryan's soul is an otaku, is the otaku still afraid of fewer people?
Ryan checked it carefully, 7 gold coins took one away, and the rest was well stored with the book that he couldn't read, and the rest was nothing, in fact, this is also Ryan's flexible brain, because the forage for the horses to spend the winter was harvested outside the fence, but Ryan did the opposite, put the horse out, and then collected the inside of the fence, can it not be happy, the most important thing is that Ryan locked the head horse in the fence, so the rest of the horses will not run far.
Ryan was wearing a ragged suit, and he was wearing straw sandals that he had knitted himself on his feet, which Ryan had woed after countless experiments, and the hair on his head was also cut with a scythe that cut the grass, looking a little like that, and then he went down the mountain quickly, because he had to come back at night after going down the mountain, but fortunately, Ryan's food is good now, and his body is much stronger, plus he often walks the mountain road, so the speed is much faster than when he first went up the mountain.
"Holman butler! I'm here to get the money. Ryan descended as fast as he could, and then arrived at Holman to work, a small house in the big cabin, and looked cowering.
"Ryan, you're in luck. There is a circus in the town today, accompanied by merchants, and a silver coin can buy a lot of things, but you are not allowed to drink, and you have to go back to the horse farm in the evening. Holman saw that it was Ryan, and there was no expression on his face, a preachy look.
"Yes, yes, it's all up to the steward's wise management. Two foals have recently been added to the racecourse, both males. Ryan reached out to take the silver coin, and said flatteringly, there is no way, people are under the eaves, and they have to bow their heads.
"Oh, that's good news, get another silver coin." Holman was extremely happy to hear this, you must know that his housekeeper has not made any achievements in this year, and the income of the territory is still like that, this sycophant has increased, isn't it a political achievement? Knowing that the value of two horses was far greater than the income of the territory in a year, Holman was extremely happy, and a silver coin was a drop in the bucket for a man like Holman .
"Thank you, housekeeper, wait for the old man to come back for the New Year, the little one knows what to say, but it's ......." Ryan hurriedly took it, this is money, after taking the money, he naturally knows what to say, but Ryan doesn't just want such a thing.
"But what?" Holman asked suspiciously, this is related to his political achievements, so there is a bit of urgency in his unconscious tone!
"It's just that the wooden house where the horses spend the winter in the horse farm needs to be repaired, and some iron nails and other tools are needed, or the winter is too cold, and the foal is not easy to survive the winter." Ryan looked honest, then changed to a sad face, and looked at Holman and nodded.
"Well, I'll send someone to deliver it tomorrow, but if the foal dies in winter, that's your own problem." Holman pondered for a moment, then nodded to Ryan.
"Hmm," Ryan didn't know how to answer, so he mumbled, and his heart had already beaten the old man in front of him half to death.
"Scolding the one next door, it's Lao Tzu's fault that the horse died, and it's your credit to live, what the hell is this," Ryan complained while walking around town, knowing that the foal is the most difficult to survive the winter, not to mention that in this other world where there is no veterinarian, a small illness can kill the foal.
But scolding and scolding, Ryan still wants to finish shopping early and go back to the mountain, there is only one street above this town, one end of the street is the big wooden house, the other end is the road to the nearest small city Harry City, the whole street is only about 200 meters, the most conspicuous is a tavern, which is also the most lively, full of people, from time to time there are drunks thrown out, and there is a blacksmith shop, full of axes and other farm tools, and there is a tailor shop, specializing in clothes, and there is a grocery store, It sells some salt and other things, as far as Ryan knows, this town of Terry manages about 7 or 8 villages, most of them are farmers, a few are hunters, there are a little more than 2,000 people in total, Ryan walked from one end of the street to the other end, and found that the people here are dressed very shabby, and most of the people are still very clean, but when Ryan saw those big men showing their furry thighs as soon as they walked, Ryan almost wanted to vomit, it was like a cheongsam with a high slit, but under the woman was something similar to a skirt, To put it bluntly, a piece of cloth is wrapped around the waist, as for Ryan inside, he doesn't want to see it, because the women here are all five big and three thick, even the kind that Qian Ryan doesn't want to see, because Ryan basically hasn't come out much, so few people know him, plus Ryan has recently improved and his face has been cleaned, so he doesn't know anyone who is not often seen.
Ryan came to the other end of the town, which was already full of stalls, large and small, dozens of them, there were swordsmen, jugglers, boots, hats, shaved heads, and so on. Because the circus starts at night, but that's exactly what Ryan wants. After all, there are many people, and what are you doing when a slave buys books, Ryan looked at the huge tent greedily, there is a circus, it is said that the girls in it are all tender, as long as you have money, you can go in and have a good time, but Ryan still has things to do, and after a turn here, Ryan sadly found that there is only one place to sell books, and the stalls are deserted, there is no one, all Ryan has to do is to buy books, and buy books like that kind of enlightenment reading.
"Sir, can I take a look at the books here?" Although Ryan is a slave, he does not have a tattoo on his head, because only adult or traded slaves will tattoo, so Ryan looks like a civilian.
"What kind of books do you want?" The old man glanced at Ryan, and then asked disdainfully, because books have always been luxuries, things for the upper class, where civilians can have, and it would be good for civilians to fill their bellies, but the old man saw that Ryan was still a child, so he didn't say much, just asked.
"Sir, I want to read, ...... do you think?" Ryan didn't know how to express himself, so he didn't know how to express himself in the first half of the sentence, and he couldn't say the rest of the sentence.
"Well, literacy? The easiest way to do this is to spend 100 gold coins for an Enlightenment Magic Scroll, so that you can read in a few moments. There is also a parchment book for 10 silver coins, but this parchment still needs to be taught. The old man replied lightly, but how did that expression make Ryan angry, but soon Ryan was stunned by the words "magic scroll" in the old man's mouth.
"The old gentleman is a magician?" Ryan asked in surprise, if you know that magic is a legendary thing on the earth, then you know that there is such a thing as magic in this world!
"No, no, my teacher was a magician, and I was just an apprentice in magic, and now I have to know Braille to make a living." The old man blushed when he heard Ryan's words. In fact, this old man is just a slave of a magician, and knows some of the things of a magician, let alone an apprentice of magic.
"Uh, you're great. Anything that can be associated with magic is magical. Ryan exclaimed exaggeratedly, in fact, Ryan knew in his heart that if he was really a magic apprentice, he would be reduced to being a small businessman, but Ryan wanted the book in the old guy's hand, although he still couldn't read it, but there must be something good, maybe he stole some valuable things from the magician and ran out, Ryan maliciously slandered.
"Ahem, ahem, don't be so loud." It was a joy to be complimented by someone, especially a child who was not very sensible, which made the old man even more happy, but seeing the disdainful eyes around him, the old man blushed and said to Ryan, because the people around him knew that he was fine.
"Mr. Magician, can you cast a spell to open the eyes of my remote people who have never seen the world!" Ryan's face was adoring, in fact, Ryan was observing the old guy at close range, and after observation, Ryan sadly found that this guy was similar to himself, wearing inferior clothes, and the boots on his feet were worn out, revealing black toes. Knowing that a cheap pair of boots costs only half a silver coin, Ryan reckoned that the old guy was either a liar or picked up rags in the city, and as for knowing words, it was probably not too much.
"This? This one? The old fellow's eyes flickered.
"Well, sir, I only have two silver coins, so I don't have enough money for your books. I'd better go to the tavern over there for a drink, eat some steak, and then call a dancing girl to have fun, and I'll have a silver coin left. Ryan stood up as he spoke, looking like he was about to leave.
"Two silver coins." The old man's eyes are going to pop out, you must know that these things are really picked up by the old guy in the city, and they are taken to the countryside to Mongolian, and those who generally know words live in the city, and those who live in the countryside are rich people, and they don't know a big word, and they prefer to buy books, so this old guy started this business without capital, originally thought that this little guy only had copper plates, so the old guy couldn't help but speak in a loud tone, you must know that 2 silver coins are also a lot of wealth, anyway, these things don't cost money.
"Wait, wait, can't I just sell you cheaply?" The old man grabbed Ryan, who was leaving, and said hurriedly.
"Old black head, your mess of things is not worth a silver coin, and even other children have to cheat." At this time, a woman who was selling a hat next to her could not look at it, so she said loudly to the old fellow,
"Who said that? I've got good stuff here," replied the old blackhead at once, jumping up at once.
"Yo! You wouldn't say what kind of magic book it is, if it's a magic book, it's not worth dozens of gold coins. You still need to run with us everywhere, if you have the ability, you can take it out and take a look at the old lady, "That woman is not easy to meet, immediately reveal the details of the old black head."
"Just look! Look! This is the magic book, and the eggs. The old black man took out a thick book from the box under his buttocks, and a black cloth bag, which was about the size and material of Ryan's hand, and the black cloth bag was only the size of a fist, and sealed it with a strap.
"Yo! Also pet eggs! Don't lie to the old lady, last time in Harry City, there was a magician who has already identified it, your pet egg is simply dead, something that no one wants to give away, even if it is alive, a grass elf egg is only a few dozen silver coins. The old lady just sees that you are not happy to deceive the child, and you have the ability to deceive the rich, what is it to deceive the child. The woman looked at her mouth and shook out all the details of the old black head.
"You, you, this shrew." The old black man saw that his bottom was shaken out, his face was red with anger, his neck was thick, and he looked at the people around him like a liar, the old black head knew that he couldn't stay any longer, so he packed up his things and prepared to leave, if he was caught by the patrolling guards, this old bone would be over.
"Old black man, you see that these things are not worth much anyway, I'll give me a silver coin, okay?" Ryan looked at the old black man packing up his things, so he stepped forward, Ryan knew that in this world, liars, thieves are caught and killed on the spot. So as soon as he rolled his eyes, he stepped forward and asked in a low voice.
"Good! Anyway, it's all picked up, and you can just give a silver coin for your hard work. The old black man looked at Ryan, his face was uncomfortable, and then looked at the people pointing around, so he took a silver coin handed by Ryan, and hurried away.
"So many things, so take them up the mountain?" Ryan looked at a wooden box, there were only 7 or 8 books in it, but they were all sheepskin, although there were some defects and shabby, but they were still very heavy, and the other was the so-called pet egg, Ryan opened it and looked at it, and found that it was only the size of a fist, a snow-white eggshell, and from the woman who sold the hat next door, he learned that the grass spirit is a first-class magical beast, a humanoid creature, and generally the pets of noble girls, anyway, it is not very valuable, because this grass spirit not only lives in groups but also is very docile, Just eat some grass fruits and nectar and the like, of course, I know that the price of these things is a hat with 50 copper plates, and the remaining 50 copper plates Ryan bought a self-defense knife, and a little other spices and other things, and spent two silver coins after cutting it, so at the foot of the mountain Ryan looked at the wooden box weighing dozens of pounds and was embarrassed, although he knew that there must be garbage in it, but Ryan didn't know how to read.
"Alas! Let's move, let's walk slowly. Ryan tied the so-called grass sperm egg in the cloth bag to his belt, not because he was reluctant to lose it, but because this guy was ready to taste the taste of the monster egg.
"Weird? What is Ryan doing with this kid buying books? Is he still ready to read? Holman sat on the chair, and on the chair next to him sat the captain of the guard, Torrey, this is Holman looking for someone to keep an eye on Ryan, in case this guy escapes, and there is no one to take care of the horse farm, fugitive slaves can be seen everywhere.
"Books! What kind of book? Tori asked, puzzled!
"Captain, it's some broken books! Are they all things that others have thrown away? It was picked up by an old man in the city, and it was deceived here, and it is said that there are some beautiful patterns in it? The answer was the one who was in charge of staring at Ryan, and he smiled lewdly and slutty when he said the pattern. Everyone knows what a book it is!
"Haha! Ha ha! Ryan is also 13 years old, and he looks like he's missing his. β
"Hey, hey, hey," there was a loud laugh from the room.
"Dog, fortunately, Lao Tzu is clever and knows to find someone to ask, otherwise if Holman knows that Lao Tzu goes to the circus to have fun, it is estimated that this month's salary will be deducted again. What books can a half-sized boy buy, a dog's brain can think of. After a while, a figure came out of the door, muttering as he went.
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