Chapter Twenty-Three: A Knight from Far Away
When Arthur saw Edward, he walked over slowly, looked up at the direction where Elizabeth had gone, seemed to think for a while, and probably still felt that the long-term meal ticket was important, shook his pony's head, and ran to Edward in a cheerful manner.
Edward looked at the shameless little guy in front of him, as if Elizabeth had not yet filled its belly with what had been fed. Cheekily came to Edward's hand and slowly licked Edward's white and tender palm with his tongue.
"Hey! Can you get some face! Edward said helplessly.
His hands unconsciously ravaged Arthur's long horse face, rubbing it vigorously, interacting from side to side, without repetition.
"Woo! Woo! Arthur the foal was rubbed by Edward and his pony hair stood on end, as if he had been impatient, and he barked with his tongue.
"Humph! Let you eat inside and out, and be tempted out by a little food, ah! Edward said, the strength of his hands was much smaller, but his hands were still not lowered.
"You won't be allowed to come out casually in the future, you know?" "Woo!" It wasn't that he understood, but the foal just craned his neck and barked, and his front hooves stomped a few times on the muddy meadow, splashing a few pieces of mud.
"I'll assume you know and agree!" Edward then let go of his hand and led the foal back to the villa in the center of the manor.
The villa covers an area of about 20 acres, with about 30 rooms on two floors, and the sculpture in front of the door is a portrait of an angel with outstretched wings, about six feet high, the wings seem to be spread out against the wind, and the feathers are very delicate and beautiful.
The wings on each side are about three feet long, reaching two feet at their widest point. The angel spread his wings, his hands folded in his abdomen, and his face looked kind.
Of course, as in the West, the Angel is located in the center of a fountain, about a foot high and guarding the angel.
A female angel dressed in a white robe, surrounded by erupting water vapor, reached a height in front of Edward's eyes.
And Edward had to look up to the beautiful angels. Edward was about four feet tall, and the angel's total height reached nine feet, and Edward could only see the angel's waist when he looked at it.
Speaking of which, we have to talk about weights and measures in England.
Inches originally referred to the width of the thumb. The name derives from the Latin word uncia, which means "twelveth". One inch is considered the width of a thumb.
In England, the inch has been used since the Middle Ages.
In 1324, Edward II decreed that one inch was the length of three barley grains together. The inch is the basis of the imperial unit of length, which is now legally 2.54 centimeters.
This means that the imperial unit of length is based on the metric system! If you want to do a quick conversion, 2 inches is about 5 centimeters.
The foot metric conversion is equal to 30.48cm, and in the imperial conversion, 12 inches = 1 foot, and 3 feet = 1 yard.
And there's an old story about the origin of England's feet. Sit down, everyone, the Lancher story will begin, this is a rising posture!
A long, long time ago, there was a country called Rome, and the Roman unit at that time was called pes, the plural is pedes, which means "foot", which is 29.59cm, which is very close to the modern foot. Also 12 inches is 1 pes.
And since England was conquered by the Roman Empire, England has been crying and resisting, and at the same time unconsciously using it. That's why feet have been used in England for a long time, and for more information, please refer to modern Japan.
Feet have been used in England for more than a thousand years. Foot (also meaning foot), the length of a human foot, used to be any length between 9 and 3/4 inches to 19 inches (my foot was 11 inches).
The modern meaning of feet and inches was not established until the reorganization standard of 1844. That year, the British government made standard yard lengths out of bronze and divided them into feet and inches.
Edward's neck was sore when he looked up, and he could see the face of this angel sister clearly, as kind as ever, gentle, and not irritating!
After reading this, Arthur handed it to the guard William, and told him to feed him less forage, which had already eaten a lot today.
Arthur cried to death and didn't expect that it spent all its efforts to lick Edward, and sacrificed his handsome face, but it had not yet calmed Edward's anger, and dinner was still inevitably reduced.
Edward went back to his room, changed his clothes, and went to the study, where he read the book.
"Knock knock!" "Please come in!" Edward said without looking up when he heard a knock on the door.
"Your Majesty! It's time for dinner! Lucy, dressed as a maid, carefully pushed open the door to the study, revealing a lovely face.
"Got it!" Edward casually agreed, still staring intently at the parchment in his hand.
"Your Majesty~ If you do this again, me! I'll tell Aunt Anna, see what you do! Lucy frowned and moved her sleek nose, she was so helpless by Edward's ruffian appearance that she had to move out Aunt Anna to shock him.
"Huh! Lucy, how can such a small matter bother Aunt Anna to get out of the way? Edward immediately said that he was defeated by Lucy, "I'll go now, lead the way!" ”
Edward sorted out the book he was reading, and a goose feather was sandwiched between the pages of the content he had read before, and carefully placed it on the shelf.
Soon, Edward followed Lucy to the dining room, where Elizabeth and Butler Howard were already seated, waiting boredly.
"Edward, what are you ......?" said Elizabeth aloud, and when she expected that there were outsiders, she stopped halfway through her words, and her neck and ears flushed red. Obviously, she also knew that it was rude for outsiders to shout so loudly, and it was not in line with lady's demeanor.
"Howard, what is this?" Edward said as he pointed to a plate of roasted leg meat, just right to ease Elizabeth's embarrassment.
"Your Majesty, this is a doe called by the serfs of the manor, and my subordinates specially asked the cook to make it and present it to His Majesty the King!" Henry VIII was a hunting king, and often led a group of nobles to hunt horses. And these serfs also had the opportunity to accompany the king on the hunt, and the valiant serfs had the opportunity to receive bows and arrows from Henry VIII.
Of course, it was mainly Edward who issued a royal decree at the end of February, allowing people to go to the royal forest to hunt and cut wood freely. Edward's main purpose is to give the poor in winter a way to live! It's also a ploy to buy people's hearts.
However, Edward also made it forbidden to shoot pregnant female animals in the spring, as well as juvenile animals that were underage! Trees less than one inch thick are not allowed to be cut down.
I didn't know this one thing, and Edward bought a lot of hearts.
Edward was tasting roast deer when suddenly Lucy whispered in his ear, "Your Majesty, a wandering knight has asked to see you!" ”