"Freedmen who went to their relatives?" The leader of the soldiers repeated, and then said, "I didn't expect you to be a free man!" ”

The status of a freeman is not simple, although it is not at all comparable to the nobles and knights, but it is much stronger than the serfs.

What the nobles levied on the freedmen was called a tax, and what was levied on the serfs was purely their own property.

After all, even the serfs themselves were their property, and the nobles left them a few percent of the harvest just so that they could live.

Otherwise, theoretically it would be reasonable for the nobleman to leave no food for the serfs, as long as he did not worry about having no people in the future.

But the freedmen were different, if they collected too much tax, the freedmen could flee their territory or rebel, and most of them were freedmen when the Dells Empire had just fallen.

Most of the soldiers were freedmen, who had their own weapons and a suit for the lowest equipment.

The whole framework of the realm was made up of freemen, and the serfs were only the private property of the nobles, and only a few.

However, later, as a large number of freedmen went bankrupt and became serfs of the nobility, the nobles tasted the sweetness, so the serfs gradually occupied the majority under their blows.

By now, the freedmen began to occupy a minority on the main road, and in the current kingdom of Lorik alone, the ratio of freedmen to serfs was at least one to one.

From this ratio, we can see how few free people are now.

Even these soldiers, who were serfs before joining the aristocratic army, were surprised by their status as "free people".

Not only that, but the serf-born warrant was a little jealous of his identity, and he said, "It turns out that the respected Mr. Freeman must be very rich......

After saying that, he had no other reaction, and had been the head of the mill all his life, and of course the person in charge of the worldly knew what the soldier leader meant.

But he was beaten out, and he was simply penniless, and this inhabitant, as a serf, of course, was born out of abject poverty.

At this time, they were penniless except for a few pieces of dry black bread.

The person in charge rolled over weakly and dismounted, then walked up to the soldiers, bent down, and said, "Sorry sir, you know that although we are free people, how can we go to our relatives if we are not poor and cannot live?" ”

The leader of the soldiers was still unmoved when he heard his words, and the person in charge could only sigh helplessly when he saw this, and then said: "The only property we have now is the horse you saw, otherwise I will give you this horse as a small gift!" ”

After hearing this, the leader of the soldiers hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said reluctantly: "Okay, for the sake of your graciously asking my subordinates for your gifts, then I will reluctantly ask my subordinates, but remember, not for example!" ”

The person in charge's heart was already about to explode, but the situation did not allow him to be angry, he could only suppress the anger in his heart and said with a smile: "Of course, it is my honor to give you a gift!" ”

Seeing that he was so knowledgeable, the leader of the soldiers nodded proudly and said, "Well, I know that you are innocent free people, and if it weren't for the fear that someone would report to that prince and earl, I would not have stopped you!" ”

When the person in charge heard this, his heart sank, and he said in his heart: "Sure enough, it is a good thing done by these nobles!" I'll tell the Earl the news! ”

The person in charge left the checkpoint with great gratitude, and he said to the serf behind him: "A horse is nothing, and when you get to the earl, you will be rewarded even more!" ”

Hearing this, the originally unhappy serf began to have a smile on his face, and the person in charge shook his head in his heart, but he didn't blame him, anyone who lost the only livestock in the family would not be in a good mood.

They passed through a few more checkpoints along the way, but with the passes issued for them by the soldiers before, it showed that they were in danger along the way.

In just five kilometers, they encountered three waves of checkpoints.

Finally, they stumbled to the manor where the five soldiers were stationed.

Now he only hoped that there was some fear in the letters of the nobles, and that they did not take the manor.

Although those soldiers looked like they were all extremely elite, they would definitely not be able to support them in the face of dozens or hundreds of aristocratic troops.

But it's too early to say this, and the person in charge dragged his bruised and frail body to the door of the manor and knocked on the door of the manor.

He was very worried in his heart, and he was really worried about whether the manor had really been captured by the nobles' army.

Soon, however, the gates of the manor were opened, much to his letter's relief.

The door was opened by two soldiers dressed in leather armor, and no one wanted to be fully armed in the heavy and hot armor in the warm weather of spring.

So they wouldn't have put on that armor if there wasn't a formal battle to begin.

Although the leather armor emitted a stench because of spring, it was the smell he wanted to smell most in the heart of the person in charge.

The two soldiers looked at the two men in front of them and asked in Lordin, with a Denlenburg accent, "Who are you?" What is the purpose of coming? ”

They were still very vigilant, and although they were not fully armed, they still put their hands on the hilt of their swords as they said this.

"Two adults, I am the person in charge of the Allie Mill five kilometers away, you should know!"

"Yes, I know, there are only two mills a few kilometers around here, and one of them is this mill!"

"What if you prove yourself, then?"

The two soldiers still didn't trust him very much, and since these soldiers were able to be dispatched, it meant that Charlemagne didn't trust the people here.

So they were told by Charlemagne to be vigilant in everything.

After hearing this, the person in charge immediately took out the tattered identification card that had been ravaged from inside his clothes.

His name was registered on it, and of course as a commoner he had no surname.

In addition to this, there are his physical characteristics as well as his date of birth.

After double-checking, the soldiers finally determined the identity of the person in charge.

They nodded and said, "Alright then, you come in first!" ”

When the person in charge had entered the manor, the soldiers asked, "Then what are you here for?" ”

The person in charge hurriedly said: "That's right, I was dozing in the mill, and then suddenly the door was kicked open, and I didn't know what they were here for until they beat me away!" ”