After a simple light meal, we set off on horseback to the side of the big river where the bridge is about to be built, and discussed the specific implementation plan of using the aqueduct to draw irrigation and domestic water from the river.

Although these projects could not be built on the scale of imagination, they made me feel the creativity of human beings for the first time in this dark and backward era.

This made me realize that not everyone will just fight and kill aimlessly, or be the walking dead in this troubled world.

There are still some people in the church that I once hated.

They are using their lives, day after day, to try to create miracles that those nobles who think they are superior cannot imagine.

"I'm going to raise the riverbed and then release water to wash the swamp so that the soil gradually neutralizes and becomes suitable for farming. In my hometown, farmers used to transform the salinized flats in this way. ”

We crossed the river in small boats with the help of fishermen......

On the high ground on the shore, I pointed to the reeds that had fallen in the wind at my feet and told the priests about the methods I had seen when I was a child.

This is the southern bank of a small tributary of the Maas, and it does not belong to the fief of Baron Hrusbeck, but to another ownerless knight who has taken refuge in me.

The arrival of our group did not alarm him, but we just traced up the river separated from the bull fiefdom, preparing a simple survey of where to build the bridge, which would not only reduce the difficulty of construction, but also facilitate the transportation of raw materials.

Just as I was about to dance my eyebrows and elaborate on my whimsy, there was a cacophony of cacophony, mixed with plaintive cries and the screams of children.

"How many of you go and see what's wrong, why are there miserable cries?"

I instructed a few horsemen who had followed me, and in a few moments the cavalry who had gone to investigate had returned, supposedly the lord of the place, and that my newly canonized knight Robert was teaching a few decent serfs, so there was such a disturbing noise.

"Punish serfs? What mistakes did they make? I walked over to my horse, took the reins of it, and asked puzzled.

The cavalryman I asked obviously didn't expect that I would investigate the reason why a lord punished his serfs, so he could only reply hesitantly: "It is said that it was the knight Robert, who let his war horse go to the serf's wheat field to graze, and when he was driven away by the serf's youngest son, he accidentally stepped on the mouse hole at the edge of the field and broke the horse's leg.

"What? Outrageous! Didn't I just issue an order to protect farmland? Why indulge the horses to eat the crops that the farmers have worked so hard to grow, when they have their own special pastures? Is he defying my authority? "In my previous life, I was nosy and heard the ins and outs of the matter clearly, so I didn't get angry, turned over and beckoned the attendants to come to the scene.

Knight Robert is a descendant of nobles from Brabant, the third son of Baron Lefen, because he is not the eldest son, he cannot inherit the family business and noble titles, so he is sent to the castles of other lords as a squire to learn etiquette and combat skills.

After ten years of hard work, I finally saved enough gold coins to build armor and buy horses, passed the knight's qualification examination and became an official knight, heard my name and rushed here to join me, in order to obtain a fief for myself, get rid of the opposition status of a ranger knight, just over a month ago, I was canonized as a knight of this place, and received this narrow fief along the river.

"Thank God, Lord Earl, for allowing me to see you again, and I beg your pardon for not welcoming you."

Knight Robert saw me from afar, rode over and bowed to his lord, and was full of nobles in his gestures, and his words and deeds were very decent, and he was indeed an excellent knight.

"I came with a few priests to survey the river, and I was going to build a bridge across it, but I heard that you were here to teach an ignorant serf, so I came to take a look."

I nodded slightly in return, and then continued: "Didn't you receive the order I issued a few days ago to protect the farmland? Why should you indulge your war horses and run into the growing wheat fields to plague the crops? Tell me why. ”

Now it was everyone's turn to be surprised, a few squires who were far away exchanged ears in horror, for them, the nobles' war horses gnawed on the wheat seedlings of the lords, it was not an excessive thing, the lord's punishment of his serfs was also a divine right given by God, and the price of a war horse was expensive, compared to the life of a mud-legged child, it was definitely much more precious, what they didn't understand was the earl, why would they interfere in this thing that seemed natural to them.

"Lord Earl, this is my fiefdom, and it is my feudal duty to be loyal to you, but how to manage the people is my right, and you have no right to interfere, it has been doomed since the day God created it." Knight Robert's tone was obviously unfriendly, in his perception, nobles had their own dignity, and it was understandable to maintain their power, even if the other party was his lord.

"Bastard, do you want to die? I want you to compensate the serfs at once! ”

"No, you're insulting the pride of a noble knight!"

Knight Robert held his hand to the long sword hanging from his waist, glared at me viciously, and seemed to draw his sword to kill me at any moment, an invisible fire surrounded him, beeping and burning.

These Europeans really don't understand the relationship between monarchs and ministers, and they even threaten their feudal lords with their swords, and they are bold!

None of the attendants and priests around stood up to reconcile, and all of them stood on both sides without speaking, and their expressions seemed to be quite supportive of Knight Robert's approach, that is to say, they unanimously regarded me as a freak who broke the rules!

"Do you know what you're doing? If you want to draw your sword against your own lord, have you forgotten the oath of allegiance? ”

The insensitiveness of the crowd undoubtedly added fuel to the fire, and I, who was already very angry, was suddenly ignited in the small universe, and the unbearable anger erupted like a volcano.

Is it unreasonable for his own vassals to destroy agricultural production, and the feudal lord demands that he repent and compensate for his losses?

In ancient Chinese historical stories, there are often emperors who punish high-ranking officials and dignitaries for this, and pose as a gesture of persuading farmers and mulberries, which is talked about, why can't the same thing be moved to medieval Europe?

Bastard, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, I still prefer to go to the tiger mountains, and I must teach you how to be a qualified and obedient courtier.

"Of course, I have not forgotten the sacred oath I made in front of God, and I will not usurp my sword against my feudal king, but if the feudal monarch exceeds the scope of his due authority and interferes with the legitimate feudal power of the vassal, he is not a good feudal king, and the just God will not be on his side, I ask for a duel with you, but as a vassal, I cannot harm your body, reputation or property, you can send a knight equal to my status to fight in your place!"

The more Robert Knight spoke, the more agitated he became, and the horse seemed to become restless under his crotch, grinding his hooves in place, digging out deep pits and kicking up dry dust, and one of his squires, hearing his master's plea for a duel, ran up to me with a white tail feather broken from a bow and arrow.

"Oh God! This is an invitation to the duel until death, and Knight Robert is really ready to defend his noble dignity with his life! ”

Seeing what the squire was holding in his hand, the priests let out a frightened shout, and the attendant cavalry around them also gasped, and they all watched intently at my next reaction, and whispered to each other.

If I do not accept Knight Robert's invitation to a duel, it will be tantamount to being ridden on the head and, which will be a fatal blow to the entire country and my personal reputation, and will undoubtedly make those who are loyal to me doubt their oath and shake the master-slave relationship.

"Very well, I accept your challenge, and we are scheduled to meet tomorrow at noon in the open space outside the castle. If you are defeated, you must repent and compensate the serf for the loss. "I ordered the squires behind me to take the white tail feathers and take on the challenge of dueling.

"Do you think that I will give up the glory of knighthood and cowardly flee?"

The knight Robert's hair stood upside down, and the anger in his heart, coupled with his youthful vigor, was all vented at once, and the long sword in his hand also rattled in the scabbard because of the excessive force, looking like a big rooster with feathers and ridges, and crooked comically while his neck was screaming.

The serf, who had been frightened stupidly on the side, knelt on the ground and trembled and did not dare to speak, he did not understand why the two noble lords, who were usually high-ranking in the sky, were so angry because of themselves that they developed to the point of a duel, and tremblingly chanted in their mouths for fear that they would become victims: "God! Hurry up and save me! ”

I shrugged my shoulders at the burning Knight Robert, turned and led the crowd away, leaving him with only a gorgeous back in the dust, at least for now, I felt that I was standing on the moral high ground and that what I was doing was not biased.

When I returned to the castle and told Father Djokovic and the bull in detail what had happened, they both did almost the same thing......

The face is full of entanglement and helplessness, and the brows that are twisted together can almost squeeze out the water, making the round face look a lot thinner.