Chapter 31 Nanwang County
The wanted warrant for the Taishou seal of Donghai County was sent to the Huoyue camp, and the wanted person who issued the wanted warrant was a gold-collared knight from Donghai County, although the gold-collar knight was not a person of high status in the Dragon Country, and had no actual rights, however, they were all glory from the real and practical strength, at least in terms of combat power, they were all first-class warriors. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
He came to the Fire Moon Camp single-handedly, and the unique bravery of the warriors was clear at a glance, even the Fire Moon warriors who were above the top did not dare to underestimate him, not to mention that he was not thinner than the Fire Moon people.
This is not his special feature, the special thing is that the dead fish on his left side has white eyes, which looks very weird, which makes people get goosebumps, plus he is indifferent and silent, and his voice is like the whirring sound of the cold wind in a winter night, with a kind of mystery, Sergeant Huoyue can't understand why it is such a person who distributes the wanted warrant, and it is too unpleasant to look at.
The Fire Moon people are the tallest and strongest race in this world, with an average height of only one meter eighty-five, and the other races are low in height, far less than one meter eighty-five, in this era of cold weapons, often the strength of the body determines a person's combat power, the taller and wider the person, his combat power is undoubtedly higher, although his movements are not so flexible.
And a warrior like Moyue, not only is he tall and wide, his movements are agile, like a tiger, it is normal for him to win the title of the first warrior of the Dragon Kingdom, but Moyue does not have the title of Gold-Collar Knight, the Gold-Collar Knight is the highest glory of a civilian warrior, and if you want to be promoted to the knighthood, the Gold-Collar Knight is the first step recognized by the Dragon Kingdom.
The portrait of Lao Shiyun is painted on the wanted warrant with a radius of one meter, there is a seven-point portrait from the outline of the appearance, and under the portrait is a general discussion of Lao Shiyun's crime, which is written to make the reader look shameless, which makes people angry, and the writing is brilliant, as if it is from the hand of a famous artist, one of the sentences "This demon, paralyzed and vicious, unscrupulous, is really a traitor of the country" opened my eyes and was full of emotion.
In the past few days, the weather has warmed up, and I have instructed the sergeants to dig paddy fields non-stop, and the paddy fields needed for nine sacks of rice seeds are not small, so we must quickly sow the rice seeds to promote germination, plant them as soon as possible, and harvest them early, hoping to cope with the evil consequences brought about by the flood.
Ten people digging paddy fields with hoes like this, even if they are as strong as Huoyue warriors, the efficiency is still not high, I wonder if there can be oxen to plow, then they can get twice the result with half the effort, and people are not so tired.
I asked Lao Bo about this, and he answered them for me one by one, Hailing County has cattle, which makes me very happy, as long as I go to Hailing County, I don't have to worry about not being able to buy cattle. This problem needs to be considered in the long run, if you want to buy grain from Hailing County, you need oxen and ox carts to pull grain, Hailing County is almost 400 miles away from Jidongguan, manpower must be huge, using oxen to pull is the best choice, horses are OK, but horses seem to be more appropriate as combat partners.
There used to be dozens of horses in the Huoyue military camp, most of them were slaughtered and eaten as meat last winter, and the remaining horses were slaughtered in the following months to satisfy hunger, when I heard the news, I was surprised and didn't know what to say, a military camp that regarded horses as combat partners was forced to kill horses to satisfy hunger, it is conceivable that the predicament faced by the Huoyue people is not ordinary, and when an army of several hundred people has no food to eat, they would rather kill horses than rebel, It can be speculated that the forbearance of the Fire Moon people comes from an irresistible fear.
Equally shocked was the man of insight, his eyebrows furrowed tightly, as if he was re-estimating whether the army he had taken refuge in was reliable and could grow rapidly, if it was only a few hundred people, after all, it would only be a small ant in the entire kingdom.
If he knew that the Huoyue people had offended a prince in the royal capital before they were sent to Jidongguan, I don't know how he would react, he would probably be half angry, maybe he would escape the camp in the middle of the night.
The river had receded, revealing the baptized grass stained with yellow mud, and the yellow mud on the ground was flowing southward, indicating that the water was heading to the southern lowlands.
Rice seeds have been all bred, just waiting for the sprouts to sprout, you can sow seeds, originally according to the method on the earth in the middle to concentrate on the sprouts, and then transplant seedlings, I always feel that in this world there is no need for that, the vitality of rice is particularly vigorous, therefore, as long as the sprouts are sprouted, they will be sown in the paddy field.
However, I can't wait for the rice to sprout, I have to go to Hailing County as soon as possible, I don't know what happened there, so I'd better get there first. Before leaving, I had to discuss with Lao Bo, who was easy to talk to, and I said that I needed him to take out the gold and silver coins, and he agreed without saying a word, and also promised to go with me to Hailing County, which shocked me.
I don't want him to go with me, first, the target is easy to be exposed, his face is not tens of thousands of people familiar with Hailing County, at least thousands, it is very troublesome to recognize him; Second, if I have a conspiracy, I can't be seen by him at a glance, because it will inevitably give rise to suspicions, which is not conducive to unity.
In the end, after discussing for a long time, I chose the idea of Miss Lao Yu accompanying her, although Lao Yu looks dignified and virtuous, gentle and elegant, but she can ride a horse, and her riding skills are not bad, which surprised me very much, Lao Yu's ability to ride a horse completely conquered me, and I forgot that she was just a seemingly strong woman.
After traveling less than ten miles, I began to feel regret and anger for my lust, as smart as I am, forgetting that a rich lady who was raised in the depths of the boudoir could not recognize the path of this barren mountain and wilderness, how could a rich girl who was powerless could withstand the toss on horseback for hundreds of miles, and how inconvenient it was for a woman's family to walk with a man.
As a result, I tossed for two days and two nights in Nanwang County, and I completely became Miss Lao Yu's personal bodyguard, in fact, it is more appropriate to call it a nanny, and I don't recognize this name even if I am killed.
Passing through Nanwang County, the village is still a lot, although the rain this time is once in a hundred years, the disaster is not very big, the flooded land is only a few low-lying plots, after some trimming, sweet potatoes and corn can still survive again, but the harvest will be reduced, this year to eat less, and then catch more wild things and more fishing, not to starve to death.
The village looks very desolate, the thatched huts made of wood are the houses that have lived in the generations, there are several families fenced up, pigs and sheep are kept in captivity, the smell of sheep urine can be smelled from afar, the smell of pig feces is very heavy, and other families do not have these animals.
The people who worked in the village wore linen clothes, cut them indiscriminately, and they were not very sophisticated, and poverty made them unable to pay attention to them. After two days' journey, I was finally about to get out of the boundary of Nanwang County, and at this time it was almost dark, so I was not in a hurry to catch up with the night's journey, and I didn't go far, so I was going to borrow a night here, and I chose this family.
In the yard, the children who were not slipping away in the dark were catching geese and playing, and when they saw the stranger coming, they hurriedly ran into the wooden house, and at the same time, they shouted: "Mother, the grain collector is here." ”
When I heard that the baby called us to collect the grain, I was shocked, we didn't wear official uniforms, soldiers' clothes, how could he, an ignorant child, see at a glance that we were officials, it was really strange and surprised.
A woman in sackcloth ran out in a panic, hugged her frightened son, and looked at us who had dismounted and walked into the yard in horror, cowering and not daring to hide, nor daring to speak, her eyes were full of fear and uneasiness.
"We're not officials." I said helplessly, the officials of Nanwang County do not seem to be good in the eyes of the people.
"Who is it that is not an official?" When the woman heard that we were not from an official family, she seemed to have gained some courage and confidence to speak.
"We are merchants, passing by here, borrowing a night, and hoping to make it convenient for us, we will pay." I said politely, but I couldn't scare them.
"I don't have any extra rooms in my house for you to rest, so you might as well go elsewhere." The woman said impatiently.
"It's getting late, walking is far away, tired, where can I walk, I hope it's convenient, just give us a room, a few of us rough men sleep on the ground, just give my wife a bed." Lao Yu was borrowed by me as a wife at this time, which was a plan that had been discussed earlier.
The woman was about to excuse herself, but when she saw that her family had returned from outside, she said, "Go and ask me to be a member of the family, and he has returned." ”