Mrs. Eva stood outside the door of the lord's house, the weather was clear today, the blue sky and white clouds were clear, the chickens and dogs in the village crowed from time to time, and the farmers were working hard in the fields, because the war Lady Eva's husband had taken away some of the labor, so the cultivation of the public fields was less than two-thirds of what it used to be, and the already barren land was even more desolate.

"Well, Mumu." A small Lori grabbed the corner of Mrs. Eva's skirt with her chubby little hands, and her drooling mouth screamed milkily.

"Hey baby." Mrs. Eva hurriedly picked up her daughter Lina, kissed her daughter's little face, and couldn't help frowning, her husband took away the servants of the family, and now except for an old and deaf hunchbacked old servant and a little maid who is not yet an adult, everything has to be done by herself.

"Mistress, the village elder is here." The little maid timidly carried a basket, and she had just gathered some mushrooms and young roots from the woods, when she happened to meet the village elder, and she reported it to Lady Eva.

"Oh?" Eva looked curiously at the village elder who walked up from the bottom of the hill holding her knees, her husband was the lord of this territory, but the village elders were elected by the villagers spontaneously, this is the local custom of the Germanic people, the lord has the judicial power to resolve disputes between the villagers, the right to collect rent, and the right to arrange the work of the villagers, and the trivial things such as how the village cultivates crops on weekdays are arranged by the elders.

"Honorable Lady Eva." The village elder panted up the hillside, and on the hillside stood a lord's house made of wood, with a stable, armory, and kitchen and other attached rooms outside the main house, showing a T-shaped structure, medieval buildings had a main body first, and then the other annex rooms would slowly increase in the following years, and a complete lord's house was often completed by several generations.

"Elder Tabor, why did you come here alone?" Madame Eva was a little curious, and usually if there was a dispute between the peasants that could not be resolved, she would bring the village elders to the lord's house to ask for the lord's ruling, and the village elders would come alone unless something major happened.

"Honorable Madam, I have to come and ask for your help." The village elder bent down, his head almost hitting the ground, his long beard hanging down to the ground, and it took a while for him to straighten up.

"Please." In the absence of the lord, it is her duty as the lord's wife to receive these petitions and dispose of them properly, which is the duty of a noble lady.

"Last night a couple of robbers stole the village's ploughing oxen, without these ploughing oxen, we are seriously underemployed, much of the land is not cultivated, of course I am not complaining, after all, Sir Wendell is fighting for the Duke, but I am worried that there are not enough seeds, and there is not enough labor, what should we eat when winter comes?" The village elder said with a frothing voice, his missing teeth on his lips indistinct, causing Lady Eva to frown and try to hear what he was saying.

"What? The cattle were stolen, and the people in the village didn't notice it at all? Mrs. Eva was surprised to say that the cattle played an irreplaceable role in an agrarian society, and that the only two oxen in the village were bought by her husband with money from between his teeth, and then given to the village for use, of course, this use was not free, and the villagers would exchange the harvested food and supplies.

"Yes, these cattle thieves who deserve hell." Elder Tabor wept as he wiped a handful of snot with his large, dirty, rough hands, and cursed resentfully.

"Since it's gone, let's use someone to help the plow for the time being. When my husband comes back, he will definitely be able to solve this problem. Lady Eva looked at Elder Tabor and had to comfort him first.

"I'm sorry honorable lady, but there are only old men and women left in the village, and we have slept so hard all day of labor before these damned bull thieves have succeeded. But can't the noble lady find a way to buy a few cows to solve the problem at hand? Elder Tabor looked at Lady Eva with tears in his eyes, the Wendell family is a good ruler in good conscience, not only is they not too oppressive to the villagers, but they will also solve the villagers' difficulties from time to time in difficult times, so the villagers hope that this time the Wendell family can also help them. But Mrs. Eva was a little embarrassed, for the Wendell family was also in a difficult time at this time, and every bank in the family had been thrown into the war of Duke Mason, and now her husband and two sons were still uncertain and there was no news of their lives, and she was waiting for their news every day.

"Alright, Tabor, let's wait for my husband to come back, that's all." Mrs. Eva said impatiently, "It is important to receive and coordinate relations with the villagers, but don't forget that the Wendell family is the ruler after all, and once the decision is made, the villagers as a subject must abide by it."

"Yes, if we can ask for support from the Monastery of St. Fonso, they will help us, right?" Elder Tabor whispered a little unwillingly, after all, everyone knows that the greatest support of the Wendell family comes from the Monastery of St. Fonso, and the wealthy monastery only needs to pluck a single hair to survive them.

"Go down, I'll think about it." Mrs. Eva thought for a moment and waved to Elder Tabor, picked up her daughter Lena and walked into the room, Elder Tarber craned her neck to look into the room, then sighed and turned to walk down the hill.

Elder Tarbor's words echoed in Lady Eva's mind, and she looked at the empty clay shelves, on which everything that could be sold was sold, and in the room was a piece of fir furniture that had been worn by her father when she was married, and which was empty in the corner, and which had nothing of value.

"Looks like the only way to go is to Hough. Dean Hannes too. Lady Eva bit her lip, she was a stubborn and self-respecting aristocratic haughty, and she would not bow to anyone else, even if that person was her brother, but now it was her duty to maintain her husband's authority and the stability of the territory, and Sir Wendell had given her the land with his own hands before the expedition, so she would return it to him intact when Sir Wendell returned.

Thinking of this, Madame Eva could no longer sit still, and she immediately handed her daughter in her hand to the little maid, took it from a short sword that hung on the wall of the house, put it on her body, and then took out a well-tended white steed from the stable of her house, and she mounted it and commanded the little maid.

"Take care of my daughter."

"But you didn't have a guard, hostess." The little maid hugged the sleepy little Lena and said to her master.

"I have a sword." Madame Eva kicked her horse in the belly with her heel, and galloped down the hillside path, which led north to the Abbey of St. Fonso, and along the way she galloped non-stop, and the travelers on the road avoided the horses under her crotch in panic, but Madame Eva did not dare to stay for a moment, it was not wise to go out without an escort in these dangerous times, and the robbers, road bandits, and the wolves of the night were the enemies of the lone traveler, and she had to reach the Monastery of St. Fontaso before dark.

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I'm sorry for being so late today, and it's so little, everyone knows that Lu Dao Erliang has always been a 3Klux Klan, of course, there is a reason for this, because Erliang has to take the exam today, no way. I hope you will continue to support Erliang's clumsy work, thank you for those who reward, vote for recommendations, clicks and book reviews, with your support through the Middle Ages will be more exciting.