Chapter Twenty-Three: The Little Warriors and the Guards
"I'm the child of the Mark family, the eldest one, Lord Baron." The thin boy returned to William with a little pride and a little inferiority.
"Mark's house?" William thought for a moment, "Oh, so you're a kid of the Mark family!" ”
"Lord Baron, do you know my father?" The thin boy was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and looked at William with watery eyes.
"Of course, I was very impressed with him!"
Isn't William impressed with Mark yet?
He was the first villager to come and exchange gold silk grass with him for Poole copper coins, and he was also the first batch of villagers to come and sign up for basket weaving.
Every day, weaving baskets and brooms in the open space next to the earthen house, how could William not be impressed when he looked up and looked down with them?
Of course, the golden silk grass had all run out, and the villagers had all run to the neighborhood to find what William wanted, in exchange for a large bounty.
This is also the reason why the Western knights entered the village, but they didn't find a few people.
"Really?" The boy of the Mark family couldn't believe that a dignified lord would remember his father.
"Of course, I don't lie to you! Your father, Mark, is a brave man. Yes, I think he's just a brave guy! William praised that a writer in his previous life had said that the first person who dared to eat crabs was brave!
The same is true for Mark.
He was the first person to dare to come over with a golden silk grass to exchange for Poole copper coins.
"Thank you for the compliment!" The boy of the Mark family didn't expect his father to be so highly praised by William, and he felt a little proud for a while.
"I'm just telling the truth! Also, I have to say, little guy, you are also a brave person. William boasted again.
"Lord Baron, I just did what I was supposed to do." The boy from the Mark family was a little embarrassed.
"This is something that many people can't do. The sparkle in you is enough to make others lose their brilliance! William's words of praise made the little boy dizzy and blushing.
"Your ......, Lord Baron, I ......" the little boy could not utter a complete sentence.
"Little warrior, why did you risk your life just now and not confess to me?" William had always been curious about this.
The boy from the Mark family said as a matter of course, "Lord Baron, you have allowed our parents, as well as my brother and sister to eat black bread, and I cannot expose you to danger!" ”
Got brown bread? William was a little stunned, can money bring loyalty?
William laughed to himself, looked at the boy, and asked again.
"By the way, I don't know your name yet, little warrior?"
"Kerry, Kerry Mark! My name is Kerry Mark, Lord Baron! The thin boy hurriedly replied.
"Oh, Kerry Mark!" After William read the name of the thin boy, his eyes moved, and he asked, "How old are you?" ”
"Seventeen, Lord Baron."
"Seventeen?" William looked at Kerry Mark, who was much shorter than himself, and froze for a moment, and couldn't tell that he was seventeen years old.
Well, you can't use the twenty-first century gaze of his previous life here and put it on them. William thought to himself, he hesitated for a moment, then made a decision, and asked the boy, "Kerry Mark, I'm going to set up a convoy in the village, little warrior, would you like to join?" ”
"Convoys?" Kerry Mark had a puzzled look in his eyes.
"Yes. The convoy, a team that protects me and the villagers. William explained gently.
"That'...... Then Lord Baron, after I join the convoy, can I still go and pick up dung? Kerry Mark hesitated and asked cautiously.
"Picking up manure? Stupidity! The Baron personally invited you, and you only thought about picking up these disgusting things! Old John, who was on the side, finally couldn't help but scold.
"I'm sorry, Master John."
Kerry Mark was suddenly frightened like a panicked rabbit, and Old John's prestige in the village was growing day by day, after all, he was in charge of the exchange of goods.
The villagers did not dare to offend him.
"Old John, don't scare him, he's just a kid!" At this time, William interjected with a smile.
William's smile was bright, and in Kerry Mark's eyes at this moment, it was like the sun!
Old John snorted and stopped talking, he was still worried about the winter!
William patted Old John on the shoulder, smiled, and then said to Kerry Mark, "Kerry Mark, I'm sorry, once you enter the convoy, you have to participate in all kinds of training, and you also have to patrol the village to protect the other villagers!" So, you can't pick it up anymore...... Pick up manure! ”
Kerry Mark was disappointed to hear this.
"Kerry, tell me, why do you want to pick up dung?" William looked curious.
Kerry Mark hesitated, glanced at Old John, and said, "Because a basket of dung can be exchanged for two Poole copper coins." Three baskets, as long as three baskets, I can exchange it for six copper Poole coins, buy a black loaf of bread with the miserly Adams, eat it with my younger siblings, father and mother, and save a copper Poole coin. ”
Kerry Mark counted with his fingers crossed.
"Hahaha...... Kerry, but you go into the escort team, and you get paid! Although he guessed the reason why Kerry Mark wanted to pick up the dung, William couldn't help but laugh when it really came out of his mouth.
"Salary?" Kerry Mark wondered, he didn't understand the term.
"It's just that you have the money to take it!" William had to explain.
Rich? Kerry Mark's eyes lit up, he hesitated for a moment, and finally mustered up his courage, and asked William, "Lord Baron, how much can you get for the escort you are talking about?" ”
Kerry Mark asked carefully.
"I'll think about it." William Dao, this escort team William wanted to form it a long time ago, but he was busy with affairs, so he pushed it again and again!
It wasn't until just now, when he saw another lord's knight in his realm that William finally made up his mind to get this escort team up.
You can't let him, the lord, go on every time something happens, besides, two fists are hard to beat four hands!
"Twenty-five Poole Copper Coins a day for the members of the Guard!" "Seven silver francs and 50 poole coins a month," said William. ”
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
Kerry Mark felt his heart pound violently, and his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Plus, eat it!" William added this again, mainly because he will take the escort team for training in the future, and high-intensity training will not work without adequate nutrition.
William actually wanted to live in his own house if he could, but at the moment he didn't have a house to spare, and the earthen house was full of woven handicrafts, so he could only let the members of the escort live in his own home.
Kerry Mark's little heart beat faster, he swallowed, and asked William, "Lord Baron, what is a bun?" ”
"It's all your food, all provided by the Baron. Little one, thank you for the generosity of the Baron! Old John angrily helped William answer Kerry Mark's question, and said.
If it weren't for the fact that Kerry Mark would have been accepted into William's convoy and would have become his colleague in the future, Old John would not have called him a little guy, but a pariah!
At this point, Old John and the West Knight had the same attitude, treating these villagers with a condescending attitude.
"Thank you, Lord Baron, thank you, Lord Baron!" Kerry Mark knelt down and kowtowed desperately to William.
William helped him up, and Kerry Mark continued to thank him.
His intentions were good, but that tone made William a little unbearable.
William endured the poison gas attack while pretending to be indifferent, and at the same time thinking about how to solve the personal hygiene problems of the villagers, he could still say, "So, Kerry, are you willing to join the convoy?" ”
"Yes, Lord Baron, I do! I'm willing to fight for you! ”
"Good!" William nodded, avoiding Kerry Mark's tone of attack without a trace, and then said, "In two days, you go to the earthen house and report to me!" ”
"Yes, Lord Baron!" Kerry Mark nodded sharply.
"Also, get these things cleaned up. Take it and bury it in the compost pit, and write down your two Poole copper coins. Old John pointed to the manure on the ground and said.
The compost pit is the name of the pit that William dug outside the village.
Old John didn't know what it meant, but that didn't stop the name from becoming popular in the village.
The villagers now know that a basket of manure, picking up the compost pit, and finding Master John can be exchanged for two Poole copper coins.
Without saying a word, Kerry Mark picked up the dung in his hands and put it in the basket.