Old John and his entourage followed William back to the earthen house.

As soon as he entered the earthen house, Old John couldn't help but ask William, "Lord Baron, I don't understand, this weed is not a precious thing, why are you willing to pay such a high purchase price?" According to Old John, your price can be more than doubled! We don't have a lot of money, and every Poole copper coin has to be used where it has to be. ”

"My lord, according to me, we can do without money. It's their pleasure to just let these untouchables do a little bit of it! ”

"If it's not convenient for you to show up, Old John is happy to help."

The other attendants all looked like they felt the same way.

William shook his head, smiled indifferently, and said, "Old John, I don't want you to throw my credibility into the river and wash away without a trace!" ”

"But, Lord Baron, if those untouchables are true, then we need to prepare for winter." Old John still tried to dissuade him.

"Prepare what?" William wondered, the abacus in his own heart, old John actually knew? It can't be.

"Lord Baron, the consumption of the city of Patras is not low, and it is even higher in order to maintain the dignity of the nobility...... And ......," said old John, as he broke it apart.

"Wait!" William made a "stop" gesture, "Who told you we should go back to Patras in winter, old John?" ”

"Lord Baron, if the lizardmen are real, we have nowhere to go but Patras City!" Old John said to William seriously, "Your life is more important than everything!" ”

"Yes, old John, life is the most important thing, and nothing is more important than life." William nodded in agreement, and Old John's face suddenly showed joy, but in the next second, Old John's face froze.

"But, I'm not going anywhere but here all winter!" William said categorically.

"Lord Baron, the village of Nisse is like a house made of grass, and when a gust of wind blows, it will fall. Here, how can you be given enough protection? Old John still said bitterly.

"That's why we're building it!" William rightfully authenticated.

"Construction?" Old John was stunned.

"Yes, old John, my best elder, the guide of the way forward, I need you, and you, to build the village of Nisse with me, and one day it will grow a town and a city on this land. And your name will live on forever along with the history of the city! Help me, okay? The only thing I can trust in this world is you! William looked at all his entourage and said.

Several of the attendants listened passionately, but old John was still worried and opened his mouth to speak.

At this moment, a man's cautious voice came from outside the earthen house.

"Lord Baron, Lord Baron, Lord Baron, we have gathered enough grass."

"So fast?" William has good hearing and can hear clearly.

"These untouchables, as long as they have money, they can't do anything." Old John scolded with disgust in his eyes.

"Haha, that's exactly what I wanted." William smiled, he looked at old John, and said, "Old John, go and count the weeds that the man sent, and call it golden grass." If there is no problem with the quantity, give him the due reward. ”

William casually named the grass goldenrod.

"Yes, Lord Baron, I'll have to check it out!" Old John saw that he couldn't change William's mind, so he had to say helplessly.

Old John was about to walk out, William suddenly felt uneasy, stopped him again, and said sincerely, "Old John, for me, reputation is as important to me as life, I have entrusted my reputation to you, I hope you will protect it well, just like protecting my life." The villagers outside, if they use all kinds of weeds to deceive you at will, naturally don't give him a single Poole copper coin, but if he really does it, then don't give him a single Poole copper coin. Is that okay, Old John? ”

"Lord Baron, you will not be disappointed." Seeing William's sincere appearance, old John felt a sense of emotion rise in his heart.

"You've never let me down! Go ahead. William said lightly.

John Sr. called his son, John Jr., and walked out.

A fifth of the candle burns after the time.

Outside the earthen house, old John asked little John, who was squatting in front of a large pile of golden grass, "Is the number determined?" ”

"Sure. There are a total of 923 golden silk grasses. I counted them all three times. Little John was very sure.

"Hell, how long has it been, Mark, did you do this?" Old John frowned and looked at the large family in front of him.

The leader was a middle-aged man with a slight bow and a smile on his face, because he often did hard work under the scorching sun, so his skin was dark and red, which was a sign of sunburn.

In fact, the whole village is mostly populated with people with this skin.

It's rare to have a little fair skin!

Behind the villager, Mark, stood a nervous, uneasy woman, also wrinkled from her suffering.

Next to the women, there stood five children, all of them malnourished.

Old John had a little impression of this family, and in his memory it seemed that the family had very few fields and many children, so life was more difficult than that of ordinary villagers.

Originally, the life of the villagers was hard enough.

"Master John, in fact, this grass was brought by our family to cover the ground, and when I saw that Lord Baron wanted it, I brought it over, is it okay?" Mark looked at Old John with a look of hope, as did his wife and children.

It's just because they need these copper coins so much.

With these copper coins, they will be able to eat a meal of black bread instead of the batter that is worse than black bread every day, the kind made with flour and water, and they will be hungry easily!

He needs it, and so does his children!

"Floor-padding? I see. Old John had a look of disgust in his eyes.

In this era, the weather was cold, and the whole floor would be very cold at night, and the nobles or wealthy could burn the fireplace or put carpets to keep warm, but the poor could only take some thatch and pile it on the ground in exchange for a little warmth.

"Master John, don't worry, our grass has been carefully selected, and there is no problem at all. Otherwise, we don't take three Poole coins, two, uh, no, one Poole coin. Please, Master John, for my poor child's sake. Mark panicked and said without hesitation.

"Okay, a copper Poole coin......" Hearing Mark say this, the thrifty old John blurted out without even thinking about it.

Mark's family had joy in their eyes, no matter how much, it was an unexpected gain for them.

At this time, Old John thought of William's instructions, and his heart moved, and he subconsciously said, "No! A Poole copper coin will not do. “

The light in the eyes of the Mark family dimmed suddenly, is it true that the nobles are all liars?

Then he heard Old John say in a rough voice, "Lucky for you, these grasses, well, these golden grasses are all right, according to the Baron, give you three Poole copper coins." “

"Ah......" Happiness came so suddenly, that Mark was stunned, and his mouth couldn't help but open.

"You idiot, do you want it?" Old John waited for a while, but Mark still didn't come to his senses, so he kicked him impatiently.

Mark finally woke up from the shock and nodded desperately, and the magnitude of the nod, others saw it, and they were really afraid that their head would fall off accidentally.

"A pariah is a pariah!" Old John said disdainfully, but he carefully counted out three Poole copper coins from a money bag and handed them to Mark.

This money bag contains William's net worth! Of course, there were only copper poole and silver franc coins.

The Pis gold coin was kept by William himself.

The Mark family expressed their gratitude to Old John with a thousand gratitude, "Thank you, Master John, thank you, Master John!" ”

"Untouchables, thank the Baron for his kindness and generosity." Old John pointed out Mark's mistake and said.

"Of course, thank you, Lord Baron, and thank you, Lord John." Mark immediately changed his lines and said.

"Hmm." Old John nodded reservedly, Mark's feeling made his heart a little dark, he thought about it, and said, "You still have twenty-three golden silk grasses, I'll help you remember them." If you still have a golden silk grass to bring over, I'll help you put it on top. Do you still have any golden grass? ”

"Yes, yes, Master John, I still have it at home, I'll go get it now!" Mark ran away with his family in high spirits.

Old John and his son John Jr., carrying a pile of golden grass, went into the earthen house.

"Lord Baron, there are nine hundred and twenty-three golden silk grasses, and I gave him three Poole copper coins." Old John reported to William.

"Well done, old John." William complimented casually.

He crouched down, carefully examined the smelling goldenrod, and tested its toughness for himself.

The result was very satisfying to William, who nodded secretly.

Old John was puzzled, and he asked, "I don't understand, Lord Baron, why do you buy these useless things?" Forgive me for being stupid enough to understand what you mean! ”

Several other entourages also had the same question, this golden silk grass was everywhere, why did William buy it from the villagers in large quantities?

William smiled mysteriously and said, "I'll tell you the answer right now." ”

As he spoke, William looked at the only carpenter in his entourage, Charles!

Charles was a stocky old man, no older than John Sr., but he looked older than John Sr., with a gray beard and a red nose.

He was a very silent man, a man who could easily be overlooked.

As a carpenter, his right hand was always shaking.

The tremor was not large, but it was a fatal blow to the carpenter.

How can a carpenter who has lost his stability be trusted by others?

That's why he was recruited by Old John and became William's retinue.

Each month, you can get 500 Poole Copper Coins.

"I'm here, Lord Baron." Hearing William call him, a trace of surprise flashed in Charles's eyes, and then he turned calm again, and replied to William.

"Charles, do you know how to make brooms?" William asked.

"Broomsticks?" Charles didn't know what kind of medicine was in William's gourd, not only him, but also old John.

"Yes, Charles, it's the brooms that the women use to sweep the garbage. Of course, they are used for other things occasionally. William smiled eerily.

"Of course I'll make it, Lord Baron! Even children can make it! Charles was a little arrogant and said that although he had lost his stability, he had not yet lost the pride of a carpenter.

"Lord Baron, you don't want to make brooms out of these golden grasses, do you? If you're just cleaning the house, maybe you've bought a bit too much. The peasants in the village, they don't need a broom! A little dirty and a little clean, for them, there is no difference. Old John interjected, and he felt that as William's butler, he needed to stand up at some critical time and stop some of William's actions.

Although, not once did it succeed!

But John Sr. felt that this was his calling.

"They'll need it soon!" William said affirmatively.

Hearing this, Old John only felt that he was getting old, and he did not understand William's intentions more and more.

How could those untouchables need brooms?

William didn't notice Old John's mental activity, he looked at Charles and asked, "What can I offer you?" ”

Charles was already fiddling with those golden silk grasses, and when he heard this, he didn't raise his head and said, "Hemp rope, of course, if you don't have it, you can do it." “

"Are the clothes okay?" The rope was used to tie up, and William did have two sets of unwanted clothes in his hands.

"Clothes?" Charles looked up in surprise, had his lord been extravagant enough to do so?

William quickly asked Old John to take out the black clothes of the two killers from last time, and said, "Just use them." ”

"Okay!" Charles understood, he took the two black clothes, then tore the two black clothes into strips of cloth, and began to make a broom.