CHAPTER XXVI
Five days later, the small village of Nisse, in the center of the earthen house.
Towards noon, the sun was a little shining, and William stood alone in front of the earthen house, his face sinking like water, looking motionless ahead.
Old John walked with a few villagers, all of whom carried several rough rectangular wooden shields in their hands.
Coming to William's side, Old John asked the villagers to lower their wooden shields and waved them away.
Old John reported to William, "Lord Baron, the ten wooden shields you asked to make have been made!" Each weighs about five pounds! ”
William casually glanced at the rough wooden shield that had been sent.
It may be the pursuit of speed, there are still wooden thorns on the wooden shield that have not been cleaned, but these are small problems, and there is no problem with the general structure, so don't force how good it is!
William hummed softly, indicating that it was no problem, and turned his head again, looking ahead.
Most of the villagers had gone out to look for the treasure William wanted, or they would go to work in the fields, and William was empty in front of him, and he didn't know what he was looking at!
Old John did not leave, hesitated for a moment, and then reported, "Lord Baron, because you are in a hurry, Charles can't make it alone, so let Merton, the carpenter in the village, also help make it." He has enough wood there. For each wooden shield, pay him 50 Poole copper coins. Merton was given a total of 4 francs of silver. ”
Military products are really profitable!
People with skills can eat everywhere!
These were the two thoughts that flashed through William's mind in an instant.
But that's about it! His focus now is not on money!
As long as money can buy what he wants, it's not a problem.
So he just said to Old John, "Okay, put it on the books." ”
Because there are too many expenditures recently, William can't just rely on Old John's brain to check the accounts, which is not a matter of trust, but a matter of the system in the future.
So William used a blank piece of parchment and recreated a new financial form.
It can't be said to be a financial form, it can only be said to be an accounting form, or a simplified version.
The horizontal row is the time, and the vertical row is the expenditure item and the amount of the expenditure.
William asked Old John to fill in the date of the day as long as he had expenses, so that it was much simpler and clearer to see.
It will be convenient for William to reconcile accounts in the future.
William doesn't care much about money, but he cares if others treat him like a fool!
While he felt that Old John wouldn't do it, what about the others?
It's better to prevent it from burning!
"Yes, Lord Baron!" Old John answered, but did not leave, but stood silently beside William.
William didn't say anything either.
"Whoa...... Da Da Da ...... Whoop Woohoo ...... Dadada......"
At this moment, a chaotic sound of running and panting came from ahead.
With this voice, a crooked procession appeared before William and Old John.
Seeing this scene, William frowned, but Old John was happy.
This crooked line was not long, and there were only ten people at full capacity.
These ten men were the first members of the escort that John Sr. had found.
The one at the head is a man with a strong body and a full beard, his panting voice is relatively gentle, and he looks relatively relaxed, who else is Jacques Potter who was hung by him at the entrance of the village when he offended William?
After Jacques Potter was punished by William, his prestige in the village plummeted!
The villagers weren't as afraid of him as they used to be!
He didn't dare to extort food from other villagers at will like before!
But he had too much to eat, and there were a few boys in the Potter family who couldn't satisfy his appetite.
So Jacques Potter was hungry every day.
Until William's "recruitment notice" spread in the village.
When Jacques Porter heard the idea of "Bao Eat", he thought about signing up.
His father and brothers struck at him, saying that he had angered the Baron, and that the Baron would not recruit him into the convoy, and told him not to appear in front of the Baron, lest the Baron's anger come to their house!
Because of the matter of Jacques Potter and the exchange of goldenrod for money, old John has never given their family a good face!
The Potter family is afraid that Jacques Potter will add fuel to the fire, and when the time comes, it will be out of control, and the consequences will be unimaginable!
Jacques Potter was furious, and he quarreled with old Potter and his brother, yelling, "I'd rather be beaten to death by Lord Baron than starved!" ”
Then I went to Old John to sign up.
Many of the villagers hated Jacques Potter and were ready to see Jacques Potter's jokes.
Unexpectedly, Old John, who was in charge of the registration, asked Jacques Potter's age (he was 20 years old), then pondered for a long time, looked at Jacques Potter several times, and finally went to the earthen house to ask William's opinion.
William was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and let Jacques Potter come in to escort the team!
William has confidence and ability, and is not afraid of Jacques Potter turning into the sky!
The selection of Jacques Porter made the villagers of Nisse Village shatter their glasses, and it also stimulated the enthusiasm of the villagers to sign up.
Some villagers who had no intention also let their children sign up with Old John and be screened!
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Running in second place, a short distance away from Jacques Potter, is a relatively clean and upscale boy!
Little John!
Old John's son, heart and soul baby!
Drake John!
15 years old!
His face was flushed and sweaty, his teeth were gritted and his face was glaring, and he was running desperately, chasing Jacques Potter's back.
He was also the reason why John Sr. didn't leave for the time being to do other things.
Seeing his son working so hard, Old John was distressed.
He had this child when he was older, and he has always spoiled him!
I wanted to tell William to reduce the intensity of training, but seeing William's silent face, Old John closed his mouth again, and could only cheer up his son in his heart.
Not far behind Drake John Sr. are Gretel Jr., the youngest son of the old Gretters, Kyle Adams and Rick Adams, the two sons of the miller Adams, Jerry Hughster, the eldest son of the Swineherd Hustter, Greg Fryke, the child of the Cowherd, Jack Smith of the Big Farmer Smith family, Mike Chris of the Collis family of the Big Farmer, and Kerry Mark, who is the thinnest man who runs last.
Except for Kerry Mark, the only child of a poor family, the others were basically the sons of wealthy families in the small village of Nisse.
With the exception of Jacques Potter, few others were physically fit enough for William.
But this is already the best source of soldiers in the village!
William had no choice but to train from scratch.
In about a minute or two, Jacques Potter ran up to William and stood in a certain position, a little smug, he was the fastest and the best.
Jacques Potter gasped slightly, his eyes looking at William, waiting for his instructions.
William kept his face calm and didn't say a word.
This made Jacques Potter a little disappointed.
After another minute or two, Drake John also ran in front of William, standing next to Jacques Potter, panting like a cow, looking at William, a little apprehensive and ashamed!
Jacques Potter glanced at Drake John with disdain, I want to compare you with Jacques Potter, you are a lot worse!
After Drake John stood still, several other members of the escort also ran up to William, each standing in a fixed position, gasping for air.
Ten people stood in a straight horizontal line.
No one dares to speak, no one dares to queue up!
This was the rule William had set with them three days ago, the day the Escort had just been formed.
This is a team rule that cannot be questioned and firmly enforced!
Anyone who violates the rules will be punished!
From the most basic push-ups – the Baron called push-ups with his hands on the ground and his body up and down – to flogging, and the most serious of them were expelled from the convoy!
On the day the Convoy was formed, everyone except Drake John and Kerry Mark were punished.
They don't want to be penalized anymore!