Two days later, Old John returned to the village of Nisse with several wagons of the caravan of Hughes.

The small village of Nisse is a scene of great activity.

Villagers came and went, sweating and carrying baskets of red dirt on their shoulders, dumping them around the end of the village, piling them up into small low mounds!

This situation not only made the guys of the Xius caravan curious, but Old John was also puzzled.

He casually grabbed a villager in the village, "What are you moving?" ”

"Master John, you're back!" The villager who was shouted at was still dissatisfied, but when he saw that it was Old John, his face immediately changed to a humility and flattery, and said, "We are moving the earth!" ”

"I know!" Old John frowned, "Am I a fool?" "I'm asking where does all this dirt come from?" Why do you want to move this soil? Did the Baron command it? ”

"Yes, Lord John, it was ordered by Lord Baron, and sure enough, he can't hide anything from the wise John!" The villager made a little ass.

Old John had a look of acceptance on his face, but then Old John hurriedly asked, "You haven't said where this soil comes from?" ”

"Lord John, it's in a ravine in the Cordillera Mountains, not far from the Cadium River." The villagers replied honestly.

The Cadium River is where the villagers of the small village of Nisse fetch water, and at the foot of the Cordillera mountains, it takes two and a half candles to burn on foot. This old John knows.

"Bob was really lucky to take the shit, and actually let him find this place and earn a bounty as high as that of Lord Baron." After a pause, the villager said with envy and hatred.

Old John knew from the color of the soil and the movements of the villagers that this soil was what William was looking for, and he was not surprised that the lucky guy could get William's bounty, he said casually, "What luck! I think the bounty offered by the Baron was a silver franc coin. ”

A silver franc was one-ninth of Old John's monthly salary, and it was a lot of money.

"Two silver francs! Master John! The villager's jealousy was already overflowing.

"Two silver francs?" Old John looked stunned, and even he didn't notice what he was saying, and he unconsciously carried a trace of jealousy.

Two silver francs is close to a quarter of Old John's salary, which is not a small amount.

"Yes, Lord John, Lord Baron raised the bounty, so ......" the villager explained to Old John.

"By how much?" When old John heard about money now, his heart tightened.

"If you can find it in three days, it's doubled! If you find it within three days of three days, you will increase it by half! But after seven days, it's only half of the original! So now the villagers are desperately trying to find a few other things that the Baron wants! Even on the way to the Cordillera valley to dig dirt for money, you will look around, and maybe you will find it if you are lucky! ”

What other villagers do, this villager thinks!

Everyone wants to be the darling of this fate!

"These lazy fellows think about getting something for nothing all day long, and they don't think about ......" Old John felt distressed by the large bounty given by William, and said with a curse in his mouth, when suddenly he was stunned, his eyes widened, and he looked at the villager, "You mean digging dirt for money?" ”

"Yes, Master John!" The villagers looked at Old John strangely, not understanding how Old John made such an expression.

Hasn't the new Baron always been like this?

Pay for your work, get your money!

Nor is it as ferocious as the other lords!

Ay! How nice it would be if there were no lizardmen! We're going to have a good time under Baron Decas, right?

The villagers are imagining.

But old John was so angry that he muttered, "Sure enough, it's like that again!" Sure enough, it was again! My dear baron, if you continue like this, no matter how big the mountain of gold is, you will squander it! ”

However, William was never the one who Old John could reprimand and teach, and the gap in status between the two could only make Old John act of persuasion, which was based on the fact that he had a good relationship with William, and William showed a good character.

Therefore, old John threw his anger on the villagers in front of him, and he glared at the villagers viciously, as if he were a father-killer in front of him, and asked loudly, "How much does the Baron pay you?" Ten baskets of copper pooles? ”

"Two baskets of copper Poole coins, Lord John." The villagers were frightened by Old John's appearance, and replied cowardly.

"What? Two baskets of a Poole copper coin? You are sinning, you are robbing the Baron's treasury! No, I'm looking for the Baron! Where is Lord Baron? Still in the house? Old John couldn't control his emotions and cried out.

And the villagers were already in the voice of Old John, unconsciously shrunk their bodies shorter and shorter, and did not dare to look directly at Old John.

Hearing Old John's question, the villager whispered back, "The Baron is not in the earthen house, he has entered the forest with the members of the convoy!" ”

"Forest? Lord Baron in the forest? Isn't he training the convoys? Old John had another question.

"A few days ago, the members of the convoy kept vigil, and there was a wolf attack! That's why the Baron has been taking his guards into the edge of the forest to hunt and clean up the more dangerous beasts! "This is something that William announced at the convoy, and he has no intention of hiding it and has nothing to hide, so it didn't take long for the whole village to know!

"But the Baron is so powerful, even the old hunters of the villagers can't compare! Every time you go into the forest, you can bring a lot of prey, and the members of the convoy can eat meat every day! As the villagers spoke, their tones were filled with envy. The only thing he hated was why his son hadn't been selected for the Escort Team!

"Wolf attack? Convoys? Has anyone been hurt? Old John's heart was lifted at once, and his focus was on the front.

Because his son, John Jr., is in the convoy!

"Hurt? No! The Baron found out early, and the ghost wolves who came to attack were all killed by the Baron, and the rest escaped into the forest and never harassed the village again! The villager shook his head, thinking of this, he was also afraid for a while, if the villagers did not have the baron, how many people would the whole village have to use to fill the appetite of this group of ghost wolves.

At this moment, he missed the fortified walls of Patras again, where he never had to worry about the attack of beasts such as ghost wolves.

But in the next second, the villager became discouraged again, although Patras City is safe, but "it is not easy to live in vain"!

If only the lord of Patras could be as merciful as Baron Dicas!

However, the villagers quickly shook their heads, nobles like Viscount Grien were normal, while nobles like Baron Dicass were different!

Ay! The villagers are in deep agony!

"It's okay! It's okay! Old John breathed a big sigh of relief, then took a long breath and looked at the villagers fiercely, "Go, take me to the Baron!" ”

"But, Lord John, I'm going to the Cordillera Mountains to carry dirt and two baskets of Poole coins! Please, Master John, my family can't move much dirt in a day, you can find someone else, I can recommend it to you, like Bob, it's good......" The villager said to Old John, holding up his empty, somewhat loose basket.

It's okay if he doesn't say it, but as soon as he says that Old John is even more angry, he snorts coldly, and then says in a stiff tone, "No, it's just you!" Take me to Lord Baron, I have something important to look for Lord Baron! If you miss a big thing, I won't let you get a Poole copper coin! ”

The villagers had to cry and walk in the direction of the forest with old John.

He remembered that it was from this direction that the convoy entered the forest in the morning!

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In the dark forest, the lush canopy of trees one after the other grows one after another, and the branches are horizontal, covering the sky tightly, and only a small amount of sunlight shines through the thick leaves, adding a bit of light to the forest.

William stood beside a brown bark tree in leather armor, his eyes closed in contemplation, a simple hunting bow in his hand, and a cross-sword pinned to his waist.

The hunting bow was bought by William from the hunters in the village, and the quality was average, but it was better than the none!

Around him, scattered were ten members of the Guard, with wooden shields in their hands, looking around, occasionally at William, with admiration and longing in their eyes.

What William has done during this time has to make them admire!

Whether it's taking the lead in killing wolves late at night, or hunting these days.

Whether it is a man or a woman, they worship the strong in their bones.

And William's performance is just in line with the image of a strong man in their minds!

In particular, Jacques Potter's eyes can no longer be described as adoring, and they are full of unrelenting loyalty to William.

Jacques has always thought of himself as a simple man, who can make him well-fed, he will help whomever he does!

Whoever saved his life, then he sold his life to him!

William not only fed him and saved his life, then in Jacques's heart, his life did not belong to him, but to William!

Jacques Potter became William's first die-hard man!