Chapter 48: Entering the Tun
"What's your name?"
Willy asked the old man.
"Master Tun, my name is Yoel. ”
Old Joel replied respectfully.
Willy nodded, and continued, "If it's convenient for you now, can you take us to our new residence? ”
Old Yoel was surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect the young chief to ask so politely, a young man who was appreciated by the Baron should be full of arrogance and conceit, so approachable, so full of surprise.
"Of course, it is my honor to serve and lead the way for the Tun Lord. ”
Old Yoel walked up to the carriage and said to Lake, "Lord Lake, let me drive the horse for you, and you can rest in the carriage." ”
Lake was a little overwhelmed by the call of "Lord Lake", and he was not able to fully adapt to the identity of the Tun Chief's father, and he looked a little embarrassed.
Seeing this, Willy was not hypocritical, and dragged Lake into the carriage behind. Old Joel took the whip and rode forward.
"Master Tun, do you want to say hello to the big guy?"
As he passed by the settlers who had cleared the land, Old Joel asked Willy cautiously.
Willy nodded, "Stop, at least let everyone know who I am." ”
Old Joel heard this, and skillfully stopped the carriage.
He walked to the tun people, threw the hoe in his hand aside, clapped his hands vigorously, and shouted: "Everyone, put down the tools you have at hand, come forward together, and salute the tun elder!"
As soon as Old Yoel's voice fell, the people stopped what they were doing, and everyone looked at each other, all a little restrained.
"Hurry up, don't delay the time of Tun Adult!"
Old Joel snapped, looking very serious.
Under the command of Joel Sr., a dozen people gathered together and lined up to walk to the carriage.
Willy glanced at the people who were walking towards him, and frowned slightly.
The dozen or so people who farmed the land were men and women, with a big age difference, some of them looked very immature, some of them had snow-white hair, and each of them was very thin and thin, and their complexions were all waxy yellow, and they looked malnourished without enough to eat. Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at the Willy family in the carriage.
As the head of Fandoutun, seeing that the people under him were in this state, Wei Li's heart was naturally a little uncomfortable. If the people have been in this state all the time, let alone building the Pandou Tun prosperously, it will not even meet the Bandou tax standard required by Baron Kells.
"Lift up your heads and let your lords see your faces!"
Old Yoel let out a loud shout, then turned and walked up to Willy, hunched over: "Lord Tun, please say a few words." ”
Under the reprimand of Old York, more than a dozen farmers slowly raised their heads, and when they found that the old man in Yoel's mouth was actually just a teenager, they all showed the same surprised looks as Old Yoel before.
"Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Willy, and from today onwards, I will be your commander. I hope you will work hard to create a better future for Fandoutun. Let's do it first, there is a chance that everyone will learn more about it. ”
Willy just opened his mouth to say some words, and the weak bodies and weak spirits of the people really made Willy not excited.
Moreover, from the eyes of these tun people, in addition to fear, Willy also saw an indescribable emotion.
"What are you still doing?"
Old Joel sternly reprimanded: "Go back and continue to cultivate the land!"
After hearing the old Joel's rebuke, the crowd hurried away and returned to their former lands.
Willy glanced at Old York, who seemed to be harsh on everyone, but in fact, he was afraid that the people would behave badly and anger him.
"None of them have seen much of the world, so they are more wooden, and the adults don't want to be like them. ”
As the group continued on their way, Old Yoel said with a smile as he rode his horse.
Willy shook his head, indicating that he didn't mind, and asked, "Are these people all the people of our Fandoutun?"
If there are only a dozen people, then the scale of Fandoutun will be even smaller than Wei Li imagined.
Old Yol replied, "No, there are still some people who are building the infrastructure in the tunzi. ”
Willy nodded: "How many families are there in Fandoutun now?"
As a tun chief, you must at least understand the population situation in the tunzi.
Old Yoel is very familiar with the things in the tunzi: "We now have a total of 12 families in Fandoutun, a total of 53 people, of which there are no working ability, and there are seven children under the age of five. ”
In the eyes of Joel Sr., as long as he is older than five years old, even if he is still a child, he can contribute to the labor force.
"More than 50 people......
Willy was quite satisfied with the size of the population, which was close to a medium-sized tun in Diamond Town. Some small tunzi even have only a few households, less than 20 people.
The carriage had already entered the tunzi, and Willy sat on the carriage and saw the simple houses on the side of the road and some infrastructure construction in the tunzi, and some of the tun residents who had not reclaimed the land were busy building the tunzi.
When everyone saw the carriage, they all unconsciously stopped their movements and looked at the Willy family in the carriage with fearful eyes. They could also guess that the family in the carriage was probably the future owner of Fandoutun.
"Look at what! do what you have at hand!"
Old Joel behaves like a grumpy old man.
When the people heard this, they hurriedly continued the work at hand.
"You seem to have a lot of prestige among these people?"
Seeing this, Willy asked without a trace.
Old Joel's arm shook unconsciously when he heard Willy say this, he didn't know whether Willy was asking or implying that he had overshadowed the prestige of the Tun Commander himself.
"Probably because I'm older, the people are all ......"
Before Old York could finish his sentence, a broken ball suddenly flew in the distance.
The ball fell on the horse's head at once, and the horse was suddenly startled and shook the whole carriage violently.
Willy's eyes were quick, and he grabbed Velya, who almost fell.
"I'm sorry ......"
In the distance, there were several dusty children, each of whom was three or four years old, and the youngest seemed to be even younger. They didn't know the Willy family in the carriage, but they did know that Grandpa Joel was a stern old man.
"What are you doing?"
Old Yoel jumped like thunder, his face was blue, and a layer of cold sweat instantly appeared on his forehead.