Chapter Seventy-One: Westward Journey VI

Angelia and Count Henry return to the castle and drink the tea that James had brewed—the tea was brought out by Angelia, and Henry was too poor to afford it—and Angelia talked to Count Henry and James about the country of flowers and the other countries they met along the way.

Both Earl Henry and James listened to the longing, especially the Earl Henry, who had a deep yearning for the country of flowers, and wanted to see that miraculous and rich country with their own eyes. However, he will not be able to achieve his wish in this life, so he can only record his longing for the ancient country of the East and the narration of Angelia for future generations. Sure enough, his descendants were also interested in the ancient country of the East, and fulfilled the wish of their ancestors to travel to the ancient country of the East.

Before the crops and potatoes had been harvested, Angelia and the men went into the woods again, and in addition to a wild boar, they caught a number of pheasants and hares. Angelia did not allow the men to kill pheasants and hares, but brought them back to the village alive to raise them. Angelia also paid for her own money to go to the town of Harsha to buy more than 30 sheep and two cows. The cow was given to Henry, and the others wanted to use the cow and needed to borrow it from Henry. The sheep were divided equally among the villagers, not for free, of course, but for their wages for helping Angelia repair their houses.

The villagers were very grateful to Angelia and worked very hard, and built Angelia's house in just half a month. Angelia didn't think about living in a castle or anything like that, so she asked the villagers to help build a small three-story building.

After the small building was built, Angelia moved out of Henry's castle, and winter arrived. Winters are cold, but before winter, the villagers have repaired their houses with stones, built simple stoves, and lit fires in their rooms to keep warm. People here don't know what carbon is yet, and there won't be a problem with coal poisoning.

Today's villagers are very satisfied, there is plenty of food this winter, and no one will starve to death. Before the house was built for Angelia, the crops in the fields were harvested. The heavy ears of wheat made the villagers' eyes red, and the yield of barley per mu was as high as 400 catties, which was seven times the yield per mu in the past.

Septuple! Seven times as much! The total harvest of one acre of land in seven years! With these harvests, they can eat black ...... every day No, eat white bread - there are few people in Europe, so although there is less harvest in the fields, the total amount added up is still enough for people to eat. Otherwise, with the general yield of 60 catties per mu in Europe at this time, wouldn't the Europeans have starved to death long ago?

In addition to barley, beans were harvested in the fields, which were eaten not only by people but also by livestock, and the surplus could be carried to the town of Hasha in exchange for other things. By the way, the first thing to change is to warm your clothes. Even if you can't change one piece for each person, it's good if the family can get one or two pieces, and you don't have to worry about being frozen when you go out. What's more, Lord Andrew asked them to raise hares, and now there are quite a few of them. After the rabbit is killed, there is meat to eat, and the rabbit skin can be sewn together, and then a animal skin garment can be made to protect from the cold. The rest of the people who did not have warm clothes stayed in the house, had a stove for warmth, did not have to go out to forage for food, and did not freeze to death and starve to death.

Cat Winter was boring, and Angelia couldn't stand it anymore after sleeping at home for two whole days and decided to find something to do.

"Lord Andrew, if you have any orders, just say it." Henry's face was red. Because he was a lord, the villagers had to give him three layers of harvest crops, and now that his castle had two storerooms full of grain, he was now able to eat white bread every day, and he could eat one and throw one away. In addition to bread, there is no shortage of meat, and drinking broth and eating barbecue every day will not be a better day. For Lord Andrew, who brought them such a good day, Earl Henry was as grateful and reverent as everyone else, and as long as Angelia had orders, he carried them out absolutely without compromise.

"I'm coming to James." Angelia Road.

Earl Henry was a little disappointed to hear that Angelia was not coming for him, but he still happily called James over.

"My lord, are you looking for me?" James asked with a respectful salute.

"Well, I want you to make two tools for me." Angelia Road.

James was thrilled when he heard this, what a new tool! Is it a useful new tool like a zigzag plow?

"My lord, what kind of new tool is it?" James asked.

"Machines for weaving yarn and weaving." Angelia Road. Europe also has looms, but they are very rough and backward, and the defense line machine and loom that Angelia wants to make are improved by Zhu Youxiao, although they are not as good as water and wind looms, but the efficiency is at least ten times that of the current looms.

"I'm going to get Carl right away and they're going to help?" James said.

Carl and the others were the teenagers who gave James a hand, they learned a lot from James, and they were James's apprentices.

In a few moments, James called the boys.

The boys were cloaked in rabbit skins, and they were not cold, but they were all barefoot, and their feet were unprotected on the snow, and they were all red from the cold, and they also had chilblains.

"Don't you have any shoes to wear?" Angelia asked.

The teenagers shook their heads.

"Shoes are too expensive to buy." "We don't go out much in the winter, so just bear with it." ”

Angelia looked at everyone's feet, and no one was wearing shoes except for Earl Henry, who wore a pair of patched shoes, and James, who wore a pair of shoes made of wood. It seems that wearing shoes is a luxury these days. Like James's Mu Xie, it is very rough done, and it can be seen that he made it himself. This is good for wearing in the other three seasons, but it is not warm at all when worn in winter.

"Forget it, the carpentry will be done tomorrow, and I will teach you how to make shoes to wear first." Angelia Road.

"Making shoes?" The teenagers spoke in unison.

"Hmm." "It's not warm, but it's at least better than walking barefoot in the snow." And you can add some shreds and shredded skin to your shoes yourself, which should keep you warm. ”

James said, "Is it to make wooden shoes?" I stuffed some hay inside my shoes to keep me warm. ”

Angelia: "......"

"And hay?" Angelia asked James, "Bring me more, and I'll teach you how to weave straw sandals." ”

James immediately went and came in with a large handful of hay and asked Angelia, "My lord, is this grass enough?" ”

"Enough, enough." Angelia pulled out a few sticks of hay and motioned for the others to learn from her. Not only James and the boys, but also Earl Henry picked up hay with great interest.