225 Freedmen
How can the gap not be big?
The Earth Onlookers channel, full of sympathy for Baron Akford – or mockery:
"You can deliberately select a group of clever people, but it's a pity that Wu Qingchen can deliberately explain it to be doubly cumbersome, so that the so-called clever people fall into the devil of details."
"You can watch the whole process, but it's a pity that Wu Qingchen just took the opportunity to mislead...... Hehe, I can't think of it, Wu Qingchen deliberately selected the three honeycombs for his own demonstration, all of which are the most difficult types of transplantation. ”
"Looking at this kid's tangled appearance, he must not be able to figure out: why everyone, every detail seems to have made great progress, but it just can't succeed."
"The staff group is too insidious, and deliberately asked Wu Qingchen to remind a few words at the key points in each link, so that these guys' attention can be focused on the process, and it easily disrupts their overall rhythm."
"Pity these clever people who have been specially singled out...... Tut, 1, 2, 3, 4...... It's almost halfway, and I'm still confused. ”
"It's really an eye-opener, it turns out that the hind legs can still drag ...... like this"
"Artistic drag its feet!"
There are also new followers who say they don't understand:
"Anyway, why don't you let the baron move the honeycomb? Any explanation? ”
"Is this the period of superiority in the village of Ekri?"
"To keep the church from being dissatisfied?"
The veteran quickly answered:
"Cut, what nonsense? It's too late for Akford to lead and parish villages! The gap between the half-year harvest is just to maintain the advantage period? How much do you look down on the earth? ”
"How is the church dissatisfied? Most of the honeycombs of this experiment are the property of the baron! ”
"It's not that you can't let the baron move the honeycomb, but you can't let the people picked out by the baron himself move the honeycomb."
"Huh? Why? Does it make any difference? ”
There are certainly differences.
The Middle World.
A few minutes later.
After the work of moving the honeycomb was over, watching Wu Qingchen's entourage quickly pack up his tools, and then looking at the helplessness of the local farmers, Baron Akford smashed his mouth, and unconsciously, his brows furrowed even deeper.
"Lord Los's ......"
After thinking silently for a while, Baron Akford slowly paced next to Wu Qingchen: "How many people can move the honeycomb in the Ekri Village?" ”
"Hmm...... Think about it......" Wu Qingchen raised his head slightly, and after a few seconds, Wu Qingchen read out the number that had been prepared a long time ago: "It seems to be ...... Twenty-five...... No, it should be twenty-six. ”
"Ahh So much!? Baron Akford's pupils contracted instantly, and he quickly pointed to York, Harry and others who were packing up their tools: "Can you work like them?" ”
"Sure!" Wu Qingchen nodded as a matter of course, and also pointed at York and Harry: "The two of them didn't do the best job." ”
"But......" the baron wondered, "why so many?" ”
"It wasn't like that at the beginning." Wu Qingchen shook his head, pointed to the local failed farmer under the direct leadership of Akford, sighed and said, "You have also seen that not everyone can do this job well...... At that time, the matter of moving the honeycomb was very urgent, so I found dozens of people in one go, all of them did this work, and practiced for three or four days without doing anything, and finally there were seven or eight that could be moved, and there were more than a dozen of them that could be moved...... So ......" Wu Qingchen spread his hands: "In the end, there were so many people, wasting several buckets of beans, and being scolded by the teacher for two days." ”
"Waste?" His Excellency the Baron shook his head vigorously: "No waste!" No waste at all! A few buckets of beans, it's so worth it! As he spoke, Baron Akford patted Wu Qingchen on the shoulder closely: "Your Excellency Lock...... Looks like I'm going to have to trouble you again. ”
"Your Excellency the Baron......" Wu Qingchen smiled a little bitterly: "You take such good care of me, and the matter of moving the honeycomb is so important, it stands to reason that I don't need to trouble you to speak, these guys who can move the honeycomb, I will definitely have to send them to you quickly...... However, there is a small problem here, and I must tell you. ”
"Well, you say." Baron Akford didn't mind, his expression still quite gentle.
"These twenty-six people who moved the honeycomb are all serfs."
"Huh?" The baron was slightly surprised, and then nodded in understanding: "A while ago, it was the time when there was the most farm work in the field, and it was indeed more convenient to summon these lazy people. ”
"That's one thing." Wu Qingchen said again: "In addition, I was not very convenient at that time......
Wu Qingchen didn't need to finish speaking, the surrounding bureaucrats had already made up for themselves: Wu Qingchen was not a priest at that time, and even if he called serfs, the number reached the level of dozens, and he didn't know how much hard work and effort had been spent.
Thinking of this, several people looked at Wu Qingchen with a little more flavor in their eyes, this little priest who was too young to climb to this position, relying on more than just the favor of the master.
"So ......"
When everyone was thinking about it, Wu Qingchen had already continued: "These serfs, a small part of them are Andre's property, and most of them are the teacher's property, and I am not in charge. ”
"Hmm......" The baron touched his chin and nodded knowingly.
If it is a village freeman, of course the baron can call it directly; If it is three or five serfs, Wu Qingchen can also replace the teacher and classmates as a personal favor. But these are twenty serfs, and they are serfs who have mastered their skills, and this is not a trivial matter that can be decided at will.
Baron Akford was silent for a moment, pacing back and forth again, exchanging glances with the steward in between.
"Lord Loth."
After a short while, the baron spoke again, and his tone became more intimate: "You see, if two for one, John will agree?" ”
"Ah......" Of course, Wu Qingchen would not answer such a question, and hurriedly shook his head and replied with a wry smile: "Your Excellency, don't embarrass me." ”
"What's so hard about that?" The baron laughed: "Okay, you have also helped me a lot, add another one, three for one...... However, this extra one can only be given to you! ”
"This ......" Wu Qingchen waved his hand: "I don't dare to ask for this." ”
"What don't you dare to ask for?" The baron disagreed: "It's just a dozen serfs, Lord Ross, you are a gentleman now, and sometimes you need to talk about platoons......"
"Ahem...... Cough...... Cough ......" At this time, the chief suddenly coughed vigorously a few times.
"Hmm......" Baron Akford snapped to a halt.
It's almost smooth! This little guy is not at all like a miser who has just advanced, and in the neighboring village that is only two or three days away, he brought out three oxen, seven followers, and each carried a spear!
"This ......" His Excellency the Baron is also a quick-witted person, and his mind changed his words: "I think you also feel that as a gentleman, daily expenses are not easy, so why not do more than one income?" ”
"But ......" Wu Qingchen was still very hesitant.
"Oh?" Baron Akford's face turned pale: "Why, what I sent, it's so difficult to receive?" ”
"Tsk...... Your Excellency, how can this be? Alas...... How do you say that? Wu Qingchen was even more "panicked".
"Then it's decided!" Baron Akford said: "Don't worry, when I write to John, I will tell him that this is a reward for you who came to help treat the honeycomb, and he will definitely not blame you!" ”
"Your Excellency, I still think it's really not good...... But ......" After saying this, Wu Qingchen quickly continued: "If you really think that I have done a good job in these few small things...... There's something I'd like to ask for your help with. ”
"Hmm, you say." Baron Akford raised his head.
"Or these serfs." Wu Qingchen hesitated and said, "You also know that I can become a priest mainly because of the merit of moving the honeycomb. To tell you the truth, from the beginning to the end of this matter, I only came up with one idea, the people who really do the work are still these poor people. ”
As he spoke, Wu Qingchen beckoned Yorke and Harry to come over, and ordered the two to take off their robes.
"Your Excellency, look ......"
"Here, the scars from falling from the trees fell five or six times in one night alone."
"Here, it's a scar from a bee's bite, and I've bitten it almost ten times."
"Here, it was hit by an axe."
"Here, I couldn't see clearly at night and fell into a ditch."
"Here, it's the hair and eyebrows that have been burned off by the torch and haven't grown up yet."
"Hmm......" Baron Akford nodded in agreement, unimpressed: isn't it just a little injured? Serfs - yes, just things, consumables - get a little injured, what's so strange? Need to point it out?
However, turning his head to think about Wu Qingchen's origin, as well as Wu Qingchen's "gratitude" trait that he valued, the baron was quickly relieved.
"Well, it's really hard." Baron Akford said, "And what do you want me to do?" ”
"These serfs have helped me a lot." Wu Qingchen said almost a little babblingly: "Therefore, since I became a priest, I have never let them do any too tiring work. However, I am only a priest in the village of Akrya, so I can only take care of them in the village of Akrya...... Now it seems that they must have to leave the village of Ekri, and the time will come...... Of course, Your Excellency, I'm not saying you're harsh...... What nonsense am I talking about, O Juggernaut! Your Excellency Baron Akford, I absolutely did not mean that! ”
"Uh-huh......" Baron Akford almost laughed, but the deeper the emotion in his heart:
It seems that this little guy ...... Priest Looth, the degree of "gratitude" is much deeper than I thought!
"Don't care......" Baron Akford patted Wu Qingchen on the shoulder for the second time: "You didn't say anything wrong, I wasn't a harsh lord in the first place...... Take your time and don't rush. ”
"I thought...... I thought ......"
Wu Qingchen paused a few times and said slowly: "Your Excellency, I would like to request: When you send these serfs to your dozen villages, can you remove them from their serf status and let them become free people?" ”