After listening to his father's description, Wu Qingchen's first reaction blurted out: "In this case, go find the cowherd." ”

How could it be that you didn't look for it?

Sensing the cow's injury, old William immediately quickly found Idra and Grace, and the three of them went around to inquire about it.

After learning from the villagers that all signs pointed to the cowherd, without the slightest hesitation, the father and son ran anxiously in the direction of the cowherd's house.

Along the way, the three people who were in a hurry and restless saw from both sides of the village road that the cowherd's share of land had been basically ploughed. And, as soon as he reached the door of the cowherd's house, Idra saw a large pile of straw ropes in the corner of the hut, and the top two bundles of straw ropes carried a lot of blood that had not completely dried up.

There's no need to ask!

The three of them immediately rushed into the wooden house, but, in the face of old William's angry and excited questioning, the cowherd, who seemed to have been prepared, was very calm, and did not admit that the cow's injury was related to him.

As for the bloody ropes that Idra had pointed out, and the fact that he had miraculously worked half a day to plough all his share of land, the cowherd said that it had nothing to do with old William, and that he was not even interested in making up explanations.

"And then?"

And then...... The three of them returned home.

"This ......"

Such a serious injury, such obvious evidence, in exchange for such a result, is too amazing......

Wu Qingchen's brows furrowed deeply, "This...... It's also too ...... If you don't admit it, it's over? Is there no way to be unreasonable? ”

Way?

After listening to Wu Qingchen's words, Ida's face turned red.

When he was still at the cowherd's house, after half an hour of arguing, the cowherd pushed William and his son to the door under the pretext of opening a meal, and Idra rushed up in an instant, ready to use his tightly clenched fists and the straw rope that was picked up next to him to have a "reasoning" with the cowherd that went deep into the body and soul.

However, as with the previous impulses, Idra's actions were once again stopped by old William.

This is helplessness, but also reality.

From the villagers and the handlebar mouth, he learned about the cow's injury, and old William actually understood that he probably had nothing to do about it.

Angry for a while, old William still led his sons to find the cowherd, and the final result was actually expected by old William.

Seeing the anger of the three old Williams, they directly denied that the cow's injury was related to him, and he didn't even bother to make up an explanation for the evidence that Idra turned over, all because the cowherd had nothing to fear about all this.

The cowherd does have this qualification to be fearless.

The most powerful person in the village of Ackley is, of course, the owner of the entire village, the owner of everything that can be seen with the naked eye, Baron John/Akford, Lord Lord.

However, this high lord has no direct connection with the small life of the villagers, and most of the time, he also lives in his equally high fortified castle, using thick stones and vigilant guards to block all admiration, worship, curiosity, peeping, coveting, etc...... Whether benign or malicious gaze.

Of course, the lord is difficult to see, and if the villagers of Akri are lucky and have good eyes, they can occasionally see the agricultural officer and the forestry officer, who lead several servants back and forth, and are directly appointed by the baron.

On a normal day, the only people the villagers can really get into contact with are the two giants of the village of Ekri, the steward Ifritt/Fair, who is in charge of the village's affairs, and the leader of the village's religion, the Rev. John/Praia/Akford.

These two, one was recommended by the governor of the castle and approved by the lord, and the other was a relative of the baron, appointed by the parish church, and both were well-deserved lords, at the top of the village food chain.

Under these two people, in the village of Akrya, the police officer Espier who is in charge of law and order, the head of the village O'Connor who is responsible for organizing the labor manpower, the rare clerk who can keep accounts and write, and the future priest Little Andre, are also figures with heads and faces, and everyone in the villagers is in awe.

The vast majority of the rest are farmers like William, Richard, and Freeman, who are barely satisfied, tired from farm work, and have little hope for their lives, and there are even more low-status slaves who work from dawn to dark, from change of identity until death, due to crimes or captives, etc., but they are never clothed, hungry, and without explicit permission, they are slaves who are wiped out of the village.

And among the free farmers in the village, there is a small rank, that is, the winemaker, the messenger, the plow, the handlebar, the baker, the miller, the cowherd, and so on.

Whether it is a winemaker or a messenger, it can be seen from these titles that these villagers have their own abilities, and in addition to taking care of their own land on weekdays, they can also obtain an additional income by virtue of their skills.

Obviously, compared with Wu Qingchen's family, the family situation of the cowherd's family is obviously much better.

Just look at the cowherd's house, most of the land is concentrated on both sides of the road of their own houses, and the ploughing is basically completed in just half a day, replaced by Wu Qingchen's family, or other ordinary villagers, who have a share of the land scattered in all directions of the village, and waste countless time just by rushing every day, even if you give twice as many cattle and horses and livestock, it doesn't take three or five days, don't want to complete the same amount of work.

----Of course, in front of Wu Qingchen from the earth, the natives of the medieval world, even if they are kings, are not worthy of mentioning "family background".

William Sr.'s concerns are not the reason for this.

In the Middle Ages, there was a lack of fertilizer, neither rotting straw, nor mud from rivers at the edge of forests, nor burning ashes from plants and trees, but also less manure than livestock produced.

Therefore, in the medieval world, except for the time when the villagers themselves need to use animal power, at other times, large animals such as cattle and horses must be handed over to the cowherds, receive unified care, and arrange to eat grass in the commons where the lord takes turns to eat, so as to avoid cattle and horses from eating crops, and at the same time, the manure of livestock is naturally loaded into the mouth of the lord----cough, commons.----,----

In such a situation, even if the livestock are stolen, even if the cow is injured, even if he is wronged in every way, in the face of the cowherd who controls his own cow almost every day, old William still has to choose to swallow his anger.

"This ...... Now what? ”

After listening to the gossip of his parents and brothers, mixed with anger and excitement, mixed with sighs and sighs, and mixed with the explanation of whimpering infarction, gradually, Wu Qingchen's heart was depressed and he sighed silently.

What to do......

At a loss, the clouds were miserable, gently caressing both sides of the cow's wound, old William's eyes were red, and his arms trembled slightly. In the Middle Ages, if a family had two pillars, one of which was an adult man of the family, the other was certainly a large livestock, and the two were almost equal in status, and even lived together in the same wooden house.

And now, one of the pillars has been damaged.

Alas......

Next to the cow, wagging its tail restlessly and panting heavily, old William's sorrow was more obvious, Idra was more angry, Grace clenched her fists and stood in the corner, the tears on the faces of her mother Jacqueline and sister Little Nina became clearer.

Listening to the cow's gentle mooing from time to time, and the crying of the youngest brother and sister in the wooden house, Wu Qingchen sighed heavily.

"Now...... How...... What to do? ”

Mother Jacqueline wept and whimpered, and almost every syllable revealed a deep sense of misfortune and sadness: "...... The cow suffers ...... Such an injury...... In spite of...... Anyway...... I have to rest for more than ten days...... Tomorrow we will plough the ...... Ploughing must not be delayed any longer...... We're going to ...... Also for summer service...... This...... Right now...... How...... What to do? ”

What to do?

Old William's eyes froze, Idra stiffened his waist, and the green tendons on Grace's arms burst out.

Coincidentally, the six eyes of the three men shot a fierce light at the same time.

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