178 Women are a very important strategic resource (M)
Unlike the shopkeeper, Gianna also worked as a mercenary when she was young, and when she saw people in the world, she naturally knew the meaning of the white robe she was wearing when she was young. She knelt down, and the shopkeeper knelt down yesterday, as did the women outside the surrounding door.
Udir seemed to be in better spirits for the past two days, and he said softly, "Get up." How many women are there in the town now, and how many men are left? ”
Gianna stood up as she was told, she bowed her head, and replied, "Your Excellency, if you include children, there are now three hundred and seventy-one women and nineteen men in the town. ”
"It's been a hard time for more than a month." Udir asked softly.
Gianna's eyes were red, and she was in her forties, and she almost cried, and the women around her were almost the same. In the past month or so, not to mention the hard work, her man is gone, her son is gone, and she is left alone. This is true not only of her, but of almost every household in the town. In the first ten years, the women in the town cried from morning to night, and then from night to morning, crying faint, woke up and continued to cry, the whole town was almost a gloomy ghost domain, the first few days of the man's disappearance, there were outsiders coming, but after crying for more than ten days, no one dared to come again.
After crying for more than ten days, they were finally hungry and thirsty, and after venting, they began to live again, and many men did heavy work that fell on them, and the burden of life made them quickly forget their grief, and then it didn't take long for Chen Xiansong and others to come in.
In such dark times, it is difficult for a family to live without men, and if there are no men in a town, what will it be, and it will probably disappear soon. Women know that. So when they saw nearly a hundred men coming into town, they were very happy.
"Have you tried asking for help from other towns?" Udir looked at the middle-aged woman with red eyes in front of him: "I am also an old friend with the president of the Qingxi City Association, and I am quite familiar with him, it stands to reason that it is impossible for him not to help when he encounters this kind of thing!" ”
Gianna shook her head: "We can't even get out of this town, someone is stopping us outside." They treat us like plagues, plagues, and don't allow us to move anywhere else. The men were divided into several groups and kept watch near the main road outside the town. If we dare to go over, they will attack us, we have only nineteen men here, the rest are men, and there are their opponents. ”
There are guards outside. Why didn't they meet him? Udir was a little strange, and then he understood it as soon as he thought about it. A convoy of more than 100 people. The guards were all mercenaries, and besides, his carriage was also engraved with the coat of arms of the Soul Thinkers Association, except for the great nobles, who dared to stop their carriage casually, and avoided it when they saw it from afar. so as not to cause trouble.
At this time, the innkeeper and a few women made dinner, which was not rich, and there was not enough meat for a few people.
The shopkeeper was a little apprehensive. Udir casually took a chopstick, ate it into his mouth, and then said: "Well, it's good, it tastes like a mountain and a wilderness, it's delicious." ”
Only then did the shopkeeper put his mind at ease.
Chen Xiansong was a little distressed, and there were dozens of fleshy eyes outside the hotel, staring at him scorchingly, making him feel very stressed. There is no way to do this, as a young soul thinker, he is fair-skinned, and his temperament is not bad, he has a very erudite temperament, and this temperament has a strong lethality for most women.
"I'm not used to whether I can close the door of the store." If it was hundreds of years, thousands of men stared at him, he was not afraid, but when dozens of women stared at him with enthusiastic eyes, he felt very uncomfortable.
A certain beautiful wife of the innkeeper covered her smile, thinking that this noble young master was really thin-faced, so she went to close the door of the inn, and the women outside all sighed helplessly and lost.
After the moxibustion was cut off, Chen Xiansong breathed a sigh of relief, Catherine looked at her with a smile in her eyes, the little one climbed on his knees, sat on his chest, and then picked up a bowl of noodles and ate it to herself. After Bai Min had tested all the meals, he allowed Chen Xiansong to eat them; Ruth was a little at a loss, she was positioned as a maid, and she said that she should do things, but everything was done by others, and she only pestled like a log.
Udir also invited Gianna to dine with him, and after the latter pushed back a few times, he reluctantly agreed, but he ate very carefully, but Sven gave birth to his own accidentally made some uncivilized movements, affecting the two souls who pondered...... No, it's the little ones, it's the meal of three soul contemplatives.
After dinner, Udir chatted with Gianna again, and finally picked up the fruit wine and gestured.
This was the meaning of the send-off, and Gianna understood that she wanted to stop talking as she left, but she left anyway.
The town is quiet at night, and there isn't much of a bird or insect call. Udir sat in the room, coughed a few times, and then said to the old Hakka: "There are no men in this town, those mercenaries will definitely be very excited, you will go down and tell Aslan them later, let them take care of their subordinates, don't mess around, if anyone dares to touch any woman, I will confiscate their crime work, I still have a lot of use for those women, go quickly." ”
The old butler took the order and went downstairs.
The little grandson gently helped his grandfather beat his back, and Udir suddenly asked, "Son, you don't hate Xiao Song anymore!" ”
The little grandson was stunned for a moment, his hand stopped, and then he said embarrassedly: "I just forgive him temporarily." ”
"Hehe, I already saw that after Xiao Song burned the city gate with a trick, and then designed to burn more than two hundred knights to death, you became his admirer, and then you called him Brother Chen." Udir smiled and smiled happily: "What is called a genius, Xiao Song is." A genius is born to make the people around him feel good about him, and then willing to follow him, if I am not his teacher, if I am twenty or thirty years younger, I am willing to follow him to achieve a career. ”
"It's a pity that you're a man, and it's a pity that I don't have a granddaughter." Udir was very regretful: "But it doesn't matter, fortunately, I am his teacher, although I haven't taught him anything, but with this position, we are relatives, and he is also your relatives, your 'Brother Chen' is good." ”
The little grandson was a little puzzled, why did the grandfather suddenly talk about these things.
"I'm dying.! A very calm voice came out of his Udil's mouth, as if he was saying something that had nothing to do with him: "I have recently acquired a very special ability, and it is very interesting to know the date of my death!" There are about thirty-five days left. ”
The little grandson's body suddenly stiffened: "Grandpa...... You're not kidding......"
"No kidding." Udir smiled: "You are the heir, and the family will be yours sooner or later, so you have to learn to be calm." Don't be intimidated by small things. ”
"It's not a small matter, grandpa." The little grandson was very sad, and he didn't know what he should do.
"Man is not a god, he will die sooner or later, I have lived for so many years, and I have seen it." Udil's expression was relaxed and natural, as if his death was just an alternative journey in life: "It's just that there are some things that must be explained before I leave." Your father is not as good as you. He is destined not to be able to support a family, but you have this talent, although you are still very immature, so from now on, I will teach you to do something, although I don't have much time, but I can learn a little is a little. ”
The little grandson didn't speak, and he didn't know what to say.
"There are more than 300 people in this town, tomorrow, you can find an excuse to bring them back to the family's domain." Udir pointed outside, "I think they'll be happy to come with us." ”
"Why do you want to take them back to the territory?" The little grandson's voice was a little hoarse: "There is no shortage of people in our territory. ”
"There is no shortage now, it will be lacking in a few months." Udir sighed and said: "I said just now, I now have a very special intuition, in a few months, the kingdom of Kate will be in chaos, the royal city will be destroyed, other countries will invade, in short, many bad things will happen." We have to have enough people. If you have extra women in the territory, you are not afraid that no man will want to come. With a man, it is easy to form enough combat power. ”
The little grandson was surprised to hear this, and there was a lot of information in Udil's words, which made him feel incredible.
Udir continued: "Moreover, these combat forces are not for you to command, but for Xiao Song. His current territory is too small to accept so many people, so we will help him collect it first, and when he needs it, you will give it to him, understand? ”
"Grandpa, can't you hand it over to him?" The little grandson asked, hanging his head.
"As I said, I won't live to that time. I remember that two or three months before my teacher died, he was just like me now, bleeding blue all the time. ”
Speaking of death again, the little grandson finally couldn't hold back his tears. Many aristocratic families are cheap, but this does not mean that this is the case for all families. The Udir family is very close, and the little grandson grew up under the care of Udir since he was a child, and the feeling between them is no different from ordinary people.
Udir looked at his little grandson who had been wiping his eyes, his heart ached slightly, and he wanted to be comforted, but he still endured it. Grief will hurt people and become more mature, if possible, he wants to get used to his grandson for the rest of his life, but what he has seen in his sleep recently is too exaggerated and terrible, for the sake of his grandson's life, for the sake of the future of the family, the grandson must mature as soon as possible, and must learn to do things.
"Child, this is your last tear." Udir said quietly: "Wait until tomorrow, you have to laugh, even a month later, at my funeral, you have to laugh, understand?" ”
The little grandson hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded his head with great difficulty. (To be continued......)