Chapter 104: Scourge
Dani nodded depressedly, gritted her teeth and said: "Lord Mudd is a good person, and the entire Riverland knows that when there was a famine in the Riverland, he did not help the civilians in the territory, that is, he was weaker, and he did not let his soldiers fight everywhere, did not plunder property, and did not collect high taxes, otherwise he would not be as depressed as he is now." ”
"You're going to let me help him?" Lynn stared into Dany's eyes, "Mulder may be a good man, but Badstone City is now ruined and only the wild stones are left, you see a few knights in his family, all of them are as thin as chicken feet, at first glance, they are usually full and hungry, he originally scattered his wealth to help the civilians of Wastestone City, but Wastestone City is now dilapidated and has little income, and the business has been robbed by the beauty market downstream, and the civilians in his territory are not still starving." ”
Dani cleaned up the table and closed her eyes in pain when she heard this, "There are no good nobles in the riverland?"
Lynn looked at Dani strangely and said, "Are there any good people you have died once, don't you know?" Even the biological ones are not taken seriously, Robb's most powerful subordinate is always skinned, and when he says betrayal, he betrays, and stabs his master with a sword, and he is not merciful at all, what, you see that they are down? ”
"My lord, Amud is not my father, and sooner or later I will kill him with my own hands. Dani's white face twitched a few times, and then said fiercely.
Lynn sneered, what is it just to say cruel words, some people are born to kill people.
Dani suddenly asked Lynn, "My lord, do you say that...... Looks like you want to be a scourge too?"
Why did this sound so ugly, Lynn gave her a blank look.
"How can I be a scourge, I want to be a savior, who said that only by bullying good people and civilians can you get rich? robbery is a quick fortune, have you read the accounts I gave you, the family of Twin River City is now your lord and mine. ”
Hearing this, Dani's little face turned a little blue with depression, and she bit her lip angrily, ignoring Lynn.
Machines were not alien and distant to medieval people, and the most common machine was the mill.
They convert water or wind power into power and are used to mill grain, press olives, rinse cloth, tann leather and paper, and more.
They were medieval factories.
The waterwheel creaked and turned, lifting the water from a low-lying trough of the trough to a high place, pouring it into a wooden trough in mid-air, and in a few moments it turned into a wooden tower house.
From the mill came the farmer's shout, "Pour in the wheat." ”
The women shouted in a high-pitched voice, "Turn the cloth over." ”
The moat outside the Twin Rivers brings water from the Green Fork River, and then divides the moat into large and small ditches to irrigate the fertile land in all directions.
These water mills were common in the Riverlands and were used by the Dorne people in the south, though Lynn had never seen them once in the north.
More than a dozen waterwheels in the wilderness carry river water from different canals to other small ditches, and the turbid green fork water is constantly diverted, collected, and then irrigated into the wheat fields, nourishing generations of people in the river.
"My lord, I have asked, the craftsmen who built the canals here are local farmers, and they have mastered the craft of waterwheels and mills, and each mill has been built by the local farmers themselves. ”
Guftavo tilted his head and pointed to the large fertile soil in front of Lynn, where several local villagers were working in the wheat fields, and many farmers fled their hometowns due to frequent wars in the riverland this year, but the farmers in the riverland have never disappeared.
That's the benefit of fertile land, and when you have such a fertile soil in your territory, it's only natural that new farmers will come to farm and pay taxes.
Living water is limited on the Three Sisters, and the availability of these watermills would greatly increase the area that can be cultivated.
Lynn watched the women in front of her step barefoot into the water-moistened field, full of envy.
But he rebuked: "Nonsense, according to what you said, don't everyone in the farmers in the river land know how to repair water wheels and mills, and don't we also have a group of refugees in the river land? There is no shortage of farmers among them, why don't anyone propose to build water conservancy?"
Han Niu touched his head, shook his head, and said, "Maybe they don't want to repair it? ”
Lynn sneered and said, "Let's give Kaiken a share of the land, naturally the more land they cultivate, the more land they can share." A fool is reluctant to have a lot of land in his family, and the fields are so fertile that even grass can grow food...... There must have been other reasons why the mill tower farmer could have built, but those waterwheels and wooden machines had to be made by craftsmen.
If you go back to the artisan shop in Twin Rivers City, you must bring this thing back to the island.
I recently received news that Stannis's army has collapsed outside King's Landing, and the Storm Land has completely defeated all the family resources, and it is not easy for a storm kingdom to gather an army of 100,000 people, and now the bottoms are all lost, and the lord there is afraid that he will be a vassal of the Lannister family in the future. ”
Lynn said as she broke off a dog's tail grass in front of her, and stirred it twice in her mouth, she has eaten too much mutton recently, not only greasy but also stuffed her teeth, which is really a happy trouble.
complained to Han Niu, Lynn thanked him a lot more comfortably, and didn't care whether Han Niu understood it or not, he strode forward after speaking.
On the dirt road, fifty paces followed by a banner and an imposing Knights of the Guards.
Lynn walked a hundred meters forward, and the Knights followed slowly for a hundred meters.
There is a tacit understanding.
An elderly farmer walked past Lynn with a plow, and as he walked, he always looked down and squinted, strolling around Lynn gracefully.
The old farmer's steps were very fast, and Lynn's steps were very slow, so the farmer always stopped from time to time, and when Lynn stepped forward, he carried the plough on his shoulder.
The same scene was staged again, Han Niu stepped forward with a strong step, and his strong palm lay on the old man's shoulder.
The old man couldn't walk anymore.
Lynn stepped forward and spat out the dog's tail straw pole from her mouth, "You seem to be waiting for me?"
When the old man saw Lynn asking, a trace of hesitation flashed on his face, and then he knelt down and said, "Uh...... Your Excellency is the new Lord of Twin Rivers?"
Han Niu glared, "Is this what you should ask?"
A farmer actually inquired about the next city lord, and Lin En looked at the old man with interest and said quietly: "This is strange, why do you care about who is the city lord of Twin Rivers City?"
The old farmer suddenly cried bitterly: "My lord, our village will collect taxes and serve next month, and this year there are many military disasters, and more than half of the wheat in the wheat field has been wasted, and I really can't afford to pay it!"
Lynn pointed to a large field of golden wheat in front of him, and there were already people harvesting wheat in the wheat field, rolled his eyes and said, "These wheat are growing so well, you won't be blind to me, old man?"
The old farmer made a bitter face, "The fields around Twin Cities are all wheat fields of Charlton Manor, and the land of Sir Charlton's family is harvested every year, where do the common people use the canals and mills!"
"Charlton Manor?"
It sounds like a big grain producer, and the corners of Lynn's mouth hooked.