Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Misery of Poverty
Although Yang Yi was mentally prepared for the poverty of Rock County, he really saw that it still caused 10,000 critical hits and damage to Yang Yi, Rock County is not only poor, it is simply poor and crazy, not only poor but also dirty and messy, a long street is considered a main road, a dirt road, surrounded by low wooden houses or houses made of stones, although there are shops on both sides, blacksmith shops and the like, but there is not even a signboard, it is simply poor and makes people want to cry. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Yang Yi walked on the long street with Fuman and seven dwarfs, and the mood was ...... It can't be said to be bad, it's just extremely bad, Rock County, which is poorer than he imagined, is not as good as the poor mountainous area of his time, he, the knight lord, is not even as good as a village chief, is Lao Tzu here to be a nobleman, or to be a beggar gang leader?
What's even more fucking is that the people of Lockshire are very vicious and stout, they look like barbarians, especially men, they are all quite tall, some of them have arms thicker than Yang Yi's thighs, and they are wearing tattered clothes, and some people are simply wearing animal skins, their hair is fluffy and messy, their beards are scummy, and there are lice crawling all over their bodies.
Yang Yi could understand their gaze, they were weighing how much valuable things Yang Yi had, and even began to calculate how much the horse he was riding could be sold for, noble......!
"Fuck you, uncle!" Yang Yi turned his head and scolded Forman, understanding why there are no knights in Locke, and the poor are left to live, what else can the people of Lockecounty not be able to get out of? No wonder Snow White said that he would only collect a little tax symbolically in Lockeshire, and he thought it was Snow White who took care of him, but now he knows that he can't collect taxes at all when he is so poor, and it would be good if he didn't let her help the poor.
But no matter what, he has come to this point, do you want to give up? Yang Yi has no such plan, there are advantages and disadvantages in the world, and there are advantages and disadvantages, it depends on how you use it, the most important thing now is to find a place to stay, as for other things, he still has to think about it.
Yang Yi lifted his spirits, rode his horse and turned his head to ask a stout man with a bundle of dry wood on his back: "Hello, it's my new knight from Lockshire, how to get to Locke Manor?"
The man was stout like an orc in the World of Warcraft, with a huge axe stuck in the dry wood behind his back, and when he heard Yang Yi talking to him, he turned his head, his face was hideous, his eyes were full of fierce light, and he asked angrily, "Are you a new knight?"
Seeing Yang Yi nodding, the man snorted and said, "The people of Rock County never buy armor for knights, phew!" A mouthful of thick phlegm shot out at Yang Yi, turned his head and left, quite not taking knights as cadres.
Yang Yi was prepared, turned his head to hide, and the man's mouthful of thick phlegm spit on Forman's face impartially, Forman sighed, disgusting is not good, hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe it, and complained at the same time: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, I know where Locke Manor is, just take you there, don't ask for directions." ”
Yang Yi looked at the man's back and sighed, "What a strong man!"
Fuman's face collapsed in an instant, and in the eyes of some disdain, doubt, hatred, and even greed from everyone, Yang Yi followed Fuman out of the village...... Ah no, it's Locke, on a flat piece of land on the outskirts of the city, and I saw a two-story building like a small building, surrounded by a fence yard.
The small building is very dilapidated, dilapidated and leaking everywhere, where there is a little bit of the appearance of a noble residence, like a half-built unfinished building, but it is undoubtedly the most magnificent house in Rock County, there are yards in front and back, the area is not small, the grass is full of withered grass, and it has to be more than half a person high, obviously no one has taken care of it for a long time, and there is no one guarding the door, Yang Yi and Fuman took seven dwarfs, casually entered the yard, and came to the bottom of the small building.
Before he could get off the horse, an old man in his fifties rushed out of it, with white hair, a long beard, wearing a gray robe, quite clean, holding a long sword in his hand, rushing out with a fierce momentum, and shouting loudly: "There is nothing to grab in the manor, just my old life, come on, old Sero will fight with you!"
Yang Yi was a little confused, what kind of play is this? Before he could speak, Fu Man rode on his horse and scolded: "Stop, what are you going to do? Rebellion? This is the new Dragon Knight, Her Royal Highness the Princess personally canonized." ”
When the old man heard the new knight, his whole body trembled, and he looked at Yang Yi excitedly, and after looking at it twice, his excitement turned into doubt, probably because he didn't understand why the princess would send a black-eyed and black-haired foreigner to be the knight of Rock County, Yang Yi nodded at the old Sero reservedly, and asked softly: "That's right, I am the new knight of Rock County, Yang Yi, Sero, who are you?"
"Respected knight lord, old Sero is the consul of Locke County, and has been guarding Locke Manor, I am incompetent, there is no way to restrain the people here, oh, my knight lord, you are finally here......"
Old Sero, the consul, is the steward to put it bluntly, the person who helps the knight to run the manor, the knight lord can't manage everything in so detail, the person who does the specific work is the steward, that is, the so-called consul, although it is called the consul, in fact, it is very casual, the knight lord said that whoever is the consul, who is the consul.
Old Sero's ancestors have been serving the knights of Lockeshire, so this butler is hereditary, although Lockshire is chaotic, and the knights sent basically can't stay for a few years, but where can old Sero go? So, as long as it is a canonized knight, Old Sero will be loyal, no matter who it is.
Of course, it is the same for Yang Yi, although the black eyes and black hair are a little weird, but after all, he is a real knight master, how many years have there been no knight masters, thinking of this, old Sero couldn't help but burst into tears, half kneeling on the ground, but looked up at Yang Yi, Yang Yi took out the envelope given by Snow White from his arms, handed it to old Sero and said: "This is my canonization, if it's okay, I need to take over the entire manor." ”
Old Sero respectfully took the envelope in Yang Yi's hand, opened it and looked at it, it was indeed the most formal canonization, with the seal of the kingdom, Old Sero was very excited, finally someone could serve again, no need to be unemployed, after respectfully returning it to Yang Yi, he asked Yang Yi to dismount, Yang Yi was not polite, let the seven dwarfs tie the horse outside, and took Forman and Lao Sero into the small building.
Entering the small building Yang Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly, the stone house, the inside is not as good as the outside, as soon as you enter the door, a damp moldy smell will come to your face, and the inside is the same as washed water, there is nothing, only a wooden staircase leading to the second floor, which is also dilapidated, dusty all over the ground, and there are cobwebs everywhere, Yang Yi was shocked, can this special mother still live?
Seeing that Yang Yi's face was not good, Old Sero said with a sad face: "Master, I am the only one left in the manor, I have no salary, I can only do odd jobs, and I don't have time to take care of your manor, please punish me......"
The entire Rock County is loyal to Yang Yi in old Sero, if Yang Yi punishes him, his head will really be kicked by a donkey, not only can he not be punished, but he also has to be comforted with good words: "Old Sero, it's hard for you, you can always guard the manor, it is enough to prove that you are a loyal person, by the way, is there any place to stay?"
Old Sero, who had been praised by Yang Yi, was very excited, and choked up: "Everything in the manor has been robbed by the barbaric Mega Man, but the knight's study, I have saved it with all my life, master, you come with me!"
Old Sero bent down and walked upstairs with Yang Yi, due to disrepair, the stairs creaked as soon as he stepped on them...... A sound, a squeak when he stepped on it, Yang Yi's heart was frightened, for fear that which board would not be strong, and he would fall hard, and finally came to the study that Lao Sero said, the study was on the far right of the second floor, and there was a huge lock hanging on the two thick wooden doors.
The wooden door is full of traces of being cut by knives and axes, dense and quite tragic, obviously the poor and crazy Mega Man has no less idea to fight the study, the key is on the neck of the old Sero, it seems that he is really using his life to protect the last place where the knight master can live.
opened the lock, Lao Sero pushed open the wooden door, Yang Yi looked inside, his eyes suddenly lit up, not to say how luxurious and good the study was, but the study was very clean, although he didn't see a book, but there was a wooden bed in the room, a huge wooden table, behind the wooden table was a wooden chair, and the most surprising thing for Yang Yi was the fireplace.
For Yang Yi, who is used to being disappointed, it is simply too good to be better, at least there is a place to sleep, as the saying goes, contentment is always happy, Yang Yi is very content now, and he stepped behind the wooden table, and made a huge wooden chair, which was quite comfortable, Yang Yi, who had been riding a horse for several days, couldn't help but close his eyes and sighed.
This is Lao Tzu's home in the future, although he is poor, but he can slowly buy it, and with a stable place to live, Yang Yi finally has a sense of security, if only he had a cigarette to smoke......
Looking at Yang Yi's expression of enjoyment, Forman couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Your Royal Highness, now that you are the knight lord of Rock County, we still have a lot to do, first of all, let all the people of Rock County know that Rock County has a master, you are their new knight lord, and you need to write a few documents and post them to the taverns and streets of Rock County." ”
Under Forman's reminder, Yang Yi opened his eyes, he didn't write any paperwork according to Fuman's words, but was silent for a while, and said: "Don't worry about writing paperwork, old Sero, now you come and tell me, how big is the Locke County I rule, and how much wealth is my wealth?"