Chapter 16: A Glimpse of the Turf

Hunter carried the prickly boar on his back and paced slowly down the street. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

He's still dressed like a savage. His face was painted in oil and he was dressed in tiger skin, and a huge stone axe stuck behind his waist. Pedestrians on the street automatically make way for him. Not to mention his frightening outfit, the mere fact that he was carrying the tusked boar on his shoulder, which was several in size, was terrifying enough.

However, this Garan man not only received curious and terrifying glances, but also many people greeted him in a friendly manner. These are acquaintances who know him. Hunter's popularity is actually good, and in the three years he has been in Limestone City, he has also made friends and met many people. Most of them had a good impression of him, a burly savage.

Look at the faces that are smiling at him. Hunter felt a little gloomy in his heart. I wonder what these "friends" will think of him in the future.

Shaking his head, he stopped thinking about the question.

Suddenly, there was some commotion in the streets.

At one end of the road, a knight on a long-maned horse let out a constant scolding for the crowds on both sides to make way for him. Reaching the middle of the street, under the huge stone wall, he rolled over and dismounted. Untie the package tied behind your back, first paint a layer of paste on the white wall, and then attach the notice made of white cloth to the top.

"Come and see, Lord Earl has issued a new order......"

Amid the knight's shouts, a crowd slowly gathered around the wall.

Hunter noticed the situation and walked towards the wall with the boar on his shoulder.

"You see, it seems that the Earl is recruiting guards this time......"

"No, didn't you already recruit hundreds of people seven days ago......

"You guys are really brainless, didn't you say that there would be a large swarm of insects this winter......

......

Amid the crowd's chatter, Hunter looked up at the announcement above. He has excellent eyesight, even if he is more than ten meters away from the wall, he can still see those small words clearly.

The colorful oil paint on his face concealed his true expression. Otherwise, those who noticed him at this moment would surely find this wild man with strange joy on his face.

Hunter's gaze was finally fixed on this line of words - "People with excellent survival experience in the wild are preferred, and it is best to be a hunter, regardless of background."

“...... How are the last batch of people who have been trained in training?" Levi glanced at the tall and burly man in front of him, and he said solemnly: "I will train them in two days, and this time there will be many ordinary people who will come to watch. If they don't look like it, we will be disgraced. Before, the words have been released, saying that with them, this year will not be the same as in previous years. There's also the Wizard's Tower, but I've gotten the news. The freeze period is only 10 days away from us at most. When the swarm comes, this group of people is the main force of resistance. ”

"Rest assured, if they fail to satisfy you, I will resign from my current position as Chief of Guard. And I beg you to take back my fiefdom and cut off my title. ”

Auston Graystone fell to his knees on his left knee, his right hand pressed the hilt of his sword, and he bowed deeply to Levi. According to the knightly etiquette, the words he utters at this moment will have the force of law. If Levi is held accountable afterwards, he will pay the price.

Looking at him with a solemn face, Levi immediately nodded at him.

"Knight Auston, I don't doubt what you mean, it's just that the stakes are high and you have to be cautious. "The lord tried to make his tone majestic.

"Rest assured. The knight stood up and bowed to him again.

"All right, my faithful knight, go down and attend to your business. After seeing the person in front of him say goodbye, he strode out of the door of the council hall with his head held high, and Levi couldn't help but press his temple.

He really didn't like the feeling of being one-size-fits-all. Especially these people who are big enough to be his father, bow to him and kneel down, which makes him feel very warm. After all, in the world he once lived in, "everyone is equal" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. However, considering his current status as a good boy who has lost his way, he can only endure it silently - at the moment, he is fledgling, and spreading those ideas without permission will only make him angry.

Let's take it step by step, let's first reform this feudal system into a constitutional monarchy, and then consider the next step.

Levi turned his head to look at Andrew again, "Old An, how are the things you have prepared these days?"

"It's ready. ”

The old man bowed slightly to him, and glanced at the maid on one side.

There was a clear rule in Edo's council chamber that all men entering and exiting, except for the lord and his guards, must enter and exit empty-handed. Even if something was to be brought inside, it had to be handed over to the servants and maids who were waiting on the side, and then they would take it afterwards. Even as the chief minister of the Greystone Realm, Andrew can't make an exception.

and the maid with a thick book, along with two tall guards. They were holding up a wooden tripod with a map hanging from it.

"My lord, the population of all the towns in our territory, including the rulers and corresponding officials of each town, is recorded here. Andrew took the thick book, which looked like a ledger, and he lifted it up to indicate that it was it. Then he handed the book to the maid on the side, and pointed to the map, "This map has been remade according to your opinion. The mountains and rivers on it are all marked with different pigments. Look here, this large area of meniscus is your territory of limestone. And its central area, which is marked by this green circle, is the dominance of Limestone. The population of this area, about 700,000, a small half lives in Limestone City, and the rest are scattered in nearby villages and towns. ”

Looking back at Levi, he solemnly emphasized, "This is also the key area of our rule. The people who manage it are the officials who are directly appointed and dismissed by you, and the tax revenue is also directly deposited into the treasury. ”

Levi also looked at the map, and he asked, "And what do those little green circles around it refer to?"

At this moment, he was really embarrassed. These questions were raised only after half a year. But he can't help it, through the exploration of the original Levi, he knows that there is a set of "demonic possession" in this world. If the change is too obvious, it will be difficult to be labelled with this hat. So, for the first two or three months, he played "Levi". As for the time that has taken so long, in addition to adapting to this identity, it is also his own inertia - I have to say that being a freewheeling bear child is a very bad thing for others and very comfortable for himself.

After that, there was something about the dead fat man, and he decided to work hard. But the focus of the effort was taken up by the completion of the entire behavioral spectrum of the ground helmet. After the winter, he plans to hunt all day long.

In the end, I actually understood that such an important thing as the site had been delayed until now. Levi was depressed - he was probably the least conscious traveler in this regard. It's not too late to make amends.

"This is your knight's territory, and the people who manage this side are the knights you and your family have conferred. They are directly accountable to you, but they also have a certain amount of autonomy. Andrew explained, "There are about 400,000 people under the rule of these people, scattered among dozens of knights. They also swear allegiance to you, but you control the issuance of titles and manage them indirectly. These people do not accept your ministers, but they do approve of the knights you have granted and have some autonomy. From this point of view, they are generally credible. ”

"Why is there such a difference?" Levi wondered.

"Because within them, they all have their own order. Either to your Garan tribe, or to a few clan-controlled villages and towns with a long tradition of self-government. Andrew paused deliberately, and then pointed to the map, "And the most important reason is the road." I don't know if you have noticed, but the area you directly manage is connected by a dense network of rivers between towns and towns, and it is easy to get around each other. And these surrounding territories are blocked......"