393 I have contracted this land
If the Bloodbath of the Finbetau Monastery had been a prophet of the Northerners, they would have cursed loudly the unreliable prophecies of the sorcerers who encouraged them to go south to ransack and the spies they had sent out in the Orthodox realm, and now they did not even have time to curse, for every robber who had survived the "sweeping" operation of the Neustrian navy in recent years knew that the first to run would survive the strange ship. Antagonism? Do you pit a limited group of alien bandits against a well-trained army that obeys orders? Even if the other party is an indigenous army, they will not be stupid to this point!
The reason why they were able to run rampant in these many countries was not only because of themselves, but also because the weakness and fragmentation of these countries gave them the opportunity to take advantage of it, and they could rely on the mobility of ships or horses to break down the divided territories one by one, not that they could really fight against the natives who were more than ten times more numerous than they were. Therefore, when the enemy is not divided, and the mobility is not inferior to theirs, they will go on the 36th plan.
Unfortunately, the man who led the Neustrian navy did not only observe the enemy with his own eyes, but had already heard countless news in advance of Guò and that he was no less familiar with the hydrology and geography of the area than the pirates, so these robbers fled with all their might, but soon found themselves in an encirclement, unable to fly.
"It's a nice land." After the battle, they anchored in a nearby bay, and Adair and his brothers took some men to the shore to hunt and relax. They galloped inland on horseback, and as far as the eye could see, there were wild flowers and trees, and there were hills in the distance. When I ran to the top to take a look, I saw a fertile field for thousands of miles, and there was no human habit.
"Yes," said Adair, glancing at the prey he and his brothers had caught in the past half day, "the rabbits and pheasants are fat, and they are a good place to hunt." ”
"I mean, it's a shame to be abandoned." Adair's brother shook his head and said, "Such a large piece of flat land, and there is a river. There is also a pond, oh, if Her Majesty the Queen gave us this land, how nice it would be! Adair. You tell her. It's a pity that such a large piece of land is barren, and it will be allocated to our people, here, grow wheat, there, build an orchard, and build a wharf in the river bay......"
He pointed east and west with one hand. Adair and the others couldn't help but nod their heads again, "Those wetlands near the river are divided into vegetable gardens for each family. Plant flax, and ask the girls to spin and make clothes, and if we can't wear them, we can sell them to others, and the fruits that can't be eaten in the orchard will be made and sold on ships to Tartaglia, where people can't make wine or clothes, and we will be able to sell them for a great price, and then we will buy some ore, furs, and wood at a low price and sell them, and then we will ...... the wine and clothes."
"It is better to grow flax than mulberry trees, and the price of silk is great, and it sells well, not only for the Tatarians, but also for the Eternal City." Another brother enthusiastically built yì road.
"You know the price of silk, will you get it?"
"The girls can do it, and you can make linen!" The brother yelled unwillingly, and gestured with his hand to the shape of a spindle, and the others laughed, and Adair laughed too, and then, he couldn't laugh all at once—damn it, are we here to liberate (rob) or to farm? It must have been enslaved (mentally polluted) by the Great Demon King for too long, and when he saw a piece of land, he actually wanted to plant it himself-"You really know how to farm?" ”
"Well, no, but this land is very good, and you will definitely make a fortune if you plant it."
Yes, I think I can make a fortune by planting, I am really broken, Adair thought angrily, all to blame for the previous military and civilian fish and water activities, what when the army was busy with the countryside to help pick fruits and harvest crops, his brothers naturally did not do much farm work as officers, but the braggadocio of those nouveau riche who were diligent in farming was to pour a solid ear when watching the field, what kind of flax is so profitable, what kind of piglet can give birth to a piglet in a year, how the piglet is willing to grow meat, what piece of land can produce 300 loaves of bread, The most important thing is that the people who blow these do have good clothes to wear and good things to eat, so they listen to the fact that their eyes are full of light when they see the wasteland as if they see fat sheep.
Originally, Her Majesty the Queen had also given some land to the old and weak women and children among their people who could not join the army, but as soon as they divided the land, they would open a party and eat traditional food to celebrate, but halfway through the celebration, Her Majesty the Queen drove them all to live in the barracks on the grounds that they were suspected of manufacturing and using weapons of mass destruction (in hindsight, the Queen was too exaggerated, in fact, the Queen was the only one who was killed and injured by the smell of traditional food......
At that time, they did not regret it when they first arrived in Newestria, but when they saw that the ordinary farmers in Newsteria were well fed and clothed by the management of the land, and when they wanted to use their land brains again, the land near Aronael was all contracted, and even the pond was owned.
It's no wonder that when they saw this wasteland this time, they were even more excited than when they saw churches and monasteries in the past, and the treasure chests of churches and monasteries are opened once every few years, and the land that is well run is opened every year!
The topic diverged to farming, and they were even absent-minded about hunting later, all of them were calculating, if the soil was turned over here, how many beets could be planted, and how many beets could be sent to the factory, how much sugar could be squeezed, and how much sugar could be squeezed, and wine and sweets would be made together, and it would be so beautiful to rob ten monasteries!
At least you can't grab a few pieces of candy in the monastery, can you!
"I'll tell Her Majesty the Queen when we're done - so you can concentrate on hunting for now! The battle is not over yet, don't rush to touch the hoe, archery can't be lost! After another brother lamented how suitable it would be to plant grapes in the rocky knoll by the river in front of him, how many grapes could be produced in a year, and how much wine could be made, Adair said angrily, "If you don't finish the war, how can you farm the land, and who will you sell it to!" ”
"Adair, tell Your Majesty, don't give this hillock to me, I'll ......"
"Hunting!"
"Hey! You must tell your majesty! ”
That night, the old pirate, who had eaten the pheasants and hares, lay in the captain's room, listening to the pipes saying, "Do you think Your Majesty will give us that piece of land?" "Can beets and wheat be planted together, if only they could be planted together, I love candy dumplings, and now I can't afford to eat them when they are too expensive on the market", and for the first time, they felt that it seemed a mistake to lead their people to surrender to Neutria......
However, such a good piece of wasteland, Her Majesty the Queen must contract it to me!
The old pirate slowly fell asleep with the rocking of the ship's hull, and in his dreams the land he passed by during the day was planted with crops, vegetables and fruit trees, and the intensively cultivated land was dotted with neat little houses, and schools, hospitals, and workshops were scattered among them...... The sun shone on the grain to be harvested, and the sun and the golden color of the grain gradually filled his dreams better than all the gold he had ever seen in his dreams...... (To be continued......)
PS: I saw someone ask about the timeline of "The Crossing Girl from Zero" and the timeline of "My Life is Up to Me", this story takes place before Luo Erya's "rebellion", which was their last short carefree time, and then famine, invasion, war...... The family who ate watermelon under the starlight was the only one who could survive to the beginning of the new world, and she sacrificed everything she could to survive this new world.