Chapter 14 The Poor Are Just Misfortunes
The sunset in the sky was only a tail, and the night was about to swallow the day, and the group looked deserted on the road.
Felicia turned over in casual clothes and looked particularly chic and relaxed, although there was a trace of sadness in her heart, but more than that, she was happy, and the free life she had always wanted was finally realized.
However, Su Lin's ass was in trouble, he rarely rode a horse in his previous life, so he wanted to ride it now, and it was okay at first, but after a long time, his ass hurt so badly, and the sides of his thighs were also rubbed and lost their skin.
At this time, Felicia also laughed when she saw him swaying on horseback, and at the same time teased: "If you let you ride in the carriage, you don't have to ride a horse, you will find your own guilt, but just get used to it." ”
Su Lin only sneered at this, thinking that you are used to it, pity my ass and my legs!
A few weeks later
The group had already left the territory ruled by the Roy family, but fortunately, the terrain here was a plain and forest, and the terrain was vast, so it was difficult to meet anyone, let alone encounter any danger.
Soon they came to the outside of a castle, and saw many farmers working in the fields, a thriving scene, and they were very curious about their group.
At this time, Su Lin also dismounted and went to the field to observe, and found that there were some radishes growing in the ground, but the way of planting seemed to be disorderly, as if seeds were thrown into the soil at random to grow, one in the east and one in the west.
"Do you know how to farm?" asked Felicia, seeing that he had been staring at the field.
"Understand a little bit. ”
After looking at a few plots of land, the land next to each piece of land was empty, and Su Lin understood that at this time, the farmers' planting method was still rotational, one land was planted, and the other was empty, and the farmers were completely dependent on the sky for food, basically saying that they could leave it alone after planting.
One of the great inventions of China's agriculture is the ridge tillage system, which is to sprinkle the seeds in rows, leaving a gap in the middle to facilitate weeding and seed growth, but the rotation tillage system cannot do this.
As a result, rotational tillage was not very productive, and in the other world, it was not until the eighteenth century that ridge tillage was used in Europe.
When Su Lin was in a daze, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, stood up and saw that a group of cavalry was running out of the castle, numbering about dozens of people, and dust was raised behind him.
One of the leaders, a man in his forties, came over and rode on a horse and asked, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
"We were just passing by, just stopping to rest. Su Lin replied with a smile, it is better to be cautious in this unknown place.
Mochi looked at the group of knights and heavy cavalry, and immediately knew in his heart that he could not defeat the other party, and the other party was just passing by, so he also smiled and said, "In that case, let's rest here for the night! ”
Hearing this, Surin also looked at Felicia, and saw that she agreed, so he took Eve and the knight captain Gru into the castle.
After entering the castle and sitting down, Mochi asked, "Where are you going?"
Su Lin replied with a smile: "It's okay to be idle, take my wife around for a tour." ”
With that, he grabbed Felicia's hand, and she didn't resist.
"Travel?" Mochi was surprised to hear the word, and didn't know what it meant.
"It's all about going around. "It was only after the exit that Surin realized that people in this era did not have the habit of traveling, and most people stayed in one place all their lives.
Then Mochi asked people to bring wine and food, and Su Lin looked at it casually, and found that it was basically some meat, and the wine was also home-brewed ale.
In this era, due to the lack of public facilities, the living environment was polluted by various household garbage, even the rivers were the same, so people mostly drank alcohol instead of drinking water, so every family would make sake.
After tasting it, Su Lin felt that the taste was worse than what he drank in the palace, and then Mochi turned the topic to the armor again, and said with envy: "Seeing that your knights' equipment is very good, it must have cost a lot of money!"
"It's fine. Su Lin replied lightly, after coming to this world, he found that the monolithic plate armor that originally appeared at the end of the Middle Ages actually appeared early, which should have been caused by a long period of war, after all, the only thing that can progress in the war may be weapons!
However, the cost of the overall plate armor is also very expensive, so the country has not yet reached the stage of overall popularization, and even among the 100,000 knights of Curtis, only 10,000 are equipped with plate armor, and the most popular is chain mail made of wire.
While they were chatting, there was a sudden commotion and shouting outside, and Surin and Felicia stepped out, only to see a young man of about twenty years old with dirty hair tied to a pillar in the clearing, his face full of panic.
Although he tried his best to struggle, he couldn't move at all under the holding of two strong men, and was directly pressed against the pillar and tied like a twisted flower.
Mochi also pointed to the person at this time and explained: "This person went outside to collect rent for me, but I didn't expect to dare to deduct more than a dozen gold coins from it, but I wanted to run away but was caught." ”
"And what are you going to do with him?" asked Surin.
"It's very simple, just kill it. Mochi said in a cold tone, and waved his hand to signal the people below to move.
I saw one of the strong men swing a long whip, first in the air, and then there was a sound of breaking the air, and then he made a big circle on his shoulder, and the whip was torn in the air, and he threw himself at the young man like a snake.
"Ahh
Immediately after the whip was struck, a bloody streak appeared on the young man's body, and he couldn't help howling.
After a while, the man was already covered in blood, and his screams gradually became smaller, but he never begged for mercy from the beginning to the end.
Seeing this, Su Lin also smiled and muttered, "Not bad, not bad." ”
Hearing this, Felicia also echoed, "Do you mean that he still has some courage?"
Su Lin shook his head, he didn't admire that person's courage, he didn't beg for mercy, but he was interested, if he violated the rules in the system, the consequences would be recognized no matter what, unless you could get rid of the system.
Then he turned to Mochi and said, "How about I buy him for a gold coin?"
"He's worth a gold coin, but if you want him to live, I don't have any opinion. Mochi acquiesced in the deal.
Surin then asked Gru to take it down to heal his wounds, and then went into the house to prepare dinner.
At the dinner table, Felicia didn't have much interest in these simple foods, and after a few bites, she got off the table, and Surin didn't have anything to do about it, after all, there were no main condiments in this era, and it was really unpalatable, so she had to look for it later.
But the only thing worth mentioning is that the bread here is very exquisite, although the taste is not very good, but there is no bit of bran, it should be carefully selected by the next person, which is very time-consuming.
When he got outside, he saw Felicy and Eve looking around, and he walked over and asked, "What are you looking at?"
At this time, Eve said directly to the people who were squatting on the ground to eat: "They are so pitiful!"
Hearing this, Su Lin also looked at those people, only to see that they were holding a piece of black hard bread in their hands, and they had to drink saliva when they took a bite, and it looked very difficult to swallow.
Seeing this, Surin also knew that these breads were the famous black bread, which was made of flour and wheat husk, and some even had stones and wood in them, not to mention that they were unpalatable, and they were also very hard, and they were more than enough to rub when used as weapons.
Then someone also brought a big pot of green things, and when they looked closely, they were stewed vegetables, no matter what kind of vegetables they threw together in the pot, and these people immediately surrounded them when they saw it, and they looked very sad like beggars.
At this moment, Su Lin saw a little boy of seven or eight years old squatting in the corner holding a piece of black bread and munching alone, his face was also full of mud, and the most shocking thing was that there was no expression on his face, as if he was numb.
After seeing this, Felicia also turned around and walked outside, and said to Su Lin at the same time: "These children of theirs are the property of the lord as soon as they are born, and they will not be able to go anywhere if they are bound here for the rest of their lives, and their children will not be able to change this fate either." ”
Su Lin also knew that it was now a feudal lordship, and the general lord operated a manor model, in which there were many serfs who were tied to this land all their lives, and in addition to those homesteaders who had land, they had to pay their own taxes, and their lives were no different from those of serfs.
"The poor are just unlucky, and there's nothing wrong with them. Surin comforted the sad Felicia.
"I know that everyone is destined to have a different destiny from birth, and this is fate. ”
Hearing her say this, Su Lin couldn't help but guess that she still had the potential to be a master of philosophy!
Then Su Lin went into the tent again to look at the rescued man, and found that he was lying on the bed and fell asleep, and Gru also opened his mouth to report: "Lord Duke, he is fine, he just fell asleep, and there is no big problem." ”
Surin nodded, and told him to bring him if he woke up.
Then he and Felicia went out for a walk, and as night fell, a bright moon hung in the sky like a disk, and sprinkled white silk on the earth.
Felicia looked up at the sky, and Surin looked at her face, and felt more and more that she looked like Angelina Jolie, especially with her big thick lips.
"Look, there's a meteor in the sky"
As soon as she was halfway through her words, Felicia turned her head and saw that Su Lin had been staring at her, and she couldn't help but be stunned, and quickly asked, "Why are you looking at me like this?"
"You know what? I'm so in love with you, if I had to add a term, it would be 10,000 years. Su Lin said this as he stared into her eyes affectionately.
Felicia's heart also jumped when she heard this, but her face still did not change in the slightest, but replied directly: "It's useless for you to love me, if you can't help me complete something, you don't want to touch me for the rest of your life." ”
With that, she turned around and left, leaving Su Lin alone in a daze.
At this moment, Su Lin also kept scratching his hair, muttering and complaining: You don't say what the hell is, except for beating women, I definitely have no hesitation, it seems that this love quote is not useful for everyone!