Chapter 144: The Significance of Roasted Wheat
The little girl has a nice name called Momo, maybe it's just the nickname that her parents used to call her, but it doesn't matter, the important thing is that the child is indeed a person with a story. (Starter)
El had to admit that the imp named Wren actually caught a very interesting clue like a blind cat touching a dead mouse. According to his brain and luck, he is a proper protagonist in the story of the bard.
In addition, he was particularly saddened to find that there were many people around him who looked like the kind of heroes who could be written into long epics, such as Tiana, such as Antonio, such as Roger...... Except for yourself.
Mo Mo is seven years old, by the way, Wren is eleven years old, and his sister Vera is slightly older than Mo Mo. Those two bear children are from the city, and even because their father is a middle-level military officer, they can still read, and they are barely half nobles. Mo Mo, on the other hand, was a child who grew up in the countryside, and until three days ago she had a mother.
The mother and Mo Mo escaped from Enstashire, where the plague broke out in the west, and wanted to go to Sword Castle to find their relatives, but on their way to Sword Castle, they encountered a gang of hooligan bullies...... Or rather, Baron Farrah, the owner of all the farmland in the vicinity. Baron Farah is the owner of the domain and has a manor in the vicinity. He kept a lot of private soldiers on the estate, and he would take them out on patrol every day, not allowing any refugees to stay in his territory...... Of course, if it is a young and beautiful girl, there may be exceptions.
So on a stormy night, Mo Mo lost her mother.
From Momo's simple description, El could tell that her mother must have been a beautiful and intelligent lady. Needless to say, she was clever because the woman dragged a seven-year-old child out of the plague and taught her daughter practical things like the fact that wheat can be roasted and eaten.
Wheat can be roasted and eaten, this is the survival wisdom inspired by human beings from adversity, although it sounds simple, its importance is self-evident. If such a simple knowledge is popularized, I don't know how many refugees who are hovering on the verge of life and death will be saved!
The knowledge of this world is in the hands of the upper class as an intangible wealth, and the common people of the lower class are neither literate nor willing to learn culture. If you put a book in front of a blacksmith, there is a 90% chance that he will throw it directly into the furnace and burn it.
This is a world protected by the gods, and the common people do not need and should not have knowledge in their hands, master their own minds.
Therefore, in this era, almost all people, whether in the city or in the countryside, only stop at its final product. Even farmers who cultivate the land only know how to cultivate and harvest according to the rules set by their ancestors. Except for a very few foodies, there are really few people who know that unripe wheat can be used for barbecue, and that thing can be eaten without grinding into flour?
Mr. Apache, the kobold, also expressed regret for not having tried the ears of wheat on the side of the road, but the end result was a mouth full of blood. Due to some blind spots in the mind, this possibility is completely ignored.
Mr. Wesley also expressed regret that, as an ethical chef, he did not allow himself to cook unripe crops, because many of them contained toxins and were not suitable for consumption, even without regard to taste.
Miss Lolana also expressed regret that, as a wise man, she had not taken such details into account.
Renard was a little embarrassed to say that he actually tried it when he was a child, but because he did it back then, he was beaten up by his father in the name of wasting food, and then he didn't dare to try again, and he forgot about it over time.
So he received a group of eyes mixed with admiration and disdain.
"Wait a minute, my lords, what are you doing here?" Wren cried out with a suspicious look as he pounded the carriage with his stick, "Why do you all look serious about roasted wheat?"
The kitchen group, Lorana, Palanti and Timmy, Renard and his lieutenant Rosen, and Kenan on the Night's Watch, except for those who were in charge of the day-to-day military affairs, almost half of the military leaders gathered here at El's beckoning and listened to his nonsense in a serious manner.
"It's not a simple matter of roasting wheat, little ghost. "There is a beautiful and intelligent lady who has fallen into the clutches of a villain, and those of us who have been indirectly blessed by her must save her from the sea of misery. ”
"Yes, it is my duty as knights to save this lady. Kenan, who insisted on believing in chivalry, nodded and said seriously. He used to be basically like this, so others generally didn't see any flaws.
"Don't you need to consider the attitude of the Sword Castle?" Reynard asked in a low voice after a moment's hesitation.
"As you all know, the Sword Castle doesn't open at all. Now I heard that tens of thousands of refugees have gathered there, and we don't necessarily have people to give face in the past. It's better to ...... Let's do it ourselves. El said meaningfully, he turned his head and saw the standard commercial smile on Luo Lana's face, he couldn't help but shudder in his heart, and hurriedly asked with a smile: "Miss, what do you think?"
"I don't care, but don't you need to communicate with Miss Lanstadt beforehand about this kind of thing?" Rolana reminded "kindly".
"This little problem, a few of us can go on a trip, and it will be solved in minutes, and we won't alarm the lady. El nodded in affirmation, and he was the only one in the audience who knew the lower limit of the Dancing Light Serpent.
"Just a few of us?" Reynard looked around for some reason, and couldn't help but let a cold sweat run down his head. With the strength of these people present, it is indeed not difficult to bulldoze an ordinary manor, and to be honest, it is too luxurious. What is a baron? If all of you here were knighted according to normal circumstances, they would be able to scare him to death. With the little land he planted, how many private soldiers can he support? Releasing a Palanti can kill all the houses in half a day.
The problem is that the high-level officers on their side go out en masse, and once there are three longs and two shorts, it is estimated that the army here will collapse directly. Relying on Generals Ahmed and Hank alone may not be able to support these two thousand men.
"It's just a welfare, everyone goes out together to relax, and connect with each other. El said half-jokingly, to be honest, after leaving the brown hills, he suddenly returned to the peaceful world of human civilization, and he was really a little uncomfortable for a while. In the past few days, the others have also looked like they can't lift themselves, as if they have indulged themselves too much in that ghost place, and now they are a little restrained when they put on human skin again.
In other words, these birdmen have become accustomed to the life of licking blood from the knife edge, and involuntarily contaminated with the breath of some robbers. They need to really relax now and do something good that will raise their morals and restore their conscience, such as saving a beautiful lady who has fallen into the clutches of the devil, to recall what it was like to be well-dressed.
Of course, there is a deeper reason, and it is also a reason that El did not say, but everyone knew it. Since the Sword Castle is not open to welcome guests, the Istalon will have to do it themselves for the rest of their journey. And such a villain baron who suddenly jumped out looked obviously a white and tender fat sheep.
"There is a good saying, send a smile first, then a sword. Everyone is a person with an identity, don't be like a small person like him, let's talk to him first, see if this guy understands or not. El got up from the carriage and moved his muscles and smiled, a harmless smile on his face.
"Hey, General, can you take me with me!" Wren, whose eyes lit up when he heard this, pulled El by the sleeve, nodded and pleaded, "You must be taking this little girl with you, how inconvenient it is to ride a horse and hold her." I can take her, I can ride horses, two children in one saddle!"
"You still know how to ride a horse?" El lowered his head and glared at Wren, kicked him in the ass, and said angrily, "You little bastard, what else can't you? I'll give you the general! You can ride a horse? Do you have a horse? We'll leave in three minutes, where do you see where you can get a horse out?"
Three minutes later, El was shocked to find that he had once again underestimated the bear's abilities. How did this little bastard bring Ahmed's horse over?
"Lord Ahmed owes me a favor. In the face of El's questioning, Wren replied calmly: "When I was in the brown hills, one day Lord Ahmed divined himself, saying that he would choke on the bones in the hodgepodge that day, so he never dared to eat the contents of his bowl that day. Just in time for me to take the earthworm to change ......"
"I see, let's go. El waved his hand expressionlessly.
The children cheered and the adults ...... Including the older teenagers and girls, they looked at each other, their eyes were weird, and they were all ashamed.
"I'll have to talk to Mr. Ahmed when I get back. El wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and whispered: "If he continues like this, how will he educate the next generation in the future?"
"In the name of Mother Earth, this has nothing to do with me. The kobold said immediately.
"I know!" said El angrily, "if he can fix this problem, I will be the general now." ”
The crowd was silent. (Go read OM) (Jiangsu.com)