The earl's backyard had already begun to expand, and Vladimir spent a lot of money to drive out the poor people who were living around it, which made them very curious, because in Vlaenkov, except for the mansions enclosed by the big families, they lived anywhere: as long as they had a few logs, a few sheds made by a mawson, and a farmer's house for a day's work in exchange for some straw, they could build a dwelling anywhere, and as long as there were people living in it, they could not be evicted, because the council guaranteed that every freeman would not be evicted from the land of Vikia

In fact, such a regulation is somewhat irrelevant, but what country would evict its citizens from their homes? There should be none

But all the poor men who had taken the money moved out in half a day, but they brought unexpected troubles, and from the next morning countless people gathered at the door of the earl's mansion and demanded that the count pay them, because theoretically they also had the right to build sheds in the streets around the earl, and the count should have paid them when he paid the money

For these people, the Count thought for a moment that the three families were the work of the three families, and later it became clear that it was the custom of the Varankovs, and Vladimir advised them to leave as soon as possible, but the people who gathered together claimed that if they could not get three hard breads and a jug of wine each, they would sit down forever

Vladimir sent a message to the barracks of the Lucasino family, and two hours later more than a dozen Lucasino soldiers drove away the poor people who had gathered with sticks, and the poor seemed to be afraid of the Lucasino family more than the count's house, and as soon as the soldiers appeared, the poor people who claimed to sit down forever fled

The captain of the soldiers came to ask if they were needed to guard the place, and Vladimir shook his head and said no

Later that day, the Romanov soldiers, who had been sent out at the beginning, began to return to the Count's mansion one after another, and these were the soldiers who had followed them all the way from Vicchia, carefully surveying the surrounding farms, mountains, swamps, and lakes, and bringing back first-hand information about the surrounding situation

There is an iron ore mine in the north of Valankov, but the shallow iron ore has been mined, and the veins have plunged into the depths of the earth, and the technology of the Valans is difficult to dig so deep into the land, and the expedition guild of Vekia once asked to explore the mineral deposits in this place, but the Valankovs did not trust these cunning guys and doubted their motives, so they refused their request, this was many years ago In the past few decades, a large number of miners have become crappy farmers, and their tools have long been lost, The mine is now deserted, and only a few deep pits and mountains of debris are left, which are true to the prosperity of the past

Not far east of Valankov is the East Lake, the water of the lake will start to freeze in the first month after winter, but the ice is not too thick, if too many people are crowded together, it will collapse, the water of the East Lake is saltwater, it occupies an extremely large area, there are five large rivers that eventually join it, the Ryazan River is only the smallest of them, some say that the East Lake is a continuation of the Nord North Sea to the southern land, others say that the East Lake is an inland lake exploration guild, people tend to the former statement, because they have tried to walk around the lakeBut when they went north, they came across a swamp, a vague area that was not sure whether it was part of the sea or not, and finally, the map drawn by the people of the Explorer Guild drew it as a vast ocean

In the west and south there are endless forests, where there is an inexhaustible supply of forest products: trees, mushrooms, pine resin, furs and amber Ivangelod once had fourteen trading posts in the forests, which were responsible for collecting goods from the locals at low prices, and then transporting them along the Ryazan River to Ivangelod, where they were resold at high prices to the Western market, or directly down the river into the East Lake, where they were sold to the interriver lands

On this trade route, Valankov was in an excellent position, and if the people here took advantage of the geographical location, it was easy to participate in the trade to the east, but the limit of the imagination of the Valans was to levy tolls on ships passing through the Ryazan, and once a Valankov led the Ryazan River to pull up iron chains, and then tripled the toll for no reason, this move caused the wrath of the people of the Riverlands, at that time the people of the Riverlands had not yet been corrupted into soft mud by wealth, and they brought in two hundred soldiers by boat, Arrest the Valans' leader, and then have the obedient leader chosen by the Valans come in

It is worth mentioning that among the two hundred soldiers, many of them were Valan mercenaries from all over the world, and once they signed a contract to serve their masters, they would not care about superfluous emotions In that operation, Valankov lost most of their trade privileges, but their mercenary trade was tested, and the Merr family was the family at that time, which was the misfortune of the Valan merchants, but it was an advertisement for the mercenaries

When the Berks occupied the Interriverlands, the shrewd Berks sent soldiers across the East Lake, deep into the forest through the Ryazan River, and burned most of the Ivangorod trading posts in the forest, thus weakening their commercial rivals. A lot of forest goods have been piled up in the forest, and the poor suppliers are anxious to sell the goods, and if they go into the forest to buy them now, they will undoubtedly offend the Ivangorodians, but they will definitely make a fortune

Over the past decade, the power of parliament has been weakened

First of all, there was discord between several large council districts, which made the former king of East Vekia tired to deal with these disputes, involving the distribution of land, the establishment of trading posts, the opening of markets, and the size of the number of warships and soldiers in various city-states, especially the last point, some city-states did not worry about the invasion of the Berks, but instead feared the nearby towns of Vekia, and every warship or armor purchase trade that was launched would lead to endless quarrels in the council, and this internal friction exhausted the boyars of Vekia. It is difficult to maintain one's own armament smoothly

For example, Xiaodonghu City has been accusing Dadonghu City of expanding its armament, and every year one or two double-lined warships are launched, and the military system has been changed, forcing a large number of men to extend their service time When Burke invaded, the Burkes almost destroyed Dadonghu City, but they did nothing to Xiaodonghu City, which can't help but make people think a little about it

It was a great pity that before the invasion of the Berks, more than a hundred scholars, generals, and officials of the city-states had been exiled, the majesty of the council had been dealt a great blow, and the exiled elite had weakened the Vikyans

The ensuing Burke invasion and the Battle of the Riverlands wiped out the face of the council, and the Vikians, who once boasted of having absolute superiority over Burke, were defeated and lost large areas of land one after another, and Vikia once ridiculed the Berks as merchants who were afraid of death and short-sighted farmers, but this time, those businessmen and short-sighted farmers who were afraid of death were like lions under the leadership of the Pilsudski family, and the wolves of Vekia were defeated

These knights and clerks who reported the situation crowded the hall, and the mansion, which seemed empty at first, was suddenly crowded, and at first I wondered why most of the hundred or so people who were traveling with me suddenly disappeared, it turned out that they all had their own affairs, but I had not done anything, and the count was already actively learning about Varankov, and I was still standing where I was, doing nothing, just putting on a show with the count's majesty

The mansion was full of life, with shrewd and capable people coming and going, and petitioners and messengers communicating with each other with their respective missions

I remembered what old man Lucasino said about Little East Lake, and he said, 'Every night a day this news becomes worthless,' and I began to worry about the Count: did he figure out what Lucasino was talking about? Or is he already prepared? I didn't dare to ask the Earl, I was even a little ashamed of myself, and began to feel a little ashamed of the swagger at the banquet, the Count didn't come to me these days, I just practiced fencing by myself every day, rode around the city, and found a place to lie down and sleep

Winter is coming, and winter here comes early

Soon after, a lot of people would start to arrive here, and during this time Alexei went back to Ivangorod to pick up the people behind me, and suddenly it dawned on me that I had a lot of things to talk to about with the Messirah, and even Kaja, I also missed her, and I told Mr. Goth my idea, and Goth was bothering about the establishment of the Valankov Gallery, and he didn't have time to deal with me, so I went to Tom

The Berk girl had always been very evasive of me, or rather afraid, that even when my nose had healed and the wound on my face had healed, she was still afraid of me, probably because she was afraid that I would retaliate against her, and I had been ambitious to get out of her mouth the plans of the Berks, such as where the Burkes would attack from, how many soldiers the Berks had, who was Burke, and so on

I took the Zenda dictionary and asked her word by word, she was so frightened that she cried, her eyes widened and she didn't speak, the Earl came to see her once, I wanted her to show her ability to speak Zenda, I think in this way, the Earl will think that I have made the right decision, but this girl has not spoken much since that time, I shook her, I wanted her to speak, the Earl waited patiently for a while, but the girl didn't say anything, the Earl's patience was exhausted, A young knight came running again to report the news of Lucasino's house, and the count said, "Well, next time, Victor, next time I'll come and see"

I was very depressed when the Earl was gone, and I felt that the Haikou I had boasted about at first had now failed, and I was still dreaming of romance, trying to get the Burk's battle plan out of the mouth of this woman, and then ambush the Burks on some ravine, and I became famous

I was so annoyed that I shoved the woman and threw her to the ground, and though Mr. Goth's admonition was still in my ears, this time I tortured her like crazy, and I pulled her ears and pulled and yelled at her to get her to speak, but she closed her eyes and covered her ears, and only cared about crying herself

In the end, everyone in the family looked at me, and with some frightened looks, I stood up and walked away in a huff

Is she really a mute?

At that time, I tried very hard to show myself, to show the Count that I was a man who could be a lord; I wanted people to see that I had the talent to rule, but I didn't seem to be doing well at all, and then I remembered the politeness of the Lucasino family to me, and the accommodation of the people at the banquet, which may not have been sincere, and I even imagined them scolding me and laughing at me behind my back

I sat down in a house with a stove and sulked, and I brightened the flame with tongs and let the light of the fire burn my face

In the afternoon, I fell asleep, and then I dreamed of the damp swamp, of the battle arrays and the flying arrows that covered the sky

A man said to me, "Run, run."

Then I started to fall, endlessly, and then, I opened my eyes and woke up

I heard the firewood in the stove exploding from time to time; An old woman sits in a corner sewing diapers for her grandson and napping; The goth cat came up to me, I scratched its neck, it patiently squinted at me and let me scratch it, and then it suddenly startled and jumped away

I lay down for a while, thinking what to do, I looked at the sky outside the window, gloomy and unsightly, I don't know how long I had been asleep, so I got up and walked out, the old woman was woken up by me, she pursed her mouth, dazed for a while, and then remembered her work, she wet the thread with her mouth, fumbled for a needle, and began to thread it

The Burke woman squatted on the edge of the haystack in the yard, holding her straw horse in her hand, no one around her paid attention to her, I suddenly regretted being rough with her, she was so thinly dressed, I was wearing a jacket and a leather coat, she was still wearing a single linen jacket, she sniffed from time to time, touched her nose with the back of her red and swollen hand, her mouth opened slightly, her teeth were gently bitten, as if she was talking to herself, she should be able to speak, why didn't she say a word in front of me? I spoke Zenda, but she just didn't react at all

Then I saw Tom walking over with a bag of grass

Hell, Tom never does heavy work, how did he come to the grass at this time?

Tom piled the bag of grass on the haystack, and tucked it into his waist, as if he was tired, and the Burke girl glanced up at Tom, and then shrank back, and stuffed the little grass horse behind him, and Tom sat down beside the Burke girl as if he had finished his farm work, and then, Tom took out a package from his bosom, which contained two small pieces of bread, a small bottle of honey, and a jar of candied cherries

Tom crossed his legs, glanced at the Burke girl, his eyes were deep and sympathetic, quiet and noble, the girl did not know what the person in front of her was going to do, buried her head low, Tom suddenly began to sing, like a citizen who lived a small life, and stretched his soul and body after labor

He sang a western romantic drama that has recently become very popular in Ivangorod, "Great Love"

"My poor Su Ge'er, do you remember my honey? Do you remember my poor goblin? ”

Every time I hear the names of goblins, my head aches slightly, and these names are like vague shadows in my dreams, and whenever I try to see them, they leave me

Tom sang to himself for a while, deliberately ignoring the Burke girl, who slowly raised her head, looked at Tom, and listened to Tom's voice choked when Sabel snatched Su Ge'er

"Oh what a poor girl, a man who has been taken away by an evil man in a man's wilderness, how can flowers bloom for you? A man's forest, a white bird's cry for you, a man's lake, a man's swamp, a man's mountain, I'm the only one in the world who weeps for you, girl, I'll come to save you, my name is Tom"

Hell, the lyrics are clearly 'My name is Goblin'

I saw that the girl's eyes were red, and she understood? The play is written in Swadia, but Ivangelode's performance is adapted in Wikiyan, which means that the girl understands Wikian

The girl sighed softly, and Tom was immersed in art, and suddenly realized that he had caused the girl trouble, so he pretended to exclaim, and asked the girl what he said apologetically

The girl lowered her head shyly, and then quietly raised her head to look at Tom, Tom's eyes were piercing, like an angel of salvation, and the girl timidly spat out a word

Tom pointed to himself and said, "Well, yes, Miss, my name is Tom. Brown: I'm a good person."

I didn't hear the girl's name, it was a strange name

Then, Tom invited the girl to share the food, and the girl looked around worriedly, probably afraid that I was around and I felt that I was losing to Tom on all sides of this girl's problem

Tom poured honey over the bread and handed it to the girl, who looked at Tom gratefully and smiled

I squinted at Tom and felt that this man should be re-evaluated

Then Tom patted the girl on the shoulder, and smiled gently, and the scene was very warm

At this time, I felt something melt on the tip of my nose, and as soon as I looked up, the first snowflakes of winter were falling.

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