Sparkling carriages and horses

Winter has turned the pavement of the whole town into a mess of mud, but if you stand on the roof and look at it, the town looks clean and tidy, and the wooden houses are evenly covered with snow, and the first snow will not accumulate very thickly, but it will absorb the last heat on the ground, and the Valans believe that there is a temperature inside the stone, and only when the stones are cold, the whole winter will officially come

When the sun came out, someone came back to inform us that the young masters were coming

I know who they are talking about, some of the Romanovs of the young masters whom I have never met, a few of whom set off from Vicchia after we left, and some of the descendants of the Rhodok family who had gone north by boat via Salander, who were supposed to spend the winter in Ivangorod, but the Count changed his mind and asked them to come to Valankov at the beginning of winter to familiarize themselves with everything here

The Count felt that it was good for them

The townsfolk who had gotten up early in the morning had made a mess of the streets, the snow had melted under the feet of the people, and the steaming garbage and dirty water had been splashed into the middle of the road, and the smell was no longer strong, but it was still disgusting to look at the rats, shivering from the cold, digging for food in the garbage heaps, their two little paws shaking, and their eyes shining like jewels, although the Count had a plan to build a drain, but this plan seemed to be impossible to carry out at present, and it would have to wait until the beginning of spring

When people heard that the count planned to reduce the number of rats to half, they all shook their heads and felt that the count was fooling the people who said that there would be a blight in a few years, and that the Valans were used to the death knell, and the dead would be burned, and their shacks would be burned down, and many of the children born would die of coughing and suffocation, but the Valans felt that the dead were all weak, and it was not worth feeling too sorry for Mr. Goth, who did not think so, he felt that all children, whether strong or weak, did not have much resistance to disease, Everything has to do with the environment, and children born in a clean place are easy to survive, and vice versa

Goth was one of the Count's most staunch proponents of the clean-up plan, and he even devised several water purification pumps to purify the water in the canals, but the Count dismissed it because it was too expensive

On that day, I rode at the city gate to meet the young masters of the Romanov family

Vladimir greeted the young masters, and I was going to go up and talk to them and tell them what I knew, but when I rode close to them, they looked at me curiously, not knowing what I was going to do, and when I opened my mouth, they frowned and listened to a few words, and then they interrupted me, "Okay, Victor, we'll figure it out ourselves, you stand on the side, you're in our way"

I walked back in a daze, and saw Jack and them standing respectfully by the city gate to greet their young master, and I suddenly appeared, in the eyes of these people, I was still just a horse boy

One of Yuri's sons returning from Salander asked one of his cousins curiously, "Who is that sticker?" ”

They stabbed their horses as they walked forward

"Don't you know, Gregory? The guy that Uncle Alexey brought back is your brother."

"Hell, my dad didn't say there was such a thing"

Another person came up and said, "Richard, I heard he had something to do with your sister Messira"

"Fart" The blood of the guy named Richard used his neck, and then he lowered his voice again, asking what in a low voice Finally, they looked at me contemptuously, pulled the reins and turned around a few times, snorted coldly and walked away Vladimir looked in his eyes, just shook his head slightly, and didn't say much

The Romanovs set up a greenhouse at the gates of the city, in which they prepared light beer, toast, butter, and, of course, gin spirits to ward off the cold, where the Romanovs would rest for a while, waiting for the luggage to be carried away before they left for the Count's residence

I suddenly thought that they would be disappointed, those dilapidated houses, only people like me would live in peace of mind, I couldn't help but laugh, and then, I felt like I was really useless

My leather armor was covered with a layer of fine snow, and snowflakes kept falling from the sky, falling on my head and chest, and Alexei had told me to keep my head long, and when I went out, I put on powder to make it fluffy and soft, but I was too troublesome, so I had the shaver who claimed to have a cold iron razor cut the back of my head clean according to the shape of the head of the big-headed soldier, and my whole head was only a clump of heads on top of my head, which looked a little flustered, but it was indeed convenient for many people to fight now, and no one could catch my head

But when I saw those young masters, their long and fluffy, draped behind their heads, very chic and very decent, in the past, I thought that court etiquette and aristocratic etiquette were just some things in the book, they were laughed at by street performers, but when I showed those young masters' actions on the treatment of people, suddenly their movements I may never learn Although these people always have a superior expression to me, but when facing the nobles of Mel and Lucasino in the city, But they were as generous and gracious as the most understanding princes

When I heard Richard compliment him on the valanin he drank as the most delicious drink on the thousand-mile journey, the young masters and the knights, and the Mel family were all laughing happily, and the greenhouse was brightly lit, and I looked over there, thinking about the piece of wheat cake and half-liter kvass I had eaten this morning

The snow began to fall heavily, the wind began to pick up, and some stray snow slag fell from the tower, and a shivering soldier poked his head out of it, "There are several wagons outside the Romanovs that have fallen into the mud puddle, find someone to help"

"Got it," Vladimir rubbed his hands and turned to me, "Victor, you take Jack with Hyde"

"Okay," I rolled off my horse and handed the reins to Herman, who led my horse aside

It was all mud outside, and it was hard to freeze before winter, but when the snow was trampled, the mud softened, the horses' hooves were kicked, the wheels were crushed, and there were big craters in it, and it became a puddle of mud I pushed the car, and it felt heavy, and I was worried that the gloves would be damaged, so I took them off and stuffed them into my arms, so that they would be warm when I put them back on

Jack held the box, Hyde pushed up the axle, I told the groom to do it, and the groom whipped the horse's neck bulging a big bag, it buried its head and panted forward to pull the wagon, and when I strained, I realized how cold it was outside, and my hands were sore from the wind, and I tried to take the gloves out several times, but as soon as I saw Jack and Hyde's bare hands, I gave up on this plan

The first carriage was pushed onto the drawbridge and went away, and the coachman looked back and thanked us, and I looked up and saw that there were some carriages stuck in the mud behind them, and the coachmen, all wrapped in fur coats, exhaled a cloud of white gas, and sat on the frame waiting for a few of us to push the cart

At this time, in the small East Lake City, forty Wikili away from Varankov

Countless people on the wharf continued to work despite the deterioration of the weather, and these people looked at the foreman with the whip with some resentment, and then sighed helplessly

Since the Battle of Riverland, business in Xiaodonghu City has been much quieter

In the old days, the shiny skins that came out of the meadows, the bacon filled with oak barrels, the kvass wine, and the emeralds and spices of the Salander people used to crowd the docks of the small East Lake City, and the young clerks and inspectors who used to crowd the docks of the small East Lake City made a great noise, with quill tubes on their heads and bills in their hands to check the goods one by one, and some men in small business put fried clams and fresh oysters in barrels, and shouted as they went, and the magicians would play flutes and blow a rope down into the sky, and then climb up themselves. Finally disappeared into a puff of smoke

And on the lake, there is an endless stream of boats coming and going, although those guys in Dadong Lake City send boats to harass from time to time, but the basic situation is still very good, the grain from the river is fresh and cheap, and the wine made from those grains, even the Romanov family in Vekia can not help but admire, and the wool felt and linen of the Burke people are not as exquisite as the Svadians, but they are not too much, the key is that the price is a lot cheaper, and in Creel, The princes there controlled dozens of craftsmen from the East, and the silk that was as slippery as algae was spun by them, but again, the craftsmen were not as good as their brethren in the East

People can't tell what the silk is made of, the best people have wide eyes, and they can't see the fine lines, some people have risked their lives to sneak into the factories of those craftsmen, and if they are caught by the Creelians, they will be executed, and no one will come forward to bail them out, these people say that the Orientals make silk with witchcraft: the Orientals first turn children into worms, and a small child can become a thousand worms, white and fat, and then these worms will cry, The tears that came out of the cry were connected into silk threads, and the Orientals cast spells on a set of wood, and those pieces of wood were like obedient living people, pulling a small plank, and the whole piece of wood would move, and the whole piece of wood would move, "A little girl kicked her feet lightly, damn it, ten thousand pieces of wood shook with it, and the silk threads on the wood were spun by themselves."

People are amazed, this legend is a little sad, and it is very bizarre, but people still want to believe these stories, in Xiaodonghu City, there is often such a legend, a woman wearing silk has letters on her clothes, and it is written. Save me', so the woman rushed to the Creelians with the knights of the family, and after countless battles of wisdom and courage, she finally found a plate of white worms, and a priest sprinkled holy water, and these insects rose a puff of smoke, and became the woman's long-lost baby, such stories can always provoke people's tears, but now, the little East Lake City is about to lose so many things, they may cry more than the woman

During the Battle of the Riverlands, the city refused any call-up, and they only sent two boatloads of aged wheat to the rivers at the most difficult time of the war, which disappointed the allies The small East Lake City has always accused the people of the city of being ill-intentioned and will encroach on the surrounding city-states at the first opportunity, but this time, the fleet of the city was all sunk in the battle with the Burkes, and their soldiers had more than two hundred people left on the battlefield in the riverland forever, and now the city of East Lake is in a depression, However, Xiaodonghu City gained an advantage over the surrounding city-states in the decay

The nobles of Xiaodonghu City booked a large number of ships, and at the same time, they also began to make cargo ships, if Xiaodonghu City just wanted to expand trade, then they didn't need such a large fleet, and many of their fleets were large merchant ships, there was no need to hoard so much, and everyone knew that after the large merchant ships were added to the ramming angles, they would turn into warships, as long as they looked at the battleships outside Xiaodonghu City, it would surprise anyone, so many warships, More than a thousand infantry and more than a hundred cavalry and all their weapons could be transported almost at one time

The city-states of Vekia on the shores of East Lake are exhausted, but the people of Little East Lake City have skillfully avoided the war and preserved their strength Now, what are they going to do, people can only wait quietly, maybe they will make a move in the spring, when the lake thaws, they only need to spend twenty days repairing their warships that were frozen in winter, and they can have the most powerful water power on East Lake

If Wikibians were to do something, it would be the best chance in the winter

For the people of Xiaodonghu City, the winter snow came a little early, and now they have to step up to send wood, iron, rope, pine resin, and asphalt to the dock, dozens of rows of keels are waiting for the nail board, and the craftsmen cursed the weather, did not understand the thoughts of the nobles, shook their heads, buried their heads and drove the wedge down

Varankov

My fingers were no longer numerous, but as soon as my shoulders were loosened, the last carriage left the quagmire briskly

I straightened up, gasped, and walked into the gates with Jack and Hyde, and Vladimir was gone, and Herman said that a young master had ridden my iron feet away because his horse was tired

"That's my horse," I was a little frustrated, "didn't Vladimir tell him?" ”

"That person is the young master, and Lord Vladimir said," Herman stopped, and I looked at him coldly

Jack and Hyde both stared at me, and they didn't make any effort just now, and the faces of these people were all flushed, and we pushed the cart together, and suffered from the cold together, and when the young masters rode back after enjoying the reception, only the four of us were left behind

What does Vladimir think? He took care of me a few days ago, and as soon as the young masters came, Vladimir had to change his attitude, I can only think so

I suddenly felt that my reaction was too pointless, and that I shouldn't have found fault with Herman

Herman said, "It's okay, Victor we're still your friends"

Jack and Hyde nodded too, I don't know if the two of them really thought the same thing, I felt like a bit of a failure

"Of course," I exhaled and put my hand in my arms, trying to pull the glove out, but I saw the three of them grabbing the snow and rubbing their hands, and I lowered the glove and grabbed the snow and rubbed it, "Of course we are friends"

The three of them laughed, and then we walked back together in the mud.

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