003. Beauty Adesha
Oran sang it twice, and the flame of revenge grew stronger in his heart.
Nanding also walked up to the castle tower in armor.
The soldiers downstairs in the city were training to fight against the thorns, and Nanding came up and pointed out a few good seedlings and recommended them to Orlan to become his personal guard.
"You choose." Looking at Nanding's old armor, Oran said again, "It's time to change the armor, and it's time for people to move." ”
"My lord, according to your orders, the soldiers are in place, and as soon as they enter the castle, all the traitors will kneel and repent."
"Nanding, I remember when I was a child, my father told me about the great legend of the Vijay family, but these are the stories of the past, as the stinking Vikings said, the 'departed gods' no longer bless us.
For decades, as long as they have been affected by the cold, or on a whim?
The 'Viking Longship' has targeted the surrounding seas, most often England, and especially our lords in the North Central region.
Our total number is not less than that of these robbers, why always ask for and?
Once these dogs came, those who gave their daughters, those who paid the protection tax, and those who cried and begged them to retire from the army, their ugliness was revealed.
A bunch of waste aristocrats were scared out of the Vikings and were no longer qualified to rule here, this land needs new owners, and I will clean them up one by one. ”
Finally, Oran looked at Nanding, his eyes shining, "You have to help me and reforge the glory of the ancestors!"
After hearing this, Nanding approached Oran and knelt on one knee, with his body below Oran's knee, which was the highest courtesy, and he said, "I am an orphan, and when I am most hungry, I even catch up with the water and grass in the river to fill my stomach.
Your father cultivated me and gave me a surname, and my life will live and die with the Vijay family. ”
Reforge the glory of the ancestors,
It is incumbent upon our generation!
After Nanding said his words, Oran looked further away and said, "It's January 865 in the main calendar, and now next year, I will increase our strength by three times, four times, and even ten times the year after next."
Decades later, whenever the Vikings mentioned this,
In addition to laughing at the gods who passed away, they will also sing about the rise of heroes!"
Orlan looked into the distance, the wind was blowing on the tall building, and the whistling wind brushed the skin of his face, as if to write down the dialogue for this conversation.
"Ambitious", "a year to live", plus a bitter hatred of the Vikings, his blood and bones are full of the desire to expand the territory.
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At dusk, pedestrians find their own places to rest and do not dare to run around.
In the cold northern land, there are too many dangers at night, and even a cold can make people die of weakness after a few days.
The four riders picked up speed and came to the small castle made of stone and wood.
The defender of the city took a look at it and shouted to open the door.
Before the "Rider Leader" entered, he saw a flock of crows flying overhead.
This unlucky picture made him hesitate......
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The kitchen was busy coming in and out, and the lord's hall was full of aromas.
The smell of the food warmed people's hearts, and Oran was dining at this time.
Most of the food on the table is stewed.
There are plums, walnuts, peas, egg rolls, geldings, onions.
This is the menu that Orlan ordered the kitchen to change after awakening.
He didn't want to suffer himself.
Orlan picked up the toasted fluffy rye bread and said, "There is progress. ”
He gave a thumbs up, it was much better than the previous thing that would make the corners of his mouth tingle when he bit it.
In fact, it is not progress, he makes the kitchen use more delicate flour, not mixed with too much clutter.
There was a big pot of boiled fruits and wild vegetables on the table,
These fruits, which have not yet been improved by later generations and are fertilized, are small, sour, and not delicious.
Therefore, most of the people in this era are mixed and boiled, boiling it into juice.
Add a few kinds of fish to mix, whether it tastes good or not, but at least it can be filled.
As for large meats such as pigs, cattle and sheep, although Oran can eat them, he cannot eat them every day, because the productivity of the times is too backward.
These resources can be used more efficiently, and we will wait until we unify Durham County.
An attendant who was pouring wine, swallowing saliva, Oran's action of biting down, stimulated his taste buds.
God, this bread looks so soft and fluffy, and if I could take a bite, I'd be willing to live one day less......
When the attendant cleaned up one of the freshly eaten plates, he quickly put a boiled apple into his pocket with great skill, and only God knew.
"My lord, Knight Thorge is here."
Hearing the report from his men, Orlan glanced at Nanding, who understood that he would go down to prepare.
After a while, the four riders entered the downstairs walkway, crossed the bottom corridor, and went up to the castle hall.
The hall is one of the few spaces in a castle that can satisfy Oran and not stink.
It has a variety of functions, as long as the hall scenery is properly moved, you can eat, sleep, hold a banquet, and even call your subordinates to a meeting.
There's an English proverb that says,
"Observe whether a lord is wealthy or not, just look at his hall."
The hall was located on the second floor above the castle, facing the cold moonlight, and some candles made it bright, and the bare walls were hung with family crest and shields.
The coat of arms is a "white eagle" hovering over a crown.
In the southern Franks, the animal was despised as a vicious beast, but in the aristocratic regions of Britain, where animals were the main symbols, it was not considered a vicious beast, although the white English were only used by the Vijay family.
As a result, it became a family symbol, "the boy of the White Eagle family", and Vijay's children often got this title.
Stepping on the carpet from the south, the four horsemen who came took off their coats and saluted.
The leader of them was Oran's cousin, a forty-year-old warrior who still maintained his physique.
"Thorge. Vijay, greetings to my Lord. ”
Oran snorted, but unlike usual, he didn't show courtesy to his elders and continued to eat.
Soge sat autonomously on the other side of the lord's long table, and when he sat down, the three horsemen behind him also sat down, and they were divided into left and right of Soge, and it instantly became a four-on-one situation.
"If you turn the angle around, it's like I'm a vassal, and you're my master." Oran's words were exchanged for a fake sneer from Thorge.
The servant re-served.
Oran picked up a glass of sour fruit wine and took a sip, unable to tell what it tasted like, but the four people in front of him drank it in a big gulp.
This is much smoother than the excessive ale wine mixed with water that I drink.
After a few sips, Soge asked, "My lord, how do you use the clay cup, this is not your identity." ”
Thorge used silver vessels engraved with sacred texts on the table, silver cups used by the nobles to drink, and they did not like the shabby commoners.
Oran felt that it would be a burden on his body to use these poorly crafted utensils to drink wine, but unfortunately there were no glasses, and there were a lot of these things in the south, so he should let people buy a few next time.
Seeing that Orlan didn't react, Thorge pulled away from the topic and pointed to a corner,
"How is that room gone, when I was a child, I lay in that corner and slept, and often ate and slept with your father, until I was ten years old, when I was sent to the house of a nobleman in the south of England to learn chivalry, and then I left the castle."
Thorge had not yet felt untouched, and as usual, every time he was summoned, he would take a few of his men to eat and drink at the table, find a topic for himself, and then, without waiting for Oran's father to speak, he would first say that the Vikings or the manor bandits were in trouble, and that the manor needed support, and then scrape a sum out of this cousin.
Today, too, as usual, except that the object is replaced by a nephew - then scrape more.
"You, your son Gedo, and two riders, just came empty-handed to see the lord?"
At this time, Soge felt that something was wrong, so he put down the wine glass, wiped his mouth directly with his arm, and stared at the honey beside Oran, this girl, no, has grown into a woman, or she will sleep tonight......
Mi'er felt the gaze, instinctively afraid, and leaned close behind Oran.
As a maid, she did not refuse the power of the nobility, and this castle, from craftsmen to servants, cooks, etc., lived more than twenty people.
On the floor below the lord's room, a voice could be heard every day that made her blush shyly......
After locking on Mi'er, Thorge replied, "Not empty-handed, I'm bringing you good news worth a hundred pounds, no, at least three hundred pounds of silver, you'll be interested." ”
"What's that?"
"A beautiful woman, Adesha."