Chapter 9 The Cost

Vondolph woke up and felt like he had been wounded by a 200-kilogram weight.

He exhaled, and just as he wanted to move, his hand felt something.

When I looked at it, I saw a big hairy carrot.

The scene at this time can be used to express how handsome the son of the landlord's family is.

"Trigger Trait - Lustful"

Vondolph: "? ”

"Stress +1"

Vondolph: "......"

A moment later.

"Pressure-2"

"The body and mind are balanced, and the fertility is +20%"

Vera is awake.

She covered the lower half of her face with the quilt, and looked at Feng Dolph with sparkling eyes.

Vondolph felt no more sore.

In terms of intensity classification, it is about 200 catties of medium tank.

Powerful with a heart.

It's just that the hands are not very convenient.

Two fingers of his left hand have been fractured, and he is able to move slightly.

The laceration on the right hand had some mild pus, much better than expected.

In the days when there were no antibiotics, pus was a good thing, and the Middle Ages referred to this as lucky pus.

Because common purulent infections are caused by Staphylococcus aureus, the body is resistant to it.

Vondolph only had a mild pus-draining outflow, which was not too good, but not that bad.

At his age, because the development rate is too fast, the rest of the body has not been well adapted, and the overall adaptability and self-regulation ability are very poor, and the self-protection, adjustment, adaptation, and defense ability are insufficient, and he is prone to illness.

As long as you can get through it, the child will recover quickly under the influence of extremely fast metabolism.

That being said, it's best not to get infected.

The pus seems to prove the traces of the young wolf......

Feng Daofu was heartbroken: "What to do is not good to lick the wolf!" ”

Gollum~

The stomach is barking.

Feng Dolph was about to call out for two hairies, but Vera had already jumped off the kang and ran away.

After a while, she came running on her feet again, holding her heart, and leaned in front of Feng Daofu: "Master, I will cover the hot bread, you can take it out and eat it." ”

Vondolph looked at where the bread was stored.

Wolf wolf, no wonder you can't beat me!

I've already won too much without fighting!

Lick the wolf where is the opponent of the wolf warrior!

Dead Wolf: ?

"Pressure-1"

Feng Dolph held the hot bread in his hand, and it felt much more fragrant than usual.

It's definitely too hungry for a relationship.

North's bread technique has not been updated, saying that it is bread but more like baking naan.

Feng Daofu ate two pieces in a row, which was a little dry, and drank a large bowl of milk, barely 6 percent full.

He looked at the two hairs who had just followed Vera.

I don't know why, the two of them are a little red-faced.

Probably the heating is turned on a bit big.

Vondolph asked, "How long did I sleep?" ”

Little Mao Luo said the sundial time with big curious eyes.

The Norse tribe has a sundial timekeeping method, and in the northern part of the winter, it is about 3 o'clock and it is dark.

Feng Dolph did some mental math, and slept for about an hour, about 1 p.m.

He asked about the situation.

The wolf corpse has not been disposed of yet, and the three hairs are not very good.

The blacksmith also has occasional prey in his house.

But they were too young, and this kind of heavy work used to be done by other people.

This is not in a hurry, and it is not a big problem to put it for a day or two at the current temperature.

"The horse has been lent to Master Brooke, and he says it will be returned in two days."

Little Mao Luo said: "In addition, Uncle Surrey came and knocked on the door, saying that you are a noble god, and when you wake up, everyone in the neighborhood wants to discuss with you." ”

Vondolph probably knew what they were going to talk about.

He turned over and got off the kang: "Don't worry about this, I have more important things now." ”

"I just got a revelation to go to the priestess."

Divine revelation?

The three mulls were surprised and curious, not knowing which god the master from a foreign land would receive.

Of course, there is no god at all.

Vondolph didn't get a divine revelation, but that didn't stop him from taking advantage of it.

Glancing at the humble generator, Vondolph said, "Wei... Forget it, you continue to rest. ”

Asking Little Woolly to put the engine on top of the big tooth, Feng Daofu set off with a horse and rushed to the priests' dwellings.

......

Call~

Huge priestly longhouse.

The cold wind swept through the eaves, and the bones of sheep and deer hanging from the doorframes swayed.

There was a lower priest named Maureen who was a Slavic woman in her thirties.

Blonde, very beautiful, and not fat.

In terms of the dietary conditions of the Middle Ages, less oil, less sugar, less polished rice and noodles, even if it is a hairy girl, it is not easy to raise fat.

It is also because the diet structure cannot be strictly controlled, most of the fighters in this era have high body fat, it is difficult to train six-pack abs, and the big waist is also an environmental impact - hunger and talent are another thing, such as Hercules Maris This high body fat at the same time, the six-pack abs are still clear macho man.

"Black Prince, why are you so badly injured?"

Maureen didn't know that the Black Prince was fighting the Demon Wolf, and looked at Feng Dolph in surprise.

Feng Daofu said a few words, and the eyes of the priestess in her thirties changed when she looked at him.

It's like a retired horse who wants to pull a small cart and get back a little bit of what it once was.

"You must have been blessed by Tyr."

Maureen admired and said, "I'll take you to the high priest first, and she will definitely be able to heal you." ”

Feng Daofu motioned for little Mao Luo to lead the horse to the longhouse and wait, and he followed.

Walking in the passage, Morin asked curiously about the details.

Vondolph asked, glancing at it.

The passage is poorly lit, but with a +30% bonus to night vision, Vondolph can see Morin's walking posture change.

He doesn't have any discipline, P club player, my subordinate's wife is also my wife or something, it's a regular routine, and the more heavyweight grabs a lot, and it's no problem to shoot 11 out of 10.

Feng Dolph was just very strange about the change before and after, and said in his heart: "Is it because of the brave attraction +10, which leads to the quantitative change causing the qualitative change?" ”

His original charm is the second highest attribute, the heartthrob of the Norse tribe.

There are also a lot of attraction bonuses on it.

Charismatic, big, and strong already have +60.

Now there is an added bonus to bravery, which has accumulated to +70.

If you set it according to the favorability of Crusader Kings 3, this is just knowing the favorability to reach 70.

Put some games.,Goodwill 60 is a friend.,Goodwill 70 can already be unlocked.,It's a qualitative line.。

Feng Daofu looked at the reactions of the priestesses who passed by, lifted the generator in his arms, and became more determined to walk the handsome guy god stick flow.

The beliefs of the Norse tribe are different from those of the Heavenly Father.

Many of the priestesses in Northern Europe were women who had lost their husbands and had no children.

I don't want to marry again, and I need to make a living.

After a vote by the tribal assembly, they were unanimously allowed to become the priests of the tribe.

While serving Odin, he rubbed a big pot of rice as a priest.

This nature determines that even if there are truly pious people, they are in the minority, and most of them are only for the sake of food and clothing.

Even if it is pious, because the content of the belief is far less complete than that of the three major religions, there are many weaknesses that can be exploited.

The Middle Ages required faith.

Vondolph, who has changed his mindset, intends to use his charm and knowledge to take a shortcut from the priestesses.

"For the development of human civilization, I am willing to sacrifice myself!"

"This is me, Justice Ling Ran Feng Dolph!"

......

Huge longhouse.

The priestesses gathered around the central fire pit to keep warm and cook.

They wore long robes, adorned with two round hooks in the shape of twisted beasts on their chests, and the rank of the priests could be judged by the size of the buckles, whether they were gold or bronze.

Several lower priestesses grind herbs with wooden bowls and hammers.

The chief priestess Margaret, dressed in a thick deerskin robe, subconsciously reached for it.

Halfway through his hand, he turned to the wooden spoon and took a little powder, adding herbal tea to the scorching kettle.

"Birch sap as a base, add half a spoonful of birch mushroom powder, and add rock fern, meadow fern, acidophilus, ......"

Margaret stirred as she spoke, "Just make a cup of Norse herbal tea, which helps to keep the body healthy and free from diseases. ”

"Please, Black Prince."

Pouring a full glass, Margaret turned to Vondolph: "May the goddess of death, who is in charge of aging and disease, hate you." ”

Looking at the chief priestess with long black hair in her twenties, Feng Daofu did not refuse: "Thank you." ”

He strode up to Margaret, his hands raised high.

The beautiful woman with a height of more than one meter seventy-five smiled and bent her knees slightly, leaned forward and handed it to Feng Daofu.

Feng Dolph didn't thank him, but raised his head and drank.

It is relatively light, with a slight bitter and herbal taste, but when you swallow it, there is a refreshing pine smell.

Feng Dolph nodded: "You have completely mastered this recipe." ”

Margaret smiled and said, "Thank you for adding a winter treat to the tribe." ”

In addition to using eloquence, Vondolph also showed some knowledge and got the help of the chief priestess to successfully convince the leader Ethelno, nicknamed 'The Rock'.

Now Vondolf wants to go one step further.

After Margaret asked, "Do you need me to collect herbs for you when you are injured and have come so far to see me?" ”

Vondolph said: "I would like to come and ask for your advice, about a private matter. ”

Margaret glanced around at the priestesses, who were staring at the boy with curious faces.

She looked at Feng Daofu for another two seconds, nodded and agreed: "Follow me." ”

The High Priest's Longhouse did not require livestock, and there was enough space to separate several private rooms.

Vondolph followed Margaret to the innermost.

It was the first time he had entered the chief priestess's room, and his first impression was that there were many planks.

A large number of wooden panels with inscriptions are stored here.

Like the earliest clay tablets, the Norse tribe used small chisels to carve messages into wooden boards, and all the letters were angular and angular, like cuneiform writing from the source.

"These are the greatest treasures of the chief priestesses of all ages."

Margaret stroked the board: "Writing instruments are too expensive, and for ordinary Norse, they may not have the opportunity to write and read in their lifetime, and they are not willing to learn." ”

"I used to try, and on the first day there were 100 children, and the second day there were only 50 children left."

"By the sixth day, there were only five girls left."

Margaret sighed with difficulty for the promotion of knowledge: "Black Prince, are your people like this in your kingdom?" ”

"Like the Northers, most of them don't have the opportunity to write and read in their lifetimes, but their passion for teaching their children to read and write is very high," Vondolph said. ”

"The reason is like the Eastern Empire."

"An ordinary propertied person of the Eastern Empire, that is, merchants, kulaks, and military officers, would send his children and grandchildren to grammar schools run everywhere to learn literacy skills and law."

"Why are you so passionate about educating your children and grandchildren? Because as long as you enter the university of Constantinople and successfully graduate after passing the test, you can become a warrior trusted by the emperor. ”

The samurai is said to make it easier for Margaret to understand.

The Norse had come into contact with Rome hundreds of years ago.

Around 150 AD, the Alexandrian writer Ptolemy recorded the various tribes of Scandinavia, and in the following centuries, various goods from the Roman Empire flowed into Scandinavia, including bronze, glass and jewelry, in exchange for Scandinavian fur and amber resources.

Margaret also had knowledge of Byzantium.

Vondolf took Byzantium as an example: "Although the generals, governors and deacons of the great political districts in various places had extremely high power at the local level, they were ultimately subject to the control of the emperor and the central court. ”

"Theoretically, these titles can't really be hereditary."

"In order to do this, the Eastern Empire believes that it is important to have enough qualified officials, so the emperor will vigorously cultivate them."

"Seeing that they can change their living environment, the people of the Eastern Empire are also very keen on educating their children and grandchildren."

"In addition to officials, there must be sufficient timely communications and roads."

"Collecting taxes and controlling local officials requires a sound transportation and communication system to complete the exchange of information and logistics from the central to the local level."

"The supporting post station system has brought financial, material, manpower, and management costs."

"Whether it is in terms of manpower, economy, technology or even administration, the Eastern Empire needs to pay extremely high economic and administrative costs for this, and in the end there are many gains."

"Constantine I abolished the tax in kind and replaced it with a currency tax, and his tax collectors were able to take out five years of money out of the pockets of the lowest people."

"Although Anastasias gave relief to the craftsmen and merchants by abolishing the five-year pension, he tied the small peasants to the land and collected an annual tax from the countryside."

"It was done almost precisely to hit the individual administration."

As Feng Daofu spoke, he thought of the distinction between centralized and feudal systems.

The economic base determines the superstructure, and if it weren't for the lack of money in the Middle Ages, how many countries in Europe would not want to engage in centralization?

In the Age of Discovery, when there was money, there was also an absolute monarchy, a bureaucracy, and a standing army.

This thing is really fragrant.

A bigger, richer, and more organized regime is stronger than a feudal regime.

But this is not just a matter of words.

There must be people with sufficient literacy rates, and there must be enough money to cover the cost of the post station system.

These two are not enough.

The regime is a violent power, which needs to be taxed, served, and suppressed, and it needs a strong ideology to stabilize, solidify, unify, and persuade.

Therefore, it is necessary to master the spiritual culture.

Start here......

Feng Dolph said something dry.

Pulling his neckline, Vondolph said to Margaret, who was fascinated by the listening: "I have answered your doubts, and now it is your turn to answer my doubts." ”

"I wish I had hollowed you out."

Margaret sighed dissatisfied: "What doubts do you have?" ”

Vondolph said: "Maybe it's fighting the gray wolf to the point of confusion...... I saw a vision, a powerful revelation. ”

Margaret looked serious: "Describe it." ”

"I saw Odin and Tyr, and I saw Badr, the god of light."

Vondolph picked up the generator: "Badr shares the power that I have in my hands on the light. ”

Click~

The joystick turns.

With the electric current, the carbonized cotton thread emits a faint light.

Margaret: "? ”

The always calm chief priestess's eyes widened and her breath became short.

"You've done a shocking trick!"

"Diplomatic escalation!"

"Gain Expertise - Favor Sophisticated (10% chance to double the power of persuasion, and relationships with powerful people in the settlement will increase over time)"

"Character Level Up!"

Vondolph felt a little hot, presumably the heat of the upgrade.

He looked at the black-haired priestess who was completely dumbfounded, and let out a cruel trick: "I also saw Freya's handmaiden, the Valkyrie El who has mastered medical skills, and she told me that as long as I heal 10 people, my injuries will heal quickly." ”

"I want you to help me find 10 patients......"

"Trigger Trait - Lustful"

Vondolph: "? ”

I'm talking about business, what the hell is this coming out of here?

Wait a minute!

Feng Daofu finally sensed that something was wrong: "What did you put in the herbal tea?" ”

Margaret subconsciously said: "It's just adding more anti-fatigue and exciting herbs." ”

"A lot of people go home and drink it and say it's very good."

"Children can also use it, and it won't have the effect that adults can have."

"This is the wisdom of the chief priestess!"

The brunette priestess raised her chin proudly.

What the hell am I .......

Feng Dolph looked at her completely defenseless with heavy breathing, and decided to teach her a lesson.

......

In the cold regions of Northern Europe, there is a special species of ant that can build unique insulated nests.

In order to keep warm enough, the little ants need to diligently carry grass, leaves, and stem fragments before wintering.

Small ants have natural strange powers and can easily carry large blades.

Small body, big blades.

Traces dragged out of the ground.

Before returning home, the little ant's head shook from side to side, shaking with the blades.

Violent movements, throwing out dewdrops.

The weight was reduced, and the blades were finally able to take home.

The chemical process by which the leaves come into contact with humus releases heat, which makes the nest hotter and hotter.

The little ants replenished their physical strength and continued to work tirelessly to keep the nest stockpiled enough to survive the winter.

This is truly a miracle of nature born in the cold zone!