This brave man is a scumbag

Chapter 287 Windmill Knight
On the second day, Zhou Li and his party went to Don Quixote's fief.

Don Quixote's fief is called "La Mancha", which is a plain by the river.Her fief is not too big, but the soil is very fertile, which is extremely suitable for farming.Therefore, most of Don Quixote's fiefdoms are continuous cultivated land and paddy fields. Standing on the road and looking at it, everything is golden.

It is the autumn harvest season, and there are farmers harvesting rice in all the rice fields.When Zhou Li and his party passed by, they would raise their heads and greet Zhou Li and his party with a smile.They couldn't see Zhou Li's identity, and they didn't know the purpose of their group. They were just expressing their goodwill, that's all.

"so beautiful."

Lin Zi, who has almost never left the city, looked at the blue sky and the golden rice fields, and couldn't help expressing emotion, "Is this the territory of Sister Tang? It's really beautiful."

"Only her territory is like this. In other territories, you can only see private soldiers, castles, and foreign serfs."

Zhou Li was observing the ditches on both sides of the road. Since he came to this world, he rarely had the opportunity to visit the "village" of this world.Now it seems that there seems to be a different kind of vitality here.

"Although Don Quixote doesn't understand the world, but for these people and territories, Don Quixote is the most perfect lord in their hearts."

Ivy on the side looked at the thriving scene and couldn't help but praised Don Quixote's behavior in the territory.

"But that creates another problem."

Linghai on the side stepped out of the void gate and landed lightly beside Lin Zi.She patted the dust on Lin Zi's shoulder, and then said with emotion: "Reduce taxes, don't build castles, and don't oppress civilians. I have been to many places, but there are only a few territories that can do like Don Quixote make the people happy."

"Tax reduction or even no tax collection. Although these people's lives have improved, the Hede family has always been impoverished. Don Quixote met you, so the Hede family survived. I'm afraid the family will be outlawed a few months ago."

Ain took Kaya's hand and said calmly: "If the Hede family is banned, what awaits these commoners is the fate of being oppressed by other nobles. And because this land did not bring enough profits before, they will become squeeze them hard."

"so…"

Zhou Li looked at the towns that were getting closer and closer in the distance, and said generously in a righteous tone: "If I were Don Quixote, I would directly accumulate food and build a high wall, and restore relations with other nobles on the surface, and buy a piece of supplies Buy the ministers of the court. Then use the reputation of the Hede family to make friends with professionals from all walks of life, and finally..."

"Why do you look at me like that?"

Facing Zhou Li's violent remarks, everyone's eyes were no longer as surprised as before.They just stared at Zhou Li indifferently with "ah, you're starting again", which made Zhou Li furious when he didn't get a response, and was about to practice what he had said just now.If it hadn't been for Elma to suppress him, Zhou Li might have rushed into the royal city and shouted, "The prince and general Xiangning have a kindness".

Of course, he also yelled before, and he yelled in the palace.

"Don Quixote told me that the custom here is that the funeral cannot be sad, nor can it hinder everyone's work. Only comrades-in-arms and relatives must attend the funeral, and the funeral should not be too painful, otherwise the dead soul will linger for a long time. "

At this time, Ain opened his mouth and reminded everyone: "After we arrive at the funeral, you don't need to do anything, just wait for Don Quixote and the others to put the dead soldiers into the cemetery, and finally place the white flowers in an orderly manner. It’s fine on the altar.”

"Honestly, very few people understand them."

Letting go of Kaya's hand who wanted to catch the butterfly, Ain looked at the harvesting farmers in the field, and said complicatedly: "According to common sense, if a legion wants to strengthen its cohesion, it must have various social activities with enough ostentation. The most important of these is the funeral."

"After a battle, if any legion loses a member with a higher rank, or if many fighters die, the funeral must be held grandly. This will let other fighters know that they will also enjoy the same benefits after death. Specifications, will willingly die for this legion."

Ain, who has participated in funerals of all sizes, retrieved Kaya who opened the void portal to catch butterflies, and sighed: "But the funeral of the Guardian Shield is much simpler than I thought, but I have seen this legion Soldiers bravely killed the enemy, which makes me a little incredible."

"This is so incredible."

Zhou Li, who used the power of the emperor to pull the butterfly to Kaya, smiled, "You have also experienced Don Quixote's personal charm. An idealist has the power to realize his ideals, so she is worth following."

"Idealist..."

Lin Ling nodded thoughtfully. She had seen Don Quixote and the Guardian's Shield.Due to his duties, Lin Ling had had a lot of business dealings with the Knights Templar, and he also knew the status Gerost had in that legion.Lin Ling was shocked when Don Quixote led the Guardian Shield to stand proudly in front of Elma, blocking the attacks of false ancient gods time and time again.

In the Shield of the Guardian, there are only two Knights of the Radiance level, and most of the rest are Platinum and Gold rank knights, and the leader Don Quixote has only just broken through the Radiance level.But it was such a legion that withstood countless attacks from the ancient gods who surpassed the god-given level.Thinking about it now, this is indeed an incredible thing.

"Don Quixote's career is ideal, and normal careers are incomparable."

Zhou Li waved his hand. He saw Lin Ling's hesitation and doubts, and reminded him aloud: "The power of her profession is that the stronger her belief is, the more she will gain power beyond the ordinary. The ancient gods killed civilians in front of her, destroyed City-state, Don Quixote's strength at that time had been raised to the level of a demigod. Not to mention the blessing of the legion, she was naturally powerful."

Chatting all the way, everyone also arrived in La Mancha.The town of La Mancha is very different from other towns in Magnum. This town has no walls and no guards. There are only a few wooden stakes that seem to be practicing swords to set the boundaries.At this time, it was busy farming season, and there were not many adults in the city, but there were still many children making noise in the street.

La Mancha is an ordinary rural town. The houses are built of ordinary stone bricks, but there is no color requirement, so the streets of La Mancha look colorful and a little messy, but they are full of vitality.As if it was a custom, Zhou Li noticed that windmills of different colors were hung on the windows of the houses on the streets of this town, turning slowly with the breeze.

"Is this Miss Tang's territory?"

Lin Zi, who came here for the first time, felt a different atmosphere. She looked around curiously and excitedly. Her long hair like a purple iris was glowing with a layer of warm luster in the sun.

"La Mancha means a place of endless peace and happiness."

A voice came from the side, and everyone looked at it. Don Quixote, who was dressed in silver-white knight armor, stood aside, with a gentle smile on his face, "Thank you for participating in this funeral. At the same time, welcome to my hometown."

"It's a beautiful place."

Elma stepped forward, hugged Don Quixote lightly, slightly pursed her lower lip, and solemnly said to her: "Thank you and everyone from Guardian Shield for everything you have done."

"You and Mr. Zhou Li have taught me a lot, this is what I should do."

Likewise, Don Quixote solemnly answers Elma's thanks.Although it may seem like a scene, but for Don Quixote, this sentence is her heartfelt speech.

During the period of following Zhou Li, although Don Quixote did not have a strong sense of presence, she did learn a lot from the whole team.The most typical of which is flexibility.

Note that the whole flexibility refers to "treating certain groups of people with fraternity and chivalry", rather than Zhou Li's "my bottom line depends on mood".For example, according to the chivalry spirit of the older generation, Don Quixote should not help the armies of other countries. This is an act without the soul of a knight.Under the influence of Zhou Li, Don Quixote has abandoned this old idea and chose the justice in his heart.

In the same way, she also learned trust from Erma.Believe in yourself, but also trust your companions.In fact, Don Quixote's aptitude is completely divine. If she hadn't been bound by the ancient chivalry spirit, she might have gone a step further and stepped into the realm bestowed by the gods.

Of course, it's not too late, not at all.Don Quixote in the previous life also realized the mistakes of the ancient chivalry, but the price was that the Twilight Forest was slaughtered, her faith completely collapsed, and she raised her long sword to point at her most trusted comrade-in-arms.

"By the way, where is Zhou Li?"

Elma was stunned suddenly, she found that there was a hero missing beside her.

"over there."

After the guidance of the talented little assistant Kaya, everyone's eyes focused on Zhou Li who was looking at the excavator at the side of the street.Ivy shook his head with a helpless smile and stepped forward.

Then squatted down with Zhou Li and looked at the excavator.

In the end, Ain grabbed Ivy's ear and pulled Zhou Li, who was fascinated by excavators, over.Zhou Li, who had just escaped from his childhood dream, noticed Don Quixote. He looked up and down the heroic girl, and suddenly smiled.

"Promoted?"

what?
The others were stunned for a moment.Neither the Lin sisters nor the Al brothers and sisters are professionals, so they can't perceive it.As for Linghai and Kaya, one is taciturn and the other doesn't understand anything, so everyone doesn't know that Don Quixote has stepped into the realm of brilliance at this time, and at the same time he has touched the edge of demigod.

"You see it."

Nodding his head, Don Quixote didn't have any pride, and said to Zhou Li as if he was talking about a very common thing: "After returning home, I was promoted to Bright, and now I have vaguely touched the demigod. It is estimated that it will break through within two years."

"This is what you deserve."

Zhou Li is well aware of this girl's persistence and perseverance. In many cases, the unsmiling Don Quixote will always be the one with the lowest sense of existence.She just followed Zhou Li silently, standing behind Zhou Li with her shield and her guardian shield.But it is also because of her that Zhou Li often has the confidence to break the boat.

"The funeral will be held in two hours. This time, a total of 36 people died. I will bury them at the foot of Kachu Mountain, which is a sea of ​​white dew flowers and the home of our Guardian Shield."

Don Quixote glanced at the white flowers worn by everyone, and a gloomy flash of light flashed in his eyes, but it quickly dissipated, "Everyone is still the same as before, there is no need to have too much sadness or sadness. Every one of our guardian shields We are ready to die in battle, and we don't want the people we protect to be sad because of parting."

"We get it."

Zhou Li nodded, and everyone also indicated that they understood the customs of funerals.Led by don Quixote, the crowd came to one of the few three-story buildings in this town—the guest house.

"In fact, most of my castle is uninhabitable. The humidity and lack of maintenance have completely destroyed dozens of rooms, so I can only wrong you to rest here."

At this time, a trace of embarrassment appeared on Don Quixote's face.She has a castle, which occupies a small area. If you use high emotional intelligence, it means "the antiques are well preserved."

Normally, it has not been maintained for more than 100 years, and the vampires have to wrinkle their noses and roll when they come.

Everyone in Zhouli also knew about Don Quixote's predicament. In fact, Don Quixote is not short of money now. As a guardian shield hired by Zhouli, his annual income is already more than the two-year tax revenue of other towns. .But Don Quixote did not use this income to repair the castle, all the money was used for town construction and training for the Guardian Shield.

Zhou Li had been to Don Quixote's castle in his previous life, or to put it another way, he had been to that magical cave.That place already belongs to a ghost house where breathing animals can't live easily. No, ghosts can't bear to go to such a place to scare people.

Except for the few rooms where Don Quixote lived in the whole castle, there was no room for human beings to live in. It was hard for Zhou Li to believe that this was a castle that a Marquis could own.No, it was hard for him to believe that it was a castle that could live in people.

"It's okay, it's fine here."

It can be seen that Elma really likes this small and exquisite guest house.She looked at the cluster of colorful windmills by the window, and said to Don Quixote with a smile: "People in La Mancha like windmills very much."

"this…"

Speaking of windmills, a faint blush appeared on Don Quixote's face, which was extremely rare for her.But this was also a fleeting thing, she quickly returned to her normal state, and explained to everyone with relief:
"Everyone in La Mancha loves windmills because of me."

"When I was young, I admired knights like my father, but my father didn't train me to be a successor at first. He thought war was too dangerous and didn't want me, a girl, to take risks."

"But I wasn't a girl at the time, I was always playing knights of the dragon with the boys in La Mancha. I was often playing the dragon because I was tall. But really, I wanted to be Valiant knight."

A faint smile appeared on the face of Don Quixote, who was caught in the memories. She looked at the group of colorful windmills and said nostalgicly: "Then one day, I took a knight's sword woven from vines and a pot cover. , fantasizing that I became a heroic knight. I went to various areas of La Mancha, trying to find bad guys to subdue him. Unfortunately, there are no bad guys and no dragons in La Mancha under my father's rule, so the little knight has no Find her purpose."

"Later, I focused on the windmill. At that time, I thought that the windmill was the biggest thing in the world, and the dragon in the fairy tale book was also the biggest thing. So I thought that the windmill was actually transformed by a dragon, and the righteous me To slay the dragon, to slay the whirling windmill."

The silver armor on his body, the long sword on his waist, and the badge on his chest.Don Quixote felt everything, but the little knight appeared in front of his eyes, holding up the wooden sword, and bravely swiping at the huge windmill.

"Later, I fought fiercely with the windmill for a day, and finally my mother who rushed home took me home and gave me a hard lesson. This incident spread quickly, and everyone laughed and said that I was a windmill knight. I was very depressed at the time , I think they are laughing at my childish behavior."

"But my father, who used to be strict, didn't say a word. On my 12th birthday, my father called me over and gave me a real wooden sword."

"He said, I was very young, but I had the idea of ​​protecting others. Although I only had a thin body, I dared to challenge a strong opponent with a crude weapon. That day, my father passed on the emblem of the Guardian's Shield to me. , and officially began to teach me to be a knight."

"Slowly, I began to learn the rules of chivalry and began to practice with iron swords. One day, my father took the guardian's shield to a deep valley to rescue. It happened that on that day, a fleeing monster broke into La Mancha. At that time, I was only 15 years old, took the shield and sword, stood under the windmill, and killed the monster."

When the monster roared and fell, the sunset stretched the shadow of the windmill very long, and the reflection of the rotating wind blades fell on Don Quixote.She raised her head, seeming to understand something.

"Actually, I like the title Windmill Knight."

The windmill is turned by the wind, bringing people a good harvest.

(End of this chapter)