Planetary Museum

The little sun has set, and the big sun is still some distance away.Shen Changwen picked up the binoculars and easily found a village in his field of vision.

"My lord envoy," Tallinn seemed to have seen the plan of this lord envoy, and reminded, "It's only half a day away from the royal city, and we can arrive tonight."

Shen Changwen shook his head, and still gave the order according to his original plan: "Herald, inform the troops to rest in the village ahead tonight."

There were hardly any people left in the village, and it was very close to King Elis City. Obviously, most of the people here had already rushed to the city to "eat cakes".Only some old people, women, and children who can only suckle are left in the village.

The soldiers quickly found the two best houses in the village for Shen Changwen and Tallinn to live in, and the rest lived in the farmers' homes according to the original plan.Those farmers who were driven out happily held gold coins and white sugar, praising the kindness of the God of the Land.

Tallinn found two lambs in the village, and quickly prepared an exquisite roast lamb for Shen Changwen, sprinkled with cumin and pepper... Still according to the original rules, Shen Changwen's first knife is always Come on.Shen Changwen frowned and looked at the thick layer of spices on the mutton, completely lost his appetite: "Forget it, you guys eat, I'll eat biscuits."

These ancient people's obsession with spices is almost like taking drugs. Since they brought back supplies from the transfer point and walked back, every soldier in this army now has their eyes fixed on Shen Changwen when they eat. Nodding his head, he immediately sprinkled a lot of spices into the meat and bread. After eating, every soldier would recall the delicious food just eaten in a trance, just like the Tallinn in front of him.

Tallinn had just eaten a big mouthful of meat. The fat and tender mutton slid back and forth between his teeth and tongue, making him almost reluctant to swallow the meat.The smell of spices spread from the mouth to the brain, and every hair on the body felt extremely comfortable.When the meat in the mouth finally fell into the stomach, the mouth subconsciously looked for the next delicious bite...

When Tallinn finished eating the leg of lamb in his hand, he found that the envoy of God was staring at him. After seeing Tallinn's eyes, he said to him, "Have you finished eating?"

Tallinn looked at the barbecue on the shelf, and then at Shen Changwen: "Is there something wrong with God Envoy?"

"It's something, come with me."

Tallinn followed the envoy to a small high slope at the entrance of the village.The envoy took out a small black box in front of him, and then he said a few words to the box. Tallinn had seen similar actions by the envoy before, and that box was a fetish from the heavens. Even if they are thousands of miles apart, they can communicate with each other.

After a while, Tallinn heard His Majesty's voice from the fetish.

"Talin," King Elis seems to be eating now, and Talin can hear the sound of chewing in his mouth, "I have given you a task. When you arrive at King Elis City tomorrow, you will be a hero."

"Hero?" Tallinn didn't understand what His Majesty meant, "Who is Your Majesty asking me to deal with?"

"Heroes don't just kill people," said the king. "Heroes must be an example to all."

Tallinn was even more confused. Since he became the head of the guard, he has positioned himself as a sword in the hands of His Majesty the King. If His Majesty tells him to kill anyone, he will go there, even if the target is a city wall. To break his sword, he had to cut it desperately.Naturally, such a person can't be a role model. When all nobles talk about themselves, they only have one metaphor: a dog that can bite people.

And a dog certainly cannot be a role model, let alone a hero.

"No, Tallinn, yes," said the king, "if you have a dog at home, and you bring back a box of gold in the wilderness, it will also serve as an example for you, and you will even let your children Learn from this dog."

Tallinn seemed to understand what the king meant, but he wasn't particularly sure.

"All the spices and sugar that you helped the envoy bring back this time will be your trophies, do you understand the trophies?" the king said, "When you enter the city tomorrow morning, you must open all the bags and let the people at the city gate Everyone saw what you brought back and told the whole city that in the mountains in the south, patches of spices grow everywhere like weeds, and as long as you grab a few, you can have them, which is hard to achieve in this life wealth."

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According to His Majesty's request, Tallinn was busy dressing up the team for the whole night.

All the soldiers were assembled, and after the king's spirit was preached, the chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep in the village suffered.Everyone began to smear the blood of these animals on the armor, and then distributed a large bag of spices and gold coins to each soldier. These spices were deliberately packed in some transparent plastic bags and placed on the waist of the armor. , In this way, when they rode into the city, everyone could clearly see that such expensive spices were dangling in front of their eyes.These spices will be used as rewards and hush money for these soldiers. The king even encourages them. After entering the city, everyone will go to the market to sell their spices. Of course, everyone must tell the legend of these spices in a unified way. ——According to the guidance of the divine envoy, they discovered a large number of spice producing areas in the mountains in the south, and what is even more incredible is that the kings and lords in the south were unaware of it.

Of course, as to what role each of them plays in the story, that's up to them.

The spices belonged to them, and those gold coins, according to Tallinn's instructions, they needed to throw one of them to the civilians.After everyone enters the city, everyone will be checked. If a gold coin is found, not only will this person lose their pepper, but they may also lose their life.

Because of these unexpected missions and wealth, almost all the soldiers were so excited that they didn't sleep well. This excitement lasted until Shen Changwen woke up the next day, and it still didn't subside in the slightest.When Shen Changwen issued the order to set off, all the soldiers jumped up and down with high morale.

Compared with the excitement of these soldiers, Shen Changwen was more worried.With such a dense population in the King City of Elis, if you come to hold this kind of city entry ceremony and throw money in the process... aren't you afraid of a group stampede?The death of a few aborigines is a trivial matter, if it triggers looting by the crowd...don't be a happy event, but it ends up as a funeral.

"Professor Shen, it's okay," Wu Xiaoqing comforted him when contacting him, "Most of the people who went to watch were nobles, and they all brought vassals and soldiers with them, and they will maintain order."

Shen Changwen didn't dare to have too much hope for these nobles. In his eyes, let alone nobles in this era, even a king would have a country bumpkin mentality when facing modern civilization.

"We're leaving now, is the city ready?"

"Ready, according to the discussion last night, you parade around the city, accept the review in the square, and then the king makes a speech to declare war."

"Speech?" Shen Changwen doubted whether the king had this ability, "Didn't it mean that the king couldn't read all the characters?"

According to the standards of this era, the king should not be considered illiterate, after all, he can write and read letters by himself.However, according to the standards of professors from Shen Changwen University, he is completely illiterate. He can still make all kinds of low-level mistakes, misspellings, and missing spellings when writing a letter in his mother tongue. The level of people who write things.

"The king gives a speech every time he declares war... It is said that he is very popular... We still follow the plan. If you are afraid of accidents, you don't have to come out. Just don't follow the team into the city. You can come in through the north gate by detour."

"We still have to watch them," Shen Changwen looked at the soldiers around and the heavy supplies hanging on the saddle, "No one is watching, they will steal all these things." Along the way, just In order to prevent his own people from stealing things, Shen Changwen spent countless energy.Ordered and punished more than a dozen people, a total of hundreds of military sticks, before finally stopping this trend.

When the team walked out of the village and came to the road, many people who lived outside the city had already noticed them.The work last night was obviously a success. Everyone's armor had a lot of shiny plastic paper attached to it. Under the sunlight, the paper reflected a little bit of light, making the entire armor look radiant.After walking in, everyone naturally noticed the smell of blood permeating the team.Dried blood can be clearly seen on the horse's back, and traces of battle can be seen on the knight's helmet and armor.Of course, what attracts passers-by's attention the most is the transparent, bulging bag hanging around every knight's waist. When seeing that bag, everyone can't help but wipe their eyes hard, are you sure it's not I misread it because the sun was too hot.

It is the whole package of pepper, cloves and cinnamon, those spices that are more precious than gold, to these knights, it is like a bag of salt or bread crumbs that they carry with them. As the horse bumps, these spices are rhythmic in the plastic bag Shaking, driving the eyes of those who followed the team to shake.

In the spice market in Elis, if someone wants to buy pepper, the price is calculated according to the grain. Ordinary people will only go to those spice markets to buy a dozen peppers on important festivals or occasions to entertain distinguished guests, and then go back to the spice market. Finely grind it into powder, and add a little salt.Whether these spices are sprinkled on meat or bread at the end, they will cause a wave of admiration in the diners, and a meal with pepper is almost worth a commoner's boasting for several years.

Many freedmen often cannot buy a pinch of pepper with a year's hard work.And the team with hundreds of horses and more than 100 people in front of them probably carried more spices than the entire Elis King City had seen and eaten in more than ten years. Where did they get them?