forest kingdom

Chapter 17 Bread and Village Girl

The existence of pirates is not a secret. There are many families in the Kingdom of Lofen who are engaged in pirate-related work preparations.

From slave trade to port ship maintenance, from merchant trade to mercenary wars, every ten or decades, there will be a war towards the wealthy areas of the south.

The trade route to the south was occupied by the barbarians from the plains of the Kingdom of Luofen. The pirates' route was along the ice sea to the east or west, robbing caravans at sea or coastal areas.

These groups of pirates are not just a handful of people. They once organized fleets of thousands of sailboats and tens of thousands of people to go out to rob.

Pirates are divided into three types of people: nobles, free men, and slaves.

Lawrence now belongs to the slave class because he has no land or house.

Members who do not have land, houses, or families belong to the slave class in the Luofen Kingdom and even other kingdoms.

Fortunately, Lawrence purchased a slave, and according to the simple rules full of loopholes in this wild area, he was no longer a slave.

Regardless of whether it is the East or the West, those who do not have land and houses are tenant farmers or serfs.

Having a house and land in the city is only the basic condition for ordinary people and free people.

Lawrence wanted to own his own land and house now. He could have enclosed his own land in the mountains, but no one here cared about it.

However, after arriving here, Lawrence belatedly discovered that someone was actually in charge.

Lawrence looked at the strong man Andrew walking in front.

"Andrew, you are actually very powerful, right?" Lawrence looked at Andrew with admiration.

Andrew turned his head, his old face full of doubts.

"what are you saying?"

Lawrence said quickly: "I didn't feel it a few days ago, but I suddenly realized it today. Andrew, you are also a prominent figure here, right?"

Andrew shook his head, "No, I'm not a noble."

Lawrence smiled and said: "Even if you are not a noble, I think you must know many people here and be respected by many people. You are a warrior, right?"

Andrew was so praised by Lawrence, he couldn't help but look happy and proud, and his back straightened even more.

"Yes, that's right, you are right!"

Lawrence was now sure that as long as it was within the area of ​​human activity, there would be no unclaimed land, and whoever had the bigger fist would always get it.

Andrew didn't mind Lawrence settling near his home, otherwise it would involve a lot of troublesome problems, some that needed to be solved with fists.

Amidst the compliments and small talk, Lawrence also learned where to go.

This time we went to a town called Pumixiu. In addition to the flour mill, the town also had a market, a tavern, and a blacksmith shop.

Farm tools from several nearby settlements are purchased from this blacksmith shop, and this shop also recycles iron tools.

The pub is also a comprehensive building. In addition to drinking and chatting, it also serves as a hotel business. The type is similar to that of a hotel. Before going to bed, someone will ask you if you need any additional services.

Usually it is a night job, and it is mainly done by married women, and the targets are also businessmen from other places.

The mill was in a remote part of the village because of the noise. Outside the wooden house that looked like a granary was a large forest with a lot of excrement in it.

It’s not that I’m hungry or thirsty to this extent, it’s mainly because the job of making noodles is heavy physical labor. Only a very small number of people can crush a stone weighing [-] to [-] kilograms, and a normal person’s arm will hurt in just ten seconds.

You need to find someone to help you with this kind of thing.

Women in this era don't have the dignity to ask for help, and basically solve problems on their own.

Most local women have their own men helping them. Men from other places come here mainly to drink in pubs and brag. Women bring their children over to have sex together. When there are more people, the woods outside are filled with feces.

There is almost no customs industry. Women in poor areas will not be single for too long. This is true for women in this era. It is easy to find a stable spouse.

Those that cannot be found will be eliminated.

Although it is poor here, it is not particularly poor. Those who are extremely poor usually die and cannot survive the winter.

Lawrence quickly said: "Then I'll go to the blacksmith and ask if he can use silver."

The mill was not attractive to Lawrence. On the contrary, he was somewhat resistant to it after knowing that he was going to be used as a livestock.I don’t want to go to the tavern either. Among the remaining markets and blacksmith shops, the blacksmith shop is naturally the most important.

The recycling business of the blacksmith shop is related to how much food and props you can bring back.

Andrew laughed and said, "Okay, let Salil take you there. I'm going to drink first. I'll help you ask Doug if there is a cashier at noon."

Doug is the name of the tavern owner. He is a prominent figure in the town and a medicine merchant.

Everyone soon arrived at the small town of Pumixiu. There were few trees around here, and most areas were bare with no trees or grass.

After entering a small town with a wooden structure, I found that the place was already bustling.

The imaginary mess and cattle and sheep excrement no longer exist. The residents of this place also have their own law enforcement rights. If anyone dares to pull cattle and sheep to defecate in front of the door, they will naturally ask for an explanation, so order and rules are formed.

The market is a few meters away from the houses and not far from the living area of ​​the town residents. The wooden doors and tents of the townspeople can be clearly seen all around.

Most of them are large wooden houses, but there are also a few large two-story wooden houses, which look like classrooms or shops.

There are already many vendors sitting in the market, and vendors are coming one after another to place the dried fish and salt they have obtained at the edge.

People use baskets to set up their stalls, and some put several baskets directly in front of them, with live chickens and sheep inside.

Others put a wooden board on the box or stone, with smoked meat and stale pork on it, as well as wild animals such as squirrels, rabbits, and snakes.

People would bring the wild animals they hunted and sell them for money, but it didn't look like the business was going well.

There are very few food sellers, most of them sell clay pots, earthen basins and woven products, including baskets and sieves, as well as wooden hoes, barrels and wooden basins.

In front of the stall selling fruits and wild vegetables, Andrew said goodbye to everyone, took the blackberry straw bag from the Dom sheep and strode to the tavern.

Sophia took the initiative to lead the other Dom sheep and asked Salil: "What are we doing now?"

Salil looked left and right, looking at the products sold today while shopping, and said: "Let's go to Emma's house to get wheat. There are no stones in the wheat Emma gave, so it won't eat your teeth."

Lawrence understood it very well and said excitedly: "Yes! I hate the kind of things that make me eat until I get stoned!"

Most ordinary people during this period had rotten teeth.

It is not easy to eat food without sand.

Sometimes the inclusion is not intentional, it’s mainly because I don’t care about it at all during cleaning and processing, and there is no thought of quality control at all.

Sophia also has a deep understanding of it. She often ate the kind of food that makes her teeth grind in the slave house.

Eating bread in large quantities was a privilege reserved only for nobles, and both free men and slaves had to be careful when eating.

Salil quickly led the two of them to the door of a house on the street. This house was a large house five meters long and three meters wide. It looked like a rectangular workshop with a simple triangular roof. Covered with thatch, the walls are also simple structures of earth and wood.

"Emma, ​​it's me, Sariel."

As soon as Salil's voice fell, a woman's voice came to mind behind the wooden door.

"It's Salil! I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

Soon a young woman wearing an apron-like outfit opened the door. Her young face had freckles and messy red hair that looked like she hadn't been washed for several days. She was looking at Sally with a happy face. you.

Emma is very young, she looks less than 20 years old, but she is already a mother of three children.

Sariel also smiled and said: "This time it's earlier than before. This is Mr. Lawrence, and Lawrence's servant Sophia."

Emma also noticed Lawrence and Sophia.

"Mr. Lawrence?" Emma looked at Lawrence up and down doubtfully, her arms generously supporting her breasts in front of her, looking at Lawrence like an interrogation, "What will he do? He doesn't seem to have much strength."

Lawrence is not tall. In an environment like the North where the average height per person is 1.7 to 1.8 meters, Lawrence's height of 1.7 meters is a bit short.

This place is mainly due to the integration of Northland pirate genes, and the average height in the plains is less than 1.7 meters.

Sariel glanced at Lawrence and introduced to Emma: "Lawrence is a wise scholar. He can catch squirrels in the trees and rabbits in the forest, even after walking for a month in the mountains. I got lost, but also saved my father from the man-eating water and fought off the man-eating water.”

Emma's face gradually became tense, and soon she put her hands on her abdomen and said anxiously to Lawrence: "Mr. Lawrence! I'm Emma!"

(End of this chapter)