sleep forever

Udyr was so angry that he was almost speechless, and Robert followed him back and forth to cheer him up. After a while, Udyr waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'm fine, go check it out, why Zelong Er suddenly wants Xiao Song to study warfare, I always feel that something happened that we don’t know very well.”

Robert led the way.

Two hours later, it was already late at night, and Udyr put a piece of information on the table, and the paper was softened by Robert's sweat.

"Xiao Song wiped out Tachibana's cavalry scouts with zero casualties?" Udyr was startled at first, and then became furious: "This ignorant little bastard didn't notify me in advance when such a big event happened. Let me help him, is it just a show to be my teacher? In case something happens to him, how will I, an old man, live in the future! No, I have to scold this little guy face to face, I am so mad, Robert, prepare the car..."

Robert jumped up on the chair with a breath of air: "My lord, don't worry, Your Excellency Chen Xiansong is fine. It's already late, and going to Huishi Village will disturb his rest. It's not too late to leave tomorrow." .”

What Robert said made sense, Udyr was so angry that he paced back and forth in circles in the study, and finally sighed angrily: "This bastard boy, I am so mad, I really want to beat him up."

When it was almost noon the next day, Chen Xiansong was woken up by Alice. He sat on the balcony and looked at the distant scenery in a daze. Balfe said behind him: "Master, we were in the small forest near the entrance of the village yesterday. A large number of war horses were found, which should be the mounts of the group of Tachibana cavalry. Some escaped, and we only caught 33 horses. What is the owner going to do with them?"

"How about slaughtering the dried wax and improving the food for everyone." Chen Xiansong weakly rested his head on the railing.

Balfe laughed helplessly: "It's too wasteful. An ordinary horse can be sold for ten gold coins in the market. This is a high-quality cavalry horse from Tachibana. If it is pulled into the black market, it will cost at least thirty gold coins." If you sell it, you will get a lot of money." As for how much money you can get, Balfe can't figure it out, he doesn't know how to calculate.

"Can you call Alex for me?" Chen Xiansong said suddenly.

Balfe didn't understand why the subject suddenly changed direction, but he followed through and called Alex up.

"Teacher." Alex came up and gave a disciple salute: "What can I tell the students?"

Chen Xiansong yawned: "How is your multiplication and oral judging now?"

"It's already in my mind."

"Teacher, let me test you. Balfe has caught 33 war horses, and each horse costs [-] gold coins. If I sell them all, how much money can I get?"

Alex thought for a while and said, "Teacher, can you give me a piece of paper and a pen."

"Go to my room, there are pens and paper on the table, come out and tell me after you finish the calculation."

About ten minutes later, Alex, who was sweating profusely, came out and said uncertainly: "Teacher, I figured it out, nine hundred and ninety gold coins, I don't know, right?"

Chen Xiansong turned around and smiled: "By the way, it seems that you have been working hard recently. Keep studying. Jessica's homework is slower than yours. Help me teach her when you have time."

"Yes." Alex left after another disciple salute.

Balfe watched Alex go downstairs with some envy, and Chen Xiansong saw the expression on the other side.He sat lazily on the clean wooden floor, shaking his body slightly from side to side, with a relaxed look: "Balfe, among the six of you, apart from Sophia who can barely count, there are others who can calculate or Can you read and write?"

Balfe shook his head.

"Among the mercenaries, how many people have other specialties like Campbell and Sophia?" Chen Xiansong asked.

"Very little." Balfe thought for a while and said, "Even if you can, it's some relatively simple basic characters. If you pass the knowledge, it's better to be a nobleman's steward or a clerk than to be a steward who doesn't know when." A mercenary who will die. There are not many people like Campbell who study as a mercenary while earning tuition."

"Do you want to learn writing and computing?" Chen Xiansong asked.

"Of course I want to, but unfortunately we don't have money. The cost of knowledge is too expensive, especially writing. As long as you master the writing, you can read books and learn more knowledge. Proficiency in a writing is the basic condition for becoming a nobleman." Balfe had a bitter look on his face.

"If you want to learn, Xiao Min and I can teach you." Chen Xiansong said.

Hearing this, Balfe didn't have any joyful expression on his face. Instead, he looked solemn: "Master, I know you have a good heart and are willing to teach us for free, but knowledge is too precious, especially words. You can't just pass on words. , If you want to learn characters, you have to pay a huge price. This is an unwritten rule. Does the master remember what happened to little Jessica? Alex paid a sum of gold coins, so he learned characters, nothing People gossip, but little Jessica was able to learn characters and calculations from you without paying any price. It is true that some people in Huishi Village made troubles in it, but in fact, it was also this unwritten rule that broke out A performance."

Chen Xiansong frowned: "So complicated?"

"This is why Campbell only learned computing from Ms. Bai Min." Balfe explained: "Writing can only be mastered by a small number of people, and the masters include Alex and Little Jessica. , if we learn characters from Your Excellency, it is very likely that we will become the enemy of everyone."

Hearing what Balfe said, Chen Xiansong remembered that in the book, it was recorded in the Dark Age of Civilization, that in order to ensure that the knowledge was in the hands of the privileged class, the nobles tacitly limited the number of students, and those who secretly studied The civilians of the text were put to death.

Chen Xiansong understood what Balfe meant. If the six mercenaries became his students and learned to write, their lives might be in danger.

Chen Xiansong didn't think he could fight against the nobles of the whole world. He sighed regretfully: "Since characters cannot be learned, there should be no problem with computing. If you can't even count, you will be able to do things in the future." Quite troublesome."

Balfe finally bent over with a happy face at this moment: "This is our great honor."

At this time, Sophia ran up the stairs stepping on the stairs: "Master, Your Excellency Udyr is here, and he seems very angry."

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Lidaya, a city on the northern border of Tachibana, in the city lord's mansion.

On the wall of the main hall, there are six huge portraits of people. Schumacher-Dolan in a clean and heavy armor stands in front of the paintings, with a gloomy face. Not far in front of him, there are three black leather armor kneeling on one knee. scout cavalry.

"Ribengel has been captured, and you don't know who the enemy is? What's his name?"

The cavalry scout kneeling in the middle was covered in cold sweat. He tremblingly said, "My lord, the captain asked the three of us to stay on guard, so we can escape and report the news to the city lord."

Schumacher waved his hands expressionlessly: "There is no need to explain. Since he was defeated by the nobles, it is unlikely that Benjer's life would be in danger there. He was probably captured. The three of you retreated and went to the military inspection department by yourself. Get punished."

The three scouts all breathed a sigh of relief, thanked Schumacher for not killing him, and quickly retreated from the Santo's Mansion.

"Ballerada!"

"What's your order, father?" The young man who had been standing by the side just now took a step forward. He was wearing a light silver leather armor with a pattern of a stretched red longbow engraved on his chest.

"Take my token and take three hundred Galewind Bow Riders to bring your elder brother back. Do you know what to do then?"

"If elder brother dies in battle, I will flatten that village, kill that nobleman, and avenge elder brother." Belerada replied calmly: "If elder brother is still alive, I will redeem him, then turn around and set foot on the ground." Pingcun, then take that nobleman captive and show it to father."

Schumacher nodded: "Very well, go and come back quickly."