Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Hyacinth nodded immediately, "Yes, my lord!" she said loudly.However, Violet pondered for a few seconds before nodding.

Haiwen asked again: "I was born so ugly, why do you love me?"

Hyacinth said, "You treat me like a human being, my lord." And Violet said, "Yes, my lord, only you and your lady think of us as human beings. I thank you."

"Then what if other people also treat you as free people? Don't you also fall in love with others?"

Hyacinth shook her head vigorously, "No, Hyacinth only loves you." Violet showed even more horror, and said, "My loyalty to you is unique, my lord!"

"But it doesn't make sense, if you just love an 'equal attitude' then you can obviously love someone else. In other words, I don't treat you in any way. So when slavery disappears one day, you You will be free to pursue love. Do you understand what I said?"

"This..." Violet lowered her head, lost in thought.But Hyacinth said: "I don't understand! I really like you. I just want to live with you. I like the smell of your body, your stubble, and even your bald head." Here she smiled, and Haiwen also showed an awkward wry smile, "You look very manly, when you reprimand your servants, you are very domineering when you give a speech. And..." Hyacinth blushed when he said this, " When you touched me, my whole body became limp, and my spine was numb..." She leaned against Hewen's shoulder with messy breathing, her eyes became moist, "So it must be you, and no one else can do it. "

What can I say?This time, Hai Wen was completely out of control.

"Okay, this is what you think." Haven nodded, and then he asked Violet, "Violet, what do you think?"

Violet lowered her head, her brows were locked together, "My lord, this is not a master-servant relationship. This... this breaks the rules, and something will happen. I..." Haiwen was about to speak, but she said, "Give me Take some time, my lord, I must think. I really... need time."

"I'll give you time." Haven said.

After finishing speaking, Violet left, leaving only Haiwen and Hyacinth in the room.

"What about now? My lord?" Hyacinth asked him.

Haiwen said: "I already know your intentions. Islet talked with me about your affairs more than a month ago. I will not force you, and even said that I am happy for you to pursue true love. After all, there are people in the world who are more than you. I want a strong man."

"No!" she said firmly.

Haiwen sighed helplessly, and Hyacinth approached him, rubbing his face against his arm like a kitten.

Haiwen finally made up his mind - he must suffer chaos if he continues to stop.I'm a man, it's time for me to make up my mind.

"If you really think about it, then you can stay with me. After a few years, I will give you a title and start a family with you."

Hyacinth blinked in disbelief, and asked, "Then this matter...is settled?"

"I won't be sure until I finish talking with Isrit."

"Then after me..." Hyacinth's tone became shy, her eyes flickered, and she asked very cautiously, "Does it have the same surname as yours?" She asked in a very euphemistic way.

Haven said: "Yes, in the future you will be worthy of Sister Essruite, live in the same room and ride in the same car with me. Let me tell you the truth, as long as you are willing, you will marry as an ordinary woman in the future." Give me, you are my wife, not my bought slave."

This time Hyacinth just nodded silently, "Everything is up to your arrangement, my lord."

At this moment, Estherite came in from the door and said, "My lord, it's time to take the medicine." Hyacinth ran over and whispered something to Estherite with joy on his face, and Estherite showed a loving expression. Smiled, and the two girls hugged lightly.

Hai Wen looked at this scene with great doubts, and thought in his heart: Could it be that what did Isrit and Hyacinth say before?

After that, Hyacinth left, and only Haven and Essrait were left in the room.

Islet also dresses up as a maid, but the clothes look rougher than Hyacinth and Violet. It is a brown sackcloth dress, which is very inconspicuous.After the disguise, Estherite is not as beautiful as before, but Haiwen doesn't care, as long as she knows it's Estherite, it doesn't matter what she looks like.And it's cute with freckles on the face, I like any kind of Isrit Haven.

Isrit brought Gerette's ointment, she took off Hewen's clothes, and then applied the medicine to Hewen.They've seen each other honestly many times, so they don't mind seeing each other's bodies.At that time, the guy dropped Haiwen three times, which made him have several bruises and his joints hurt badly.Fortunately, there is no problem with the muscles and bones, it is just some flesh injuries.

"My lord, have you promised them?" Isrit suddenly said to him.

Chapter 65: Rehabilitation

Chapter 65: Rehabilitation

"I promised Hyacinth." Haiwen said

"Where's Violet?"

"I don't think she meant that. You know, not every girl is as willing as you to marry me, an ugly bald judge."

"You're not ugly at all." Islet came up and kissed him, which was an understatement, but Haven grabbed her body and kissed her hard.

After a while, Isrit broke free from him and said, "I still have to give you medicine, my lord!"

Haiwen didn't let go, "You can wait for the medicine."

"No!" She gently pushed Hai Wen away, but there was a smile on her brow.

However, Hai Wen hugged her tightly again and kissed her neck.Her fiancée groaned, and then said coquettishly: "It's daytime, my lord!"

"But I just want to do it now." He started to unbutton her.

Isrit lowered her voice and said anxiously: "Mr. Gelieta said that you have to stay in bed and recuperate!"

"We are in bed now!" Haven roughly ripped off her blouse, "Do you know how long we haven't seen each other? Isrit."

Estelle struggled in his arms and cried, "It's only been a week!"

"A week is not short, I wish I could be with you every day, Estherite." He laid Estherite sideways on the bed, and then went to take off her skirt, "One week, seven days, 160 eight hours, I want you all the time."

This time Estherite didn't resist anymore, but said in a low voice: "Maybe you're right, a week is really too long." She turned her head to face Hewen, and put one hand on his back, Touching his chest with one hand.Her hands were so warm and soft.Then Isrit took a look at the door lock, confirmed that the door was closed, and then untied her dress, and took off her shoes and socks.She gently pushed Hai Wen down on the bed and said, "You are still injured, so this time you must lie down and let me move."

After saying this, she straddled Hai Wen.

In this way, from three o'clock in the afternoon until dinner time, they are always full of energy.

"My lord, it's time for us to rest." She shook her body and said, "The servant will come and ask us to eat."

"I'll let him go!" Hai Wen said with widened eyes.

A few minutes later, Estherite said again: "My lord, it's time for you to rest, you are still injured."

"I can't die yet!"

"But……"

"Don't say 'but', Isrit, our time is limited, I have work to do, and you have work to do in the future, maybe you don't know when it will be next time—do you want to end it so soon? Answer Do I want to end it now?"

So Estherite kissed him vigorously, and said no more spoiling words.

They go from day to night until they are really exhausted.The two lay on the soaked sheets, gasping for breath.Estherite said: "I'll change your sheets later." But she just said that without moving her body.

Hai Wen held her hand and said, "But I still want to stay with you for a while."

"I think so too, but we'll catch a cold if this continues, especially you... ah, you can't get sick anymore!" After saying this, Estherite sat up abruptly, and as soon as she left the bed, she immediately became pale. You have to be smart and agile.After a while she packed her clothes and began to clean the room and make the bed.After all this was done, she stretched herself, and said to Haiwen, "My lord, shall I get you something to eat?"

"I have no appetite, I just want to sleep."

"You haven't eaten all day, so you can drink some porridge. I just want to eat something too, please wait a moment." She said and left the room.Haiwen looked at her back, and thought in his heart: She lives too hard every day.

Not only her, but me too.The next day's schedule appeared in Haiwen's mind, and he thought to himself: There will be a memorial service when I come back, and I will also sort out the land inventory, oh, and I will have to re-trial the people in the prison.And I have to keep teaching, teaching people, oh, and morning workouts...

Thinking of this, he felt more and more tired, and his whole body was sore-take a day off tomorrow.

Thinking of this, he fell headfirst on the pillow, and fell asleep before Isrit's dinner arrived.

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ps: I can't touch the protagonist if I touch it!The reward is still within the validity period, if there is a reward, it will be added.

Chapter 66: Heroes Short of Breath

Chapter 66: Heroes Short of Breath

The next morning, Isrit left early, saying that she wanted to talk to Gerrit about herbal medicine.After Gellite left, she will serve as the witch's advisor in the house, and she will also take care of the wounds of Smiley Cat and Haven.

He planned to take a break today, and he set a schedule for himself: stay in bed until noon, then eat, teach the girls how to play cards in the afternoon, and then talk to Gerrit about the stories of his previous life.End the day with a little wine in the evening.

But in fact he can't sleep that long at all, and he can't fall asleep again after nine o'clock in the morning.He didn't want to waste his life lying on the bed, so he asked someone to take the file to read.A month ago, he promised to reverse the case for the people in the prison. This kind of thing cannot be delayed.While reviewing the files, he thought: the memorial service will be held the day after tomorrow, let old Ramon prepare for it.

It is very troublesome to retry the case. It is not easy to figure out the facts of the case from the few words in the file. At that time, he will have to collect witnesses and exhibits, and call the plaintiff and the defendant... Hai Wen does not look at the time when he works, and in the blink of an eye Until noon.

At lunch, Violet brought him lunch. After what happened yesterday, there was some embarrassment between the two of them.Violet knelt beside his bed and put the lunches one by one on Hai Wen's bedside table, while Hai Wen looked at the plate and said nothing.It was vegetable porridge, a bit of fresh fish and fish jelly, a small bowl of stewed mushrooms, and peeled white bread.

After setting the plates, Violet said: "My lord, I will come back to pick up the plates in half an hour." After saying this, she bowed and prepared to leave.

"Violet!" Haven called to stop her, "I'm sorry for what happened yesterday, it's the way I handled it that went wrong."

Violet shook her head at him and said, "It's my fault, my lord. I failed your kindness. I'm sorry."

"Violet, I still say the same thing, I won't force you to do what you don't want to do. But I hope you live a happier life. Whether you are a free man or a slave, people should have some pursuits in life. Even if it's just raising a flower , making a dessert, this is also a pursuit - otherwise, wouldn't life be too boring?"

"You are right, my lord." Violet nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "You said before that you want me to be a teacher?"

"Ah, yes!" Haiwen is very happy that she is interested in this. He had already given up on letting Violet do a job. Your children can also go to school, be literate, and know the necessary life knowledge like the children of the nobles. I think you are smart, kind, serious and patient, and you will definitely be qualified for this task."

Violet blushed when he praised him, "If you think so... I'd be happy to do this job. I used to teach sisters to read when I was in the slave camp. Hyacinth can write its own name, that's what I taught ’” she said, laughing, “but I still have to wear a mask.”

So he agreed to Violet, and decided to teach Violet alone in the afternoon to help him prepare lessons.Then Haven started to eat lunch, and after the meal he gave Violet private lessons.It was originally planned that he would teach the girls how to play cards in the afternoon, but it was obviously not as important as giving Violet extra lessons.Before he knew it, he forgot about fishing today.

He taught Violet some words, then health knowledge, and then legal knowledge; after that he called Isrit, and asked her to teach Violet agricultural knowledge and basic herbal identification.For example, what kind of things are poisonous, such as introducing some practical and common medicines... They talked from noon to four in the afternoon.Four hours later, Haven conducted an interview with Violet, and he found that the girl's memory was really terrifying.It's almost a photographic memory, no wonder Gellette would praise her.

After the test, Haiwen felt that get out of class could be over. He had been busy all day and was very tired.When he was about to rest for a while, the housekeeper came to him to discuss the land distribution, memorial service, and martyrs' compensation.

The housekeeper repeatedly said that Haiwen's tax was too low, it was too low, and if it continued like this, he might not be able to pay the bills.In addition, he also said: "You don't need to let those serfs live as free men, you just need to pay them a little more, the land is still secure for us."

But Haven knew it well.He believes that only by redistribution of land can the enthusiasm of farmers be aroused, and once people's enthusiasm is mobilized to form an atmosphere and a "general trend", then this general trend will drive everyone forward.This is just like when the People’s Republic of China was first founded. At that time, there was one day off during the week and compulsory labor on weekends. Although it was compulsory labor, every worker actively participated in it—why?Because everyone does this, because everyone is worried that they will lose invisible resources after being compared with others, because work points and commendation systems affect a person's status in the collective... There are many factors that motivate people to work actively, but None of these really cost money.

If you want to quickly build Yema Town, everyone must work actively, and it is active labor without any rewards. To put it bluntly, it is to mobilize cheap labor and use this capital in exchange for economic construction.The difference from the past is that people used to work to feed the nobles, but now people work for themselves.

Dreyer and the others obviously don't understand how terrifying the "ocean of the people" is, but Haven is very clear.In the end, the original plan remained unchanged. A man in the family would be allocated three mu of land, a woman one mu, and each child would receive an additional half mu of land. A family could be allocated more than five mu of land.In fact, there is really not much land in this area. It is no problem for the family to have more than ten acres of land.But now there is too little land that can be planted, and Haiwen still needs to continue to reclaim wasteland for people to use for production.There are many paddy fields in the south of Yema Town that can be developed, and the saline-alkali land in the east is not worthless. When all these are done, the annual production will definitely more than double.

After talking about this, Dreyer talked with him about the funeral, the pension, and the gift to the baron. "My lord, we seem to have a lot of money in our hands, but in fact it is not enough. If you want to save some money to repair aqueducts and roads next year, then you have to save money this year. Everyone from top to bottom saves money on food and clothing. The properties of the landlord’s family were remitted together, and about [-] gold coins fell into our hands. The hair pension here costs one or two hundred, and then the baron’s one thousand. After that, you said you want to buy cattle and farm tools. It's a few hundred more..." The butler settled the accounts for him with his fingers, which made Hai Wen feel a headache.

Hai Wen took a sip of water, but couldn't think of what to say, so he took another sip. "Butler, is there any other way for you to get money?" He could only ask in the end.

"No way, my lord! Unless we go to the Duke's Iron Bank to borrow money, the question is, how can we borrow it from the mud leg? How can the baron be willing to speak for us?" Dreyer kept rubbing his face with his hands, worried As if he was several years old, "If you want me to say, we can only wait until next year's autumn harvest. If there is a good harvest next year, it will be okay, but if the harvest is not good... Haha! Let's run away."

"I see."

As a result, they chatted until dusk.In the end, Haiwen still didn't have a rest day.Hewen left the house at dinner time, changed his clothes and washed his face, and then went to the restaurant for dinner.He met his younger brother Ge Lumeng in the corridor, and Ge Lumeng told him, "I'll go back to the farm early tomorrow morning, just to see if you're okay. Brother, come and see me when you have time, the farm said It's mine, and it's still yours after all." He had an unnatural expression when he said this.Haiwen realized that his younger brother was worried. After all, he was also a farmer, and Haiwen had almost killed all the farmers in Mustang Town.

So Haiwen said to him: "Brother, I will manage the farm affairs this year, but I will give you no less every year. There will even be more. The rest I just hope you can abide by the law and don't give I'm making trouble, you know, I'm the mayor or the judge, and if someone points my nose at me and says my brother is breaking the law, I'll have a hard time."

Ge Lumeng has always been an honest and careful person, he quickly nodded in agreement, and then left.

After seeing off his younger brother, Haiwen continued to walk forward. At this time, he happened to pass by the room of the smiling cat, and when he saw the door was open, he glanced at it quietly.I saw an old servant making the sheets for Smiley Cat, and then tidying up his urinal.During the whole process, the smiling cat was expressionless, staring straight ahead like a dead person.There was half an apple beside his bed, and he only took a small bite, and the rest was already rotten.

The smiling cat looks thinner again.Haiwen thought to himself, he was really skinny like a cat.

Haiwen really couldn't bear to watch Master Cat's miserable state. He felt that he should go in and say something, but he didn't know how to say it.It wasn't until the servant came out of the house to greet him that he came back to his senses.At this moment, he saw the smiling cat staring at him, so he had no choice but to go into the house.

There was a stove and candlesticks in the room, so it was very warm.But there was a sickly sweet and herbal bitter smell in the air, and a faint stink of rotting salted fish.

Haiwen knew that the cleaners were very diligent, because Violet was in charge of the hygiene here, and he repeatedly asked Violet to take good care of Master Cat.In this way, I am afraid that Violet can't do anything about it. This is the smell of decay and torture to the patient.

Haven moved a chair and sat next to the smiling cat's bed, and said, "Spike, the witch went to Stormwind Castle today, and she said there are some professional medical staff there, and she will bring you back to help you recover."

"I know there are some people who specialize in taking care of disabled people." Smiley Cat's tone was flat and terrifying, "It's the people from the White Clothes Society. Those people specialize in taking care of disabled people, beggars, lunatics, and people who want to commit suicide. They brainwash these people, develop Be one of your own."

Haven was dumbfounded for a moment, "But the witch said..."

"The witch didn't lie, and there are indeed a few people with both ability and political integrity. But these people only serve the nobles, and the content of their services is mostly psychological counseling. They make you confess, listen to your bitterness, and give you hope in life... ..." At this point, the smiling cat laughed a few times in disdain, "Do you think I look like the kind of softie who needs to be redeemed by a priest?" He said this in a hoarse voice, and the cold eyes made Haiwen's skin crawl .

"You are not." Haven said.

"Yes, I'm not." Master Cat sat up, curled up on the bed, his eyes were fierce, like a sick hungry tiger, "I will get out of bed in a few days, and start practicing again, and I will be able to run in a month I can dance now." There was a smile on his face, but the smile was a little more ferocious than before, "In another month I will be able to drink, eat meat and fuck big girls, and then I can ride a horse, use a sword, and kill people. After half a year, I'm a smiling ranger again." He seemed to say what he said for granted, "Are you right, my lord?"

Haiwen's throat squirmed, and he said bitterly: "Spike, you should wait for the doctor to come, the witch said..."

"Go to your mother's doctor!" He picked up the rotten apple on the bedside and threw it at Haiwen, shouting, "I'll say it again, go to your mother's doctor! Anyone who dares to touch me, I'll chop him up!"

Chapter 67: The Drowned Man

Chapter 67: The Drowned Man

The visit was clearly a failure.

Haven picked up the apple, threw it away, and left.Master Cat has an unshirkable responsibility for becoming like this, so in order to cheer him up again, he has to do something.

Gerrit came to say good-bye to him at supper, so he invited the witch to dine with him.

The forest witch put on her old black robe, acting like a mysterious and dangerous person.She and Haven said: "You can ask Violet and Islet about the agricultural inspection. I still need a little time to study the insect plague in the south, and I will get it on the way; by the way, I have to go to the Great Library of Fengleibao to check Information... oops! It's so annoying, a bunch of crap!"

Haiwen remembered the matter of the smiling face cat before, and said to Gerrit: "The matter about Master Cat..."

"I've arranged it!" Geralte interrupted, "Master Spike is a man, I respect him, and I will definitely invite the best doctor back."

"I didn't mean to say this, Gerrit, I wanted to tell you that Master Cat is now... psychologically a little bit overwhelmed, can you understand?"