Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Chapter 110 Six: Ranger Undead

Chapter 110 Six: Ranger Undead

As the baron's subordinate, this guy doesn't take Hewen seriously.Maybe in his eyes, Haiwen is just like him, a baron's dog leg.

Haiwen was annoyed in his heart, but on the surface he couldn't do anything to this guy.However, he scolded the street, and the old farmers behind couldn't stand it anymore.He rushed forward and beat him violently, but Haiwen tried to stop him but couldn't stop him at all.

He heard the man yelling: "You bandits! You are lawless, and I belong to the baron! Don't you have a lord in your eyes?"

One of the old peasants yelled, "Go to the goddamn lord!"

After a good beating, the guy who finally beat him didn't dare to speak.After beating people, Haiwen invited these old farmers out, and said to the guy alone: ​​"What's your name?"

The man glanced at Hai Wen with his swollen eyes, and whispered, "Lance."

"Okay, Lance, let me be straight. You can take this back later, the bag on the left is yours, and the bag on the right is the lord's. You take these back..." Haven stopped here Well, seeing this guy's hurt face and the expression of resentment on his face, Haiwen knew that bribery alone might not be enough.So he changed his words and said: "Take it back and tell the lord that I will come to make amends another day, and I will send more gold and silver - don't talk too much, Lance, there are people from me in the baron's barracks, Now that I know your name, I can find out where you live."

When he heard the last sentence, the resentful expression on Lance's face suddenly disappeared, and he said with a smile on his face: "Where is it, my lord! Have we misunderstood? Misunderstanding, misunderstanding! When I get back, I will talk to you." Your lord said he fell, do you think so?"

"It doesn't matter what you say, as long as you think it through yourself."

Having said that, Haiwen released the man, and together with his followers, arranged for them and let them go out.

After finishing the matter, Dreyer said to him: "My lord, I don't think this is the right thing to do. Since you have already beaten him, it is better to kill him."

"Dreyer, these people are dead, I can't explain to the Baron."

"Then you can confess it like this?" Dreyer looked anxious, "You beat someone up like this and sent them back, it's like demonstrating to the baron!"

"I frightened him for a while, and I guess it will work."

Hearing this, the butler nodded solemnly, and said, "I guess it's okay, but it's just an estimation. My lord, you have to go to the baron."

"I also feel that way."

Turning around, Haiwen went straight to the barony with the gold, and even called Charles the Great.Of course, when we got to the place, we couldn't do without an apology, and talked a lot of nonsense like "poor hospitality" and "negligent management"; Big Charles also followed suit with a smile, saying that Hewen worked hard day and night and couldn't take care of many things; Gave the baron a bag of gold.

The baron in Mustang Town is not a good person, but this person has one advantage, that is, he has a good eye for money—of course, this is not a good thing, but it is just that the baron has a good eye for money in Haven.For example, when the heavy gold was placed on the table, the baron's face immediately relaxed, and he waved his hand, telling Hai Wen that this was nothing to worry about.

"As long as you can earn me money, I won't do anything to you, so you can do it at ease!" The baron said to him with a smile, "However, Mr. Mayor, let's put our ugly words first, and it will be half a year later." It’s autumn harvest, and it’s agreed that the tax will be increased by [-]% in one year and doubled in two years, if you can’t figure it out, let’s talk about it.”

"This is necessary, sir, please rest assured."

After finishing this matter, Haven left the barony.The two of them rode horses and walked back slowly. On the way, Charles the Great said to him, "I think the baron is like that. This matter is probably over. Don't worry, my lord. You are now the lord's cash cow, and he will not do anything to you." of."

"Cash cow, yes." Haiwen nodded with a wry smile, "But if I can't double my output this year, the baron will have to uproot me."

Hearing this, Big Charles subconsciously pulled the reins, and the horse neighed and stopped on the ground, so Hai Wen also stopped and asked him, "What's wrong?"

"My lord, this is not a joke!" Big Charles' face became gloomy, "The landlord has fought, the business has been done, and I have bought the farm tools for you. If we can't do anything, we will be ruined. The Lord One has 'pulled' you out and planted my brother back, so what shall we do?"

Then you can only run. "I won't let that kind of thing happen." After saying this, Haiwen clamped the horse's stomach with his legs and urged the horse to move forward.

At home, everything is fine.All departments are running according to the route planned by Haiwen, such as overturning, fertilizer, knowledge dissemination, etc., so it is March, which is almost the day of spring planting.As usual, Haiwen took people to the farmland for trial production to solve some knowledge problems.

Everything went well with the planting in March, and even better news: Smiley Cat can finally walk.

Cat started his rehab around the end of January, and Laya has been taking care of him.Back then the water witch doctor said he would have to stay in bed for half a year, and Gerrit said he would be able to stand up in three months, but no one guessed right, Master Cat could walk down and do rehabilitation training in two months.

The so-called rehabilitation training begins with letting the nurses help him walk slowly. One of the two nurses is the housekeeper, and the other is Haiwen himself.After Laya instructed, the two nurses grabbed him with one arm and lifted some of his weight, because Mr. Cat has no strength in his legs now, and if he put all his weight on it, he might fall to his knees in a "plop".

It was too difficult when he got off the ground at the beginning. Haiwen supported him, and he felt every piece of the smiling face cat's body trembling. He and the housekeeper fought hard, but Master Cat still slipped to the ground; after walking a few steps The smiling cat was sweating profusely after walking seven steps, and Laya stopped him at the eighth step to let him rest.Haiwen looked back and saw that there was water in the corridor. According to the butler, even if he walked all the way, he didn't pee so much.

On the first day, the smiling ranger's score was: sixteen steps.

Then I accompany him to do training every day. Apart from walking, Smiley Cat also needs to exercise its upper limbs.All of this is handled by Raya.The angel in white has taken care of the wounded in the army and is very experienced in this area.The smiling cat is also very cooperative, and his mental state is also good.Haiwen felt that, on the one hand, it was due to Master Mao's optimistic attitude, and on the other hand, it was also due to Mirsalu.

Little Mill went to accompany him every day, talked to him, or listened to his stories about rangers.With this little girl around, Master Mao's face became happy every day.

Around the second week, Master Cat was able to walk on crutches by himself.

"His physical fitness is really strong." Laya commented, "but what is even stronger is his will. I have done this kind of training for no less than 20 people, each of whom is a soldier who has fought in war, but none of them can compete with He persists like this, and he doesn't complain about suffering or tiredness—he really deserves to be a 'smiling ranger', this person is too powerful."

Author's message:

ps: From today onwards, two changes per day will resume, and the workload is too heavy to handle.

Chapter 110 Seven: Vibrant

Chapter 110 Seven: Vibrant

In the next few months, everything came step by step.

Master Mao recovered very well, and after another three months, he was able to walk like a normal person.Occasionally, he could even get up early to do exercises and follow the policemen for two steps.On the one hand, this is due to Smiley Cat's own strong will, and on the other hand, it is due to the people around him.

Laya has been taking care of him and giving him a well-paced rehabilitation training plan; Mirsalu has been encouraging him, giving him endless motivation with smiling faces, jokes and acting like a baby; Gerrit has used the best herbs for him, a little He was not stingy either; in the end, Fasnat invited the water witch doctor out to give the cat master a real "spa".With such a large group of people taking care of this place, he couldn't even think about it.

Raya's hospital is also open.

Part of the money for her opening of the hospital was donated by Haiwen, and the other part was raised by herself.Laya's talent for speech is not inferior to that of Haven. She first asked Haven to ring the big bell to solicit donations from the people in Mustang Town, and then visited rich people's homes to collect funds.

In the end she even went to the Baron of Mustang.Hai Wenwen thought that she would return without success, but she did not expect that she abruptly withheld one hundred gold coins from the Lord—this money is already quite a lot for donations.Moreover, Laya has a ready-made house for opening the hospital, and it doesn't cost much.

But this was not what surprised Haiwen the most.What surprised him the most was that among all the donors, Big Charles donated the most!

In his memory, although Big Charles spent a lot of money, he would definitely not be willing to spend money in this kind of place.According to Big Charles himself, he would rather buy a hundred dogs and chop up fifty to feed the other fifty than donate the money to those lazy mud legs.Later, Haiwen asked about this matter, and asked him why he wanted to donate money?Could it be that conscience discovered it?

Big Charles said: "That bitch is too annoying! You said she was standing there in clean clothes, and I couldn't force her out, right? But if you don't bombard her, she will have nothing to do. It's over! She blotted me for three days, and I couldn't bear it anymore, so I sent her away with money—ah? You said I donated the most money? Isn't it good to donate more money? I'm happy to do good deeds, what's wrong with that? Okay?" In the end, Big Charles spoke with confidence, but Haiwen was choked and speechless.

Raya's hospital was completed, benefiting the poor.And the alchemist Hei Jin who came with her also brought a surprise to Hai Wen.

Distilled alcohol, complete!

Although the alchemist is taciturn and mean-spirited, fortunately, he works well when he receives money.After the distilled alcohol is produced, Haiwen can use this thing to disinfect wounds, so that so many soldiers will not die of tetanus.After getting the alcohol, the first thing he did was to transfer the technology to Laya for free, and let her promote it as much as possible. From then on, Laya can use distilled alcohol to disinfect in public hospitals, thus saving more people's lives. life.

Although the housekeeper advised him that such a good thing should be kept secret, and then he sold it to make money.But Haiwen feels that there are many ways to make money in the world, and this one is the only one - I made money, but those who could have lived died because of it, and my money is not reliable.

This is not the justice I want.It is a crime to monopolize medicines for money and cause countless deaths from infections.

After obtaining the distilled alcohol, Hai Wen paid Hei Jin's wages, and then assigned him a new task: to develop better fertilizers and pesticides.

In terms of agriculture, the major farms are running smoothly under the leadership of the farmers' association. The overturned trucks in the north have been installed, and the fertilizers have been prepared early. The farmers are sowing, plowing, and then waiting for the autumn harvest; I also got ducks and fish fry, and as expected, with these things, the pests were much less than in previous years.And ducks and fish are not a small income.

Most importantly, farmers are highly motivated to produce.Now they are the masters of the land, they work for themselves, water the fields with sweat, and exchange hard work for happiness.

Haiwen has not been idle these days. He first went to the southern paddy field for a second inspection.He found that there are some mountainous lands in the south, which can be opened up and used to grow crops; before, the farmers in Yema Town felt that the mountains could not hold water, so no one cultivated them, and most of them were abandoned.Haiwen decided to build terraces here, and then continue to operate like rice and fish.He told Mr. Gustin that the old man immediately found some people without land to open up wasteland, and estimated that next year there would be hundreds of acres of land here.

Then he went to the eastern saline land where no crops had been grown.In Haiwen's previous life, there were some crops suitable for cultivation on saline land, but he was not a professional after all, and he couldn't find that suitable crop from the vast ocean of plants.However, he still gained something after this trip, and that was the Eastern Salt Lake.

This salt lake can be used to make salt.

People along the coast of the bay would use seawater to make salt, but Mustang is still some distance away from the sea, and people don't have the knowledge in this area, so this salt lake has never been developed.In this era, there is no circulation of people. The people in Mustang Land are all people who have planted crops all their lives, and they don't understand outside things at all.

Now Haven plans to develop this salt lake.

If he can make salt here, he must make a lot of money.Most of the salt here is transported by land from the east, so the price is high, and the price of salt is more westward—that is, the Central Plains area, the more expensive it is.If Haiwen can make his own salt, then he can make people in Mustang no longer be bothered by eating salt, and he can also sell the salt outside.

However, according to the law, only nobles are eligible to sell salt, so Haiwen must obtain the approval of the baron before opening a salt farm.And after the opening, the baron must be the one who gets the big head, and he gets the small head.

Either way, it's a huge paycheck.With this money, he will be able to build bridges and roads next year, and then open up the economic lifeline of the entire Mustang Town.Then it is not as simple as doubling productivity!He felt happy thinking about it.

Of course, there were some problems along the way.Despite his popularization of knowledge, farmers still don't understand the importance of fertilizing and watering.Later, Haiwen had to ask the peasant association to send someone to enforce it. He urged people to participate in labor, and stipulated that adult men must participate in the agricultural labor stipulated by the peasant association every week.So during this period of time there were some voices against him in the countryside.People don't believe that crops can grow just by watering and fertilizing—they prefer to believe that a good harvest is a gift from the gods.Little Ramon also caught people who spread rumors and incited public opinion. After interrogation, he learned that someone hired them.No need to think about it, I know that Charles Jr. is behind the scenes.But Haiwen doesn't care anymore, this general trend has already formed, and this matter is irrelevant.

In June and July, doubts gradually disappeared, because the wheat really grew big and good.No one is blind, everyone can see that the wheat is growing well.

And so it went until autumn, when it was time to harvest the crops.After the crops are harvested, the output is counted, and then reported to pay taxes.

Before the autumn harvest, the people in Wild Horse Town were all in high spirits. Usually, the topic of everyone's leisure time was this year's bumper harvest.Crop growth is gratifying, and many farmers have already foreseen the coming of a bumper harvest, but they just don't know how much it will be.

When this day came, Haiwen couldn't help becoming nervous.

Although the farmers are very optimistic, he dare not join in the fun.As the saying goes, "worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joys later."

It's useless to do all the work well. If the production doesn't increase this year, the miracle of Mustang Town will be shattered.He is also the mayor of the town.

Author's message:

ps: Happy birthday to book friend Yinghuo Shouxin, hereby add more.

ps: Monopolizing medical alcohol can indeed make money, but countless people will die because of it.A gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way. This kind of money cannot be earned.

Chapter 110: The Harvest Festival

Chapter 110: The Harvest Festival

On the day the crops were harvested, Hai Wen sent people out to count the yield.The muddy rice and rye crop cycles of the Gulflands are so synchronized that they can be harvested at the same time.At this moment, he himself was sitting in the council hall and waiting.Today his family members came to the Yizheng Hall to accompany him.

Haiwen stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Yizheng Hall, looking at the busy people outside the stained glass, feeling restless.Isrit stood beside him, holding his hand, and silently accompanied him; Hyacinth was teasing Mirsalu, but there was a faint uneasiness in her laughter; Violet and Gerrit were talking in a low voice, as if Worried; Mr. Cat sat on the stairs at the door, bragging about his glorious deeds with the young people.

Now it is actually the second day of harvesting. In this era, the transmission of information is slow, and people need to run everywhere; moreover, it takes some time to harvest wheat, and it is not immediately possible to reach a conclusion.The main thing is to look at the statistical reports of the three major manors. Haiwen has to wait for their news. If the manors have a bumper harvest, the output of the surrounding areas will definitely not be bad.

At this moment, he heard a shout from outside.Immediately afterwards, a policeman ran to the square on horseback. He held up the parchment document in his hand and said, "Northern Manor! Lord Gelumon Ambside came to report the production."

"Okay!" Hai Wen strode forward, took the parchment and read it.His friends also came out after him, looking forward to it one by one.Haiwen read the report with a serious face, and the people next to him were observing the expression on his face. If he raised the corner of his mouth, the people behind would all laugh; Go dark.

After Haiwen finished reading, he closed the parchment, and said to the policeman, "Thank you for your hard work, I will receive the reward later." The man responded and hurried away.At this time, Hyacinth ran up to Haiwen and said, "My lord, what's the matter?"

"Gelumeng's northern manor has a bumper harvest." Haiwen said, "The average yield per mu is more than two hundred catties!"

All of a sudden, the people behind cheered.Everyone has been busy for a whole year, just for today.All preparations were made to satisfy the miracle of "doubling the annual output and yielding [-] catties per mu" in Yema Town.Master Cat shouted: "My lord, what are you waiting for? Tell someone to bring wine!"

Haiwen waved his hand and said, "Wait a minute! This is just a manor!"

After saying this, there was another neighing outside, and I saw a few young men on horseback running from the east road, all wearing coarse linen clothes and black headscarves; Aged, but well-built, with strong muscles.From this point of view, they were from Little Ramon in the east, and these young soldiers belonged to him.

Those teenagers dismounted from their horses at a distance, and then came over neatly and bowed to Hai Wen, their postures were dignified, they looked like trained soldiers.Hewen was quite surprised—little Ramon trained these children so well?

At this time, the dark red turban boy said: "My lord, let's report the production of the eastern farm." After finishing speaking, he submitted the official paper.Haiwen took it over and took a look. The numbers on it were clear and detailed, and they were probably calculated by old Garcia.After watching it, he couldn't help laughing, and quickly called the messenger to receive the reward.Then he put away the official documents, and said to the people behind: "Eastern Manor, the low yield is 250, and the high yield is 230! On average, there are [-] catties per mu!"

This time, not only the people behind cheered, but even some of the townspeople who were onlookers in the square also cheered.Some people shouted that they would celebrate with fruit wine.Hai Wen waved his hand and said, "We're still short of the last one!"

As the saying goes, good things never come, and the messenger from the rice farm in the south didn't come until late afternoon.Haiwen took the report and looked at it, and said loudly: "The rice has broken through [-], and the aquatic animal husbandry is also a bumper harvest! Come on, let the butler bring the wine!" He laughed loudly, "Let's have a meal tonight, tomorrow at noon Let’s hold a celebration banquet and celebrate the Harvest Festival! Come and ask the monks to bring out the items for the Harvest Festival! After holding it in for a year, it’s time to have a good time!”

This time, the cheers could no longer be suppressed, and the whole Mustang Town was boiling.Before the banquet was held with wine, many people sang and danced in the streets.Later, many people from small farms came to report the good harvest.Hai Wen conservatively estimated that the average grain output of the whole town this time exceeded [-].

The agreement with the baron is finally settled, he thought to himself.

That night, everyone talked and laughed, sang and danced.No matter who you know or not, you are all involved in this carnival.People chanted the name of the king of wild horses, called him the savior and the god of the harvest.Haiwen drank too much and was in high spirits, so he let them be happy.In the next day, the Mustang Farm has been reporting success, and even the retail tenant farmers have also ushered in a bumper harvest.

His carnival continued the next day, and Hyacinth became the focus of the banquet the next day. Her talent in singing and dancing was finally shown, and she became a popular star in Mustang Town for a while.Later, at her invitation, Violet plays the harp to her soundtrack.Violet took off her veil for the first time to show the public, but no one minded the branding on her face; later the butler played the flute, Gerrit and Laia sang folk songs together; in the second half, the water witch doctor appeared out of nowhere, Leading a wave of coquettish dances, leading half of the people in the square to dance to the big god.

On the third day, Master Gustin slaughtered ducks and fish and sent them to the city, but people in Wild Horses ate ducks very little, and the cook couldn't handle them.Haiwen taught the cook how to cook duck, what is roast duck, what is sauce duck, how to make soup, how to marinate with wine... He was also drinking, and took advantage of the alcohol to scold the stupid cook, and then ordered it himself. Kitchen demonstration.The cook was annoyed and funny seeing the mayor stealing his job, so he could only watch from the sidelines.In the afternoon, Master Mao got drunk and insisted on making gestures with Fasnat, and said that Fasnat was a little boy, "You look like this, if you eat soft rice, you can eat a Fengleibao! Haha! I It's a compliment!" He said with a smile.

Fasnat was also unambiguous, saying that he would fight, King Kong stopped his master by the side, but Fasnat pushed him somersault.In the end, it was Little Mill who grabbed the smiley cat's ears and subdued him, and asked him to apologize to Fassnut - what a big cat, it's very embarrassing.

On the fourth day, the baron's soldiers surrounded Mustang Town.

Infantry archers, knights and mercenaries, eight hundred strong soldiers composed of four kinds of banners surrounded the celebration.

Iron hooves stepping on the crops, footsteps sound like war drums, laughter in the town, solemn and terrifying outside the town.

Everyone in Wild Horse Town was immersed in the joy of the harvest, and no one was on guard, so when the baron's soldiers and horses marched into the town, the banquet had not completely stopped.A few funny actors were still dancing funny dances. They didn't fall off the stage in fright until they saw the murderous military flag.

Haiwen was also frightened, standing in front of the baron's army, holding a wine glass, speechless.

He didn't expect it.

He didn't expect all this to come so quickly.

He thought that the baron was greedy and cowardly, and would never do such a thing.

But eight hundred iron cavalry and armored soldiers tore his fantasy to pieces.

At the front of the team, the baron was wearing armor, riding on his horse, pointing at Haiwen and shouting loudly:

"Haven Ambleside, are you convicted?"

Chapter 110 Nine: Invoking the Teacher

Chapter 110 Nine: Invoking the Teacher

There were thousands of people in the square, and there was no sound for a while.