Warhammer Throne

One day in late winter, the cold wind screamed.

This is another normal winter in the Principality of Leonsay. The outside is dark and cold. At night, no one will dare to leave the village. The fence of the town is the only line of defense for the serfs. When the dark curtain comes, Robbers, bandits, blood-sucking creatures, and beastmen will haunt the wild, searching for their prey.

The fire in the house was not extinguished, the hot water was burning inside, the floor was cleaned very cleanly, an elderly mother was working hard to sew up clothes and do needlework.

From time to time, she looked at the child lying on the bed of ns linen with worry and reproach. The child knew that he had made a mistake, and he sagged his head without saying a word.

This is her youngest son, her husband died in the cavalier war five years ago.

This house is not far from the fence. The old mother can hear the roar of beasts of beasts from time to time. She sewed up her clothes and prayed silently: "Ms. Saliya, my lady, please bless Raymond. Come back safely. "

Raymond is her eldest son. Now she is the only adult labor force in the family. During the leisure time, she has served the knights in the early morning. The youngest son is only eight years old, and it will take a few years to work in the field. In the autumn, she and Raymond worked very hard from morning till night. They never dared to slack for a moment. They were just barely alive. Lunch was a porridge of flour mixed with vegetables and bran. It was dark at night. Eat bread.

And just today, her young son was in trouble. The old mother took out a piece of black bread for dinner and cut out one-eighth for herself. She planned to leave the rest to her two sons, but the younger son The rest of the brown bread was eaten, and it was called hungry.

The old mother wanted to scold the younger son, but when she saw the younger son's skinny bones, the ribs showed the outline directly on the child, and the small arms and calves were as thin as reeds. Export.

The younger son ’s belly is not round, which is because of the puffiness caused by hunger all the year round. The stomach will swell up after a long period of lack of nutrition.

There is not much food left at home, and the daily ration must be halved before the next grain harvest will be boiled. What is more than the time when the young son is starving? Just after eating for a while, she could hear the "grunt" sound of her stomach.

The old mother forced herself to turn her attention back to the needlework, and as the sky became darker, she became more and more anxious.

"Hey, I ate too much today. Raymond must be scolded when he comes back. Scold me if he wants to scold. Thomas can't stand his hunger anymore. The child is ignorant. Scold me if he wants to scold." Old mother Stretching her hands to caress the face of her youngest son Thomas, she was in her early forties, but she was already covered with wrinkles and white hair: "It's okay, Thomas, don't blame you, don't blame you"

"Mother and mother," said the little son timidly, with tears in his eyes: "I'm sorry."

"Alas, I blame this bad adult! And the **** tax collector!" The old mother shook her head. She wrapped her long yellow hair in a headscarf, and carefully checked how much food was left at home.

There are more than a dozen dark breads and a bag of semolina. If you reduce the food you eat by another 20%, you should be able to boil it until the winter wheat harvest.

Someone in the village has begun to eat bark. The old mother endured the pain and cut a small half of the black bread with a knife. To serve the knight master, he had to prepare his own food. Something, otherwise he can't hold it.

"Boom" There was a sudden noise from the door. The old mother jumped subconsciously, and she looked nervously at the door.

A icy night wind blew into the house, causing a chill.

The eldest son Raymond gradually emerged from the night breeze. He looked tired and carrying tools. He was only wearing a single coat in the cold weather. The animal skin cloak added a lot of thatch: "Hey, mom, I Come back, I'm exhausted. "

"Oh, Raymond, you are back." The old mother felt nervous, like a child who made a mistake, she said a little unnaturally: "That, I cut the bread, you eat it quickly, there is heat in the stove water."

Although his mother's movements were unnatural, Raymond didn't realize that he was too tired. He washed his hands with the water in the wooden bucket in the corner of the room, prayed without sincerity, and sent the cut bread into Soaked in hot water for a while, ready to eat dinner.

"What did you do Raymond today?" The old mother asked with some concern.

She saw the wound on her son's hand and the place where the skin was worn, and the blood had just scabed.

"What else can you do, cut trees, dig trenches, fences, and cut wood? Every item needs to be ten to ten, and some must be overweight, otherwise it will be a beating." The lord is said to have left something, and his housekeeper has to be even more vicious. Thank you lady, thank you Ms. Salia, I finally come back alive, mother, what are you doing at home? "

"Me? I sew up the water and cook." The old mother's eyes moved unnaturally.

"What about Thomas?"

"Thomas is asleep." The old mother said quickly.

"I'm done, is there anything else?" Half of the black bread was eaten into the stomach by Raymond at a very fast rate. Even so, there was still a strong hunger in the serf's belly.

"Go to rest, it's better to fall asleep." The old mother shook her head silently.

Can't eat any more, really can't eat any more.

Raymond didn't say more, he would still be in labor tomorrow, and the family put out the fire and rested early.

The old mother was lying on the bed, unable to sleep for a long time.

Since her husband died in the Cavaliers War five years ago, their family's life is getting worse and worse. They used to be able to guarantee food and clothing, but now they are hungry and have a full meal. .

The worse is yet to come.

Five years ago, the Cavaliers War was said to be a complete victory, but none of the knights and soldiers of the Principality of Leonsay returned, the security became worse, bandits and robbers were everywhere, and occasionally a small number of beastmen tribes came out to find Winter food,

The robbers, bandits, and beasts gradually left the forest and harassed the villages near the forest. Due to the poor harvest, the already shaky peace was hit hard. The reduced number of garrison troops were transferred near the city and the noble manor to ensure the safety of the Lord ’s property Throw the poor and resistant serfs to them.

The robbers and bandits always rushed into the village, looking for anything of value. Their favorite places are the old houses in the village and the taverns in the village. The old houses in the village have shiny coins and the taverns have Food and ale.

The serfs would be killed if they rebelled. If they chose to escape, they would mostly starve to death or be hunted in the wild. If they waited and died, they would lose their food and eventually die.

Several villages suffered tragic fate.

The income source of the noble lords has decreased, but their income cannot be reduced. Their luxurious banquets, high expenses and family children all need a lot of expenses. They will certainly not pay this money by themselves. On the heads of the serfs.

In addition to the ten taxes and nine taxes, the serf ’s rations were also deprived. The tax officials taught the serfs the principle of “this will make the kingdom better”, and then took most of the serf ’s rations without mercy .

Has the kingdom really gotten better? The old mother didn't know, she only knew that life had become worse. Tax collectors came more diligently than once, more than once, and they might have already given the idea of ​​seed grain.

At this moment, there was a slight noise in the quiet room.

The cold wind blew through the wooden windows and made a gurgling noise, which greatly affected the old mother's hearing, but she had lived in this room for decades, and no sound could hide her.

Raymond woke up secretly. The serf dragged his tired body. He stood up secretly in the dark. The eldest son swallowed hard. His stomach was groaning.

He is too hungry.

The old mother said nothing, her eyes were filled with tears, and she tried to cover her mouth so as not to make a little noise.

"It's rustling." She heard Raymond turning the bread basket and the knife used to cut the bread off the wall.

Then there was the sound of chewing, which was supposed to be covered by the wind, but I did n’t know why, and the old mother felt that she heard it very clearly.

"Raymond, what's the matter? What happened?" The old mother finally decided to make a voice, and she choked back, "How are you up?"

"Ding!" The knife fell to the ground.

"I heard some winds to check if the windows are closed tightly." Raymond was obviously taken aback when he heard his mother's voice. There was a lot of fear in his voice: "There is not much food in the village recently. Secretly food. "

The son lied, Raymond lied to himself, just as he lied to Raymond.

"If it's okay, take a break early, and you'll have to work hard tomorrow." The old mother's voice was crying, and tears flowed down her crumpled face.

"Mom!" Why did Raymond know that his stealing bread had been discovered by his mother, and the serf sobbed: "I'm sorry, Mom, I'm so hungry."

"I know, I know." The old mother also cried, "How will you live this day? The food will be finished, and your brother is still starving."

"We are farming, but the food is theirs, we are hunting, but the prey is theirs, we are fishing, fish and shrimp are also theirs, mother, when serving today, Alang's father was killed by logs, because he was hungry We have no energy, we can't survive this day! "

"Ah! Alang's father is dead? He is only thirty-five years old. Alang died of his mother early. How will he live the next day, he?"

Raymond pondered over and over again, and finally made up his mind: "Mom, let's escape, take Thomas, our family of three escapes, and escape far away, if we don't escape, we will starve to death if we continue, I overheard the Knight The master's housekeeper has ordered that this year's winter wheat will have to increase taxes! "

"Ah? Need to increase taxes?" Suddenly the bad news made the old mother almost unable to breathe. When the rations were mostly levied, the lord lord would have to increase taxes? !

"Yes, this year's food failure, the lord lord may have to lose a lot of income, so the housekeeper and tax officer plan to continue to increase taxes, because the lord lord's task must be completed." Raymond hesitated again and again, he said towards his mother "Mom, there is no hope for this day, even if winter wheat can be harvested, those things are not ours, not only ours, we don't know where to get more food, those greedy tax officials will be satisfied. "

The dark room was like a **** hand, holding the necks of the poor people, pressing them out of breath.

In the past, even if there was no food at home, the serfs could go to the forest to collect berries and try to hunt. The lord had a clear provision that rabbits and bird serfs in the prey could hunt on their own. With your eyes closed, you can still live this day.

But now that public security is so poor, how dare serfs enter the forest? If you are lucky, you will eat for a day or two.

"Escape? It's dying to escape and get caught! It will be hanged by the knight master!" The old mother hesitated and said: "It's too dangerous, Raymond, how are we going to escape?"

"Everyone is very hungry, many people are very hungry, many young people like me, strong, know how to use a dung fork and a hoe, mother." Raymond hesitated for a while, but decided to say: "Many young men have no knights The old man has food in the house, there is a lot of food, many people want to eat a full meal, we smell the bacon and butter smell, can eat a full meal, they no longer care, mother, do you know what I am talking about? "

"You mean ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ they intend to" the old mother opened her mouth in surprise.

"Yes, so, this is an opportunity. We can escape. The steward ’s energy will be placed on those young men. No one will control us. We can escape. No matter where we go, it is better than starving to death. Lak next door We have an appointment with us. Tomorrow evening, those guys will rush into the home of the old knight to find food, and we can take the opportunity to escape. "Raymond panted:" Mom, I have you and my brother, I can't follow Those guys are going to make riots, you will be affected by me, we ca n’t do nothing, let ’s run away, mother! ”

"Become a fugitive slave." The old mother muttered to herself.

"Mom! If we do n’t do anything, we will starve to death! I ca n’t lose you and my brother. Tomorrow night, we will flee in the opposite direction. We will be successful. Tomorrow you will pack things, cook with water, and eat with the whole family. After a meal, we will run away! "

"All right."

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