Chapter 297, Black Bread and Prosperity

Bracing himself, Lei Meng took his mother's arm and his younger brother on the road again, and the family of three walked for more than an hour along the direction pointed by the golden-armored giant.

It was noon, and there was a loud noise ahead. Lei Meng carefully hid behind the big tree and watched, and then shrank his neck in fright.

There is a war going on in the forest! A group of hundreds of human soldiers are fighting a horde of beastmen.

This is actually not surprising, in this dark world, war is always indispensable.

What really surprised Raymond was that the human army was fighting against the Beastmen. These human troops had no fear at all when facing the Beastmen. On the contrary, they were even more ruthless and violent than the Beastmen. Wearing Breastplate, elite soldiers with spears and halberds advanced collectively, groups of crossbowmen kept firing arrows, hundreds of swordsmen bravely fought the Beastmen under the command of sergeants, and there were even many knights and knights The servants participated.

"For the lady! For Earl Ryan! For Countess Suria!"

The Beastman tribe was beaten to the ground, the Horned Beasts and Unbelievable Beasts retreated again and again, and the human swordsmen advanced steadily. Under the protection of the Pikemen and Halberdiers, they slaughtered the Beastmen, and soon the Beastman's losses exceeded Thirty percent, with the addition of several knights and more than a dozen knight retinues, the morale of the Beastmen has fallen to the bottom.

"Bertrand! Get rid of the Beastmaster!" In the human army, the leading knight shouted.

"Yes!" A sergeant in green tights, chain mail and blouse answered loudly. He was wearing a green three-cornered hat with a beautiful white feather as the feather. Hearing the knight's Order, the sergeant immediately responded, he took out two arrows from the quiver behind him, and then pulled them apart forcefully.

A large bow is drawn into a full moon.

He's going to shoot here? He is at least one hundred and fifty steps away from that beast king! Lei Meng opened his mouth wide. The effective range of a normal serf archer is actually about 30 to 80 steps.

"Hoo!" The arrow pierced through the forest, and the Beast King, who was directing the resistance of the Beastman tribe, raised his head. His left eye was directly pierced by the arrow, and the mad pain caused him to back away screaming.

"Hoo!" An arrow pierced through its right eye, and the beast king who had just been selected finally wailed and fell to the ground.

"Nice!" The morale of the Beastmen collapsed. Several knights got on their horses. They charged on horseback, and a dozen or so knights followed behind them.

"What a strong army..." Raymond swallowed,

He felt a little rejoiced, if the Holy Grail Knight Earl Ryan's army is so powerful, then at least the security of the territory can be guaranteed, and the serfs don't have to worry about security and bandits.

Out of prudence and care, the Raymond family waited for a while, and the family did not continue until the army cleaned the battlefield and left.

The road was much easier now, it could accommodate four horses in parallel, and the road was paved from the forest with solid soil rammed. Raymond swore that this road was the best road he had ever traveled.

The bread had already been eaten. Fortunately, this kind of road was not difficult to walk. Even the old mother, who was almost unable to walk, could barely move. Thomas behind was pulling Raymond's clothes, and they were exhausted.

There were guards and sentry posts on the main road. According to the orders of the golden-armored giant, Lei Meng only said that he had escaped, and he didn't say where he came from, nor which principality he came from.

The serfs remained on guard.

Sure enough, the guards did not embarrass them. After careful examination and interrogation, they confirmed that they were all human beings and serfs fleeing for refuge, and let them enter the guard post.

Dozens of people stood densely outside the sentry post, apparently most of them were fleeing serfs, a few were businessmen, complaining, and a few people didn't look like businessmen, but they didn't look like serfs either. request to do so.

"Your name is Raymond? They are all your family?" A sergeant was wearing a chain mail and burqa with a hand crossbow on his back and a long sword on his waist.

It looks absolutely fantastic! Raymond looked deeply envious.

It was the lifelong dream of the serfs to be promoted to sergeant and become a freeman.

"Yes, yes, I'm Raymond, this is my younger brother, this is my mother, we are from the north, we can't survive, and we escaped here, please take care of us poor people! Please! "Raymond bent down quickly, and he smiled flatteringly at the sergeant.

"He came from the north again? Why are there so many fugitive slaves from the north recently?" The sergeant was a little surprised. He looked at the family's downcast appearance and said with a smile: "Did you encounter many difficulties on the road? Look at you." It’s really not easy to escape here like this!”

"Yes! Yes! Madam bless! Madam bless!" Raymond said quickly.

"Okay, you'll be fine if you escape here. We are from the Sharon Forest Patrol Battalion. Don't worry, this place is safe. Outsiders like you are also welcome. As long as you work hard and work hard, you don't have to worry about not being able to eat enough." The sergeant continued: "But if you dare to break the law, the only end is to be hanged!"

After finishing speaking, the sergeant waved his hand: "Take them down to check and clean up!"

"Yes!" The infantrymen of several infantry regiments took Raymond and others down. They grabbed the family roughly, cut their messy hair short with a knife and scissors, and then took them to take a bath and changed. Plain burlap clothing.

Raymond and the others were afraid of being killed, so they could only silently follow everyone's arrangement.

A lot of people, really a lot of people, at least dozens of people are waiting!

The serfs noticed that there were merchants escorting their goods through the sentry posts, so they were not inspected as such, but they were taxed.

The sergeant asked the infantry to check and confirm that Raymond's family didn't have any weird spots or extra limbs, and they were generally healthy.

One person got a bowl of porridge, and then lined up, eating and walking.

"What are we doing?" Raymond asked the man in front of him who didn't look like a serf.

"Waiting for the bus, ah, Tal's teeth! Why are there so many people now! It takes a long time to wait for the bus." The man in front complained: "I am not a runaway slave, but I have to wait for the bus with the runaway slave!"

Seeing this, Raymond didn't dare to say any more.

After waiting for about an hour, they finally got in line. More than a dozen two-horse four-wheeled carts arrived, each of which could seat eight people, and Lei Meng and others also got on them.

"Okay, you can pass, walk along the main road, about three hours later, you will leave the forest, see the village, when you get there, ask a little how to get to the office, someone will show you the way, and there are also people on the side of the road. signage." The sergeant nodded, indicating that the Raymond family could leave.

It took several more hours, and in the afternoon, the family finally walked out of the forest. The carriage unloaded these people and returned immediately.

The scenery outside the forest stunned the whole family. The luxuriant fields are densely covered with farmland. The clear canal guides the water from the Chinon River. The tall water wheel keeps turning along the stream. In the farmland, the serfs pull Wearing trouser legs, harvesting slices of winter wheat, the wide avenue is paved with stone slabs, people are coming and going on the road, and a huge windmill is turning. As far as the eye can see, there are no lazy people in the countryside, which is completely different from the north.

The clear bells resounded inside the village. Outside the village, a solid high wall was built with wood and stone. The wall was about three meters high, a height that made Raymond feel at ease.

At least it is much more reassuring than the one-meter-high fences and fences in my original village.

The guards are in good spirits. They stand up straight, wear helmets, hold spears, and hang breastplates, watching the distance. On the road, a handsome knight master is gorgeously dressed, riding a tall horse, proudly Walking along the avenue, two hares and a few pheasants were hung behind his war horse, and he advanced in the front and back surrounded by several knights. Praise the fairies of the lake how many harvests there are from hunting.

Where the knight passed by, the serfs stopped what they were doing and bowed to pay their respects. It could be seen that these serfs sincerely worshiped and respected the knight. The knight felt good about himself, and he took a horse from the back of the horse. Throw the pheasant on the ground: "I'm the one who took pity on you! Whoever grabs it will get it!"

"Cluck cluck~" The pheasant was untied, fell to the ground, and ran all over the place. Seeing this, many serfs put down their work and rushed up to grab the pheasant. After a strong serf snatched it, The other serfs gave up fighting, laughed and scolded this man's good luck, returned to their positions, and continued to do farm work.

This is in their village, the serfs have to grab their heads and bleed. Raymond thought that the knights in the south seem to be more approachable. If the serfs greet them, they will nod in response. The serfs work very hard, unlike their own village. They were all lazy and didn't want to work, anyway, whatever they received in the end belonged to the lord.

Several carriages were advancing on the avenue, which were filled with grain. At the same time, some carriages were used to carry passengers. The coachmen waited at the gate of the town to solicit passengers. This kind of carriage was much more luxurious, not only with carriages, but also with paint brushes. It's beautiful and colorful.

This should be for the rich, right? Seems like business is going well?

Near the village, groups of children are playing under the leadership of a priest of the Goddess of Mercy. The priest of the Goddess of Mercy looks to be in her forties. Twenty or thirty children are pulling her sleeves and skirts, surrounding her Turning around and playing games, the field was full of laughter and laughter. The female pastor took the opportunity to teach the children to worship Ms. Sharia, and at the same time broke two breads for the children to eat.

So many children! Can people here afford to raise so many children? Raymond thought in surprise.

It was already afternoon, and it was getting closer to night. A gust of cold wind blew across the field, and Lei Meng shivered. The family was tired and hungry. They walked wearily, and gradually approached the village.

Lei Meng tried to say to a serf on the side of the road who was harvesting wheat: "Hello, sir, how can I get to the prison?"

The serf's skin was wheat-colored due to frequent exposure to the sun. He was wearing a straw hat, and the animal fur clothes on his body looked quite thick. At least Raymond felt very warm, and the serf's figure also appeared to be quite strong. His face looked ruddy and healthy. He saw someone asking him the way, so he put down his sickle: "Listen to your accent, are you from the north?"

"Well, we are from the north. Our family suffered a disaster and we couldn't pay taxes, so we fled here. I heard that life in the south would be better, so I wanted to find some work." Raymond squeezed out a smile, he had concealed.

"Oh, that's it, welcome to Hongyu Village. Is it true that the north has been hit by disasters recently? Why are all the people from the north recently here?" The serf didn't care about this. Thomas, who was pulling the hem of his clothes behind him, looked at the exhausted old mother who couldn't even stand upright, and then said: "My name is Bono, that's really unfortunate, it's getting dark, you hurry Going to Jin Town, the city gate will also be closed. It’s too late for you to enter the city. If you don’t dislike it, you can rest in my firewood house at night. You can enter the city and go to the office early the next morning. There are signs on the road. "

"That's really grateful!" Raymond hurriedly thanked.

How much richer is the South than the North? Raymond noticed that the barn was full of winter wheat, and the nearby houses were full of solid stone houses. Everyone's face was very beautiful, full of joy of harvest, every household raised chickens and ducks, and the farmland could even see Many farm cattle were seen, and some houses had goats inside, and bacon and smoked fish were hung outside the houses. When it was time for dinner, cooking smoke rose from the chimneys of every house.

Quiet and peaceful village view.

The firewood room was tidied up, and there were piles of firewood piled inside, as well as beds and blankets made of straw.

"Brother, brother, I'm so hungry!" Thomas whispered inappropriately.

Raymond looked at his bag in embarrassment, and there was only half a piece of black bread left in it.

Looks like I'm running out of food.

"It's been a long way for you to come from the north, right? You've worked hard, come, let's have something to eat!" Bono came in with five black breads and a pot of soup: "Thank you count, thank you countess, thank you It's your luck to escape here, ladies."

"Oh! No! We can't eat it!" Raymond was taken aback and quickly shook his hand, five black breads, and a pot of soup made of vegetables and flour, these foods were enough for four or five days in their house!

"Hey? Why don't you eat it?" Bono obviously didn't understand the situation. He strangely placed a bread basket, a pot of soup, and several wooden bowls and spoons in front of Raymond's family: "You should have escaped so far. Don't you have anything to eat? It doesn't matter, I gave you this, eat it, I will go to the city tomorrow, and then we will go together."

"No, everyone pays taxes to the lord. How can we eat your rations for several days? No, we will just deal with it." The old mother shook her head quickly. She was kind-hearted and knew that the serfs How difficult it is to leave some rations.

Fleeing is their own fault, how can they implicate others?

"Huh?" Who knew that Bono was even more strange. The serf first looked at Raymond and his old mother, then at Thomas who was already swallowing, and complained: "Wake up, what time is this?" ?”

"Your Excellency Earl Lane has been here for five years! Now who's family will lack a few black bread?"

"???"

"There's a lot of black bread at home, and it's moldy when left alone. Really, I plan to go to the city with you tomorrow to sell some vegetables in the city. The children at home have been clamoring for meat. I guess the day of the Holy Grail is approaching. You should also buy some meat."

"??????"

"Okay, let's eat~ Yankees are rare and strange." Bono couldn't stop his expression, and he put down the food: "Eat first, I'm going back to see my five children~" I want to meet more like-minded people Chat about "The Throne of Warhammer" with people, follow "Hot Internet Articles" on WeChat, and chat with more book friends about your favorite books