Chapter 299, the Business Route Problem

If there is a serf's favorite job, it is without a doubt apprenticeship to the dwarves.

The salary and benefits of being an apprentice to a dwarf are actually not much different from other jobs. However, being an apprentice to a dwarf means endless possibilities. The lord needs this kind of talent who can work, especially the apprentices of the dwarves. A proven apprentice among the harsh dwarves is almost destined for a good life in the future.

This is also one of the very few ways to be promoted other than being promoted to sergeant.

Therefore, when the dwarf rune craftsman Deron Feinson said that he needed three apprentices, almost all the serfs responded in groups, and they all wanted to be apprentices.

"I don't want so many people. Those under the age of twenty, those who have worked for the lord, and those who have worked for the blacksmiths and carpenters in the village, come to the front." The dwarf rune craftsman Deron Feinson's dress has changed Changed into a satin suit, he said impatiently: "Don't come here for anything else, and if I know that one of you has cheated me, just wait, my beard will witness everything!"

This sentence scared most of the fugitive slaves away. Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and most of them chose to take a step back.

The fugitive slaves managed to get here, but they didn't want to be kicked out again because of deception. The dwarves were not easy to be deceived. These stubborn guys can roughly know how old they are just by touching the bones of their wrists.

Raymond's eyes lit up in the crowd. He is only seventeen years old this year. He has served the knight master and worked as a helper for the carpenter in the village. He knows some carpentry work.

So he stretched out his hand: "Me! Mr. Dwarf, I am seventeen years old this year. I have been working for the knight master since I was fifteen, and I have also worked for the carpenter in the village!"

Dwarves are excellent craftsmen, whether they are blacksmiths, stonemasons or carpenters, their ingenious craftsmanship is the envy of humans. Deron Feinson obviously heard what Raymond said, and he said in an unskilled Low Gothic language: "Why are you so loud? I heard it."

Raymond came before the dwarf under the envious eyes of the escaped slaves, and the dwarf stretched out his hand and squeezed Raymond's wrist vigorously.

The dwarf's hand was so strong that it hurt Raymond a little.

"Well, it seems that you didn't lie to me. It is indeed a seventeen or eighteen-year-old bone." Deron Feinson nodded. He thought for a while and asked first: "If I ask you to make an eighteen-centimeter-long bone Plank, what are you going to do first?"

"I'm going to cut a piece of wood that is at least 20 centimeters long!" Lei Meng said without thinking, "It's better to be long than short!"

"What do you usually do with wood?"

"The great wooden axe,

Small wood with a saw! "

"What's the point of mortising wood?"

"This..." Raymond couldn't answer, his face was flushed: "I don't know, Mr. Dwarf."

"The requirements for mortising are verticality and squareness. Only by making the best use of the limited timber can we make the best use of the limited wood." Deron Feinson nodded, and the dwarf frowned: "It seems that you haven't learned much from carpenters. long time."

"I... I'm sorry, Mr. Dwarf." Raymond lowered his head.

"It's okay, young, and not educated too much by those low-level humans, and become a fool who can only produce defective products, okay, my workshop needs such a person, I will talk about whether to accept apprentices, this I want it." The rune craftsman nodded and said, "Deni, what do you call this...?"

"My name is Raymond!" Raymond said quickly.

"Arrange this guy named Raymond!" Deron continued, pointing to Raymond's nose.

"yes!"

The prison was like a huge mouth, devouring the fugitive slaves. It took more than an hour for the fugitive slaves to find their jobs.

Then, the family was arranged in a camp, which was located in an open space outside the city, and the food was temporarily distributed uniformly. After they started working, the food supply here would be cut off.

There is still one day before going to work, and the serfs will start working tomorrow, so many serfs lit a fire in the middle of the camp, burned hot water, ate the black bread provided by the earl, and began to chat about today's affairs.

Some local serf archers and infantry also joined in, and they were more interested in hearing some outside news from these northerners.

In this era, news is very closed, and this is one of the few ways to get news from the outside world.

From the chats among the people, everyone learned that among the fugitive slaves in the north, there are more fugitive serfs in the Duchy of Lyonnaise, Montfort, Le-Angoulant, and the Castle of Artois, and the Duchy of Connet is the Knight of the Holy Grail. The territory of the Duke of Lawn. The Duke has walked on the Holy Grail Road for more than ten years and is well aware of the sufferings of the people, so the life of the serfs is easier.

This is the case with the Holy Grail Knights. They have been in the Holy Grail Expedition for a few years or decades. They are relatively clear about the sufferings of the people. Among the knight virtues is the virtue of compassion for the common people. Unfortunately, there are not many knight masters who have this virtue.

"Speaking of which, have you seen the wizard's tower? That tall, dazzling wizard's tower." The fugitive slaves began to discuss the wizard's tower near the Earl's Castle, which is Veronica's dawn wizard's tower .

"Yes, it looks really scary. It is said that those terrible witches have to eat the hearts of a hundred babies every day to keep their youth!" Some serfs said full of fear.

"Ha, blind, do you understand? The Earl has already refuted the rumors here. Besides, the village you lived in before had only a few hundred people in total, let alone a hundred babies. You have to eat a hundred babies every day. What? I’m afraid the village has been eaten up to the point where there aren’t even any rats left in just a week?” The local serf infantry complained, “There are so many witches in that wizard’s tower, are they going to eat up the whole city?”

"Hahahahaha~" The fugitive slaves around the fire laughed loudly. After they were resettled, their hearts felt heavy, and they were finally able to smile.

"No matter how you say it, it's a tall and big wizard tower!" Some serfs were still full of fear.

Everyone admitted that the huge wizard tower brought great oppression and fear to the serfs.

"Speaking of which, the tower of the lady in the lake seems to be behind the wizard's tower!" A serf interrupted and said, "I heard from the locals that the farmland here is all high-quality fertile land with high yields. Rely on the protection of the lady!"

"Praise the lady~"

"Praise lady!!"

A group of people rushed to praise the fairy in the lake desperately.

"Our earl is very pious. He has one day a week to go to the lady's tower to pray!" At this time, a serf infantry suddenly said in admiration: "As expected of the lady's favorite champion."

"No, isn't it forbidden for civilians to approach there?" A fugitive slave said cautiously, "How do you know?"

"My uncle's next-door neighbor's fellow townsman was on duty at the earl's castle. He saw the earl come out of the lady's tower late at night, and his face was still a little tired. He must have accepted the lady's instruction. The earl is really pious. !"

"Yes, it's really pious!" Everyone sighed together again.

Raymond thought that this kind of anecdote sounded like a lie. In the past, master knights would not let serfs guard their manors and castles, but chose to trust their own followers and guards.

"In order to sincerely pray for the lady's blessing and make the land more productive, the Earl has worked so hard. It's amazing!" another escaped slave said.

"Yeah, it's really amazing!" Everyone sighed.

Regarding this point, Lei Meng still nodded dubiously. It is almost impossible for the fairy of the lake to appear in front of the serfs, but Earl Ryan is the champion of the fairy of the lake. His deeds are well known even in the countryside. Meng thought it was still possible.

…………

At the same time, in the earl's castle, Ryan was standing in the hall of the inner castle, waiting for his fiancée to arrive.

"Lyan!" Su Liya led people into the hall. Today's female knight has obviously dressed up seriously. She is wearing a double-breasted windbreaker in the color of pink butterfly flower and taro today, with a faint smile on her exquisite face. She wore flesh-colored stockings and milky white high-heeled shoes on her crystal-clear beautiful feet. The pearl earrings swayed gently in the air. The engagement ring of a golden double-headed eagle was worn on the ring finger of her left hand, indicating that she was already engaged to someone.

Seeing Ryan waiting for her, the female knight blushed a little. Taking advantage of the absence of outsiders in the hall, she slowly came to Ryan: "I'm here."

"Suria!" Ryan hugged the female knight into his arms and kissed her lightly. The earl breathed in the fragrance of irises in the female knight's long golden curly hair and said with a smile, "I'm relieved when you come here. There are many things that need your help, my future wife!"

The dignified female knight was instantly flushed by Ryan's words.

The two are already engaged, and it's normal for them to be a little closer. Su Liya didn't say anything except her face was a little red. The unmarried couple walked towards the third floor together. Olika followed behind the two of them. called Mrs.

Since the female knight and Ryan got engaged, she has infiltrated Ryan's forces extremely fast. The two have not been engaged for a long time, and everyone in the entire earldom is already calling madam. Ryan's knights and courtiers treat Suria Respect unusual.

This is the first daughter of a great nobleman, Ryan thought to himself, she has ruled the whole collar from top to bottom before she even married in. Her gentle personality is one thing, and her superb political wisdom is obvious. Is inherited from François.

Ryan held his fiancée's little hand, with a warm smile on his face: "What happened recently?"

"It's nothing special. It's been quiet in Winford recently. The serfs are busy harvesting winter wheat, and the knights are also busy practicing. By the way, Ryan, my father thinks your fixed tax is very constructive. He plans to share with you Similarly, the reform of the tax system will also change the tithe tax into a fixed tax." Su Liya said with a blushing face: "I will need to send someone from your side to guide me later."

"Okay." For some reason, Ryan couldn't help but want to kiss her every time he saw the graceful and dignified appearance of the female knight.

Just do it, just when Suria was about to speak, Ryan kissed her lips again.

Seeing this, Su Liya closed her eyes, feeling dizzy for a while.

Two minutes later, the female knight was panting, and sat on the sofa in the room beside Ryan. She reached out and patted Ryan reproachfully: "Ryan~ You bastard~ If you do this, I won't come here in the future."

"Suria, I miss you." Ryan put his arms around the waist of the female knight, smelling the fragrance in her hair, and said intoxicatedly: "I haven't seen you for several months."

"Lian...I miss you too." Suria was a little moved after hearing what Ryan said.

The two stayed together for a while.

"Then I'll leave the next thing to you, Suria, I will listen to the movement in the inner room." Ryan whispered.

"it is good!"

Half an hour later, in the conference room of the Earl's Castle, several big businessmen and the butler Katzenberg were already waiting. They were enjoying imperial beer, Breton wine, and exquisite desserts from the wood elves. Waiting for the earl to appear.

The butler Katzenberg stood next to the empty main seat. His tall and thin figure stood upright. He was entertaining several big businessmen for the time being. His wife had just given birth to a boy a few days ago. The butler had already obtained the earl's permission. This child will grow up and study in the earl's court in the future, and be trained as a knight. Katzenberg instantly felt that this day was full of hope.

The businessmen present at the meeting included Oliver, Hadrian and others who had a good relationship with Ryan, the big businessman Ismail from Pordereau, the big businessman Fernand from the north, and the big businessman Jacques from Winford. .

These merchants all have huge financial resources, and at the same time they have deep relationships with the local nobles.

"Good afternoon, everyone!" With the sound of high heels hitting the ground, Suria, wearing the dress of the Marquis of Brittania, appeared from the door, and her maid Sylvia followed behind the Marquis.

"Good afternoon, madam!" Several big businessmen subconsciously stood up and bowed to Suria.

Ismail, a big businessman in Boldro, secretly raised his head to glance at Suria's noble figure, and murmured in his heart. It seems that Ryan's fiancée came forward for this negotiation.

The nobles of the kingdom often talked about this daughter of the Duke of Wenford. As Francois's favorite daughter, she was perfect in appearance, temperament and strength. Many nobles once wanted to marry Francois. Marriage, but Francois did not agree.

It is said that if this young lady wants to marry well, not only must her partner be a Holy Grail Knight, but she must also be young and have sufficient status.

In the end, she actually found it! Ismail slandered in his heart that the daughter of the Duke of Winford was really lucky, and the marriage contract was bestowed by the lady herself, and the nobles of the kingdom could not object.

After sitting down, everyone exchanged pleasantries and talked about some unnutritious topics. Soon, Oliver relied on the best relationship with Ryan, and first said: "Madam, we have encountered some problems recently."

"Question?" Su Liya was sitting on the main seat. She clasped her fingers and placed them flat on the table. Her tone was gentle, her eyes were gentle but full of majesty, and the female knight skillfully took care of everyone at the meeting. , to ensure that no one has the feeling of being neglected: "What problem did you encounter, can you explain in detail? Mr. Oliver?"

"It's like this, ma'am. Recently...the northern sea route...is not safe. Some merchant ships have lost contact, and they haven't reached Marienburg."

"Lost connection?" I want to chat about "Warhammer God" with more like-minded people, follow "Youdu Literature" on WeChat to read novels, chat about life, and find friends~