"Karls, have you heard? The count's valet is mad!"
"What? How is this possible? Aunt Sally, don't talk nonsense. What if someone overhears your nonsense here..."
"I'm not talking nonsense..." Aunt Sally looked around furtively, then stretched her neck, came close to Karls and said, "You keep your head down all day long.
Kugan, the news is not well-informed at all, this matter has been spread throughout the city."
"Oh? Aunt Sally, tell me what's going on."
In this world where spiritual life and material life are extremely scarce, any interesting anecdote can be discussed by people for a long time, especially trivial matters about the nobility.
"Did you know that Master Bruno went out of town a few days ago..."
"I know this. It is said that the Earl listened to the advice of his new valet, Lord Lopida, and actually went to the seaside to find food. It is really ridiculous..."
"Yes, I have heard about this too. It is said that Luobida has the head of a deer and the eyes of a rat, and is a very evil person..."
"Shhh... keep your voice down, don't let anyone hear you... But then again, what does this have to do with Lord Sabi's madness?"
"Of course it does matter. Think about it, Lord Sabi has been serving the Count for how many years. He has worked hard without any merit, but because of this Lobida, he was squeezed out. It is said that Lord Sabi has suffered a lot.
Leng Nuo, was extremely resentful towards Luobida, and in anger... actually... actually..."
"What's going on? Aunt Sally, tell me quickly." Just as he was talking, several curious neighbors gathered around, carrying small stools and rushing to eat melon.
Several people surrounded the fat Aunt Sally, their faces full of desire for knowledge.
Seeing this, Aunt Sally wiped the dirt on her hands from her apron, cleared her throat and said, "You all know black pudding, right?"
"I know! It is said to be an excellent delicacy."
"In the past, when Sir Sabi was serving at the Earl's side, the Earl would often reward Sir Sabi with black pudding."
"What does this have to do with Mr. Sabi's madness? Aunt Sally, please hurry up and get to the point. My mother-in-law is still waiting for me to carry firewood back!"
"That's the point!" Aunt Sally glared at the man displeased, and then said: "After Mr. Sabi was ignored by the Earl, naturally he no longer had the reward of black pudding, so he treated the black pudding day
After thinking about it all night, I ended up suffering from hysteria, and whenever I saw something that looked like black pudding, I would pull away."
Aunt Sally paused, then said mysteriously: "Do you know... what that black pudding looks like?"
"What does it look like?" everyone asked quickly.
"Although black pudding is extremely delicious, it is black, and... it looks a bit like that thing..."
"What? Aunt Sally, tell me quickly!" everyone urged.
"It's like the things you usually pull out..."
"Oh my god...could it be Lord Sabi..."
Aunt Sally nodded solemnly and said: "At the end of the road, next to the city gate, at the house, five large baskets of feces can be exchanged for one copper plate. The notices have been posted, but no one knows yet.
Many, but it’s absolutely true!”
The melon-eaters sitting around looked at each other in confusion. The amount of information was too large and it took some time to digest...
After a long while, someone finally confirmed: "Can you exchange five baskets of feces for one copper plate?"
Aunt Sally nodded and said, "I'm not lying to you. There is a notice posted on the house at the gate of the city. It cannot be faked! My old John has already exchanged several coins for it."
Hearing this, the guys who were just sitting around to eat melons became a little unable to sit still. Five large baskets of feces can be exchanged for one copper plate!
Is there any better deal in the world?
There is not much else in Idar City, but there is a huge pile of excrement. Human or livestock excrement can be collected casually on both sides of the road.
Sabi-sama, you are really... crazy cute!
"Aunt Sally, I...I'm leaving first!"
"Aunt Sally, I have something else to do..."
"Aunt Sally, I'm going to dig out the feces..."
The eager melon-eaters almost rushed to leave, fearing what if they arrived late and Mr. Sabi refused to accept them. This was a rare and good opportunity to make money...
…
At this time, the city gate was already overcrowded.
There were adults, children, and even hunched-over old men. They were all pulling or dragging several large baskets of excrement, and lined up to receive money.
The news that the crazy Lord Shabi paid a lot of money to collect feces has spread. The residents of Idar did not believe it at first, but when the first person actually received a heavy copper plate, the whole of Idar was boiling.
In the streets and alleys of cities and towns, you can see adults carrying baskets or children picking up feces left on the roadside everywhere, creating a lively scene.
It was the first time that the residents of Idar City felt that there was only such a small amount of feces in the city, and it was the first time that Shabi realized that there was so much feces accumulated in Idar City...
As the shit shoveler of Idar, Shabi certainly does not have to do everything himself. He assigns special people to handle, weigh and transport the shit, while he himself hands over the coins one by one to the ordinary people who come to collect the money.
,only……
Shabi always felt that everyone looked at him a little strangely. Those ragged civilians would always look at him with a... strange look when they took the coins from his hands...
Those eyes were full of sympathy...compassion...and care...
What's more, they will say some words of comfort and sympathy to themselves, and even a child will send a piece of hard black bread in front of him...
What exactly is going on?
Shabi was puzzled.
But he didn't want to ask directly, so he had to hand over the coins one by one in the eyes of people's pity...
The excrement delivered to the city gate will be weighed by a dedicated person, and then the dry and wet excrement will be classified. After a brief recording, someone will pour the excrement into the bullock cart that has been waiting for a while, and then it will be transported by soldiers.
Leave the city and go to a hillside southwest of Idar.
There, there will be serfs who have been waiting for a long time to unload the excrement from the oxcart, and then carry out special treatment according to the method explained by the earl before leaving.
Some were spread flat on the hillside to dry, and some were piled into a ball shape more than one meter high. After adding weeds and mixing with water, they were processed according to the compost fermentation method taught by Bruno.