Han Maple Fortress had lifted the ban on the Bayers three days ago. The women living in the fortress can come and go freely, and the men outside the fortress can also visit their wives and children at any time. If Asharif is willing, he can even
He can pick up his wife at any time, but his wife doesn't want to follow him to Broken Snow City. She just wants to return to her hometown in Bayer Country, the village known as the second closest to Frost Flower City.
When she arrived at the barracks, her wife had already packed her bags. She only bought a little food. She still remembered that there was a farmer on the way here. The bread there was very cheap. Although there were some sawdust mixed in the flour, one copper coin could buy it.
to five pounds,
Bread mixed with sawdust, wheat porridge mixed with hay, and fake broth made from tree roots and bitter herbs. Thinking of this kind of life, Asharif will go crazy.
He took out a piece of clothing from his backpack for his wife. She only had two winter clothes. One was a wedding dress made by her mother when she got married, and the other was made of clothing she bought at Hanfeng Fortress and was sewn by herself.
In the country of Bayer, many women will wear their wedding clothes until their coffins, because they only have a handful of clothes in their lifetime.
"Do you like it?" Asharif put the clothes on his wife's shoulders.
The wife touched the soft material and asked, "How much does this dress cost?"
"I want...three, three silver coins." This dress actually cost six silver coins, but Asharif said less than half because he was worried that his wife would go crazy.
But three silver coins also made the wife crazy: "Why buy such a thing? At home, such clothes only cost twenty copper coins!"
"I don't have any clothes like this at home, and I can't even find such materials."
"What does it matter? Squinting Susan's linen is also very comfortable and warm!"
By the way, there are also clothes made of burlap. Asharif will never forget the smell of those things in his life.
"Three silver coins are nothing. I make more than that in a day."
"You won't be able to make this kind of money anymore. You won't be able to make a single silver coin all year round!"
Asharif couldn't bear it any longer: "Why do you want to go back if you know this is the case? I earned eleven gold coins in one year in Broken Snow City, which is money I will never earn in my life!"
"But, but, but..." The husband suddenly changed his face, which made the wife a little flustered, "But the things here are also very expensive."
"It's a bit expensive, but at least we can afford it. When we returned to the village, we couldn't afford anything, and there was nothing we could buy."
"But, that's our home." The wife looked around, "Do you want to live in this small house all the time, and there are often wars here."
"Our village is also at war. I heard that Sean has returned to fight again," Asharif said, "And we don't have to live in this place. We can buy a house in Suixue City. I have already
We have found a house, and for only nine gold coins, we can buy that house."
"Nine gold coins?" The wife was so frightened that she couldn't speak for a long time. "Are you crazy? You told me before that you only need two gold coins!"
"It's not an old house near the city wall, nor a hut like this," Asharif said excitedly, "It's a big house with two floors and a yard."
"Is it bigger than Master Hamei's house?"
"Well, that's not true..." Hamei is the richest man in the village, and his house is half the size of the village.
"With our gold coins, we can also buy a big house. It's not much better than the shabby house you bought."
"But, what's the use of buying a house?" Asharif shook his head and said, "Khamei's brother is a baron. He can live as he wants, so what can we do?"
"We can buy land and hire people to farm it for us!"
"Do you think Hamei made his fortune by farming? The land does not produce much food, and we have to pay 60% of the tribute. Oleg's family also has a lot of land, but he also lives a very poor life, haha
Mei Yi's family has two iron mines, and he doesn't have to pay tribute, so he is so rich."
"We can also buy iron ore!"
"Are you crazy? You can't buy iron ore with more than a dozen gold coins. Even the smallest iron ore will not be sold to us. His uncle is a baron, and we don't have that qualification!"
The wife sat on the ground and said with tears: "You just don't want to go home with me anyway."
"I really don't want to, I really don't want to live like that anymore. I paid an extra month's rent and lived with me in Suixue City for a month. I beg you, you will like it there!"
The wife hesitated for a while, wiped her tears and said, "As long as you come home with me, I will let you marry two more wives, and I will find the most beautiful girl for you!"
This is the wife's last trump card. According to the laws of the Bayer Kingdom, civilians can marry up to five wives, but they must obtain the consent of the first wife. If Asharif cannot be moved by marrying two more wives, she will give him another wife.
One wife, including himself, four wives in total. Isn’t this condition tempting enough?
"I don't want so many wives, not even one more!" Asharif's answer left his wife speechless. "So what if I have a hundred wives? I don't want my wife and children to live in the mud all their lives!"
…
Two hours later, his wife took the children and followed Asharif on the carriage leading to Broken Snow City.
Along the way, his wife refused to say a word to Asharif, but Asharif used all means to please his wife.
"Look how beautiful you are. When we get to Suixue City, I will buy you the best powder."
The wife remained silent.
"Our house has four rooms, one for us to live in and one for the children. What do we do with the other two?"
The wife remained silent.
"You know, we have a bathroom on the first floor, which is a special place for bathing. We also have a big bathtub!"
"When did you become so fond of bathing!" the wife yelled viciously, "Don't you only take a bath once a year?"
Asharif did not dare to speak anymore. When he was resting on the way, he bought sausages and milk for his wife. His wife said angrily: "Didn't we bring dry food with us? Do you know how expensive these things are! This ghost place is no longer there."
Free food is provided, I really don’t know what else to miss here!”
…
It was already dusk when they arrived in Broken Snow City. Asharif held his child and carried his luggage, and invited his wife into the house like a queen. His wife glanced around the yard and hummed: "Bihamei
The yard at Master Yi’s house is far behind.”
Asharif smiled because he saw the corners of his wife's mouth moving, which proved that her heart was also moving.
Arriving at the hall, my wife stood there for a long time without moving. She saw the smooth walls, she saw the flat floor, she saw the simple but exquisite furniture, and most importantly, she could see all of this very clearly.
.
In this era, especially in winter, everyone would close their windows tightly, which meant that the house would be dark throughout the winter, and even the palace could only be illuminated by candles.
In order to impress his wife, Asharif spent a gold coin to replace all the windows in his house with glass.
This is Reggie's plan. He wants the Dragon King's crystal to become a necessity of life. Of course, only Reggie's people can replace their houses with glass windows at such a low price. The quantity of glass is personally determined by specialized craftsmen.
Measure and cut it yourself. Once it is damaged, you can only ask a craftsman to replace it, and all broken glass must be recovered.
He will not let the glass flow into the private market, which is an important source of wealth. If other kingdoms want to buy glass, to be precise, it should be called the crystal window from the Dragon Palace, they must come up with a lot of gold coins.
The quality of the first batch of glass windows produced was not very good. The glass was dark green and had many bubbles.
But this is enough to make any woman cry.
The wife carefully touched the glass on the window and said in a trembling voice: "Is this...really ours?"
"They're all ours," Asharif smiled, "Do you like it?"
"I like it, but nine gold coins are too expensive!" His wife cried and got into Asharif's arms.
"It's not expensive, my dear, I will make more money for you! Let's go have dinner first. There are good restaurants nearby."
"We won't go to a restaurant, it's too expensive. We'll cook it ourselves."
"Okay, I'll take you to the department store, where you can find everything!"