Two days later, Old John returned to the small village of Nisei with several large carriages of goods from the Hughes caravan.
The small village of Nisei is a bustling scene.
There were villagers coming and going everywhere, sweating and carrying baskets of red soil on their shoulders. They dumped them around the end of the village and piled them into low mounds!
This situation not only made the clerks in the Hughes caravan curious, but Old John was also puzzled.
He casually grabbed a villager in the village and asked, "What are you moving?"
"Master John, you are back!" The villager who was called out had a look of dissatisfaction on his face, but when he saw it was Old John, his face immediately changed to a look of humility and flattery, and said, "We are moving soil.
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"I know!" Old John frowned and said, "Am I a fool?" He said, "What I'm asking is where does this soil come from? Why do you need to move this soil? Did the Baron order it?"
"Yes, Master John, it was ordered by the Baron. Sure enough, there is nothing that can be hidden from smart John!" The villager flattered him a little.
Old John showed a helpful look on his face, but immediately he asked anxiously, "You haven't said where the dirt came from?"
"Mr. John, it's in a valley in the Cordillera Mountains, not far from the Kadim River." The villager replied honestly.
The Kadim River is where the villagers of the small village of Nisei draw water. It is at the foot of the Cordillera Mountains. It takes two and a half candles to walk there. This old John knows it.
"Bob is so lucky that he found this place and earned a bounty as high as the Baron." After a pause, the villager said with envy and hatred.
Old John knew from the color of the soil and the actions of the villagers that this soil was what William was looking for. He was not surprised that the lucky guy got William's bounty. He said casually, "How lucky! I remember this
Well, the reward offered by the Baron is one franc silver coin."
A franc silver coin was one-ninth of Old John's monthly salary, which was also a considerable sum.
"Two franc silver coins! Monsieur John!" The villager's jealousy was almost overflowing.
"Two franc silver coins?" Old John looked astonished. Even he didn't realize what he said, and he unconsciously had a hint of jealousy.
Two franc silver coins were almost a quarter of Old John's salary, which was not a small sum.
"Yes, Master John, the Baron has increased the reward, so..." the villagers explained to Old John.
"How much has it improved?" When Old John heard about money, his heart tightened.
"If you can find it within three days, it will be doubled! If it is found within seven days but it is more than three days, it will be half as much! But if it is more than seven days, it will only be half of the original value! So now the villagers are desperately trying to find what the Baron wants.
A few other things! Even on the way to dig dirt in the valleys of the Cordillera Mountains to exchange money, I would look around, maybe I would be lucky enough to find one!"
What other villagers do is also what this villager thinks about!
Everyone wants to be the darling of this fate!
"These lazy guys, they think about getting something for nothing all day long, and they don't think about..." Old John felt distressed for the large bounty given by William, and cursed in his mouth. Suddenly he was stunned and his eyes widened.
, looking at the villager, "You mean digging soil in exchange for money?"
"Yes, Master John!" The villagers looked at Old John strangely, not understanding why Old John made such an expression.
Isn't this always the case with new Lord Barons?
Work hard and get money!
He is not as cruel as other lords!
Hey! It would be great if there was no Lizardmen disaster! We will live a good life under the rule of Baron Dickas, right?
The villagers were thinking wildly.
But Old John was furious and murmured, "It's true again! It's true again! My dear Lord Baron, if you continue like this, no matter how big the mountain of gold is, you will squander it all!"
However, William was never someone whom Old John could reprimand. The status gap between the two could only make Old John act to dissuade him. This was based on the fact that he had a good relationship with William and that William had a good character.
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Therefore, Old John vented his anger on the villagers in front of him. He glared at the villagers fiercely, as if he was standing in front of a father-killing enemy, and asked angrily and loudly, "How much reward will your Lord Baron give you? Ten baskets of copper coins?"
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"Two baskets and one copper coin, Master John." The villagers were frightened by Old John's appearance and replied cowardly.
"What? Two baskets and one copper coin of Poole? You are committing a crime. You are robbing the Baron's treasury! No, I want to find the Baron! Where is the Baron? Is he still in the house?" Old John couldn't control it.
With his own emotions, he screamed loudly.
At the sound of Old John's voice, the villagers had unconsciously shrunk their bodies shorter and shorter, not daring to look directly at Old John.
After hearing Old John's question, the villager whispered back, "The Baron is not in the earthen house. He entered the forest with the members of the escort!"
"Forest? Lord Baron goes into the forest? Isn't he training the guards?" Old John had another question.
"A few days ago, members of the Guard were keeping watch, and there was a wolf attack! So during this period, the Baron took the Guard members into the edge of the forest to hunt and clean up the more dangerous beasts!" This is what William announced on the Guard.
, he had no intention of hiding it and had nothing to hide, so it didn’t take long for the whole village to know!
"But the Baron is so powerful that he can't even compare to the old hunters of the villagers! Every time he goes into the forest, he brings a lot of prey, and the members of the guard team can eat meat every day!" The villagers said in a serious tone.
He was filled with envy. The only thing he hated was why his son was not selected into the Guards!
"Wolf attack? Guards? Is anyone injured?" Old John's heart suddenly rose, and his focus was on the front.
Because his son Little John is in the Guards!
"Injured? No! The Baron discovered it early. The ghost wolves that came to attack were all killed by the Baron. The rest also escaped into the forest and never harassed the village again!" The villager shook his head. Thinking of this, he
I was also afraid for a while, if the villagers did not have the Baron, how many people would it take for the whole village to satisfy the appetite of these ghost wolves.
At this moment, he missed the solid city walls of Patras City. In Patras City, he never had to worry about attacks by wild beasts such as ghost wolves.
But the next second, the villager became discouraged again. Although the city of Patras is safe, it is "not easy to live in vain"!
If only the owner of Patras could be as kind as Baron Decas!
However, the villagers quickly shook their heads. Nobles like Viscount Green were normal, but nobles like Baron Dickas were unusual!
Alas! The villagers are in deep pain!
"It's okay! It's okay!" Old John breathed a sigh of relief, then took a long breath and looked at the villagers fiercely, "Let's go, take me to find the Baron!"
"But, Mr. John, I still have to go to the Cordillera Mountains to move dirt. Two baskets of copper coins cost one Puer! Please, Mr. John, my family can't move much dirt in a day. You can find someone else. I can recommend you
, it would be great to be like Bob..." The villager raised his empty basket with a somewhat loose structure and said to Old John.
It's okay if he didn't say it. When he mentioned Old John, he became even more angry. He snorted coldly, and then said in a stiff tone, "No, it's just you! Take me to find the Baron. I have important matters to see the Baron! I've missed something big."
, I won’t let you get even one copper coin!”
The villagers had no choice but to lead Old John toward the forest with tears on their faces.
He remembered that this was the direction the escort entered the forest from in the morning!
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In the dark forest, lush tree crowns compete to grow one after another. Their branches stretch across the sky, completely blocking the sky. Only a small amount of sunlight shines through the thick leaves, adding a bit of light to the forest.
William was wearing leather armor and standing next to a brown-barked tree, with his eyes closed and meditating. He held a simple hunting bow in his hand and a long cross sword on his waist.
William bought the hunting bow from a hunter in the village. It is of average quality, but better than nothing!
Around him, there were ten guardsmen scattered around. They held wooden shields in their hands and looked around, occasionally looking at William, with admiration and admiration in their eyes.
What William did during this period had to be admired by them!
Whether it's taking the lead in killing wolves late at night, or hunting these past few days.
Whether they are men or women, they all worship the strong.
And William's performance fits their image of a strong man!
Especially the look in Jacques Porter's eyes could no longer be described as admiration. It overflowed with undying loyalty to William.
Jacques has always thought of himself as a simple person, and he would do things for anyone who could keep him fed!
Whoever saves his life will sell his life to him!
William fed him and saved his life, so in Jacques's heart, his life no longer belonged to him, but belonged to William!