Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 236 The Village in the Territory

The next day, Rhodes and Gilbert ran to the north gate of the fort early in the morning to wait for Baron and the others.

Gilbert hired two carriages to load his luggage. He has many instruments that cannot be disassembled, so they occupy a lot of space.

"Aren't you going to hire a few mercenaries? What if you encounter robbers on the road?" A young groom asked, he looked only in his teens.

The young groom just wanted to show that he knew a lot and wasn't really afraid of running into robbers.

The other middle-aged groom didn't say anything, just looked at them silently.

"No need." Rhodes replied lightly. He was not afraid of robbers coming to rob them at all.

He is not afraid of encountering powerful robbers, who would want to be a robber?I have already gone to help a certain noble lord, and many noble lords have people who have been robber knights.

"If I encounter robbers, I will surrender directly. Don't blame me when the time comes." The young groom said again.

"Just protect yourself." Rhodes nodded.

Not long after, Baron and Hamer arrived here with a few horses.

"You all have horses? Then we didn't waste our time just now." Baron said, looking at the two carriages beside Rhodes.

The reason why he came late was probably to help Rhodes prepare horses.

"Then let's go now." After Rhode finished speaking, he walked towards an open carriage, and there was still a seat for him on it...

Five days later, they arrived at Hewang Plain, and it still took half a day to reach the castle.

During this journey, Rhodes and the others did not encounter any robbers.

He stayed in the carriage and studied the martial arts cheats for a few days, and probably learned the Dugu Nine Swords, but he still needs to go through actual combat to use them skillfully.

Rhodes didn't continue reading, he sat in the carriage and looked at the surrounding scenery.

The carriage shuttled through the abandoned fields. The farmland that was originally used for cultivation was covered by weeds, and now there was not even a road here. Rhodes felt a little bumpy while sitting in the carriage.

"Can you draw a map?" Rhodes asked Baron next to him.

Rhodes felt that he needed to build a better road in his territory. Without a good road, it would be difficult for the territory to develop.

Baron pointed to Hamer next to him, "He will."

Rhodes was not surprised. This is almost a must-have skill for a noble lord. Noble lords don't even need to learn to write, but they must be able to lead troops to fight, and being able to understand and draw maps is basically a skill. Required skills.

"Can you map the terrain in a few days?" Rhodes asked Hamer.

"Yes." Hammer nodded. "I think you need to change your way of speaking now. You are the lord here now. You should give orders to your subordinates instead of asking him if he wants to."

"I know, I will do this to other people in the territory, but it will be the same to you as before. You and I are not in the relationship of lord and subject. Don't forget, you are now helping me as a friend Yes." Rhodes said to Hamer.

"What about me?" Gilbert asked.

"You and I are in an employment relationship, but you can't disclose what you know without my permission." Rhodes replied.

"Of course, helping people keep secrets is also one of my principles." Gilbert nodded.

After a while, farmland appeared around, and the field was planted with sparse winter wheat.I don't know if it's the seeds, or the farmers who cultivate the land are not good at farming.

Rhodes remembered that except for the Chinese people who are particularly talented in farming, people in other countries are much worse in this aspect. Farmers in the Middle Ages in Europe did not have a lot of research on farming, and they did not know how to build water conservancy facilities, nor did they Give seed and sow fertilizer.Finally, the problem of food was solved because of the progress of industry and the high-yield crops in America.

Hewang Plain is next to a big river. After careful planning and construction of some water conservancy facilities, the original low-grade fields can also be turned into good fields.

"Let's take a rest in this human village and learn about the situation by the way." Rhodes said, he wanted to see how his people were living.

After getting out of the car, he glanced at the flag hanging on the carriage. After so many days of wind and sun, the flag was still as it was when it was just made.

The farmers living in the village had noticed Rhodes' arrival long ago.

Standing at the front of the crowd was a very old man.

"Good day, my lord. May I ask what you are doing in our village?" the old man asked cautiously.

"He is your lord, he just arrived here today, and he hasn't brought out all your delicious and delicious food to entertain us?" The young groom pointed at Rhodes and said arrogantly.

On the road a few days ago, he knew Rhodes' identity, and got a little familiar with Rhodes and the others.Rhodes could see that the young groom was obviously clueless, and he said such a thing before he spoke, and they were not familiar to this level.

Even if he knew him well, he couldn't just rely on Rhode's identity to treat the people in his territory like this.

Rhodes decided to pay him the fare after arriving at the castle and let him go as far as he could. Such a person would be a disaster sooner or later.On the road before, the young groom said that he knew some characters, so Rhodes also said that he could be a clerk under his hands, but he didn't expect that he would start to be so domineering before he became a clerk.

He noticed that the younger villagers behind the old man subconsciously showed a hint of anger when they heard the young groom's words, which obviously did not leave a good first impression on them.

"Is it your turn to talk?" Hammer yelled at the young groom, "Go away!"

The young groom took two steps back in shock from Hammer's sudden yelling, and his face was a little pale.

"I'm sorry, we just want to ask you about the situation of the territory. There is no other meaning. This person is not with us. Don't take it to heart." Baron said to the villagers on behalf of Rhodes. apologize.

After hearing what Hammer and Baron said, the faces of these villagers obviously eased a lot.

"It's okay, why don't we take it to heart, and it's right to entertain the adults with good things." The old man said with a smile, and he looked up at the sun hanging in the sky. "It's just time to eat, all adults Haven't eaten yet, why don't we talk while eating?"

"Then we won't be polite, don't worry, we will pay you for your meals." Rhodes nodded. He felt that he couldn't treat his subjects like other noble lords, and he should give them enough respect. There is no need to take advantage of small advantages.

The old man was very smooth in dealing with people, and he kept a smiling expression from the beginning to the end.

"Please come with me, my lords!" The old man said to Rhodes with a smile.

"This is our car money, you can go elsewhere." Gilbert took out his wallet, took out some money and handed it to the young groom to send him away.

Then Gilbert followed Rhodes and the others, leaving the ashen-faced young groom in place.

Originally, he was overjoyed that he had met a nobleman, thinking that he would be able to rise to the top at any time...

　Thanks for the monthly pass to my hunting cat!

　　After studying novels written by others, I wrote such a plot. . .

　　I don't know if it's poisonous or not. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)