Succubus' Manor

The first batch of pig iron was finally shipped back, and a businessman who was locked up was able to reunite with his family. His benefits were not small. The sugar and cloth could completely offset the money for the pig iron. One big stick and one candy, and the rest People were also appeased.

It miraculously made the merchants more loyal.

In this world, there are many untrustworthy people and few trustworthy people. If you do business with the former, you don’t have to worry about getting something but not getting paid, and the benefits are right in front of you, so it’s okay to take some risks.

The pig iron was transported back by the tooth overnight.

Fang is the most powerful fighting demon among the demons here. His prototype is three meters high, has two huge fangs, and has thicker fur than other demons. Whether it is a horse or a donkey, he is obedient in front of him , so a few donkeys can be driven back together.

Before leaving, Hei asked him if he wanted to pick two more people to go back with him.

Ya sneered and said, "Think I'm you?"

Ya looks down on Hei, and Hei himself knows that a strong man like Ya only sees stronger people, and a weak demon like him is like a stone on the side of the road in Ya Yan's eyes. It is a waste of time to bother to look at it.

So Hei didn't speak, and Ya walked out the door.

The work of delivering the goods was requested by Ya himself. When Ya was cleaning up the robbers, he fell in love with a human race. Because he couldn't bring that person with him, he proposed to deliver the goods. Thin, looks like only a handful of bones.

No matter from the perspective of the human race or the demon race, he is not a good-looking person, nor is he a good match.

But Ya likes it, in front of that person, Ya doesn't look like a demon anymore.

He can also laugh, unlike the indifferent and heartless look in front of him.

It was not the first time for Ya to transport goods. The donkey's strength was not too strong, and the speed was slow, so Ya followed slowly.

He went to the roadside to pick a weed, wiped the root of the grass, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and he could chew a bit of sweet and sour taste. This is the grass that the man taught him to recognize. Thinking of that man, his teeth moved faster .

Going back this time, it is estimated that he can stay in the territory for two days. He does not spend money on food and clothing, and all the wages and rewards he gets are given to the other party, which is enough for the other party to do nothing and live a good life in the territory. .

The demons don't care whether their lover is a man or a woman. They won't raise children anyway. Raising children is always a woman's business on the demon's side. It doesn't make any difference to them whether they have children or not.

Anyway, the child is raised by the mother, and inherits the blood of the mother. The father is more like a tool man who provides tools for childbirth.

As soon as the pig iron was brought back, the blacksmith room reopened. Most of the goblins and a small number of humans returned to their original jobs. During the day, the sound of blacksmithing could be heard in the territory. Chi Yan thought it was very noisy before, but now But it sounds good.

Once there is a drought, there will be no food. Whether it is a commoner, a wealthy businessman or an aristocrat, their purchasing power will be much smaller and money can be spent, but they will never exchange food for things. Chi Yan asked the weaving room to concentrate on making quilts in the future.

I just don't know when the locusts will come this year. Seeing that summer will not end so soon, it is estimated that the locusts will come before autumn.

The wheat in the field was not yet ripe, and the locusts probably wouldn't be able to redeem it when they came. It was estimated that even the wheat in Chi Yan's territory would be wiped out.

Wheat is not a tomato. Pick it when it is not raw, spread it with straw, and spray it with white wine to make it ripe and red.

Chi Yan touched his cheek.

He had wisdom teeth and had a toothache. The wisdom teeth were stuck against the gums and couldn't come out. The pain made Chi Yan restless and unable to sleep at night, so he could only wrap ice in a linen cloth and cover his cheeks.

Kleist reached out and grabbed Chi Yan's chin, and said softly, "Don't be afraid, open your mouth and show me."

Chi Yan opened his mouth obediently, and Kleist looked over. Chi Yan's red gums were protruded by white teeth and swollen.

Chi Yan was in excruciating pain, and there were no painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs here, and there was no surgery to remove wisdom teeth. His head was sore from the pain, and when he closed his mouth, he moaned and said, "It hurts, I hurt." I can't sleep, and I can't think about anything."

It's just that no matter how distressed Kleist is, there is no solution, and he cannot suffer for Chi Yan himself.

"I'll go out for a while." In the middle of the night, Kleist put on his clothes and was about to open the door to go out.

Chi Yan: "What are you doing out there?"

Kleist: "Look for herbs. I know a kind of grass. After chewing it, your mouth is numb. Maybe you will not hurt after chewing it."

Chi Yan quickly said: "Then you go out during the day, it's too dangerous to go out at night!"

Although Chi Yan knew that Kleist was a demon, he didn't have much sense of reality. In his eyes, Kleist was still a human being, and any human being would be in danger, especially in the dark night.

The people here don't have any channels to supplement vitamin A. Most of them have night blindness, and many nobles are no exception. They can't see anything at night.

Chi Yan said: "Don't go, it's only for one night, I can bear it."

Toothache is not a disease, it kills people when it hurts, Chi Yan didn't sleep well last night, he tossed and turned all night, finally fell asleep, and woke up from the pain in less than four hours, he couldn't do anything during the day, his mind couldn't think, He looked ill.

Kleist touched Chi Yan's cheek.

Kleist's palms were dry and warm, and Chi Yan rubbed them affectionately.

Kleist withdrew his hand instantly, the veins on his forehead bulged, he pursed his lips and said, "I'm leaving."

This time Chi Yan didn't stop him, because he caught a glimpse of Kleist's bayonet out of its sheath.

About two hours later, Kleist returned.

It was hot outside, but the night was cooler than the day, and there was an ice basin in the room. When Kleist returned, there was no hot air.

"Don't swallow it, just chew it." Kleist took out the washed herbs.

This kind of grass is rare. The leaves are very big, as wide as the palm of an adult man, and the edges are smooth, but there are thorns on the stems, and the thorns are relatively soft. Be careful not to get stuck.

Kleist pulled out the thorns and let Chi Yan chew with the leaves.

The taste was not very good, Chi Yan felt a little nauseous after chewing it, not only the smell of grass, but also a muddy smell.

But the effect is very good. After chewing a few times, the mouth feels a little numb.

After he spat out the residue and rinsed his mouth, he no longer felt the toothache.

Just a bit of a big tongue.

Kleist hugged Chi Yan's waist with one hand, and put one arm under Chi Yan's head. Chi Yan had been sleepy for a long time, and now his teeth didn't hurt, so he nestled into Kleist's arms and fell asleep with his eyes closed. I fell asleep, didn't dream, and slept until dawn.

There is still numbness in the mouth, but it is better than the pain.

Kleist picked a lot of herbs last night. Chi Yan chewed some more after waking up. The portion was not much, so he didn't talk too much. He ate some steamed very soft steamed buns in the morning and drank some boiled It is very thick wheat mush, and this is the beginning of the day's work.

Rather than saying that Chi Yan started working, it is better to say that the blacksmith room started working.

The goblins skillfully burned charcoal and pig iron, and then began to hammer.

It was very hot in the blacksmith room, especially in this weather, even hotter, no amount of ice basins would help.

Being in it is like being in a steamer.

So Chi Yan asked them to work in shifts, and each of them took a rest for an hour after hitting a child's iron. Although the effect was not very good, it was better than nothing.

The goblins and the humans rushed to work overnight, and the tools for digging the well were soon ready.

In addition to digging wells, people also went to the river to draw water, and filled all the containers on the territory.

Everyone is not a fool, and they know what the lower water level means. The water downstream has dried up, and it will be their turn soon. Maybe when they wake up, they will be able to see the bare riverbed.

Finding the direction is the biggest problem. Chi Yan has no experience and can only judge based on the plants.

Dig wherever the grass blades are tallest and densest.

At the same time, six wells were dug in various directions. Everyone had no experience and could only do it by groping.

After digging for several days, only two wells produced water, and the rest did not produce water.

The well was dug deep, and it had to be fixed while digging to avoid landslides.

It took a month to dig a total of twelve wells, some deep and some shallow, but there is no need to worry about daily water use.

Katuo was very drought tolerant, and Chi Yan had already given up on wheat.

Even if the wheat is not killed by drought, it cannot escape the plague of locusts, and the immature wheat cannot be eaten if it is taken back.

Fortunately, there is a card tuo.

Not only Chi Yan thought so, but everyone else in the territory thought so too.

Abel poured water to wipe his face, and said, "Fortunately, there are cats, otherwise I don't know how to live this year."

Bert also wiped his face, rubbed his crippled leg, and looked out the window. The high-temperature air was distorted, but Potter didn't know what air was, and only felt that the scene outside was distorting. That's what happens when it's hot, Bert knew.

Their family also brought back ice. Before the water level did not drop, they dared to change more, but now they dare not.

Fortunately, the well water is also very cool. When it is too hot, I can use the well water to wipe my body.

It's comfortable when you wipe it, but it starts to sweat after you wipe it.

Burt: "Cattoo is really good. You don't need to sow seeds every year. I just don't know if the cato will grow to the same size as the last harvest when there is less water."

Abel didn't know that after the two brothers wiped their bodies, the water should not be wasted. The cold well water became hot after a while, so Abel poured the water on the ground.

Something is better than nothing.

After splashing the water, Abel returned home and opened all the doors and windows. If the wind blows over, it will be cooler at least.

Their parents were not as afraid of the heat as they were, so they went with a group of people to pick wild vegetables and fruits in the woods early in the morning.

It is estimated that it is too hot, and the wild fruits ripen faster than in previous years. If no one picks them, they will fall all over the ground and be pecked away by birds.

The mornings and evenings are better, the days are just too tough.

The wheat fields still had to be watered. Although Chi Yan had given up, the people hadn't given up yet.

As long as the wheat is still there, it needs to be watered for a day.

The river bed is exposed.

Although there is still water in the river, there are only thin tributaries, and it takes a long time to fetch water to fill a basin.

After another half a month, the water dried up, and if I wanted to fetch water from the river, I had to go upstream, and I had to walk on my legs for two days to see the water.

Bandits began to appear around the territory again.

It's just that Chi Yan didn't care this time, as long as he didn't get close to his territory.

Although the last fight of those who have no way out is not in line with Chi Yan's moral values, Chi Yan has no reason to kill them all.

Probably because this place is too remote, but no refugees came here.

"Benedict has a letter." Chi Yan said to Kleist, and then cut open the envelope with a knife.

In the letter, Benedict didn't write many kind words like before, but frankly talked about the current situation and asked for help.

The locusts haven't come yet, but the drought is terrible, there is no water, the crops on the land are all withered, and the civilians start to make troubles, and his knights with more than 100 people can't control them. Some civilians have left, and some civilians have nowhere to go.

The big businessmen in the city also wanted to leave, and the civilians rushed into their homes, killing people and grabbing food and water.

After asking Mrs. Campbell, Benedict decided to bring someone to join Chi Yan.

In his letter, he said that Chi Yan was his "only sincere friend".

Of course, he would not come in vain, he would bring food with the knights, and the servants would bring them if they were willing to go with him, and those who did not want to go would not force them.

In the end, Benedict also said that he had a lot of gold in his hand, all of which was given to Chi Yan as a reward for Chi Yan's taking him in.

If nothing else, Benedict is on his way now.

Chi Yan sighed: "The viscount's territory has become like this."

A big city still has the benefits of a big city, and you can ask the Holy Court for help in difficult times.

Kleist said, "If this continues, the duke's territory will become like this."

"Tell me, is there any food in the holy courtyard?" Chi Yan asked suddenly.

When paying taxes in previous years, the Holy Court only needed food, and the royal family could use gold, silver and money to offset taxes.

Without waiting for Kleist to answer, Chi Yan said to himself: "There must be, and there are many."

It's just that the food didn't fall into the hands of the local Holy Court.

This natural disaster gave the Holy Court an opportunity, the nobles everywhere were overwhelmed, and no one could manage the royal family.

As long as the Holy Court has a little brain, it knows that now is the best time. As long as the royal family is abolished, the Holy Court will be the only ruler in name and in fact.

Chi Yan didn't know why, but felt a little scared. He moved to Kleist's side, grabbed Kleist's hand, then sat on Kleist's lap, and nestled himself into Kleist's arms inside.

Kleist kissed Chi Yan's side face, and his chest shook when he laughed: "Are you worried about the royal family, or the Holy Court?"

Chi Yan buried his head into Kleist's neck and took a deep breath. He felt that Kleist smelled very good.

At least he smells sweet, not floral or other, but it smells inexplicably good.

"The royal family must be very difficult now." Chi Yan whispered, "Although our place is remote, once it becomes turbulent, it will be very dangerous."

Having a small territory has both advantages and disadvantages.

Any turbulence may destroy their efforts and painstaking efforts for more than two years.

Kleist reached out and stroked Chi Yan's back: "With me here, I'll be fine."

Clearly Kleist's voice was very soft, but after he said this, Chi Yan was inexplicably relieved.

Yes, with Kleist around, as long as there is Kleist, nothing will happen.

"Let them come back." Chi Yan raised his head and looked at Kleist's dark eyes. Kleist's eyes were still so beautiful. Chi Yan reached out and touched Kleist's eyelids lightly, admiring Said, "You are so pretty."

Kleist took Chi Yan's hand and kissed the back of Chi Yan's hand: "You look the best."

The two looked at each other, and Chi Yan pursed his lips in embarrassment and smiled.

The wheat on Chi Yan's territory was not saved.

Although people have watered it very hard, the water dries up before it flows into the soil.

Everyone knew that on the day when Mai Mai still couldn't be saved, Chi Yan could hear the crying outside in the castle.

He was very uncomfortable.

They have katuo and sugar, but for people, wheat is the crop that gives them the most sense of security.

Everyone was in the field, weeping while taking away the dry straw.

Tears fell on the ground, leaving no trace.

Renee is also harvesting wheat stalks. She also planted a small field. She has never planted a field. In order to plant this field well, she quietly observes others. She is afraid that there will be bugs in the field. She will check it every day. Once she sees The insects were grabbed one by one.

She wiped her face, not knowing whether it was tears or sweat.

Even the young men gritted their teeth while harvesting the straw with tears.

The dry straw can be used for fire, and the ash from the burning is also fertilizer.

When watching the sky and eating, nothing can be wasted.

"It's a good thing there are cats."

"Fortunately, there is a well."

People are all chanting two sentences, as if as long as they keep chanting, they won't be afraid.

The days will get better, no one knows how long the drought will be, the riverbed will dry up, and the water level of the well will drop.

People were afraid to eat water, and when the water drawn from the river ran out, the only thing they could rely on was the twelve wells.

Every day, someone dug out the immature katuo from the ground, and buried them after confirming that the katuo was still in good condition.

They also began to consciously go on a diet, and each person only dared to eat half a Katuo for a meal.

The wild vegetables in the woods were gone, and some small trees didn't have deep enough roots and died a lot.

A breath of fear and despair spread in the territory.

Even Chi Yan's territory has become like this, let alone other places where there are no catuo and grain storage.

Both Dahe and Hei came back, and there was a group of people behind them.

"They're all businessmen." Dahe lowered his head, not daring to look at Chi Yan's face, and explained, "They must come back together, just drive them away."

After all, they are businessmen who have done things for them. It is not good to kill them on the way, and they have threatened them, but no matter how scared they are, the businessmen are unwilling to leave.

Chi Yan has a lot of grain, and he harvested a lot of katuo last year, which is enough for the people in the territory to eat for three years, especially in another month, the katuo in the field will be harvested again, and the cellar is still full of wheat. It's not difficult to get down, just give the food for survival and don't waste much.

But the problem is, Chi Yan doesn't know when the drought will end.

Will it snow this winter?

"Since they're here, let them live in a house that hasn't been pushed before." Chi Yan rubbed his brows with a headache.

If he hadn't come from modern times, had no education, was a local aristocrat, and didn't take human life seriously, he would definitely be able to see death without blinking an eye.

Chi Yan said to Dahe: "Don't give them food yet, wait until they finish eating their own food."

It is impossible for merchants to flee without food. Now Chi Yan can only provide them with a shelter, which must be exchanged for gold, silver and money.

Although gold, silver and money are useless now, Chi Yan can't let them live here without paying anything.

As for fetching water, don't worry, every well is watched by someone, and no one will fetch a lot at once.

The sanitation situation is worrying again. The water is used for drinking. Washing hands and face is too extravagant, and taking a bath is even more extravagant.

Even Chi Yan could only wet the cloth to wipe his body, and could not take a bath.

Most of the merchants brought their family members and the most loyal entourages with them. After handing over all the gold and silver, they let the entourages decorate the house. They said it was decoration, but in fact they spread a few blankets on the ground so that they could huddle together at night. sleep.

The merchants would not treat the carefully selected entourage, and the entourage was also assigned to a corner, and the merchant even asked them to spread blankets themselves.

Anyway, the blanket can't be sold now, so it's good to have some use.

However, the followers would rather sleep directly on the ground, which is harder, but cooler than sleeping on a blanket.

Darren wiped his face with a cloth. His face was weathered, and he looked like he was ten years older. However, he was lucky. He followed Dahe and the others and successfully came here. Not every businessman With his courage, he gave up the property he had bought with great difficulty, and ran out with only his wife, children and three followers.

His parents had long since passed away, so the burden was relatively light. His wife also married him far away. This place is far away from his wife's hometown, so there is no need to worry about his wife's parents.

The two children are also grown up, and they are not as easy to die on the way as the little doll.

He felt that he was lucky. When he came out, he stuffed the car with food and all the property he could take away. Even he himself walked over with his entourage on both legs.

The same goes for the wife.

After they were assigned to the place where they lived, they wiped their faces and didn't feel hungry. After being worried for so long, they could finally sleep peacefully.

Only the children clamored for food.

Darren took out a piece of black bread, carefully cut off a bit with a knife, and shared it with the two children, letting them chew slowly.

Black bread is very hard, and it takes a long time to chew if it is not soaked in water. After chewing for a long time, the feeling of fullness will always be stronger.

The wife asked Darren: "How long are we going to be here? I want to go home."

The home is gone, they walked forward, and the civilians broke into their home behind them.

Thinking of that scene, Darren still had lingering fears. He covered his chest and said, "Don't think about it, go to sleep."

The wife stared blankly at her husband and asked him, "We're going to stay here forever? What if we run out of food?"

"No matter how kind the lord here is, he will not share his food with us."

Darren was also flustered, he shouted: "Don't ask! Go to sleep!"

They dare not think that in the future, it will be a day to live.

That night, neither Darren nor his wife fell asleep. The two children slept soundly between them.

Even in a safe place, adults still can't sleep.

Darren swallowed, as if it would keep him from being too thirsty or too hungry.

Children are too young to know what hunger can do to a person.

Hunger turns people into monsters.