Succubus' Manor

Chi Yan wore a mask and squatted by the bed to look at the red herpes on the back of the demons. Herpes were not counted. They were small and dense and spread all over the demons. The only good news was that they would not infect humans. It seemed that this strange virus It was only cross-infected among the demons. Chi Yan was dazzled by the rash, thankful that he had no secret fear.

Mrs. Campbell no longer dares to get close to this area. She can only boil some herbal medicine to treat inflammation. At other times, the human race is taking care of the demons. Chi Yan learned from the mouth of the person who took care of them that since they fell ill , has been muddled, did not wake up from sleep, and did not drink water or eat.

Because their mouths are closed too tightly, they can't get in even if they are poured.

Bernie is taking care of the teeth. The condition of the teeth is more serious than others. His hair is pulled away, and there are red herpes on the scalp, as well as under the nails, and the body temperature is higher. Even if there is no thermometer, it can be clearly seen by putting hands on it Feel hot.

An egg can probably be boiled.

Chi Yan asked him: "Has he not been sober these days?"

Standing beside Chi Yan, Bernie lowered his head, not daring to look at Chi Yan, and whispered, "Sometimes he opens his eyes at night, but he doesn't speak, and he doesn't answer any questions he asks."

He was just anxious at the beginning, but now, he has changed from anxious to bewildered. He has no relatives, only a lover and a few friends, and his teeth are all that supports him. When his teeth fall, he seems to fall with him.

Chi Yan: "Scrub his body often. If the high temperature persists tomorrow, go to the castle to get wine and wipe his forehead and underarms with the wine."

This is the only thing they can do. Even Mrs. Campbell has never heard of it, and they are helpless. Others don't know how to treat it. Even though it has not infected other races, Chi Yan still let everyone Those who take care of the demons must be fully armed, wear masks, and gloves on their hands. Before entering the house, they must put on a linen coat and take off the coat when leaving.

These jackets have to be boiled in boiling water, which can barely be regarded as high-temperature disinfection.

Finally, on a sunny day, the red herpes on the demons' bodies exploded, and black blood flowed out from the herpes, staining their bodies red. It looked as if they had crawled out of a pool of blood, but they themselves were still the same. No response, still asleep.

They haven't eaten for such a long time, and only some people have some water on their lips every day, so they are all much thinner than before, and some of them were already thin, but now they are even more out of shape.

What Chi Yan can do is to let people give the demons a relatively clean environment. The windows are opened every day for ventilation. Each demon is placed in a different room to avoid continued cross-infection.

In this way, there are fewer people who can do things in winter, because in addition to the fallen demons, someone has to take care of them.

In order to prevent accidents, in addition to being looked after during the day, someone must also be looked after at night.

Chi Yan also thought about it, would it be affected by Kleist's transformation?But after thinking about it, he thought it was unlikely. After all, Kleist was not the first time to transform. If the transformation would have such an impact, Kleist would definitely tell him in advance so that he would not face it unprepared. such a situation.

After the rash burst, people wiped the demons clean.

Scabs started to form where there was a rash.

Some demons began to wake up one after another, but the time of waking up was very short. They would only wake up for a quarter of an hour at midnight every day. Even if they woke up, they had no time to talk. sleep.

But being able to eat and drink is a good thing, and Chi Yan finally let go of his worries.

It's better than lying there and turning into a mummy without eating or drinking.

Probably because of the improvement, plus the rash and scabs, Mrs. Campbell went to check after she dared to arm herself, and concluded that the demons are gradually improving. I don’t know if the virus’s time limit has passed, or their own. The immune system resists the invasion of the virus.

But even so, Chi Yan was still worried. What Mrs. Campbell said to him kept playing on a loop in his mind.

No other races other than the demons have been infected for so long, so of the two possibilities, only the second is left-natural disasters.

Is it going to experience another drought next year?

In addition to the drought appearing together with the plague, what else will it appear together?

The five words "Little Ice Age" suddenly popped into Chi Yan's mind.

Severe droughts and severe floods appeared one after another in summer, and the winter was extremely cold. Even places where there was no snow, there would be snowstorms.

Food production has declined, and the population has also begun to plummet.

Many animals can't make it through.

The last years of the Ming Dynasty was the Little Ice Age.

Chi Yan's heart was beating violently in his chest, and his fingers trembled slightly. The winter did last longer and colder every year. Last year's drought was not the beginning and the end, but the initial warning !

"Maybe I'm scaring myself." Chi Yan touched his forehead, and he was already in a cold sweat even though he was in a warm room.

He is just speculating, there is not enough evidence to prove his conjecture, but if it is true, they must figure out how to deal with it now!

After the snow melts, there is water, but the soil has been frozen, and there is no way to dig a reservoir.

The food he brought was not enough. According to the length of last year's winter, the food he brought would still be enough to last until the snow melted and planted seeds. But if his speculation came true, there would be absolutely not enough food.

In addition, the roads are now blocked by heavy snow, and it is impossible for people to deliver food to the manor.

The more Chi Yan thought about it, the more flustered he became.

It was as if the road ahead and the road back were blocked, and there was no way out.

He discovered—every time Kleist left, something would happen, it became a law!

Chi Yan sighed leisurely, the only person he could talk to was the old housekeeper, because they both knew that this matter could not be shared.

Speaking up when there is no solution will only spread panic.

"My lord, from tomorrow onwards, change from three meals a day to one meal a day." The butler can only think of a way to cut back on food and eat less. It is better to eat less and be hungry than to die of starvation in the end. good.

Chi Yan: "But that's not the way... I even asked the businessman to go out and buy people..."

What he is worried about now is that the businessman will not be able to come back due to the weather, and at the same time, he is also worried about how to arrange the people brought back by the businessman after he returns.

If only he had known sooner... he wouldn't have let the merchants out.

Chi Yan was a little bit regretful, but now he had no choice but to regret it. He could only say to the housekeeper, "Let those who have spare time look for places where the soil is not completely frozen, and bring the soil back to plant katuo indoors."

Fortunately, there are many houses.

Originally, Chi Yan didn't plan to grow Katuo in this city, but now he has nothing to do, so that's all he can do.

Fortunately, there are no outsiders in the city now, and the matter of planting Katuo can only be handed over to the people he brought out from the manor.

The housekeeper also thinks this is a good idea. As long as there is a brazier in the room and someone is watching, the soil will not be frozen. In addition, Katuo does not need much sunlight. As long as the temperature is right, they will germinate and take root.

In fact, this kind of planting method has always been available. Winter flowers are grown in greenhouses. In the era when there were no greenhouses, greenhouses were the only way to plant out of season.

It's just that planting Katuo is not out of season, but the outdoor frozen soil cannot be cultivated, so it can only be grown indoors.

The demons also slowly woke up, the one with the best physique woke up first, and didn't remember what happened when he was sick, and the scars on his body were almost gone, but his ugly appearance became uglier. Fortunately, they themselves do not care.

The houses on the edge of the city are full of katuo, and the katuo can be harvested in three months. Relying on the current grain storage, it can last for three months. It would be great if spring can come as scheduled after three months. Well, if it is still winter after three months, there will be food to ensure that the people in the city will not starve to death.

The first time Ya woke up, he saw Bernie's face. He had no strength in his body and couldn't sit up. Seeing Bernie staring at him, he comforted him with difficulty: "I'm fine, how long have I been asleep?" ?”

Bernie: "It's been more than ten days! The lord even came to see you in person!"

Speaking of this, Bernie was grateful. His dental disease was so serious, and the lord came here in person at the risk of being infected. How can there be such a good lord in this world?

Ya wanted to get out of bed, but when he moved, he was covered in cold sweat. He gritted his teeth and said, "Something must happen."

As demons, they believed in their physiques more, and knew better what kind of circumstances they would get sick. If it wasn't for the strong and strong physiques of the demons, they would have died long ago when they were under the abyss.

Bernie stopped him: "Don't move, you should have a good rest."

During this period of time, my teeth would wake up in the middle of the night, before I had time to say anything, I would take a few sips of water, gobble up two mouthfuls of food, then fall down and continue to sleep.

Bernie felt that Fang's arms and thighs were visibly thinning.

The tooth also knew that he couldn't move now, he sighed, and lay back again, seeing Bernie pouring warm water for him and preparing food for him, his heart felt warm and sore.

When he was under the abyss, he just lived, and he didn't know why he lived. Just like an animal, he relied on instinct to live, but he didn't know if life was meaningful.

Time is also meaningless, the female demons under the abyss look down on him, he is not even qualified to mate and reproduce.

Now he feels that life has meaning.

He thought how sad Bernie would be if he died.

As he worked, he thought that the more he worked, the less Bernie would work, the food he would earn would feed them both, Bernie wouldn't be in danger, he could protect Bernie.

His life finally had brilliance, and he evolved from a beast to a human.

Bernie brought the water glass to Ya's lips, and he noticed that Ya was staring at him, so he said, "What's wrong?"

Teeth grinned: "You've lost weight."

Bernie said angrily, "You're thinner! You're losing weight!"

The demons have to rest for at least half a month. During this half month, they are useless and can only be taken care of.

Most of Chi Yan's energy was devoted to how to store the living supplies—unexpectedly, he was almost beaten back to his original shape by natural disasters before he led the people in the territory to a well-off life. There is no need to worry about the growth of Katuo, they have full vitality, Drought and flood tolerance.

Digging a water storage tank is a big problem. If you build a water tank indoors, the water storage is also very limited, and you have to wait until spring to dig a well. I don’t remember this.

I just hope that the well will be able to produce water in spring tomorrow.

Fortunately, they brought enough quilts and linen clothes when they came. Although not everyone can wear cotton clothes, it is still useful to wrap a few more layers of linen clothes.

Now no one dislikes that sackcloth is uncomfortable to wear.

I don’t know how long the lotus root that I brought can be stored. Chi Yan asked Anna to make some lotus root powder. Recently, he would eat a bowl of lotus root powder every morning, with bread crumbs and melted sugar in it. The sweetest consolation ever received.

If there is a drought next year and the winter is colder than it is now, it is estimated that there will be no prey in the woods.

When the snow melts, if you want to organize people to go hunting, make all the meat into bacon, and you can eat it when food is scarce.

I have to find a way to catch fish and make fish floss and smoked fish. I am reluctant to make salted fish, so how much salt will it cost?

Chi Yan never expected that salted fish would become a luxury item one day.

The more Chi Yan thought about it, the more miserable he felt. Seeing that everything was about to go on the right track, he didn't expect that it was not a man-made disaster that broke his dream, but a natural disaster!

The food quickly changed from three meals a day to one meal a day. The portion was still a bit more than the previous meal, and people didn't complain - the portion was already enough, so what else can you complain about?

And they have a kind of blind admiration and trust in Chi Yan, as if Chi Yan would never make a wrong decision.

"Today we eat glutinous rice." The steward pushed a small cart with wooden wheels. There was a big bucket of glutinous rice on the cart, and there was a wooden spoon beside it. He pushed the cart out from the back kitchen. The largest house has now become a cafeteria. The tables and chairs are full, and the chairs are already full of people, and there are bowls in front of everyone.

These pastes are made from katuo powder and fish floss. They have the sweetness of katuo powder and the sweetness of fish floss. Because of the addition of water, the portion looks a lot, and the stomach is full after eating Sensational and very warm.

Renee made a bowl of paste, which was still very hot, and she drank it with a spoon while blowing it. If she was lucky enough to catch fish floss, she would cherish it and chew slowly. Renee ate half of it, and felt that the portion She couldn't be full yet, so she took out a piece of black bread from the cloth bag, broke off a small piece with all her strength, and soaked it in the paste.

Wait till it softens to eat.

Renee eats a lot, and it is enough for others to drink such a large bowl of mush.

Some like it sweet, and sprinkle some sugar residue into the paste.

They all have their own food reserves, which are still stored in the manor, and the portions are quite large. They often bake some katuo by themselves, but those who eat katuo are not enviable, but those who can chew fish floss are enviable—additional Fish floss with spices, it tastes fragrant and chewy.

Chi Yan still eats steamed buns lately—it's just shrunken steamed buns, or steamed buns mixed with katuo powder, but Chi Yan is not picky, and it's okay to eat, not bad. Now is a special period, and everyone is struggling.

The butler really likes to drink mush. He is getting old and his teeth are getting worse. He can’t chew hard things. Now he doesn’t have the technology to fill his teeth. Of course it’s best to eat soft ones. Drinking mush is also good. It's delicious, warm and full. Apart from occasionally eating freshly steamed steamed buns, the butler now only eats mush.

The weather is getting worse and worse. The blizzard doesn't even hit a stutter. It falls during the day and night. It's impossible to walk on the road. The snow can reach people's waist. The windows on the first floor of many houses can't be opened. Going to the cafeteria to eat has become a problem Difficult, but no matter how difficult it is to eat - I still have to go, otherwise what should I do?starve?

The charcoal is almost burned out, and now people don't dare to burn charcoal, and they all replace it with wood.

Wood smokes more than charcoal, is more wear and tear, and chimneys often require cleaning.

It is the first time for people who have lived on this land all their lives to see such heavy snow. It seems that they have lived in other places before, and sometimes some animals will faint from hunger and come to the city to find food. Animals were also caught and made into jerky.

Just when Chi Yan thought that the merchants might have to wait for the snow to melt in the spring before coming back, the merchants came back unexpectedly—it was just that when they left, they were all sitting in a carriage, eager to start a new business, but when they came back, they were all in a carriage. Described as bleak, the horses are gone, the carts are gone, the goods brought out are gone, and there are only a few people whose clothes have turned into animal skins.

Anyway, I didn't lose my life.

People brought back a few, but just like them, they looked horrible.

This is only the first batch of people who came back, and the time difference is less than five days. The rest of the people who have not come back probably either wait for the weather to improve before returning, or they will also escape in such a mess.

Arnold is among the people who came back this time. He is the third one to come back, and he doesn't look as embarrassed as the others. At least his clothes are still neatly on his body, and the followers he brought out are all safe with him. Back here, they walked all the way, with their legs sunk in the snow. Fortunately, they made simple boots out of animal skins, wrapped them around their feet and legs, and tied them with ropes, otherwise their legs might be useless.

After returning to the warm room, Arnold let out a long breath and felt that he had come back to life, but he had just drank a cup of hot water, and before he had time to eat and rest, Chi Yan came to see him.

So Arnold could only put down the water glass in his hand, and wanted to stand up and salute Chi Yan, but before his knees were straightened, Chi Yan pressed his palm on his shoulder and made him sit back.

"You don't need to stand up, what's going on outside?" Chi Yan sat on the chair opposite Arnold, his expression was very gentle, and there was no trace of blame in his eyes, probably due to the recent shrinking of clothes and diet, the flesh on Chi Yan's face has also decreased, look It turned out to be a lot more stable.

It was as if he had been reborn and turned into another person.

When there is no one to rely on, you have to be tough on yourself.

Arnold was a little nervous. He felt that the lord seemed to have changed, but he didn't seem to have changed. He couldn't tell what happened.

Arnold said with a sad face: "My lord, I don't know where to start."

Chi Yan said softly, "Let's start when you leave here."

What Arnold said was a bit confusing, but he still made it clear.

Not long after they went out, they found that several big cities around them could not enter, and the people in the city rebelled—of course, it was different from the situation in this city. It was not the coolies who rebelled, but the family members of the lord, usually wives Combined with his son, he took care of his husband.

Then he refused to pay taxes to the Holy Court or the royal family. The reason is very simple. People are going to starve to death, so how can they pay taxes?

The general lords are also controlled half-pushed and half-they don't want to pay taxes. How can they enjoy the taxes paid to the Holy Court and the royal family?So I acted out such a play with my family. As for the son and wife, if the Holy Court and the royal family really want to settle accounts, and then send them to other places, nothing will happen.

Barely can be considered a good way.

So the city was sealed off, those inside were not allowed to go out, and those outside were not allowed to come in. There were guards patrolling the edge of the city every day. They were very generous in this regard, and they were not stingy at all with manpower. Difficult.

Arnold tried his best to speak good words to the guards, but the guards turned around and sold him. He finally left with the goods, and he hit a wall many times, and finally found a city that he could still enter.

This city is terrible. Not only the residents have become robbers, but even the lord has become a robber.

He was invited into the castle by the lord, and the two chatted back and forth. No matter how vigilant Arnold was, he never thought that a lord would seize all his goods in the middle of the night and ask someone to throw him and his followers out. city.

Fortunately, the goods were only some wheat and rye bread, but Arnold's heart was bleeding at the thought of having to pay for the losses himself.

Without a horse or a cart, he could only walk back with his legs and memory.

Arnold couldn't tell how difficult the journey was—he was a businessman who had traveled far and wide and experienced countless hardships, but he was so embarrassed that he didn't even want to mention it.

Arnold said bitterly: "My lord, it's too chaotic outside now, and it's too difficult for us small businessmen who have no roots in the local area to do business."

In addition to Arnold, several other businessmen also have their own hardships.

It seems that when they step out of this city, there is hell on earth outside.

After Chi Yan listened to all the businessmen's words, he felt that seven points were true and three points were false, and the three points that were false were the difficulty of the outside. After the exaggeration of the businessmen, now the outside is even more terrifying than under the abyss, and they would rather go face to face For the demons, they don't want to face their compatriots.

But there was a merchant who brought people back—and goods, too.

This one didn't dare to go far, and he didn't even dare to go to the big city because he was very vigilant. He just walked around the nearby towns and villages, bringing back the dying and lifeless people without spending a penny.

After this talent came back, he was very proud of seeing the situation of other merchants. He felt that his timidity became an advantage at this time. The merchants didn't have much wealth, and the loss of goods this time was counted on their own heads. Yes, I have nothing to exchange and no money, so I have to find a way to get some credit and then go out to find opportunities.

Or just find a job.

For the sake of timid businessmen, they are like peacocks with their tails open, chattering endlessly.

"Hey! You are too miserable. Look at me. I didn't spend any money, but I brought back people."

While laughing at his companion, the businessman shook his head and said regretfully, "In the future, you should listen to me more."

"This is what a seasoned businessman does!"

Then--

He was beaten up by a gang of merchants.