Succubus' Manor

In the frozen extreme north, if you look around, you can't see a living thing, only towering icebergs and steep cliffs. The sun shines on the ice, and the temperature can't melt the ice. Before the arrival of the cold winter, they had already scattered and fled, only the demons under the abyss had nowhere to escape, and they had endured the natural punishment for many years.

From far to near, a pair of huge black wings are so big that they almost cover the sky.

The wings quickly disappeared on the horizon, and the wind when the wings were flapping was cold and bitter.

Kleist's feet stepped on the land under the abyss again. He didn't change back to human form, but only folded his wings. He stepped on the ground with bare feet, the scales on his legs and arms glowed with cold light. Wherever he passed, All the demons bowed their heads and retreated. There was fire under the abyss, and the road seemed not so difficult. Kleist walked into a dark corner.

A huge skeleton remains in place after decades of changes, supporting the crumbling mountain bones.

The head of the skeleton is like a combination of wolf and tiger, but the body is like a turtle. Even if you only look at the skeleton, you can see what kind of powerful and stoic troll it should be when it is still alive.

Kleist spit out an ancient Mozu language, which is the title of mother.

This huge demon skeleton is the only relic left to him by his mother.

Even after death, the Demon King will protect his children.

Kleist could no longer remember what his mother was like, she died too early, her body was failing day by day after he was born, her huge body became a burden, Kleist's hands rested on the skeleton In fact, this skeleton is already very fragile, maybe when he comes back this time, he can only see her for the last time.

I don't know if he will be able to see her again when he transforms next time.

Kleist spread his wings and let them wrap his entire body.

The second transformation is coming.

And Chi Yan, who was far away in the city, was thinking of a way to store water. He asked someone to dig up the land under several houses on the edge of the city, filled the gaps with clay, and after it was paved to dry, wiped off the dirt on the surface. The snow drifted in, and the original house became a shed. The excavation of the water storage tank was very slow, but fortunately, they still had a long time. After the permafrost melted, they could still dig wells for water, but this time the wells had to be deeper.

People are getting busier, and someone needs to watch the Katuo planted indoors, at least twice a day. If the temperature is too low, a brazier must be lit and windows must be opened for ventilation.

And people are eating less and less, the roads are impassable, and the escape route of the manor is just a mirror image.

Chi Yan also reduced his food intake, even though the housekeeper repeatedly told him that their food was enough for Chi Yan to eat three meals a day, but Chi Yan still insisted on eating one meal a day like everyone else.

Chi Yan became thinner and thinner, but he didn't lose his appearance. Compared with his gradually thinning appearance, Chi Yan's eyes became clearer.

"My lord, it's time for you to rest." The butler blew out the candlelight, and the bed had already been made, so Chi Yan yawned, left the chair and walked towards the bed.

The butler went to close the curtain with distress, and said softly, "My lord, you have worked so hard these days, you should take a good rest, and there will be time to make plans when the spring begins."

Chi Yan was already lying on the bed. He turned over, and there were many thoughts in his mind. He knew that no matter whether it was a servant, a commoner, a slave, or even a demon, they all pinned their hopes on him. It was a lot of pressure. He had to think carefully about every decision he made. At the very beginning, Chi Yan couldn't sleep all night—he always wondered how bad it would be next year. Can it compete with nature?

But even if he can't contend, it's impossible to do nothing, why just stand and wait to die?

So I figured out that in the future, Chi Yan can fall asleep as soon as he hits the pillow every day, and the working hours of all jobs have also changed. In the past, he worked eight hours a day. In terms of efficiency, if he can complete the three-day quota in one day, Then the next two days can be rested, and the time can be allocated independently. This is not the case now. Everyone has to work overtime without any rewards. They start working from the moment they open their eyes every day, and the working hours have reached ten hours or more.

At this time, irrelevant work such as papermaking also stopped. Composting, wood cutting, charcoal burning, planting, and excavation of water storage tanks were all carried out in full swing. People in the city were busy doing things, and Chi Yan was everywhere all day run.

People need spiritual support. Chi Yan really doesn't have the energy to do another sacrifice. The manor can do it because the crisis was not so imminent at that time. There were Katuo saved before, and the food was not so good, but there was no shortage of food. But the situation is different now, Chi Yan can no longer spare manpower to build the altar, so he can only run around to act as people's "spiritual support".

But people also realize that next year will be the biggest crisis they have faced in a long time.

Chi Yan didn't hide it from them. When disasters are approaching, people will be most united, but they can't say how deadly natural disasters are, and they can't make people feel that disasters are irresistible. Otherwise, once people's hearts collapse, unity will become a disaster. joke.

"Next year may be the same as last year." Chi Yan just told people, "It may be drought."

People did not question Chi Yan's conjecture, after all, in their view, the lord was someone who could communicate with God.

Chi Yan went to inspect each "green house" every three days to see the growth of the card tuo, and read the output and consumption reports every day, and recorded them in the ledger.

The snow is getting thicker and thicker, and the daily snow shoveling work will consume a lot of manpower and physical strength. But because there are few people now, only one main street needs to be swept out, and the other streets can only be dealt with when the winter is about to pass.

The businessmen also came back one after another, and there were a few who didn't come back. Chi Yan could only hope that they were waiting for the winter to pass in other places, rather than encountering any accidents on the road.

Josh was the last group of merchants who came back. His horse was still there, but the carriage was gone, but it wasn’t stolen, but he sold it himself—because the wheel was stuck in the snow and couldn’t move, so he took it The goods were put on horseback, and the rest of the goods were carried by the followers and slaves who bought them. They walked back on foot step by step along the way.

Josh brought back some spices and some blankets. He basically bought whatever he saw was cheap, but he didn't buy too many, so it was within a reasonable range.

"I was lucky. I met an old friend in the first city I went to." Josh said to Chi Yan with a smile, "My old friend didn't ask for anything else, he just asked me to bring his son here."

He thought that if the old friend couldn't hang out anymore, he could still come to join his son, and it would be considered as convenient for Josh, but also to leave a way out for himself.

The son of this old friend seems to be a simple and honest young man, he doesn't talk much, but he is strong and tall, and he doesn't conflict with others. As for whether he has a bright mind or not, he still can't tell.

Josh also sighed: "My old friend's life is not easy, all the buddies can leave, leaving only old servants and bought slaves, he said that it seems that he can't continue to stay in the city gone."

Chi Yan asked Anna to bring slices of bread and prepared lotus root starch.

Josh had never seen it before, only smelled the fragrance, and saw the transparent lotus root starch. He fixed his eyes on the lotus root powder in front of him, and asked in surprise and embarrassment: "My lord, what is this?"

Chi Yan: "Lotus root powder is made from lotus root. Do you want to eat it? There is sugar in it, and you can also pour slices of bread into it."

Josh cherished this bowl of glutinous rice flour, and felt that his whole body was warmed up. He was taken care of by the lord, and he couldn't report it in a daze.

Chi Yan waited for him to finish eating before asking: "Is the Holy Court and the royal family fighting?"

Last year, the conscription for troops and grain was very loud, but there was a lot of thunder but it never rained.

Josh licked the lotus root powder left on his lips, subconsciously lowered his voice and said, "I heard that the holy city is in a mess. My friend just came back before winter. He said that there are everyone in the holy city now, and there are still people standing on the street. Talking on the stage, scolding the royal family today, scolding the Holy Court tomorrow, there are quite a lot of foreigners in the Holy City, and I heard that many foreign businessmen have also gone there."

Now the Holy Court and the royal family still have scruples and maintain a delicate balance. No one is willing to strike first. After all, whoever strikes first will be the one to lose. A group of powerful people, so they are still in the stage of talking, but both sides are starting to prepare for war.

"That's good." Chi Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

If there is a war, give him a few more years to prepare.

After Josh left the castle and returned home, he said to the old servant while soaking his feet, "My lord looks different than before I left."

The old servant said very distressedly: "Your Excellency has lost weight! The servants in the castle said that Your Excellency is now the same as us, eating only one meal a day!"

Josh looked at the old servant strangely. He didn't know what started. The old servant also seemed to treat the lord as his own child. Josh didn't speak, but the old servant babbled, "It's such a cold day, my lord He still comes out often, and those people in the castle don’t know how to stop him, what if your lord is sick?”

Alger was eating katuo biscuits beside him, and complained: "I still go out to sweep the snow every day, why don't you stop me from going out?"

The old servant has been with Josh for a long time, and even Josh regards him as a brother. The relationship between master and servant is not so clear. Hearing that, the old servant said very rudely: "Can you compare with the lord?"

Alger touched his nose—it seemed impossible.

He really didn't understand why the lord was younger than him, why there were so many thoughts in his mind, if it was him, he would definitely not be able to do it.

Before going to bed, Josh still missed the bowl of lotus root noodles he ate today, but he was too embarrassed to lick his face during the day and begged the lord to give him some.

Although the work is getting more and more tiring, no one complains.

They can eat a full meal every day, have a warm quilt to sleep at night, and can rest and enjoy the fire when they are working. The life is not so sad that they have to complain. The slave who came back from the businessman learned about the current situation outside.

"They said that they can't even eat wheat bran outside now!"

"The tax is still heavy! If you sell all the children in the family, you can't pay the tax."

"The road is full of people who froze to death."

"The pits outside the city can't hold so many corpses."

"A slave is worth only a handful of wheat."

"It's not wheat! It's a handful of beans!"

"That's right, the wheat is so precious."

The total number of slaves brought back was more than 20. Chi Yan breathed a sigh of relief. After shaving their hair and taking a hot bath, these 20 slaves put on sackcloth and hats. They did nothing for the first three days. There is no need to do it, the main thing is to adapt to the environment and nourish the body, and I will not start to participate in work until the fourth day.

Their job is to sweep the snow, no one is in charge of an area, and they don't need to take care of other things.

Sweeping snow is hard work, tiring and cold, but after sweeping clean, you can go back to enjoy the fire and have a rest. When the snow piles up again, you have to continue sweeping, lest it will take a long time, and the snow will turn into ice, and people will slip when they step on it. , fell out of good or bad.

The demons and tauren are strong and physically fit. After the demons recover their health, the task of digging the water storage pool will be theirs.

Although other people's work is not a lot of effort, it is very trivial and exhausting.

When everyone is united and has a common goal, the explosive power is huge, especially in a highly efficient team, no one will question, and no one will be lazy, even the laziest person, They are all influenced by the people around them, and everyone is working hard. A few lazy people will soon become the target of mavericks, which is too obvious.

This winter is longer than last year, and the snow is so heavy that people in other cities dare not even flee. At least in the city, there is a place to shelter from the wind and snow, and you can find a way to get something to eat. If you can’t find food in the city , It is even more impossible to go outside the city.

Even Benedict, who was indifferent to everything, began to worry. It was supposed to be spring, but the temperature did not rise but dropped. If people didn’t wear enough clothes, they would get frostbite if they went out for a few more steps. You must be fully armed. In addition to thick clothes and water-resistant leather boots, you must also wear a hat and mask, so that you can be safe outdoors.

Chi Yan knows the horror of frostbite. When frostbite is too severe in modern times, amputation is the only way to do it, let alone in this period, so you can't be stingy with time and clothes. Even if it's a little troublesome, you have to pack yourself into a big bear when you go out .

The only advantage is that there is no need to go out to fetch water in winter, and you can get some clean snow at the door of your house, and after boiling it will be clean water.

Because there is no pollution at this time, clean snow is much cleaner than stagnant water in stagnant pools.

Probably because Chi Yan reminded them that there might be another drought in the coming year, so people are also using their own methods to store water, and they plan to fill up all the places that can hold water by the end of winter.

Chi Yan: "Next year, let's plant a variety of katuo, just plant them in the house, and plant some wheat outside for others to see."

The housekeeper: "This method is good. It doesn't grow any wheat. It's really not like it."

However, planting wheat is a waste of work. Whether it can be planted is a problem. After planting, it must be prepared to pay taxes. I don’t know if the tax collector will arrive on time next year. Although the dean said that the tax will be exempted for three years, But whether it will be avoided or not is uncertain.

After working hard for most of the winter, the Katuo planted in the house will have to wait for more than a month to mature. During this period, what I eat is the stored grain brought from the manor. In the coldest few days, Chi Yan still put five It's a day off—it's so cold that it's impossible to work outdoors. After staying outside for more than ten minutes, the eyelashes can be covered with ice due to the falling snow.

No one dares to go outdoors for convenience. When the cold wind blows, icicles can stick themselves to the ground.

Horrible and disrespectful.

Chi Yan also didn't leave the castle anymore, and lived by the fireplace honestly. After finally being free, Chi Yan also gave himself a home.

He also drew sketches for the old butler and the servants around him, and he gave all the drawings to himself. The old butler carefully framed the pictures in a wooden frame, then hung them in his room, and grabbed them Want to show off, and think that showing off is very secretive.

The old butler caught people and asked, "Have you ever seen a painting that looks like a real person?"

If the other party says they haven't seen it before, the old housekeeper will say: "I have a pair in my room, I'll take you to have a look, so you can open your eyes."

If the other party said that he had seen it, the old housekeeper would say, "The one you have seen is definitely not as good as the one in my room!"

When someone went there and found that the portrait in the old butler's room happened to be the old butler himself, the other party would ask, "Who painted it for you? Is it Viscount Benedict?"

After all, everyone knows Benedict's passion for painting, but not everyone knows that Benedict's paintings suck.

The old housekeeper would say with a mysterious face: "This is drawn by the lord himself!"

At this time, the other party will definitely express his envy for the old butler, and then the old butler will say with a serious face: "My lord is not for everyone."

The old housekeeper is proud of this, and his memory is not very good. He often showed off to this person today, but forgot the day after tomorrow, and dragged him to show off again.

He is old and has no children, so he directly regards Chi Yan as his grandson, no matter how much he spoils him, he doesn't think it's enough.

Fortunately, Chi Yan has been busy since he became the lord, otherwise he might be spoiled by the old housekeeper into a "normal" lord who has become a habit of extravagance and lust.

The five-day vacation seemed like a long vacation, but it still passed in a blink of an eye. The tauren and the demons established a friendship because they dug the water storage pool together.

Tauren are not good at socializing, and they don't even talk much with their own race, let alone with the demons.

But the demons couldn't understand why the tauren was born with such a big stature and strength in his hands, so why would he have the courage that didn't match his physique.

"Haven't you ever thought of doing something else?" The demons didn't understand. "You are so strong, you are as strong as us, and your skin is so thick. If you fight with someone, even those scraps of copper and rotten iron can't pierce you." Putting on your skin, will you always be a slave to the race?"

However, the tauren also didn't understand what the demons said: "We are strong, we can open up wasteland, and we can also dig water storage pools like now. Why do we fight and kill?"

"How dangerous that is."

"Whether it's killing or being killed, it's not good."

"As long as you work hard, you will have food!"

"The current lord always gives us enough to eat!"

"The tauren outside know that they will envy us."

The tauren also persuaded the demons: "You should work hard too. You are so ugly that the adults didn't drive you out. If you don't work hard and get kicked out, others will not let you look ugly. You go to work."

"If you don't have a job, you will be hungry, and if you don't have enough food, your stomach will be miserable."

Demon Race: "..."

You are dressed in blue, how dare you call us ugly?Everyone doesn't conform to the aesthetics of the human race, okay?

The demons and the tauren talked to each other, and neither could convince the other, but they gradually became familiar with each other, and even made appointments to work together.

The demons also gradually learned that the tauren is still a matriarchal clan. Among all the races, only the dwarves and the tauren still maintain the ancient custom of being managed by older women. Even if they become slaves, this habit has not changed.

So the demons began to frantically pursue the few women in the tauren group.

The other tauren don't care either. After all, the tauren are not monogamous, and they don't have the concept of marriage. The female tauren gives birth to a child, and the whole group raises it together. They don't care who the father of the child is, because the whole group and It is possible that any tauren who had sex with her was the father.

It's just that the demons were rejected by the female tauren.

What if I'm afraid of giving birth to a child who looks like a demon?

That's too ugly!

It's okay to have a daughter, no tauren would think a female tauren is ugly, but to have a son—that would definitely be bullied.

In the future, there will not even be a female tauren willing to mate with him.

The demons are not discouraged if they don't become the sons-in-law of the tauren. They are firm pursuers of the female tauren. Finally, the most beautiful and most human-like demon among the demons enters the house and integrates into the group of the tauren. Humans are a race that takes good care of their clansmen. This demon clan belongs to the "reverse door", so once he wants to work, the tauren around him will help him.

The demons never help their compatriots, and it's not bad if they don't bully their compatriots, help?There is no such word in the Mozu dictionary.

This "inverted" demon thinks it's better to be the tauren's son-in-law, and the same clan is not a good thing, so he is happy to hang out with the tauren every day.

Goblins and dwarves spend most of their time working indoors. They are not as strong as the tauren and demons, and they do trivial tasks.

Adult goblins and dwarves sometimes go out to sweep snow, but most of the time they still guard the Katuo of a room, checking whether there are any insects, whether the temperature is enough, and whether watering is needed.

The Terran also moves along with the goblins and dwarves, and the newcomers are amazed by it all.

The people in the city were able to interact so closely with the goblins and dwarves, a race that many humans regard as slaves.

Their three views will be shattered.

When the human race from the manor heard their doubts, they would also explain to them: "Everyone has one head, two hands and two legs. Is there any difference? They can do what we can do, except that they are different in size and skin color Other than that, we're all the same."

"Adults don't look down on other races!"

"Why do we look down on them?"