Traitor Summoning System [Infrastructure]

Dorothea is a businessman.

His main range of activities in recent years has been in the foggy plain.

He often goes back and forth between Sunlun City and Chaos Market, and occasionally goes to Evening Bell Town, but the number of times he goes to Evening Bell Town is not many. The people there have no money and no goods to sell to him.

Like other merchants in the chaotic bazaar, he is the kind of merchant who is located in the gray edge.He established contact with some robbers, and those robbers would sell him the stolen goods, and then he would investigate the source of the stolen goods, and then choose to sell them in Sunlun City or the Chaos Bazaar.

His personal ability is still very strong, his character is decisive, and his skills are not bad.However, for those who are on this path, decisiveness is one of the necessary qualities, and those who are not decisive will probably not be able to survive.

Compared with other villainous businessmen, he still has a bit of conscience, but he doesn't feel any guilt about selling the stolen goods to the nobles of Sunlun City at high prices.Of course, there is nothing wrong with thinking this way objectively, because most nobles can be directly classified into the 'evil' category according to their attributes.

Then, Leonard completely ruined his business.

The robbers are gone, and he has no source of goods.

In desperation, he fiddled with business between Sunlun City and Chaos Bazaar for a while, and his income was naturally not as good as before.Although his personal ability is good, but he didn't do this business before, and this business is basically saturated. He suddenly stepped in, and naturally he didn't gain much.

He started thinking about leaving here.Bandits are everywhere in other places, and he can still do his job.

But he understands that this is quite difficult. When he established a cooperative relationship with the robbers in the chaotic market, he spent a lot of energy.

After all, this might be blackmailed by unreliable robbers.

Going to a new place and meeting new bandits is a big risk.

So Dorothea hesitated.

He was walking aimlessly in the chaotic market, suddenly there was some noise in front of him, and there was a lot of noise.

"What happened?" He grabbed a passerby and asked.Is someone selling military horses?

The man was about to get angry, but when he saw him, his attitude changed immediately - he was quite famous in the chaotic market, after all, there were very few people who dared to openly do business with robbers at that time.

The man caught by him said: "It's not a military horse, it seems to be a delicious thing called jelly."

"Jelly? That's a strange name." Dorothea said to herself, "It should be some kind of dessert. Oh, thanks."

He doesn't like to eat desserts. He thinks the taste of desserts is too greasy, mainly because desserts in this period like to add all kinds of spices.

After knowing that it was something similar to dessert, he lost interest.

Dorothea went into the tavern.

He drank alone in the tavern for a while. At this time, there were not many people in the tavern, which was completely different from before the chaotic market. Originally, there were people drinking in these taverns 24 hours a day, and some of them were drunk.

Now, it looks more and more like the Lord Lord's territory.

Then there will be less and less money here, and you will be banned from doing all kinds of things.People here will have to pay more and more taxes.Dorothea knows it all. He has been to many cities and has seen the fate of such 'recruited' towns.At first it seems to be good after being recruited, but soon there will be all kinds of troubles, all kinds of exorbitant taxes.

For example, the right to the first night.

In fact, the right of the first night in the Middle Ages is different from what most people think now, and there is even controversy about whether it has actually been enforced.If there is implementation, it is not widely hunted to such an extent.It is more like this: the lords have the right of the first night, so they require the husband to buy the bride's first night right with coins, so this is essentially a disguised marriage tax.

However, some places are really so weird.

For example, on the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea, the law stipulates that every woman must go to the temple to be a prostitute before she gets married, and the object is a strange man on the journey.

In ancient Egypt, girls would dedicate this to cattle.

As for why Dorothea was so sure, it was because the nobles in this period were such pissed, and they didn't treat civilians as human beings at all.

And he felt that the lord's order to prohibit people in the chaotic market from defecating indiscriminately was evidence.Soon the lord will definitely build a toilet and order everyone to defecate in the toilet. You need to pay to go to the toilet. This is the so-called shit tax-some places will really levy a similar tax.

Although the chaotic market used to be chaotic and full of bandits, Dorocia felt that it was a pure land that was not touched by nobles, and he enjoyed the chaotic scene of the chaotic market very much.Robbers might kill you, but probably won't.But the nobles will definitely oppress you and eventually rob you of your life and all your value.

"Hey, why are you frowning?" A man sat down opposite Dorocia.

Dorothea looked up and saw that it was her colleague, businessman Emerson.

In the chaotic market, there are only a few merchants who dare to do business with robbers.

Although he has known Emerson for many years, he actually doesn't like Emerson very much. Emerson is a villain, the kind who has eyes for money and will do anything for money.

Emerson was dressed in gray linen at this time, and his eyes were cool gray, which matched the clothes, and he looked gloomy.In his hand was a small bowl of purple-red stuff.

"I'm thinking about leaving the chaotic market." Dorothea said with her mouth open.

"Oh, let's leave then." Emerson said, he used a spoon to scoop out the contents of the bowl and put it into his mouth, and then showed a happy expression of enjoyment.Dorothea noticed that it was crystal clear, and there was a faint fragrance.

"What about you?" Dorothea asked.

"Me? I'm doing business with the lord recently." Emerson put on a smug attitude, "I'm going to get a war horse over here."

"Doing business with nobles?" Dorothea shook her head, "You are also big-hearted, aren't you afraid that they will renege on you?"

"I dare to do business with robbers, why don't I dare to do business with nobles?" Emerson asked, "What's more, I plan to give the war horse to the lord."

deliver?Does this mean that Emerson has other plans?Dorothea raised her eyebrows.

"The Lord Lord eliminated the 'Big Rock Group' and the 'Black Wind Group' not long after he arrived, and did you know that all the original bandits from the 'Black Wind Group' have joined the Lord Lord's army." Emerson said.

"Too inferior." Dorothea whispered.

"Isn't this just right?" Emerson said, "It shows that the lord doesn't value birth, ah, this behavior is indeed not superior, it is relatively inferior, but you and I are also inferior people and need to be treated like this." treatment, isn't it?"

"That's you, don't involve me." Dorothea said.

"Oh, look, our noble Mr. Dorothea." Emerson sneered, "a great gentleman indeed, but if I remember correctly, you seem to do business with robbers, don't you?"

Dorothea glanced at Emerson and said nothing.

Emerson put away his smile. He pushed the bowl of jelly in front of Dorothea and said, "We all want to make a living, and we also want to make a living. The life and death of others is none of our business, and it's not our business." Damn it, it’s their own fault.” He noticed Dorothea’s expression and said, “Oh, come on, then you make money, and after making a lot of money, you can adopt those orphans and do good deeds. ? Oh thank God, it’s not easy for everyone in this world except the damned nobles, even the robbers, do you remember the Gray Wind bandit Spender who was oppressed because of his illness? You can’t Don't you embarrass yourself? You still have to put on this expression to obstruct my eyes. Come on, try the jelly that the nobles eat, it's really sweet, don't think so much, just take it easy, can't you?"

Dorothea said: "I have never liked sweet things, and I don't like nobles either."

"I don't like this fucking world yet, but don't we all have to be alive? Live like any bastard." Emerson said with a gentle smile, "Just live like this, maybe, There's going to be a fucking light, isn't it? At least there's good jelly." He waved the bowl of jelly in front of Dorothea.

What a fucking world.

The robber named Spender, Dorothea, of course knew that he used to be one of the most powerful members of the "Grey Wind Group". Although he was usually arrogant, he had a certain integrity. He has a lot of dealings, so he can establish a trade relationship with the 'Grey Wind Group'.Later, Spender got sick and was abandoned by the "Grey Wind Group". His status fell into a slump, and he lived cautiously ever since.

"How do you know what's going to happen next? Maybe we get sick like Spender, or a contagion sweeps the continent and we all die, ha, so old man, let's do what's right now Something to do, okay?" Emerson said.

I have to say that what Emerson said seems to make sense.

He couldn't do anything with all the ideas in his head, just as he couldn't do anything in the decades before, just as his parents were forced into slavery and died.

Dorothea picked up the spoon and mechanically ate the jelly.

It was delicious, probably the best thing he had ever eaten.

The refreshing sweet taste seemed to make him feel better, but something fell into a deeper abyss.

"...You are right," Dorothea said softly, "If you just live like this, maybe there will be a fucking light."

His eyes dimmed as he said this.

Emerson froze for a moment, and then burst out laughing: "Hey, old man, haha, old friend, you bastard, this is the first time you've been rough in the years I've known you, right? Hahaha...Wow Slot, you should save some jelly for me, hey! Don’t finish eating it! Go buy it yourself! Hey—asshole—when I become a popular person in front of the lord, I will let the lord hang you as a profiteer stand up!"

……

Little Thorn Castle.

Cai Lun originally floated around as light as a swallow, and then a Leonard sprang out, asking Cai Lun to plant more grass.

——This is the love of colleagues from Lu Bu.

Cai Lun was stunned for a moment. Strictly speaking, the last job was not over yet. He was the one who left the task to Bachelor Rutherford. This task came, and he thought he could take a break.However, he didn't feel much pain, but nodded: "Of course, my lord."

"What's the situation with our grass now?" Leonard asked, "What grass is better?"

Although he didn't understand much, he felt that he should understand all of these.

Cai Lun said: "Of course it's alfalfa. Here, like ours, there is alfalfa."

"Alfalfa," Leonard said, "shouldn't there be king bamboo grass and sweet elephant grass."

"I didn't expect the lord to know more about grass." Cai Lun was a little surprised.

Leonard: No, it's just me playing Sword III.

Leonard coughed, and asked, "Is the emperor bamboo the best?" The emperor bamboo in Jiansanli is really expensive, and he used to dig horse grass with a trumpet when he had nothing to do.

"Alfalfa is relatively the best, and the animals like to eat it the most," Cai Lun said.

"Isn't there one, Huang?" Leonard asked, "I thought it was because it was a thief."

"That's because the emperor bamboo grass grows fast and grows fast, so it is called the emperor of grass." Cai Lun said, "One piece of emperor bamboo grass can tiller eighty or ninety plants a year, and of course it must be a better variety. .”

"Damn it, it's really powerful." Leonard was startled when he heard this. It really means that I planted one in spring and harvested countless in autumn.

"In addition to alfalfa, there is also a high-quality pasture called chicory, which I have never seen before." Cai Lun said, "But it is also very good and can be further promoted. The climate here should be very suitable for planting pasture."

It is true that animal husbandry in Europe is more developed than in China, and the climate here is very suitable for growing grass.

The yield of chicory is very large. In fact, people can also eat it. It has high nutritional value, abundant juice and good taste (for livestock).

Little Thorn Castle was originally planted with chicory, but the growth is quite average, mainly because chicory likes fertilizer, and the people here don't know how to fertilize, so it can be imagined.

But this year's batch is much better than the past, because Leonard first applied manure, and then Cai Lun applied various fertilizers.

Then Cai Lun took a bowl of water, dipped his fingers in the water, and drew Leonard the general situation of pasture planting on the table.

"Then follow what you said." Leonard said, "Er, after the current important things are done, you can quickly make paper."

"I haven't written anything here yet," Cai Lun said sadly.

The pen here is still a quill, so it is difficult for a thief to write.

"Then make a pen too," Leonard said.

"I've seen the ink here, but it's not suitable," Cai Lun said.

"Then create ink as well," Leonard said.

After speaking, he and Cai Lun were melancholy together.

After a while, Leonard sighed: "Take your time."

"Okay." Cai Lun said.

Cai Lun came out of Leonard's room, walked through the corridor, and walked out of the Lord Tower.The air outside is fresh, with grass, green trees, fountains, and a comfortable shade under the dense branches.Summer is here, and the greenery covers up the vicissitudes of the castle itself, making everything look full of vitality and vitality.

Cai Lun took a deep breath of air and regained his enthusiasm.

Take your time, it will definitely get better in the future.

……

At present, under the arrangement of Cai Lun, the slaves have already performed their respective duties, and it is no longer a matter of doing one thing, and everyone rushes to do it.

This kind of performance of duties has once again improved the work efficiency of the slaves.

In the past, serfs had to get up early in the morning to work on their own land, watering, weeding, and catching insects. In the afternoon, they would be gathered together to do other tasks for the lord, such as building new houses. This kind of voluntary labor does not stop until evening, when some people have to go back to their fields to work by moonlight.It would be lucky if the work was done in the morning, and they would be able to curl up in the shabby house and sleep by then.

There is no entertainment as there are no candles and lights.

So they can only endure backaches, excessively high temperatures in summer or extremely cold temperatures in winter, fleas, mosquitoes, various poisonous insects, and various diseases, close their eyes, and sleep.

At that time, almost everyone was sick.

This is their former life.

But it's different now.

They lived in a clean house, and Cai Lun gave them the time to clean up every morning.There are some basil hanging in the room, these basil can play the role of repelling insects.They have to take out their own straws to dry every day, and bring them back in the afternoon to keep them dry, so that the sleeping straws will not get worms.

Not only has the place to live become much more comfortable, but the work has also become much more comfortable.

Maester Cai Lun gave them some tools, and more tools are being made in a steady stream.

They use these tools to weed and loosen the soil, which is much more convenient than pulling them out by hand.

Coupled with the fact that the canal has been dug, it will be even easier to irrigate the ground.

Three hundred slaves, most of whom worked in the fields.

The five are in charge of the orchard, and the work of managing the orchard is relatively easy, so the slaves who do this are all slaves who are not in good health, and three of them are pregnant women.

There are also two who are good at climbing. Their job is to go to the rock wall of the mountain to collect bird eggs every day.There are too many bird eggs on the rock wall, and they are full of nests at a glance.The eggs they dug out became a snack for the castle.

But Leonard kept a few, trying to see if they could hatch.

There are also fifteen slaves who are responsible for catching the sea. They are now very proficient in various skills of catching the sea, and they can bring back some seafood every day. These seafood have also become one of the regular sources of food for Little Thorn Castle.

Leonard planned to recruit a group of freedmen who rushed to the sea in Evening Bell Town and Chaos Bazaar. The sea brought too much food, and it would be too wasteful to leave it for nothing.

The previous raspberry jelly was very popular, Leonard thought that he could sell it in the distant Sunlun City, where the people had money, and the jelly could be sold more expensive.

Butler Conrad admired this very much. The lord is really amazing, he can make the fruit so delicious casually, and he can make so much money all at once.

Conrad proposed to set up a jelly workshop to make jelly, which became a specialty of Little Thorn Castle.And if it is for the nobles, the nobles have never seen this kind of food, so they can sell it more expensive.

Leonard thinks so too.

As for deterioration, honey itself has antiseptic effect, so the time for jelly to deteriorate is not so fast.Of course, it is a good policy to sell it as soon as possible so that buyers can eat it.

This involves organizing a caravan.Leonard kept it in his mind, but there was no suitable candidate for the time being.

He can only do what he can do now.

Leonard asked the blacksmith shop in Wanzhong Town to recruit apprentices, and for each apprentice he recruited, he gave the blacksmith 20 extra copper coins every month.

There were a lot of orders in Little Thorn Castle, and the blacksmith had long wanted to recruit apprentices. After this order, he immediately recruited five apprentices happily.

He was actually a little apprehensive, would he be too greedy if he recruited so many, and would it arouse the dislike of the lord?

Unexpectedly, Leonard really gave him 1 silver coin directly. In the future, there will be more places to use blacksmiths, and there should be more blacksmiths here.Although Leonard is tight-lipped, he will be generous when he is first generous.

The blacksmith immediately became more motivated after receiving the silver coins. His wife grabbed his ears and told him to take care of those apprentices so that the lord would not be disappointed.

The blacksmith nodded vigorously.

I must try my best to teach these boys all my skills!

……

A month later, he finished teaching.

Because there is nothing to teach.

This is awkward.

He knows only a little bit, and the iron-smelting technology in the Middle Ages is relatively bad, and the technology is just a little bit.

Maybe he should hide it more, so that his apprentices can be in awe, but this time he was a little excited, he didn't hide it, and he didn't make a fuss. He taught a little more every day, so it's just a month. It's over.

The rest is to hone the skills, cough cough cough.

When the blacksmith embarrassed the apprentices to repeat the previous steps to familiarize themselves with the skills, Cai Lun came.

This helped the blacksmith a lot.

Cai Lun finished handling the matter of the new pasture—in fact, he let Bachelor Rutherford handle it, and he came to see the progress of the blacksmith.

Cai Lun has never personally forged iron, and his status does not require him to forge iron with a hammer, but he knows some crafts.

He heard from Leonard that he asked the blacksmith to recruit new apprentices, so he came over to take a look.

Seeing this, he laughed angrily.

"I said, why do those agricultural tools look so hard... If you use this iron to make weapons, I think General Lu will be so angry that he will ascend to heaven."

The hardness of medieval swords is very poor, and often the two warring parties start to fight, and they break when they hit each other.

But both our side and the enemy's will be cut off, which is a kind of balance.

"Cough...Master Bachelor..." The blacksmith said with a bitter face, "I am just a small blacksmith in Wanzhong Town..."

"Forget it." Cai Lun shook his head, "I come here often recently, you can learn technology with me."

The blacksmith and the blacksmith apprentice were instantly excited: "Okay! Master Bachelor!"

Cai Lun talked to Leonard, and Leonard naturally had no objection.

"Fengxian also gave classes to the townspeople before, and the results were quite good," Leonard said.

"What class did General Lu teach?" Cai Lun asked curiously.

Leonard: "Delivery, to livestock."

Cai Lun: "..."

Cai Lun: "Pfft."

Instant mental balance.

In the next period of time, Cai Lun began to teach those people how to forge iron.