Chapter 178 Raven’s Punishment
(Additional update for the angry [especially those who want to offer cabbage])
To say that Viscount John is a loyal elder after all, the 20,000 serfs do not have special Picking out the old, weak, sick and disabled.
Although the journey was hard, most people were sallow and skinny, their clothes were in tatters, and they were as dirty as if they had rolled in the mud. They didn’t even have shoes, but at least they were better than the ones they had bought from the Fox family. Those serfs were so much better -
At least their hands were not pierced.
Otherwise, I don’t know how many people will die from infections and complications during this hot summer.
To accept 20,000 people in one breath, of course Raven needs to personally take action.
Lei Wen did not play any trick of loving the people as his own children. This is not popular in this era.
If he really held the serf's hand and asked questions and asked questions, everyone from the serf to the nobles would just think that Raven was an idiot.
He took Eric with him, recruited recruits with a certain degree of training, and appeared in front of the 20,000 serfs.
The effect is surprisingly good.
When two thousand soldiers wearing ferocious masks appeared in front of them, the serfs who were still a little confused gradually became quiet and did not dare to express their anger.
He directly ordered someone to set up a stage, and Lei Wen sent an order to let the serfs elect the people in charge and prepare to preach their policies.
After all, there were more than 20,000 people. Without amplification equipment, even if Raven shouted hoarse, he couldn't let everyone hear him clearly.
Maybe Raven said "egg" and when it was passed from the front row to the back row, it turned into "Kadan".
When the order was passed on, after a while, about fifty people came out of the serfs. After Eric streamlined it again, it became a dozen people. They climbed onto the stage together. When they saw Raven, they immediately He knelt on the ground.
Lei Wen glanced at this group of people and asked calmly: "Who among you has the final say?"
These serfs, you look at me, I look at you, in the end, everyone Most people's eyes fell on an old man.
He is one of the few serfs who wears shoes. Although his clothes are dirty and worn, they are still neat. His gray beard hangs down to his chest, and he even has a faint bookish air.
"What's your name?" Raven asked.
"Jonathan, Lord Baron."
"You don't look like a serf."
"I am literate and once served as a clerical attendant to a Lord Knight, but my identity has always been He's a serf." Junasheng's attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and he was very calm. He didn't seem to regard himself as Raven's subject, and there was a hint of confrontation.
Because Junasheng’s experience has been extremely bad during this period of time.
He was originally the clerical attendant of the Lord Knight, and he was about to obtain the status of a free citizen. But at this time, the Death Hand Order came over!
The Lord Knight put up a heroic resistance, but eventually died at the hands of the skeleton. At that time, Jonathan was working in the castle. He hid himself in the kitchen stove and barely escaped death.
The skeleton soldiers left, but the suffering did not end.
He finally organized some serfs to protect themselves, but he encountered the noble troops who went to support the Slater family. They swept away all the grain reserves they had collected, and had to go deep into the mountains and forests to face the threat of Warcraft. Go hunting and take some food from the vole hole.
At that time, it was freezing cold and lacked food and clothing. It was a hellish memory that Junnasheng would never forget.
After that, the Death Hand Order was finally pacified, and the territory where they were located had a new owner. Junason originally thought that he would usher in a new life of peace and tranquility, but he did not expect that it would be divided and transferred to Xiong. Eagle collar!
God, the Eagle Leader!
Xue Feng County itself is the most peripheral of the five northwest counties, and the Eagle Territory is on the border of Xuefeng County, hundreds of miles away!
For Junason, who has never left his hometown, this is like asking him to go to the wilderness to survive!
Junasheng had heard from the merchant who took the goods before that the winter in Eagle Territory is extremely cold, and many people freeze to death every year!
Junasheng was initially dubious, but two months of trekking made him even more convinced.
Along the way, all he saw was desolate and dilapidated, which was incomparable to his hometown.
It’s over, it’s all over.
He no longer has the possibility of becoming a free citizen, and his sons and grandsons will continue to be slaves for a lifetime or several lifetimes, living a life without seeing tomorrow, and he himself has lost the ability to work. You will definitely freeze and starve to death in the winter!
In his opinion, the "culprit" of all this is Raven.
That’s why he has this attitude towards Raven. What fear would there be in a mortal man?
"Lord Baron, you look very young." Jonathan glanced at the troops: "We will all be your subjects. Showing off to your subjects is not a sign of maturity."
< br>"And it's really a waste of time for you to go to such great lengths to set up a platform. If you have the time, why not provide us with one as soon as possible?" "Some water, what we need is not words, but physical things."
"Every time you delay, you are losing your property."
Lei Wen's eyebrows condensed. Yin Yun, even his breathing began to become a little heavy. Junason's words were no different from pointing at his nose and scolding him!
At this moment, Simon came to Raven and whispered, "Lord Baron, I asked before that Junason has some prestige among these serfs. During the migration, he also helped the escorting knights gather together. After passing through the ranks, he was called the 'Sage'."
"I heard that during the escort, he repeatedly spread negative emotions about you, which led many serfs to believe that you brought them to hell."
Leaven frowned even more Tightly, the eyes looking at Junasheng were full of murderous intent.
This Junashen gained prestige by stepping on himself!
Junasheng looked at Lei Wen calmly, not caring about his own life or death. He looked like Qing Liu who was remonstrating with the emperor in the TV series!
Leaven became even more angry.
You are a loyal minister, then who am I, a foolish king! ?
And the dozen or so elected serf leaders next to them looked at Junason with a bit of... admiration! ?
"Ha!" Raven laughed out of anger. He stood up and kicked Junason in the chest. Although he withdrew his strength, Junason fell down on the high platform.
This kick was like kicking a hornet's nest. A dozen refugee leaders nearby stepped forward to help Junason. The serfs who had begun to calm down even became slightly confused!
Lei Wen ordered loudly: "Soldiers and the first brigade, repeat my words. If I say anything, you will shout it out!"
"Yes! Lord Baron!"
Leaven took a deep breath, stood on the high platform, and shouted condescendingly: "I am Raven, Raven Otta Griffith, from today on, I am Raven. Your lord!"
"Originally, I came to welcome you with good intentions, because you are about to join my territory and become a member of this prosperous territory."< br>
“But your ‘sage’ Jonathan, humiliated my character and questioned my decision, as if I was an extremely harsh lord!”
“Originally, I gave You have prepared housing, medicine, clothes, shoes and socks, and even prepared to pay you wages, but now it seems that you are not worthy of my kindness!”
Having said this, Raven took a deep breath and said loudly: "From today on, you will immediately invest in the production and construction of the territory. There will be no wages, no holidays, and only three meals a day!"
"In half a year, if you can work hard for the first half of the year, you can Enough to enjoy the same treatment as my subjects!" At this point, Raven slowly exhaled and whispered: "Eric, Volaf, Simon, you lead the teams and escort these people to three places! Go up to the construction site."
After that, he left without looking back.
Junason on the ground sighed.
It seems that Raven is indeed a tyrannical lord!
Before he could continue to sigh, Volav walked up, took his collar and threw him off the stage: "You ungrateful old man!"
This is what Junashen heard. The last word.
When he opened his eyes again, it was already dark. What lured him to wake up was the smell of hot wheat, which was a bowl of extremely thick wheat porridge.
"Father, you finally woke up." Jonathan's son Pip breathed a sigh of relief: "Eat something quickly."
Looking at the bowl of wheat porridge in front of him, Junason's throat trembled, and he cursed in a low voice: "I told you not to show your money when you go out, and you actually went to buy wheat porridge!?"
"Not for buying it. Pip said: "This is the food provided to us by Baron Raven!"
Jonathan was stunned for a moment, and he immediately suspected that Pip was lying to him.
This is wheat porridge, thick wheat porridge. Even in the past, only the richer serfs could afford it. Now Raven is giving it to people for free?
But the facts told him that Pip was not lying, because there were many serfs who came with him around, including women and children, who were drinking porridge.
Especially some children, whose bellies are so round after drinking that they even hold a piece of bread in their hands!
Junasheng glanced at the wheat porridge, then stretched out his hand to push it away: "Forget it, I'm old, so don't waste food. Raven wants you to do heavy physical work, so you'd better eat your fill first. !"
"I'm full, father." Pip turned sideways and pointed not far away: "Look, there's still something hot in the pot over there."
< br>Jonathan swallowed: "This... Raven is open to providing us with food, so he is not afraid of dissatisfaction from his own subjects? He actually gained people's trust like this!?"
Hearing this After saying this, Pip gave a wry smile: "Father, you are really wrong this time. Baron Raven does not need to gain any trust in this way."
"The people who eat here are immigrants like us. The local residents have their own canteens and eat much better than us!"
Junasheng still refused to believe it.
Just when Pip was thinking about how to persuade his father to eat, his son, Jonathan's grandson, jumped back.
The little guy looks very smart, with twinkling eyes, which makes people like him just by looking at him.
He ran to Junasheng and stretched out his hand: "Grandpa, give it!"
Suddenly, a smell of meat filled his nostrils. When Junason took a closer look, it turned out to be a piece of brown bread fried on one side, with a piece of grilled bacon on top!
“You went to steal something!?”
The little guy shook his head: “No, I just went to their local canteen next door, and the uncles and aunts there liked me very much. , so I brought a piece over. I thought grandpa hadn’t eaten yet, so I brought it back to you.”
“Hurry up and give it back. !" Jun Nasheng gritted his teeth: "This must be a trap set by Lei Wen. They asked you to bring this thing over. Once I eat it, they will accuse me of stealing and smear my reputation. This is really insidious and insidious. Yes!"
"Huh?" The little guy didn't quite understand: "But...but there are a lot of these things over there."
Junason didn't believe this at all. Can a group of serfs eat meat? This is not the way to deceive people!
At this moment, there was a burst of confusion. Junason looked up and saw two strong men carrying several large pots of the things his grandson had just brought and placing them outside the porridge shed.
Then a big man shouted: "This is what's left in the canteen next door. If you want to eat, come and get it!"
This scene immediately attracted the attention of these serfs. For a while, everyone Everyone is swallowing saliva.
Junasheng's outlook on life has been hit like never before - there is still meat left! ?
He stared at every detail, hoping to find flaws and prove that this was Raven's conspiracy.
But those strong men who came over carrying big plates, with their slightly shriveled but extremely strong muscles, dark skin, and rough palms, could tell they were from serfs, and they couldn’t be fake. .
Did I really blame Raven wrongly?
That night, Junasheng drank wheat porridge and fell asleep. In the next few days, he regained some energy and began to wander around the construction site every day, and even secretly visited the local canteen several times.
The conclusion made him despair.
Those locals were indeed serfs, but it was also true that they had meat to eat every night. They had wives, children, families, a change of clothes, and even wages!
The wages! Twenty coppers per person per day!
This resulted in a circle of vendors spontaneously gathering around the construction site, selling various snacks, drinks, and even women!
This shows that what Raven said before in public is true.
And Junasan was the culprit who prevented these 20,000 serfs from obtaining their wages!
That night, Junnasheng returned to his temporary tent. Along the way, he felt that everyone's eyes had changed. There was no longer any adoration or admiration, and they had become extremely cold.
He sat in the tent in a daze, looking at the porridge bowl on the ground in a daze.
At this moment, a cry was heard. He looked up and saw his grandson being dragged to the ground, wailing!
“Give it back to me, this is what I want to give to grandpa!”
The person dragging the little guy slapped the little guy’s hand and removed the piece of bacon. He grabbed the bread in his hand and took a big bite: "Your grandfather? It was your grandfather who asked me to snatch it from you!"
"If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be doing the same work as others, but not getting paid! No meat to eat, no wine to drink!"
These words immediately aroused great resonance, and the surrounding people The serfs joined in the abuse and accused Jonathan's grandson.
Every sentence does not mention Junason's name, but every sentence is inseparable from him.
Finally, Junason rolled his eyes, spit out a mouthful of blood, and fell to the ground!
You really shouldn’t, shouldn’t have talked to Baron Raven like that!
Raven didn't know what happened to Junasheng, and his focus was not on Junasheng, because the magic plant seeds he had cultivated had grown into larvae and needed to be transplanted.
On this day, Raven was preparing to go to the laboratory when he heard a greeting: "Leaven."
Looking back, I saw Annuo standing there quietly:
“I have something to ask you.”
……
(End of this chapter)