27. Is this the three-guang policy?
A group of heavily armed soldiers, surrounded by several beautifully decorated carriages, drove slowly on the bumpy Provence country roads.
On the roadside, the delicate flowers have bloomed and the green grass is growing vigorously. The Mediterranean breeze blows through the wilderness, sending out a rustling whisper, which is heartbreakingly beautiful. Look up. The sky is so blue and transparent, and the air with the fragrance of flowers and plants is like fresh iced lemonade, filling the lungs all the time. It makes people feel like there is a clear spring flowing in the deepest part of their heart, and they can't help but want to Sing loudly.
This is Provence, the most romantic place with petty bourgeoisie in France. The sunshine of the Mediterranean is like gold, and the lavender fields are like heaven. Canyons and ancient castles are scattered among them, as strong as a scroll and as beautiful as poetry. Even the cruel Hundred Years' War between England and France never affected this place.
Therefore, just a short distance away from the flames of war and the galloping cavalry, the countryside of Provence is still peaceful and peaceful.
However, starting from the spring of 1348, the death knight named the Black Death rode his gray horse and broke into this romantic and tender land of troubled times.
Wherever the horrific plague passed, countless cities and villages were destroyed one after another - in just two or three months, the entire Provence region was reduced to a gloomy ruins of death. Montpellier, Narbonne, Toulon... these picturesque towns all fell at an alarming speed. Millions of corpses piled up in cities, on roads and in fields, filling the spring breeze blowing through the wheat fields with a terrible stench of putridity.
The helpless people panicked. They had never seen death on such a scale. Even in a nightmare, such a situation is unimaginable.
During the Black Death, most villages in Provence were almost completely wiped out. Cows, sheep, pigs, and chickens were running around in the fields. Like a pack of wild animals. But even they couldn't resist the Black Death. You can see many animal carcasses rotting and smelly in the wild everywhere...
Over every village where no smoke can be seen, there are flocks of crows hovering for a long time, waiting for a sumptuous and delicious meal: these scavenging birds spread their wings and hover in the sky, taking a break from time to time. Swooping down, they eagerly landed on the fresh meat that had just died, stretched out their long bare necks and pointed beaks, and dragged and tore at the corpses noisily, snatching away the most tender and delicious parts of the corpses.
Even if a large group of people drove into the village, these crows would not be disturbed from eating - in the past few months, they have enjoyed the taste of various corpses, and have become no longer afraid of humans... What's more, they have feasted on all kinds of corpses. , when the "angels" flapped their wings and flew over the village, they were actually misunderstood by these blind, flat-haired beasts as the same kind who came to snatch food. For a while, they croaked and attacked in a group!
"...Go! If you don't get out of here, I'll turn you into a crow pot!" Wang Qiu roared viciously while driving away the crows.
"...Crow pot? How dare you put these crows that have just eaten human flesh into your mouth?" Ma Tong immediately laughed teasingly.
——Countless old and new corpses were scattered everywhere in the village. After driving away the crows and wild dogs that were entrenched above, the corpses underneath were revealed, which had been torn and eaten to pieces. Seeing this miserable scene, even the knight Levi, who boasted that he had seen the battle formation of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, couldn't help but change his expression. However, Wang Qiu and the others reacted quite calmly - in the zombie apocalypse, they have seen many similar scenes!
Through the twilight of dusk, after some inspection, they were able to quickly confirm that there was no longer any living person in this village!
If it were a normal marching expedition, this group of medieval travelers would definitely enter the village and occupy these houses for camping. But now this is a special situation... After hastily searching everywhere in the village and grabbing some random things, everyone immediately escaped as quickly as possible and set up camp upwind away from the village, lest they be contaminated again. of evil things. As for what to do with this deserted village...
"...No one will probably live in this place in the next ten years or so! Let's burn it down! At least we can eliminate a source of pollution!"
Wang Qiu touched his chin and announced. As a result, a rain of meteors and fire fell from the sky, turning the dead village to ashes in the fire.
And there are no less than twenty abandoned villages like this that were set on fire by them along the way...
Of course, although the Black Death epidemic in the rural areas of Provence was extremely tragic and was one of the worst in Europe, some farmers still survived, at least not getting sick and dying for the time being. But these farmers are more like zombies than alive.
——Seeing their relatives and friends falling down quickly one by one, they also despaired that their death was coming, and they were no longer willing to work hard, they ate whatever they got, and lived day by day. No matter how much effort they spent on their fields, cattle and sheep, and how many expectations they placed on them, they can no longer care about it. Cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry, and humans' loyal companions, dogs, left their pens and ran around in the fields because no one took care of them. The vegetable crops in the field should be harvested early tomorrow, but no one has come to ask about it.
However, when the "angel" came and gave them the magic to resist the disease and the hope of survival, these decadent guys seemed to be completely different people in an instant and became energetic... However, , although their diseases can be cured, their dead relatives and friends However, the wife and children could not be resurrected, and the broken old life could not be returned... As a result, many people who had lost their families saw through the world and realized enlightenment. They resolutely burned down their houses and voluntarily joined this great missionary team and followed The effectiveness of "angels" and "saints" in front of and behind the horse.
So, dozens of kilometers after leaving Marseille, Levi's team quickly expanded from dozens of people to 500 people... Fortunately, the travelers did not need to bear the rations of these people, because in the rich fields of Provence , there are unowned barns, cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks everywhere, allowing the team to carry out "self-service" supplies everywhere and take whatever they want. There was even an "unexpected surprise"...
"...Scare! Such a chicken can actually be sold for more than 15,000 yen? Although this chicken is quite fat, the price is too exaggerated!"
——When Doraemon accidentally threw a chicken he caught casually into the [automatic pawn machine], he was immediately blinded by the large-denomination bills spit out from the machine, "...remember at Nobi's house In the nearby supermarket, chicken thigh meat seems to only sell for 800 yen per kilogram..."
"...It's normal! How can the 40-day instant feed chickens we ate back then compare with this kind of pure natural, pollution-free and hormone-free green food chicken? Let alone a capon!" said the man with extensive social experience. Professor Guo thinks this price is normal.
"...Not to mention Japan, where your agricultural products are expensive, even in China, the free-range capons raised by farmers can be sold for 80 yuan per catty in the vegetable market, and a capon costs 600 yuan! It would cost tens of thousands of yen when converted into Japanese yen! And they are often sold out of stock! Alas, this kind of capon tastes very delicious, but the price is too expensive... Hey, don't use these chickens. They’re all pawned! Save a few for soup tonight!”
——The so-called capon is a time-honored method of rapid fattening that can save feed: after castration, the rooster no longer spends the precious feed and energy in its belly on vain grooming and singing. And the fight went up. Therefore, castrated chickens grow faster and fatter. Moreover, roosters are already larger than hens, and they gain weight after castration, so the meat is naturally more tender. Europeans in the Middle Ages generally regarded capons as a delicacy. In modern society, free-range "local chickens" raised by farmers are already very expensive, and the labor costs for castrating roosters are even higher. These capons from medieval European farmers can sell for sky-high prices according to modern century standards, that is, It’s a matter of course...
In addition to the free-range chickens, ducks and geese in various farms, the cattle and sheep that have lost their owners and are wandering around, and even the vegetables growing in the fields, because they are also pure natural and non-polluting green food, are also in [ The prices sold in the automatic pawn machine are quite good - I may not be able to guarantee anything else, but there are definitely no hormones such as clenbuterol in the meat of these animals, and they have never eaten feed. They are absolutely naturally raised! The vegetables have never been touched by chemical fertilizers, let alone pesticides. They are all natural from beginning to end. Can the price be high? Even modern green foods can be grown and raised in the same way at any cost, but the ancient natural environment where the soil, water and air are free of chemical pollution cannot be obtained with any amount of money.
Therefore, the members of the mission originally took sheep from abandoned villages just to solve the problem of eating during the journey. But as the crazy-poor Doraemon discovered this way to make money, Knight Levi's mission completely turned into a gang of robbers who made money by killing people. They would not let go of chickens, ducks, cattle, and horses along the way... Fortunately, there are enough people at the moment, There were no victims fighting against these bandits (most of them died of the plague), so they didn't cause any big trouble.
In this way, everyone burned down the village and took things with all their integrity. Although they didn't find many gold and silver coins, the pawned cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and ownerless horses were exchanged for nearly 300 million yen, so Doraemon I was so excited that I jumped up and down, feeling that I had made an unexpected fortune.
But when Wang Qiu saw this scene, he couldn't help but murmured, "...Why does it feel like the devils are coming to the village to sweep them away? Killing them all, burning them all, and robbing them all... Although we didn't kill these people." , but also all of them died..."
"...Three Guang policy? This is waste utilization!" Professor Guo retorted, "And no one will play tunnel warfare and mine warfare with us..."
Then, before he finished speaking, he saw Doraemon running out of a barn in panic, letting out a heartbreaking cry: "...Wow! There are rats!!!!" ! ”