Infrastructure maniacs from the East

In fact, Xu Tian doesn't understand many of the rules here. For example, nobles and knights despise merchants, but they are very supportive of "friendly exchanges between castles" - knights 'gift' to other castles with various things, The lord of the castle may 'just happen' to be entertaining a merchant, and the knights will 'give' something and introduce themselves 'out of courtesy', and the 'return gift' from the merchant or lord of the castle is whatever the knights want or shiny coins — but the Cavaliers insist it's not a business.

"In exchange for food and seeds of various plants...and a little salt."

Xu Tian didn't say anything superfluous, anyway, the steward who should explain it had already explained it, the only thing he was worried about was whether it would be unsafe if there were only two knights, and then he was dispelled by the steward who cleared the rules here - no One would be willing to rob a knight with a large crowd.

Yes, there is a reserve knight behind the knight, and each knight will lead five people to resist things. Ten people are already a big team here, and ordinary people are not willing to provoke them.

Xu Tian probably understands that they are still caravans in essence, but there is only a fig leaf called knights. Knights play the roles of bodyguards and passes in the team, so that they do not need to lose the goods that land (the goods fall into the caravan) On the ground, that is, it belongs to the owner of the land), and does not go to the merchants in the city to do business, it can be said that it has achieved the ultimate in face and inside.

Lord: ...

In short, Lord Xu still sent away this team that was obviously a caravan and still trying to save face.They will arrive at other castles, 'politely' tell where they are from, and then merchants with a keen sense of smell will take the initiative to come to the door, bringing things that the nobles need or lovely coins.

But this is all a period of time later, what Xu Tian has to do now is to accumulate strength, and when the merchants arrive, there will be enough goods-the slaves who make pottery have added a few more, and the stone mill has been used all day long. In turn, the pigherd's family has changed from grinding to picking acorns because of their rich experience.

Xu Tian finally understood why the flour in the Middle Ages was ground and eaten a little bit—without airtight conditions, the flour would grow worms and go bad after a while, and even acorn flour could not escape this fate.

Looking at the worm-infested powder that the housekeeper handed over to him, Xu Tian felt a rare sense of confusion—in the Middle Ages when there were no cellars and paper, the preservation of flour was really a problem, no wonder the people here put the flour in The bugs are called God's gift...

Looking at the acorn powder that had been filled with all the clay pots behind him, Xu Tian decisively stopped the hard and tiring work of grinding the powder, and began to think about how to get this batch of acorns that were going to be moldy before the merchant came. Make good use of the seed powder. After all, in the almost endless oak forest, no one has time to go there except for the pigs and the pigherd’s family, and there are still acorns that are constantly being sent. In the past, it was already difficult for the family members of the pig herders to complete the daily tasks.

"Housekeeper, can someone come over to work and pay brown jade?"

Brown jade is acorn jelly. Xu Tian, ​​who is a bit persecuted and delusional, is afraid that merchants will figure out how to make it through the name of acorn jelly. After an urgent discussion, the name was changed to Brown Jade, which is unattainable and has a high standard, in Mandarin.

Although many crooked friends complain that our Chinese is extensive and profound, speaking is like singing, and writing is like painting, but you have to admit the culture of planting flowers, especially the charm of words. The language has its unique charm, in short, it is a magic weapon.

It was an accident when I noticed this, but Xu Tian quickly discovered business opportunities from it. Encouraged by food and swords, the knights quickly said the word brown jade in a correct way, and even Xu Tian was very pleased to be able to write crookedly, thinking that his pottery and acorn jelly would definitely fetch a good price.

"Can..." But those people are not qualified to enjoy such a good thing.

The butler kept the latter sentence in his heart and didn't say it. First, he knew that the lord didn't like to hear it, and second, he knew it was useless to say it, although he really felt that the poor people didn't need to eat so well.

"How much is enough for one person?"

Xu Tian didn't know the standard food intake of people here. Anyway, the servants in his castle could drink a large pot of water every time and still eat mush normally. The normal daily food intake of an adult should be a catty of grain, but the people here Xu Tian was really afraid that their already hungry intestines would burst.

"We need more and better pottery."

More and more pottery has been produced recently, and it is gradually becoming standardized, but Xu Tian, ​​who is used to the previous assembly line, is still not satisfied. He is eager to see many identical pottery being produced quickly. He thought of an important way: embryo pulling.

But he won't.

He hadn't been to the pottery at all.

How miserable.

In this case, more people can only make pottery. After all, the quality is insufficient to make up for it. Then we have to dig water canals, dig out fallow fields to plant wild peas, pick acorns, watch fire kilns, and make mud bricks. Let Xu Tian try to build a house and an earthen kang. There are many things to do. The servants and slaves in the castle are too exhausted to finish.

In addition to these, Xu Tian also had to look for salt, limestone to make paper, soybeans to make tofu, crops suitable for this place, plants for fertile fields and animal feed, watch the fermentation process of manure, look for bamboo, make farm tools and weapons, and more. To find time to teach language and writing, basic military training...

Emmm... Xu Tian had the idea that he couldn't sleep, but he couldn't.

It took a whole day to set the time and intensity of the work with the housekeeper, as well as the jelly that each level could get. Xu Tian also made an additional request to clean himself. He believed that the housekeeper could make these people do it.

Strange to say, none of the group of craftsmen who were forcibly brought here left the castle after receiving the money for these years. Most of them just let the knights and servants take their money back to their families, and a few He didn't even send the money back, and when he mentioned his family, he had a hideous face.

The stonemason has already contacted him. He has to do a lot of stone mills and some stone mills. One stonemason in the castle is not enough. In order to show his sincerity, he directly asked the housekeeper to bring half of the money as a deposit. People come to him with materials, and they can leave when they are finished. If the mason is willing, he can bring his family with him.

The stonemason is a lucky man. He was very lucky to be sent to a stone shop as an apprentice by his parents who were originally farmers. He was even more fortunate to be loved by the old stonemason. The luckiest thing was that the old stonemason's daughter, who is now his wife, I fell in love with him, and then got a real stonemason's craft, inherited the stonemason's shop, and supported my son and daughter, but today the stonemason feels that his luck may have come to an end.

Today, a distinguished guest came to his shop. He was wearing full sackcloth, and he opened his mouth to give a big deal that made the stonemason dizzy. He also paid half of the deposit in advance, and then offered to let him and some of his family members Going to his side to make stone tools, and only after finishing all the work, the stonemason wanted to resist, but saw the knight following the lord, wisely swallowed his refusal, and begged the lord to give him some time to pack his things.

The stonemason's wife gave birth to seven children, but only one son and one daughter survived. He wanted to keep his children in the shop, but he knew it was impossible, so he finally took his wife and him. His daughter left his eldest son who had already taken an apprentice to guard the shop, and all the heavy purses were handed over to the eldest son, leaving nothing behind.

"Find a good girl, give birth to a son, and pass on our shop."

He told his son like this, but he didn't notice his daughter at all. After all, he was just a guy who was going to marry when the time came. The mason wouldn't even pass on a little bit of technology to his wife's daughter who was also pregnant in October. After all, the old mason didn't Is it also because there is only one daughter that he has to find him as the heir to his shop?

'It's not right. '

The stonemason's daughter is named Emily, and she is a lucky one who has survived two slaps, but because she is a daughter, she can't get anything. Masons have always had this concept since they were young, but Emily always feels that This is not right, the mother's resignation did not change her mind a bit, but she learned to hold it in her heart compared to the original direct speaking.

"Can I stay?"

When the stonemason exhorted her son lovingly, Emily still didn't control her mouth. The moment she said it, she felt panicked, but the next moment her heart was extremely relaxed, as if something had been weighing on her The things in her heart disappeared, and some new things grew up, supporting her and the mason to look at each other.

"Of course not."

The stonemason replied angrily, not noticing Emily's face, of course, even if he did, he wouldn't care, after all, she was just a daughter who couldn't inherit the family business.

"Then why can brother?"

Emily tried hard to suppress her crying, but tears rolled down her eyes.

"Emily, you know,"

What do I want to know, the girl already has the answer in her heart, but it is extremely cold.

"Your brother is a boy and inherited my craft."

So it's only natural that you beat me up when I asked you to teach me a craft.

"Here he is, our mason's shop will not fall."

So I can die with you.

The stonemason's take for granted made Emily want to vomit inexplicably.

"I see."

Why is it so cold.