Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Chapter 110 Four: New Year

Chapter 110 Four: New Year

Not long after, Haiwen ushered in the first new year after time travel.

On this day, the monks of the Sea God Temple moved out the altar and altar, and the square in front of the temple was crowded with people.During the temple fair, there are monks presiding over it. He doesn't intend to get involved in this matter, just like being an ordinary audience.He was sitting next to the big clock on the roof of the Yizheng Hall, where the scenery was the best, and he could have a panoramic view of the temple fair.

Not only people from Yema Town came, but farmers from other villages also went to the city to participate in the temple fair on this day.Whether you have money or not, you all come to see the fun.There is also a circus troupe from out of town to perform on stage.

The temple fair at three o'clock in the afternoon began.The band blew the trumpets, and then a few stout men stripped their shirts off in the cold wind and beat the drums hard. Haiwen looked from a distance and found that King Kong was among them.Then there was a song and dance show and a whale-carrying parade-the god of the sea worshiped by the people of the bay was a huge whale called Scud.Legend has it that its body is inconceivably large, its tail cannot be seen from the head of the fish, it can swallow an island in one bite, and its teeth can hold a country.

Then there were some tricks and acrobatics performances. After watching it for a while, Haiwen lost his interest. He was thinking about going back when he heard footsteps behind him. "My lord! So you are here." Hyacinth walked up the tower, "Shall we go to the temple fair together?"

"I don't care. Do you want to go and see?"

"Think!" Hyacinth nodded to him, "Everyone is downstairs, let's go together."

So he followed Hyacinth downstairs and found that his family was waiting for him.Isrit put on the long dress that she was reluctant to wear all the time, put on a little makeup on her face, and put on rare earrings and bracelets, dressed like a lady; "Ms. Violet" wore a veil, Wearing a scholar's robe, standing next to Isrit, holding Mirsalu's hand; the butler is wearing a top hat and holding a cane, like a gentleman; Fasnat is still the same, with an indifferent expression.

He exchanged a few words with everyone, and at this time Master Ramon and Little Hammer also came, just like Hai Wen remembered in his previous life, everyone congratulated each other and celebrated the New Year.Haiwen suddenly felt that he should also change into a new outfit, because his old clothes really didn't match.

Suddenly, he thought that Master Mao was still lying in the house by himself at this moment, and felt lonely for a while.

At this moment, he heard the iconic laughter of the smiling face cat, "My lord! Here it is!"

He looked at the voice in surprise, and saw Master Cat sitting in a wheelchair, and Sister Laya was pushing him behind.Zerette also followed him, holding a large bunch of kebabs in her hand, eating as she walked, regardless of her image.

A few days ago, Haiwen heard from Laya that she was asking someone to make a wheelchair, but Haiwen did not expect that Smiley Cat would be willing to make a wheelchair. "Master Cat, Happy Chinese New Year!" He walked up.

"Well, it's great!" Despite being in a wheelchair, Smiley Cat is very happy today, "The air outside is better, the room is too stuffy to accommodate people!"

At this time, Mirsalu said loudly: "Right! I told you that you will get sick if you are always bored in the room." She went to push the wheelchair for the smiling cat, and Laya gave up half of the seat with a smile .Then everyone went to the temple fair to celebrate the New Year.

Walking in the crowd, many people from Wild Horse Town came to greet him, and some invited him to speak on stage, but today Hai Wen just wanted to be an ordinary tourist.Since crossing, he has been busy non-stop, and now he can finally take a rest.He can look at the world like a tourist, and appreciate every scene and thing here.

Estelle held his hand and said to him, "My lord, it's less than three months."

"what?"

"I said it's been less than three months since I came down from the death penalty platform." Islet squeezed his palm firmly, "But now I'm your wife and live a life without worrying about food and clothing. I can't believe it."

Haven said: "It's nothing to believe, Isrit, our life will be better in the future."

"Yes, my lord."

They walked through the streets of the Sea God Temple, walking from east to west. In winter, it gets dark early, and the setting sun can be seen at four or five o'clock.Dancers in fish-scale armor walked and danced on the streets under the setting sun, turning somersaults like fish jumping on the water, and greeted with applause.Halfway through the celebration, the people who came to the celebration also slowed down, and time seemed to slow down.The gray and black houses all glow golden in the setting sun, the paint on the brand-new wooden houses is shining, and an old beggar covered in patches is basking comfortably in the sun.Haiwen couldn't help but stop and look at the town, his mood was full for a while.

"My lord, there would be nothing like this without you." Old Ramon said to him.

Haiwen nodded, and at this time other people also came over.The housekeeper said to him: "My lord, let me tell you that this matter has just begun." The smiling cat also said: "Yes, my lord, there is still a long way to go."

Hai Wen also had the same idea. Mustang Town was only his first stop, and there was still a long way to go.

The sunset elongated his shadow, and the harmonious picture was frozen in his mind, like a warm group photo.

(Volume [-], end)

Statistics of the characters in this volume:

Haven Ambleside - a bald man, a qualified mayor.

Israet Ambside - Haven's wife, the new academic forest witch.

Delaire Hanslock—a black-bellied butler and a gentleman with one crutch.

Gerrit——(<ゝω·)☆~

Hyacinth - a girl in love.

Violet - the female teacher, godmother of Mirsalu.

Mirthalu Ambside - Haven's adopted daughter, Violet's student.

Spike - Laughing Ranger, recovering.

Fassnut - a taller, more handsome, and stronger boy than the previous volume.

Brunei Charles - Mustang Town bully who later develops a questionable friendship with Haven.

Master Grando, a water witch doctor who required screaming and dancing to cast spells, saved Smiley Cat's life.

Old Ramon - the clerk of Mustang Town, the second in command of the Council, and Hewen's right-hand man.

Little Ramon—an apprentice of the old Ramon, a promising young man, and now one of the four members of the peasant association.

King Kong, a strong young mason, was impressed by Fasnat and worshiped him as his teacher.

Jon Olissanda - Captain of the Guard.

Vandry García, the ex-treasurer who escaped with the money, is now in jail for his father.

Curit García - Vanderbilt's father, out of prison, four members of the Peasant Council.

Gelmon Ambside - Haven's younger brother.

Steve Johnson, an indebted farmer with an ailing daughter, became one of four farmers' council members after college. [Provided by book friend @惠普斯General, thank you here]

Trillance—nicknamed Little Hammer, an excellent little carpenter, and the chief carpenter consultant of Haven.

Master Chris - apprentice of the legendary carpenter Old Bark, died of overjoy.

Haliwuhan Dangumengtu - a businessman from the Western Regions who believes in the "Seven-Color Venerable", nicknamed Harry the Pipe, who can cook insects, and now came to Mustang Town with Haiwen to do business.

Monsieur Gustin—old urchin, former landowner, one of the four members of the Farmers' Association after the farm was bought.

Laya, an angel in white, was moved by Hai Wen's words and deeds, and wanted to open a hospital in Mustang Town.

Black Gold - a mysterious alchemist who is crazy about gold.

Jesse - A villain who wields multiple short swords.The old acquaintance of Smiley Cat, known as the "dog", let Fassnut shoot his head with an arrow.

Closor Dia - Baron of Mustang Land, fond of wine and greedy for money.

Doerr, a drunken and drowned cop, suspected of being murdered.

Firm Kahn - Grand Duke of the Gulf, Duke of the Trident, Legendary King, has not officially appeared, but comes from the dialogue between Gerrit and Haven.

Bob - one of the prisoners wrongfully imprisoned.

Uffin - super cute dog w

Ye Xiaoxia——Ye Xiao Express, the mission must be accomplished!

Lightning——Wuge, bad boy, secretly in love with Wuyun.

Wuyun—Wuge, a fashion girl who has a crush on Ye Xiaoxia.

Lalani - the eldest brother of the Ma Pigeon trio, with infinite strength, the overlord of the Ma Pigeon.

Papalu——The younger brother of the Mage trio, the provocative little boy.

Mimina, the younger sister of the Mage trio, completed her first letter delivery mission under the escort of her brothers, which is amazing!

Chicken Man·Second Generation——died at the hands of Hai Wen, and was used to intimidate a jailer.

Capuchin

The second volume is finished, not very satisfactory.

Many people have recently complained about the problem of writing style. Indeed, I am a bit confused when writing the second volume.

I was reading classical novels and storytelling scripts for a period of time in the middle, and the writing was too fast, so I got involved in it in a daze, sorry.

In addition, the farming part is written too much, which makes me tired of writing.A lot of readers wanted to read this part, so I wrote a little more when planning the outline, but later found that I was uncomfortable writing, so I ended the second volume as soon as possible.The recent accelerated update is also related to this.

I think what I write is still not self-willed enough, I have to write something that I am better at.

The next volume, the next volume will be written more capriciously.

Look forward to it.

③ Earl of Bear Mountain

Chapter 110 Five: Expedition to the South

It has been more than a month of slack, and everything is fine.Under Haven's policies, almost no poor people starved or froze to death this year—at least not on paper.He couldn't take care of every corner of Mustang, but no one in Mustang died of poverty.

In Mustang Town, it was the first time.In contrast, Haiwen's money bank has been squandered.He won't have the money to do the next thing until Big Charles comes back.

Farmers mostly rest these days, but some are always busy.For example, Little Hammer and his team of carpenters, they are working very fast, and it is estimated that they can install the overturned car in the north before irrigating the crop fields.

It is now mid-February, and the weather is getting warmer, but there is still a period of time before planting and transplanting. For farmers, it is still a day of rest.Haiwen took out the memo and found that most of the things were settled,

Haven discussed with Yisrit, and decided to take advantage of these days to go to the south for investigation.The matter of the pest plague has never been settled. According to Gerrit, the bugs will lay eggs and give birth in early February, and they will run all over the ground in March.Hai Wen thought to himself that now is the time, and he has to go and see.

He handed over the affairs of the town to old Ramon, and took the two witches, Isrit and Gerrit, all the way south.They set off early in the morning and arrived at the southern farm in the evening.Master Gusting hadn't heard that they were coming, but when he saw Haiwen coming, he hurriedly invited him into the manor, and cleaned up a clean room for him to live in.In the evening, he drank some wine with the old man, and while drinking, the old man complained to him, saying: "My lord, this year's insects are too powerful, not to mention the rice, even the dogs will be killed if they go down—" —Don't talk about dogs, I won't survive if I go in!"

Is it so powerful?

Master Gustin said that there is a rice field not far from here, and the insects infested it so badly that the field was abandoned.The three of them went to have a look the next day, and saw that the seedlings in the field were sparse, and the field was full of small beetles, so dense that it made one's skin crawl.Haiwen went over to take one and saw that it was a small snail.Seeing this, he suddenly remembered what happened in his previous life.

He lives in the north, but his hometown is in the countryside in the south, and he has to fly back to visit during the holidays.Among them, relatives in the family have rice fields, and there are similar snails in their place, called golden apple snails.In addition to spraying medicine, the local people raise ducks or fish in rice fields.This thing is called biological control in modern times, but in fact it has existed in ancient China, and it is called "uppering rice and lowering fish".They use these snails and water bugs as feed for fish and ducks. On the one hand, they control the pests, and on the other hand, they also raise fish and ducks, which is another income.

Hai Wen hurriedly told Master Gustin about this matter, and Master Gustin immediately glared at him and said, "This matter is easy to handle! Going south and out of Mustang Field, there is a special place for raising ducks. I'll just ask someone to do it!" Estherite also said: "There is a fishing ground in the east, and there should be some fish fry in this season, so I can ask someone to bring in some, and I think it will be useful."

The matter was settled, and the three of them returned home.As soon as I got home, before the luggage could be unloaded, the housekeeper came to Hai Wen and said, "My lord, something happened!"

Haiwen didn't even have time to change his clothes, "What happened?"

"My lord, a few days ago someone from the Baron came to inspect Chun Plowing."

When inspecting spring plowing, there were such people in previous years.Haiwen thought to himself, this guy came to inspect the farming in name to ensure production, but in fact he came to show his power and give the Baron some money to go back.There are people like this every year, and you can get rid of them with some money.

"What's wrong with this man?"

The housekeeper's face was very ugly, "I was beaten up, and now it's locked up in the room."

"Ah?" Haiwen frowned, "What's the matter?"

"Yes, my lord, it was pretty good at the beginning. After this guy came, old Ramon and I entertained him. We thought, nothing can happen at this juncture. We entertained him with good food and drink, But this bastard is dishonest. He wandered around the street all day long. He didn't know what happened. He happened to see a girl from a family. If you want to say that the girl is not married, it's fine, but that girl has already made an appointment with someone else. I'm married, and I'm about to get married. He doesn't want to open his eyes, he insists on asking this girl to stay with him for a night, and he talks nonsense about exercising the right of the first night on behalf of the baron. You know, my lord, there is no such thing as the right of the first night in the Gulf, then It's a northern rule. In the end, this guy was stubborn and insisted on letting us do it for him. We had nothing to do with him but persuaded him. Then one day he didn't keep an eye on him, and he ran out to find the girl with a few entourages. It got into trouble right away."

"Did someone beat you?" Hai Wen asked.

Dreyer nodded helplessly, and said: "It's a coincidence, the family invited people to dinner that day, and asked the villagers to help with the wedding in the future. Forty or so old farmers filled the courtyard This short-sighted thing goes to the gun, and he brings up the name of the baron, thinking that he can scare the peasants. But you, the farmer in Mustang Town, know best, that is the man who beat the landowner , Fearless, fearless, went up and beat the bastard, including a few followers, and then stripped off his clothes and locked him up. It wasn't them who came to inform me, I didn't know about it What! Now the farmers have said that they will never let them go unless they see Master Haiwen, and they will starve these bastards to death!"

Haiwen also hated this kind of thing, but he was sent by the baron after all.If it goes on like this, Haiwen can't explain to the baron, if he really turns his face, it's not justified.Haiwen thought for a while, and asked the butler first: "Butler, do you have an idea about this matter?"

The butler looked happy and said, "Yes!"

"What's the idea?"

"Let's kill him with a knife, and come back and tell the lord that this man has never been here, do you think so?"

"Fart!" Haiwen waved his hand at him and cursed, "Why don't you let me kill the Sir? Butler, do you have any serious ideas?"

"Then what else? The only thing left is to make an apology, what else?"

Hai Wen also had no choice but to say, "Let's take a look first, is Big Charles back? Go to him to borrow some money, and I'll arrange it first. It's not time for us to quarrel with the baron yet."

"My lord, are you still planning to turn against the baron?" The butler had a sneer on his face, "When will you turn it over?"

"Two years later." Hai Wen gestured with his hand, "Two years later, when my town's business is stable and I have capital, I will naturally make him look good. Now, bear with it!"

The butler thought for a while and said, "If you have the strength to compete with the baron in Mustang, we can go to the count or marquis to buy fiefdoms with money. This way we can avoid war—— Sir , There is no gold to settle things. If you can prove that you are more profitable than the current Baron Mustang like the above characters, then giving you a piece of land is just a matter of lip service for the lords."

"You're right, but this year's task is to ensure agricultural production—well, go find Charles."

"Yes, my lord."

Afterwards the butler went to Charles the Great and borrowed the money back in a short time.

Haiwen took the gold and silver and went straight to the farmer.He went in as soon as he greeted the old farmer, after all, everyone knew him.That guy was locked in the cellar, and when he saw Haiwen coming, he immediately cursed: "Ambside! You want to rebel!"