Succubus' Manor

Chapter 186

This time when I went to the holy city, Chi Yan was not prepared to act low-key. The cloth dyeing workshop in Saket discovered a new mineral dye, which can dye clothes into dark gray, which is close to pure black, but a little lighter, so Chi Yan The 2 troops that Yan wants to take away will naturally have new clothes to wear, which puts more pressure on the cloth dyeing workshop and garment workshop, so they find a lot of "temporary workers". The division of labor is more clearly defined.

The weaving factory only weaves linen and cotton, the dyeing workshop only dyes cloth, and the garment workshop only makes clothes.

Even the blacksmiths are separated, the one that casts daily necessities, such as iron pots and kitchen knives, is part, and the one that makes weapons is one part.

Because of this, the efficiency has improved a lot.

The [-] soldiers who were selected were all selected by the instructors according to their height, figure and ability.

All go to that station, and then put on the dark gray military uniform, the oppressive force and the degree of shock are absolutely undeniable.

The weapons in their hands have also changed. The cavalrymen are holding long knives, which are so sharp that they can break hairs.

The infantry forwards also have long swords, but there are long guns in the back row, and shield soldiers in the back, while the artillery company is in charge of the formation. They have no weapons in their hands and are only responsible for projecting bombs with special projectile tools.

To be precise, the 2 people that Chi Yan wanted to take away were the elite troops forged by the four cities of Hesaked, Stettin, Otley, and Aliya.

They have all gone to the battlefield and returned safely with good hands and feet, and they are all excellent soldiers who have undergone countless days and nights of training, obeying orders and prohibiting orders.

Sometimes on the battlefield, the comparison is not how many people in the army over there are more capable, but whose soldiers are obedient.

The instructors also left half and stayed half.

These instructors were emboldened by Kleist's teaching. Even if they stayed, Chi Yan was sure that even if they dared to have bad intentions, they would not dare to really do bad things.

Sometimes fear is more loyal than love.

It's always easier to betray a good guy.

And dare not betray a bad guy.

In addition to soldiers and weapons, Chi Yan also took away a lot of food, the most dry food.

Dry food is black bread and kato cakes. Although black bread is not good anywhere, it has an advantage that it can be stored for a long time.

If it is kept dry without touching water, it can be stored for two months or more, while white bread will fluff in two weeks.

Kato biscuits can also be stored for a long time.

In short, since the news that Chi Yan was going to participate in the Prayer Festival was released, every city has been busy, but the income has also increased a lot with the naked eye.

Many people who can't find a job and can only receive subsistence allowances can get a lot of money in a short period of time.

Can't bake bread?It doesn't matter, as long as you know how to grind noodles.

Don't have the strength to grind your noodles?That's okay, as long as you know how to sieve noodles.

What?You can't even sift noodles well?Then you go and get the wheat down, if it doesn't happen again, you might as well ask your mother to stuff you back and be reborn again.

But there are also people who are upset:

"The lord is going to the holy city?"

"Prayer Day? But we don't believe in the Holy Spirit!"

"Maybe the lord believes it?"

"That's impossible! If the lord believes in the Holy Spirit, how could he allow us to believe in the Heavenly Mother?"

"Then...then the holy city must have forced the lord to go!"

Suddenly, rumors spread in several cities that the holy city is forcing the lord to go there, to kill the lord!

This is tantamount to a blow to the civilians who are struggling to live a good life.

They don't necessarily have much affection for Chi Yan himself - they haven't even met Chi Yan.

But they all knew that they were where they are today because of Chi Yan, they didn't have to drown their children, they didn't have to starve themselves, and they didn't have to sell themselves to be animals just for a bite to eat.

But what if Chi Yan was killed?

All this is gone!

The scariest thing in this world is not never getting it, but losing it after getting it.

A poor person becomes rich overnight, and a rich person goes bankrupt overnight, these are two different things.

How many rich people choose to jump off the building after bankruptcy, but they just can't accept the gap.

"Your lord can't be allowed to go!" The civilians came up with this method that was not an option.

"Yes! Let's stop the lord! Don't tell him to go!"

There were also objections:

"If the lord doesn't go, what if the holy city thinks that the lord is rebellious and sends troops to attack us?"

"That's right, and it's only going to Prayer Day. They can't harm adults on Prayer Day?"

"What's more, adults must be smarter than us. If adults decide to go, we won't let him go, isn't it good?"

The civilians were worried, and some even walked around the castle every day.

But there are also many people who want to follow Chi Yan to the holy city!

Among them, teenagers are the most. This group of men and women among teenagers and young people. They have suffered for several years. Before the suffering is carved into their bones, Chi Yan came. After that, they don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and can even read. They studied and played with their friends, so they are very courageous, and they have a kind of fanatical admiration for Chi Yan—the young Mu Qiang, Chi Yan is the strongest person here.

And what they talk about the most is the fact that Otley and Rose once attacked Stettin.

There were so many people in Otley, and they attacked overnight, but Stettin was defeated without even getting close.

Rose gathered the power of several cities, gathered an army of ten thousand people, and thousands of cavalry, all of which were killed by Stettin's army, either dead or captured.

And their parents all participated in these two battles!

There are even many fathers who will set off with the army this time and follow Chi Yan to the holy city.

In their hearts, Chi Yan should be a warrior, a brave and resourceful warrior.

Ke Ke is one of the teenagers who want to follow Chi Yan to the holy city. His family lives in the inner city, and his father has retired from the army—his father beat Rose, but he lost an arm because of an injury, so Honorably discharged.

He still remembered that when his father was sent back, although the bleeding had stopped, his face was pale, as if he would die in the next moment, and the whole family was terrified.

After all, apart from his father, he was the only eldest son in their family who was able to find a job, and his mother had to take care of his four younger brothers and sisters at home.

As a result, the army officials came!

Said that his father was injured in the war, so his family could receive food every month.

How long can I get food?

until his father died!

Although the food given was not much, it was enough for the family to survive without starving to death.

In addition to food, there is also money, and the officials also said that if their family only wants food, or only money, it is fine.

His father is the master, no money, just food.

Because food prices are unstable, to be precise, it is not that food prices are unstable, but that the purchasing power of money is unstable.

So as long as food is the best.

Later, my father was able to move, he was able to walk around on the ground, and he was even able to do some work with one hand, and their family was completely recovered.

His mother went to the orphanage to cook, and she was able to bring her own children there too. She also took one child, and raised a bunch of children, and she didn't have to look at the children deliberately, other female employees would look at them.

This even gave her some extra time to do small tasks, such as weaving some gadgets and giving them to merchants, who also accepted them.

Dad went to ride a tricycle for passengers—this is a benefit only available to those who have been discharged from the army due to injuries. His legs are sound, and because it has three wheels, he can control the direction easily.

It's just that the wheels of the tricycle are not rubber, but wooden wheels, so more strength is required, but this is nothing. After a strong man recovers from his illness, his strength is enough.

Every month, their family eats without spending money, and the money earned by their parents can add up to more than 100 or two hundred copper coins.

Quite enough!

Originally, Keke wanted to find a job, but his parents knew that the Holy Academy had become a school, he could read and write, and the school took care of a meal, so they immediately sent him there.

Now Keke has many classmates who go home after class every day. Life is not to mention how beautiful it is. Sometimes the school organizes competitions such as tug-of-war and sprints.

Last week, a marathon around the city was organized, and everyone in the city was watching and cheering them on.

Although the class is not pleasant, but when not in class, it makes Keke feel very happy.

Keke is also in class today. During the break, the students spontaneously gathered together and discussed:

"I want to go with the lord."

"I would, too, but my father won't let me."

"My dad might agree, but my mum certainly wouldn't."

Keke suddenly asked: "Even if our parents agree, is the lord willing to take us there?"

"He didn't even take all the soldiers away!"

They were worried again, and one of the girls said, "We can follow quietly."

The others suddenly realized - that's right, the lord will not take them, they can quietly follow behind the army.

As long as they are careful, they will not necessarily be found.

The [-] soldiers who followed Chi Yan to the holy city also received a promise that they would be rewarded if they came back smoothly, but if they died on the way or in the holy city, their families would get a settling allowance.

If you don't have a family member, you can decide who you want to leave the money to before you leave.

On the day Chi Yan left, the whole city shut down, no matter if they were businessmen or civilians, men or women, children or old people, they all took to the streets to see him off.

When the carriage came out of the castle, countless people followed the carriage and walked out of the city.

"My lord! You must come back early!"

"My lord! We are waiting for you here!"

……

People were crying and howling, some even tore off their front skirts and knelt on the ground and wailed endlessly.

An old man bent over crying and beat his chest.

They sincerely believed that the people in the holy city wanted to kill Chi Yan.

This made Chi Yan, who was sitting in the carriage, feel a little miraculous and at the same time relieved.

It turned out that the royal power was not as great as he had imagined. The enfeoffment of the nobles created a situation where the common people only knew the lords but not the royal family. They didn't even feel that they were the subjects of the royal family.

They don't have much feeling for the royal family and royal power.

And because he converted to Tianmu, he didn't have a good impression of the Holy Court, even if it wasn't bad, it wasn't good.

Chi Yan suddenly felt relieved. He leaned on Kleist's chest, played with Kleist's black hair, and said with a smile, "I'm quite popular."

He is a little proud.

Kleist let him play with his hair, closed his eyes and said, "They're not stupid."

Chi Yan: "Yeah, it's just that the royal family and the Holy Court feel that the common people have no brains."

The common people are very smart. Although there are lazy people among them, these people are in the minority, and more people have their own survival wisdom.

Just like the civilians in Aliyah, there are many wise men among them who know how to treat different pests, when to cultivate and when to harvest, and some of them can read the weather.

Although it's not very accurate, it's good to be accurate twice out of ten.

It's just that their wisdom is not important, so in the eyes of the royal family and the Holy Court, they are stupid and ignorant people.

But in Chi Yan's eyes, they were treasures.

The development of society is driven by them, and the person in power is only the helmsman. How fast the ship can go, how confident it is in the face of strong winds and waves, the most contribution is the crew.

Of course, if the helmsman can't steer the rudder well, the boat will capsize in a second.

The crew sets the upper limit, the helmsman the lower limit.

The soldiers who had been waiting outside the city burst into cheers when they saw Chi Yan's carriage leaving the city.

Unlike the civilians, they were not afraid. On the contrary, although they didn't know exactly what they were going to do in the Holy City, it didn't prevent them from raising an ambition that shouldn't have arisen.

They used to be serfs, slaves, and civilians, but now, they are soldiers with sharp weapons and tall horses. Even if they go to the holy city, they are confident that they will not lose to the soldiers of the holy city!

They are proud of it, proud of it!

Chi Yan gave them the confidence and belief they didn't have before.

Those two crushing victories boosted morale more than Chi Yan thought.

Then they set off on the road in such a mighty way, and then Chi Yan encountered a problem - there were no roads being built at this time, and after leaving his territory, Chi Yan realized how difficult it was to take a group of people on a long trip at this time.

It was not so difficult for him to go from the manor to Saket before!It may be because there were few people and the distance was not far.

In short, when Chi Yan encountered the first river, he was a little dazed.

According to Just, with so many of them wanting to cross the river, the best way is to find a place where the river is relatively narrow, fill it up, and then cross.

Chi Yan: "What about the lowly civilians?"

Blockage or backflow of river water will cause floods.

Just was an idiot, he didn't think about what to do with the civilians living nearby.

Since it is impossible to fill the river, there are only two options left, building bridges and taking boats.

But even if they take a boat, they have to build a boat first, so Chi Yan can only stop and wait for them to build a bridge, but besides the river, they will also encounter other problems, such as there are only small roads on the mountain, no main road, Chi Yan's carriage What should I do if I can't get through the grain truck behind me?We can only open the way forcibly, and the small trees are directly dug up by the roots, and the big trees have to be cut down first, and then the roots are dug up.

Chi Yan felt that if this situation continued, he would definitely not be able to reach the Holy City on Spirit Day, and maybe he wouldn't be able to reach the holy city until next year.

But he couldn't just throw the soldiers down.

So I can only adapt myself to such a marching speed.

Now he finally understood why the old housekeeper said that the two countries had officially fought for at least two or three years, at most seven or eight years, and even more than ten or twenty years.

More than half of the time was wasted on the march.

And it is not always in the same place, and it is very time-consuming and labor-intensive to open the road again in the place where the road has not been opened.

So for so many years, no country has wanted to unify this continent-if there is a real fight, it will not be unified if it does not last for 200 years.

And no king thought he could live 200 years.

Besides, no king thought that if he fought for 200 years, he would still have soldiers in his hands, but if he fought for 30 years, there would be no males in the country, and there would not be enough food and grass.

Not to mention weapons and horses.

Chi Yan felt that his vision was still too small. From the manor to Saked, and then from Saked to Stettin, he seemed to be powerful enough from big to small.

But when he really came out and experienced this country, he realized how big this country is!Bigger than he thought!

Chi Yan now occasionally goes out to ride a horse during the day, but he can't ride for a long time, because his meat is tender and there are no calluses at the base of his thighs. After riding for a long time, his skin will be worn out and dripping with blood.

So he can ride a horse to change his mood at most.

This horse was chosen by Kleist for him. It is a docile bay red mare, but this does not mean that it is a weak horse. And the flesh is tight, it will jump lightly when it encounters obstacles, and it will be very stable when it lands, but if Chi Yan makes it run fast, it will not be inferior to other war horses.

Chi Yan also named it "Treading Snow".

Because although it is maroon, the horseshoe is white.

Chi Yan also found that Taxue was a bit "hate the poor and love the rich". For example, if a well-groomed person feeds it grass, it will eat it very face-saving.

If it is a person who is not well-dressed, unkempt, and whose clothes are not very clean, Taxue will spit at the other party and kick him with a horse's hoof.

Chi Yan was a little dumbfounded.

But he likes this horse very much, at least when he is on its back, he feels that it understands his mind.

Kleist also had a horse, a wild and unruly horse, a black and white horse with a white head and tail and a black body, a little thinner than the others, but fierce— ——As soon as it starts running, it can run at lightning speed, and it doesn't care about the people on its back. For so long, only Kleist can ride it, and no one else, even Chi Yan.

Chi Yan was a little jealous like this.

"Why are you the only one able to go up?" Chi Yan was not very happy, he especially liked Kleist's horse, it was really handsome!The eyes were as if they were painted with eyeliner. They were mighty and fierce. Although they were not as strong as other horses, they were very capable. Especially when they were running, Chi Yan was so handsome that his mouth was watering.

It turned out that the horse didn't want to see him.

All Kleist could say was, "I don't even want to see it."

Kleist was able to ride it purely because the horse couldn't hold him, couldn't get rid of him, and couldn't keep running, so he had to admit defeat with this villain.

Chi Yan sighed: "Sure enough, people with skills, no matter people or horses, have a big temper."

Kleist was amused by Chi Yan. He picked Chi Yan up, lightly as if holding a baby, and then put his chin against Chi Yan's forehead and asked, "Am I short-tempered?"

Chi Yan: "Why not! Don't think I don't know. Every time Juster comes to me, you look at him as if you want to crush him to death. He hasn't come here much recently."

Just wanted to be an obedient minister, but he didn't expect the "lord's wife" to be so jealous, so he had to retreat obediently.

Otherwise, if he is killed by the "Madam" before he shows up, then the loss outweighs the gain.

Kleist was quite confident, and said with a sneer, "I don't believe he doesn't want to climb your bed."

Chi Yan: "..."

He can't guarantee this, since he traveled here, there have been countless people wanting to be afraid of his bed.

Although Kleist was the only one who succeeded, it didn't mean Kleist felt safe.

It was Chi Yan who killed all men, women and children.

Chi Yan whispered, "Didn't I summon him too?"

He felt that he was unreasonable, but he still didn't quite understand why he was unreasonable, and he was a little dizzy.

Kleist lifted the curtain of the car, and the two looked out together. At the beginning, the lush trees and grass were indeed beautiful, because there were no people, so the smell of green grass was tangy, but after a long time, the scenery was nothing to behold. , all look the same.

They also passed through several cities and sent people in for supplies.

Probably because their army of 2 people was terrible, the lords of those cities didn't even dare to ask them where they came from and where they were going, and gave them a bunch of things for free like sending plague gods.

Chi Yan also knew why they were so timid. In an ordinary city, the total population does not exceed 2. When seeing an army of [-] people, it is not necessary to kneel.

I can't finish kneeling, lest I offend the other party, since I can't drive you away, kneel earlier, give more things, and feed the tiger with meat.

From Stettin to the holy city, it took Chi Yan nearly half a year with a large number of "tails".

This is a good fortune to be as close to Shengcheng Road as possible. Otherwise, it will take more than a year to build bridges and cut down trees.

The closer you are to the holy city, the more prosperous the city will be.

Because of their large number, it seemed that the visitors were not good, and the lord of the big city sent people to stop them and wanted to see the documents.

After seeing the document sent by the Holy Court, the other party still refused to let him go.

Ask someone to bring a letter to Chi Yan, to the effect that - you want to participate in the Prayer Festival?OK, very good.

But you can't take so many soldiers there, otherwise you are a lord and take 2 people to the holy city, what are you going to do?Rebel?

If you must take 2 people there, then I can only fight with you.

So Chi Yan could only let the instructors break up the 2 people first. These people could not follow him into the holy city, but how to arrange them was up to the instructors.

It is fine to be a robber or a bandit, or to hold a nearby small town hostage and stuff people in, but you can't kill innocent people indiscriminately. Even if you pretend to be a robber, you can only rob nobles.

After the soldiers were gone, Chi Yan easily passed the level and reached the holy city.