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The weather warms up, snow ablation.
The snow and ice on northwest high ground melted murmur the water current, the mountain stream gathering irrigation in the river course , the low-lying land south giant tree road junction was divided into several branch veins, flowed to the south-east side following the topography, the canal that the low-lying land interwove vertically and horizontally/able to move unhindered irrigates fertile soil near the giant tree road junction, making here become one of the Holy Spirit Plain biggest grain production places, made here become the important place that the Eastern Region rebel army and Wang Guojun competed for repeatedly.
The flames of war have burnt was very near, it once extinguished in the winter shortly, as the weather warms up, the haze of war also returned to this lands with the river water that in the river course rose.
Gray-haired Sam arrived at the upstream in river with the children, last year piled up in „harvest stone” on stone especially, but was short of several, the animal that passed by this place potable water mostly kicking to run, but under stone of surviving, but can also see some rough scratches vaguely, is describing the Three Gods of Productivity sacred symbol with the cheap technique.
Sam walks to go forward, was clean the old times stone clean-up on harvest stone with nearly reverent manner, later put out red Jiang grass who brought along, squeezed out the grass juice to smudge in the Three Gods of Productivity symbol, two sons picked newly from nearby river bank, the size suitable stone, placed in it the harvest stone top plane, piled to become small one pile, after waiting to complete these, the youngest daughter walked, flood the sight of green layer is inserting a root in the stone piles.
Sam lowers the head, in a low voice talking over: „Goddess of Spring, you are the Month of Recovery first envoy, hoping the red ginger grass incarnadine your skirt swayed, making you arrive on this lands......”
Several children lower the head together, prays together with the father.
In the belief of human, Harvest God comprised of three different Goddess, the long elder sister is Mother Goddess of Earth Gaia, is called mother of God of Life and place, she runs all plants of entire land and growth in land, Harvest Goddess Eve is the Mother Goddess of Earth younger sister, she wields the crops in plant specially, to shelter the crop of mortal, Goddess of Spring Flora is in Three Gods of Productivity youngest one, simultaneously actually is also liveliest one-
The Ainz person believes that whenever Month of Recovery approaches, the land snow and ice melt time, Goddess of Spring Flora then meets first to run her palace, arrives in the land to look for the evidence that the cold winter finished, the red ginger grass can bring to the attention of this Goddess, Month of Recovery returns to the green layer to make her joyful earliest, she will remember each green position, finished after the spring returns to the palace, she in the land the matter of will then tell Harvest Goddess- farmer one year of crop then had the guarantee.
Almost all farmers believe Three Gods of Productivity-, even if they simultaneously Holy Light or Blood God follower, they will not neglect every year beginning of the spring to worshipping piously of Harvest God.
But solely depended upon harvests 35 jin (0.5 kg) grain...... really to maintain a livelihood safely?
After short praying finished, Sam raised the head, looks that among the stone piles is changing into green that the dust scatters with the wind to shout the tone gradually slightly: „Goddess has accepted us to consecrate, this year's crop will not miss.”
„Last year crop was not bad, but had an empty stomach,” eldest son is muttering low voice, „Goddess can only bless the harvest, has no alternative but to have an empty stomach.”
„Do not talk nonsense before the gods!” Sam has come back to stare son one eyes immediately, „that is because aristocrat Lord is going to war, we naturally must hand over the grain to come up!”
Two sons looked at one mutually, later the youngest son opened the mouth: „Father, I go out today saw the soldier, they passed through from the north main road, toward the east side.”
„That is Sorling Earl troop,” Sam is shaking the head saying that worked as for a lifetime him of farmer, does not dare to have the relations with the aristocrat soldiers, „haven't you provoked them?”
„I hide by far!” The youngest son head makes an effort to sway, „their scary very- also conducts the arm has not been seeing the sword, puts on has not seen armor, rides on the big tall horse, devils.”
„...... This day air/Qi is day by day warm, feared that must hit.”
Sam muttered was saying, he knew in the young child spigot so-called have not seen the sword and armor is any meaning- days before he had also seen one team of knights passed through from the village, these knights are dressing with the last year different equipment, it is said these sword armor from the south side, Sorling Earl as if think the weapon that confidently the southerner built can help him recapture own Feudal Territory and fortress, the common people but who these things regarding dug the food in the place was not really good to understand, not interest understanding.
He only hopes that this weaponry hurries to fire off, or at least do not continue to repeatedly beat here, either Wang Guojun drives out the Eastern Region person quickly, either the Eastern Region person expels Wang Guojun quickly, who loses who wins is unimportant.
Last year the army of Eastern Region person projected on front of the giant tree road junction, Sorling Earl said that must organize to defend, harvested wave of grain from neighboring village, finally has not defended to him finally, was forced one's way into by the Eastern Region person.
After forcing one's way into, Prince Edmund confiscates the grain actually, actually grasped the village 1/3 young builds roads, dies outside has several people.
The road cultivates half, Wang Guojun and Saint teach the army to twist are returning together, expelled the giant tree road junction the Eastern Region person, but this is not good deed- to provide for the Saint teaches knight Lord and Priest of Lords army, Sorling Earl harvested wave of grain.
Last year was a bumper crop, the unprecedented bumper crop, each family received 2-3 tenths.
In the village starves to death ten, builds roads dead of exhaustion eight.
Therefore does not blame the son to say that bold words before the gods.
„Goes home, is late again do not meet the frogman and ominous spirit,” Sam shakes the head, grabs the tattered hat to buckle in the head, „the person who recently died were too many, in the evening the open country is less peaceful.”
The children kept up with father's footsteps, near quite smooth the shitan along the river bank to the direction of village walks, the youngest daughter follows behind two elder brothers, suddenly asked one curiously: „Heard John who next door was selected becomes a soldier, knight Lord rewarded their family/home two bags of wheat, moreover this year has not needed to pay taxes......”
„Not thinks about it!” Sam hears the sound that broadcasts behind, immediately then stares one, „the present really goes to war, becoming a soldier is to go all out with the Eastern Region person, was not careful dies outside-, moreover Elder Brother who did not make every effort to succeed on your two, you looked at their thin arm thin legs, knight will Lord be have a liking for?”
The youngest daughter had a scare, catches up to reduce the neck not to dare to speak.
The smoke from kitchen chimneys raises from the front, the board fence of village entered Sam's line of sight.
Is riding the big tall horse, the body puts on the modeling to have the rune armor unusually, the waist conducts the arm a cavalry of black single-handed long sword to stop in the village, after seeing Sam and the others, in this cavalry raises hand immediately the whip: „Your several, come!”
In Sam heart immediately one tight.
Also can harvest the grain? Where this just passed...... in the family/home to have the grain in the winter?!
But he still does not dare to neglect, hurries to bring the children to arrive in front of the cavalry, and will not be kicked, to be stopped by the distance that the whip projects on by horse, deeply bows: „Knight Lord.”
This is only a riding a horse soldier, looks at that fully-armed appearance, at most is also platoon leader in the soldier, unlike truly has the aristocrat status „knight Lord” definitely is, but Sam, even if knows that this point must politely call opposite party one „knight Lord”- this can flatter the soldier who rides a horse, even if some people investigate, he can still stupid, not understand the custom to cover up with himself.
The cavalries really enjoy very much, this fully-armed man corners of the mouth curled upwards, nods satisfied, later referred to Sam's behind two sons with the whip: „Do you have two sons?”
„Is...... is......” Sam nods again and again, „they are the young people of honest duty......”
„Honest duty is good, wanted is the honest duty,” cavalry raises the chin, „selects one, your son was recruited.”
„......?” Sam with astonishment raised the head, after short stunned, he is finally flurried, „Lord, they...... they cannot fight the war! You look at their arm legs, appearance that their station does not stand, if this on the battlefield lost one's life the minor matter, feared that cannot take the weapon, must give Feudal Lord to lose face!”
„On battlefield? Do they also match?” In the cavalries wielded spatially started the whip, did not say patiently, „they were work!”
Sam had a scare by the sound of whip, but the courage is asking greatly: „Works...... works?”
„Builds roads,” cavalry said loudly, „obeys regent government Grand Duke nobility Victoria? Wilde and Beldwin? Franklin and Crown Prince Wales the order of joint signature, restoration kingdom main road- loyal Kaul Viscount has included the list your family, can not defy!”
The cavalries swaggered away.
This was on the 15 th Month of Recovery, the Ainz traditional festival recovery festival, on this day, left uncultivated of a century kingdom main road finally to start to restore.
Also on the same day, after experiencing an aggressive arrangement, was coordinated to start „Baisha Mining” finally to designate the first excavation point by trade minister Padraic in the Eastern Region Baisha hill.
Young knight Belk? Loren stands in the high observation post, looks at these Cecil people in the precipices of distant place busy: As envoy who Eastern Region and Southern Region contact, as „representative that” Prince Edmund appoints, this young people are carrying out own responsibility meticulously, is paying close attention to the Cecil person's activity on this lands, watches Cecil person first excavation digging naturally is also his work.
Regarding the Cecil person who came from the south-west side, Belk? Loren maintains for three points to trust seven points of vigilance forever, he knows that Founding Duke did anything in Southern Region: Destroys the entire Southern Region aristocrat system with the military force violence in one year, the storm seizes the person in rock fort in three days, what kindhearted generation possibly is not, he sent „Baisha Mining” to come, although in name was only mining, who knows that these Cecil people can infiltrate everywhere, can through swallow the method and nibbling to turn into the Cecil person Baisha hill nearby land gradually own?
After all, here and Glen lead(er) of Cecil duchy boundary only has a river and flake woods is separated by.
The mine camp that under the observation post builds up temporarily, these Cecil people shipped in large number of strange equipment through the Glen area relay, they in the mine small roadside shop magic circuit, constructed the building, paid off a simple path- the plan of tool and building that although they used was very unusual, at least but until now, these Southern Region people did was also only „mining” must preparatory work.
„Belk Marquis, hopes that this mine can satisfy your curiosity,” a sound conveys from side, „after all in the place of such barren mountains and wild hills, really there is no scenery to look.”
What speech is one is thin and black man, named Holm, Belk? Loren knows this even surname no young people are „Baisha Mining” head, is „mining expert who” Cecil sends, he does not know why manages the so huge industrial and director hundred and thousand of workers can be civilians, but he is nods to Holm very much politely: „I do not look at the scenery, I come to see your mine- please do not care about me to speak directly, but I must emphasize: Excavated authority although to give you, but this after all was the Eastern Region land, I must beside the land every inchs to mine be responsible.”
Holm is nodding: „Naturally, Mr. Marquis, we only mine, we to any land outside mine and path have no interest.”
The distant place, these busy the Cecil person in the precipices completed some preparatory work finally, along with the resounding scat singings and several resonant whistle sound, wore the miners of homespun cloth work clothes to run up to fast to the precipice very far place, hid behind a piece of giant stone.
Belk with astonishment looks at this, in any mining flow that in he knows, cannot see similar situation: „What is their is making?”
Holm smiled, man this whole life of this family background slave laborer has not had the so bright smiling face: „Mining.”
On the mine in distant place, some people waved several striking flags in the high place, later all covered the ear close to the miners of precipice.
Belk? A Loren face is curious: „Mining?”
The heavenshaking loud sound transmits from the distant place.
Afterward is more bangs, is catching up with one, as if billowing thunderous.
The entire observation post is trembling in this loud sound continuously slightly, in this explodes the technique and compared with an earthquake technique more terrible impact under compared with the flame, distant that piece needs several hundred people to open cutting an entire moon/month of precipice to crash loudly.
Belk has almost drawn a sword in the hand, in the ear buzzes, side he heard broadcast the voice of that Baisha Mining head:
„Yes, mining, we only mine, Mr. Marquis.”
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