Chapter 302 Harvest Festival
When Gervis arrived at the gate of the space courtyard, there was only one guard on duty in the past, but now there were two. Then Gervis looked at the city wall, where there were also two guards standing there, paying attention to the space courtyard.
This was the result of the arrangement made by Gervis and Thomas. There were to be four guards on duty in the courtyard every day, and the two people standing on the city wall were there to facilitate monitoring of the situation in the courtyard.
After all, there are miners in the mining space, and even the guards will have to practice in the training space every day in the future, so it is necessary to have people to monitor the space courtyard.
Apart from the personal guards who can enter the space courtyard for training during the specified time period, there are only three people who can freely enter and exit the space courtyard throughout the day: Gervis, Thomas and Anna's mother.
Except for Gervis, everyone entering and leaving the space courtyard needs to be thoroughly searched, even Butler Thomas is no exception. This was proposed by Butler Thomas himself to set an example.
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When they arrived at Dale's training space, Ike and others were sitting cross-legged on the ground with their eyes closed, perceiving. All the guards cherished the time spent practicing in the training space, and no one was lazy or absent.
Seeing this, Gervis nodded in satisfaction and did not go over to disturb their practice. With this training space, in a year at the shortest and two to three years at the longest, he would have many more titled knights under his command.
Although they are the lowest-level bronze knights, a dozen or so titled knights gathered together are also a considerable force.
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The next morning, in Gervis' bedroom, the maid Anna was helping Gervis tidy up his clothes.
Today is the Harvest Festival in Storm Territory, so Lord Gervis needs to go and give a speech. It doesn't matter whether it's inspiring or not, the main thing is to show the lord's majesty and show off his heroic demeanor.
Under Anna's skilled service, Gervis was dressed in a purple silk gown, with a gold-forged dragon badge on his chest and a mithril sword on his waist.
After getting dressed, Gervis came to the vestibule, rode his tall unicorn majestically, and slowly drove towards Binhai Town under the escort of seven personal guards.
The Harvest Festival can be said to be the most anticipated festival for every poor serf, whether children or adults, because on this day their lord will show his generosity.
At this moment, Thomas was busy in the square with many servants and guards. In front of them was a whole cart of black bread and five large wooden basins of wild boar meat. The wild boar meat was evenly cut into egg-sized pieces, with a small wooden stick on top.
At this time, many serf children had gathered not far from Thomas and his group, all staring at the large piece of meat in the wooden basin. This was the gift from the lord today.
After the lord finishes his speech, the black bread and pork will be distributed to every serf in the territory. Everyone will have a share. These bread and pork are the lord's reward for the serfs' hard work for half a year and payment of taxes in full.
Moreover, this kind of food will be distributed twice today, once at noon and once at night, which is considered to be the serfs' food rations for today.
During the harvest festival in Storm Territory in previous years, Rose Castle would also prepare black bread for them, but there would be no meat. This was because the funds transferred from Rose Castle had been exploited through layers of exploitation, and by the time they got their hands, they could only turn into a small piece of black bread the size of a fist.
In addition to the serfs gathered in the square, there were also serfs wandering around in the streets not far away, attracted by the stalls on the roadside.
This year, there were three rare caravans coming to Stormwind. Although most of the valuable goods in the caravans had already been sold in Winterfell or other wealthy territories, since they came to Stormwind, they naturally brought other cheap goods.
The most popular items sold on the stalls on both sides of the road are linen gowns and shoes made of animal skins. In addition, there are also needles and thread, children's toys, clay pots and bowls, and everything else.
These things were necessities that the serfs could afford and needed, and they were very similar to the scenes of the countryside fairs in the previous life. The caravan also provided two ways of trading. One was to pay directly with copper coins, and the other was to exchange them for wheat and animal skins at a discount.
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"Ah! The Lord is here! The Lord is here!"
When Gervis appeared on the edge of the town riding a unicorn, the first people in the crowd to react were the children. Instead of kneeling down to greet him, they cheered and became excited.
"My Lord!"
"My Lord!"
At this time, the serfs who were still wandering around the stalls finally reacted. They moved to the side of the road, knelt on the ground and saluted Gervis. The children who were shouting just now were suddenly grabbed by their parents, covered their mouths and pressed to the ground.
The merchants belonging to the caravan on the roadside did not kneel down. They were all freemen and just bowed respectfully to Gervis.
Gervis glanced at the merchants in the caravan, but saw nothing unusual on the surface, so he ignored them and went straight to the square with his guards without any hindrance.
As Gervis moved forward, the serfs in the back immediately stood up and followed the team, because the arrival of the lord meant that the steward would start distributing food soon. Although the food was only enough for one meal, the black bread and large pieces of meat made a delicious and filling meal.
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In Storm Territory, in the woods beside the Dead Leaf River, Abby was wandering in the dense forest.
Today, most people in the town went to the square to participate in the Harvest Festival, but Abi did not go because the bruise on his face was too obvious and he was embarrassed to participate.
More importantly, he got married to his wife, Lily, more than ten days ago. Having a wife means having his own family and his own responsibilities. Maybe in the near future, he will have his own lovely children.
In order to protect his wife from suffering and to ensure that his child would have enough food to eat when he was born, Abi wanted to take this opportunity to look for grape vines in the woods again.
After ten days of searching, the serfs had searched almost every place in Storm Territory, but there was almost no trace of grape vines.
Abi came to the dense forest on the edge of the Dead Leaf River to search today because the terrain along the river is steep, the forest is dense, and it is rarely visited by people.
But what made Abby frustrated was that he had been searching for nearly two hours but still found nothing.
Abi sat down under a big tree feeling a little depressed and prepared to rest for a while before continuing his search. After sitting down, Abi took out a small piece of black bread from his arms, lowered his head and began to eat.
Snap! Snap!
Just when Abby had eaten half of the black bread, he suddenly heard the sound of dead branches and leaves being trampled not far away.
Abby was startled, thinking it was a wild beast, and immediately raised his head vigilantly to look in the direction of the sound.
When Abby raised his head and saw the scene over there clearly, he was so scared that the remaining black bread in his hand fell to the ground. Abby did not care about the black bread that fell on the ground and suddenly lay down behind the tree stump.
Not far from Abi, a group of people were seen moving through the woods. Although these people were extremely shabby and looked like poor serfs, they were wearing armor and helmets, and many of them had swords and longbows in their hands.
Although Abby didn't know where these people came from or why they were traveling through this dense forest, he understood one thing.
In the Storm Territory, anyone who is not the lord's guards and who comes in such large numbers and is armed are either bandits or invaders.
Thanks to "rotsen" for the reward!!!
I still owe 3 chapters, I remember that...but I have to go to work on May Day...
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