Farming Road from Baron to Emperor

Chapter 120 Martial arts school and school

Leaning on crutches, the lame old John limped in the open space outside Tulip City, with a look of hope and satisfaction on his face.

He was originally a serf in the territory of Iris, and later he followed Master Shire to attack the Earl of Violet, and was wounded in the battle with Osman's army led by Cosmos. Fortunately, Master Shire was kind enough to allocate some land to him. According to people in the government affairs office, these lands are five yuan acres of land, and he doesn't know what yuan acres are, but the taxes collected on these lands are very low. , plus the original land, life can go on.It's just a little hard work.

He thought it would be like this in his life, but he didn't expect that people from the government affairs office came to them a few days ago and asked him if he was a veteran of Iris Flower. He was still breaking out in a cold sweat at that time. The land was going back, but he didn't expect to find him a job.He couldn't help but feel ashamed of his timidity and ignorance at the beginning.

Apart from a wooden fence and a huge warehouse for weapons, there is nothing else on the vast school field outside Tulip City. However, according to the officials in the government affairs hall, Master Shire values ​​this martial arts school very much. There will be tall walls and all kinds of training equipment.

Old John looked at the row of teenagers in front of him, most of them were in their teens, there were about ten or twenty of them, and these people were the descendants of those Iris veterans who died in the battle.

Old John patted his crippled right leg, "Don't you think it's strange, what can I teach you as a cripple?"

After Old John finished speaking, the group of teenage boys couldn't help laughing out loud. At first they just laughed secretly, but when they saw that the cripple in front of them didn't respond, their voices gradually became louder.

"You can call me Old John, and I will tell you about me first. I fought two battles with Master Shire. In the second battle, I injured my leg, became lame, and retired. You may You think I'm a waste, and I retired after fighting two battles. What is it if I'm not a waste?
But to put it bluntly, your father is even more useless. They didn't even have the chance to retire. They all died on the battlefield. Master Shire is kind. He allows you guys to enter the martial arts school for free, and Take care of your meals, not because of anything else, but because your father gave his life for the Iris family.

Don't look at me with hatred on your face. The things I teach you are all things that can save your life in war. It's too late for you to thank me.Which brat is not convinced. "

Old John then picked out a young man who looked unconvinced from the crowd, "Come out."

"What are you calling me for?"

"Little brat, do you have the courage to compete with a cripple like me?"

The young man looked disdainful, "You're an old man, I'm afraid I'll accidentally kill you."

"Hahaha, if I die at your hands, I deserve it, brat, don't make excuses for your cowardice, cowardice is cowardice. If you can really beat me, it has nothing to do with you."

Old John kicked a wooden gun over, "Let me see if you have seeds, kid."

"Old man, that's what you said."

The young man picked up the wooden gun, and ran towards Old John. The young man's legs and feet were very smart, and he ran fast. Although it was a wooden gun, if he hit it, Old John would probably break a few ribs.

Well done, Old John muttered silently in his heart, his cloudy eyes sharpened sharply, his wooden spear was raised slightly, and his left foot seemed to be fixed in place like a pillar.Seeing the young man's spear rushing towards him, Old John moved slightly to the right, intending to resist the blow with his stomach, and then poked the long spear in his hand towards the young man's neck.It is completely a way of playing with injuries for lives on the battlefield. This young man has never seen such a battle.

Seeing the situation, he panicked, and immediately wanted to dodge to the side, but Old John refused to let go, and stabbed forward, and the wooden spear stabbed the young man's stomach straight.

Although the tip of the gun has been blunted, it is not comfortable to be shot head-on.The boy covered his stomach and rolled left and right on the ground.The sound of wailing spread throughout the vast school grounds.

Everyone also looked at the scene before them in astonishment. The group of teenagers never expected that an old cripple knocked him down in one fell swoop.Hearing the young man's wailing, they immediately trembled in fear. How could this old cripple be so good at fighting? Will he pick someone again in the future.

Immediately there was a loud noise, and Old John slammed the wooden gun in his hand to the ground heavily.Old John said disdainfully:

"Not only your old man is a bunch of trash, you are also. When fighting, you fight with courage. If he dared to charge up just now, my wooden spear would not be able to poke his neck, but he didn't dare. He looks very strong. , I didn't expect it to be a waste.

Remember, when you are fighting, your robes and brothers are next to you. If you retreat and disrupt the formation, more than one person will die. Don’t worry, you will not survive, even if you are lucky. On the battlefield, they had to be pulled out and executed.

So remember, look at the enemy, don't be afraid, go up bravely, remember, those who die first on the battlefield are those who are afraid of death, Master Shire will provide you with free food, let you learn martial arts, not let you go to the battlefield Fallen for a coward. "

The group of teenagers blushed and shouted unconvinced: "Yes!"

Old John knew that the shot was just a flesh wound, so he didn't worry about what would happen to the boy. He lowered his head and looked at the boy whose wailing gradually subsided, "What's your name?"

"Valentine."

"You still have a bit of bravery. From now on, you are the leader of this group of people. I hope you will take them well and don't bring out a group of cowards."

Old John raised his head and ordered: "Don't stand here stupidly. Everyone go get a long gun. I will teach you how to use a long gun. Someone will teach you how to ride a horse this afternoon."

"And you, brat, don't lie on the ground and pretend to be dead. What kind of a man is a man who can't bear even a little pain. Stand up for me quickly."

This made the Valentine boy get up from the ground, gave Old John a rather hostile look, and stumbled towards the warehouse.

Old John is not the only person in this wide school field, and the more than 20 people are not taught by Old John alone. They will have several teachers who will teach them horse riding, archery, spear and physical training.And there are a total of more than 100 students in this spacious campus, which is divided into several parts.

……

Taroka is the son of Talib who pretended to be Shire and lured the Ottoman army into the mountain pass. Now he works as a servant in the mansion of Tulip City.

Two days ago, the housekeeper, Mr. Rocky, suddenly summoned the servants, and he was among them. He heard from Mr. Rocky that they would go to school in the future and take classes to learn how to read.

But he wants to go to the martial arts school more. Last time, the young master asked someone to give him a small stove, and now he is very strong.I heard that the martial arts school has expanded recently, and the simple Iris Military Academy established by the former young master has been expanded. In the past, there were only a dozen people including him, but now it has expanded to more than 100 people.

So Tarotka walked up to the housekeeper Loki, lowered his head and said: "Mr. Loki, can I go to the military academy of Iris, I don't want to go to school. Mr. Mina, Mr. Sorel taught very well, but I I want to serve the Iris family on the battlefield like my father did."

There was a kind smile on Loki's face. He stretched out his wrinkled old hand and gently stroked Tarotka's forehead, "Good boy, look up, you didn't do anything wrong. But I need to talk to Master Shire Tell me, you know, this is what Master Shire ordered, but don't worry, the Master will agree with your idea."

"Thank you, Mr. Loki." Taroka thanked quickly.

"You're welcome, kid."

After finishing speaking, Loki walked towards the study room, knocked on the door lightly, and after hearing "Enter", he slowly opened the door and walked in.

"Loki, what's the matter?" Ciel sat at the desk with a pen in his hand, as if writing and drawing on the hard paper in front of him.

Loki bowed lightly, "Master, Talib's son Taroka doesn't want to go to school anymore, he wants to go to the newly expanded military academy."

"Talibu's son," Charles tapped the table with his right hand, "you call him, and I will talk to him personally."

"Yes, sir."

After Loki left for a while, he brought Tarotka to Charles's study. After Tarotka entered, Loki gently closed the door, and then guarded the door.

Charles looked at Tarotka, who was much stronger, and smiled slightly, "Taroka, why don't you want to go to school?"

"Master, I want to be a heroic knight more than a government official. Although I am not very good at equestrian skills, and I am not good at shooting bows and arrows, I am really useless now, so I have to spend more time It's above, so going to school may be a bit of a waste of time., I really want to go to a martial arts school to hone my skills."

After finishing speaking, Tarotka lowered his head in shame, as if he had made a very excessive request.

However, Shire's tone was very gentle, "Taroka, do you want to be a brave knight or a resourceful knight commander?"

Tarotka thought for a while and replied, "Master, I want to be a knight commander."

A knight who doesn't want to be a knight commander is not a good reserve.

Charles continued to follow the temptation, "Do you know what it takes to be a resourceful knight commander?"

"Fearless bravery, elite archery skills, and skilled equestrian skills, my master, I know that's all."

"Martial strength alone is not enough, otherwise the most heroic knight would be a well-deserved knight leader, but obviously, the situation is not like this, as a knight leader, all you need is heroism.

You need to lead the army, so when you lead the knights on a march, do you know how much dry food the knights need to bring, how many people need to be sent to guard, do you know how to take care of the horses, do you know when to attack and when to retreat ?
Ciel looked at Tarotka with a smile on his face.

"Master, I don't know." Taroka shook his head.

"There are all these books, but the first thing you need to do is to be literate. Only after you can continue to study, Mr. Mina and Sorel taught you how to deal with government affairs are actually teaching you how to deal with the above things, Mi Na and Sorrell just didn't tell you directly.

For example, do you need to coordinate the relationship between subordinates when you become a knight commander? Do you also need to deal with civilians when you are a political officer? These are all things you need to learn. Don’t worry about Tarotka. A resourceful knight long. "

Tarotka's face was flushed. He raised his right hand and swore: "Master, I will definitely do it. I will wipe out all the enemies that come to the Iris Family."

"Then are you still going to school?"

"go."

"Then go and tell the housekeeper, Mr. Loki."

"Yes, sir."

Seeing Taroka leaving with joy, Charles showed a smile on his face. As a benchmark, Taroka is not suitable for going to military academy, starting from a small soldier, otherwise the first war, in case Taroka If you accidentally sacrificed, then what is the use of this benchmark.Tell them that even your sons may die as soon as they are opened.

The role of Tarotka is to tell the soldiers that you don't have to worry about dying on the battlefield, the Iris family will take care of your offspring.So Tarotka must or must go to his own glory.

On the cardboard on Shire's desk was written, the spring land reclamation plan.At any time, food is the lifeblood of a territory. In Shire's next plan, whether it is to continue to expand the army or to build a large infrastructure, sufficient food is inseparable.Increasing the total amount of grain is nothing more than increasing the yield per mu and expanding the land.

Shire has already done a way to increase the yield per mu, using manure as a fertilizer, but there is not enough manure. It is undoubtedly a dream to cover the entire iris collar. In fact, when the previously deposited fertilizer is used up, the gap will become more and more bigger.And he can't develop high-tech fertilizers now.

That can only increase the land area, and the promotion of iron farm tools means that the productivity of serfs and farmers has increased.There is no shortage of land in the current Iris collar, and there are large wastelands everywhere, so the best way is to open up wasteland.

Shire intends to order that those who voluntarily go to the east to open up wasteland will be exempted from tax for three years and will be given free iron farm tools. Their original land (except serfs) will be purchased by the government office at a premium. price to buy back.

In Shire's vision, the eastern part will be centered on the steel town, and a large area of ​​farmland will be developed based on the cherry blossom collar and calla lily collar.Two grain towns are established, and the steel town will mainly develop the forging industry, so there will naturally be a shortage of food, so these two grain towns can also transport grain to the steel town.

To accomplish this goal, there must be a sufficient influx of people into the East.Population, where to find the population, now that the Three Kingdoms are tense, where to find the excessive population.

(End of this chapter)