I built a manor in the Middle Ages

Chapter 134 Salt Slave
"Master, there is only one person left."

Ryan's face was still covered in blood. He counted the bodies on the ground and limped to Luke to report.

Luc threw Eugene, whose hands were tied behind his back, aside and nodded when he heard the voice, "How are you, are you okay?"

"It's okay, sir, I just sprained my ankle." Ryan smiled sheepishly, feeling a little embarrassed.

After training in swordsmanship for so long, he felt a little ashamed to be tripped by weeds.

"Anything can happen during a fight. Don't blame yourself, but it's best not to make the same mistake next time."

"it is good!"

Ryan's injury was not just a sprained ankle. There was also a cut on his face from a branch, and there was a knife mark on his chest leather armor. In other words, if it weren't for the leather armor, he would have a new scar on his chest.

In addition, Jill also had two superficial injuries, and Hans had some soreness in his right arm due to the wheel hammer, but the most serious one was Paul.

Looking at Paul, who was sweating profusely, Luke looked solemn.

His wound was not deep, but what really takes a life after a war is often infection!
Infection has always been the main factor causing heavy casualties among soldiers. The number of people who died in the first battle on the battlefield is never as high as the number who died afterwards.

Seeing Luc's gaze, Ryan said, "Don't worry, sir. Paul's wound has been smeared with dandelions."

This is the most basic anti-inflammatory method that Luc taught him.

"Bring up the one who's still alive, and call over the two farmers who didn't go to the battlefield."

Luc looked away. Dandelions cannot cure all diseases. Paul still needs further treatment.

But now I have to take care of some other things.

We walked to an open space where all the supplies we had counted were laid out:

The supplies were arranged in two rows. The top layer was weapons. Three of the five short spears were still usable, and two of the three short swords were scrapped.

He picked up one of the daggers with a broken blade. This was the deserter's weapon used in the battle against Ryan. The already somewhat bent dagger was completely deformed in the collision with the knight's sword. This was one of the reasons why Ryan was able to fight back after tripping.

The bottom row is leather armor and three sets of armor, which can still be used a few times.

After carefully checking the supplies, Ryan found that the deserter whose arm was broken by Hans had been dragged up. Two farmers followed behind him with axes in their hands. According to Luc's instructions, they pinned the deserter to the ground.

"I consider myself quite merciful, so I will not use harsh punishment on you, Kornbauer. Cut off his head!"

If the prisoner was intact, he might be of some use, but there was no need to keep the guy with a broken shoulder, and it also gave the two farmers some practice.

The two people who had been fighting in the camp looked at each other, but since they were all disaster victims, neither of them dared to take action for a while.

"What are you standing there for? Didn't you hear what the master said?"

Ryan stood aside with his eyes wide open. The two farmers made up their minds and slowly walked behind the deserter. When they learned that the soldier was going to be killed, they kept begging for mercy. Luc was disgusted by the noise and asked Jill to cover his mouth. At this time, he kept making a whimpering sound.

Eugene, who was tied to a tree, witnessed this scene and his face turned pale instantly.

"Execution!"

As Ryan shouted, a farmer gritted his teeth and swung the axe he had raised above his head. The axe blade made a chilling sound as it struck the deserter's neck, but the blow actually lodged itself in his bones, failing to kill him. The farmer, beheading someone for the first time, was inexperienced, and his axe wasn't a proper weapon, so this result wasn't surprising.

Seeing the deserter twitching in pain, Ryan remained unmoved. The other farmer could only shout and continue to bring down his axe. Warm blood splashed on their cheeks. The two men, from the initial fear, gradually became violent. They chopped three or four times in a row before they cut off the shaky head. Then the whole person was like being fished out of a water tank, sweating profusely.
Looking at the jagged neck that looked like it had been gnawed by a dog, Luc waved his hand and said, "Chop up all the remaining bodies, make sharp wooden stakes, and stick all the heads on them."

"I want to see the heads of these bastards every few meters along this road!"

……

Since there was the first group of deserters, there would inevitably be a second group. Luke's move could be considered a deterrent.

Of course, there was no need to bring back the sand and soil they brought with them. They loaded the empty sacks and a bag of grain back into the truck bed, and took Eugene, the only remaining one, back to the manor at dawn.

Old Eike, who had not slept all day, opened the wooden door in surprise when he heard the noise. Luc first sent someone to send Paul to see Hugo, and then hugged Duce who came after hearing the news.

Paul was a very courageous man and tried his best to save the victim.

Then Jill put Eugene in the cage, as he had other uses.

Everyone was very happy to know that Luc had successfully wiped out the deserters. This meant that they could return to their own huts and no longer be crowded in the small fenced yard. Any lord who was capable of protecting everyone's safety was worthy of support.

Luke handed the warhorse to old Eike and asked him to take good care of it. He and Ryan and others slept until noon before getting up. Everyone had left the wooden fort and started working again. After drinking a bowl of thick porridge, Luke began to think about the future progress.

First of all, there is the issue of the lance. Luc killed someone with the lance for the first time last night. Facing a wooden stake that was no longer immovable and could not dodge, he found that some aspects still needed improvement, such as the problem of the lance being heavy in the front and light in the back.

In addition, we need to find a way to reduce some of the impact force.

Next are the soldiers.

There were only five part-time soldiers in total, and Luc was instantly put in a passive position as soon as George left. To be honest, there were many loopholes in this deception. If his opponent was someone who had some knowledge of tactics, yes, he didn't need to be proficient in tactics, but just someone who had some knowledge of warfare could see some flaws.

Perhaps we could try to have all adult male serfs train every now and then.

The last step is to expand and renovate the fence yard, it needs to be turned into a real wooden wall!

Luc was pounding on the table, writing and drawing on a wooden board with a feather pen dipped in ochre powder. In addition to the above, there was another important thing.
——Open a salt mine!

Salt has always been Luc's biggest headache.

Not long ago, after receiving the dividends from Hoffman, he went to Cooper Castle to buy some edible salt. The salt he bought from Baroness Berry with great difficulty was not only of poor quality, but also very expensive. It was not that the Baroness was as greedy as the Baron, but that all the salt nowadays was basically of this quality.

This made Luc more and more interested in opening a salt mine.

Luc has always attached great importance to the rock salt field that the deer herd found for him. Although he cannot open it, he often goes to check it out. The surface of the rock salt mine that can be mined has basically been mined. The rest needs to be smashed out of the exposed stones and some scattered salt stones hidden underground need to be refined with great effort. If you want a larger salt stone mine, you will inevitably need to dig a deep pit of dozens of meters. You can imagine how difficult it is to obtain salt.

Of course, people living near the sea have their own ways, such as faraway Venice. According to old Eike, when he was young, he met merchants from Venice who had very fine sea salt.

Of course, Luke is currently unable to dig dozens of meters deep, but he can still get some scattered salt. What he lacks is manpower.

Mining salt is hard work. Even if serfs were forced to do it, they would definitely complain if they didn't have enough food.

But there is no such worry now.

Luc looked at the wooden cage in the fenced yard. This guy named Eugene was his new salt slave!
(End of this chapter)