Chapter 142, Midsummer Night

Midsummer Festival, one of the traditional festivals of the human kingdom in the old world, is held around June every year. On this day, people will light bonfires to celebrate the arrival of summer.

Since Ryan came to the Barony of Jean, the territory has undergone earth-shaking changes. More wooden buildings have been built, and roads extending in all directions cover the field, connecting five villages and towns.

Brand new canals bring clean water from the Chinon River to irrigate the farmland.

The serfs were delighted to find that they still had something to do even in their slack hours, and Lord Chevalier issued all kinds of call-up orders, and there were a lot of paid jobs they could take part in if they wanted to, which made their lives much easier .

More projects are still under construction. Along the Chinon River, many workshops have begun to take shape. Many freedmen migrated to the Barony of Jean, looking for opportunities for promotion.

Tomorrow is Midsummer's Day, and all the serfs will go to the lord's castle collectively. They will each receive a glass of ale and a piece of rye bread according to the names on the roster, which is the mercy of the knight lords.

In the baron's castle, Ryan was also holding a banquet with his retainers. His tax collector Gasparton, his steward Katzenberg, his brother Angron, and the paladin Alfred attended the banquet. , two knight-errants, Lopes and Olivier.

Unknowingly, the baron's own team gradually became thicker. Lopes and Olivier both recruited several knights. As for the big guy Angron, Ryan explained that he was his elder brother who was kicked out for committing a crime. Here, I took him in.

There seems to be no problem.

The Nords in the north are quite tall. Although Angron is indeed too tall, everyone didn't pay much attention to it.

Good wine and food, candles burning on the big wooden table and walls, since Ryan gave the serfs different treatment, the serfs really burst out with labor and enthusiasm, the progress of the project has been accelerated a lot, although many places of the building and the minaret are still being renovated, and the city walls are still in progress. After adding the cover, the craftsmen packed up the banquet hall as soon as possible for the use of the baron.

Ryan raised his ivory wine glass and said to everyone present: "Everyone, let us drink this glass together, and I wish you all good health here!"

"I wish you all good health!" Everyone raised their glasses, beer foam splashed everywhere, and Angron's action was the fastest. He suffocated a large glass of ale beer, then burped, and continued to 'monster' 'The head eats and drinks.

Everyone looked at him with fear.

At first, everyone in the territory thought that the baron's elder brother came here to beg for shelter, to eat and drink.

But since the baron offered to ask him to train himself, everyone saw the strength of this big man.

He grabbed Ryan, who was the champion of the Lake Fairy's God's Choice, and beat him up with the hammer. The Holy Grail Knight who passed the rank was helpless in front of this big guy, and was beaten black and blue, and he was in a panic.

Ryan didn't care either. He usually healed his injury completely in one night, so he found his brother again the next day, and then he was beaten with a bruised nose and a face full of teeth.

After a long time, everyone knew that the brother of the baron named Angron was unfathomable, and they all held him in awe.

Everyone sat down again and continued eating.

Then, a dining car pushed out of the banquet hall, and the dark elf Orika pushed the dining car into the banquet hall.

"Oh! God, the smell, is it?"

"Praise the lady!"

"My Baron, how generous you are!"

Smelling the sweet scent, everyone already guessed what it was that pushed in.

"Thank you Ma'am for giving us such delicious food,

I will share it with you today, and I hope that everyone can do their best and work hard. Ryan stood up and walked to the dining car.

Picking up the lid, small white bread appeared in front of everyone.

This kind of bread is small, not as big as Ryan's fist. The surface of the bread is baked to a golden color, exudes a sweet smell, and is coated with delicate butter.

"It's the Queen's Bread! It's really the Queen's Bread!" Gasparton stood up, the tax officer's face was very 'excited', and he even wanted to cry: "My baron, how can we get it? Such a gift from you?"

"This is a reward for everyone's hard work, and it is also an encouragement for the next conscription work." Ryan said with a smile.

As a result, the small round white bread was distributed in front of everyone, each person had only one piece, the size of a palm, but except for Ryan's brother Angron, everyone was carefully divided with a knife and fork, Chew carefully.

Only Angron smiled at his brother, the Primarch of the World Eater grabbed it and swallowed it in one gulp, then nodded in satisfaction, and gave his brother a thumbs up.

Ryan smiled.

This kind of bread is made by using the finely ground wheat flour sent by the lake goddess Mogiana, adding chicken eggs, milk, honey and vanilla, and using beer yeast instead of ordinary leavening dough , the butter bread "Queen's Bread" baked after careful fermentation.

This kind of bread may not be a rare thing for Ryan who came from the Celestial Dynasty in his previous life, but in this world, this kind of butter bread is a super luxury in the true sense, a super high-end enjoyment that even the king can't eat every meal up.

At least when he participated in the Holy Day Ceremony of the White Wolf God of War as a White Wolf Knight, at most he would give some barbecued meat and wine to drink.

The thirty catties of finely ground wheat flour sent by the lake god's witch is a real high-end luxury product. Many dukes' homes may not have so much in stock. This not only proves the wealth of the lake fairy's daughter, but also proves that Knowing her preference for Ryan, Ryan understood that he would only express gratitude.

Of course, Ryan knew deeply in his heart that this kind of thing must not be given too much, and it must not form a routine. Everyone only needs to eat a little and taste it. There are a lot of them, and it's too stingy to give this to us, and we can't let them get used to having such a luxurious meal.

Raise Mi En, fight Mi Qiu.

This is also the reason why Ryan stopped the food supply for the serfs and graded them based on labor efficiency. No one will appreciate you if you eat well. Once these serfs get used to the excellent food of the lord, then this project may not be completed in the next year No, there will be no food like this when the corvee is recruited in the future, and the serfs will even riot. They will not remember that the corvee does not provide food.

After tasting the queen's bread, Ryan coughed and said, "Speaking of which, the news of the conscription has been announced. How is the response?"

"The response was overwhelming, my baron!" Lops smacked his lips, seeming to be reminiscing about the taste of the queen's bread: "The serfs are vying to join the infantry regiment, or send their sons to the infantry regiment." Corps, everyone is asking what kind of lad the lord wants."

Ryan nodded. His Holy Grail Knight brand is strong enough, so it is not surprising that the serfs would have such a reaction.

In Brittania, there are two ways to enter the infantry regiment. The first is that when the infantry regiment suffers serious losses, the lord will select people from the serfs to enter the infantry regiment. This is considered a bad idea by the serfs, because the knight master Their salary will be greatly reduced because of their indiscriminate filling, so that their income level is similar to that of ordinary serfs.

The second is on Midsummer Night's Conscription Day, when the serfs will take all their boys to the lord's castle, hoping that the boys will be selected by the knights as a member of the infantry regiment. For serfs, it was a great honor for their children to become infantrymen. Not only could they enjoy shelter from the wind and rain, but they could also enjoy food rations and a salary much higher than that of serfs.

The militiamen still have the opportunity to be promoted to become sergeants or even rangers. If they can reach that point, it will be a great honor. They will reap the status of free citizens, move into castles or towns, and completely change their lives.

Of course, knight masters would not make serfs think so easily. It is not so difficult for a serf to become a sergeant or even a ranger. Some serfs have been refused promotion by knight masters all their lives. Only the Holy Grail knight will treat serfs’ contributions fairly.

The only way to become an honorable sergeant and win the status of a freeman is war!

Serfs and even their knight lords long for war! The trophies captured, the rewards from the knight lord and the space for promotion are their hope of survival!

A few people talked about the recent internal affairs for a while, and there was a sound of flapping wings and horses neighing outside.

After Ryan heard it, he said directly: "Then please continue, everyone, drink to your heart's content, I'm leaving a little bit earlier."

"Yes, my Baron!" "No problem, brother."

So Ryan left the banquet hall on the first floor.

Outside the castle, under the moonlight, a proud pegasus stands proudly in the beautiful moonlight, its white wings are fully stretched, its silver mane is shimmering, and its strong limbs are full of beauty.

Pegasus mount, a beautiful 'female' knight with blond hair and blue eyes is taking off her helmet, and behind her is Emilia wearing the summer student uniform of Winford College, seeing Ryan standing below waiting for them, little' The maid waved her hand excitedly: "Mr. Lane! I'm back!"

"Welcome back, Emilia, and, welcome, Miss Suria." Ryan's tall figure stood upright, and the baron smiled warmly: "How could Miss Suria send you back in person?"

"Uh..." The college's standard uniform is a waistcoat, a white shirt, and a plaid patterned knee-length skirt. Emilia's body looks like a budding one. The girl saw him When in doubt, he hurriedly said embarrassingly: "President Su Liya kindly sent me back, because there are some things in the college, and when I want to come back, it is already a bit late, President Su Liya is worried that I will not be alone. It's safe, take me back on a Pegasus."

"Hey, it doesn't matter if you come back later if you're too busy." Ryan said with a wry smile. It's actually just a matter of effort for the female knight to send the little maid back. You can ride a Pegasus from Brunhilde and fly at full speed across the mountain. It takes fifteen minutes to arrive at Jean's Territory, which is a joy for a 'female' knight.

Ryan had to accept this favor: "Thank you Miss Suria for your kindness."

"It's okay, Your Excellency Ryan. Miss Emilia hasn't returned to Jean to collect it for a long time. I think she is a little anxious, so I sent her back." The 'female' knight shook her head, signaling that she was okay.

Emilia has not been back to Baron Jean for a few weeks since she went to Wenford College to study. She has just entered school and has a lot of things to do. The college only rests one day a week, and she often has something to come back too late.

For this matter, Emilia felt a little guilty. There was a three-day holiday for Midsummer's Day, and she felt that she would come back no matter what.

Ryan didn't say anything, he nodded and motioned for Emilia and Suria to follow him.

On the way back, Emilia said to Suria cautiously, "Is he angry?"

The "female" knight smiled and shook her head: "Don't worry, Your Excellency Ryan is not the kind of narrow-minded person, otherwise he would not be able to become the Holy Grail Knight."

All the way back to the small wine castle of Baron Jean, Ryan took out the king's order from behind the table and handed it to the 'female' knight: "This is a warrant from His Majesty Richard. This year's General of the Knight Road War is the Marquis of Anci. Do you know him?"

Emilia was a little uneasy, and Ryan patted the little maid on the shoulder lightly, indicating that he had no objection to her, but was eager to deal with some things.

The baron clapped his hands, Olika brought juice and Queen's bread from outside for the female knight and the little maid to enjoy, Suria was a little surprised to see that there was Queen's bread here, and the female knight was not polite , and enjoy it directly after thanking you.

Seeing that Ryan had no objection, Emilia also took a small bite. She seemed to be no stranger to this kind of food.

"The Marquis of Onsi? It's really surprising that His Majesty Richard will choose him." The female knight is wearing a white female shirt with a blue plaid like Emilia today. In a short skirt, a pair of slender and straight beautiful long legs wrapped in black stockings, wearing a pair of fiery red stiletto high heels, hearing what Ryan said, Suria said strangely: "The Marquis of Anxi is as old as Ryan Similar to your Excellency, you have participated in many wars, but this is the first time you have personally commanded as a general."

"Did Your Excellency the Duke receive the king's order?" Ryan felt even more strange. Didn't Duke Winford receive the king's order?

Dazzling blond hair flicked, and the 'female' knight shook her head: "No, His Majesty the King generally does not issue king's orders directly to father, but usually envoys come to discuss with father the number of people participating in the knightly war and the amount of war tax .”

The Baron was beginning to realize that something was wrong.

Even though he is the baron of the Duke of Winford, why did the king's order come directly to him?

Doesn't His Majesty even understand the truth that "the vassals of my vassals are not my vassals"?

No, it is absolutely impossible that the king did not understand this matter, otherwise he could not have sat in the position of king for twenty-four years.

Well, the only explanation is.

What I have done recently has made the great nobles of the Knight Kingdom have opinions.

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