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Chapter 72 Extraordinary and Magnificent Manor
After Harvey Keith finished public school at the age of fifteen, he worked as a grape picker in the barony of Boots Rupert. Apart from his skin, which was like charcoal, he gained nothing from five years of work.
Later, an accident happened to the baron, the fiefdom was taken back, and the baroness disappeared with the dinar and the baron's groom.
Unpaid employees rushed into the baron's palace, looted and burned the vast vineyards.
The magistrates and knights arrived, and the peasants fled. The hapless Harvey Keith was captured, imprisoned, and eventually made a slave.
Because Harvey was literate and helped employees write and read letters while working as a picker, he gained a lot of appeal.
When I found out that I and the pickers around me had been bought, I suddenly felt anxious and full of uncertainty about the future.
Until this moment, even the skilled slaves with empty eyes and numb expressions were standing at the portholes watching the changing clouds in the sky, their mouths widening unconsciously, not even bothering to wipe their saliva away.
"Harvey, where do you think we will be sold to?" asked a short black boy with sunken cheeks.
"Where? I'm afraid only the gods know, but the owner this time should be at least a rich man. This is the first time I heard of a buyer who uses an airship to transport slaves."
The surrounding pickers from the original barony were talking quietly around Harvey. They had become slaves not long ago, but they had just surrendered to the laws of the kingdom, and there was still a little agility in their eyes.
"Harvey, look at the direction of the sun outside, we are flying north!"
"There will never be a big shot in the royal or imperial capital who wants to grow some grapes in his basement and let us go there to pick them, right?"
"Ha ha ha ha". The exaggerated question made the twenty or thirty pickers around Harvey burst into laughter.
On the southern slope of Beishan, from the foot of the mountain to the halfway slope, the repaired road is being widened and can at least accommodate heavy carriages.
"I was thinking about renting more airships in the future, but I didn't expect it to be so expensive!"
Fat Francis raised his head and looked at the southern sky. Today was the day the slaves were sent.
On the southern slope of the North Mountain of York City, there are many people at this moment, and people carrying wood and stones are in full swing.
Troll Dosta complained to Feifan that the labor premium was too high. If the money was not increased, the wooden houses would not have been built so quickly.
"Is an airship expensive? When the ratio of your income to your investment becomes larger and larger, you will feel that an airship is too cheap. The cargo it can pull at one time is ten times or a hundred times that of a horse-drawn carriage."
It seemed like he was answering Francis's question, but also like he was explaining to the three of them.
Gu Lie took a step forward, stood up with Feifan, and spread out a roll of planning drawings in his hand.
"Sir, look at the foot of the mountain in the distance ahead. There is the rest area for the employees. The layout inside is arranged according to your wishes. But, sir, do you really need a 'washroom' that can accommodate thirty people at the same time?"
Feifan looked at the plan he had made with his own hands and joked: "Gu Lie, do you want to take over the title of Dosta Butler?"
The rest area was built at the foot of the mountain for safety reasons. As for the bathroom, if it wasn't big enough, wouldn't the entire camp stink every day?
After reaching out to greet the fat man and the troll, Fei Fei pointed on the drawing with his hand and turned around to make a circle at the foot of the mountain and the mountainside.
Based on the principle of proximity, Fei Fei originally wanted to place the entire living area on the mountain, but after listening to Dosta's talk about the horrors of flash floods and mudslides, Fei Fei thought he was drifting and had forgotten even basic common sense.
The living area was built at the foot of the mountain, and an alchemy tower was also started at the same time. It was also an extraordinary idea, but from the appearance and internal structure, except for Dosta, everyone thought it was similar to the magic tower.
Feifan has his own considerations for this. Once Feifan releases the poison, it will poison the entire York County and even the Kingdom of Olanto. The best plan is of course to poison the entire continent.
There are probably a lot of things like "beans" growing in the kingdom, and I control them from the core. Everyone has beans. Even if everyone knows how to bake them, so what?
As long as you establish your own brand, I am afraid that the high-end market in the entire mainland will be monopolized by you in the future, and the low-end market will definitely have a certain impact.
I don't care if it's sour or bitter, as long as it has that sweet and bitter taste, I'll love it. There are a lot of people like this.
The only way is to make a time difference first and reduce the dimensionality of the "bean growers" who have not yet appeared on the mainland.
"Sir, airship!"
The fat man shouted excitedly and drooled at the airship the size of a rye grain in the sky.
The three people and one beast looked at the airship coming slowly in the distance. After excluding the thick black smoke in a curved path at the tail, the picture looked extremely beautiful.
Watching the mountain and running to death, watching the airship survive.
When the sun turned to the west, everyone felt soreness on their necks.
The airship flew over unhurriedly and unhurriedly.
Finally, when it began to darken, more than 500 slaves, wearing only fig leaf, gathered at the center of the "Extraordinary Manor" at the foot of the southern slope of the North Mountain.
The upper body of the middle class, who had no clue, grabbed a handful of slave contracts and tore them up on the spot, loudly declaring that you were free.
Here, Fei Fei can tell you seriously that if you tear up the slave contract, it is possible for the slaves to hate you.
Baskets of coarse cloth clothes were placed in front of 500 slaves. The belts were just ordinary hemp ropes and the shoes were straw sandals.
Francis stood in front of the crowd, briefly explained the precautions for bathing, and then asked the slaves to start collecting clothes and shoes.
There are two washrooms, each of which can accommodate 30 people at the same time.
An hour later, when all the new slaves stood in front of the extraordinary few, they were allowed to breathe a sigh of relief.
Although there is no big river on Beishan, there are small streams that can be seen everywhere in the mountains, which solves the water source problem.
Feifan stood up and walked to a makeshift stage, "Ahem."
"Everyone, I am very happy to come to the 'Extraordinary Manor'. I am the owner here, Cordo Extraordinary."
"I see a lot of confusion and a lot of confusion. I think everyone noticed that you are still in York City."
After a short pause, sure enough, dozens more people were attracted and listened quietly to this different manor owner.
"I think you must be thinking, why didn't you walk here step by step from the slave market with an anklet and bracelet?"
"I'll let you take an airship. To be honest, I've never been on an airship until now!"
"Ahem, the guys over there are talking about you. Why are you holding the clothes in your hands? Why don't you put them on?"
Many slaves were slightly disturbed after hearing the extraordinary statement. Are they allowed to pick hell flowers with such good treatment?
"Have you all seen the 'bean' trees around the camp? That's right, just as you thought, we are picking the fruits from these trees."
As soon as Fei Fei finished speaking, a young and clever slave had already set his sights on the towering trees outside the sharpened log fence.
"Okay, follow the symbols on the front of your clothes to find the symbols in the restaurant. Only if they match, you can eat!"
When I first saw 500 slaves, 500 Spartans flashed in my mind.
If I take these 500 warrior farmers with me, it's hard to say whether I can break into the outer city.
Except for Feifan, the other three were also very tired. In addition to complaining about the number of slaves, they also complained about the lack of personnel.
Harvey Keith felt something was wrong the moment he stepped off the airship, until he took a shower, changed into new clothes, ate at the dining room table, and finally entered a room with twenty people to sleep.
The slave rarely takes a bath and is always showered. He has no new clothes to wear and nothing to wear.
Eating is like feeding pigs in a cage. The benches, dining table, and many candlesticks in the middle have only been seen in dreams.
Bed is a word that does not appear in a slave's dictionary.
So until he fell asleep, Harvey didn't understand what the young silver-grey-haired adult on the stage was thinking!
On the second day, several groups of slaves were divided into groups and headed to the south slope to pick "beans."
Looking at the brand new gloves, a water bottle and a sweat towel for each person, Harvey Keith felt that his head could not be bent.
Even civilian farmers in major territories would not go out to work in the fields with a pair of gloves.
Not to mention this exquisite iron kettle, which costs at least one hundred dinars outside.
It wasn't until it was their team's turn to accept the task that Harvey found himself standing in front of a tall, thin and handsome gentleman.
"Are you Harvey Keith? Are the more than thirty people behind you from your hometown?"
"Yes, sir. We come from the same territory. I hope that we will not be separated. I can take care of them and ask them to work hard. Praise God, it is our honor to come to the Extraordinary Manor to work."
Gu Lie felt strange when he saw a young and sunny slave in front of him extending his hand to his chest and saluting.
Shouldn't slaves step forward with blank eyes, take the tools handed out by the overseer, and drink a meal of wheat porridge without a few grains of wheat after working all day?
Although Fei Fei made his ideal clear and asked himself to help him, although these slaves were still slaves in name after getting off the airship, their actual treatment was higher than that of refugees and some poor civilians.
Can slaves be fed? No, because slaves could escape at any time.
Can slaves dress warmly? No, you can pretend to be a civilian even if you dress appropriately and run away.
"You will be responsible for the management of all slaves from now on and act as my deputy."
"First select 50 strong slaves and send them to the alchemy tower outside the manor to serve as guards there. Then you go to the alchemy tower that is still under construction and recruit suitable people."
Harvey was still confused until Gulie left far away. More than 30 of his fellow villagers congratulated him.
Let yourself manage 500 people? This is the first day. Are you not afraid that you will unite with the slaves and escape?
But looking at the bathing room and the fragrant restaurant in the back, Harvey knew that even if he was eloquent, the remaining slaves would not join him in a big career.
Including the fellow countrymen who are currently surrounding him to congratulate him.
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