The Wizard’s Fairy Tale

Two days later, Old John returned to the small village of Nisai with several large carriages from the Hughes caravan.

The small village of Nisai is full of excitement.

There are villagers coming and going everywhere. They are sweating, carrying baskets of red soil on their shoulders, dumping them around the end of the village, and piled them into low mounds!

In this situation, not only the guys in the Hughes caravan were curious, but Old John was also puzzled.

He casually grabbed a villager in the village, "What are you moving?"

"Master John, you're back!" The villager who was called out was still dissatisfied, but when he saw that it was Old John, his face immediately changed into a humble and flattering expression, and said, "We are moving the soil. !"

"I know!" Old John frowned, with "Am I a fool?" and said, "What I'm asking is where did this soil come from? Why do you want to move this soil? Did the Baron order it?"

"Yes, Master John, the baron ordered it. Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from the clever John!" The villager flattered him a little.

Old John had a helpful look on his face, but immediately, Old John asked anxiously, "You haven't said where these soils come from?"

"Master John, it's in a valley in the Cordillera Mountains, not far from the Kadim River." The villagers replied honestly.

The Kadim River is where the villagers of the small village of Nise draw water. It is at the foot of the Cordillera Mountains, and it takes two and a half candles to burn it to walk there. This old John knew it.

"Bob is really lucky that he found this place and earned such a high bounty from the baron." After a pause, the villagers said with envy and hatred.

Old John knew from the color of the soil and the actions of the villagers that the soil was what William was looking for. He was not surprised that the lucky guy got William's bounty. He said casually, "It's really lucky! I remember this Something, the bounty offered by the baron is a franc silver coin."

A franc silver coin is one-ninth of Old John's monthly salary, which is not a small amount.

"Two silver francs! Master John!" The envy of the villager was almost on the surface.

"Two silver francs?" Old John looked astonished, even he didn't realize what he said, and unconsciously brought a trace of jealousy.

The two silver franc coins were close to a quarter of Old John's salary, which was not low.

"Yes, Master John, the baron has increased the bounty, so..." the villagers explained to Old John.

"How much has it increased?" Old John's heart tightened when he heard about money now.

"If it can be found within three days, it will be doubled! If it exceeds three days but can be found within seven days, it will increase by half! But if it exceeds seven days, it will only be half of the original! So now the villagers are desperately looking for what the Baron wants. A few other things! Even on the way to dig dirt in the valleys of the Cordillera Mountains to exchange money, I will look around, maybe I will find it if I am lucky!"

What other villagers do is also what this villager thinks!

Everyone wants to be the darling of this fate!

"These lazy guys think about getting something for nothing all day long, and they don't even think about..." Old John felt sorry for William's large bounty, and said cursingly, suddenly he was taken aback, his eyes widened Yes, looking at the villager, "You mean digging dirt for money?"

"Yes, Master John!" The villagers looked at Old John strangely, not understanding why Old John made such an expression.

Isn't the new Baron always like this?

Work hard, earn money!

Not as brutal as other lords!

Why! How wonderful it would be if there were no plague of lizardmen! We will have a good life under the rule of Lord Baron Dikas,

right?

The villagers were full of imagination.

But Old John was furious, and murmured, "It really is like this again! It's really like this again! My dear baron, if you continue like this, no matter how big the golden mountain is, you will squander it!"

However, William is still not someone Old John can reprimand, and the gap in status between the two can only make Old John act as admonisher. This is based on the fact that he has a good relationship with William, and that William has a good character. in the case of.

Therefore, Old John vented his anger on the villagers in front of him. He glared at the villagers viciously, as if he was a father-killer in front of him, and asked loudly angrily, "How much does the baron give you as a reward? Ten baskets of copper coins for a Poole?" "

"Two baskets of copper coins for a Poole, Master John." The villagers were frightened by Old John's appearance, and replied timidly.

"What? Two baskets of one Poole coin? You are committing a crime, you are robbing the Lord Baron's treasury! No, I want to find the Baron! Where is the Baron? Is he still in the house?" Old John couldn't control it. His emotions yelled loudly.

In the voice of Old John, the villagers have unconsciously shrunk their bodies down, not daring to look directly at Old John.

Hearing Old John's question, the villager replied in a low voice, "The Lord Baron is not in the earthen house, he brought the guards into the forest!"

"The forest? The baron went into the forest? Isn't he training the guards?" Old John was full of doubts.

"A few days ago, the members of the guard were on vigil, and there was a wolf attack! So the baron took the guard members into the edge of the forest to hunt and clean up the more dangerous beasts!" This is what William announced on the guard , he didn't intend to hide it, and he had nothing to hide, so it didn't take long for everyone in the village to know about it!

"But Lord Baron is so powerful, even the old hunters of the villagers can't compare! Every time he goes into the forest, he can bring a lot of prey, and the members of the guard can eat meat every day!" Bring envy. The only thing he hates is why his son was not selected into the guards!

"Wolf attack? Guards? Is anyone injured?" Old John's heart suddenly rose, and his focus was on the front.

Because his son Little John is in the guard!

"Injured? No! The baron discovered it early, and the baron killed all the ghost wolves that came to attack, and the rest escaped into the forest, and never came to harass the village again!" The villagers shook their heads. Thinking of this, he I was also afraid for a while, if the villagers did not have Lord Baron, how many people would the entire village need to fill the appetite of these ghost wolves.

At this moment, he especially missed the strong city walls of Patras. In Patras, he never had to worry about the attack of wild beasts like ghost wolves.

But in the next second, the villager became discouraged again. Although Patras City is safe, it is "not easy to live in vain"!

If only the owner of Patras could be as merciful as Baron Dikas!

However, the villagers quickly shook their heads. Nobles like Viscount Glenn are normal, but nobles like Baron Dikas are different!

Why! The villagers are in deep pain!

"It's fine! It's fine!" Old John heaved a sigh of relief, then took a long breath, and looked at the villagers fiercely, "Go, take me to find Lord Baron!"

"But, Master John, I have to go to the Cordillera to carry dirt, two baskets of copper coins a Poole! Please, Master John, my family can't move much soil in a day, you can find someone else, I can recommend to you , like Bob is very good..." The villager held up his empty basket with a loose structure and said to Old John.

It’s okay if he didn’t say anything, but when he said that Old John was even more angry, he snorted coldly, and then said in a blunt tone, “No, it’s you! Take me to the baron, I have important matters to ask the baron! I missed the big deal , I won’t let you get a single copper coin!”

The villagers had no choice but to cry, and took Old John to the forest.

He remembered that the guards entered the forest from this direction in the morning!

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In the dark forest, one after another, the lush crowns are competing to grow, and the branches are horizontal, covering the sky tightly. Only a small amount of sunlight shines in through the thick leaves, adding a bit of light to the forest.

William stood beside a brown bark tree in leather armor, his eyes closed in meditation, he held a simple hunting bow in his hand, and a long cross sword pinned to his waist.

The hunting bow was bought by William from a hunter in the village. The quality is average, but better than nothing!

Around him, there were ten guards scattered. They held wooden shields, looked around, and occasionally looked at William, with admiration and longing in their eyes.

They have to admire what William has done during this time!

Whether it's taking the lead in killing wolves late at night, or hunting these days.

Whether it is a man or a woman, they all worship the strong in their bones.

And William's performance is exactly in line with the image of a strong man in their minds!

Especially Jacques Porter's eyes, which can no longer be described as admiration, filled with unwavering loyalty to William.

Jacques has always thought of himself as a simple person, whoever can feed him will do things for him!

Whoever saves his life, then he will sell his life to him!

William fed him and saved his life, so in Jacques' heart, his life no longer belonged to him, it belonged to William!

Jacques Porter became William's first diehard member!