Chapter 104 Focus on the present

But what about the punishment of the gods?

Why can I, who was greedy, live in a sturdy brick house and eat three meals a day?

Glenn and Keli are getting stronger and stronger.

During this time, they have memorized the directions of left and right and learned to count from one to ten. One day, they will be selected by the lord and become a soldier with military pay.

Mechel, Wayne, and Lana are growing up.

Every day, they learn to read and write in the Origin Manor - that is an honor only for the steward.

He felt tossing and turning every time he thought of this.

In his eyes, his fourth son Wayne, who was the most useless, the least capable of work, and who was hungry every day, was going to be a steward!

He could become a clerk like little Jimmy in the future.

Mechel said that Wayne learned very quickly, and was praised by the masters in the manor, and even met the lord alone.

This is an honor that only a few children can have - and his fourth son Wayne is one of them.

Dane was the last one to leave home.

The moldy grains upset him, but he didn't have time to care.

Dane hurried to the place where he was to work. Glenn and Keli were waiting for him, and other young and strong farmers were waiting for him.

Rows of carriages were parked in the open space. A carriage could carry twelve or thirteen farmers, and if they were lighter, twenty could pull it. The lord specially arranged it. It was said that 100 draft horses were mobilized from the livestock shed to transport people from all walks of life.

The place where he worked was in chaos, and people who knew each other would form a team to get on a carriage.

"Dane, you are so slow." A farmer said.

Dane sighed, "Who made the grain at home moldy?"

A farmer sighed, "That's right."

Other farmers also sighed, "My grain is also moldy."

After they said that, they all sighed in unison.

This is a big deal. Just watching the food rot, I feel my heart is bleeding.

"That... Dane, can you tell me more about little Wayne?" A farmer was itching.

Glen and Keli in the car didn't say anything. They both straightened their backs at the same time, with pride on their faces. The driver in front also pricked up his ears.

Dane coughed lightly.

"Wayne told me that day that our honorable lord was looking for him."

"Wow!" Everyone exclaimed!

Everyone present was familiar with the lord who often taught them how to do things, but that was a public place.

Now it was a private meeting, and the lord was obviously going to whisper to little Wayne.

"Wayne said that the lord waved for him to come closer."

"Wow!" This is a chance to get close to the lord!

"The lord touched Wayne's head and face."

"Wow!" Not being slapped, but being touched, that is a lifetime honor.

"The Lord asked him how he was doing in his studies, asked him to count, and patiently corrected his mistakes. He never called Wayne a fool from beginning to end!"

"Wow!!!" The fools who were often insulted by the Lord all made envious voices.

"The Lord said Wayne was very smart, but too thin, and took a piece of honey bread and a glass of milk from the table to him!"

"Wow!" "Wow!" Exclamations came one after another.

Everyone knows that Pamela gave birth to Wayne while working in the fields. When they were found, they were dying. Dane found several people to help and sent Pamela to the mountains overnight. Only then did the mother and son survive.

Wayne was weak since he was a child. Everyone laughed at him secretly, sighed openly, or watched coldly, watching the good show of the Dane family in the future.

As a result, the little Wayne who couldn't do farm work and couldn't even take care of the chickens was appreciated by the Lord since he went to the manor.

"The lord also said that Wayne should study hard and learn from Jimmy after learning to read! Everyone listen! Let Wayne learn from our little clerk!"

"Wow!" "Wow!" "Wow!"

Various noisy exclamations sounded in this carriage, attracting the attention of farmers in other carriages.

This happened twice, but they never got tired of hearing it and liked it very much.

The farmer who asked the question at first was inspired and secretly vowed to make his child perform well and be appreciated by the lord to become a person like Wayne.

As for Jimmy...the lucky guy who played flat-ground flying in broad daylight is not replicable.

They took a carriage to the dining camp and lined up to get food as usual.

They were surprised to find that there was an extra dish in today's breakfast.

The offal salty soup made with onions, ginger, garlic and salt was full of fat and meat flowers floating on the soup.

The coolness of the early morning gradually passed.

The sun rose in the east, and the temperature began to get hot.

While Dane was eating, he saw the agricultural officer Mor standing on a high place and announcing something to all the laborers.

That is, the lord had wasted too much time and labor in building a brick house for them, and they had to work faster.

The lord cancelled the daily task quota.

In the past, they could finish today's work immediately after completing the task.

But now, they can do as much as they can!

The lord attached great importance to this matter. If the task was not completed within the expected time, everyone would be punished by the lord.

Whether it was Dane or other laborers, they had no complaints from beginning to end.

They had long discovered that as long as they worked hard and did not slack off, they would not be punished by the lord.

Look at these offal soups, look at those sweet oatmeal porridges, look at those soft bread slices and vegetable pies.

The lord promulgated a system of working meals.

As long as they work, they have three meals a day, and what they pay is just free labor. Is there anything more cost-effective?

After breakfast, everyone took a carriage and came to the road repair site.

There is a temporary tool house here, which is full of sharp steel farm tools.

Axe, hatchet, shovel, hoe.

Everyone lined up and passed by with a handy tool.

Dane got a sharp axe.

He carried the axe and took his two sons to the wild land with dense trees.

Along the way, there was a white lime line that planned the scope of work, and they could repair along the white line.

Because the road was dangerous and the project was extremely long, Roman did not have high requirements.

He also expected it to be smooth, as long as it looked like a road, it didn't matter if it was a little bumpy.

If some roads were really bad, Roman would have to carry the smelted steel back even if he relied on manpower.

He invested more than 1,200 young and strong laborers and assembled hundreds of carriages to save the laborers' time and physical strength and seek the highest efficiency.

Everyone was distributed in different sections of the road and started cleaning at the same time.

Buckets of herbal tea were continuously delivered from the rear, and everyone was smeared with potions soaked in calamus and mint to repel insects.

Although the temperature dropped slightly in the last month of summer, the weather was still hot and humid, and the herbal tea that relieved the heat was of great help to them.

Today, after learning about the lord's requirements for them, these hardworking guys burst out with even more amazing strength.

They didn't know why the lord wanted to build this road, nor did they know what was at the end of this road.

Last time, at least they knew it was a salt mine, so everyone worked hard just to eat salt.

This time, they didn't know the goal, but after knowing the master's order, no one objected.

Their short-sightedness made them unable to see the scenery 150 kilometers away.

They focused on the present and could only see the rich and delicious work meals.

The lord promised that as long as they worked every day, the supply of work meals would not be cut off.

Even if they didn't farm, they could survive!

Everyone was also afraid that if they didn't have a job, would they have to go back to the old days?

The lord also promised that the work he provided would allow them to work until they died.

That's enough!

If they could just have enough food, they would rather this road have no end.

Dane chopped the tree with an axe vigorously.

He was nearly 40 years old, but he was still strong and had a lot of strength.

Ge Lan was sweating like rain, half naked, and his exposed skin was all green potion.

He cut off the extra branches, leaving only the bare trunk, and waited until the road behind was formed to pull it out with the oxen.

The veins on Keli's arms were bulging.

He used the sharp tip of the shovel to flatten the bushes with intertwined roots, piled them together and made room.

One after another, the big trees fell down.

If you look down from the sky, you can see a long straight road quickly formed by the nibbling of countless ants.

This day was the 217th day since Roman came to Sige Town.