Chapter 152: Pioneering (II)

Charlie winced and looked left and right, and there were not a few people like him in the crowd.

Messy hair, dirty clothes, some people are not clothed, some shoes are worn out, like Charlie, but he still doesn't want to throw them away.

They have a lot in common, but the most similar thing is that all their possessions are just clothes.

There was no land, it was hard to find work, and if they hadn't seen the misery of slaves, they would have sold themselves and become slaves of others.

They can only eat black bread and water, and there is only a dilapidated house, and the hired peasants of the lord's family are jobs that everyone wants, how can people like them grab them?

Sometimes the income is less than five copper a month, and in addition to the necessities of life, they have to pay taxes to the lord, if it is under the jurisdiction of the local knights, they may be exempted from taxes, but if it is under the jurisdiction of the nobles, they still have to hand over the copper.

In winter, you can only stock up on more grass to keep warm, and no one will pay attention to when you freeze to death or starve to death, this is the poor class of the sad wind leader.

Not only the Sad Wind Leader, there are such poor classes in most parts of the world, Wende City has developed commerce and large labor demand, so the number of poor people has gradually decreased, but in other parts of the Sad Wind Territory, many nobles used to disobey the maid's decrees, which also led to the relative backwardness of other territories, and the lives of the poor have not been improved.

Charlie, a pauper, knows that the Grim Wind Collar recruits soldiers basically every year, and many people will choose to respond to the recruitment in order to eat a bite to eat, or to defend the Grim Wind.

This time it was the same, but strangely enough, this time the 'Knights' only recruited them as poormen.

On their way they passed by the legendary 'Wind', which was indeed as beautiful and 'magical' as it was rumored, and they were given free shoes.

It was a pair of straw sandals, the same one that Charlie was wearing on his feet.

The 'Knight' led them down the wide, gray road, and no one stopped them, even the 'Knight' prevented them from leaving the area around the road.

In the Grim Winds, the trained militia can deal with monsters and common beasts, but not the poor, and at most they can deal with herbivores such as deer.

Because of chronic lack of food and malnutrition, most of the poor are relatively thin and small, and some are even so hungry that they can only see the atrophied muscles when they pull up their sleeves.

Yes, even in the heat of summer, they still wore long sleeves, and the tattered and mended clothes were the only wealth they had, and they had not much other than the house they inherited from their fathers.

The 'Knight' who led the team also smiled when facing Charlie and the other poor people, and occasionally showed some lonely and sad expressions when looking at them, which also made them more convinced of the rumors that the 'Knight' was countless times better than those 'noble lords'.

After a few days of trekking, they did not miss a single person, and because of the mercy of the 'knight', not only were they not harmed by any beasts or monsters, but not a single one of them was left behind for physical or other reasons.

They would receive a piece of brown bread every night, and then the 'knight' would bring out the jerky and cook it for them, and even the most cold-hearted people could not help but be moved.

As they swallowed the black bread, which was still rough and bitter, they no longer showed grief or numbness, and they thanked the 'knight' from the bottom of their hearts.

The 'knight' led them with a few soldiers to a town called 'Watchtown', where the carriage that had been following their party stopped.

Even Charlie and the others had heard of the town's name.

It was a very military town, all the houses were two-story buildings, and most of the people who came and went were adventurers and merchants, and when they came here, the 'knights' who had been leading them through the wilderness breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's finally here!"

With a relaxed smile and a sweat wipe from his forehead, Earp turned back to the paupers and said, "We're here, but that's not our destination yet." We're not the only 'Pioneer Team', the town of Watch is just a staging post and supply depot, and we're heading to the Black Forest...... Oh no, it's supposed to be 'Former Black Forest', there is no specific name yet, but don't worry, we will still protect you!"

Charlie, who was instructed, followed a group of people to line up in a place to register, and when he learned from the joking registrant that he was the thirty-sixth person named 'Charlie', he was not surprised, what surprised him was what happened next.

"Mr. Charlie, for the sake of registration, statistics, and salutation, you now have the opportunity to choose a surname, and here you are—twenty-seven surnames! You can also choose one of these twenty-seven surnames as your surname, I wonder which one you want to choose?"

Charlie's first reaction was to shrink his neck, and only after the serious-looking 'noble lord' finished speaking, he asked with a blank expression: "What, what?"

The civil servant took the trouble to repeat what he had said before, and then Charlie accepted the truth in a daze.

"I ...... Can I have a last name?" asked Charlie, cautiously and excitedly.

"Of course!"

Charlie received an affirmative answer from the civil servant.

He gasped for breath, as if he had chosen a surname, received a brand new set of clothes and shoes, and was taken to a large bath to wash himself.

It wasn't until he finished washing his body and walked out of the bath that Charlie came to his senses.

He touched his brand-new linen clothes with a look of disbelief.

He recalled his previous memories and touched the white nameplate on his chest, on which was written a line of symbols that should be 'characters'.

'Charlie Mulov', his new name, still hard to believe he had a surname.

They were gathered, and a group of people lived in a camp outside the town, and the soldiers guarding the camp warned them not to run out of the camp at night, because there were monsters and beasts outside the camp.

Don't defecate in the camp, if you want to defecate, you need to go to a designated place.

Many people, including Charlie, followed these rules, but after all, they were born poor, and there were people who did not follow these rules, and then those were punished.

They were punished to clean up their excrement and do fifty 'push-ups', and by the time the punishment was over, they were exhausted.

It was also at this time that Charlie and the others saw the sternness of the soldiers, and even the 'knight' who brought them here stood aside and watched with a cold face.

But what really surprised them was that when it was time for dinner, those who had been punished actually had dinner, and it was the same as them - a lot of broth and bread.

When Charlie and the others looked at the bowl of shiny broth with minced meat in front of them, they immediately burst into tears.

No one is thinking about escaping this camp anymore, maybe they will be subject to a lot of restrictions, but they have broth to drink now, although the portion is not much......

After a few days they were taken to a very hot and stuffy place, where there were several wooden houses, and when Charles and the others arrived, there were already people working on the clearing of the wasteland.

Charlie and several other paupers from the same team were placed in a wooden hut, and they would be roommates for a long time.

Their mission was to reclaim the wasteland, and the moment Charlie got his hands on the loaned farm tools, his tears fell again.

'If they can reclaim a wasteland, the wasteland they have cultivated can be leased for ten years, and after ten years of labor, they will be able to buy the right to use it at the lowest price,' was the exact remark of the legendary chief maid who brought happiness and prosperity to the Lady of the Sorrows, and for fear that they would not understand, the 'knight' summed it up.

'If they work hard here for 10 years, then they will be able to buy the right to use the land they have cultivated', that is, they will be able to own their own land in the future.

After hearing this, Charlie immediately knelt down, gently put down the rented farm tools, folded his hands and burst into tears, and said in a low voice:

"Thank you for your kindness!"

Piety ...... It's like worshipping a god.

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(End of chapter)