Zhao Ji decided to go to Mr. Weiss's farm to see the situation first. Only after mastering the situation can he solve this problem. After he and Mr. Weiss signed a simple contract in the tavern, they set off towards Mr. Weiss's farm. Zhao Ji did not set the entrusted price too high. Since Mr. Weiss lost a farm ox, the commission price was roughly calculated as the price of a farm ox.
One gold and five silvers.
For the price, Mr. Weiss wanted to say something, but he gave up, and just muttered in a low voice that he would definitely add more.
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Compared with the swamp in the south of Kendall City, the road to the farm in the north of the city is very convenient. This road is a good road paved with fine gravel, and there are wooden signs at every intersection. After all, this is a main road from Kendall County to the north.
Mr. Weiss's farm is not far from the north of the city, and it is the kind that can be seen from the north wall of the city. After leaving the city, there are large tracts of farmland along the way, but at this time the farmland has already been harvested, and only a few farmers are manipulating the cattle to plow the fields. They fixed the strong metal coulters on the neck and back of the cattle with belts and wooden frames, and then stepped on the coulters to make the coulters embedded in the soil.
A person next to him flicked a whip in the air with a 'snap', and the cattle obediently strode forward. The cattle used some strength in the first few steps, but when the coulter went deep into the field and split the whole field and the roots of the wheat on it into two, the cattle did not need so much strength, and it went smoothly. Walking forward, the coulter behind also plowed the field quickly.
Zhao Ji followed Mr. Weiss who was in a hurry, and asked Mr. Weiss to lead him to the farm where the accident happened.
These farms outside the city look like small fortresses. The whole of each farm is built on an earth-stone pedestal higher than the field, and the outside is surrounded by thick logs to form a square shape. On the four corners of the farm, there is a warning wooden platform higher than the fence.
Without Mr. Weiss' explanation, Zhao Ji could guess which one was Mr. Weiss's farm from several nearby farms --- the one with the farmer standing guard on the warning wooden platform at the four corners of the fence.
In other farms, there are no people patrolling and guarding on the fences and warning wooden platforms. Zhao Ji wondered if Mr. Weiss and his farmers were too nervous. After all, they were all on guard in broad daylight.
When we came to this farm, the gate of the farm was wide open at this time, and many peasant women and children gathered at the gate. The peasant women all carried their own valuables, and their children were tied around their waists with hemp ropes to prevent them from running around at this time.
Seeing that Mr. Weiss came back and brought a young man with a sword around his waist, the crowd at the door gathered. The peasant women hurriedly asked Mr. Weiss various questions, and their voices were as complicated as a thousand ducks singing at the same time. In an instant, Mr. Weiss was bombarded by the noise surrounded by the crowd. He was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and he didn't know what to say.
Zhao Ji looked at the embarrassed Mr. Weiss with a smile on his face. He always felt that drinking strong alcohol early in the morning was not a good thing, but now it seems that he feels good.
Slapping away a few little hands curiously touching the long sword, Zhao Ji squeezed through the crowd and came to Mr. Weiss, despite the constant questioning and bickering around him, he said to him in Mr. Weiss' ear: "Find some tops For those who do things, being surrounded by crowds can’t do anything.”
Mr. Weiss, who came back to his senses, patted Zhao Ji's arm gratefully, turned his head and said loudly to the peasant women surrounding him: "Everyone stop, everyone stop, find your own man, I have something to do If you want to say, also, call Paqueron and Millenton. Hurry up, hurry up. Get moving, the matter is finally possible to be resolved. Hurry up, hurry up."
Some of the onlookers gave the ropes that bound their children to their acquainted sisters, and returned to the farm to call their men.
Mr. Weiss explained to Zhao Ji: "Pakron is my housekeeper and has been assisting my family in managing the farm. Millenton is the leader of these farmers, and he is the young farmer of our farm every year during the winter lord training. team leader."
Zhao Ji nodded. He knew that every winter here, as long as the weather is good, the lord of Kendall would train the militia in his territory. He heard about it in the tavern, in fact, it was training, just some simple formations, and various signals to identify the messengers. For example, when you hear the sound of a drum, you must move forward, when you hear the sound of a short whistle, you must stop, and when you hear the sound of a long whistle, you must retreat. As for the weapons, they are simple spears and large shields.
This spear is not Zhao Ji's spear, but a four to five meter long weapon with an iron spearhead at the tip and a small bowl thick at the bottom. And the large shield is not a shield that can be used with one hand, but a large shield that needs to be held with both hands, which can effectively defend against spears.
Zhao Ji always felt that this kind of simple military training was useless. They don't even have long-range projectile weapons. Can you believe it? The opponents are all noble troops like them.
Mr. Weiss led Zhao Ji into the farm. Zhao Ji looked at the inside of the farm wall and asked Mr. Weiss: "Do you have a name for your farm? I see that there are many similar farms nearby. In order to distinguish them , you should have named them, right?"
Zhao Jihe nodded in agreement. At this time, the peasant women who had gone to various parts of the farm to find their own men came back, and the farmers in the farm also followed.
A middle-aged man who was also better dressed walked up to Mr. Weiss and spoke to him in a low voice. Zhao Ji probably heard that he was explaining to Mr. Weiss the situation in the farm from the morning to the present. It seems that this is Mr. Parkron, the steward of Mr. Weiss's farm, or the steward is more appropriate.
And the center of the gathered farmers, a strong young man, should be the captain of the militia, Milton.
The peasant women who called back their men retreated to the gate of the farm again, and the farmers of the farm surrounded Mr. Weiss. They saw Zhao Ji wearing a long sword, and guessed that Zhao Ji was probably Mr. Weiss. Someone to fix a big problem on their farm.
Seeing that everyone came, Mr. Weiss introduced Zhao Ji next to him to everyone, and also told some of Zhao Ji's deeds, which were all told by Todd in the tavern and boasted by Zhao Ji himself on the way here. Those ones.
Upon hearing Mr. Weiss' introduction, Zhao Ji bowed his body and greeted the farmers.
Although there was no feeling or words of welcome, Zhao Ji could clearly feel that the farmers were relieved.
The farmers are still very happy to have a dedicated person to deal with the affairs of their farm, but the horrible scene in the farm cowshed still makes them worried.
Mr. Weiss asked the housekeeper, Mr. Parkron, to take all the cattle out of the farmer's house, and then let everyone stay at the gate of the farm. Everyone will not go in until today's matter is resolved. And Millenton was instructed to accompany little brother Kiel to inspect the cowshed, and let Kiel find the **** monster, kill it and burn it with fire.
Millenton wanted to say something, but the fellow farmer who looked at him trustingly made him swallow what he wanted to say, and nodded in agreement with Mr. Weiss' arrangement.
The farmers went back to their homes one after another, pulled out the cattle tied at home, and knocked them out of the farm. Zhao Ji and Millenton walked towards the cowshed of the farm.
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The inside of the farm is quite narrow and dark, and there are a lot of unpacked clothes hanging in the space above the head. The internal building of the farm is similar to a back shape, the outer wall of the farm is the outer circle of the back shape, and then there are several layers of farmer's houses surrounded by a circle.
Zhao Ji counted, from bottom to top, there are mostly three floors~www.mtlnovel.com~, but there are also four floors. The bottom floor was quite low. When Zhao Ji passed by, he looked inside an open door, which seemed to be the place where various households put farm tools and stored grain.
The upper floors are where they live and the highest floor is where chickens and dogs are raised.
The center of the back shape of the farm is the public management building of the farm. According to Millenton, the homes of Mr. Weiss and Mr. Parkron are inside. But with the horrific incident, they had already taken their family to another house in Kendall City.
This situation made the farmers in the farm quite critical. Coupled with the fact that no one was found to deal with the possible monsters in the farm for several days, the farmers and women were very angry, and they clamored to go to other farms.
Zhao Ji smiled and didn't answer the words.
The cowshed of the farm is in a corner of the farm, and above the cowshed is the warehouse for storing the fodder for the cattle. Before getting close to Zhao Ji, he could smell the stench of animal corpses, and there was also the smell of blood wafting out.
The muscular Millenton stopped in his tracks, pointed at the bullpen and said to Zhao Ji, "Keir, that's the bullpen. I've been there before when the accident happened. Now, I won't go in. I'll wait for you here, call me if you need anything."
Zhao Ji turned his head and said to Millenton, "You'd better keep your dagger in your hand and watch your surroundings carefully."
"Okay, okay." Millenton pulled out the dagger from his waist and held the handle of the dagger with both hands.
Zhao Ji glanced at the posture of Millenton holding the dagger, but Zhao Ji didn't say anything. He just glanced sideways at Millenton's muscular body, and felt that this man was nothing more than that. Zhao Ji drew out his long sword, held it in his hand, and slowly approached the open cowshed.