Kiel was curious about the other party's words: "My lord? Chestnut face?"
The sloppy man slapped his head and realized: "It's not the Lord Earl of the western province, but the Lord Earl of our southern province. That noble man has an elite army. If he is willing to take action, he will definitely be able to kill those who invaded our territory. The southern army was repulsed."
"What about the chestnut face? What is this thing?"
Keel jumped off the horse, took an iron coin from his pocket and threw it to the opponent.
Although the other party was thin and sloppy, he was extremely accurate in catching the coins. Perhaps everyone can be extremely accurate in receiving money?
"Uh, the chestnut face is what those damned defeated soldiers said. Every soldier of the southern kingdom who fought with us has the same brown-red face as the chestnuts that are pushed aside in autumn."
Bloodfang chuckled lightly, jumped off his horse and asked, "You haven't seen the army of the southern kingdom, and you believe what the defeated army said. It's ridiculous, why did you flee here? If I didn't guess If it’s wrong, it’s those defeated armies who ransacked your village and then carried you all the way to escape here, right?”
As soon as Xueyasite said this, the man's face became ugly, he clenched his fists tightly, and said a few words: "It's all our fault that we believed the young people in our own village among them, let them in, otherwise It won't be like this. It won't be like this."
Keel watched the man sinking into self-pity there, and he and Bloodfang steed the horse towards the village.
"Did they come last year?"
Keel asked Sturt.
Nodding, Xueyasite confirmed: "Last year, I heard that the border nobles in the south suffered a big defeat. Tens of thousands of troops were routed and fled. Not only did they fail to take down the enemy, they even lost a large piece of land on the border. .”
"Not only that, I heard that the defeated army fled back to various parts of the southern province. As a result, many villages were swallowed up by the evil spirits who came down from the battlefield, and they fled all the way here with a large number of people."
Bloodfang Shrugged: "This is the northern part of the Cavan Territory. There are many refugees fleeing in every village. You can imagine what it's like in the south. I heard that there are more refugees at the provincial gate, and it's a mess. Fortunately, when we entered our place from the pass, everyone's weapons were confiscated, otherwise think about how many defeated soldiers there are among the refugees, and how much trouble and chaos they will bring to this place."
As the two talked, they passed by a large area of refugee shacks outside the village entrance. The smell here was unpleasant. It seemed that after many people lost management, their own feces were dumped directly around the dilapidated houses. No one organized the excrement to be collected or dumped into Downstream of the river next to the village.
Keel and the others pinched their noses and walked quickly across here, but they were still surrounded by a large number of children.
"Master, let's have some food."
Under the urging of their family members, a thin child knelt on the side of the street with his head lowered and his empty hands raised, begging Keel, the two outsiders, for some food.
There are more than ten children kneeling in a row, and the feeling it brings is self-evident.
Kiel immediately took out the prepared dry food reserves from the pockets on the horse's back, and gave them some, so that those thin little hands would not just keep holding them up.
But Blood Yaster grabbed his hand and shook his head: "It can't be controlled. No matter how much food is given, it can't be controlled."
"That's right, my lords, what's the use of that little food. I'm young and have some strength. Hire me to work! No wages, just provide me with enough food for five people."
Immediately, a group of thin teenagers stood in front of him, patting his chest and recommending himself.
Looking at these teenagers who were not as tall as his chest, and their bodies with legs and feet not much thicker than his wrists, Keir shook his head in disappointment.
Bloodtooth drove them away: "Go away, go away. Do you know what we do? Let us hire you. We are going to fight in the south. Do you understand the war? It is to split people, hundreds of people Thousands of people doing this to each other, and that's war."
What Bloodyaster said frightened the teenagers.
In fact, when it was said that they were going to fight in the south, these teenagers flinched. Although the children are young, most of them know why they were fine before last year, when they were carried away by those armed men and fled here last year.
Isn't it because the war in the south was lost?
So when Xueyasite said this, the teenagers dispersed silently, squatting on the side of the street, and sitting with the younger children who could only kneel down and beg for food.
After watching them for a while, Keir took out some dry and hard bread sticks and put them on a fairly clean stone by the side of the road.
"Hey, what are you doing. It's not that they don't have parents. Their own parents will find a way to support them."
Blood Fang shook his head, thinking it was useless.
Once Xueyaster had reminded him, Kiel also remembered that there were half-children on the side of the road in broad daylight, what did their parents do?
"Where are your parents?"
The children gathered around the stone, fighting over the dry and hard bread that Keel had placed on it. Keel couldn't figure out how they broke the loaf thicker than their thighs? This thing is strong, and it is no problem to knock people unconscious by waving it.
A taller boy got a piece of hard bread and immediately hid it in his clothes. Then, facing Keel's question, he pointed to the pasture on the other side of the village.
"Father and brothers have all gone to work on the ranch, and it's hard to get a job!"
"Where's mother?"
"Mother and sisters went to the village to knead animal skins and make furry clothes."
Another teenager next to him interjected: "My mother knows how to bacon, and she can bring me a small piece of dry and hard bacon every day!"
The other friends immediately showed envious expressions, and even the bread they just got was suddenly compared.
Keir smiled, then hid the smile again.
This village is not particularly big, how many laborers among the refugees can be employed in the end?
It is estimated that there are only half of them, so where are the more people?
The two left the boys and quickly entered the village along the soft dirt road.
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The village was obviously much cleaner. The streets were paved with a layer of smashed fine gravel, and they found a place to scrape the mud from the bottom of their boots. Kiel and Bloodfang were looking for a place to buy horses here.
"I've been to this place before, Dongyao Flower Village, one of the countless similar-looking villages in Kawenling. If it wasn't next to the trade road, I couldn't even remember its name."
Blood Yaster pointed around while talking.
The refugee children outside the village did not follow into the village. I don’t know if they didn’t want to cause trouble, or because the ground in the village was paved with small stones, and they would cut the soles of their feet if they didn’t wear shoes, so they didn’t dare to follow in.
In broad daylight, the main street in the village is very lively. The business travelers who come and go are riding horses and driving carriages, pulling away stomps of air-dried bacon and transporting them to distant places for sale.
Kiel saw that the merchants and guys who came and went didn’t do much work. All the hands-on work was done by refugee women in plain clothes. Even the work of resisting jerky and other goods was done by strong peasant women among the refugees.
The local villagers shook the bags of coins from the transaction in satisfaction, and carefully put them into the strong cash box.
There are some strong young men, but you can tell that they are the men of the village just by looking at their clothes, and they often carry swords in their crotches, and they look like they should be taken for granted.
Kiel saw the problem at a glance: "These people from other places, they don't have the idea of settling here."
Blood Yaster felt surprised, so he asked, "How did you see it, isn't it your first time here?"
Kiel raised his nose and said proudly: "They don't want money, they just need food, and the women among the refugees don't communicate with the local male villagers very much. Although it may be to avoid trouble, the same is true for young unmarried young men and women. That means that these outsiders just feel that they are temporarily living here."
"They will definitely go back to their hometown. They just live here for a year or two, and then go back. So here they are just looking for a job to make ends meet, and they have no idea of staying here for a long time. The same is true for the local villagers. , see through the thinking of outsiders, so you can take advantage of as much labor as you can in a short period of time."
"Hey, your guess is really accurate. I only figured it out after asking around. You kid can see it at a glance. You have enough brains."
The two talked and laughed, and came to a stable built in the village.
Every household here has its own horses, so the established stables are a special place for foreign merchants to trade horses.
"Firebeard! It's me, Bloodfang! Hey, come alive!"
As soon as he came in, Xueyasite inspected it, and then yelled at a middle-aged strong man.
Obviously the man was an acquaintance.
"You guy, you have crossed the strange wind plain again. You are a brave guy. Who is this?"
The middle-aged strong man named Huobeard really had a fiery red beard and a strong body, looking like a bear standing upright.
Although spring is getting warmer day by day, as long as the wind blows on the vast grassland, the temperature will not rise, so you must wear thicker clothes.
And it's even colder at night, and you can see white mist-like water vapor if you open your mouth.
"This is my new friend, Joe Keel. Although he is young, he is a very strong fighter and has saved me more than once. This time I came to you to pick some good horses for him, It can be regarded as some kindness. So, take out the good horses in your hands, don't use old horses or sick horses to make up for it."
Firebeard immediately widened his eyes, and carefully looked left and right: "What are you talking about, I have good horses here, how can there be any reason for old and sick horses to be sold to customers? No. Of course, uh, Keel Soldiers, don’t listen to his nonsense, I have good horses here, tell me which one you like, I guarantee the horse is good, the price is better, and I will give you a 50% discount!”
After listening with great interest, Keir went to the restless prairie horses in the stables and looked at them curiously.
These sensitive animals are far more sensitive than humans. Keir's body is too murderous. When he was relaxing, other people didn't notice it, but these animals all noticed it.
They stamped their hooves, trying to keep away from Kiel, who leaned over to observe them, in the cramped stable.
But the place is so big, where can you hide?
"Can I go in and take a closer look?"
Keel wanted to feel them carefully, so that he could choose, but all the horses were hiding inward, so he asked if he could go in.
Firebeard shrugged: "Don't be fooled by their appearance, they are all fierce little guys. You can go in and touch them, but be careful not to be kicked by them. I am not in charge of treatment here, you have to go to the treatment yourself Find the priest in the village."
Keir waved his hand, reached out and rolled in.
A strong horse inside was even more disturbed, its eyes avoided Keel's gaze, and its ears were all set down.
"Good boy, calm down, I'm just looking at you."
Keel circled it around, then slowly touched the horse's body and smoothed its hair.
"Kill, look at its teeth, its hooves, and its spirit head."
Blood Fangster reminded outside.
Then he turned to Firebeard: "You must have a good horse, take it out and have a look, my friend is rich!"
Can you not be rich? Last night, Keele won three games in a row, and the others lost their pants. He made double the money according to Keir's intention.
He bet several gold coins that Kiel lent him, and all the other people's money in the gambling table was lost to the two of them.
"Really rich? Well, good horses, huh?"
Firebeard turned around and shouted at his son, "Third son, bring your two elder brothers back the best pup of our old overlord."
Hearing the name of the old overlord, Xueyasite's eyes lit up, looking forward to it: "I knew that when you brought your best mare to the city, you spent money to match the old overlord's breed. Now! Let me see how powerful it is like its father!"
While rubbing the horse's ears, Keel was also curious about what this 'old overlord' was while listening to what the two of them said.
Sounds like a nickname for a very famous horse.
As soon as I inquired, it was true.
"The old overlord is a horse in the hands of Viscount Cavin, who was led by Cavin! The most widely spread rumor is that the Church of the God of Animals is asking for a horse from the God Realm for Viscount Cavin!" Xueyasite said excitedly. yelling.
And Firebeard sneered: "Speaking of it, you, the caravan guard, can really believe it?"
He looked around and saw that there were no other outsiders in his stable, so he whispered: "Actually, the old overlord heard that it was a gift that the dwarves were going to present to His Majesty the Regent, but he ran out of the emissary team when he passed by us." Those dwarves gave up after catching them for a while. As a result, the old overlord quickly gathered a large number of wild horses together and became the leader of the herd. Afterwards, they were discovered, captured, and dedicated to us. Viscount Wen."
"This reason is very credible."
Keel leaned on the fence and said so.
Soon, a particularly strong and tall horse was led by Firebeard's sons.
Ho! Several people couldn't hold back this young and strong boy. When the other horses in the stable saw him appear, they immediately lowered their heads and kept pointing up and down.
As if to please it.
The human beings present were not taken seriously by this extraordinarily tall and strong horse, and they were simply defiant.
As soon as Keel turned it out, he walked straight to the horse.
"Be careful buddy, it has a very bad temper, none of us brothers have been able to subdue it yet." Firebeard's eldest son carefully pulled a rope loop, which seemed to be wrapped around the horse's neck, But it doesn't look like a man is leading a horse, but a horse is leading a man.
This young horse with the blood of the old overlord was more than two meters tall, and Kiel only reached its neck.
He reached out and tried to touch the fur on its neck, but it twisted its neck and avoided Kiel's palm.
"Shhhhhhhhhhhhh-"
There was a strange scream from the white and neat teeth, which sounded like he was mocking Keel.
Kiel smiled, stared into the horse's eyes, took a deep breath, and then the life energy in his body gathered.
He didn't move or sway, but just one moment, the atmosphere changed immediately.
"Law--"
"Law--"
The surrounding horses were sensitive to the change in Kiel, and all of them screamed, but as soon as they screamed, the strong blood of the old overlord was unhappy.
After snorting, all the horses around fell silent, and each of them lowered their heads and secretly watched the duel between Kiel and it.
"Please let go of the rope on it."
Kiel said to the three firebeard sons.
The three young men looked at their father, while Firebeard looked at Bloodfang.
Xueyasite took out a small purse from his arms, shook it in his hand~www.mtlnovel.com~ and made the sound of gold coins colliding. Seeing that the Huobeard family was attracted by this, he opened the purse, revealing more than a dozen gold coins inside.
"Kill?"
"Um,"
Keir didn't even turn his head, still staring at the strong horse facing him: "How about it? Can you let go of the rope on it? If the horse runs away, the money will be yours."
Firebeard immediately smiled: "Enough is enough, it won't cost so many gold coins to find the old overlord to breed once."
After speaking, Firebeard waved to his sons, and the three young men immediately and carefully handed over the rope to Kiel, but Kiel refused.
"Just let it go. Let it confront me."
The three young men looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders, and untied the three nooses on the horse, and then the three of them avoided sideways at the same time.
The bad temper really wasn't just bragging. As soon as the rope was removed from his body, the strong and tall guy showed his true colors. He first sprayed his face fiercely at Kiel, and then threw the huge horse's head sideways at Kiel.
The muscular neck brought great strength to it, not to mention human beings, other equally strong horses were beaten like this, and their brains were buzzing.
But facing the huge horse's head that was coming horizontally, Keir just squatted slightly, stretched out his right hand and slapped the horse's face fiercely.
Snapped!
Kiel was hit by the huge impact and moved 30 centimeters to the right, but the horse that attacked him also grew its mouth, and stared at the human Kiel with a dazed expression.
The long horse's face was slapped, and a pair of huge eyes were still a little dazed at the moment.
what happened?
What just happened?
Shouldn't this man have been knocked to the ground by a direct blow to its head?