Bloodline Lord of War

  Chapter 4 persona non grata

   On the second day, after eating an unpalatable breakfast, Robin felt that he had to let the villagers know the new lord, so he asked the old butler to summon the villagers, and he wanted to make a debut.

   After a while, all the men, women and children of the village gathered in the Lord's Mansion, which is the open space in front of the gate of the wooden building.

  In the morning of early spring, the sun has not yet fully risen, the air is fresh and a little cold, and the grass is wet and full of dew.

  Raging Waves City has a total of fifty households with a population of more than two hundred, all of them are young people, and there is not a single old person. The villagers stood in unison in the open space, with an average height of two meters. Not only were the men tall and mighty, but even the women were stout.

  In the aesthetics of the highlanders, the stronger a woman is, the more beautiful she is, her buttocks are big enough to give birth, her legs are thick and her arms are thick enough to work, and she can help when fighting.

  As for the long-legged, thin-waisted, delicate noble ladies in the empire, the highlanders would not even take a look at them. They are too ugly and weak, and they cry endlessly after being punched.

   Standing in front of this group of highlanders, Robin and the old butler are like two short melons, Robin has to look up to see their faces.

   "Ahem."

  Robin cleared his throat pretentiously, and the old butler next to him immediately understood, and took out the imperial government's appointment document from his arms.

   It is a tradition recognized by the law that the father dies and the son succeeds, brother dies, and the appointment of the imperial government is actually a formality. But with the decline of the imperial family, many nobles are too lazy to issue such a formal document.

  But Robin is a new nobleman after all, with no power or power, so he obediently went through the procedure.

  The appointment document is preceded by a series of meaningless administrative rhetoric, and the last sentence is the most important. "From now on, Baron Robin will inherit the ownership of Raging Waves City."

  After the old butler finished reading the document aloud, Robin expected to receive a round of welcome applause, but he thought too much, he was not welcome.

  The highland villagers all stared at Robin indifferently, without any reaction, as if they hadn't heard anything just now, and they looked at Robin more like they were looking at a clown.

  The old butler's face was a bit ugly, but Robin continued to say with a cheeky face:

   "From today onwards, I will be your new lord. I believe that under my leadership, we will definitely be able to build Rage City into a better place, so that everyone can eat enough and wear warm clothes."

  The crowd still didn't respond, but they who should cooperate with the performance turned a blind eye.

   Robin coughed twice again in embarrassment, and could only forcefully change the subject to save his respect.

   "Well, I want to recruit two maids from the villagers. The old housekeeper is getting old, so it's inconvenient to work. The salary is very generous, fifty copper coins per month per person."

   Robin discussed this matter with Homan in the morning, and the old butler stopped him at first, but after seeing the old butler almost broke his waist when he moved the chair, Robin decided to call two maids.

  Actually, according to the market price within the empire, the price of fifty coppers is already too low, even the most black-hearted lord can't offer such a low price. However, this is a wasteland.

   Moreover, the payer is still Robin.

  The reason why nobles are nobles is because they have a lot of resources, and there are people who have food and money. Robin has no food and no one now. Fortunately, he had saved a little in the early years.

When they talked about giving money, the crowd who had been silent for a long time finally seemed to come to life. Although it is difficult to use money in the wasteland, money has a natural attraction to human beings at any time, even if you don’t have to keep it at home. feel comfortable.

  Some young women in the village became restless, and Robin obviously saw some people eager to try, whispering to each other as if they wanted to sign up. But Robin waited for a while, but no one came forward to sign up.

  The villagers all looked at Simon who was standing in the front. He didn't speak, and no one dared to stand up.

  The young highland leader folded his hands on his chest, staring at Robin coldly as if reading a joke.

  When the villagers gathered just now, the old butler had secretly told Robin that this man was Simon.

  Actually, even if the old housekeeper didn’t say anything, Robin would probably have guessed it. Even among the highlanders, Simon was an outstanding existence. He was at least half a head taller than the surrounding people of the same race, which was really too conspicuous.

  Robin immediately understood in his heart, it turned out that these guys had passed their anger a long time ago, and they just wanted to show themselves off.

  He sneered in his heart, he was still calm on the surface, and the atmosphere couldn't be awkward all the time, so he had to find a step by himself.

   "Everyone go back and think about it. If you are interested, please sign up with Butler Homan."

   Dismissed the villagers, Robin and the old butler returned to the wooden building.

  As soon as the door was closed, the old butler kindly reminded, "Master, it must be Simon's fault. If he doesn't speak, no one would dare to come and work here."

   "I know, I will take care of this." Robin said calmly with no trace of sadness or joy on his face.

The old butler was afraid that his young lord would be overwhelmed and start a fight with Simon, so he hurriedly told him: "Master, you must not fight hard with Simon, he has rough skin and thick flesh, it's not worthwhile for us to win." .”

  Robin could hear the voice of the old housekeeper, so he smiled and said nothing.

  Simon is a vigorous and decisive person. It was not enough to give him a blow in the morning. Soon, his second trick to run on Robin came.

  In the evening, the old butler suddenly came to Robin with a bitter face: "Master, I have something to report to you."

  Robin was in the bedroom, sitting at the desk flipping through a yellowed notebook. This was the pioneering diary left by his uncle. He was just trying to see if his uncle had written down any valuable information.

  As soon as he heard what the old housekeeper said, he knew that something was wrong, so he closed the diary: "What's wrong?"

   "Master, we are out of food."

  It turned out that the old butler was getting old, and he lost his source of income after Uncle Robin died, and had been relying on the villagers for alms.

  Although the highlanders are barbaric and backward, they are not bad-hearted, and the old housekeeper gets along well with them on weekdays. The old butler can read and write, he is the only cultural person in the village, and he usually helps the villagers write something. In return, the villagers will send food to the old steward every three days.

   Today is the day to deliver food, but no one has delivered food for a long time.

  After listening to the old butler explain the cause and effect, Robin immediately understood that this was another move by Simon, and it was a killer move. Without food, Robin could only obediently bow to Simon.

  In the empire, it is not that there are no people at the bottom who can't live anymore. They rebelled against the nobles, drove the nobles out of the territory, and even killed the nobles' whole families.

   But no matter how intriguing the nobles are, they have always been consistent in safeguarding the overall interests of the noble class. A "mob" like Simon will definitely be violently suppressed by the nobles, and will be executed in public as an example.

  However, this is a wasteland, and the other nearest pioneer nobles are hundreds of miles away. Moreover, Robin is a new nobleman who doesn't know anyone, and no other nobleman will help him.

  Robin was so angry that he laughed instead. He was new here, and he wanted to get familiar with the environment first, and he didn't want to tear himself apart with the local snake so quickly, but he didn't expect this barbarian to make trouble for him even more.

   It's true that I don't want to beat you, but you are rushing to beat you.

  He thought for a while, and then said to the old housekeeper: "Go and call Simon and the whole village to the open space downstairs."

   "Master, what are you going to do?" Seeing Robin's angry face, the old housekeeper hurriedly said worriedly. "Don't be impulsive, that Simon is a ruthless man."

   Robin sneered in his heart, cruel? I'm still a werewolf.

  Being underestimated by the housekeeper all the time, Robin felt somewhat uncomfortable. He stood up and smiled and replied, "Don't worry, I have a way to subdue these barbarians."

  The old butler was still beating drums in his heart, but seeing that his baron looked confident, he had no choice but to carry out the order.

  At this time, Simon and several villagers were having dinner at their home.

There was a large cauldron on top of the firepit, which was gurgling and steaming. A few highlanders skillfully disemboweled the fish caught in the river today, removed the internal organs and threw them into the cauldron, and added a handful of fish caught by the river. wild vegetables.

  In the "rich" Raging Waves City, this is definitely a big meal.

  If Robin saw this scene, his nose would probably be crooked. Raging Waves City is Robin's territory. It stands to reason that everything on this land is his property, including these highlanders. But now the lord is hungry, but they are eating fish happily!

   "Hey, I ran out of food for that little boy today, let's see what he will do in the future." Simon opened his mouth wide and showed a sinister smile, a row of big yellow teeth neatly arranged.

  Several highlanders immediately applauded the leader, and one of them laughed and said: "In the future, if the baron wants to eat, he has to work in the fields by himself."

   "Even if the old housekeeper is poor, he can only starve together." Simon said, filled himself with a large bowl of fish soup, and took a big gulp. "Hey! It's so fresh!"

   Several people were enjoying their meal, when suddenly a highland villager walked into the stone house and reported to Simon: "Boss, the baron told us to go over."

  (end of this chapter)