"When I go back to the castle next time, I need you to do something." Liu Feng said calmly.
"Understood." Niu Da responded, his heart trembling slightly, knowing that he was going to talk about recruiting troops.
Liu Feng looked at the soldiers below, and he found that the soldiers had changed a bit, the minimum impetuosity dissipated, and they became more concentrated.
"Let's go back to the castle for breakfast." Liu Feng turned and left, and Mina quickly followed.
"Ta Tata..."
After getting into the carriage, he ran slowly outside the barracks, and he heard Niu Da's roar, "Treat the wound, eat breakfast, and start training."
"Yes!!"
In the carriage, Mina grabbed Liu Feng's hand, looked at him reproachfully, and said softly, "Master, how could you hurt yourself?"
"Small injury, it will heal in two days." Liu Feng shook his head and said in a deep voice, "The army flag needs to see blood, and using my blood is the best start."
He believes that those soldiers will always remember this scene, and pass on what happened today, so that those recruits will remember the origin and glory of the military flag.
"Master, this is the first time you have been injured, or you did it yourself, everyone will be in a hurry when you go back." Mina raised her eyebrows and said.
"Uh..." Liu Feng was at a loss for words, and when he thought of Nicole, Annie and others in the castle, he sighed helplessly, "I just hope they don't make a fuss."
"Hee hee...that's hard to say." Mao Er Niang laughed and said, was she worried about the young master's wound, it was just a layer of skin torn, and the injury was not deep.
"Mina, are there any candidates for the guards?" Liu Feng opened the curtain and asked. Winter is really bleak, and it is even more difficult to see people outside the city.
"There are a few candidates for the time being, and I will talk to them personally." Mina smiled lightly, the cat's tail flicked. There are quite a few Beastkin in Saba City. Select a few for training. no problem.
"Yeah!" Liu Feng nodded, he was very relieved about Mao Erniang's ability to act.
"Ta Tata..."
Under the guard of the war wolf, the carriage quickly entered the castle.
"My lord, the castle is here." Sink shouted outside.
"En." Liu Feng pushed the carriage door, stepped out of the carriage, and strode towards the dining room. He was a little hungry, and Mina jogged to follow.
Before Liu Feng and Mina reached the dining room, they heard Niujiaoniang's voice from a distance.
"Annie, the young master was not in the castle all day yesterday, and he didn't come back at night, is something going to happen?" Teess yelled worriedly.
"What nonsense! It's all right, nothing at all, the young master is going to inspect the army." Annie yelled crisply, "I'll be back soon."
Nicole comforted her softly, "Tiss, it's okay, Mina sent someone back to the castle to get the brushes in the morning."
"Everyone, don't worry, Master Liu Feng is outside." Eliza's cold voice sounded, and her sensitive ears heard the familiar footsteps outside.
"Gag..."
The door of the dining room was opened, and Fleur's small head poked out, and her green eyes looked at Liu Feng and Mina who were walking.
She just swiped around, and immediately discovered Liu Feng's abnormality, which was the bandage wrapped around her palm, and a cold light flashed in her green eyes.
"Fleur, why did you come out?" Liu Feng approached, patted Fleur's head, and said with a light smile, "Am I coming back late again?"
"Hand, who hurt it?" Fleur raised her head, looked at Liu Feng with sharp green eyes, and said coldly, "I'll kill it."
"Ahem..." Liu Feng choked on these words, killed?kill him?
"Fleur, no one hurt the young master." Mina said with a smile on her face, "The young master accidentally hurt himself."
"Stupid." Fleur glanced at Liu Feng coldly, turned around and walked to the dining room, hurting herself, according to what my sister said, that is a big idiot.
"I..." The corners of Liu Feng's mouth twitched, he stared at the cat-eared girl who was giggling, and got a cute expression with her tongue sticking out.
"What? The young master is injured?" Annie yelled in panic, and a petite figure ran out of the dining room.
"It's okay, don't panic." Liu Feng shouted quickly, stepped into the dining room, and met the fox-eared lady who was trotting over.
"Master, is the injury serious?" Annie's brown eyes looked around, and when she saw Liu Feng's bandaged hand, she quickly grabbed it and looked at it.
"Annie, let me see if the injury is serious." Nicole held her skirt, ran over anxiously, and gently took Liu Feng's hand.
"Master, who hurt you? I'm going to blow him up." Tess yelled, already holding the Overlord Spear in her hand, and her head was squeezed in front of Liu Feng.
"I'm going to get the first-aid kit." Viya was a head taller than Beast Erniang. She saw Liu Feng's injured hand first, and ran out with her skirt and long legs.
"It's a minor injury, don't worry." Liu Feng shouted quickly, turning his head to see that the rabbit-eared lady ran too fast, and almost staggered and fell.
"Master, come in and sit down." Nicole pulled Liu Feng, pressed him on the chair, and slowly untied the bandage on Liu Feng's palm.
"It's really a small injury." Liu Feng said softly, looking at the worried faces in front of him, he felt extra warm in his heart, it felt so good to be cared about.
He didn't try to persuade her anymore. If she didn't let the beast ear girl finish her tossing, she wouldn't be relieved. Maybe something ridiculous would happen again.
"My lord, my lord, I, let me breathe out for you, so that it won't hurt." Su Mi poked her head out from under the fox-eared lady's arms, and shouted fiercely, "I fell, sister Viya is That helped me."
"Thank you Su Mi, I don't feel any pain now." Liu Feng said with a dumbfounded smile.
"Lord Liu Feng, were you cut by a Tang Dao?" Avery said coldly, seeing the bandage that Nicole had just opened, she immediately recognized that the wound was caused by a Tang Dao.
"Yeah." Liu Feng nodded with a wry smile.
"It's like this, the young master is in the barracks today..." Mina hurried out to make a rescue, and told what happened this morning.
"Master Liu Feng, I am willing to fight to the death for you." Eliza shouted with a serious face.
"Living is the best reward for me." Liu Feng exchanged glances with everyone present.
Chapter 0441 The third conscription.
"Master, you have to protect yourself." Nicole squinted her eyes and said angrily, "We won't hurt ourselves."
"Cough cough cough..." Liu Feng coughed a few times and turned his head away embarrassingly.Well, he admits that today's behavior is a bit stunned, who is not frivolous when young.
"Ta Tata..."
The sound of hurried footsteps came, and the rabbit-eared lady gasped and shouted, "Here comes the first-aid kit."
"Thank you for your hard work." Nicole said softly, took the first aid kit, opened it, took out the disinfectant alcohol, disinfected Liu Feng, then applied the medicine powder, and then wrapped it with a bandage.
After a few minutes.
"Okay, young master, you have to be careful, don't touch the water with this hand." Nicole reminded.
"This... Nicole, you are exaggerating." Liu Feng's eyes twitched, looking at his left hand, which was covered with bandages.
"Huh? Will you?" Nicole raised her eyebrows and stood up holding the first-aid kit with a dazed look on her face.
"Young master, this is very good. Do you want to wrap some more around it, so that it will get better soon." Tess shouted worriedly.
"No, that's it." Liu Feng rolled his eyes. He saw Nicole's eyes glowing, as if he wanted to wrap him into a mummy to be relieved.
"Hee hee..." Seeing Liu Feng's hand, Annie covered her mouth and chuckled, "Master, this is so cute."
"Okay, I'm hungry and ready to eat." Liu Feng said quickly, got up and walked to the dining table, and all the beast-ear girls sat down.
"Master, your hand is hurt, let me feed you." The cat-eared lady picked up a piece of red bean cake and handed it to Liu Feng's mouth.
What I ate for breakfast today were pastries. All kinds of pastries, such as red bean cake, mung bean cake, osmanthus cake, etc., were all materials brought by Liu Feng from the earth.
"I can eat with my right hand." Liu Feng said while chewing the red bean cake with his mouth open, "It's not like I can't move both hands."
"I want to feed it too." Annie pinched a piece of mung bean cake with each hand, squeezed to Mina's side, and looked at Liu Feng with glowing eyes, as if looking at a pet.
"It's really..." Avery covered her face, Your Royal Highness, do you treat Lord Liu Feng as a pet?
"One by one." Nicole smiled, picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake with her chopsticks, and lined up behind Mina's fox-eared lady.
"It's my turn next." Niujiaoniang shouted excitedly, holding a plate of red bean cakes and lining up.
"I want it too." Fleur held a plate of red bean cake and mung bean cake in each hand, and lined up expressionlessly.
"This..." Viya looked at the pastry on the plate, pinched the pastry, and finally was too shy to queue up to eat.
"It seems very fun." Eliza stuffed a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake into her mouth, and looked at Liu Feng with emerald green eyes full of smiles.
"You, what are you doing?" Liu Feng stared blankly at the beast-eared girls who suddenly lined up. Are they all planning to feed him?
"Young master, come." Hu Erniang said crisply, stuffed the mung bean cake into Liu Feng's mouth where he was going to speak, and jumped out of the way.
"Master, drink some water." Nicole tilted her head, held up a glass of water for Liu Feng to drink, and then continued to feed.
"..." Liu Feng rolled his eyes, he understood why Nicole bandaged him like this, it was clearly premeditated, and this black-bellied personality appeared.
"It's my turn, come, young master, open your mouth." Di Si put the plate to Liu Feng's mouth, planning to use the whole plate to pour it.
"Teess, stop, stop quickly." Liu Feng's eyes twitched and he shouted hastily, "I don't eat as fast as you."
"Teess, just feed me a piece." Mina persuaded.
"Okay then." Di Si pouted, regretting that she couldn't pour the whole plate of red bean cakes.
After Liu Feng finished eating Niujiaoniang's food, he saw Fleur holding two plates of pastries in both hands, couldn't help rolling his eyes, and said amusedly, "You are trying to kill me."
"No." Fleur shook her head seriously, she was only half full after eating two plates.
"I don't have your stomach." Liu Feng squeezed a piece of red bean cake with his right hand, stuffed it into Fulei's mouth, patted Fulei's head, and said with a light smile, "Okay, I've already fed it."
"Oh." Fleur walked away chewing the red bean cake, sat on the seat, frowned and looked at the pastry on the plate, always feeling that something was wrong.
"whee..."
Seeing Fleur's dumbfounded look, all the people present laughed and went to feed people, but they were being fed.
Liu Feng smiled wryly, today's interaction became him.He looked at his left hand, it seemed that it really couldn't be hurt, otherwise the Beast Ear Mother might not be feeding next time, but she would have to help take a bath.
After half an hour, the breakfast was spent in the fun. Liu Feng brought Mina, Annie, Avery and Nicole to the study, and just happened to meet Niu Da when he came.
"Master." Niu Da gave a military salute.
"Go in." Liu Feng entered the study and sat on the main seat.
"Yes." Under Liu Feng's gesture, Niu Da sat on the chair in front of the desk, waiting quietly for Liu Feng to speak.
"Niu Da, I asked you to come today, and I need you to do two things." Liu Feng said seriously.
"Young Master, please give me instructions." Niu Da respectfully said.
"The first thing to do is to improve the pension system. Soldiers who died in battle and old people in the family will be given pensions. The amount of coins every month must ensure their basic living. You are responsible for coming up with a standard." Liu Feng warned that if the soldiers were to work hard, their worries must be resolved.
Joining the army in the ancient times of the earth was because they couldn't afford to eat, and they could get a little pension when they died in battle, so many poor people would join the army.
"Yes." Niu nodded, this needs him to investigate.
"Anli, another point of the soldier's pension system is that after a soldier dies in battle, the children of the soldier's family must go to school for free, and we help train them until they are 15 years old for free. For this point, you have to calculate the approximate coins needed and work out a standard. "Liu Feng ordered.
"Understood." Annie nodded earnestly. She knew that this was preparation in advance so that no soldiers would die in battle, but if the issue of pensions did not keep up, it would be chilling.
"Niu Da, prepare for the third conscription. This time I want 300 infantry, 100 heavy infantry and 200 light infantry." Liu Feng said with a serious face.
"Yes." Niu Da replied seriously.
Another three hundred soldiers would be recruited, and Saba City would have more than 700 soldiers, almost catching up with the number of knights that only the Marquis possessed.
Chapter 0442 Xiong Erniang goes to work.
"click click..."
The weaving workshop in Saba City is currently working at full capacity, and the looms inside have been skillfully used by the weaver girls. They all want to weave one more piece of cloth so that they can earn more copper coins.
The weaving workshop works on a piece-by-piece basis. The more cloth you weave, the more copper coins you will get. As long as you complete the amount arranged for the day, you will be rewarded with a copper coin for every additional piece of cloth you weave.
One copper coin is awarded for every piece of cloth weaved, which is a great reward for ordinary people, after all, their daily salary is only three copper coins.
The weaving workshop has a two-shift system, that is, some people work ten hours on the night shift, and some people work on the ten-hour day shift. There are hours in total, and the extra four hours are counted as rest time.
In order to earn more copper coins, the workers wanted to work for hours, but many defective products would be produced due to fatigue production. Twelve hours.
Gaba works in the weaving workshop. She is a bear female Beastkin with long brown hair, brown eyes, and a height of two meters. To the average human commoner who is about 1.6 meters, she is like a giantess.
But it is such a giantess who works in the weaving workshop, doing delicate work such as weaving, and the production quantity is the top three in the entire weaving workshop.
"click click..."
Gaba was weaving the cloth quickly, and the wooden boards were colliding with each other, and the whole weaving workshop was full of this sound. Everyone was not distracted from talking, and they all wanted to weave more cloth, earn more copper coins, and save enough coins to buy a house. They all wanted to settle down in Saba City.
"Huh..." Gaba breathed out lightly, shook her sore wrist, moved her arm, straightened her back and made a bone sound.If the posture is held for too long without moving, a slight movement will make a sound.
"I finished one horse ahead of schedule today, and the speed has increased again." Gaba's face was full of smiles.
She moved her arms and legs a little more, and started to weave again. She finished weaving one more piece of cloth earlier than usual, so she could weave an extra length of cloth today.
When you work in a weaving workshop, every piece of cloth that is woven will be recorded, so that the next time you take over the cloth woven by others, you will continue to connect that piece of cloth.
If you work hard, you will not feel the passage of time, especially when you concentrate on it. Half an hour later, the gong of the weaving workshop rang.
"Dong Dong Qiang!"
"It's time to get off work, everyone, pack up your things, and you can get off work." The manager shouted loudly, and began to patrol.
"Phew...it's time to get off work again."
Gaba sighed softly, looked at the woven small piece of linen, took out the tape measure from his pocket, measured the length of the linen, picked up the notebook next to him, wrote down the length, and waited for the manager to come over to confirm.
Soon the manager came over, lowered his head to check the quality of the linen, wrote down the quantity in the notepad, and said in amazement, "Gaba, you weave another piece of cloth today, the speed is really fast."
"It's okay." Gaba said politely. After seeing the value recorded by the manager, she got up and walked outside. She had to go home quickly. My sister must be hungry.
It was past six o'clock now, and Gaba let the guard out after checking the book and found that there was no record of the pattern of the loom.
"Guru..."
There was a sound of hunger, which made Gaba look bitter, and patted his stomach angrily, "Stop barking, I'll go home and eat porridge right away."
"Ta Tata..."
Gaba followed the flow of people and walked towards the center of Saba City. She had to cross the commercial street before returning to her rented home.
"Huh? Why are there so many people around? Did the city lord issue another order?" Gaba stood out among the crowd, looking at the many people surrounding the square in front of him.
"Wow, the city lord has conscripted again. I have to pass this time. I heard that there are big pieces of meat to eat every day."
"Yes, as long as you train hard, you will have meat to eat."
"Last time I was brushed off for running too slowly. This time I have privately trained myself and I will definitely pass."
"..."
Gaba stood in the crowd and listened quietly to the people around them discussing conscription. She knew what conscription was, that is, the city lord needed some militiamen to protect Saba City.
She didn't want to participate in the conscription. Although she had a large piece of meat to eat, she was given less copper coins than those in the weaving workshop, and she couldn't go home for a long time. This was the most unacceptable thing for her.
Of course, if it's just her alone, there's no problem, but she also has a younger sister who needs to be taken care of.
"Ta Tata..."
"Buy two meat buns for my sister today." Gaba stepped out of the crowd and walked towards the bun shop.
Gaba came outside the steamed stuffed bun shop and lined up. Every day at this time, many people would buy steamed stuffed buns, because the people in several workshops were off work.
After queuing for 10 minutes, Gaba finally bought two meat buns and walked to the rental room. The meat buns were probably a reward for weaving an extra piece of cloth today.
"Ta Tata..."
Gaba rented a house for two people, and the rent was not expensive at all, which made her very grateful to the city lord, especially for the fact that this city can accommodate Beastkin, so that her sisters have a place to live.
Soon, Gaba came to the rental house, took out the key and opened the door, and heard a soft voice just after entering the door, "Sister, you are back."
"Nuoyue, are you alright?" Gaba's blunt cheeks softened, looking at the weak girl sitting by the bed.
Nuoyue is a beastman of the bear clan, and Gaba's own younger sister. She is 15 years old today, three years younger than Gaba.
She is a disabled person, her legs were frozen, she completely lost consciousness, unable to walk, and could only lie or sit every day, resulting in Nuoyue being very thin, only 1.5 meters tall, and Bigaba is a dwarf.
"I'm fine." Nuo Yue took a paper bag from the pillow, handed it to Gaba, and said softly, "Sister, you must be hungry. I have the steamed buns you bought yesterday. You can eat them quickly."