People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Chapter 141 The Court
In the countryside of Hebron.

A series of dirt roads stepped by people and animals shuttle between the woodland and the fields.

The newly appointed patrol officer, Ulm Knight, is leading his team, including ten elite hussars, and more than twenty light cavalry from the city guard, galloping on the country road.

Waving double-headed eagle banner, fluttering in the wind.

In the suburbs and villages attached to the city of Hebron, the largest scale of battles is often limited to "village chiefs' fights."

More than [-] light and heavy cavalry are already an armed force that cannot be underestimated.

The robbers and looters who were rampant in the past have long since disappeared.

During the period after Ulm took office, except for the first two days when a group of robbers who blocked the road and robbed the caravan were caught, he and the knights under his command never tasted the taste of blood again.

Ulm, who has experienced the baptism of war, is no longer happy to show people his bright armor and feathers, and his life has become a bit boring and hard.

The group stopped by the side of the road to have lunch.

Ulm complained: "My lord earl appointed me as inspector, and also gave me the responsibility of forming a country circuit court, but no one came to sue at all."

Pepin sighed: "Yeah, I can't even figure out those laws. That's something only a priest who graduated from a missionary school can figure out."

Ulm felt the same way: "Besides, these villages are populated by pagans. Who would believe that we will do justice for them?"

After the group prayed, they took out the bread, soaked it in the water bag to soften it, and chewed it in small bites.

At this time, a Saracens man suddenly jumped out from the side of the road. His face was bruised and his eyebrows were cut open. It was obvious that he had just suffered a severe beating.

The cavalry who were eating immediately raised their weapons and aimed at him.

"who?"

"do not move!"

The Saracens stopped immediately.

"What did you do!"

Seeing that the opponent was not carrying a weapon, Ulm breathed a sigh of relief, and angrily scolded: "Who is the sentinel? If it is an enemy, don't you plan to warn us if you run up to our face? When you go back, you will lead ten troops." stick!"

The city guard cavalry who chased out from the woods suddenly lost their expression.

These light cavalry are not the elite of the system who have been transferred, and their quality is uneven, but Lothar has limited strength at hand and can only use it temporarily.

The Saracen man waved his hands with open hands, signaling that he was not malicious, and kept shouting.

Ulm yelled, "Senmut, come out and explain to me what this heretic out of nowhere is talking about."

The city guard cavalry named Senmut replied: "My lord, he said that he heard that you are going to form a circuit court, so he wants to ask you for help!"

"This heretic?"

"Ask me for help?"

Ulm and Pi plane looked at each other.

It would never have occurred to them to seek help from a pagan lord, or his officials, without a statue of an angel.

"Let him go on."

The Saracen man's face was full of grief, and he kept saying something.

Senmut listened for a long time before he said with sympathy: "He said his name was Aziz and he lived in Abdul Village. Adnan, the master of the village, raped his wife. His wife couldn't bear the humiliation, so she committed suicide by jumping into the well. gone."

Adnan?
Ulm thought for a moment, recalling that this was also a local tycoon not inferior to Hussein, and he was responsible for the taxation of the entire Abdu village.

"You are accusing a respectable man with status and status. It is impossible for me to arrest Adnan just because of your one-sided words."

Aziz suddenly looked desperate.

Ulm thought about it for a while, and said: "Well, Senmut, you tell him that in order to prevent him from being retaliated, you want him to return to Hebron with us tonight."

This is a big event, and he dare not act rashly.

At this time, in Hebron's mansion.

Model was leading a group of guards to meet Lothar.

"My lord, we caught a group of poachers. They set up traps in your private woodland and caught a caracal and several hares."

Catch poachers, of course, not to protect the ecology.

But according to the law, all the land in the earl that has not been divided, leased, or sold, and the living things on it, belong to the lord of Lothar.

In other words, the word poaching refers to the fact that they stole Lothar's property.

Lothar nodded and said, "Bring them up."

Only then did the guards escort the prisoner over.

As soon as these people saw Lothar, they immediately fell to their knees, crying and begging:
"My lord, we are all tenants farming for you, and we never thought of stealing your property before."

"It's just that Old John's wife has just given birth, and she can't produce milk at all only eating porridge and cabbage every day. Moreover, we have never seen you hunting in the hunting grounds, just..."

The wrinkled old man drew a sign of the cross on his chest, put his head on the ground, and said earnestly, "For the sake of the heavenly Father, please have mercy."

Lothar stood up and looked at the clothes of these people present - not considered ragged, at least the damaged parts were patched.

The body is a little thin, but not too skinny. Generally speaking, their life should be quite tight, but they can barely eat, which is in line with the status of a tenant.

They shouldn't have lied.

He paced back and forth for a moment.

The poachers were so nervous that even the sound of breathing could be heard clearly.

A benevolent lord may be lenient to poachers, but it is very common for a cruel lord to cut off the hands and feet of poachers.

After a long time, Lothar finally spoke:

"As everyone knows, I am a very generous lord. I have already planned to reduce the tax to [-]% for all tenants who cultivate my land."

The poachers looked at each other.

Immediately, they fell to their knees and thanked Lothar for his kindness and generosity.

"but!"

Lothar changed the subject.

"You broke the law and you must pay the price."

He waved his hand and signaled the city guards to pull them out: "Send them to New Habsburg to build the city. The treatment can be equal to that of the rest of the city workers, but it can't be offset by your annual hard labor."

The treatment of the city construction workers is not low. When they really experience it, they will realize that this is not a punishment at all.

The poachers were shoved and taken away by the guards.

Andreas was a little puzzled: "Sir, since you have decided to forgive these poor people, why do you need to recruit them to build the city? According to the treatment you gave, we have no shortage of manpower."

Lothar explained:
"Andreas, I can forgive them. In fact, I don't think it's a big deal for the beasts in the territory to be 'poached'."

"But the sanctity of the law must be defended. Before I change this law, they should be punished if they committed a crime."

Lothar paused slightly, and added: "Even if it's just a punishment in name."

Andreas' complexion changed slightly, and he said solemnly, "Thank you for your teaching."

At this time, a messenger cavalry entered the mansion and reported to Lothar: "My lord, Ms. Jeanne has led troops to break into Hussein's mansion, killed more than [-] enemies, and captured Hussein and him alive. three wives, seven sons, and more than ten servants."

"Ms. Jeanne is taking stock of Hussein's belongings and presiding over the distribution of fields to all tenants."

Lothar nodded slightly: "What about the casualties?"

The hussar said with a smile on his face: "There were no casualties, only one unlucky ghost was hit to the toe by the enemy's hammer."

"it is good!"

"very good!"

Lothar was very excited.

It was only a matter of course that Jean Na could win, but without any casualties, it was a bit outrageous.

Among other things, if Hussein had been on guard for a long time, had prepared rolling stones, hot oil and other things on the courtyard wall, and had no city guards carrying siege weapons, it might not be possible to capture it so easily .

(End of this chapter)