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Compared with other villages, the residents of Shannon Township did not regard the newcomers as "despicable foreigners" in their attitude towards the newly arrived villagers from Sologne-Fontaine.

Because I am a serf, how can I blame those foreigners if I am so humble?

In addition, the newcomers are the subordinates of another noble person, and their designated residence is itself a wasteland, so no one can accuse them of occupying their own living space.

Just in the eastern zone, where the Great Forest meets the River Avina, the new village of Sologne Fontaine took root, and it also became the garrison of Bruno's Saxon army.

Their identity is defined as the Saxon Army, fifty warriors and thirty hunters. While living in Shannon, they are currently guarding the eastern part of the fiefdom for Reglaf.

When the two brothers get together, everything develops in a better direction.

It was the policy implemented by Reglaf in the fief that made Bruno wonder. Could this be mercy?

"Why do you open the mountains and forests to farmers? Then they ask for it like crazy and all the benefits go to them. You should have collected taxes well. Now if you cancel these tax burdens, what will you do in the future?" Bruno once suspected that doing so was suicide. However, my brother-in-law did this. If things go well, when he inherits the Principality of Saxony in the future, he can imitate certain successful experiences.

Regraf also said: "My father told me that only when the people are rich can they recruit strong warriors, and only when the people have their own property can they protect it with all their strength."

"Give the serfs property and allow them to log and hunt. In this way, they are no longer serfs."

"But this is what I need."

The good brothers intend to de facto abolish the serfdom system in their own fiefdoms. Are the freed serfs really willing to work hard for their new masters?

However, Bruno is keenly aware that his good brother's decision has obvious benefits for him.

After all, this is Reglaf's fiefdom. Although he is his brother-in-law, according to the old rules, he cannot ask for resources and wealth for no reason here. Unless Regraft needs to get what he needs.

Reglaf issued a new policy for everyone, even guests who enjoy a series of new rights.

Bruno realized that he could order his men to cut down trees and fish as they pleased, and as long as they had enough strength, it was legal to build a large wooden temple.

This is even more wonderful for the villagers of Sologne and Fontaine. The new Earl of Tours broke his promise. The local villagers ostracized outsiders. The villagers could not survive and thought of turning into bandits. Now that they have moved to Shannon, everything turns out to be just like Bruno. It's what your Lordship claims - Baron Shannon has given everyone a good life.

With astonishing enthusiasm, the villagers rushed into the forest armed with axes and scrapers and joined the Saxon soldiers in building their camps. They had to be fast because it was almost Halloween and the first snow could fall at any time.

The dense forest is full of dangers for the locals of Shannon. There are few new villagers, but every man is an excellent forest hunter, that is, a valuable archer.

Wooden bows are prone to weight loss in generally humid environments, and arrow clusters made of bones are difficult to penetrate the skin of large animals. In order to survive, this is a group of people who dare to form groups and bring spears to fight wild boars and bears. Nowadays, their short wooden bows are equipped with iron arrow clusters, which greatly increases their strength in hunting issues.

Some men entered the forest with bows and spears, and soon discovered a herd of wild deer deep in the forest.

They were not afraid of encountering ferocious beasts at all. More than ten people walked around in the forest. When the sun was about to set, the hunters happily returned to the camp carrying three wild deer and a small wild boar.

The wild boar has a strong smell and the wild deer meat is fishy. People who are used to enduring all these happily eat these meats. Bruno and everyone in his hands ate a deer that night, and the rest of the prey was cut into pieces and actively made into meat jerky.

It’s another new day, and the hunter continues to move into the forest. They didn't worry about getting lost at all, because smart people discovered that this large forest is located on a large mound. As long as they climb the oak treetops and look into the distance, they can find the quietly flowing Avina River.

They struggled to survive in the Sologne Forest, but they felt at home in the Shannon Forest. The soil here is harder, and there will never be water seepage from the artesian spring when you put a **** down.

, because it is too cold now and there is no opportunity to cultivate wasteland. They don't know how long they will stay in Shannon, and they have no motivation to cultivate wasteland.

On the contrary, the whole village, men, women and children, are passionate about hunting. The adults took various weapons and went deep into the forest to track the footprints of the deer. If they found a herd of wild boars, they would take the initiative to hunt them down as long as they were not huge.

Women and children deliberately set small traps to catch squirrels and hares, and used bait and trip ropes to catch turtle doves and pheasants.

They all caught birds through traps, and the birds they caught had intact feathers. Compared with the large waterfowl that were hard to catch wandering along the river, the smaller birds still had excellent flight feathers, so a large amount of material for making arrows suddenly became very abundant.

The newly arrived villagers of Sologne-Fontaine are hunting on a large scale, which really gives the local villagers a strong shock of hunters.

The once feared forest seemed to have become a paradise for these guys. Mainly because these people ate meat every day. Out of extreme envy, the people of Shannon Village also risked their lives and walked away with various weapons modified from farm tools. Enter the forest.

As a result, some dew markets spontaneously appeared in Shannon Village, and what the villagers traded on their own were all kinds of birds and animals.

On a macro level, the subjective initiative imprisoned by aristocratic power was instantly released. It only took a few days for the locals to transform from farmers to hunters. Not only did they begin to build their own firewood walls, but they were also able to eat meat as much as they wanted for the first time.

As the only local lords, Reglaf and his brothers also enjoyed dividends.

For the time being, he asked the villagers for some animal meat. Every day, there were grateful villagers standing outside the barracks with captured birds and animals to thank him.

At the same time, Bruno took out some animal meat and sent it to his good brother's military camp every day, which was regarded as a disguised payment for the rent of the guest's residence.

Early winter is like midsummer, and the entire Barony of Shannon is bustling with activity.

The priests saw everything that happened, and the kindness of Abbot Bode and Happy Reglaf was that the situation was getting out of control.

Even on Sundays every week, the monastery's missionary should be packed with people as always, but on this day it was only half full as never before. Moreover, half of the visitors were women, and the women's eyes also showed impatience, as if they hoped that the abbot would finish the nonsense according to the manuscript gospel, and everyone would go home in a hurry to do their own business.

Because as hunting intensified, a large amount of leather was poured into the village of Shannon for the first time. Women had to seize the time to roughly tan animal skins and bird skins with plant ash, and then sew them into warm clothing.

The odor of animal hide is bearable. It is a substitute for linen. Something is better than nothing.

Because some serf families gave birth to many children, but there were so few clothes at home that one set of clothes could only be shared among family members, and some children had to run around wearing fig leaves inside the house. Even if the villagers are not surprised by such strong behavior, they don't think it is reasonable in their hearts.

Absolute poverty gave the serfs an urgent need to improve their living conditions. As for what means to use to change...

The villagers of Sologne-Fontaine are not ordinary outsiders. They provide a new possibility to the once thick-headed local serfs.

The population of that village is very small, and the limit is only thirty hunters, and all the hunters are "Saxon archers" in terms of status.

Whenever you meet these guys while hunting in the forest and the locals talk to them, the latter will proudly claim in Frankish with a heavy nasal accent, "I am a warrior of the Duke of Saxony in the North."

The reality is that the local villagers know the true origins of these guys - the "outlaws" wandering in the forest on the other side - and they are probably no different from the forest bandits who were wiped out by the Count's army a few years ago.

What right did the serfs have to laugh at the gangsters? The gangsters could transform themselves into soldiers of another noble noble, and then have many privileges.

In silence, some serfs turned their eyes to their lord.

The villagers of Shannon had to come into contact with Reglaf's soldiers in their daily lives, and many of the contacts came from the latter's initiative.

There are many serf families in the local area. Their living conditions are poor. The physical fitness of all men and women is poor. Long-term chronic malnutrition makes the men short and the women even more dwarfs.

The Lord has promised that the brothers will get wives when they come to Shannon.

After quickly finishing felling the men to stock up on firewood, the idle blond warrior began to wander around the large village.

Due to the popularity accumulated in the past, the locals are no longer afraid of these Normans. When some tall and strong guys come near, the old men are not afraid, but are in awe.

But some men asked questions in Frankish, which was enough for the old man to spit out the water he drank. "Is there an unmarried woman in your family?"

What does the blond man mean?

Some soldiers did not want to cause trouble for no reason, so they proposed their intention to get married in a friendly manner.

The old serf who was questioned remained obedient for the rest of his life. When the lord's soldiers asked for a daughter, he just gave his daughter to him. How can you expect to marry your daughter now?

The old serf did not dare to refuse, so he had to take the blond warrior home, and then brought out his unmarried daughter for the adults to choose.

If there is a kind attitude, there must be an arrogant attitude, or perhaps the arrogant attitude is the choice of most people.

The village of Shannon is very large, and the locals are of low status, just like the garrison in the past. After Reglaf's soldiers did this, the local serfs did not dare to resist.

It is very simple to distinguish between married and unmarried women. In the entire Tour area, all married women must wear a headscarf, while unmarried women show their long hair.

The same is true in the Shannon area. Whenever you see young women who don't comb their braids and show their shoulder-length hair, they are all unmarried.

Based on their beliefs, women are not allowed to slaughter poultry and small animals, or use scythes to cut grass and cut wheat. The farm work they can do is very limited.

For example, we go to the village well to collect water together.

As a result, an incident occurred that shocked the entire village.

Because some soldiers were invited home by individual villagers. When they returned to the military camp, they told their brothers about their happy spirit.

When Reglaf learned of the relevant situation, he gave him a completely supportive attitude: "If you can find a wife spontaneously, I won't have to discuss with the priests to arrange a woman for you."

However, he also emphasized: "According to faith, the woman you choose is your true wife. You must be responsible for the choice you make."

The Lord's attitude instantly inspired all the warriors. Even old Eric took action, even though some arrogant and talkative young warriors questioned whether the old warrior could still show his prowess.

In their view, the entire village of Shannon is just a big sheepfold. The Normans were lords, and it was a serf's blessing to be able to look up to a woman from a serf's family. Besides, all the brothers will get at least one knight status in the future, and if a woman can be favored, she will be able to think of it, and her mother-in-law's family will also enjoy the blessings.

With a master-gift-servant mentality, the entire military camp mobilized.

As a result, the girls who were fetching water were collectively dragged away by the blond warriors. They kill without blinking an eye when fighting, and they show their ability to treat the "sheep" roughly.

The incident immediately caused an uproar. Although there was no riot in the entire village of Shannon, the locals were once reminded of the fear of being dominated by the previous Earl's garrison.

As for the soldiers, many of them even carried the captured women directly to the military camp, and then approached their masters and demanded that Reglaf immediately fulfill his promise, which made things very ugly.

What else could it be? More and more soldiers acted rudely, and a group of crying women were controlled like Xiao Yang. The blond warrior shouted in Norse language: "Boss, I want to marry her immediately."

Some people saw this and thought that the time had come, so they took their wives, whom they had already agreed with, and walked into the military camp hand in hand. Then, the smiling woman was dumbfounded when she saw her crying sisters from the same village.

A hundred warriors collectively demanded that they fulfill their promise. Even old Eric had to drag a turbaned woman with a dull expression into the battlefield.

Reglaf had to stand on the firewood pile and look down at the rebellious subordinates, pointing at them and shouting: "I want you to get married, not for you to rob them. What should I do now? And you!"

When he saw old Eric, he asked emotionally: "Did you also steal the woman in your hand?"

"That's not true." The old guy said, "I asked her family for it. I am a smart man, so I gave her family a small bag of silver coins, and her family happily taught women."

"That's right!" Regraf followed the words and pointed at the brothers: "You all have some silver coins in your hands, so why go crazy when you can do things with money?"

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"That's alright. Let's do it then! I will inform the priest of the ins and outs of this matter, and then we will choose a good day for you all to get married."

Regraf was not a truly philanthropic person, nor did his subordinates sign a contract of betrayal to him.

From the beginning, he and his brothers had a cooperative relationship. It was not because he was the son of King Rus that a group of northerners had to fight to the end.

He was only angry about one thing. Why should we rob something like war and plunder when it can be done with some money?

However, many young soldiers managed to get rid of everything, and some women were so frightened that their eyesight turned blind after being controlled.

The villagers' attitudes towards these matters were extremely complicated. As the situation progressed, the villagers considered their own interests and began to support Lord Norman's "correct measures" one after another.

Some villagers even said that their daughters were no worse than those of other families. They just didn't show up in front of Lord Norman and missed out on getting married. Some families scolded their daughters who were about to get married for being too shy, some were gossiping about other families, and naturally some people exclaimed that the Normans themselves were barbarians and that they were dancing with wolves these days.

The village of Shannon is full of all kinds of things in the world.

But the priests at Saint-Maximin Monastery were only shocked by the farce in the village.

After being shocked and thinking about it again, they are essentially Normans. Thinking of this, I can only sigh, "What else can I do?"

Abbot Bode was suddenly very angry at Reglaf's behavior of indulging his subordinates, but he did not dare to speak out and criticize him.

He also did not expect that the boy Reglaf came to the monastery to apologize that night after the farce.

Just like before, Bode was still respectful to the young baron, but his attitude was more fearful and vigilant.

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