The people working in the camp soon realized that the "ancestor" from seven hundred years ago was really a strange person.
As for Cecil’s lord suddenly changing from Miss Rebecca to Master Gawain, the common people and serfs had no idea. The lower class people in this era only needed to ensure that they could eat 70% to 80% full every day. Then you will be grateful for the lord's generosity and wisdom, but as for who the lord is, you don't care at all. For them, the only thing worthy of discussion after the lord was replaced by Lord Gawain was the strange rules that this "ancient man" established from the beginning.
Concerning the fact that serfs can be promoted to freemen, and that freemen can be paid for their work, most people choose to have limited belief and regard it as a way for the new lord to show their generosity. means. According to general rules, they believe that these promises will eventually be realized in a very harsh or cunning way: there may be serfs who become free people, but only one or two, and there may also be people who work for money, but probably in various ways. The reason was withheld, and in the end only three or two lucky people could get a few symbolic copper coins to show that the lord did what he said.
But neither civilians nor serfs will complain about this. After all, a lord who is willing to show his generosity is much better than a lord who whips his slaves to show his authority as soon as he comes up.
And there are always some benefits that will come out, right?
Compared with those generous rules, the various so-called "rules and regulations" formulated by Master Gawain are really confusing.
Dividing people into working groups, having group competitions, registering workload and "assessment"... these are really unheard of methods.
Some people are discussing secretly, speculating which part of these new rules will become part of tax collection in the future - even though no one in Cecil's collar can afford it now. Others are discussing whether it is because of the ancient quirks of the great nobles in ancient times that Lord Gawain made so many tricks out of simple labor service...
But in any case, some involved They can still understand the part of vital interests - the first place team in the daily work evaluation will have meat to eat, and the second and third place can eat bread dipped in broth until they are full.
As for those who have average work completion, they only have bland vegetable soup and brown bread. Although both of these items can be eaten as much as you want, for those who "set up a tent for evaluation" on the first day For those who cannot eat meat, the feeling of drinking vegetable soup while watching others eat stew is something that they really don’t want to do again.
No matter whether those promotion and salary systems that sound like fantasy are true or not, at least the fact that the lord gives meat to eat has been proven to be true.
So in the camp on the second day, Hetty saw a labor scene she had never seen before - both civilians and serfs were working like crazy, without even having a supervisor around. They will get the job done quickly while standing, whileSince the work was divided into groups instead of working independently, they all began to unconsciously cooperate when working, and work efficiency was further improved.
Most of those who are elected as team leaders will soon realize that if they want to eat meat, the only way is to improve the work efficiency of the entire team and let everyone in the team Everyone can eat meat, but those few who cannot turn around and rely on fists or cunning to become team leaders will probably be replaced soon.
Instead of using a whip to urge them to work, they use competition and rewards, which is incredible.
The tents had been set up, and Rebecca also led some people to survey the nearby wasteland. The logging team set out early in the morning for the logging point on the upper reaches of the White Water River in the west. By noon, A batch of wood will follow the flow of the Whitewater River to the open and gentle section downstream. In order to prevent the wood from being washed away by the river, Hetty handed over the inspection work to Knight Byron before the agreed time, while she herself Came to the river beach to pick him up.
At the appointed time, the first batch of timber appeared. They were tied up with thick ropes to form a raft. The large timber was at the bottom, and the small timber was piled up and reinforced on top. From a distance, it looked like a raft. Like a large piece of ugly dead branches floating on the river, two nervous serfs stood on the raft, using long poles to control the trajectory of the "raft": the flow rate of the Baishui River in this section has been very slow. Moreover, there was no wind or waves today, but the temporary raft itself was difficult to control. If they were not careful, it might even fall apart completely, so they couldn't help but be nervous.
But soon, the two serfs discovered that the raft began to steadily approach the shoal next to it: they saw a huge translucent palm emerging from the side of the raft, and the hand formed from the air was using gentle but gentle movements. The strong force pushed the raft to the shore. One of the serfs subconsciously exclaimed, but the other quickly hit the fool on the head with a pole and pointed at Mrs. Hedy standing on the river beach.
They quickly cooperated with their hostess to push the raft to the shore, and let it rub against the gravel and stop smoothly.
Then people who had been waiting on the shore for a long time swarmed up, untied the ropes, dragged the timbers, and prepared to turn them into wooden houses to be built next in the camp.
Originally, the wood still needs to be dried in the shade, dewormed, and a series of processing before it can be turned into a qualified and durable board. However, many of the facilities to be built in the camp are temporary, and there is an urgent need to use them. , so we can’t pay so much attention to it.
Gawain stood behind Hetty, thoughtfully: "Magic is indeed very convenient..."
Hetty just took a breath, and the sudden voice from behind made her She was startled and almost fell off the stone - luckily Gawain caught her.
"Hug...sorry..." the lady apologized in a panic, "I didn't expect you to be standing behind..."
"I scared you," Gawain waved his hand nonchalantly, "By the way, your move just now was pretty good, wasn't it?"
Hetty blushed slightly: "Energy Hand is a very basic spell. I have practiced its metamagic skills. The duration can be longer. In this way, as long as you continue to push, even a heavy raft can be guided. Push it to the shore. But if the water flows faster, there is nothing we can do..."
Although Gawain was a knight, everyone in the pioneering era was forced to become a naturalist, regarding the field of magic. He still knew a little bit about some theoretical knowledge. Although Hetty said it was simple, he knew that it was not necessary to strengthen a basic plastic hand to this step, and to conduct metamagic exercises specifically for it. Not easy – and rare at the same time.
"I... am not very talented in magic." Heidi's face became even more embarrassed when she heard Gawain's question. "Although I awakened the ability of magic affinity at a very young age, but My mental power is very slow to gather, and I cannot construct overly complex spell models, so until now I am just a third-level mage, and I will probably stay at this level for the rest of my life, so I can only cast those elementary spells over and over again. Strengthen."
"Rebecca's magic talent doesn't seem to be very high..." Gawain frowned, thinking of the great-great-great-granddaughter who could create four kinds of fireballs. .
"She has a large amount of magic power and strong mental power, but she will encounter problems similar to mine when building spell models, or even worse," Hetty lowered her head, " She can only master one fireball spell, or the big fireball spell, which is similar to the fireball spell model. In fact, she is a very hard-working child, and she knows that her talents are not good - she is neither a good lord nor a good person. A good mage, although she usually looks careless, she actually knows it and has been working hard secretly. But there is no way, the limit of talent is a limit, it is a wall that is difficult to overcome. "
said. As she spoke, she sighed softly: "That's why I sighed a lot when I saw that wild mage's notes... He is not a special case. This situation is actually very common among down-and-out mages. Their ability to construct spell models cannot keep up with the theoretical level. , you can only be a low-level spellcaster for the rest of your life. For a pragmatic magician, if you can't convert the calculation process in your head into usable spells, then everything is zero..."
"No." Gawain's voice suddenly interrupted her.
Hetty didn't react at once: "What?"
"If it's 'practical' only to make a fireball and an ice arrow by yourself, then the magic of waving a staff There is not much difference between a teacher and a monkey wielding a wooden stick." Gawain shook his head, "The formula is not zero, it is one in front of countless zeros. You just haven't found the decimal point..."
Hetty frowned: "I... don't understand very well. If you can't use the spell model to realize the formula in your mind, then what's the use of having more theoretical knowledge? Can you beat someone?"< /p>
"One day you will understand that the words 'can beat people' are not the entire evaluation of the mage.Standards should not even be the main standards," Gawain laughed. "I have sent people on horseback to Tanzanian Town to inform Knight Philip to purchase some additional things. When the large army comes, your magic laboratory will also It's ready to be set up. "
"Magic laboratory? Hetty was stunned for a moment, then frowned, "Those things are very expensive. In the early days..."
"I took a few mithril ingots from the mountain treasure house. They are not coins and are not needed." It can be recast and used as hard currency when purchasing magic props, which is enough to buy you a set of the most basic things. I know that your original magic laboratory in the castle has been completely destroyed, but we must have a new laboratory as soon as possible. "
Hetty remembered the task Gawain had assigned to herself before.
"Understood, when the crystal resonator arrives, I will expand all the rune structure diagrams you requested. Print it out! " Hetty couldn't help laughing. Although she regretted those mithril ingots, as a magician, how could she not be happy to have her own magic laboratory again? And there is a saying that is good, Tian Xin It doesn’t hurt...
Is there any problem with my ancestor giving some pocket money to his great-granddaughter to buy a set of experimental equipment?
Okay, let’s put this aside. It's not suitable for the steady, down-to-earth and mature Hetty, but it will definitely work for Rebecca.
When you have some spare energy, why not do a magic experiment for that stubborn little girl? Room? Although she will most likely only study the fireball technique in it...
With his thoughts already a little scattered, Gawain returned to his tent, ready to study those strange crystals.