Three hours later, a lot of weapons and equipment had been piled up in the front yard of the southern manor.
Angus rubbed his head with his bloody hands and walked towards Art, who was checking weapons and equipment in the front yard.
Matt handed Angus a bowl of hot water and asked: "How is it? Where is Charis's treasury hidden? Odo and the others have searched inside and outside the manor, and only found less than six thousand pfennigs. The servants of the manor told Charis that this guy is extremely greedy. He has drained the blood of farmers over the years, and his wealth must be more than this."
Angus wiped his blood-stained hands on the clothes around his waist, took a sip from the wooden bowl handed over by Art, and replied: "That guy Charis wants wealth rather than life. He is very difficult to deal with. He beat him until he was breathless and didn't even say a word about the treasury. Just because he is a nobleman, he thinks we don't have it." Dare to kill him. "
Matt is also troubled by this guy who regards wealth as his life. Because Charis loves money, no one else knows the location of the manor's treasury. The manor housekeeper may know a little bit, but now he has become a cold corpse lying on the ground.
"Continue to torture him. He thinks that we dare not kill him, so he will fight to death. Now we are at war with Swabia. Who cares about a group of unknown people killing an annoying little noble?" Art could only think of this method, because Charis has been alone without a wife and children for many years. Such a person has no one but himself who can make him have the slightest concern.
Angus was about to turn back and continue the torture, when Reid, who was responsible for guarding Charis, ran out, "Sir, that guy is dead!"
"Didn't he still have breath just now? Did he just die like this?" Angus walked over and asked.
"When you came out, he only had one breath left. I saw him motionless just now, so I went up to check his breathing, and he was out of breath~" Reid shrugged.
“MD, this bastard!” Angus cursed.
Matt followed the two of them into the room where Charis was being tortured. He saw that Charis, who was tied to a pillar, had been completely mutilated by Angus and Red's torture. His face was covered with knife cuts, and black and red blood was pouring from his eyes, nose and mouth. The feces and urine on the ground under his body were mixed with thick blood.
Matt waved away the stench that came to his nostrils, and ordered Red: "Red, put this bastard down and carry it aside. When we leave, someone will come and collect his body." Then he and Angus left the house.
Otto has led Bas and Ron and the soldiers to gather all the weapons, armor and valuables that can be taken away from the warehouse into the front yard. The soldiers are loading the swords, axes, armor, bows and arrows and other weapons and equipment, as well as silks, raw silk, spices, salt, silver utensils and other valuables onto the four horses and three mules that were pulled out of the manor stables.
Odo saw Art coming, went up to him and asked, "Sir, all the weapons, armor, silver tableware, valuable cloth, clothing and other things that can be transported away in the manor have been loaded on the animals. The two blacksmiths and a carpenter in the manor have also been captured together with their families, and they can leave immediately."
At took a look at the yard. Most of the mules, horses and animals were carrying large bundles of weapons and armor. The remaining items on the ground that were not loaded would be carried away by the soldiers. As for other slightly bulky items, they were not found because they were inconvenient to carry.
"Odo, that bastard Charis would rather die than reveal the location of the treasury. He has been beaten to death, and now we can't get his money."
Odo was a little confused after hearing this. Disappointed, "How can this bastard keep his money and take it to hell to enjoy? He deserves to be beaten to death."
"Odo, we don't have the money now, so I'm not willing to leave like this." Art said, touching his chin.
"Sergeant Major, if you can speak Swabian, go and free all the serfs and slaves in the manor, and tell them that as long as they come with us and work for us, they can return to civilian status, and we will ensure that they can live a life of food and clothing. Let them carry the supplies back to Talburg for us." Deliver supplies and tell them that as long as they deliver supplies for us, they can take whatever they want in the manor after we leave. These farmers have been bullied too much by Charis. Tell them that Charis is dead and it’s time for them to get their own things back. Well, if anyone resists violently, kill one or two on the spot."
Angus took the order and went to work.
At turned to Odo and said: "Odo, let everyone search the manor again and bring out all the plows and tools that are missing in the valley, along with all the oxen, horses and donkeys inside and outside the manor. With slave farmers and oxen, The horse will help us transport the things, and we will take away everything we can! "
"Okay!!! I'll go right away!" Odo excitedly called the soldiers who were ready to go into the manor again to search.
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It has been busy again for a while. When the sun sets, there are several piles of supplies piled up in the front yard of the southern manor. In addition to weapons, armor and valuable supplies carried by horses, mules and animals, there are also eight plows, more than twenty sets of farm tools and iron tools, ordinary cloth, bedding and clothing, bags of rye bread or wheat flour, and daily utensils that are difficult to make. There are also scattered supplies on the ground.
Thirteen manor serfs (slaves) who were as skinny as firewood and clothed in rags and ten farmers in rags outside the castle were standing on the other side of the front yard accepting Angus's arrangement.
Angus's unskilled Swabian accent with a Burgundian accent spoke: "My adults have said that as long as you come with us and do things for us honestly, not only will we not worry about your lives, but we will also give you plenty of food, and in the future we will restore your free status and give you land for farming..."
Matt glanced at the belongings and supplies carried by everyone on their shoulders, and then glanced back at the good things in the manor that could not be moved. He felt a little reluctant to give up, but now the road was blocked by heavy snow and the carriage could not move forward. He had not planned to snatch so many things before, so he did not think of taking the horses and livestock with him.
However, Art was quite satisfied with the fact that he was able to obtain so much wealth when he was about to leave the war zone and return home...
An hour later, a dozen soldiers with sharp blades escorted more than twenty slave farmers carrying supplies, and led a dozen mules, horses and oxen carrying weapons, armor and farm tools and equipment and disappeared into the vast hills behind the manor...
In the farmers' shacks outside the wall of the southern manor, some families were happy and some were sad. The women and children whose men had been kidnapped by bandits to work as laborers burst into tears, while the farmers and women who were safe at home quietly approached those who would usually be beaten and scolded even if they looked at them more. At the manor, after several trials, a brave guy finally slipped in and ran out happily carrying a large bag of grain soon, followed by the second and third...
The panic of being bandited soon turned into the joy of a good harvest.
On the way back to Tarburg, Bass kept asking Ron about the Persian woman. It's not surprising, as a man in his twenties who is still alone, how can he not think more when facing such a enchanting and beautiful woman.
Ron replied impatiently: "Brother Bath, I really didn't lie to you. I thought she was a white ghost at the time, and I was really scared. Later, the master said she was some kind of Persian, a slave kidnapped from the east of the Holy Land~ No But she actually spoke some Provençal. "
"Originally, I planned to let her go, but she volunteered to follow us. She said that she had medical skills and could help us treat our injuries. That's why I agreed to take her away."
The master has told us that if this woman really knows how to heal, she will be a rare treasure for us, and you cannot have any ideas about her. Ron ordered to several officers and soldiers gathered around him.
Basi smiled sheepishly and said, "Who gave her the idea? I was just curious to see what the heretic looked like. Since the Lord has ordered us to treat her well, we will not do anything wrong." Then he glanced at the one who was following the slaves. Persian woman...
A group of dozens of people carried the goods snatched from the manor and walked through the hills and dense forests for a long time. It was not until late at night that everyone returned to the Tal Fort with torches. Kazak, who stayed behind in the Tal Fort, led people out of the fort gate to greet the group who returned with the loaded goods.
“Kazak, tell the kitchen to make some hot porridge and soup for everyone. We have been gone for most of the night and everyone is cold and hungry.” Art ordered Kazak who came to greet him.
"Odo, ask them to send weapons and equipment to the arsenal, and store other things in the warehouse."
"Angus, let the farmers have some soup and porridge for a while, and then ask them if there is anything they are willing to keep. Those who are willing to stay will be provided with food and accommodation, and the land will be shared in the future. If they are unwilling to stay, tell them that they can leave after eating. Over the next ten days, the snow continued to fall intermittently, but there was no movement in the direction of Swabia.
The southern manor was plundered and the owner of the manor, Sir Charles, was killed. It seemed that the cold weather had also frozen it. As the lord of Charis, the Hohens family did not cause much trouble because of the murder of their vassal. They only sent a knight and a few soldiers to temporarily take over the manor. Perhaps it won't be long before the distant relatives of Charis will start to quarrel over this rich manor.
The garrison of Tal Fort has completely entered hibernation after completing their last duty. Now Tal Fort is no longer very important to them. When the heavy snow melts, the army that came to change defenses should arrive at Tal Fort. As long as Tal Fort is completely handed over to the new garrison, Art's half-year military service will be over. All that is left is to return to the wooden castle in the valley and wait for the palace to pay tribute to Art and his army.