Chapter 9: A group is more powerful

Chapter 9: A group is more powerful

Zimmerman heard that the eldest son and the second son had to follow a knight to follow, and rushed back. Seeing that Marin is so young, I can't help but feel a little embarrassed. However, the medieval Europe was very strict and he did not dare to raise objections. Moreover, some people are willing to take over the eldest son and his big stomach, and he is also somewhat happy. Just hope that this young knight will not become poor because of his eldest son. In that case, the eldest son will be dismissed again.

After the two sides discussed it, Marin naturally planned to put the heavy armor, the lance and the spare stirrup (although it was wooden) with Kahn, and he was happy and the horse was relaxed.

However, although Kahn's strength is large, he has always carried a lot of things that are heavy, and it is also a lot of pressure. At the moment, Marin also has no money to buy a pony for Kahn and Kohler, and the cost of raising horses is also high. So, Marin thought about it and decided to let Zimmerman, who is good at carpentry craft, help him build a wheelbarrow.

Why choose a wheelbarrow? This is not just because the unicycle can pull the goods. When it comes to pulling goods, two-wheeled carts load more. However, the two-wheeled cart has a drawback - it is not able to take complex terrain. For the unicycle, the terrain can be ignored, the mountain road still walks happily. Because the wheelbarrow has only one wheel, it has a strong ability to overcome complex terrain. From the south of Germany to Vienna, Austria, there are many mountain roads. Therefore, an all-terrain wheelbarrow is more suitable than a two-wheeled cart.

Marin and Zimmerman returned to the city and came to the carpenter's shop where Zimmerman worked and started to build a wheelbarrow. Although there are also wheelbarrows in Europe. However, the European wheelbarrow, with its wheels in front, causes people to push up and needs to withstand the power of lifting the car. Therefore, the European unicycle has a smaller loading capacity. And Marin guides Zimmerman to create a Chinese-style wheelbarrow. Chinese unicycle with wheels in the middle. In this way, the cargo on the car, the pressure is mainly on the wheels. European-style unicycles can only carry the weight of two or three people. The Chinese unicycle can carry the weight of six people, and the efficiency is much higher than that of the European unicycle, and it is more labor-saving. When the Chinese unicycle was built, Marin put the armor, the lane and the stirrup on the wheelbarrow. The weight of seven or eighty pounds, for the Kahn with the cart, there was no feeling.

Kahn himself is very powerful, and he is good at long-distance running (also practiced, the poor in the Middle Ages can not afford to ride the carriage, where to walk). Therefore, he pushed the wheelbarrow and it was very easy. Even sometimes, his brother Kohler was tired, and Kahn also let Kohler sit on the wheelbarrow and take a break. And he continued to push the car and follow Marlin on the horse. Marin is also a lot relaxed. After a few pounds of armor weapons have been taken, he has been a lot easier. As relaxed as he is, there is also the horse. If Marin controlled the speed, a lot of time Carl would like to rush.

Kahn is really good at eating. He eats at least 6 pounds of food per day (mainly ordinary brown bread, normal bread without earth and wood chips) and some vegetables, sometimes eating some meat, which costs about 10 Finney per day. Marin didn't have much money right now, so he had to take Kahn and Kohler to live in a low-grade hotel. If the room is bigger, Marin will let Kahn and Kohler slip on the floor. If it is smaller, let Kahn and Kohler live in one room. He lives alone.

And because of the dissatisfaction of the dirty quilt in the hotel in this era, Marin bought a new set of goose down quilts (no cotton in Europe at this time, naturally no cotton quilts), loaded with rain-proof pigskin bags, placed in Kahn On the wheelbarrow. Every time he stayed at the hotel, Marin threw the hotel's original dirty quilt to Kahn and Kohler. And himself, the cover is clean and quilt. After all, Kahn and Kohler are pure medieval people, and there is no discomfort for this. The only thing that didn't fit was that Marlin forced them to take a shower... nove(l)bi(n.)com

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The first match was not successful, because Kahn took the deer group in the wrong direction. After a few times, Kahn gradually grasped the way to drive the deer. Even when the deer group deviated from the predetermined direction, Kahn also used the method of throwing stones to forcibly correct the direction of the deer's escape. Marin found that Kahn couldn't shoot, but it was good to lose the stone. Then, after the first time, the deer group fled in the ambush of Marin.

Marin faced the deer group that rushed over, took the arrow and opened the bow, and took another one. Then the deer swarmed and found that the front was a trap. Then they started to turn around and escape.

However, it is time to forcefully stop in the run and then change direction. After all, deer are deer, not humans, and their brains react more slowly. When the direction was changed, the deer group was obviously stunned. The last check, with the cooperation of the three, for a long time, actually hunted three deer.

"Sure enough, as a team it is more powerful. How do you say that words. A group is more powerful!" Marin was very emotional. I think that when I was hunting, I was always worried that the horse was stolen. Today, when hunting, Kohler is responsible for watching the horse, and Kahn cooperates with the prey to greatly enhance efficiency.

The next day, Marin pulled the three deer into the city again and sold 1900 Finney. was also a huge sum of money. At least, it is no problem to feed the food barrels of Kahn and Little Kohler.

After that, considering that Kohler's body is not strong, it can't be done for a long time. So, Marin spent 1000 Finney, bought a half-sized calf, and equipped with a saddle, let Kohler ride on the road.

Unlike cows and horses, horses are more delicate and need to be eaten regularly. And cattle, usually only need to eat grass. Only when the land is cultivated, the physical energy consumption is too large, and it is necessary to add a meal. It can be said that the cost of raising cattle is much lower than raising horses. This is one of the important reasons why the ancient Chinese farmers raised cattle and cultivated land without raising horses.

Marin bought a cow for Kohler riding, and there is also a big reason to consider the cost of feeding. His own horses cost ten Finneys a day. If you buy another horse, the capital consumption will be bigger. Therefore, buying a cow is the best choice. The calf bought for Kohler, has quick temper, and they are still not convinced. However, Marin first got the calf drunk with a spirit, and then gave a copper ring to the nose of the cow, and the calf immediately became docile.

In the days that followed, Marin usually left the equipment in the hotel, then took a horse and a cow with Kahn and Kohler and went hunting in the depths of the Black Forest. The specific allocation is - Marin and Kohler riding, Kahn riding a cow. After arriving at the ground, Kohler took care of the horse and the cow, while Kahn went to Maring to go hunting.

In this way, this three-person gold combination hunted a quartet in the Black Forest, hunted a lot of prey, and sold for a lot of money. Then they hunted around the Danube River in the eastern part of the Black Forest, Marin had earned more than 100 marks by selling prey, and replaced most of them with gold coins.