I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 29 Bingeon Manor

"Bingion Manor, no one knows who the owner of that manor is, but there are many Peonian people living in it..."

Saying goodbye to a traveling merchant who was carrying a rucksack and wearing a Greek felt hat, Antigonus and his party continued to move forward along the paved road in the direction he pointed out.

Antigonus can understand the reason why a generation of timetravelers did not disclose that he is the owner of Bingion Manor. This is his "inheritance" specially left for the younger generations. If others find out, they might want to covet Bingion Something in the manor - although they don't necessarily know what good things are hidden in it.

Walking on the paved road, Antigonus had the leisure to enjoy the surrounding scenery. He didn't go out with much fanfare, so he only brought the captain of the guard, Agnes, and five knights, and they didn't wear any armor. , in the eyes of others, he is just a noble young master who goes out to play.

Therefore, when pedestrians see them, they will stand in place, take off their hats, respectfully touch their chests and salute without any fear.To these civilians, Antigonus also kindly returned their salutes one by one.

The paved avenue is surrounded by farmland that has already started to be planted. Antigonus and his party can see free people or slaves in linen clothes working hard in the fields at any time. Many of the tribes that lived on safari took up farm tools and farmed with the Macedonians. Some of them were not assigned to the fields or were forced to sell them due to bankruptcy, and they could only be invested in the names of the manor owners who had land. , to become a professional farmer.

However, compared with these freemen, the manor owners are obviously more inclined to use slaves for cultivation and planting, because the freemen will ask for wages, and as long as the slaves are bought, they are his private property, and they will work for him for the rest of their lives. Ma, you only need to include food and housing, and it is open all year round.

Because of this, the demand for slaves in the Kingdom of Macedonia can be said to be relatively large. Not only the nobles and citizens with small assets in the city of Pella need slaves, but even landed manor owners outside the city need slaves, and the army needs slaves even more. ——The slaves of the army need to do some hard work in normal times, and the slaves of the navy are tied to the bottom of the cabin to paddle (this is a hard job that can easily exhaust people, so if they are classified as naval slaves, they are basically sentenced to death ).

In order to deal with such a huge shortage of slaves, the mercenary headquarters in Pella City organizes a large number of mercenaries to leave Thermopylae Pass and enter the barbarian-occupied area of ​​the Oglell Peninsula every year, attack those barbarian tribes, and plunder a large number of tribesmen to sell them as slaves. .The proceeds from each attack will be divided between the mercenary headquarters, the mercenary group and the kingdom government. This is one of the reasons why the kingdom’s army will not take the initiative to attack—you can sit and take the money, why leave the safe fortress? Put yourself in a situation where you may be killed by barbarians at any time?
Not only the mercenaries would attack, but Antigon learned that the fleet stationed in the Pella military port would leave the port from time to time to clear up the pirates and use the prisoners brought back as slaves.

It is worth mentioning that in the early days of the kingdom, when the laws were not perfect, someone would often attack a lone traveler, wash his belongings, and then sell the poor luckless guy to a slave trader.If this person is a Macedonian citizen, there is still a chance to regain freedom (if his family is willing to pay the ransom), but if he is a free citizen or a foreigner, he will only be a slave for the rest of his life.

Later, as more and more citizens expressed dissatisfaction with this, King Philip was alerted. He immediately ordered a thorough investigation and promulgated new laws to prevent this phenomenon from happening again.As a result, it gained high support.

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In one day, Antigonus and his party finally arrived at the Bingion Manor. This place is called a manor, but rather a small village. It was built on a small hillside at the foot of the Pera Mountains, and various buildings were distributed in different levels. It was clear, but grapes entangled on the poles could be seen everywhere. Antigonus guessed that this manor should produce grapes and then send them to Pella City to make wine.

The civilians walking around the manor quickly noticed these travelers on horses, but they only glanced at them, then looked away and continued to do their own things.Antigonus also noticed that there were many small gray goats walking along the paths in the manor, coexisting peacefully with humans. Some human children even had fun playing with the goats.

And at this moment, a middle-aged man in red Heaton came up to him. He looked up at Antigonus and his party, and said politely: "Gentlemen, welcome to Bingion Manor. Do you have any questions?" What's the matter?"

Antigonus didn't answer, but Agnes beside him took a step forward and said, "This is His Majesty the King, go and call your master over."

"Your Majesty the King?" The middle-aged man froze on the spot. It took more than ten seconds for him to react, and said respectfully, "It turned out to be His Majesty the King. I was the one to be rude. Please follow me."

After speaking, he led Antigonus and his party along the path to the two-story building at the top of the hill.As he walked, the middle-aged man introduced: "Your Majesty, Bingeon Manor mainly produces grapes, which are then sold at market prices to the wine workshops in Pella, where they are made into sweet wines. Maybe you drink The raw materials of the wine still come from us..."

Antico responded casually, and a few minutes later, the group walked to the two-story building. The middle-aged man named Makani motioned them to wait outside, and then turned around to report.

Taking advantage of this time, Antigonus silently observed the two-story building. Grapes were also planted on one side of the building, but because it was still spring, there were only bare vines on the wooden frame. A few small green buds grow. If Antico comes in July and August, you can see bunches of plump and succulent grapes hanging on the vines. It is also a very comfortable thing to lie down on the deck chair to enjoy the coolness - if you are thirsty, you can pick a bunch of grapes and eat them, feeling the sweet and sour juice explode in your mouth, how wonderful it is.

Almost in an instant, Antico decided to wait for the summer, and he would come here to stay for a few days to avoid the summer heat. Anyway, this manor belonged to his cheap father, and now that he came to claim it, it became his.

While Antigon was fantasizing, Markani followed an ordinary-looking man and walked out. Hearing their footsteps, Antigon's consciousness was pulled back to reality in time.

　Thanks to [Yang Yangjun arrived] for the reward and became the first deacon in this book

　　
　
(End of this chapter)