Chapter 4: 4 Advance Breathing Techniques
With the proficiency panel, Levi silently practiced breathing method day after day.
Except for the necessary rest time such as eating and sleeping, he practiced at other times. It can be said that he really practiced until he died.
As a result, other servants rarely saw Levi in the castle. Occasionally, they saw the lord, either twisting his body in a weird way, or wearing heavy armor, holding a shield, constantly defending against the violent attacks of the snake knight.
"Our lord is so young, but he works so hard. This really makes me feel ashamed."
Seeing that Levi trained harder than them, the militia felt embarrassed to be lazy. After all, it is not reasonable for the boss to work hard while the employees slack off. Sooner or later, they will be fired.
The militia was forced to start involution.
"What? The Lord is still training? Then I can't sleep either. This way, after the Lord sees me working hard, he might give me an extra piece of bread the next morning."
Although the militiamen worked harder and harder, with Levi as a foil, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't beat the Lord who was as tireless as a robot, so they were relieved.
Seeing Levi working so hard, Fred was very pleased. When Levi was practicing, he was responsible for handling all matters in the territory with the housekeeper, and did not let these trivial matters delay the Lord's practice time.
However, some disputes among residents in the territory still required Levi to personally come forward for judicial judgment, so as not to lose his lord's majesty and authority. He was a lawyer in his previous life, and this was the only thing that barely matched his professional counterparts after he crossed over.
The North Wind Month just passed in a hurry in the busyness.
The coldest winter month of the year (December) has quietly arrived.
This means that for northern areas like Blackwater Valley, the cold wave will be more violent and the blizzard will be more severe!
Many serfs' broken wooden houses have been in disrepair for a long time and have been destroyed by the wind and snow. The heavy snow has blocked the mountains. In such a cold winter, it is naturally impossible to rebuild them.
The kind Lord Levi asked Knight Fred to temporarily place these serfs in the castle and find them a job in the castle. The girls or young women were arranged by Levi to be maids, responsible for taking care of Levi and Knight Fred's daily life.
He also selected some young and middle-aged men from them and incorporated them into the militia, so that the number of militia under his command reached an unprecedented... fifty people.
These militias were all led by Knight Fred, who taught them basic combat skills. In addition to training, they were responsible for repairing castle buildings, doing some heavy physical work, and grazing and farming. They were not completely off-duty soldiers. With the current level of Blackwater Valley, they could not afford full-time soldiers at all.
The elderly and children were responsible for some relatively easy physical work. Everyone could contribute their own strength to the territory and get their own share of food according to their work: a piece of gray bread, plus a bowl of red bean soup or something like that.
Gray bread is better than black bread, but not as fragrant and soft as white bread.
In fact, with the productivity level of Blackwater Valley, the exquisite white bread is barely enough for Levi and Knight Fred. The strong physical function of the knight must be accompanied by a huge amount of calorie consumption.
Levi's current daily food demand is five to eight times that of a normal person. Most of these calories are efficiently used by the breathing method to strengthen the body, and a small part is converted into excrement, but it is this small part that makes Levi squat three times a day.
On the contrary, Knight Fred, because he has passed the rapid growth period of the breathing method, as a formal knight, when he does not deliberately use the breathing method, his appetite is only three times that of a normal person.
Levi's generosity made the serfs in the territory very grateful to Levi, thanking this young, kind and handsome lord for his gift.
Levi himself was immersed in practicing the breathing method and could not extricate himself.
Every day, he watched the proficiency of the Black Snake Breathing Method improve visibly, and he felt a sense of accomplishment.
At the same time, he was always on guard against the arrival of wandering knights or bandits wandering in the wilderness.
After all, for those "homeless dogs", a weak lord like Levi is undoubtedly a good target for robbery.
Of course, with Knight Fred around, Levi doesn't have to worry about ordinary foreign enemies.
As the right-hand man of the Black Snake Knight, although Knight Fred rarely takes action now, the name of "Snake Knight" is still deterrent in the surrounding areas.
In addition to practicing, Levi would go to see the results of Knight Fred's training of the militia from time to time. From the beginning, a group of crooked melons and cracked dates have barely formed combat capabilities. With the guidance of the knights, their progress is visible to the naked eye.
They will also become an important force to protect themselves and their territories in the future.
To be honest, the population of Levi's territory is still too small, and the productivity is also the last in the baron's territory
New Year, new atmosphere, the castle is decorated with lights, young freckled cute maids are busy, their little faces are red from the cold wind, giggling, preparing for the lord's New Year's dinner and birthday dinner.
The soldiers also drank strong liquor, and had a good time with Knight Fred, thanking the knight and the lord for their gifts in the past year, and sending New Year and birthday wishes to the lord.
Other serfs delivered fragrant ham, cheese, dried fruits, fruit wine and other agricultural products to the castle to express their gratitude to Levi.
Compared with other feudal lords in this world, Levi, who traveled from the modern times, has a much better attitude and respect for these leeks and firewood.
Therefore, the serfs living in the Blackwater Valley are poor but satisfied.
At least here, they can occasionally feel the dignity of being born as human beings, and they can also get the protection of the Lord and Sir Knight Fred, and basic security is still guaranteed.
Of course, Levi is in a good mood, not just because of these.
The most important thing is that his Black Snake Breathing Method has finally broken through to the second level after nearly two months of crazy day and night experience.
(End of this chapter)