Ivan sat on the ground, and soon learned to lie down on the ground, resting as much as possible and recovering a little strength. He didn't know where he was going and how long he had to walk.
Every sound, every sound.
There was the sound of wheels turning.
Ivan didn't get up, but slowly turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound in the most effortless way. He saw a convoy of carriages with a flag embroidered with purple-black flowers on a blue background. He recognized this flag, which was used to indicate aristocratic status.
Of course, he didn't know which aristocratic family this flag belonged to.
Just as he was looking at the carriages without any thoughts, the familiar sound of the whip rang out again. As if there were springs installed in his body, he subconsciously got up from the ground and stood properly — not only him, but everyone else did the same, getting up from the ground and standing properly shakily.
The scribe raised his whip, and shouted something in a loud voice.
Ivan didn't understand.
However, they soon understood. Someone used the wind language of the Eagle Kingdom and shouted loudly, "Everyone, line up. Follow the instructions of the clerks. Line up behind each carriage! Don't talk, don't move, stand properly! "
Ivan began to panic a little.
He didn't know how to stand in a line, and had never stood in a line before. Seeing others move, he also moved. Then he was kicked in the buttocks. A clerk scolded him in words he didn't understand.
It seemed that he found the confusion on his face.
The clerk pulled him over, stuffed him behind a serf, and scolded him again. Then he went to pull the second serf.
The messy procession was quickly arranged into six crooked groups under the arrangement of the clerks.
The Sapphire man who knew Wind Language walked to the front of the line, talked with several people who looked aristocratic for a moment, and then faced the many serfs. "You have two meals a day, traveled thousands of miles to Coral Island, and are about to go to the place where you will live in the future, Flower Town!"
Ivan, like the others, looked numbly at the speaker and didn't respond.
The speaker continued: "The Lord of the Flower Town, Sir Baron Liszt of the mighty Tulip family's bloodline, is also your master from now on! Remember the place where you will live from now on, the Flower Town. Remember your future master, Liszt Tulip, the descendant of the mighty Tulip family! "
The last few words were shouted out in a very imposing manner.
However, the serfs below remained calm.
The speaker didn't care at all. He waved his arms, his grizzled hair disheveled in the wind. "Remember, from now on, you need to speak the Grand Duchy of Sapphire. Of course, you are just a group of serfs. No one cares if you can speak Serpentines or not. However, you need to remember the words Flower Town, Tulip, and Sir Lord! "
"Now, repeat these three phrases after me!" He shouted, "Say these three words correctly, and you'll enjoy a wonderful lunch, understand?"
Lunch, in an instant, stirred up the silent and numb team.
The hungry serfs couldn't stand the excitement of lunch. On the ship, they only ate two meals a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, and then lay still.
A courageous serf trembled and responded, "Understood, Sir."
"Very well, now, repeat after me – Flower Town …"
"Flower Town."
"Louder, Flower Town!"
"Flower Town!"
Ivan felt that he was so hungry that he couldn't speak, but for the sake of the upcoming lunch, he still stirred up the little strength left in his body and shouted along with the others, "Flower Town."
The word was not a mouthful.
It was easy to learn.
After shouting it a few times, he was even a little excited that he had learned a foreign language.
"Very well, it seems that you have mastered the word Flower Town. Next, repeat after me – Tulip …"
"Tulip."
"Tulip, fool, don't tilt your tongue, repeat again – Tulip …"
"Tulip."
"Louder, Tulip."
"Tulip!"
"Although it is not standard, remember it, here, everything on this land belongs to the Tulip family! Your Lord is of the bloodline of the Tulip family! " The person who could speak Wind Language continued to teach, "Next, you need to understand how to express your loyalty when you meet your Lord. You first have to kneel down."
Several serfs, as soon as they heard kneeling down, immediately knelt down.
The other serfs also knelt down.
In an instant, all six teams knelt down.
The speaker was shocked. He was not Liszt and dared not let the serfs kneel down to him. He quickly dodged, "Fool, I didn't ask you to kneel down now, forget it … You kneel down in front of the black Tulip flag on the carriage, as if you saw Sir Lord. Now repeat after me – Sir Lord … "
"Sir Lord."
Ivan knelt on the ground and shouted with the crowd, trying to straighten his tongue.
After a few times.
The person who could speak Wind Language ran to a nearby row of noblemen and said in Serpentine, "Mr. Gort, is this teaching okay?"
Gort, dressed in frac Abier, nodded and said, "That's all for today's pre-lunch teaching. Let the serfs fill their stomachs first. The Flower Town is not a place so poor that they can't even afford to eat. Old Grandet, it's been hard on you. I still need you to translate for the serfs in the future. "
Old Grandet said with a smile, "It is Old Grandet's honor to serve Sir Lord. Then I will tell them to start eating."
Immediately, he faced the serfs who were still kneeling on the ground, "You can get up and continue to stand in your line. Now, lunch will be distributed. One by one, everyone has a share, no looting allowed! Otherwise, the whip of a clerical petty official will not have eyes. "
Hearing Old Grandet's words.
The uneasiness of the serfs quickly turned into a pleasant surprise – there was really lunch!
Then, as the carriage opened, portions of food that they had never seen before were placed on plates of bread and handed to them.
There were no cutlery such as knives and forks, only food and plate of bread.
Ivan got his share of food. He recognized plate of bread. He used to use plate of bread. After a certain amount of time, he could cook it and continue to eat it. On the plate of bread, there was half a piece of black bread, and then there were many big and small, round and flat things.
He couldn't help but reach out and touch it. It was very hard.
But he didn't know how to eat it.
Fortunately, he always did what others did. He saw that in addition to eating the black bread, some people had already opened it and eaten the soft things inside.
So, he sat on the ground with the plate of bread and took a big bite of the black bread. Then, he imitated others and opened it. It was very easy to open it because it had a crack in it. He could open it with his hands. His nose quickly smelled a very strange fragrance.
After swallowing the bread, Ivan saw several people eat it in a row. He plucked up his courage and took a bite.
It was very soft and almost melted in his mouth.
He didn't know what it tasted like, but he felt it was delicious. He no longer cared about it and focused on eating his share. Perhaps he had been hungry for too long. In just a short while, he had already eaten all the food. When the last shelled thing went down his stomach, it was almost the first time in his life.
He felt what it meant to be 'full'.
At this moment, Old Grandet's shout once again reached Ivan's ears: "It seems that you have eaten your fill. What a bunch of lucky fellows. Remember this feeling. From today on, in the Flower Town, so long as you work hard for the great sir lord, you will be able to eat such food every day!"
"Ah!"
Ivan heard someone exclaim next to him.
He was also shocked — he could eat such food every day and eat until he was full!
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