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The castle was the residence of the lord. There were about 80 professional armored soldiers who were responsible for the daily guarding and patrolling of the entire castle. There were also a similar number of servants who were responsible for taking care of the lord's family and the lives of these soldiers, as well as cleaning the entire castle. As for the lord's family, they basically lived on the upper floor, and he had never seen them anyway.

In fact, being a lord is not easy. It is a big expense to support so many people. In fact, some nobles and feudal knights often go bankrupt due to poor management. Then they sell their property and wander around, or accept employment from others, or find a new lord to be loyal to.

As for the others who lived in the villages or ports outside the castle, Liu Yuan had also carefully observed that their living standards were very poor. The houses where ordinary people lived were just a circle of low walls built with stones, and the upper half of the building was built with branches and thatch, which was far inferior to the adobe houses of the people of the Ming Dynasty in the previous world.

Liu Yuan also noticed that the people here lacked ironware. Only a few families had iron pots, and most used clay pots. Therefore, they only cooked their food by boiling, and even the tableware and daily necessities were made of wood. Everyone's skin was exposed to the sea breeze all year round, and they all looked very old. From this, it can be inferred that Vina was probably only 18 or 19 years old. Alas, what a sin!

Ordinary subjects were very respectful when they saw the soldiers and servants in the castle, especially those like Bulma who had purchasing power, who looked even more humble.

The sanitary conditions here are really bad, whether it is the castle or the village, there is sewage and human and animal feces everywhere. In such an environment, it is conceivable that the infant mortality rate must be very high.

Anyway, he had seen people burying dead babies more than once.

Liu Yuan now deeply understands that weakness is the original sin. If he were born into a poor family, he would probably not survive.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye Liu Yuan is already one year old. Because he needs to temper his body with vitality, his physical development is slower than his peers, and he needs a lot of sleep every day, which makes him look sick. The old man in the gray robe in the castle also came to see him, but he shook his head and left without saying anything. Liu Yuan was very disdainful of his performance. The old man could not tell what was wrong with him, so he pretended to be so.

Bu Mai was quite satisfied with this child, because Liu Yuan never caused him trouble. He was not like other children who liked to cry. He would be very quiet as long as he was full. Bulma would often hold Liu Yuan and complain to him. He was a very qualified listener, thanks to Bulma's chatterbox attribute. Liu Yuan's language progress bar rose very fast, and now he could understand their daily conversations.

Oh, by the way, Liu Yuan has also mastered a new skill, which is to control the sleeping time independently. There is no way, this is forced out. The bald man is called Balin, he is the lord's butler, all the servants in the castle are under his management, he often sneaks into the room at night to have a tryst with Bulma. They are both in their prime years, and the unprecedented war situation makes him irritable. It is approaching winter, and there are no entertainment programs in this era. Balin comes to Bulma more and more frequently, and Liu Yuan is really annoyed, so he evolved this skill, and now he can fall asleep in five seconds.

Liu Yuan saw his appearance through the reflection of the basin. His skin was very white and his hair was silver-gold. If it weren't for his deep purple eyes, he would have thought he had albinism. Gradually, he learned from others that he might be the illegitimate son of a big shot in the castle, so he was taken care of. Liu Yuan suspected that it was the lord who did it.

Because this time he saw the lord's family outing outside the castle. The lord took his wife and children to attend a banquet at another lord's place. The lord's young master was only eleven or twelve years old. What he couldn't understand was that the lord had black hair, and Vina also had black hair, and gave birth to a child with silver hair. And the people around him didn't seem surprised. He gradually learned a word "dragon seed". Anyway, he didn't like this appearance very much, and he didn't like the way outsiders looked at him.

Perhaps because of this mentality, some unknown changes occurred in his body without his knowledge.

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In the 280th year of the Aegon calendar, time flies, and Liu Yuan is already five years old. A lot of things have happened in these years, and what people talk about most is that Liu Yuan's originally silver-gold hair gradually turned black. Even his purple eyes became dark and deep, and even his skin and appearance became a little strange. Later, his adoptive father, Earl Adrian, saw his changes and no longer cared about him.

Liu Yuan was very satisfied with this, because he found that his appearance now was becoming more and more like his former self on Blue Star, which also evoked many memories of his childhood. Bulma still cared about him as before, and he was also very close to this adoptive mother. When he was two years old, Bulma also gave birth to a child, and the child's father was definitely Balin. Unfortunately, the child died shortly after birth. Liu Yuan accompanied her for several days before Bulma came out of the haze. I heard that she had miscarried several times before, perhaps because of her age, or perhaps there was something wrong with her body. Bulma never got pregnant again, and Balin came less and less often. However, Liu Yuan heard from other maids that Balin had hooked up with other young maids. From then on, Bulma poured all her love on Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan is just like other children living in the castle. Although he is only five years old, he has already started to learn to work. But he often looks sleepy and looks smaller than other children of the same age. But he is very strong and deft, and can help Bulma peel potatoes and wash vegetables. Unlike other children who are always dirty, his body and clothes are very clean. Liu Yuan is also very handsome, and is very popular with everyone in the kitchen.

After his unremitting efforts, his physical condition has improved greatly, and he can now do more than eight hours of activities every day. However, the gray-robed old man in the lord's tower often comes to see him. The old man's name is Wells. Later he learned that Wells was a bachelor in the city. What is this position? It is equivalent to the lord's advisor, and he also works part-time as a doctor and tutor. It can be said that he is the most knowledgeable person in the entire territory. I heard from the servants that the big black crows in the lord's tower are also raised by the bachelor.

But Liu Yuan didn't have a good impression of this old man. Perhaps it was the change in Liu Yuan's appearance that aroused his curiosity. Every time Wells came, he would cut off some of his hair and nails, and even pierce his finger with a knife to collect blood. Every time he saw the dark brown rust on the dagger, he knew that this old man didn't know what disinfection was. But this old man was very particular. After each sampling, he would leave him a few copper coins.

The one Liu Yuan was playing with was called a copper cent coin, and it was also the most basic currency. It was cast in batches at one time, and its appearance was very rough, with only a few simple words and a seven-pointed star. In addition, there were four copper coins of varying values. There was a half-copper wheat coin worth two copper cents, a copper wheat coin worth four copper cents, a copper star coin worth eight copper cents, and a copper plate worth half a copper cent. It was said that there were gold coins and silver coins above them, which Liu Yuan had not seen in the past few years. It was enough for servants and civilians to use copper coins for transactions. After all, the purchasing power of copper coins was very strong, and a loaf of bread weighing about one pound only required three copper coins.

Since he was here, he might as well make the best of it. He didn't know how long he would live here. In order to have a better future, Liu Yuan also started saving money.

The lords enjoyed extremely high power in the local area, and ordinary people had to pay more than half of all their income as taxes. As for the names of tax collection, there were dozens of them. It was said that the nobles in the past still had the right of first night, but it was abolished by the king decades ago.

In recent years, Liu Yuan gradually realized that the earl's territory was not limited to this island. On the other side of the sea, there were several villages and manors. The main industry of the Setiga family was a fleet of dozens of ships, which provided him with a steady stream of wealth. In fact, Earl Adrian did not have a very good reputation outside, and was nicknamed "Greedy Red Crab". A large amount of trade made the prices on Crab Island very low. At least the people of the Setiga family had a high happiness index.

Bulma is now beginning to worry about Liu Yuan's future. Liu Yuan is just an illegitimate child in the castle. According to the rules, illegitimate children must leave the castle to make a living after they reach adulthood. And Bulma also feels that her health is getting worse and worse. The average life expectancy of people in this world is about 40 years old. She is already 38 years old and needs to plan Liu Yuan's future career as soon as possible.