Chapter 17: Going to have a cat

The reform of the Hacienda continued, but when Marin entered the barn for inspection, he was provoked ...
why? It turned out that a bunch of mice ran out of the barn ...
Angry Marin, command everyone to hunt down mice, but how flexible are mice? In a wave of young men sent by Marin, only one hit a bad mouse. All the other mice escaped.
When eating dinner, Marin was angry:
为什么 "Why are there so many mice? Does our family have cats?"
"Cat?" The whole family looked at Marin like a fool.
Marlin also realized that he was wrong, and he carefully asked everyone:
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
"Marin, don't you know that cats are all incarnations of evil?"
"Cats are evil? Is that true?" Marin had some Spartans.
"Oh, brother, I heard that the abominable cats are all bad wizards, they are the embodiment of ominous and calamity!" Sister Anne said seriously.
"Oh, confectioner! Why do you think so?" Marin also remembered it at this time, and it seems that there is a saying that "cats are evil incarnations" in the Middle Ages. Looks like, because the cat's barking in the middle of the night is so screaming that it makes people scared.
"The bishop said!" At this point, even the smartest Mrs. Mary was a little unconfident. Because the bishop could not take a bath, this was overthrown at the Huffman estate.
"It's all nonsense, cats are the natural enemies of mice. With cats, we are not afraid of mice stealing food. I looked at them because, without cats, mice are too shy now, and they eat too much food. The rats that were killed were just too fat to eat and they couldn't run! "
"噗-ha ha-" The younger brothers and sisters were amused.
别 "Do n’t laugh, these abominable mice are grabbing bread with you, okay?"
"Oh ..." The younger brothers and sisters seemed to understand, but they were suppressed by Marin's powerful aura and had to pretend to understand.
"So, Marin, what are you going to do?" Old Huffman asked.
"I want to have a cat!"
呃 "Uh ... but, brother, no one around us has cats. Since people in the church say cats are evil creatures, there are almost no cats here. Where do you go to catch kittens?"
"No one has a cat?" Marin was dumbfounded. In his opinion, there should be a lot of cat owners. Just go to someone who has a mother cat and a cat cub and ask for one.
"Yes, with the preaching of the church, everyone has given up on cats. Of course, it has also caused a flood of rats."
"No wonder the Black Death will rag ..." Marin sighed.
啥 "What? Marin, what do you mean? What is the relationship between Black Death and cats?" Everyone was taken aback.
"Yes, it was introduced in the medical books of the East that the black death is also called plague, which originated in the East. This disease is mainly transmitted by rats, so it is called plague. It is said that the black death originated from Asia. The Venetian merchant ships were brought from Asia. And they were mainly transmitted by mice on Venetian merchant ships ... "
"Oh my God, is that so?"
"Yes, Europeans do n’t have cats, which has led to a flood of mice. Black death is spread through mice. Of course, so many mice in Europe now spread quickly, and there are more dead people!"
原来 "That's the case, then, let's get a cat!" Simon, Albert, and Annie said in a hurry.
"But where do we go to catch the kittens?" Marin was also helpless.
"I know where there are cats!" Madam Mary thought for a moment.
哪里 "Where?" Marin was also refreshed.
"My hometown, East Frisian!"
"East Friesland?"
"Yes, most Frisian people by the sea are fishermen. They are good at fishing by boat. So, Frisian people living by the sea have a lot of fish in their homes. Walking in the fishing village of the Frisian sea can I saw a lot of dried fish in every house and outside ... "
"That ..."
"Frisian people do n’t own cats, but cats like to eat fish. Therefore, there are always many stray cats outside Frisian fishing villages. They sometimes eat dried fish that fishermen hang out to dry. Time to eat the guts of the fish that the Frisians discarded after killing them ... "
呜 "Woo--the kitten is so pitiful--" Annie couldn't bear it.
也就是说 "In other words, there are many stray cats outside the fishing village of Friesland?"
"Yes, a lot, not a lot."
"Well, Adler, let's take some of our followers to the Friesland coast to catch some kittens!"
"Catch the cat?"
"Correct!"
The next day, Marin and Adler stepped on the war horse, accompanied by them, and two Adler's attendants riding a horse. Kahn and Kohler wanted to follow. However, they can only ride bulls, and they are not yet skilled. So Marin let Adler's two horsemen who are familiar with horseback follow.
Xi Bochum is not far from East Friesland, only more than 400 miles. The Marin people did not wear bulky armor, they were all lightly armed, only wearing sabers, and a pair of horses. So, on the third day, they went to the beach.
After walking to the beach, Marin found that there were many stray cats in the grass near the beach fishing village. However, these stray cats are very cautious. When they see people coming, they hide in the thick grass and are difficult to find. Moreover, they are very agile and flexible.
But this can't be hard for Marin. In the past, Marin's method of catching sparrows (supporting the basket with a bamboo pole and spreading rice below) was slightly modified to catch cats.
The specific method is to buy a few fish with a fishy smell from the seaside fishing village, and then buy a few wooden baskets. Then, Marin tied a small wooden stick with a rope to support the wooden basket. Below the wooden basket, there were sea fish that emited a burst of smell ...
Stray cats living in the weeds are living in harsh conditions, and many cats are often hungry. As a result, many cats couldn't help but tempted to run under the wooden frame to eat fish ...
As soon as Marlin ordered, several baskets were pulled down. Then, a cat was caught ...
By this method, Marin captured a dozen cats. But these cats are mostly kitty-mouthed kittens. The adult cats of UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com are mostly cautious and savvy and will not be easily fooled.
But what Marin wanted was the kitten. Because the kitten can hold it. And those old cats are easy to escape.
Of the dozen or so cats, Marin eliminated adult cats and several black cats. Because, in Europe, black cats are considered an ominous symbol. Although Marin wanted to raise a cat, he did not intend to raise a scary black cat.
Finally, Marin picked five kittens with good color and planned to take them away. However, considering that cats love fish. Moreover, Huffman Estate is close to the Ruhr River, and fishing can be considered. So Marin was in the fishing village, recruiting several bankrupt fishermen.
It was ridiculous to say that, although Huffman Manor was by the Ruhr River, he shouldn't worry about eating fish. In fact, because Europeans take bathing as a taboo, people are reluctant to go into the water. Therefore, except for the fishermen in the coastal areas who have to go fishing in order to survive, there are very few fishermen in the inland areas. Only a few people fish in their free time. This is because inland areas, if there is no land to plant, you can also choose to hunt or choose to work. Therefore, there are very few inland Europeans fishing on rivers. This also leads to a lot of freshwater fish in inland rivers.
So Marin can find out that Huffman Manor is keeping Baoshan in poverty ...
Umarin planned to take these fishermen and settle down on the Ruhr River in Huffman Manor. Then, they were authorized to fish down and down the river near the Huffman estate (in medieval Europe, hunting and fishing were authorized by the nobility, and most of the catch needed to be turned over to the nobility). In this way, people in the manor can eat fish from time to time.
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