After breakfast, the farmers were not taken to the fields, but to the open space in front of the factory.Other teams were there, with the helpers wearing hooded jumpsuits laced behind their backs, the weavers wearing aprons and masks and hoods, the builders wearing suspenders, and even the two researchers in white coats.These are the overalls that are provided to them in the village, free of charge.The kids weren't here, and they rarely mingled with the adults after the regrouping, and Jack and Tom could occasionally be seen running in line.The parents didn't know what they were doing, but they were relieved that the two stewards here were also children, and the children looked good, clean, had flesh on their faces, and were running with steady steps and smiles on their faces.Yesterday we were attacked by water bandits!
Eldy stood on a wooden crate and shouted, his first words eliciting an exclamation.A few timid women turned around and ran, only to knock down the people standing behind them, causing a commotion in the crowd.When the riots subsided, Eldi continued: Don't worry, all the bandits have either been killed on the spot or have been arrested.The port of Hope Village is basically completed, and a shipload of goods was transported last time, and there is no bulk cargo to sell in the village in a short period of time.Recently, however, ships have begun to arrive in their harbor to resupply.The location of Hope Village is a bit out of the way, and if the ships going to the southern countries through the inland waterway go to Hope Village for supplies, they will have to deviate from the route for at least one day, but some ships prefer to make a detour this way for various reasons.From the first ship to the supply, the upper echelons of Hope Village gathered and discussed.They can provide supplies, which is mutually beneficial, but the other party must abide by the rules of Hope Village.Rule one here is that colored services are not provided.Rule 2: Fights and brawls are prohibited, and the light cases are fines and the heavy ones are detained.For the time being, these two items, every time a boat docks, it will be made clear to the people on board.Most people who see the Cycle Knights, as well as the warriors of the local Church of the Body of Nature, will not look for trouble.A few people who feel that they are very hard backstage and have hard fists have been dealt with silently.Last night, for the first time, there was an attempt to attack and occupy the village.Basically, all the people who should have been killed have been killed, and the corpses of the leaders are now hanging on the edge of the dock to blow the wind.For the rest of the people who survived, Meng Bei was asking the rest of the places if there were any wanted people, and if so, depending on the specific crime, the damned ones would be killed and rewarded.The remaining gangsters who are not famous will have to stay and contribute to the construction of the village.The combat strength of our village is enough for a small war.After Eldi finished speaking, the people below were still panicked, and realized that his words were a little too elegant, and there was no one nearby who could beat us!
The words were simple and easy to understand, and many people breathed a sigh of relief.However, if any of you run out of the village's protection, we may not have time to protect you!
Hope Village is still very weak, but it has entered the field of vision of some people.They are not afraid of big forces, and they have the support of the Church of the God of Nature, but those small bandits have become trouble.I know that no one will run into the wild woods, but what if?
For example, the young man wants to go on a date, or who wants to go and eat some game?
Leon's Points.
Although the body is spreading as much as possible, there will always be places that he can't see.These people are finally polished by life now, and Leon and Eldi are still thinking about waiting for the newcomer to come, and they will take them.There are already few people, and if you accidentally kill a dozen more than a dozen people, it will be too breathtaking.We must not leave the village!
Right at home!
No matter what they thought in their hearts, at least verbally, everyone agreed.After announcing this incident, each group was also pulled over to observe the water bandits up close, at least the surviving water bandits were not tall and strong people, and they were locked there, all of them were very honest.But when they got closer, the blood on their bodies could not deceive anyone.Others who were tied up alone were people who had already been recognized.There would be a local church warrior on the side who would tell them how many people he had killed and how many bad things he had done.The tenant farmers were so frightened that their legs trembled, and they had no intention of running out.Chapter 99 The year 1674 passed like this, and when 1675 came, Leon was nine years old and Eldy was eight years old, another year before their age became double digits.On the first day of the new year, Leon held a mirror and carefully examined his face from the mirror, but he still didn't notice any change in the head of his body, just like he had when he first came to this world three years ago.But a truly well-nourished nine-year-old child should start to develop now, just like Eldi Leon turned his head to look at Eldi sitting on the side eating peanut candy, this kind of careful search for differences, looking for traces of growth, and the feeling of seeing people every day is different.The changes in Eldi are noticeable, and not just in height.Generally, boys should develop a little later, but Eldi is obviously the kind that is relatively early, he is now one meter three or five tall, not to mention children of the same age, even some ten-year-old children are shorter than him.The baby fat on the face has completely disappeared and has begun to enter the juvenile from the child.His skin was again a shade whiter, and his hair was lighter, from golden brown to dark flaxen, and if viewed in the sun, his hair was almost golden.Eldi seems to be bad?
It's not bad, bad, ugly, he's still a pretty boy.The bad one is that he looks like a bad guy, the kind of pretty bad guy.What's wrong?
Eldi licked his fingers, he had a pair of big hands, and the fingers were very long, and the joints could already be described as thick at this age.The originally round green eyes were opened, the corners of the eyes were slightly raised, and he would subconsciously squint his eyes when he looked at people (not like a good person), and he had a smile on the corner of his mouth, but this smile looked like contempt no matter how he looked at it.But whether it's good or bad, his face matches his height, after all, his growth is the whole, but even if Leon secretly increases his height, his height is almost out of tune with his appearance.Leon stretched out his hands and pressed his two index fingers against the corners of Eldy's lips, pushing the corners of his lips upwards before Eldy opened his hands.You look like an arrogant villain.Especially like the kind of arrogance that looks down on everyone.Eldy pursed his lips and looked at Leon helplessly: And then?
Do you have a problem with my looks?
Are you against me being like this?
There is no opinion, no objection, just a sigh.I thought you would grow like that, but you turned out to be like that.What's that?
Is it an angel?
So what?
Demon?
Leon felt that Eldy's eyes were a little dangerous, the kind of danger that if he said the wrong thing, he would immediately draw his sword and cut people: It's not an angel or a demon, it's just that I planted a white rose, and it turned out to be a black rose, surprise, but also joy.And the more you look at the black roses, the more you can appreciate the beauty.Eldy smiled, her green eyes brightened, and the corners of her lips curled: I heard that there was a kind of rose, which was golden.When we have money, we can buy seeds and plant them.All right.The New Year's holiday was only three days, and on January 4th, Leon announced the list of land leases, Jack and Tom were on the list, and there were ten other people, each of whom was given a house and five acres of land, and Leon was originally considering ten acres of land, but was persuaded by others.Now most families have only one man to cultivate, and if more land is given and it is difficult to cultivate, then the time to reclaim it is a blow to both the peasants themselves and the authority of Leon personally.If there is less to give, then it can be used as a reward for excellent cultivation in the future, and more land can be distributed.This is the first year, so this fall, you only need to hand in 20% of the entire harvest.You can save the rest of your harvest for yourselves or sell it to me.The rent of your house is not included in the tax, and the annual rent is two silver coins.There is no furniture in the house, you are free to buy and add furniture.I'll give you free farming tools later, but the livestock isn't free, you can rent them or buy them outright.In addition, the slaughter of cattle and horses is prohibited.The farmers, including Jack and Tom, are a little apprehensive about getting the land, no matter the country in this world, as long as they are tenant farmers, the biggest desire in their lives is to have a piece of their own land, but now this land is not considered their own?
If the land is cultivated next year, will it be taken back directly by the lord?
Although the little lord was very good last year, it was only half a year, and no one knows how this little lord is.There is also accommodation, their family is now separated, but no one has made a fuss, just because the accommodation is so good, it turns out to be a wooden house.Tenant farmers are different from hired farmers in that they are able to build villages and have their own houses.Tenant farmers were completely subordinate to the lord, so the lord was generally too lazy to let them build houses.The tenant farmers lived in shacks and caves, and in caves.Many tenant farmers have never slept in a bed, never sat in a chair, let alone owned other furniture.Now they can live in wooden houses, sleep in beds, and even have quilts and mattresses.Gloomily, even if they can't see the situation of their families now, and even know that their families are suffering, as long as they can live their current lives for the rest of their lives, everyone is willing to give everything including their souls.But now it is said that the new land has to pay rent, and the new house also has to pay rent.Even if the land is good and the house is good, can these really last?
The tenant farmers looked at Jack with mixed eyes, envy, fear, and mockery.Leon's announcement is actually the main part, and there are some other arrangements that are not said.For example, the land can be cleared, and the land that is cleared will not be taxed in the first year, and the tax will be 10% in the second year.A certain percentage of the land registered must be cultivated for grain, but it must be divided according to the type of land and the amount of land.The land now allotted to Jack is that four acres of land must be cultivated for food, which is a hard and fast rule, and if it is found that he is not cultivating food, the land will be repossessed.When Leon was talking to the first real peasants in the realm, Eldy was looking at his sword, because he didn't agree to this condition, and the whole world had never heard of a country doing this.Not even the lords, like Leon, who leased their fields to peasants, did so.What is planted in the fields is either the freedom of the landlord or the freedom of the landed peasants themselves, and the upper strata only collects the rent.Leon did not convince Eldi, but they said yes, while in charge of internal affairs, and on the other hand, in charge of the military.Land is considered an internal affair, so he disagreed, but he only put the matter down after expressing it.Leon asked him to cooperate, and he only cooperated, Leon did his own, and Eldi didn't speak.But there are still others who will ask questions, such as Maurifio.Now there are very few people in the village, and you can assign the cultivation area in this way, but in the future, when there are more people, this kind of thing will have to be handed over to the officials.Do you think there would be an official who would understand such a complicated matter?
As soon as the peasants and workers had dispersed, Morifio came over, and in fact, I think that if there really is an official who can figure it out, then he must be trying to collect more money from the peasants, or deliberately framing someone.Is it really good to think of all officials like this?
But thinking about the officials he saw in the city hall of Dyrier, it is understandable that Maurifio would speak like this, then according to greed.
Dirt, dereliction of duty, or fraud.
Scam handling.Dealing with you mean dealing with officials?
Right.Aren't you afraid that no one will work for you?
If there are a lot of people in my city, why am I afraid that no one will work for me?
Maurifio sighed and looked at Leon with the eyes of an innocent child: Well, whatever you like.The other people who watched and listened from the sidelines had similar expressions and attitudes.Leon felt a little upset and felt his breath in his chest, even though he didn't need to breathe.Back at home, it was a small house, which was enough for Leon and Eldy, but for their lordship, it was actually very simple, Leon sat on the sofa in the living room with his hands on his shoulders.Eldy touched Leon's forehead: It's okay, when you manage the village well, Maurifio will apologize to you.From your tone, I can only hear a feeling of coaxing a child.Why do you all think I can't do it?
Well, it's not that you can't do it, we all know what you're going to do, but we think you're too idealistic.To say something you don't like to hear the most, you give too much to the tenant farmers and to the workers, and these extra efforts not only do not make the village grow faster, but on the contrary, it slows down the development of our village.In particular, as you said, it will be the same for new immigrants, so now we have to set aside a lot of money to prepare for the next wave of immigration.Although the village now has some income, such as supplying passing ships, Leon refuses to be colored.
The business and the tavern are still under construction, so at this stage they can only resell the food and not make much money.The other is to sell ready-to-wear to the city of Yarman, but the city has long been saturated and is hardly profitable now.And the grain that the territory now produces is mushrooms and wild vegetables, although because the weather is not cold, so the seeds sown in the summer can be harvested after a while, but now they are confiscated, so they can only buy flour, and salt, sugar, ham, cheese, etc., which are the rewards of the good for the peasants and workers, and for Leon they are normal food needs.In short, Hope Village has been in deficit since its establishment.Say everything you want to say in one go.Good.Money is quantitative, so the current practice of most countries is to concentrate the money at the bottom and supply it to the top.A hundred gold coins can make one person live a prosperous life for a year, but at most a thousand people can eat a full day.We know that you now want to be able to make a good life for the people at the bottom as well, but that will be difficult.The Church of the God of Nature is willing to provide for us at this stage, but this old relationship will only allow him to give us a blood transfusion for ten years at most.This should be a very serious matter, but Eldy smiled, and his tone was relaxed: Mombey's face was ugly these days, and although the 30,000 gold coins given by Modosu had not been spent, the new machines and immigrants were almost there, and he knew very well how much we would have to spend at that time.These expenses should have been paid in advance by the Duchy of Gretel for the time being.Hogan has been avoiding you these days because he likes what you do, but he knows that it won't last, so he's distressed and doesn't know how to face you.The others Eldi didn't say it, but they probably didn't agree with it, but they didn't have a close relationship with Leon, so at most they just gave advice to other people who were close to Leon.Leon was thinking about how to explain it, and this was a common sense difference.Leon's mind is full: people-oriented, people take food as the sky, if the territory can develop steadily, there must be sufficient food reserves, and the people can also achieve basic food and clothing.As for the amount of money that Eldi said, Leon doesn't agree too much: it's just to let everyone eat enough, and now it's really a bit of a big investment, but when the fields are reclaimed, there will be no problem, it's not too much investment, right?
In the past, the people of the Principality of Gretel would not go hungry.What you're doing now isn't so that they won't go hungry, it's that they're eating too well.If that's not a lot of investment, then why hasn't a single country been able to do it?
And Eldia paused, and if a country wants to become rich and strong, it relies on plunder and deception, not only externally, but also internally.It can even be said that it should be especially inward, to get them used to misery and not to plunder, so that they will become docile.Morality and rules should be the realm of religion.Before today, Leon thought that his three views with Eldi were quite close: I, I thought you were pitiful of those poor people.When we are on the same level as them, or just a little above them, then we should have mercy on the lower classes.But if we are from the highest point of view, we should not have mercy on anyone, but rule for the sake of rule.