Chapter 37 Dark Tide
Late at night, candles were lit in the earthen house, and William stood alone in front of the magic mirror.
The mirror of the magic mirror lights up, and a clear picture is displayed on it.
Several villagers gathered secretly, and everyone looked cautious, afraid, and hesitant on their faces.
Looking at them in the mirror, William's mouth drew an arc, but his eyes were filled with indifference. His fingers slowly pointed past the figure on the mirror. Suddenly, there were tiny footsteps outside. Not long after, the knock on the door sounded.
"Sir Baron, someone wants to ask for you!" Old John's voice sounded from outside the door.
"Come in."
William's eyes narrowed, his palm touched the mirror, and the magic mirror immediately turned into an ordinary appearance.
The door was gently pushed open, and Old John walked in with a man.
William turned around and saw the person brought by Old John, and a look of surprise flashed through his eyes.
"The harvested monsoon brings a good mood, good evening, sir Baron!" the man said to William.
"In fact, I'm not in a good mood..." William said with a playful look, "The arrival of the harvest moon has made me smell restless!"
The man was silent for a while before he calmly said, "Everything can't be hidden from the Baron's eyes!"
"There are so many things that I can't see in my eyes!" William sneered, paused, and then calmly said, "Actually, I didn't expect that you would be here! I have thought of many people, Mark, Modun, even Adams, who loves to be smart! But I really never thought that you would be here! After all, you are so smart, knowledgeable, and after making up your mind, you will unswervingly execute... But, really, I didn't expect that you would be here!"
The man was silent again.
William was not in a hurry, but just looked at him quietly.
After a while, the man carefully said, "Please forgive my boldness!"
"Sweet words are used to deceive people, otherwise they are used to deceive themselves, and the truth will be harsh." William said, "I will never punish an honest conqueror for the truth!"
"You gave me courage, Lord Baron!" the man said immediately after hearing this.
William just smiled.
The man paused, looked at William, smiled, and said, "In fact, you made my cognition collapse!"
"oh?"
"Yes, Lord Baron! I have never seen a lord like you!"
"It's just that you're not sure!" There weren't many people in this territory that needed William to worry about, so he spoke out bluntly.
"You are right, Lord Baron! But you are indeed the most alternative noble I have ever seen!" the man nodded.
"So?" William looked at him with a bright look, "What are you going tonight?"
"I'm very confused, Lord Baron, never before! And the final answer is in your hands!" The man raised his head and looked at William deeply.
"What do you need me to do for you?" William felt a little interesting," I mean, I always emphasized that when I first saw you, and what you did during this period, you were clearly showing me that you are a smart person! I believe there is no doubt about this! In my imagination, you should have already found a way out!"
After pausing, William said again, "Old John told me about that very early!"
As he said that, William looked at the man indifferently, and the identity of a knight-level creature and nobleman put a lot of pressure on him.
The man smiled bitterly, "Silly guy!"
"Haha!" William just smiled and said nothing.
"Sir Baron, I don't understand a little. Why don't you punish them?" The man asked in his heart.
"I said that they come and go freely after the month of harvest! I will not keep them when they leave, but I will confiscate their fields and property, and I will bring them glory and sunshine. If the village of Nisse will perish, it will be after my body!" William said casually, "If that is the case, why should I punish them?"
"You are such a unique nobleman!" The man opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but couldn't say anything, and he sighed for a while.
William accepted this praise with a smile!
"Sir Baron, I am willing to stay and watch your fate repeating over and over again in your small village of Nisse!" The man no longer hesitated and said to William firmly.
Old John next to him was slightly moved when he heard this.
William rolled his eyes and said, "You just trust me?"
"Master Baron, your life is much more precious than ours!" the man said meaningfully.
"Aren't you afraid that I'm lying to you?" William looked at the man playfully.
"The action will not lie, Lord Baron!" the man replied, "What's more, Lord Baron, I don't see that you need to deceive us!"
"Hahaha... very good. From the moment, your words make me happy. But what I want is more than just happiness. I want to ask you, what can you bring to me?" William smiled slightly, then looked at the person in scrutiny.
"I can pass on your will and persistence to other villagers to know and let them pay attention to your true intentions!"
"Oh, can you influence all the villagers?"
"No, Lord Baron, but some villagers will consider what I say!"
"oh……"
"And not all villagers can have tickets to enter Patras! It's too expensive! There are always some villagers who give all their money, but they can't enter!" said the man.
"So these people will stay in the village of Nesse?" William became interested.
"It's a dead end to stay in the village of Nesai... Sorry, Baron, I mean, there will be no choice for villagers to stay in the village of Nesai before you arrive!" The man realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly explained.
"Then where did they go?" This was William was curious.
In fact, when William knew that the winter entry fee for Patras City was one Pizza gold coin per person, he had this question in his mind.
This era is not communism!
The land of each villager is different.
Some have more, some have less.
There are many like the Adams family, with 12 crucet land. If converted into acres, it is about 360 acres.
The few are like Mark's family, with a large population and a small land area, only 0.8 crucet, which is about 29 acres of land.
The difference is very different.
William asked the villagers and calculated that if you eat acre of land, you can harvest about 120 kilograms of rye if you eat according to the weather.
0.8 Cruckett can only harvest about 3500 kilograms of rye.
But one-third of the land is used for fallow.
That is to say, the maximum harvest is only 2400 kilograms of rye.
1 kilogram of rye can sell three Poole copper coins.
2400 kilograms of rye can get 72 francs silver coins, equivalent to 7.2 pizza gold coins.
There are only 7 people in his family, and it costs 7 pisce gold coins to get into the city.
But the problem is that 7.2 pizza coins are their harvest for a year, and their seed food will come from next year.
The money they have paid for the entry into the city, what are they left?
Last winter, the money to enter the city had already squeezed their family out of their homes, and they had to sell part of the land to the Adams family to have the spare money to live until now.
But the land has decreased and the harvest has decreased. In order to enter the city, I probably have to sell the land to others, which has fallen into a vicious cycle.
Until one day, there is no land to sell!
Then he was ruthlessly rejected by Patras.
But Mark is not the worst in the village!
There are also villagers with less land than Mark and more population than Mark!
So how did these people spend the winter? This is what William is curious about!
"Enter the Cordillera Mountains and become a wild tribe!" The man spit out a new noun!
"Wild? This is novel."
"Yes, Lord Baron, any villagers who cannot enter Patra and who have lost their land will enter the Cordillera Mountains and struggle to survive!" the man said with a heavy tone.
The city of Patra was originally established to resist the lizard men in the dark forest, so it was built on the pass on the road to the south, next to it was the Cordillera Mountain.
Patras does not allow villagers to enter the city, and the villagers do not even have the choice to go to other places.
"Then have they survived?" William asked.
The man shook his head, "Seldom can live until the arrival of spring! There is very little land that can be cultivated in the Cordillera Mountains, and they are all occupied by some powerful wild tribes. In addition, there are endless dangerous animals in the mountains, so..."
The man didn't continue to say anything, and William nodded in understanding.
After thinking for a while, William asked again, “How many wild tribes are there in the mountains?”
"I don't know!" The man shook his head first, then thought for a while, and replied, "I have heard from the people in Patras that there can be thousands of wild tribes in the Cordillera Mountain!"
"Then there are really a lot of this number!" William said thoughtfully.
"Don't they come to rob your harvest?" William asked directly. Mountain Cordillera is not far from here.
"They think! But they dare not, and there is no chance!" The man showed a sarcastic and self-deprecating smile on his face.
"Virgin is more active than anyone else! Tomorrow, Viscount Grien will send people to take away most of the harvest in the village of Nisse in the name of entering the city! Without enough food, how dare they come and rob at the risk of angering Viscount Grien?" The man said the reason.
"Okay!" William always knew almost the situation in his territory.
The wild tribe, the lizardman, and the Viscount Grien are so wonderful! William said in his heart.
He paused and said to the person in front of him, "You have gained my trust. If you can satisfy me tomorrow, then you will be glorified!"
"This is a baron's promise!" William said seriously.
Chapter completed!