Mountain and Forest Kingdom

In the memory of many people of Hanbing, winter has always been the most comfortable season.

The long and cold winter is not cruel, nor dangerous and desperate for the children who grew up in this land.

Winter is a time to sleep comfortably, and it is also a good time to sit on a small bench next to the table and eat rice and sweet bread.

Eating meat is still the privilege of adults, especially fathers.

The children do not sit close to the table, but about one meter away, and the stools they sit on are also lower than others.

At this time, you can watch the pork or chicken and fish cooked in the pot, and then eat the white rice, bread and potatoes in your own bowl.

The poorer children wear dirty animal skins that adults don’t wear, and their dirty hands or bowls only have boiled potatoes and beans, potatoes and fish that adults eat in the pot, or cabbage and fish.

The slightly better children wear cleaner clothes, and may have discarded sweaters and woolen pants and jackets that others don’t wear, and can eat bread.

The adults eat chicken and eggs, and there are also salted fish and cabbage on the table.

Children from ordinary families can wear clean sweaters and trousers in the cold winter near the New Year. Because they go to the bathhouse regularly to take a bath, their bodies will be relatively clean.

Children from such families can eat bread and rice, and can also share meat, vegetables and eggs from their mothers and sisters.

There will be stewed pork, cabbage and vermicelli on the table where the adults sit, and there will also be potato wine that is not lacking every year.

These are locals who have lived in the ice land for more than ten years. Before eating, they have to thank the great prophet and the star god for their gifts.

Children from wealthy families must have parents who are craftsmen or soldiers.

There will be many people who serve as soldiers and craftsmen with their fathers in these families, and there will be at least three or more stable staff members in the family.

So they eat and wear better. The children will sit alone at a table, scrambling for the chicken and pork given by the adults, and they can continue to ask for eggs and bread if they are not enough.

The adults are not in a hurry to eat beef and mutton, which they usually eat. Most of the time, they drink and chat, making laughter and shouts that are ignored by the children.

The nobles ate better, with exquisite dishes on the table, as well as stir-fried dishes and cold dishes.

The most sumptuous table was definitely the prophet's, with so many delicious dishes that the children and women couldn't remember them all.

In the bustling Dum Port, sailors from all over the world and merchants from all over the world began to drink and chat.

A few familiar drunkards sat near the dirty table with bottles of wine and seagull meat, drinking and bragging.

"The women on Red Skirt Street eat really well. Today the second mate took us there to play. When I went to bed, she started to shout and I smelled mutton."

The drunkard next to him said with a smile: "Is it something else? You made the mistake."

"No! I asked, and she said she had mutton soup for lunch." The drunkard said angrily: "The prophet takes too much care of them! They make more money in a day than we make in a month!"

The red-nosed drunkard said: "That's hard-earned money."

"More hard-earned than us?" The sailor drunkard clenched his fists in anger, "When I have no work, I will go to the dock to unload goods, but I still don't make as much as they do! These damn foreign women!"

"Hahaha, let's drink." The red-nosed drunkard picked up the glass and drank.

The others laughed at the angry sailor, but they also agreed with the sailor drunkard's words.

Because of the prophet's extra care, the prostitutes who made money from them and other men can spend money openly.

They can go to the street to buy clothes that ordinary women can't afford, and they can buy sweets and limited pies that others can't bear to eat.

These women even took a handful of copper coins into the tavern to consume, laughing and stimulating those poor men.

Dum Port is not big, and people's perception of rich people is also very simple.

So simple that they would kill and rob when they see money.

Fortunately, the men in the Ice Land are more afraid of the rules of the prophet. Many of them are already the heads of the family. Even single young people know the power and terror of the prophet, so they dare not disobey the prophet's orders.

When they are absolutely protected, the group that serves others all day long also has the spiritual needs of enjoying and being served.

The merchants and women who made money began to frequently stroll in the busy streets or commercial streets, spending the huge wealth that could be easily earned.

The contradictions and questions soon reached a slight outbreak point, which was pierced by a group of temporary sailors who had just arrived.

The three sailors killed a prostitute and robbed her beautiful clothes and necklace, as well as more than 200 copper coins that they had just earned today.

The sailor was soon killed by the sheriff and hanged on the dock, but people didn't care about the lives of the sailors and prostitutes at all. They were talking about the money of the prostitutes.

Two hundred copper coins is a very amazing wealth in the Ice Land, especially accumulated in one day.

The monthly salary of the frontline soldiers is not even this amount!

Lawrence quickly rushed from Oak City to Dum Port and checked the detailed records of this case in the Evernight Lighthouse.

The dead sailors and prostitutes did not attract Lawrence's attention. Lawrence was also shocked by the hard-earned money of this prostitute in one day.

"Why is it so much?"

Lawrence asked the governor here, Rao, the number exceeded Lawrence's imagination.

Abnormal income and wealth will cause a series of problems and accumulate contradictions.

Rao carefully explained: "They concealed their income. At first, they said it was one copper coin at a time, but in fact, after someone went in, they would continue to deceive those men to enjoy better services and pay more money."

Lawrence quickly understood this method.

"It was my arrogance and excessive kindness that led to the misunderstanding of these people."

Lawrence admitted that this matter was his own problem, and continued: "Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to calculate how much money they made, and it is impossible to require them to pay a specific tax rate."

"This matter has also affected the rest of the people in the port. I can imagine that many people are dissatisfied."

Lawrence thought for two or three seconds, "I think this money will definitely be handed over to the nobles behind them, and part of it will be handed over to us. They will not have much left in their hands."

"But it is much more than many people outside. This wealth will bring disaster."

Lawrence said: "In the future, their working hours will be forced to not exceed five hours! And they must rest for ten days every month!"

"And..." Lawrence must change the image of these prostitutes, and quickly said: "I allow them to donate money to the monastery! And I will record it!" (End of this chapter)