Release that Witch

On the day before starting to explore the ruins, Tilly's greatest interest was to slowly stroll along the flat streets of Bianbu Town to observe the remote territory that had changed dramatically in the hands of Lord Roland.

This is a different town, she thought, the more carefully observed, the stronger the feeling. It is very different from anywhere she has been to... The one that impressed her the most is probably the unparalleled vitality that this town has.

Even the emerging sleeping islands can't be compared.

"Isn't these people afraid of freezing?" Looking at the pedestrians coming and going on the street, Andrea was curious. "What good is your brother's promise, so that they are willing to come out in the winter?"

"Now it's still Zhongqiu," said the ashes. "You won't be able to distinguish even the seasons."

"But it's no different from winter. It's an analogy. It's often seen in "Her dreams, his country."" Andreas gracefully picked up long hair. "Of course, the barbarian won't understand." ""

"What your dreams, my dreams..."

"Look, it's hard to communicate with vulgar people who haven't seen drama. Tilly adults must have watched this famous drama from the dawn kingdom."

"You don't want to fight," Hillvi sighed. "I think the reason is probably very simple. Winter civilians are reluctant to move because they are expensive, not full, and susceptible to cold, but these problems do not exist in the town. The food prices here are not high, the firewood is also very good, and Miss Lily can cure the cold, so they will be able to get a day's salary with the cold wind and snowflake working hard.

"I can understand that there is plenty of firewood. The west is the forest. There are many forests around. The food price is not high... How is this possible?" Andrea said, "My family has also been involved in selling food, like It’s a poor harvest caused by natural disasters. Everyone will raise the price of food very high. Like this bad weather, nobles and businessmen can’t sell high prices?”

“Noble? Merchant?” Sylvia said with a smile. “There is only one person allowed to buy and sell food, and that is Roland.”

“The farmland by the river is all his industry?” Tilly frowned.

“No, it’s all the serf’s own fields,” she told herself about what she saw and heard here, as well as the scenes at the harvest. “He developed two food prices, one for the purchase price and one for the sale. The price, both prices are fixed, the latter is higher than the former."

"Isn't this a strong buy and sell?" Ashes said with an unexpected expression. "He can sell high prices, why not allow others to sell high prices?"

“It’s not the same,” Tilly said. “When the wheat is collected, it needs to be threshed, ground, and stored. These are costs, and the price rise is also normal.”

"Tilly is right, I asked the teacher after I learned it," Hilli said with a smile. "She said that after the extra cost of this part is collected, it can be paid as a salary to those who handle wheat. New granaries can be built, and the scale of production can be expanded. These can provide new things for the town..." She thought about it. "The job, yes, she said that at the time. I heard that Roland is very concerned about this." ""

"But he is still strong to buy and sell," Ashes stressed. "Do trade should not be free?"

"Maybe it is, but the price of the sale of His Royal Highness is not high enough that everyone can't afford it. If the price can remain fixed, the people will be more secure."

"Sometimes it's not all that freedom is the best," Tilly said, and she already had a clear idea of ​​Roland's intentions. It is forbidden to sell food to other people in the territory. It seems to be overbearing and unfair, but in fact it has eliminated hoarding and can effectively avoid the skyrocketing of food in the event of shortage. If it is in the kingdom, such a rare autumn snow falls, the price of food will inevitably rise to five or six times the weekdays. More than half of the civilians will be hungry because of insufficient food. It will be easy to cause riots after a long time, and finally they will be released by the palace. Relief food or dispatched guards to suppress. In either case, it is a big burden on the national treasury.

Although this policy looks good, it doesn't work anywhere. Most of the food and beverage traders are aristocrats and wealthy businessmen. They have a large number of serfs and fields. The royal family cannot force the acquisition of the food they produce and prohibit them from hoarding food. However, in Bianbu Town, except for Roland Wimbledon himself, there is almost no aristocratic family. It is entirely his own decision.

After Tilly spoke his own opinion, the ashes were still a bit sloppy. "Those serfs? When the food prices are high, they may get more income, but they are all exploited by fixed prices."

“Hey,” Andrea said with a smile. “It’s as if in a free-trade city, these people can escape exploitation. When the wheat is harvested, they not only have to pay more wheat, but even the ones they keep. Being pressed to a very low price, when it is a bad harvest, it is a problem to go through the pay-over part. Whether the remaining point can survive the famine is a problem. In contrast, the fixed price is more reasonable, as long as the crop is produced more, the income is also more."

“Here, they can choose not to do it,” said Hilli’s words, giving the trio a slight glimpse. “His Royal Highness said that after the output reaches a standard, the serfs can be promoted to free people. Continue to farm in the fields, or choose new The work is done by their own will. However, the free people only need to pay 20% of the grain, according to the purchase price at the harvest this year, the salary is also very impressive."

"Jin...Like?"

"Well, when the Highness preached, he said that he would let Bianyan Town no longer have a serf in two or three years."

It turned out that Tilly’s heart was suddenly touched by something, which is why the town is full of energy... When he formulated the policy, he actually considered the people’s ideas and added an incentive system to encourage them to do it. More and better This is completely different from the practice of any noble lord. Incentives are not only expressed in words, but actually give up some of the benefits, so that the people can get through hard work, rather than squatting these interests in the castle's underground vault.

At this time, she really understood the meaning of the red banners on the riverside.

However, Roland Wimbledon was not a generous person in the palace... So, is this the change brought about by the sudden memory? She is also fascinated by the elementary nature and mathematics of the evening classes.

Tilly had thought that after reading the palace collection, it was difficult to have anything to stimulate her curiosity and interest, but now she found that she still needs to learn a lot.

Suddenly there was a feeling in her heart, even if she didn't do anything, just staying in the castle of the town, looking through the books that recorded the magical knowledge, and watching the changes in the town was also a pleasant thing.

Suddenly, a long bell was heard in the direction of the city wall. This is the alarm of the evil beast.

Tilly puts these thoughts into my heart, but unfortunately, now she is no longer an unfettered five-timed woman, but a leader who bears the fate of the sleeping island witch. Some things can't be done by their own preferences. "We go to the city wall." Take a look, maybe you can help the guards."

"Of course," Andrea smiled. "This is the purpose of our coming here. Let them have a good understanding of how the witch fights."

(To be continued.)

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