Seeing that his lord and colleagues were not very concerned about the leakage of the formula, Vlavich had no choice but to give up and stop talking about it.

He was silent for a while, and Joseph had finished reporting, so he coughed lightly and said, "Lord, I came here today to ask you about winter disaster relief and relief. ”

It's late autumn now, and the weather is cool enough that you can even feel a little bit of winter in the cold wind at night.

Moreover, the climate in the north is not very good, and every year Vlavich prepares in advance to help the poor and affected people and the few nomads who wander here at about this time.

Today, he proposed this just to inform the lord as usual, in previous years, the lord directly agreed to allocate funds to him, and this year's additional income from the territory is good, it is estimated that more relief funds can be obtained from the lord so that more people can survive this winter.

"Disaster relief, relief, to whom, how?"

To his surprise, today's lord was in the mood to pay more attention to this matter than usual, and asked several questions in a row,

In fact, Duke was indeed very surprised in his heart, and he now had the impression that after the transformation of knowledge, there were also cement firing factories and steel factories that provided a large number of jobs, and the original untouchables and slaves basically owned their own land.

Although the life of the people of the entire northern dukedom is not rich, it is always no problem to support themselves and their families, and they do not need relief and special care at all, so he felt a little strange when Vlavic asked him this.

Seeing that his lord was really curious about this matter, Vlavic couldn't help but say a little more: "In winter, everyone has no income, and many of them need relief to survive the whole winter. And there are usually some displaced people who run to the northern fortress to ask for asylum, and these people also need to be considered. ”

Isn't this going to be a big loss, and all of them are very considerable laborers!

Duke looked at Vlavich a little speechlessly, but he quickly realized that the era he was living in was not the era he knew was once unusually developed, and in this current situation where there was no guarantee of heating and not enough winter clothing, it seemed that it was much better for the poor bottom to stay at home in winter than to go out for activities, at least people would not freeze to death.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that he should not make the legendary three-piece heating set, so that the people in the other world can also feel the happy life of his wife and children.

"That's something to consider, but I've got some ideas, and I'll tell you about it tomorrow when I've seen the anvil. ”

I believe that the dwarves are skilled enough to satisfy themselves, and they are basically able to turn what they want into reality. Duke confidently agreed with Vlavic to visit the dwarves' workshop tomorrow.

As for the other question, he was also curious, for he had heard more than once from his own subordinates.

So he asked, "Do we still give in to the homeless people in the winter?

"Naturally, we don't charge money, there will always be some homeless people who have no way to live and wander around to try their luck, and some people will come to our side, and the tradition of relief has been around since the old duke a long time ago, and it is almost our tradition. ”

Speaking of this, Vlavich was also a little touched, not only sad for those homeless people who had to run around in winter, but also some moved by the virtues of his lord's family.

But Duke's focus was not here, and he suddenly asked, "What about these people after the winter? ”

This is also a point that Duke wonders, if the population of the northern fortress is not always like this and the growth is still negative, he does not seem to have seen any homeless people in his territory since the beginning to the present.

"Well, the homeless people are people who have no property and do not want to be slaves, and after the winter is over, they probably go back to the mountains, and only a few will stay, but these people are not necessarily better off at the beginning than in the mountains, and they have only improved since this year. ”

It's a big loss!

Duke only had these three words roaring in his heart at this time, he really didn't understand why he had spent so many materials to raise these white-eyed wolves who were destined to run this whole winter, not only consuming resources but also not benefiting at all, wasting his expression in vain.

And these people are all future population and labor, at this stage, what Duke wants to do most is to increase the population, the labor gap needed for the development of the territory has not been filled so far, and only relying on the poor slaves that Joseph brought with him after returning from each business activity, Duke can't imagine how long it will take to make a qualitative leap in his territory in terms of population.

"We can't do that again this year!"

With so many resources and people wasted for so many years in a row, Duke couldn't breathe when he thought of this, and couldn't help but say to Vlavic fiercely.

As a result, Vlavich was taken aback, and hurriedly persuaded: "Lord, this is the time to show our benevolence, and we have been doing this for a hundred years, and we must not give up this fine habit in our generation." ”

After all that Duke said was just angry talk, and after Vlavich persuaded him for so long, he finally stated his plan: "We still have to get this winter's relief, but we need to do it differently, and we want to keep all these people here as much as possible." ”

"Lord, we didn't have any surplus supplies to settle the displaced people before, and we didn't have the attraction for them to settle. Although the situation has changed a bit, I think it is still very difficult. ”

Vlavic, who had many years of experience in managing and dealing with the homeless, did not think that a small amount of help in the winter would make the homeless settlers choose to settle in the barren Duchy of the North, so he always very soberly and clearly advised Duke to follow the habits he had been using for many years.

"There is still some time before winter, so let's not discuss this for now, and we will discuss everything after we see the anvil made tomorrow. ”

Duke also felt that there was nothing tangible to convince Vlavic right now, so he could only continue to pin his hopes on the performance of the anvil tomorrow, and let Vlavic slow down and discuss this issue later.

Seeing that the lord said this, Vlavic could only give up, and at the same time he was looking forward to what the lord was doing tomorrow.