Section 8: Unified Measurement
The leaders came to Arold in order, including a peasant woman with a hen in her arms and a fat coat and a turban wrapped around her head and chin, and a Germanic nobleman with a cloak and cloak on her shoulders, they all came to ask Arold to preside over the fair settlement of disputes, after all, the peasants' requests were simple and probably trivial matters between neighbors, Arold relied on the customs of Europa in his memory and the legal program of a certain CCTV station to make a ruling on the civil disputes of the peasants one by one, in short, the peasants were satisfied, but at this time it was the lawsuits of the Germanic nobles that were more troublesome.
"Dear Earl, I'm Bert from the Kim family." A middle-aged nobleman with brown hair walked in front of Arrod, in fact, even the nobles were not all rich, and this Bert of the Jin family only owned a piece of land of more than twenty acres, which was no different from ordinary farmers except for blood.
"Bert, what do you want?" Arold sat on the lord's throne and yawned, which he really couldn't blame, and dealing with such trivial lawsuits was also a brain-draining matter.
"Yes, Lord Earl, my family and I have a piece of land, and we have worked hard to cultivate it, and thank God." Bert, who came from the King family, drew a cross on his chest, and it was obvious that this was a squire who was more content with the status quo.
"Father, let's get to the point." At this moment, behind Bert, a young aristocratic lad spoke impatiently, with the same brown hair, and carrying an iron sword at his waist, which was the prerogative of the nobility, and which was covered with many freckles on the bridge of his nose.
"Who is this?" Arrold looked at Bert curiously. Behind Kim, he asked Bert, and he could see that the young man looked indignant.
"This is my second son, Harold." Bert hurriedly explained to Arrod.
"Say it. Why are you coming to file a lawsuit against me. Arold nodded, and he asked as he turned his gaze back to Squire Bert.
"Well, after a whole year of hard work with my family and I we have harvested a lot of wheat and apples, and my wife and daughter have grown a lot of flax, which I plan to take to the port of Mecklenburg except for my own family use. Sold to the merchants there, but, but ~~~. Bert didn't seem to be the one who often dealt with the big nobles, who usually cared more about their land, and he stammered to Arrod.
"But the merchants from other countries in the port have deprived us of a lot of our crops, and our family has suffered losses, and I should teach them a lesson with the sword, but my father must file a lawsuit against you." Harold stuck his waist in his hand. Holding the hilt of his sword at his waist, he said loudly in dissatisfaction, his voice echoing through the halls of the lords.
"Your father is right, in Mecklenburg you must do what you do, and I will not allow the use of force privately." Arold knew the fiery temper of the young man, but he certainly could not encourage such behavior in order to maintain the stability of Mecklenburg, so he said to Harold with a straight face.
"Yes, Lord Count." Bert hurriedly pulled his second son and bowed to Arrod.
"Well, Brother Elvet went and called the merchants of the harbor. I'm going to ask what's going on? Arold said to Brother Elvet, though it was a matter of nobles selling their crops to merchants. But this shows that with the increasing economic activity in his own territory, and the output of crops increasing, this kind of buying and selling will prosper, and if the merchants deceive and exploit their people, Arold will certainly not rest on his laurels.
"Your Excellency, Earl." Soon, while the Bert father and son were waiting. The monks of Elvette sent for the merchants of the port of Mecklenburg, who had sailed to Mecklenburg by way of Guò and saluted Araud.
"One of the nobles in my realm has sold you his crops, but they believe they have been deceived and have filed a lawsuit against me, so they want you to give me a reasonable explanation." Arold rested his elbows on the armrests of the seat. Supporting his head with his left hand, he asked the merchant in the port.
"What?" The merchant in the port looked to the side and saw the father and son of the Jin family standing on the side, they immediately understood, and hurriedly explained to Arrod, it turned out that although the price they gave after weighing was not the highest, it was just an ordinary price, but the Bert father and son were angry and made a big noise, and it could be said that there was a small storm in the port.
"What the hell is going on?" Of course, Arold couldn't listen to anyone's side of the story, he turned to Bert and his sons, and after confronting the two sides, Arold realized that the weighing units they used were completely different, the units of measurement of the Duchy of Mason in the East Francian Kingdom used by Bert and his sons, and the units of measurement of the Duchy of Mason in the East Frankish Kingdom, while the merchants in the port were from the West Frankish Kingdom, and the units of measurement of the subordinate principalities of the Frankish Kingdom where they were located, as a result, there was a mutual error.
"Your Excellency, we do business anywhere, and we are definitely not deceived." The merchant from the West Frankish Kingdom said aggrievedly that this kind of error was actually completely normal in their opinion, but they didn't expect to run into the more serious Bert father and son to make trouble with the lord.
"Hmm." Arrod touched his chin, if the average lord would definitely continue to do the same thing as before, but Arold had an idea, he already had an idea in his heart.
"Your Excellency, Lord Count, please decide." Burg and his son, along with the French merchants, bowed to Arrod and said to him.
"I see, is there a lot of this kind of thing, Brother Elvet?" Arrod turned his head and didn't say directly to the two parties, but asked Brother Elvet, his palace minister.
"This kind of thing is inevitable Lord Earl." Brother Elvet blinked, merchants controlled economic activity, how to use the unit of measurement was their freedom, did Arold still care about the merchants of other countries?
"Bert, your losses will be borne by Mecklenburg." Arold stood up and said to Bert and his son.
"What? Is this true, thank you for your generosity, Lord Count. "Bert. Kim listened gratefully and knelt down on one knee to Arrod, and loudly praised Arrod's generosity.
"Lord Earl, Lord Count." Brother Elvet hurriedly approached Arrod's side, tugging at the corner of Arrod's robe, trying to remind Arrod.
"Brother Elvet will issue a lord's decree tomorrow to the whole of Mecklenburg. From now on, all merchants who trade in Mecklenburg must use the unit of measurement in Mecklenburg, and it is not allowed to use the unit of measurement of other countries, and the violation of the penalty is three times the amount of the property they sell. Araud ignored Brother Elvet's reminder that he wanted to take the opportunity to unify the units of measurement in Mecklenburg, which could only contribute to the economic development of his territory. This is one of Shang Jun's changes.
"Well, that's a good idea." Brother Elvet began to hear that Arold had borne the losses of the Bert family, and as the court minister, he thought that Arold had suffered unnecessary losses, but then Arold proposed a method of uniform measurement that would be a good idea to think about it carefully.
People did not realize that it was this initiative that started the reform of Mecklenburg, and that Arold's dazzling reform content would greatly increase Mecklenburg's power and lay the foundation for its unification of the Baltic coastal territory, which only began with this small lawsuit. In order to ensure that his efforts to unify the unit of measurement would not become empty talk, Arold also ordered the Mecklenburg smelting base to produce measuring instruments, which were placed in the market, town and port of Mecklenburg, and appointed officials to manage them.
"Arold heard that you unified the units of measurement in our realm?" When night fell, Arrold dragged back to the bedroom, and Princess Josie whispered as she lay on their big bed.
"You know that, too?" Arold took off his big hat under the service of the maids, and when he took off his clothes for some reason, one of the young maids suddenly swept his fingers under Arold's crotch. The slender fingers that tickled lightly made Arrod flutter, and Arrod had not tasted anything new for a long time since Princess Josie became pregnant. Harvey led the Brotherhood of Blood Drops to be busy with the affairs of the intelligence network, and he didn't feel it when he was busy on weekdays, but now that he was teased by this little maid, Arold only felt a hot current rushing down.
"Come on, it's cold." Princess Josie wears loose white fringed pajamas, and she has long blond hair. The lower abdomen is high and bulging, and the chest has become more plump than before, and there is a strange charm that exudes it, which may seem to Arrod to be the so-called maternal emanation, watching his wife gradually plump up. Arold didn't feel the cold at all.
"Huh." The maids all smiled coquettishly, and when they had finished their service, they cautiously exited the bedroom, leaving only Arrod and Princess Josie.
"Ah, yes." Arold uncovered the corner of the quilt and got into the soft big bed, which had been warmed with a warm treasure-like thing, he lay comfortably beside Princess Josie, clinging to his beautiful princess, his fingers unconsciously crossed Princess Josie's peak, the white tassel nightgown made Princess Josie's snow-white skin loom more tempting, Arold only felt that the lower abdomen became extremely hard.
"Huh~~~." Princess Josie was keenly aware of Arrod's changes, a hint of rose red appeared on her cheeks, her long eyelashes drooped down, and Arryd's shy touch made Arrod scratch her ears and cheeks.
"Your Royal Highness, this is not going to work." Arrod couldn't help but hold Princess Josie's little hand, but when she thought of her bulging lower abdomen, and worried that her recklessness would endanger the child, it was like a hungry person with a glass of water in front of him that could only be seen but not drunk, and he suddenly felt miserable.
"It's okay, the maids gave me a good idea." Princess Josie bit her lip gently, she never thought that she would become so and embarrassed one day, but the movement of her hand did not stop, and her slender white hand slowly went down, until she grabbed Arrod's vital point and shook it fiercely.
"Oh~~." Arold made a voice in pain and excitement, and it was cold and windy outside the castle, but the bedroom was full of spring. (To be continued......)