I heard that there was food, and no one was not active, and as soon as the announcement was issued, the front of Edinburgh was full of people, waiting for the lord's order.

As for the number of people, except for the more than 30 young adults who were responsible for building the house, all those who could come over came, there were more than 1,500 people, and the more than 100 people who did not come were basically young children and the elderly who had difficulty moving.

Standing in the castle, looking at the people outside, Meron felt quite sour in his heart, even if he was placed in the twenties of the last world, they belonged to the refugee level, and they were even a little inferior.

Meron had made several rounds of the territory, and although some of the animal skin clothes he had worn were worn out, some of them were still worn.

It doesn't seem to be the case now, when it was only superficial, and in fact at least two-thirds of the body was unclothed.

As for the children, they began to wear a little bit from the top of 10 years old, and the basic light from the bottom to the bottom.

The inhabitants didn't even have clothes to wear when they went out, and they were lords......

"Humph!"

At this time, a cold snort interrupted Meron's thoughts, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that Yalina's face was a little unsightly, and he could feel the slightest coldness in the summer.

I could feel that this coldness was aimed at me, and touching the back of my head, Meron felt a little inexplicable.

It was fine just now, but I just stood at the window and watched the situation of the people for a while, and I didn't provoke anyone!

Subconsciously looked at the position he had just looked, this time Mei Long's face stiffened, and he didn't pay attention to what he was thinking about just now, but at this moment he found that there were a lot of women gathered there, and a few lively ones were still playing.

Of course, these are not the key, the key is that individual women wear too little, only some key parts are surrounded by animal skins, and some are more fierce, but some are surrounded by aprons woven from plants, all of which leak wind, fortunately this is a big summer......

"The ......"

Meron opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, and he was a little embarrassed.

In two lifetimes combined, this kind of scenery is also the first time to see it, and the old face is hot.

Regarding Meron's performance, Yalina directly chose to ignore it, this is completely a reaction to being caught peeping, you must know that you were cheated like this!

"I just feel that they are wearing too little, and the lives of the people are so miserable, and I, the lord, cannot escape the blame." After sorting out his emotions, Meron said seriously.

Yalina nodded slightly, "I know." ”

It's just that I look at it, and obviously ignore the second half of the sentence.

Fortunately, O'Barton was also on the side, so at this time, he naturally wanted to come out to distract Yalina and relieve the siege for Lord Viscount: "Lord Viscount, don't blame yourself, this is the most barren territory in itself."

Now the people have food to eat every day, which is beyond their imagination, and this is all the glory of the Viscount. ”

After a pause, O'Barton also sighed with some emotion: "Of course, the poverty here is not imaginable, many people only have one piece of clothing, whoever goes out wears it, this time at the call of Lord Viscount, those who can act are here, and those who have no clothes can only do this." ”

Hearing this, Meron was a little stunned, there was actually this operation, the family only had one piece of clothing, whoever went out wore it, so wouldn't the rest ......

Yalina also frowned, apparently this was the first time she had heard of such a situation.

She used to live a hard life, she needed to get up early and be greedy for a little food, and she needed to be careful with her budget, but she still hadn't seen the extent that adults didn't have any clothes to wear.

"Let Akiba Shizuna temporarily recruit a few ingenious maids, make all the remaining animal skins in the castle into clothes, and distribute them for free, giving priority to those families in need."

Animal skins belong to reserve resources, but now Meron can't take care of these things, and he can't be indifferent when he sees that the people are not clothed.

"On behalf of the lords, I thank the Viscount for the radiance, but I advise the Viscount not to give them everything for nothing, it is easy to make people lazy, and it just so happens that they are called this time, and they will collect their labor income for three days, and collect it in nine days." O'Barton bowed respectfully, clearly appreciating Merlon's actions.

This is equivalent to cutting meat from oneself and distributing it to the people, which is completely opposite to normal aristocrats cutting meat from the people, this is not an ordinary mind and courage!

"Okay, that's it."

Meron nodded slightly.

The food given to the people is not given for free, and it needs to be repaid when the harvest season comes, but it is not a one-time repayment, but according to one-tenth of the loan repaid in a year, this method was thought up by Yarina and Akiba Shizuna.

In addition to not giving people the illusion that they can eat without working, this also allows people to borrow as little as possible, not reluctantly, but to avoid extravagance and waste.

It is worth mentioning that Shizuna Akiba has now moved to the castle as Lola's assistant, the equivalent of the little housekeeper of the big castle.

She is very talented in business, and she is definitely a strong woman or a business tycoon with double doctorates in the last world, otherwise she and Yalina would not have thought of such a way to borrow food to repay food.

You must know that there is no such thing as this loan or that loan in this world, and the borrowing and repayment and even the transaction are all completed at one time, and there is no such thing as installment.

After about ten minutes, Meron, who was enjoying breakfast in the castle, suddenly heard a commotion outside, followed by excited shouts from the people.

"Thank you Lord Viscount for your generosity, Lord Viscount's brilliance has always shone on us!"

"Thank you, Lord Viscount!"

Meron looked in the direction of the outside of the castle, not expecting that his one move would win the lord so favorably.

I really want to go out and have a look, but this idea was rejected in a flash, not to mention whether Yalina will be jealous, but thinking about the current state of the people, Meron is a little embarrassed.

The speed of clearing the wasteland was faster than expected, and the people were all enthusiastic and energetic, even the children and the elderly also made their best efforts.

Meron also sighed at this, these people are too simple.

When the slaves arrived in Edinburgh, it was a few days later than agreed, almost more than twenty days, and this time it was Korda himself who led the team.

This is the first guest from the territory after Meron came to Edinburgh, and the standard of hospitality is the same.

Of course, although everything here is gradually becoming regular, in front of an earl's heir, there are really not many people who can show their hands, but fortunately, Koda doesn't pay attention to these.

After the banquet, Korda and Meron sat by the campfire in the castle, Korda took a sip of beer, and his expression became serious: "I don't know if it's right or wrong to buy slaves for you this time, but now it's irreparable, I suggest you stock up on more food." ”

"Oh? Why? Meron was a little puzzled.

This time, Meron was very happy to see the slaves brought by Koda.

Originally, 230 were sold, but there were more than 70 heads, that is, what this piggyback brought made Meron happy.

It's not that Meron loves to take advantage, but that most of these people are underage women and thin women who are not good at labor.

In the eyes of others, this is a commodity that can be eaten but has no labor, but in the eyes of Meron, it is a living force.

There are a lot of singles in the territory, and there is even a matriarchal society, the main reason is that there are few women!

What are you afraid of when you are a minor, won't you be an adult in a few years?

"Usually when I buy slaves, there is an increase, but there will never be so many, and later I inquired and found out that there were a large number of locusts, and as soon as the locusts came out, food was bound to be a problem, and those slave owners would become so generous."

"Locusts?"

Meron's face is not very good-looking.

For the army of locusts, Meron knows that where this thing passes, there is no grass and no grain is harvested.

I've just added a lot of people here, so you're going to come to the locusts, tease!