Since the discovery of iron ore, Commander Gale and several of his soldiers have been digging as if they had taken stimulants. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe discovery of an iron ore mine is enough to change the future of a town.

Except, of course, Van Pei.

Van Pei knew that the people of the commercial alliance would arrive in the royal capital in the next few days, and soon after, under the arrogant negotiation of the kingdom, the commercial alliance finally completely cut off all trade with the kingdom, and the ore and magic crystals in the kingdom were piled up, and no one wanted to sell them at a cheap price. The mine owners are almost all lost.

In addition to the kingdom's tough attitude, it was also because the Western Commercial Alliance ushered in the Age of Discovery.

As for the letter written by Van Pei to his family, it is just to make the family change their opinion of themselves and pay more attention to their own opinions in the future. How difficult economic reform is, it will require the shedding of blood, and it cannot be done by one's own letter.

Sunset Town, Town Hall.

Although it was still dilapidated, it was finally cleaned up a clean lot, and a pair of tables and chairs were barely scraped together for Van Pei to work, although there was nothing to work at all.

"Young master, just a few of us are too slow to mine, otherwise I will gather those homeless people outside and mine together, and the money from the sale is enough to arm another cavalry team." Head Gale was thrilled.

Van Pei didn't say anything, but sat at the desk, his right hand supporting his chin, and after thinking for a while, he asked coldly: "If I sell this mine, how much can I sell it?" ”

What?

Sell mines?

Gale and a few soldiers who were enthusiastic about the discovery of iron ore all looked at Van Pei in amazement.

Iron mine, this is an iron mine, as long as it is dug up and sold to the business alliance, it is a mountain of gold and silver.

The third ancestor, the third ancestor who has no interest.

"What's wrong? Do you think we can hold the iron mines? Van Pei lowered his arm and asked.

"Let, we can recruit people, there are iron mines that will definitely be able to recruit people." Gail was not reconciled, and if he sold it, he would lose a lot.

"Oh? As far as I know, there is a shortage of people in the towns and cities of the Far North, and they have signed a Population Pact in the Far North, which prohibits the poaching of people from each other, and those who are found to be trafficking in human beings are sent directly to the guillotine. Captain Gail, are you planning to steal, or rob? ”

Van Pei rolled his eyes, Gale is still a military general after all, and he lacks someone who can manage internal affairs.

"This ...... This ......"

Gale bowed his head in frustration, the population was the weakness of the Far North.

"Okay, that's it, you send someone to spread the news of the discovery of iron ore in Sunset Town, I think many nobles are interested. After all, at the end of the year, according to the business alliance in previous years, the demand for iron ore in the second year has been continuously increased, and iron ore is now fragrant. ”

Fan Pei laughed with a smile, at this time, no one knew that it would not be long before the iron mine would become a hot potato, and it would be a loss.

Although Gale did not agree with Van Pei to sell the iron ore, there was no population base to form a guard, and the iron mine was difficult to keep, so he could only order a few soldiers to take the excavated iron ore with him, and then go to the nearby towns to deliberately expose it.

Next, as long as Van Pei waits for the news to spread ten, ten to hundred, there will naturally be nobles interested in coming to find him.

As for Van Pei, the first priority now is to tidy up the town, because according to Gael's report, instead of repairing their houses, the remaining residents are destroying them all over Sunsettown.

"Young master, you can't go out now, these homeless people have lost hope of life and have become Diao people, they will only destroy everywhere, and if you don't do it, you will be angry."

When Van Pei was about to leave the town hall, Gale stopped at the gate, and today there are still outcasts trying to attack the soldiers.

"Why, you are the commander of a cavalry regiment, and even some unarmed townspeople are afraid? If you're afraid, you hide in the town hall, and I'm going to go where they gather. I'm the third son of the Hubbard family, and I'm here to give Sunset hope, not destruction. ”

These refugees are baby bumps in the sparsely populated Far North, and Van Pei attaches great importance to them.

Although Gale fought very bravely, he was not good at arguing with Van Pei, and in the end he could only say: "Then young master, you must stay by my side, so that I can protect your safety." ”

"Okay."

Van Pei knew Gail's concern and nodded in agreement.

These refugees are now gathered in a large mansion south of the city, which is the residence of the only knight lord in Sunset Town. When the Shedi attacked, they retreated faster than Van Pei, and fled with his family all the way into the Fury Wind Fortress.

Although the mansion was ransacked by the Xuedi people, and even the house was burned, because it was close to the Emerald River, it was more convenient to get water, so the refugees gathered here.

When Van Pei arrived, the refugees looked numb at first, but as one of them scolded the refugees, the other refugees began to gradually repulse Van Pei.

If it weren't for Gail, who was standing tall and mighty in full armor and holding a great sword, I am afraid that this rejection would have turned into hatred for revenge.

"Young master, what now? They don't welcome us very much, do you want to speak here? Now is not a good time. Gale had led the troops for many years, so he knew that if this kind of sentiment arose, it would only be exacerbated by speaking.

"I'm not interested in speaking, I'll be thirsty." Van Pei glanced at the knight's mansion, although it had been burned a lot, but the overall frame was still there, so he clapped his hands and said to Gale, "Alright, now we will start working, starting with the repair of this house to the east." ”

After saying that, Van Pei stepped on the snow in the courtyard and began to move the garbage in front of the house in the east, and gathered all the garbage into the courtyard. Including some broken and leaky windows, Van Pei also found some wooden planks to re-staple them.

Gail looked at Van Pei dumbfounded, this is the third young master of the Shaw Bird family, a wealthy family in the kingdom for hundreds of years, who actually cleaned up the garbage himself!

"What are you doing? Come over and help. ”

After all, Van Pei was weak, and he was a little out of breath after a long time, and yelled at the stunned head of Gael.

"Oh......"

Gale was fully armored, holding a big sword in his hand, and let out a long oh that he didn't even notice, and then he could only follow this inexplicable third ancestor to repair the house.

He didn't understand, what the Third Ancestor Young Master was going to do.

Although the snow had stopped, it was colder, but Van Pei had taken off his mink coat, Gale had taken off his armor, and the house to the east was gradually being swept out, and although there were still black marks of fire, it was noticeably cleaner than before.

As the two of them cleaned up, Gail suddenly found that the refugees who had been sitting and watching coldly had begun to spontaneously tidy up other rooms.

"Young Master, why is this happening? I tried to persuade them to repair the house, but they didn't listen. Gail wiped the sweat from his face, incredulous.

"Do you know what the broken window theory is?" Van Pei felt that his body was too weak, and he was already tired like a dog, and sat on the ground with his buttocks, gasping for strings of white gas.

"Broken window theory?" Gail didn't understand it at all.

Of course, Van Pei knew that Gale didn't understand, and in fact, no one did, this was the theoretical knowledge of his own world.

"The broken window theory is a theory in criminology. Figuratively speaking, you go to the prince's banquet, the whole banquet is very clean, you eat a watermelon, will you throw the melon skin on the ground casually? Van Pei asked.

"Of course not, I'm a knight anyway." Gale is proud of his knighthood.

"Then this noble knight, if you are in the slums, and the ground is full of filthy things, and you finish eating watermelon, where do you throw it? Would you be thinking about looking for trash cans everywhere? Van Pei laughed.

"This ......," Gale scratched his head, "it should have been thrown directly on the ground, it would have been dirty anyway." ”

"Yes, that's why. If a house has some broken windows and is not repaired, it will attract vandals to destroy it, or even break in and destroy it after finding that it is uninhabited, further breeding crime. And if the house here is clean and tidy, the windows are broken and repaired immediately, and everything is in order, you will find that others will love you. ”

The broken window theory is a simple theory for Van Pei, but for Gale it is simply a discovery of a new world.

As Van Pei explained, the other refugees had cleaned several rooms, which looked dilapidated but much cleaner than before, and the windows and doors were no longer leaking.

Two refugee women cleaned up a clearing in the compound and lit a fire to boil hot water. One of the female refugees brought two bowls of hot water with some resignation, bowed down and handed them to Van Pei and Gayle, who had worked hard all afternoon.

The distinction between the identities of the nobility and the untouchables has been deeply rooted in their hearts.