Dark's head lowered slightly, and after a slight pause, he exhaled again and said slowly—

"However, I think this task may be more suitable for me. So, I took the task anyway and came here by myself. It's just that I didn't expect that in order to avoid all of you, I was still a little late......"

All the "stories" have an ending here. Cream next to him obviously felt that something was not quite right with this "story", and he opened his mouth, just about to speak-

"Ah, I see. President Darker didn't attend due to illness, so no one would have noticed that your Heavenly Hand was such a hidden killer as you. It's really good that this task is carried out by you~~~"

It's just that before Cream opened his mouth, the president of his own house expressed his trust in this "story" for the first time. Not only trust, but even a little plausibility is added.

Seeing that Arrow said this, of course, Cream had nothing to talk about, so he could only keep his mouth shut and stop talking.

It was Dark, his expression was a little nervous, but when he saw that Arrow now had a completely confident expression on his face, and his face was still full of smiles, he couldn't help but relax a little and nodded slightly.

"How do you feel now? Is the body still able to move freely? ”

Arrow took a bite of the dry food in his hand and said in a very relaxed tone—

"Also, our guild's dry food may not be as delicious as yours, but you don't even taste a mouthful of it, it's too shameful for me, right?"

Duck was stunned for a moment, then remembered the piece of dry food he was still holding in his hand, he quickly stuffed it into his mouth and took a bite, some crumbs fell, and he quickly covered his mouth. After he had chewed and swallowed, he nodded lightly and said with a smile, "Thank you, President Arrow, physically...... Felt much better, nothing hurt. Moreover, your dry food is not so unpalatable, it is much better than the dry food made by our guild cooks. ”

As he spoke, he took another bite, nodded again and again and smiled: "Crispy but not loose, sweet but not greasy, salty but not oily." Originally, I thought that eating this dry food would make you thirsty easily, but now I don't feel thirsty at all. I really envy you for being able to recruit such an excellent cook. ”

Coco's nose instantly turned up to the sky, and the silly girl was about to say something with her hands on her hips, but Arrow suddenly said: "Those farmers in poor villages have changed from homesteaders to hired farmers. ”

His voice is very natural, but in nature, it reveals a little resoluteness and sensitivity.

This kind of serious voice sounded a little uncomfortable to Dark, after all, he had known President Arrow from before and now, and he had always looked smiling and grinning, and he had not taken it that seriously.

But now, he looked at Arrow, and his face was full of doubt.

"President Dark, do you know what happens when a yeoman farmer becomes a hired farmer?"

A slight puzzled look appeared on Dark's face, he thought about it, shook his head slightly, and said, "I don't know...... What exactly are you talking about? What homesteaders? What hired farmer? What does it all mean? If you're asking me about my knowledge, I'm probably a little bit of a stranger......"

Dark's face was puzzled, and most of the other guild members didn't quite understand it.

At this point, the serious expression on Arrow's face was still not lifted, but after a little thought, he continued to say with this serious attitude: "Homesteaders, that is, they own their own land, and the annual harvest depends entirely on their own labor. Those who work more will have more, those who work less will get less, and those who do not work will not be allowed. Except for a small part of the food they harvest each year, they only need to provide a small part of it to the royal family, and the rest is all their own. They can use the food to sell it, and the money from the sale can be used to buy other things to improve their lives. In other words, their fate can be completely in their own hands. ”

"But now they have become hired farmers. The land beneath their feet no longer belongs to themselves, but to those large landowners who are about to receive these title deeds. From now on, all their labor is no longer for themselves, but for the sake of these big landowners. Because they can continue to work here because they are 'employed'. In other words, the amount of money they can only receive depends only on how much the future landlords of these lands are willing to give them. If the landlord's conscience finds that he is willing to give a little more, it is fine, but what he is most afraid of is that he may not be able to keep even one-tenth of the grain in the end. ”

"And it all depends on whether the future owners of these leases are 'good people,' as they now call hired farmers."

Arrow's voice ended, his tone flat and firm, but there was nothing that made people sound comfortable or happy.

He didn't laugh.

The kind of signature smile that always hung on his face was now not even the last bit left.

In the face of Arrow's blandness, the surrounding guild members all fell silent. After a long time, Margaux finally couldn't help it, and said: "Homesteaders also depend on the weather, right?" In the event of a poor harvest year......"

"As the president of the Mermaid Song, if the mermaid Song's business is good, I will give you one-tenth of the mission income as a bonus and salary. This amount is definitely low compared to other guilds, because many of the other guilds should be in one-fifth. And if it's a situation like President Dark's own guild, I'm afraid it won't be a problem to get more than half. ”

"But if the Mermaid's business goes bad, I won't give a penny to my guild members. Even though you are so important to me, I know that I have to be nice to you and give you a little more bonus. But I am a man of capital, and I am naturally disgusted with the loss of money in my hands for no reason, and I hate that my money will not bring any benefit even if it is constantly decreasing. Every morning when I wake up and think that there will be a lot of fixed operating costs to consume today, I feel a sense of irritability for no reason. ”

"Do you think I'm a good person? Well, I also think I'm a good person. ”

"But even for a good person like me, I can't control my desire to not give you money and leave you to fend for yourself when business is bad. What do you think are the chances that these hired farmers will eventually meet a good man? ”

These words of Eero were really cold.

But even listening to such cold words, Cream and the others felt that these words didn't seem to be for themselves, but more like for the Dak Hikari in front of them.

Along with Arrow's words, Dark's face also showed a slight confusion. His brow furrowed, and after a moment of thought, he shook his head slightly, and said, "These things...... I haven't even thought about it...... I didn't learn it in the books......"

Arrow was not angry, and continued to say in that cold and calm tone: "Of course you will not learn, because these things are not written in books, but through my teacher while enlightening, and then I think about the conclusions. ”

At this point, the sadness on Dark's face became even more intense, and he shook his head gently, his beautiful eyes full of uneasiness: "That is, you guessed it yourself?" These are just your own guesses, right? And also...... Even if you say so much, these farmers do borrow so much money. And those big landlords and big financial institutions really lent them money? Isn't it natural to pay off debts? President Arrow, what exactly do you want to say? ”

What do you want to say?

Arrow himself wasn't quite sure what he was trying to say.

Indeed, these things were indeed thought of by himself. Because for farmers, owning land is a matter of infinite possibilities. Once the land is taken away, then they have no assets and can only survive by working for others. Since it is for someone else's work, how much money others are willing to give them depends only on the attitude of the other person.

But even if you understand this, what's the use?

What does all this mean exactly?

As Duck said, these villagers did borrow money, and they did write IOUs willingly. Even, they are a bit cunning, borrowing money from different institutions. In this sense, these villagers themselves are synonymous with cunning, unseemly, lewdness, and dirtiness.

Their cunning and concealment are very clever in deceiving the gentlemen who are willing to lend them money, and to the detriment of the decent gentlemen.

From this point of view, these peasants are really not pitiful, but there are still some hateful factors.

So......

What is the purpose of what I just said?

In the depths of my heart, why do I always feel that there is a very insurmountable hurdle, but now even Iroh himself has no way to confirm where this hurdle is and how to overcome it......

"Ah...... I'm sorry, but I'm probably a little sensitive......"

Finally, a smile appeared on Arrow's face again. He shook his head lightly and said—

"I'm sorry, but I made President Duck laugh. So what's next for you? To get back the remaining title deeds? ”

Everyone was also slightly relieved to see that Arrow was back to normal again.