Late at night, candles were lit in the earthen house, and William stood alone in front of the magic mirror.

The mirror surface of the Magic Mirror lights up, revealing a clear picture on it.

Several villagers gathered secretly, and each of them had a mixture of caution, fear, and hesitation on their faces.

Looking at them in the mirror picture, the corners of William's mouth drew an arc, but there was indifference in his eyes, his fingers slowly clicked over the figure on the mirror, and suddenly, there was a sound of small footsteps outside, and it didn't take long for the knock on the door to sound.

"Lord Baron, someone wants to see you!" Old John's voice rang out from outside the door.

"Come in."

William's eyes froze, and his palm swiped on the mirror, and the magic mirror immediately turned into a plain appearance.

The door was gently pushed open, and old John walked in with a man.

William turned around and saw the man brought by Old John, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"The monsoon of harvest brings a good mood, good evening, Lord Baron!" The man said to William.

"Actually, I'm not in a good mood...... William said with a playful look in his eyes, "the arrival of the harvest moon has made me smell restless!" ”

The man was silent for a moment, and then said calmly, "Nothing can be hidden from the eyes of the Baron!" ”

"There's so much I can't see with my eyes!" William sneered, paused for a moment, and then calmly said, "Actually, I didn't expect it to be you!" I've thought of a lot of people, Mark, Merton, even the clever Adams! But I never thought it would be you! After all, you are so smart and well-informed, and when you make up your mind, you will unswervingly carry it out...... But, really, I didn't expect it to be you! ”

The man was silent again.

William wasn't in a hurry, just watched him quietly.

After a moment, the man pondered his words and said, "Please forgive me for my audacity!" ”

"Sweet words are used to deceive people, or they are used to deceive themselves, and the truth will be harsh." William said, "I would never punish an honest lord for telling the truth!" ”

"You have given me courage, Lord Baron!" The man said suddenly.

William just smiled.

The man paused, looked at William, and smiled, then said, "Actually, you made my perception collapse!" ”

"Oh?"

"Yes, Lord Baron! I've never seen a lord like you! ”

"It's just that you don't see much!" In this territory, there are not many people who need to make William scruples, so he is blunt.

"You are right, Lord Baron! But you are the most unusual aristocrat I have ever met! The man nodded.

"So?" William looked at him with blazing eyes, "What are you here for tonight?" ”

"I'm confused, Lord Baron, I've never been more confused! And the answer is yours! The man looked up and looked deeply at William.

"What do you need me to do for you?" William felt a little funny, "I mean, what I've always emphasized, when I first saw you, and what you've done during this time, you've shown me a little bit unmistakably that you're a smart person!" I believe there is no need to question that! In my imagination, you should have already found a way out! ”

After a pause, William added, "Old John told me about that a long time ago!" ”

Saying that, William looked at the man indifferently, and his status as a knight-level creature and a nobleman put a lot of pressure on him.

The man had a wry smile on his face, "Stupid fellow! ”

"Huh!" William just smiled and said nothing.

"Lord Baron, I don't understand a little, why don't you punish them?" The man had a question.

"I said they come and go freely after the harvest moon! I will not keep them who go, but I will confiscate their fields and property, and I will bring them glory and sunshine if they remain, and if the village of Nisse will perish, it will also be after my corpse! William said casually, "In that case, why should I punish them?" ”

"You are such a nobleman like no other!" The man opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't say anything, and only sighed after a while.

William accepted the compliment with a smile!

"Lord Baron, I am willing to stay and see for myself the fate of your small village of Nisse!" The man no longer hesitated, and said to William in a firm tone.

Old John next to him was slightly moved when he heard this.

William rolled his eyes and said, "You believe me like that?" ”

"Your life, Lord Baron, is much more precious than ours!" The man said meaningfully.

"Aren't you afraid I'm lying to you?" William looked at the man playfully.

"Actions don't lie, Lord Baron!" The man replied, "Besides, Lord Baron, I don't see any need for you to deceive us!" ”

"Hehehe...... Very good, from the current point of view, your words make me happy. But I don't just want to be happy, I want to ask you, what can you bring to me? William smiled lightly, then looked at the man scrutinically.

"I can pass on your will and persistence to other villagers, so that they can pay attention to your true intentions!"

"Oh, can you influence all the villagers?"

"No, Lord Baron, but there are some villagers who will consider what I say!"

"Oh......"

"Moreover, not all villagers have a ticket to enter the city of Patras! It's too expensive! There are always some villagers who give everything they have, but they can't get in! The man said.

"So these people will stay in the small village of Nisse?" William came interested.

"Staying in the small village of Nisse is a dead end...... I'm sorry, Lord Baron, but I mean, there will be no choice for the villagers to stay in the village of Nisse without your arrival! The man sensed that he had said the wrong thing and quickly explained.

"And where did they go?" This is what William is curious about.

In fact, when William knew that the entrance fee to Patras City in winter was one Pis gold coin per person, he had this question in his heart.

This is not communism!

Every villager's land is different.

Some more, some less.

Many like the Adams family, there are 12 crookt land, which is about 360 acres when converted into acres.

There are few like Mark's family, there are many people and little land, only 0.8 kruket, which is about 29 acres of land.

It's a world of difference.

William asked the villagers and calculated that one acre of land, if you watch the weather and eat, you can harvest about 120 kilograms of rye.

Only about 3,500 kg of rye can be harvested with 0.8 kruket.

But a third of that land is used for fallow.

That is, a maximum of 2,400 kg of rye can be harvested.

One kilogram of rye sells for three Poole coins.

2,400 kilograms of rye can be harvested for 72 francs of silver, which is equivalent to 7.2 pitz of gold.

There are only 7 people in his family, and the entrance fee to the city will cost 7 Pisi gold coins.

But the problem is that 7.2 Pis Gold is their harvest for a year, and their seed food for next year will come from it.

After paying the entrance fee, what do they have left?

Last winter, the city entrance fee had drained the family, and they had to sell part of the land to the Addams family to live on until now.

But the land has decreased, the harvest has decreased, and if you want to enter the city, you will probably have to sell the land to others, and this is another vicious circle.

Until one day, there is no land to sell!

Then ruthlessly rejected by the city of Patras.

But Mark wasn't the worst in the village!

And the land of the villagers, less than the mark, and more people than the mark!

So how do these people survive the winter? This is what William is curious about!

"Enter the Cordillera and become a wildling!" The man spat out a new term!

"Wildling? It's a novelty. ”

"Yes, Lord Baron, any villager who can't get into the city of Patras and loses his land will go into the Cordillera and struggle to survive!" The man's tone was heavy.

Ciudad Patras was originally built to defend itself against the lizardmen of the Dark Forest, so it was built at a pass on the road to the south, next to the Cordillera Hills.

The city of Patras does not allow the villagers to enter the city, and the villagers do not even have the option of going anywhere else.

"Did they survive then?" William asked.

The man shook his head, "Very few people live to see the arrival of spring!" There is very little land that can be cultivated in the Cordillera Mountains, and it is occupied by some powerful wild tribes, and there are many dangerous animals in the mountains, so ......"

The man didn't say any more, and William nodded understandingly.

After thinking for a while, William asked again, "How many wild tribes are there in the mountains?" ”

"I don't know!" The man shook his head for a moment, then thought for a moment, and then replied, "I've heard from the people of Patras that there are thousands of wild people in the Cordillera Mountains!" ”

"That's a lot!" William said thoughtfully.

"Won't they come and rob you of your harvest?" William asked directly, the Cordillera Mountains are not far from here.

"They want to! But they didn't dare, and they didn't have this opportunity! The man had a sarcastic smile on his face, which looked like a self-deprecation.

"Viscount Greon is more positive than anyone else! Tomorrow Viscount Greon will send someone over and take away most of the harvest from the village of Nisse in the name of the entrance fee! Without enough food, how dare they risk angering Viscount Greon and come and grab it? The man told why.

"Okay!" William always knew a little bit about the situation in his territory.

Savages, lizardmen, Viscount Grien, it's really wonderful! William said in his heart.

He paused for a moment and said to the man in front of him, "You have gained my trust, and if you can satisfy me tomorrow, then you will be glorified!" ”

"It's a baron's promise!" William said solemnly.

"Please wait and see!" The man's body tightened and said.