"Morning, Brother Vir!"

On his way to the construction site, Som Warren, who had breakfast, ran into his introducer to Elena, Will Warren. He greeted warmly and raised his arms high in the air, trying to get Will's attention. He succeeded, and Will Warren, who was following a group of soldiers, turned his head and waved at him as well.

"Who's that? Do you know? ”

Jon Warren, who went to the construction site with Som Warren, was a little curious. He was Elena's old serf, and when Gastens came, he became a new peasant. Now, according to Elena's request, a new farmer like him should bring a new serf like Som, who had just come over and didn't know much about Elena, to work with him, to get acquainted with the environment, and to observe if there were any problems with these newcomers by the way. But even Jon Warren, who has been living in Elena, doesn't dare to say that he knows everyone on this plain. And this Som Warren gives him the feeling that wherever he goes, he can become familiar with people within three minutes.

"Ah, that's the soldier who took us to the wasteland when I came over last week, and I later learned that he was the deputy company commander of the Sixth Company."

"Liulian, I haven't heard much of ......", Jon shook his head and decided to change the subject, "Hey, how have you been these two days, are you still adapting?" ”

"It's good, eat well, sleep well, and have my own house, it's much better than my old days", Som Warren grinned, "I used to live a good life, it was a miserable one, I couldn't eat enough every day, our housekeeper was still a pervert, he whipped people with pigskin dipped in water every day, and I still have scars on my back." I'll show you......"

"No, no, no", Jon had seen the scar three times since he met Som for a week, and he didn't think Som was the kind of person who would complain about his work. However, at yesterday's meeting on the work of the new peasants, it was also said that it is necessary to pay more attention to the ideological dynamics of the new serfs. Thinking of this, Jon decided to go through his established procedures.

"The house built this time is for you new comrades to live in, although it is hard to build a house, but once it is built, there will be a house like the one in the liberation area. We also overshadowed ...... back then."

"Got it, got it", Somme waved his hand, "Build yourself a house, I'll definitely do my best!" ”

"That's good, that's good, I'll help you too."

Jon breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that Som was a relatively manageable serf. He led Somme to the construction site of the residential area of Liberated Sector 2, not far from Jiefang District 1, received tools, and worked with Somme.

The construction of the second liberated zone is a new task decided by the council. Because the number of new serfs was growing too fast, Gastens proposed at the council that the second liberated area should be built with reference to the method of liberating the first district, which was also a large row of bungalows and four-person rooms, so as to ensure that everyone had the builders and protect the other laborers on the plain. Due to the fact that the Liberation Zone 1 invested more manpower than expected in the construction and also used a large amount of pyroxene, saving the trouble of reworking at the beginning of the year, Elena now has enough manpower. Therefore, this proposal was passed by a large number of votes in the council. As a result, new serfs like Somme were pulled directly to the construction site where the house was built after clearing the wasteland and cutting it.

Elena adopted a collective system for the management of the new peasants. Everyone eats together and lives in a unified accommodation area. Except for a part of the grain that was collected, all the rest was counted in the name of the individual peasants. However, because there is no space for grain storage in the common food and housing, the grain can be stored independently in the public warehouse of the plain, and the depositor will get a certificate indicating the quantity and quality of the grain he provides, and he can exchange the voucher for grain at any time when needed. At the same time, there are public canteens to manage meals, and most of the peasants do not plan to bring back the grain they have collected, but are thinking about exchanging some money to buy some other supplies.

Because of the smooth sale of armaments, Elena was very financially well-off. Gastens has no plans to establish an independent monetary system of his own for the time being. Instead, he used grain storage vouchers to establish a grain-based token system. Farmers can exchange their grain vouchers for money, and Bimpo Bobroughf's Livelihood Bureau publishes a bilateral price every day for farmers' reference. If you take the stock voucher to the People's Livelihood Bureau to repay the money, or if the workers who don't farm take the money to the People's Livelihood Bureau to exchange for grain, there will be a slight price difference in the middle. This price difference is much more conscientious than that of the grain stores outside, and the price given by the People's Livelihood Bureau is also reasonable. Therefore, although this system has just begun to operate, the response has been mostly positive.

It's just that because rye and wheat are not yet ripe, most of the warehouses of the People's Livelihood Bureau are now stored with military rations saved by Gastens. The whole of Elena's food, now relying on the military rations supplied by the logistics department of the three guards and the grain purchased by the production regiment from the local small landlords who have been reformed, although a little nervous, is basically enough.

"I'm talking about Big Brother Jon", after half a morning of labor, Som and Jon talked about Elena's food system, "Now we eat military rations, huh?" What if the rations run out? ”

"The current stock of military rations can be eaten until June. By the end of May, the potatoes we planted were ready to be harvested. Although this kind of thing is not very tasty, but the yield is high, and it can be grown three times a year, and these fields where potatoes are grown alone will not make us Ailena starve to death. Moreover, we have opened up a great deal of wasteland during this time, some of which will be used to grow wheat and rye, and when the autumn comes, we will no longer be able to live in a tight manner. ”

"That's pretty good," Somme said, taking a bite of the cake in his hand. Elena, whether she was a farmer or a worker, had only two meals a day. When hungry at noon, everyone had a rye cake to satisfy their hunger. Although this kind of life is not as good as that of the nobles in the city, the food is better than when he was a serf. But because of the different identities, everyone didn't complain too much.

"Not really," said Jon, with a proud face, "and, I've heard that sweet potatoes are much better if you cut them before they are boiled and soak them in salted water for half an hour." ”

"Really? That's great, I've eaten sweet potatoes and they don't taste very good......"

Somme replied with a big grin, chatted with Jon a few more words, and ate the bread in his hand in a few bites. He found a small tree in the field to lean onto, squinted for half an hour, and then went to the construction site with Jon. The construction of the second liberation area is in full swing, everyone is very motivated, looking forward to completing the three production charges to get the identity, and no one wants to be lazy.

When the sun went down and the day's work was over, Som and Jon had dinner in the cafeteria and went straight to the New Farmer Night School. This is also something new that Gastens has done in Elena. He said that the new peasants represent a new type of production relations, that they must be educated, and that all the new peasants must attend night schools, learn how to write, and learn knowledge. After the restrictions on the entry of serfs into Elena were lifted in the province of Enspen, the size of the evening school suddenly increased considerably. When the vast majority of serfs heard that they had the opportunity to read and write in their lives, they were very moved, and they studied more seriously than the other.

The same was true of Somme, who, after evening school, went to the intermediate class of their new peasants, while Som went to the elementary class with the rest of the serfs. There are only three subjects in the beginner class, literacy, arithmetic, and knowledge. Of these three courses, Somme's favorite thing to listen to is knowledge.

Today's knowledge is a very beautiful female teacher who teaches for everyone. Dressed in a dress often worn by aristocratic adults, which was of good material and seemed to be expensive, she stood on the podium, looked at the group of big people in the audience, and began to introduce herself.

"Hello everyone, my name is Luna, and today I will tell you about the daily life of the Anken Rein aristocratic class......

The female teacher was good-looking, and Somme thought she must be an elf or something, not a rough guy like himself. The things that the female teacher said were also very interesting, and Somme had never imagined and could never imagine what the top nobility of the country, including the emperor, were like. The female teacher even introduced some of the living conditions of the Mage Tower, which made Somme even more fascinated. That kind of luxury, that kind of enjoyment, that kind of life and death and power, even the biggest dream of Som, a serf who has wheat steamed buns to eat at every meal, feels extremely fascinated.

Teacher Luna's class lasted for a full hour, and everyone listened very carefully, and there were many questions, most of which were about how the nobles and royalty enjoyed themselves, and Luna answered them one by one, and everyone did not refuse to come, until the next teacher pushed her out of the classroom.

The teacher's name was Daisy, and she was also a beautiful lady. She taught everyone to read and write. During the class, Som and the other serfs fell silent, clumsily writing on the sand table in front of them, trying to remember what looked like ghost drawings. The process was hard and boring, but most serfs knew that literacy was the quickest way to change their fate, so they didn't complain, just worked harder and more seriously.

After all, the price of a literate serf in the market is half as high as that of a serf who only knows how to farm.

The evening school lasted until nine o'clock, and the last arithmetic teacher drove the reluctant serfs out of the classroom. Jon Warren waited outside the door early and found Som Warren, who was also looking for him.

"How's that, interesting?"

"Very good, very good", Som's eyes lit up, "the two female teachers who taught us were very beautiful, very beautiful. ”

"Luna and Daisy, right? I've listened to their classes too," Jon said, "but be careful, Luna is a big shot." I've heard from them that this man used to be an apprentice in the Mage Tower, and that he was a powerful person who had seen the Archmage himself, so you should be careful. ”

"No wonder ......," Somme realized, "no wonder she knows so much." But the big guys are living so well, you know, they eat something called fish roe, which has to be transported from the Alonte Empire, far, far away, and has a special steam locomotive! ”

"I know," Jon smiled, "but have you ever wondered why these people can live such a good life, when we can only dig in the fields every day, and even the most basic personal freedom cannot be guaranteed?" ”

"That's because they're nobles, and we're serfs!" , Somme looked right.

"But why must we be serfs, they must be nobles? Are they any different from us? ”

Thorm, who had followed Jon back, stopped. He was silent, thoughtful, his eyes sparkling in the night.

"Are you saying that we can also be nobles?"

"No," Jon smiled, and when he first started his knowledge class, he had the same doubts, "Lord Gastens does not want us to be nobles, but wants every laborer to have an equal status, and every laborer can live a life of food, clothing, and no oppression and exploitation. You're just starting to learn now, and you haven't learned a lot of classes. There will be a teacher who will talk about exploitation and capital later, and you will understand when you listen to that. ”

"Is it possible that everyone has an equal status, that every worker has food and clothing?" , Somme was a little unsure.

"Why not? Think about what you've seen and seen in Elena during this time, what do you think? ”

"Like...... Makes sense! Thorme's eyes brightened, "But will His Majesty the Emperor agree to such a thing?" Will the nobles agree? ”

"No, that's why we're going to unite and be ready to fight!" Jon waved his hand in the dark, "I heard that there is going to be a war recently, and the soldiers of the production regiment are practicing, and the training of the militia has also increased. If we win the war, the present days can go on and we can liberate more people. If we lose our battle, we will have nothing, you will have no beautiful female teachers and cultural classes, you will go back to farming, you will be whipped, and finally you will die of exhaustion or illness......"

"I don't want it!"

Somme suddenly shouted loudly, and then followed Jon's pace, "If you want to fight, then I'm going to join the army, right?" I'm not afraid of pain, and I'm not afraid of death! ”

"When you're done with the culture class, we'll have militia training. If an enemy dares to attack us, we will drive them away, no matter what the cost. ”

"Me too!"

Som nodded, was silent for two seconds, and asked another question.

"Brother Jon, have you divided the land?"

"It's divided, some time ago in the land reform, I got it, four acres of land, two acres of good land, and two acres of bad land."

"Then you will build a house with me during this time, who will plant the land?"

"I've planted potatoes in that field, and now I just need to pull out the weeds and water them every day, I'm not too busy," Jon said, guessing what Somme wanted to ask, "You want to ask if you can divide the land, right?" Yes, Elena still has a lot of land, and the wasteland you developed last time was part of it. This time, some of the new comrades are building houses like you, and some of them have gone to open up wasteland. When the house is finished, the land allocated to you is estimated to be about the same. ”

"But by this time the time for the sowing of rye and wheat has been missed."

"Isn't there a sweet potato? You forget, you can grow this thing three times a year! ”

Jon smiled and stopped under the street lamp in the makeshift quarters. This is the tent where the soldiers of the former production regiment lived, and after the liberation of the first area was built, the production regiment moved over, and it was vacated for temporary accommodation.

"Okay, rest early, there is still one day to live tomorrow."

"Well, thank you, Big Brother Jon!"

Som stood under the pyroxene lamp and waved goodbye to Jon before bowing his head back to his tent. He was tired, but he was also excited. Here, as long as you work, you can own your own house and land, and you don't have to worry about being bullied by landlords and nobles, it's simply ......

Incredible happiness!