Chapter 3: Windfall
The sun was already shining on the bed, but because the bed was so comfortable, Leon began to lie in bed.
"Lord Leon, it's time to get up!
Wittelle entered the room with steaming water and placed it on a wooden shelf next to the bed.
"What collection?"
Leon rubbed his sleepy eyes.
"Didn't you gather Zakula last night when the sun came out?"
Leon sat up suddenly.
"yes, it seems like that's the case!"
"So, hurry up and wash up and eat! ”
Wittelle wrung out the towel and wiped Leon's face.
"Vetel. ”
"Well, what's wrong?"
Vetlill responds as she helps Leon sort out the costumes.
"Didn't you hand over your eleven maids, why do you still do this kind of thing?"
Leon gave her those maids and made her a manager, in fact, he wanted to make her easier. But it doesn't seem to be any different from before.
"Ah, uh, that. Vitrelle was a little nervous, "Lord Leon, you see, this house is so big, there must be a lot of things. So there's no need to bother them with this kind of thing. ”
Taking care of Leon is her own job, so Wittelle won't give this opportunity to anyone else!
"That's right. ”
Leon looked in the mirror and said to Wittel, "Then I'll go out first." ”
"Oh, wait, we haven't had breakfast yet!"
Wittelle chased Leon out of the room.
"Come back and eat again, or they'll freeze!"
All the slaves had been assembled and knelt in the open space in front of the house.
Zakula looked at the kneeling team and looked very satisfied.
When he saw Leon coming out of the house, he immediately greeted him and opened the way for Leon.
"Well, here it is. ”
Leon stood at the front of the line, scanning the slaves.
Sure enough, all of them were dressed in tatters, with yellow faces and thin muscles, severely malnourished, and shivering on their knees on the cold ground.
"Listen, this is Lord Iscano, Viscount Leon Frank. From this day forward, Lord Leon is your new master, and for Lord Leon, offer your greatest loyalty!
Zakura shouted to the slave kneeling on the ground.
"Yes, for the sake of my lordship, our greatest loyalty!"
All the slaves repeated, not daring to slack off.
It was only after everyone had quieted down that Leon began to speak.
"As you have heard, from this day forward, I am the master of Iscano. From now on, I hope you will contribute to Iscano!"
"Yes, my lord!"
All the slaves were respectful for fear of offending this new master. Rumors of Drake's banishment from Leon had already spread. In their eyes, Leon is an even more terrifying existence than Drake.
"Hmm. ”
Leon nodded in satisfaction.
"Wow-wow!"
Suddenly, a loud cry came from among the slaves.
Leon followed the cry and saw a raggedly clad female slave coaxing a baby wrapped in rags. The male slave next to him was so nervous that he tried to cover the baby's mouth with his hand several times, but finally retracted.
Leon made his way through the crowd and slowly walked towards them.
The slave couple saw Leon getting closer and closer, but the baby's crying grew louder and louder, so anxious that tears rolled in their eyes.
"My lord, I'm very sorry!
The male slave tried his best to explain to Leon.
But Leon had no intention of stopping.
The baby's crying did not abate in the slightest.
Seeing this situation, the slave couple could only kowtow to Leon with all their might, and apologized as they kowtowed, begging Leon to spare the baby in their arms.
Everyone looked at them, but no one dared to stop Leon.
Leon walked up to them.
"Lord Lord, please, kill me if you want to, spare my wife and children!"
The male slave kowtowed vigorously and cried and begged Leon for mercy.
The female slave also kowtowed with tears in her eyes, protecting the baby in her arms.
Did you scare them? Leon felt like he hadn't done anything?
"You guys stop first. ”
Looking at the two of them who were desperately kowtowing, Leon really couldn't bear it.
"Yes. ”
The two slaves lay trembling on the ground, not daring to catch a breath.
"What's going on?"
Leon pointed to the baby in the arms of the female slave.
The male slave immediately nervously explained, "My lord, this is my child, and it has just been born. That's why I disturbed the lord, I'm really sorry! I beg the lord to spare the child!"
Well, I just want to know why the baby is crying.
"Well, I'm asking why the baby is crying so much. ”
Seeing that Leon didn't seem to be angry, the slave couple eased up a little.
"Probably, probably hungry. The slave girl nervously explained to Leon.
"Well, didn't you feed her?"
It's not okay for such a small baby to go hungry.
"Back to my lord, I fed it when I woke up in the morning, but it wasn't enough. The slave girl whispered.
Leon looked at her emaciated body, she was severely malnourished, how could she still have milk to feed her child.
"Do you have no food?"
Leon could only think of this situation for the time being.
"Lord Hui, there are still a few. The slave man replied cautiously.
"Then why don't you give it to her?"
Leon pointed to the female slave holding the baby, a little angry. Since there is still food, how can you bear to let your wife starve like this?
"My lord, if we run out of food now, we won't survive this winter. ”
The female slave hurriedly explained to Leon that it was not that her husband did not give enough food, but that the limited food had to be distributed in the most reasonable way.
Leon was also stunned for a moment, he had never thought about this question. In fact, the wife and children suffer, and the most painful thing is the man who is the husband.
"Is that so? Isn't this year's harvest bad?"
Leon knew they were farming.
"No, the harvest has been okay in recent years. ”
"Then why is there so little food?"
Leon saw the male slave cowering, as if he was afraid to say something.
"Say anything, don't be afraid. ”
"Lord Lord, it's like this, most of the harvest is handed over to the ...... of Drake."
The male slave remembered that Drake had been banished, and forcibly choked back the word "adult".
Now Leon finally understood everything.
"Zakura, what about the grain?"
"Back to my lord, most of the grain has been sold, and some of it is stored in the granary at the back. ”
"Take me to see it. Also, all of you come along. ”
Leon asked Zacula to lead the way and let all the slaves follow.
At the back of the house, there is a huge wooden granary.
"Open. ”
Leon looked at the huge lock on the door and commanded.
Zakula opened the granaries, and Leon was the first to enter.
I saw a huge granary, except for the middle aisle, the rest was full of grain. Based on the current population, there is enough food for them for three years.
Drake, the bastard, has scavenged so much food and is reluctant to give a little bit to these slaves.
Leon turned and walked out the door, and said to the slave at the door, "Listen, everybody, and now I'm going to hand out some food to everyone." Bring some containers, get in line, everybody!"
But not a single person acted, and the slaves thought that they had heard it wrong, how could such a good thing happen.
Looking at Leon's somewhat embarrassed expression, Zakoura yelled, "Don't hurry up yet!"
That's when everyone came to their senses. It's really time to distribute food!, and they all ran back to their residences excitedly, took out their tattered containers, and lined up.
"My lord, how much is distributed?"
Zacula took the brothers with the food and confirmed it to Leon.
"Well, at least let them be fed for the winter. ”
"Yes, sir!"
To be able to meet such a benevolent lord, Zakulag worked hard.
"Oh, yes. I've just seen quite a lot of people with children, and if they have children, distribute more!"
"Yes, sir!"
Everyone was excited.
Leon walked around the warehouse and found that the middle position was empty under the floor. So he called Zakura's group and asked them to move all the grain in the middle, revealing a small secret door.
Several people surrounded the small secret door.
"Do you know what this is?"
Zakula: They all shook their heads.
"Open it. ”
The secret door opens and there is a staircase leading below.
I didn't expect there to be a basement.
Zakula took the lead, followed by Leon.
After entering the basement, they were surprised by what was inside the basement.
Piles of gold coins are piled up here. Not only that, but there are also various jewelry items on the shelves on the walls.
"The taxes collected and the money from the sale of grain are stored here. ”
Zakula looked at this dazzling array of gold coins, but he didn't expect that there were so many, and it was estimated that there were tens of thousands of gold coins when all of them were converted into gold coins.
Of course, Iscano's taxes alone and the money from the sale of grain are not so much, but don't forget that there is also a financial subsidy from the kingdom every year.
Nowhere is Lyon happier. I'm worried about the lack of funds, I didn't expect that bastard of Drake to be so fat!
"You haven't been in here, you know?"
looked at the few people with golden eyes in their eyes, for fear that they wanted to get a piece of the pie.
Everyone put away the unrealistic fantasies in their hearts and replied, "Yes, my lord." ”
After Leon went out with Zakura and the others, the food was almost finished.
I saw Vitrille waiting for Leon at the door of the warehouse.
Leon walked towards Vitrill with some weakness, he couldn't have done anything to make her angry, did he?
"Lord Leon, now that everyone has enough to eat, you should go back to breakfast!"
Oops, just so happy to forget about it.