Rosalind's words could not be denied, for Julian was indeed a ridiculous, arrogant bastard.

Julian looks back on the past, but finds that the past is unbearable, although he claims to be great, he has never done great things, and his goals are lofty, but he has never worked hard for it. The only merit was the construction of Azuchi Castle, but it was not out of the sake of rule, nor of noble intentions, but of dissatisfaction with the city's filth.

In the early morning, the sky was slightly bright, and the roosters crowed three times, and the residents of Azuchi Castle stepped out of their homes one after another to start a day's heavy work.

Yurian, who was in a depressed mood, called Edgar in his morning exercises, and rode all the way out of Azuchi Castle on the bluestone streets at midnight and walked into the wilderness.

Julian rode through the grass at midnight, grinding through the soft dirt, running through the trees, the morning dew dripping down on him, wetting his trench coat and moistening his eyes.

Edgar followed, and he could tell that his lord was upset, so he didn't say much along the way, but only accompanied him.

Julian ran up the hill and finally stopped at the top, he looked at his vast territory, the rising sun illuminated the land that had just woken up from its sleep, the golden light illuminated the town, illuminated the village, illuminated the river, illuminated the fields, but failed to illuminate Julian's heart.

"Edgar, does this land match mine?" asked Julian.

"It's a territory that matches your noble status. Edgar replied.

"yes......"

Julian stood on top of the mountain, staring into the distance, have I made this land more beautiful?" Julian asked, but the mountain did not give him an answer, because it was the answer that countless rulers had sought, and he could only find it himself, and only he could perfect himself, and only he could make himself noble.

As the sun rises, the summer worm also wakes up from its sleep, squirming to break the silence of the early morning, and Julian, who has not been able to come up with an answer, intends to return.

On the way home, Julian heard a commotion in the distance.

"Edgar, what's that sound?"

"My lord, is this the sound of war?"

"The sound of war?

"It's supposed to be a fight between villages, do you want to go and see if you want to go and see? ”

"Let's go. ”

Julian twitched his horsewhip and ran towards the source of the sound.

Running out of the jungle, Julian looked down, and there were indeed a hundred or so people fighting on the flat ground below, holding hoes for ploughing the land, scythes for harvesting, simple wooden sticks, everything, fighting each other, many people had already fallen, and there were more than a dozen people lying on the ground, I don't know if they were still alive.

"Edgar, scatter them. I want to know why they are fighting. Julian gave orders to Edgar.

Edgar listened to Julian's instructions, drew his long sword at his waist, and rushed at the fighting villagers, riding to meet them.

Out of fear of the knight, both groups of villagers were immediately dispersed, and the two groups of villagers separated from each other and looked at Edgar in the middle.

Seeing that the villagers had stopped fighting, Julian rode forward and ran to the middle and shouted, "My name is Julian McCarvey, Count Karazan, your lord, and I command you to lay down your weapons, and give me a reasonable explanation for why you are fighting." ”

Trembling villagers, you look at me, I look at you, and finally each side has a principal.

Julian felt that the two were somewhat familiar, but the memory was not clear and very vague.

"My lord, I am a villager from Numata Upper Village. ”

"My lord, I'm a villager from Numata Village. ”

The two replied separately.

Numata? I think I've heard it somewhere.

"My lord, we are fighting because of the water. This summer's drought was caused by a shortage of rivers, and there was not enough water to irrigate the crops in the two villages, so we had to use this method to grab water. The villagers of the upper village stood up and replied.

"If this is the case, you ought to seek a solution from the local governor, how can you fight privately, I have decreed that all private fights are forbidden, are you going to violate my law?"

In the face of Julian's questioning, the villagers panicked, and at this time, the villagers of Xia Village plucked up the courage to stand up and said: "My lord, we have looked for the local governor, but the chief has no choice, and then we also went to Azuchi Castle to ask for your ruling, and you promised us to deal with the matter properly as soon as possible, but for a month, you did not give us an answer. We later went to Azuchi Castle, but the janitor refused our request on the grounds that you were unwell. In the end, we really had no choice, so we could only ......" Before the words were finished, we couldn't stop choking, perhaps because of the atmosphere, the villagers of the two villages lowered their heads and wept.

Julian remembered that he had pretended to be wise in order to win Christine's favor, but he had not come up with a solution to the matter, so he sent the villagers perfunctorily and told them to deal with the matter as soon as possible, but in the end he forgot about it.

Looking at the corpse at his feet, Julian was extremely annoyed, and easily promised that what could not be done would only cause more damage.

"It's my fault that things have come to such a situation, and as a lord, I have an unshirkable responsibility. ”

"My lord, how dare we blame you......"

"No, it's none of your business, it's my duty as a lord, but I haven't done my duty. ”

"About the water source...... Julian swallowed, looking at the hopeful eyes of the villagers, he really couldn't tell them the cruel truth that he couldn't help it.

"Your Excellency. Edgar came to Julian's side and whispered.

"What's wrong?"

"Some time ago there was a caravan from the west that brought some wheat seeds, according to them, those seeds do not have water, only a small amount of water can survive, and the yield is good, but the taste is not very good, after all, it is rough and hard, but it is good as livestock feed. ”

Julian immediately understood what Edgar meant.

"Uh-huh. Julian cleared his throat and said, "I have made the following judgment on the matter of water sources, prohibiting the construction of dams and private fights, and taking the water sources separately. ”

After listening to Julian's words, the villagers in the lower village became anxious when they heard it, "My lord, the river will flow less to us, this is not good." ”

"Listen to me. Villagers in the lower villages, I will give you seeds from the west, these seeds can survive and grow with a small amount of river irrigation, but the taste is not very good, so when you harvest in the autumn, I will send someone to buy these grains from you, and buy them at 30% higher than the normal market price of wheat, in order to prevent the production from being insufficient. ”

The villagers of the lower village were overjoyed when they heard Yurian's words, and praised Yurian's name loudly, because according to Julian, if the seeds were produced normally, not only would they not lose money, but they would also make a small profit.

"At the same time, I exempt the two villages from paying taxes for this year and next year. ”

The villagers of Shangcun were also very happy when they heard this, and at the same time bowed their heads and praised Yurian's name.