Chapter 11 Life is like a play, all depends on acting
The morning sun had already shone into Azuchi, and people had already gotten up early to start their day's work, while Christine was still in her warm bed.
That damn bastard, it hurts!
"Lady Christine, Lord Count has asked you to get up and have breakfast with him. Christine's maid, Aisha, opened the door and said to her hostess.
The Earl wouldn't be trying to be at breakfast.....! Christine shook her head in resistance at the thought of this.
During this time, Christine was already surprised by Julian's absurd behavior, and no matter what Julian was doing now, Christine thought that she would not be surprised.
Seeing that Christine didn't move for a long time, Aisha called out and urged, "Madame?"
Forget it, if he really wants to do it, even if I don't come, he will rush into the room later, and it would be bad to come up with something strange in the name of punishment at that time, how can I say that I am also a nobleman now, he will not be so excessive in public. Christine couldn't help but comfort herself inwardly.
"Knowing Aisha, I'll go over right away. ”
When Christine arrived at the dining room, she found that it was not only Julian who was present, but the maid Charlotte who had been sitting at the table sharing breakfast with Julian yesterday smiled and waved to her when she saw Christine arrive. Can a maid eat at the same table as her master?" Christine couldn't help but think, but I wasn't a nobleman in the first place, maybe I was a loner. Putting aside her doubts, Christine sat down in the chair that the squire had helped her open.
Breakfast was simple, white bread and hot milk.
"I didn't expect you to be an unexpectedly simple person!"
"Yes. Julian replied simply.
Christine, who was bored with herself, began to eat breakfast quietly.
"Christine. ”
"Yes. Christine, who was suddenly shouted, hurriedly swallowed the bread in her mouth.
"Came over every morning for breakfast. ”
"But I don't have that habit. ”
"I know that most civilians don't have this habit, so I called you here, and if you eat breakfast, it will not only protect against the cold air in the morning, but also be good for your health. ”
"Got it. ”
"Follow me after breakfast, the etiquette class is not going to be held today, there are some things I want to tell you. ”
"Yes. ”
After breakfast, Julian led Christine and Charlotte to the hall, where they sat down in chairs, and after a while two peasants with faces covered in loess entered from the side of the courtyard.
"Miss Charlotte, may I ask the Count what is this going to do?" Christine asked Charlotte next to her, confused.
"You just look at it. Charlotte replied mysteriously.
Looking at the two ragged peasants, Julian said, "What grievances do you have? ”
A peasant preemptively said: "Your Excellency Earl, I am a villager from the lower village of Numata, he is from the upper village, I am from the lower village, the two villages are not far from each other, and they share a river to irrigate the farmland. But a month ago, the peasants in the upper village built a dam upstream for no reason to block the river water, and the upstream was blocked, so we have no river water to irrigate the farmland in the lower village, and if there is no river water to irrigate the crops, we will die of drought, and we will not be able to harvest grain if the crops die of drought, and how can we survive the winter without food, and the villagers will starve to death in this winter, and the upper village is really vicious, and we will take people to the village to theorize but we are driven away by the people in the upper village, and the leader of the village will be killed, and countless villagers are also seriously injured. ”
"Don't listen to his own words, the reason why we block the river in the village is also forced to helpless, this year's drought water flow is also a lot smaller, our upper village population is more than the lower village, there is more land, the fields that need to be irrigated are naturally more water, the river water flows downstream, there is little left, the people in the village come to ask for water, so we came up with an idea to use the embankment to block the flowing water, we first used two days to open the embankment and release the flow for one day, two walls and one release, we use two days to go down to the village for one day, so that everyone can use water, and the people who started to go down to the village also agreed. We built the embankment, but a few days later, when we were still in the village, the people from the village came to destroy the embankment and drained all the water we had stored, and we got angry and simply blocked the flow. And their so-called theory actually brought dozens of people, all with weapons, iron forks, sticks, and even kitchen knives for cooking at home, and we naturally had to resist in the village, and we also died several people, and the son of the village chief was seriously injured. After speaking, the villagers wiped their noses and snot, and their eyes were full of tears.
"If you have a word in the first place, why do you go back on your word?" said Julian, turning his gaze at the villagers below.
Seeing that the villagers of Yurian's lower village, who were a little annoyed, panicked, and hurriedly said: "My lord, in fact, it was not us who breached the contract first, but they did not keep their word and promised to release the water for one day, but in fact, they often blocked the embankment before the next day. Moreover, the unequal plan itself was forced by the people in the village to sign it. ”
After listening to the words of the villagers of Xiacun, Yurian knew that it was over, and both sides were not good birds, and it was impossible to tell the truth. Sure enough, after a while, the villagers in the village retorted.
The villagers pointed to the people in the lower village and said, "You fart, who forced you, you voluntarily agreed." ”
"You forced it, and you dare to lie in front of the Earl. ”
"It's because I'm telling the truth in front of the Earl, but you're not afraid of being plucked out by the Earl. ”
"Are you all as shameless as you are in the village? ”
"Who are you scolding? I really want to see what kind of bitch can give birth to shit like you. ”
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Looking at the out-of-control scene, the two sides blamed and scolded each other, and Yuri was annoyed in peace. He slapped the table angrily and shouted, "Enough!"
"In this way, I have plucked out all your tongues. I said I'd adjulate for you, be quiet!"
Julian rubbed his head with a headache, Julian knew that he had gotten away, he originally just wanted to pretend to be a force in front of Christine, to create an image of Wei Zhengguang in her heart, not only to conquer her body but also to conquer her heart, to unlock more postures, but I didn't expect to encounter such a tricky problem when I came up.
Since ancient times, there has always been a dispute over water conservancy, especially in the dry season, when hundreds of people fought between the two villages for water weapons, and countless deaths and injuries were innumerable, and the kings of the past dynasties had not solved the problem, what can I do?
After a little thought, Julian said, "I know your request, you should return to the village and wait for my verdict, and after I have considered it carefully, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer as soon as possible." ”
The villagers knelt on the ground and thanked: "Thank you very much, Lord Earl." ”
After the villagers had left, Julian said to Christine, "Have you reached what I have to say?" ”
Christine put her hand on her chest and replied gently, "Your Excellency has listened carefully to the disputes of the people today. The fact that you are a count is willing to listen to the grievances of your lords is by no means something that ordinary nobles can do, and it is even unheard of. ”
"Yes, the so-called rule is the will of the people, and only by grasping the hearts of the people can we call it the rule and make the people live and work in peace and contentment, which is the way of ruling and the foundation of governing the land. ”
"You may have misunderstood me before, thinking that I was an absurd, brutal, and incompetent nobleman, but what I want to tell you today is that this is not the case, and that I have the will to rule, the ability to rule, and the courage to rule. ”
"My absurdity, my brutality is only for you, Christine, because I love you so much. ”
In response to Julian's sudden confession, Christine blushed and dropped a sentence: "I understand what the adults mean." Then he hurried away.
Julian looked at Christine who blushed and ran away, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, I didn't expect it to be a natural, stupid and sweet, I did my best to disguise it for so long.
Charlotte quietly approached Julian and whispered in his ear, "Fool it over!" ”
Christine ran back to her bedroom, threw herself on the bed, and buried her whole head under the covers
"Maybe he's not that annoying. ”