Chapter 4 Investigations
"Nonsense! If I farm, it's good that I can keep my family from starving for a year, and I won't have a single copper coin left. But if you take the time of farming to do some other work, not to mention anything else, you can find a chamber of commerce in the city to do something, and you can get at least 10 gold coins a month, and you can get more than 100 gold coins a year! Even if you buy all the grain for a year, you can still have at least 50 gold coins left to buy something else. Why don't you think I'm going to farm?"
Sakchi rolled his eyelids and looked at the city lord's office official opposite him who claimed to have run from the city lord's mansion to be in charge of the investigation, thinking that the official who followed the foolish city lord must be a fool himself.
Such an obvious fact still needs to be asked?
This is just the most basic arithmetic problem, even he, an old peasant who has never gone to school or read a school, and is almost sixty years old this year, can easily calculate that he, a guy in a uniform that looks very expensive, does not understand, is it true that these officials of the City Lord's Mansion have nothing but straw stuffed in their heads except for their stupid city lords?
Seeing the obvious disdain on the face of the old farmer opposite, Moya's heart was extremely unhappy.
If it was any other time, he would not have bothered to talk to such an old peasant from a low background, with scorched hands and calluses, if it were not for the special orders of the city lord, how could he come to such a remote, dirty, and backward place in the village of Mexico to do a damn investigation?
Thinking of the city lord's earnest advice before leaving, Mo Ya reluctantly suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and tried to maintain what he thought was a kind and kind smile. Continue to ask Sakchi, "But as long as there is farmland. At the very least, it will ensure that your family will not go hungry. However, if you go to work in the Chamber of Commerce. You may earn a lot of money for two months a month, but you might lose your job at some point, right?"
It's okay that Mo Ya didn't ask this question, but as soon as he asked this question, Sacki suddenly widened his eyes, and angrily poked the shovel in his hand to the ground, with a crisp sound of "clang", pointing at Mo Ya's nose and scolding directly.
"Are you embarrassed to ask this question? If it weren't for the city lord's mansion, it would have to engage in some bullshit policy of suppressing business and rejuvenating agriculture. The Sandil Chamber of Commerce will not move out of Bonta City, and my son will not lose his job at the Sandil Chamber of Commerce! Do you know that his salary at the Sandil Chamber of Commerce is close to twenty gold coins a month! Because of you, not only has he lost his job now, but he can't find another job in the city! This is all because of you!"
Mo Ya was unexpectedly surprised by Sack's sudden outburst, and after being stunned for a while, he reached out and touched his face, feeling that his face was sprayed with several mouthfuls of spit stars by this old farmer, and he suddenly felt nauseous in his heart.
I finally suppressed the idea of turning around and leaving. Mo Ya took a deep breath and tried to say calmly, "This is the decision of the Sandil Chamber of Commerce itself. Can't blame our City Lord's Mansion, right?"
"Fart! If it weren't for your city lord's mansion forcing the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce away, how could the Sandil Chamber of Commerce leave? If the Sandil Chamber of Commerce didn't leave, how could my son lose his job? Moreover, you came up with this shit-like policy of suppressing business and rejuvenating agriculture, forcing all the chambers of commerce in Bangta City away, so that now there are several times less work in Bangta City than before! Not only do I blame you, you go and ask the other people in Bangta City, and then ask those people who come all the way from other cities to our Bangta City to look for jobs, which of them doesn't want to scold you?" Sakchi's eyes widened and he asked unceremoniously.
Mo Ya took several steps back in a row before he was able to avoid the spittle that spewed out of Sackqi's mouth, and hurriedly retorted: "The City Lord launched this policy of suppressing business and rejuvenating agriculture for the good of you ordinary farmers, why don't you just understand the City Lord's painstaking efforts?"
"Good for us, good fart!" Sakchi sneered loudly, "Good for us means to make us lose a good job that makes a lot of money? Let's just run around and plant that little bit of damn farmland? Let us only work every year to make sure we don't go hungry? This is good for us ordinary farmers? Don't be like I don't understand anything! It's been said in the newspapers of Kalmar City, and the lord of the city is just for his political achievements!"
Mo Ya's face changed slightly, he didn't expect that this ordinary old farmer in Mexiran Village would actually know what was said in the newspaper in Kalmar City, which was dozens of kilometers away, and he could understand the meaning of the word "political achievements".
After thinking about it, Moya continued to argue: "Isn't it good for you to increase the grain production in the city of Bonta?
"Bullshit! A few years ago, it was good to be hungry, but when have the people of Bangta City been hungry in the past two years?" Sakchi retorted unceremoniously: "Go back and tell Lord SΓΉ City, the farmland of our Bangta City has been completely cultivated by Lord Satsuma City in the past two years, even if we all drive us back to the fields, there won't be much more food, let him die of this heart!"
Hearing that Sakchi was able to say so bluntly what the city lord was most worried about now, Mo Ya finally understood that the ordinary looking old peasant in front of him was actually far more clear than he imagined.
This was much better than the peasants he had met in other cities in the kingdom of Lampari who did not understand anything.
Although it was easier to get the answers he needed from someone with some insight for his investigation mission, from Moya's personal point of view, he still preferred to face those ignorant peasants.
Apparently the lord of the castle thinks so too.
If only these ordinary peasants in Buntar City were as ignorant and obedient as those in other cities in the Lampari Kingdom, then the lord would not have to worry about how to convince these peasants to return to their fields and work hard to increase the food production of Buntar City.
Thinking so, for the sake of the City Lord's explanation, Mo Ya still had to hold back his anger and impatience, and said to Sakchi: "The plan made by the City Lord is very long-term, you may not be able to understand it now, but you must believe the City Lord, he is indeed for the good of you ordinary farmers." As long as you follow the arrangement of the city lord, I dare to say that not only will you not have to go hungry for the next two years, but you will not have to worry about hunger even in the future. On the contrary, you always have to claim to support the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and this Xinfei Chamber of Commerce cannot conjure food for you to eat. β
"Come on. Sackchi let out a sneer. "You look down on the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, don't you? Then you have the ability, you let the city lord order Bangta City never to use the things produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the future?
Moadon was speechless.
Whether it is him or the city lord, no matter how much he dislikes this Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in his heart, he has to admit that if he loses the support of the farmland magic machinery produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, not to mention making the food production of Bangta City reach a new high, it is simply impossible to solve the reclamation of so many farmlands in Bangta City.
Seeing that Mo Ya was speechless, Sackchi sneered: "I don't understand the fart, and I still came to ask this and that, it's a waste of time." Okay, I'm still in a hurry to go to the village of Koror for a meeting, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you here, goodbye. β
With that, Sakchi put the shovel he had been holding on his shoulder, turned around and left.
Mo Ya stared blankly at the back of Sakchi who turned to leave, and thought for a long time, but he didn't figure out how to leave this old farmer who was still somewhat knowledgeable to continue to ask.
After staying for a while, Mo Ya turned to look at the other farmers in the village of Mexiran who were watching the conversation between the two, wanting to continue the investigation, who knew that those farmers saw his gaze sweeping over, and immediately showed an expression of avoiding the plague god, and instantly scattered, leaving Mo Ya alone in the middle of the road.
Mo Ya looked at the village of Mexiran not far ahead, and smiled bitterly, thinking that although sixteen peasants had only been investigated until now, the tone of these sixteen peasants was surprisingly unanimous, and they all expressed strong opposition to the policy of suppressing business and rejuvenating agriculture promoted by the city lord.
According to this result, the survey has almost completely lost its point of continuing, because the results are already clear.
But Moya also knew very well that if he showed the results of this investigation back to the lord of the castle, he would be greeted by a violent storm.
Under normal circumstances, the lord of the castle would not care about the opinions and opinions of ordinary peasants at all.
However, at this time, the first goal of the lord was to further increase the food production of Bonta City, so as to prove that his policy was in the right direction, and that the views of the nobles represented by the lord were also correct.
With the help of the farmland magic machinery produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the former lord of the city, Count Satsuma, has vigorously transformed and reclaimed the farmland of Bangta City in the first two years, and has almost fully exploited the potential of Bangta City's farmland.
If the current lord of the city, Earl Stark, wants to further increase food production on this basis, he must have the support of these farmers who have been cultivating the farmland for many years.
Especially an old farmer like Sakchi, who was older and had extremely rich farming experience, was now even more precious in the eyes of the city lord.
So no matter how unhappy Moya was in his heart, he didn't show it to Sack, but tried his best to convince Sakchi.
However, Sakchi was as smelly and hard as a stone in the toilet, and he didn't give Mo Yan a chance at all.
"Are you going back like this?" Mo Ya thought for a while with a wry smile, and suddenly saw three peasants walking on the road in front of him, who were somewhat similar to the clothes on Sakchi just now.
His gaze swept over the face of the peasant in the middle, and Mo Ya's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly greeted him. (To be continued......)