Chapter 18: Silas Augustine
The wasteland will be cleared in a few days, and now it is time to start preparing the vegetable base, and Toso will be working faster than Leon expected. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Mr. Toso, is it done so quickly?" said Leon, inviting him into the castle, with a smile on his face evident, as is always the case when one is happy.
"Almost. Toso nodded hurriedly. When you hear that everyone who says bad things about you is arrested, everyone will smile.
"And when are they coming?" Leon didn't want to force anyone to start work right away, and it didn't hurt if there was something that needed to be dealt with first.
"You'll have to send someone to find them. Toso is only responsible for collecting other people's "incriminating evidence", he will not tell them that he has been reported, and then obediently turn himself in.
The people who were reported were two drunkards who drank alcohol last night and talked nonsense, without directly mentioning the prince, but saying that the regulations on environmental protection were too bad. However, the rest of the townspeople, like their wife Nafi, did not hesitate to write their reverence for the prince on their faces. I want to hear bad things from them, unless I encounter my own situation.
"Okay, you'll tell the patrol your name later, and they'll do it. "The members of the patrol are all residents of the town, and sending them to do it saves time and effort.
"Then this matter has nothing to do with me, right?" Tosso had already found someone according to the prince's request, and he himself could be regarded as guilty of meritorious service, not asking for a reward but not for guilt.
"Of course it does, you're the leader. "Leon was a little surprised, isn't Toso willing to do things for himself? That's not good, the quality of the vegetable base depends on him. He didn't know whether the planting techniques of the rest of the people were good or not, and only Toso could be trusted at present.
"Your Highness, is there really no room for negotiation?" Toso was unwilling, for the sake of his family, he became a person he hated, and the prince still refused to let him go.
Leon thought for a moment in his heart and said directly: "Don't worry, Mr. Toso, you can get the same money as a miner. ”
Toso knew that the prince was going to put him to death.
The neighbors had been discussing the other day that the prince had a fringe benefit for the miners, and that if someone was accidentally disabled in the course of work, his family would receive a sum of money, as if it were called a pension. No matter what the name is, that person's family can live a good life anyway.
As soon as this benefit came out, the townspeople cheered for the prince even louder, and he couldn't help cheering at that time, this kind of thing was unheard of, but it was definitely a great thing, and he thought that after clearing the wasteland, he would one day be able to work in the mines.
I thought that only the townspeople who were disabled at work would be able to get pensions, but I didn't expect that there were also people who were executed, how can I think it's ridiculous to think about it, the aristocracy's approach is really puzzling.
"Okay, I got it. Toso confessed, at least so that the family could still get some money. If he was the only one, it wouldn't matter if he secretly left the town house and didn't want it. But the family fled with him, and probably only lived as refugees for the rest of his life.
"That's it, you can come over in three days. Don't forget to tell the patrol when you go. Leon's heart relaxed, and this time he finally agreed explicitly.
Leon returned to the administrative hall and wrote on a parchment scroll: Vegetable Base Manager Toso.
Another parchment scroll depicts three people patrolling the forest.
The furnishings of the administrative hall have not changed, except that the parchment scrolls on the shelves have doubled, and they are neatly arranged in different categories.
When Leon was about to uncover the pot, the ore was finally sold.
He opened the parchment scroll with a melancholy expression, thinking that everything would be better when the ore was dug up, but he did not expect that the more expensive place was still to come. There is only one blacksmith in the whole town, and it is okay for him to make a kitchen knife, but not for him to make iron.
If you don't make iron, all the iron you need will be imported, and if you sell ore to buy iron and come back, it will be a loss-making business, or a huge loss.
If you make iron, you need money to build a workshop, you need money to hire a blacksmith, and the wages of the workers have to wait until the next batch of ore is sold, and depending on the situation, you have to wait for a while, or even longer.
The construction of the smelter is an important job, the town is now exporting raw materials to buy finished products, and is in a position of basic balance economically, and there are two ways to increase income, one is to reduce imports, and the other is to increase production.
Now all the town imports are necessities, such as food and tools. There is no way to reduce this, unless you make everyone hungry, or mine with wood.
Increasing production doesn't work, and when the miners get used to the whole process and work efficiently, he plans to withdraw some people to do other things, which is the problem caused by the lack of people.
In such a situation, the best option at the moment is to find a way to build a more advanced smelter, but it is too difficult to know how to do it, and if someone is willing to pay for it, he will even agree to sell the castle.
Toso dragged his tired body back slowly.
The sunset shone brightly, and the golden light shone on Nafi's body and exuded a unique charm.
When Nafei saw him, she ran over and hugged him with an excited face: "Honey, I'm so proud of you. ”
What is she talking about?
"Why didn't you tell me about this earlier, was it for a surprise?" Nafi did not hide the joy in her heart.
"What's the matter?" Toso didn't understand, he was about to be executed by the prince, where was the surprise, was the pension counted?
"You, I know all about it and hide it from me?" said Nafi angrily, but then laughed again.
"I'm not hiding anything from you, you have to believe me. "Tosso didn't know who told her about it, but all the bad things she had encountered recently were unlucky, and she couldn't hide it.
"Yes, have you been to see the prince? and twice. Nafi pointed her finger and began to question Toso.
Toso smiled bitterly in his heart, it turned out that it was for this. The prince could show off for days with a wave of his hand, and being able to say a few words would definitely give someone a year to speak. It's a pity that the content of what was said is not very good, and the result is even worse.
"Yes. Toso had no choice but to admit it.
"Look, you didn't hide it from me. The prince can personally ask you to do things, even if you have to wait for a few days, then you can tell me first, are you afraid that others will be able to steal your position? Nafi said in one gulp, she didn't believe that there was anyone else in the town who was more powerful than Toso.
"Do things, who do you listen to?" Tosso felt that something was wrong.
"Who else, Varus, the archer next door. When her wife heard the news, she praised me vigorously, and the envy on her face was ah. Speaking of this, Nafi couldn't help laughing again, when Varus became an archer, she was also very envious, and now it is even.
"You wait. Toso decided to go and ask for clarification himself, which had completely left him in a state of confusion.