It is estimated that because of the village chief's reason, gradually there are more people at the entrance of the village, all of them are villagers of this village, there are fewer young and middle-aged people, this time period should all go to work, the people who appear at the entrance of the village are basically old people and children, when they walk to the entrance of the village, they all come to Gervais one by one to kneel down and salute, there are several who are already old, and Gervais in the distance let two guards go over to help them, and their legs and feet are inconvenient, and they have to kneel to greet themselves.

The mountain village was not big, and after only six or seven minutes, the village chief who had gone to call people ran back, although he was out of breath, but his legs and feet were still sharp, he came to Gervais, bent down and said: "Lord Lord, all the people in the village have been called, and some have already gone to the fields to cultivate, do you want me to go over and call now!" ”

"No need." Gervais shook his head and said that he didn't need it, looking at the more than 100 serfs of all sizes in front of him, basically all of them were in tattered clothes, the children were barefoot, some of the children had yellow hair, their faces were full of vegetables, and the ribs on their chests could be seen on their shirtless upper bodies, which was obviously caused by long-term malnutrition.

"Tell them first!" Gervais motioned for the guard in charge of the shouting to repeat what had been shouted all the way.

"Yes, Lord Baron!" The guard immediately stepped forward and shouted at the villagers, "Do you see this man?" The first thing Benny's men, Lord Gervais, came to punish Benny and his men, and to do justice for you! But Benny was too cunning, and before the Baron arrived, he had already absconded in fear of crime, and only caught two of his men, this one of them, and the other had been ordered by Lord Gervais to hang in the town square."

"Divine grace has enveloped you! Lord Gervais will protect you in the future! ”

"Lord Gervais also issued a bounty, and if anyone finds or catches Benny, they can go to the castle and receive a reward of 1 silver coin."

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"It's really the captain of the guard, I remember him, when he was collecting taxes, he snatched a rabbit from my house."

"It's long overdue...... That girl was only 16 years old, and they spoiled her......"

"Lord Lord's Wise ......"

Suddenly, those serfs all started talking about it, they were all poor serfs who had been oppressed by Benny, and they thought that they would never see Benny and the three punished in their lives, but they didn't think that the lord would arrest them as soon as he took office.

"Your Excellency, Lord Wise! Thank you, Lord Lord, for your protection! "The person who can be the village chief is obviously not a person who does not understand the world, and when everyone was still talking, the village chief had already shouted and fell to the ground. Seeing this, the other villagers also followed suit and fell to the ground.

"Your Excellency is wise, thank you for your protection." Suddenly, almost all of the hundreds of people at the entrance of the village fell to their knees, except for a few old people with weak legs and feet, only some children who were ignorant of the world were still standing, and they were immediately pressed to the ground by the adults beside them.

"Get up, now this is my territory, you as my serfs, I will naturally protect you, you just need to work hard and pay your taxes on time!" Gervais spent so much effort today to bring Benny's subordinate in a carriage to show grace, but now he felt that it had been effective, and he was very satisfied to call everyone up.

Although some people may not be genuinely grateful, as long as there is such an atmosphere, then Gervais's prestige in this territory will become higher and higher, instead of seeing him as if he was shrouded in a weakened aura, and his whole body trembled.

"Thank you, Lord Lord!" There were a few old serfs who had been weeping all their lives, and some had even lived and toiled here while Viscount Marjore was still alive.

It can be said that they will be buried in the loess in a few years, but they have never seen a lord like Gervais who really does something for them as soon as he takes office.

"Okay, then, I have something to ask you!" Gervais saw that some old farmers had shed tears, and he was a little embarrassed, although he had thought about it before he took office, and he really wanted to clean up a guy like Benny, but today there was also an element of show, so it was still a little embarrassing.

"Village chief, I want to ask, do you know the contents of this clay pot?"

Gervais asked, pointing to the steaming clay pot on the ground.

Of course, the old village chief knew what the clay pot was for, and some children in the village would often go to the beach to pick up shells and crabs and other things to cook and eat at the entrance of the village, except for the wind and rain, basically every day.

But now it was the lord who asked, and the village chief couldn't help but act carelessly, so the old village chief quickly walked to the clay pot, looked inside, and saw that there was nothing abnormal, so he saluted and replied: "My lord, the things in this clay pot were picked up by the children of the village from the sea!" ”

"Oh, I know this, I want to ask, what is this thing called, is there much on the beach?" Gervais said, holding up the oyster with only the shell in his hand.

"Lord Hui, this ...... This shell has no name. There are a lot of them, but they are not full, and the villagers occasionally ask the children to pick them up and eat them as vegetables! The old village chief didn't know why Gervais was interested in this common shell, which was so abundant on the reef by the sea, but the meat was very small and not full, and at most it was eaten by the villagers.

And because the villagers are busy farming, they basically ask the children to go to the beach to pick up this kind of thing.

"Don't have a name yet? Well, I just took a bite and it tasted pretty good, and since I don't have a name yet, let's call it oysters from now on! Gervais was a little surprised that oysters didn't have a name in this world, and in his previous life, oysters were a must-have ingredient at every barbecue stand.

Because oysters are not only delicious, but also have a strong effect, both men and women of all ages like it, men eat to replenish the body, women eat to nourish the beauty of the body, the price is also low, it is simply a must-eat dish for foodies in the barbecue stall.

But after thinking about it, Gervais was relieved that the productivity of this world is low, and people are fortunate to work so hard that they can't even eat enough, so of course they don't have time to pay attention to these things.

It's just an occasional dish, whether you're big or small, it's all called shells.

In Gervais's previous life, he often saw a post on the Internet about hairy crabs. Hairy crabs had a similar fate to the oysters of this world in the beginning, and in the age of poverty, food was scarce, many people were hungry, and some people had to catch hairy crabs to satisfy their hunger.

But later, when the standard of living improved, people no longer worried about their stomachs, but the hairy crab that was often eaten only by the poor in the past rose in value, and became something that the poor could not afford.

"What do the people in your village usually live on?" Gervais continued.

"Lord Lord, farming, everyone in our village is working hard to farm!" The village chief hurriedly replied.

"There's no one else to do? For example, catch fish or shells in the sea to sell? "Gervais was a little speechless, they all said that relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, why don't these people rely on the sea to fight the idea of the sea?

Although I don't know how big the sea in this world is, since it is the sea, in this feudal era, without any machinery, the ocean is simply an inexhaustible treasure house.

"No, my lord, the villagers are working hard to cultivate their crops!" The old village chief's head shook like a rattle.

After speaking, he looked at Gervais again, and then said carefully: "In fact, when Viscount Marjoel was still there, there were people who went to the sea to catch fish and sell them as the adults said, and there were few people who did this, and they could still make a living by selling fish, but then some people saw that it was easier to fish and sell fish than farming, and they all learned to do it, and finally the fish became cheaper and cheaper, and they couldn't make any money, and those people couldn't even pay the taxes when they paid the taxes, and each of them was whipped 20 times by the lord, and then Viscount Majoel ordered that fishing and selling were not allowed!" ”

I see, Gervais nodded, but he didn't understand a little, so he asked, "When Viscount Marjoll is still here, there should be a large population?" How can the price be cheaper and cheaper? Even if the viscount of Majoel is cheap, you can sell it in other lords' territories. ”

Gervais is a little puzzled that price wars can only happen in one situation, and that is when the market is saturated, merchants will think about lowering prices to increase sales.

According to the population at that time, even if the whole village was engaged in this kind of trading, it should not cause the market to be saturated, after all, there are so many villages and towns, it is a big deal to go far and sell them.

"My lord, the population at that time was very large, but the sea fish was only sold when it was fresh, and if it was taken away, it would become stinky, and no one would want it for nothing." The village chief replied cautiously.

"Karma......" Gervais was a little embarrassed, indeed, he had forgotten a very important message, and the world did not have an effective means to maintain the freshness of fresh food.

Even the ice cubes can only be enjoyed by the great nobles at times other than the winter season, because the great nobles have the financial resources to build ice cellars, and when it is winter, the great nobles put the ice cubes in the ice cellars underground, so that there is no need to use ice cubes after the temperature rises.

However, even if it is a great nobleman, it is economical to use ice cubes in other seasons.

It is conceivable that even the small nobles basically do not have something, and it is even more impossible for the ordinary people to have it, without ice, it is impossible to keep the freshness of the sea fish, even if it is sold, it can only be wandered around the nearby villages and towns, no wonder the market will be saturated, the people who buy it are so ordered, and more and more people are selling, there is no other way than to reduce the price.