They didn't dare to think about it, so they could only endure their hunger until the night was thick and then hide the honey bread and bring it back.

Except for Lilith, who could only eat and come back at first, all three children hid one.

Mary hid one, three, two.

"Eat, eat more, get better soon." Mary couldn't help but swallow her saliva, she only took one bite, only one bite, and it was so delicious that she cried, this was the best thing she had ever eaten in her life, probably all the food in the first half of her life combined, not as delicious as one percent of the honey bread!

But it's more important to survive.

The man sitting on the bed was in tears in the dark, he was a burden to the family who had lost his ability to work, but he knew that he had to get better.

He picked up a small loaf of bread and divided it into six parts: "Didn't the merciful lord say that he could still receive it tomorrow?" Eat, eat, eat, and when you're full, you'll have the strength to work! ”

Although I will work more and I will not get more money, it seems to be a kind of self-consolation - as long as I work more, life will be better. Being able to work means that you won't die so easily.

The honey bun is so fragrant that everyone has no resistance, and when they come back to their senses, the sweetness on the tip of the tongue has made people feel so happy that they feel dizzy.

Lilith covered her mouth, she was afraid of being robbed in the morning, so she ate the dates she had not had time to savor, she whimpered and cried with crumbs of bread that were only a little bigger than her fingernails, "How good is the merciful lord! ”

The others nodded in agreement.

"For the sake of the merciful lord, we must find a way to collect the taxes!"

As for the fact that the merciful lord would exempt them from their taxes, none of them thought about it.

How can a lord not collect taxes? Ordinary people live to pay taxes!

This night was different from all the previous nights, even if it was long past the time to go to bed, but the body was so excited that it didn't want to fall asleep like this, and every household was chattering about the deliciousness of honey bread, although it was those barren words that were repeated over and over, but it was not tired of saying it ten thousand times!

As the night deepened, the tired people fell asleep, and the people of Lanceville had a very happy dream in the sweet smell.

And Philos' census report is also in hand.

The queue to receive the honey bread is very particular, according to the human race, other races are divided into two categories, and the two categories are divided into the population of the city and the "permanent population".

Then there is the container of honey buns, which distinguishes between little girls, little boys, young women, young men, and old women and old men.

Marking runes were engraved on the collection table to eliminate the possibility of repeated collections, so according to the honey buns that were delivered, the approximate census was prepared.

Lanceville is not small, a few decades ago it was once a bustling metropolis, with an urban area of 5,000 square kilometers and a population of more than 150,000, making it one of the largest cities on the border!

But with the expansion of the Endless Plains and the looting of the nobles, the number of civilians in the city remained just over three thousand.

The resident population will be higher, 8246, but that's counting the number of wanderers and other sapient races.

The number and size of the city are outrageous, but the two outrageous mean different things.

The area is ridiculously large, but there is not much safe space for human life.

The number is ridiculously small - of course, these more than 8,000 people do not include slaves.

There were more than 3,000 slaves in the lord's name alone, and many slaves were kept in captivity by other officials and nobles in the city. Similarly, a few decades ago, the population of more than 150,000 did not include slaves.

Philos suddenly thought of a question: "Did those nobles and officials and their families come to collect them?" ”

Blaise chuckled in his heart, although he had been prepared, but hearing Philos ask this question, Blaise was still terrified and scared.

This question is too difficult to answer. To tell the truth, he was afraid that his lord would be angry, but the consequences of being found lying were even more terrifying to him.

"Huh." Philos had already guessed everything from Blaise's hesitation, "Don't give me face, then don't blame me for being ruthless." ”

Although the city of Lansville is in decline, there are still a few small aristocratic families who have not saved enough money to move away.

In addition, there is the management of the city affairs and the city defense army.

It adds up to a significant number of people.

Philos has not been in this world for a long time, but he also has some understanding of the so-called "aristocracy", to put it bluntly, a group of arrogant maniacs with a big face.

Philos had expected their reluctance to line up with the commoners to receive the same food, but he was somewhat surprised that the non-noble officials and city guards did not show up.

Officials and city guards were transcendental, but not nobles.

The only way for ordinary people to enter the aristocratic class is to become transcendent in the upper ranks.

Levels 1-9 are apprentices, levels 10-29 are beginners, levels 30-60 are intermediate, levels 60-100 are advanced, and level 100 and above are great shots! Every level up is a big deal.

Seventy years ago, the Lord of Dayak City, who was at his peak, was a level 99 high-level arcane mage.

But seventy years have passed, and there are very few mid-level transcendents at level 30.

The Chiti family was also a minor nobleman a few decades ago, but after the death of the previous head of the family. The family has not had a single mid-level transcendent in thirty years, and has been directly deprived of the baronial title.

Although the current head of the family, Pock Chiti, is a mid-level swordsman, he has been deprived of his noble title when he was promoted to the middle rank, and he must become a high-level swordsman to return to the noble class.

There are currently five baronial nobles in Lanceville City, but three of them will soon lose their titles because they don't have mid-level transcendentals, and the other two have intermediate-level transcendentals, but they are all old masters who are almost reaching the limit of their lifespans, and few of the new generation seem to have good talents, as for the high-level transcendents - not one!

The nobles were arrogant, even if only in name, and did not want to work for the other lords, and they did not enter the Consulate, so the Consulate was kept clean by Chiti.

In the ranks of officials, there are seven mid-level transcendents, and the remaining 43 are only beginners.

But as far as Philos knew, few were able to work.

Dayak City has a small population and a small number of affairs, but the salary package is very good. It's just that human laziness has only an upper limit and no lower limit, and judging from the observation of Philos that day, the so-called Consulate Hall is nothing more than a free banquet clubhouse.

As for the so-called officials, it seems that they don't even know where their offices are, and if they have to do official business, they will let the butler or personal servant fool around.

After all, the boss is fooled, the subordinates are fooled, and you have to follow the crowd!

Only the lord of the territory can have an "army", and the nobles, no matter how rich they are, can only continue to raise people in the name of cultivating guards.

Since the city defense army occupies the word "army", it must be the lord's power.

Philos also confirmed from Blaise that Polk always paid the salaries of the city guards from the castle in the name of not being very financially optimistic.

The castle belongs to the lord, and the city defense army also belongs to the lord, so what difference does it make to take money from the Consulate or from the castle?

Poke's logic is fine, although the castle is the lord's private treasury, but the city's taxes are also owned by the lord! The lords of other realms did the same! So Blaise doesn't have any reason to object.

The 150 city guards are all supported by the gold coins on the castle side.

But today's performance is obvious - although it is the lord who pays for it, it is Pock's private army that raises it.

There were no nobles in the officials of the Consulate and the city defense army, and it was always the "lords" who paid their salaries.

However, it is such a group of people who are unwilling to accept the lord's gift to queue up to receive fragrant honey buns.

Don't like it?

Philos was rich, but that didn't mean he would tolerate these moths.

The past can be turned over, but what to do next, Philos thought that they would at least make an attitude.

As a result, I didn't see the attitude, but saw something more serious - whether it was the officials or the city defense army, they were a bunch of useless garbage.

The aristocracy, the officials, and the city defense army are the three official forces in this city. But judging from today's situation, what are the three major forces, but Chiti pretended to show others. From the beginning to the end, there was only "Chiti's power".

Blaize's face turned white with fright, and his knees were soft as if he was about to kneel: "Lord Lord, I really didn't go along with him!" Trust me! Thankfully, he remembered Philos' order not to kneel, but it was difficult for him to support his body.

Philos did not rebuke him for his indiscretion, but he did not comfort him either.

There was a calming indifference in his black eyes.

"If you don't want to do it, don't do it."

The illiteracy rate in this world is ridiculously high, but it doesn't matter, if there is anything too important in a small place of more than 8,000 people, a medium and large factory can pack all the people into it.

But which is better to open the first factory first?

While Philos was thinking about what the first factory would produce, Alice hurried in.

"My lord, no, the frosting is gone!"

Desserts need a lot of sugar, honey bread not only needs to add sugar to the bread part, but also the soul crisp bottom below also needs a lot of sugar. Actually, butter is running out as well, but butter has alternative vegetable oils.

Philos looked at Blaise, "Is there any other way to collect enough sugar as soon as possible?" ”

Hearing that Philos was finally willing to see him, Blaise gasped as if he had escaped death, but then he reported the situation to Philos with the most dedicated expression and tone.

Chapter 15

The life of the lord's mansion is not very easy, but there are still some savings, but sugar, not something that can be bought with money, it is a very precious existence.

Sugar is a very precious and hard-to-obtain extract of the magic plant, and the most common sugar-making plant in this world is a low-level magic plant called devil's vine.

Although it is only a low-level demon plant, it is also very dangerous for ordinary people. It secretes a sweet juice to lure creatures closer and suck the blood, and it only takes ten minutes for an average adult man to become a dried corpse.

Moreover, the devil vine is a "gregarious" plant, and after planting, it will soon erode the territory of other plants and become an extremely terrifying existence.

In order to cultivate the Devil Vine on a large scale, you need at least 20 high-level transcendents.

High-level transcendents can already achieve class leapfrogging through their own strength. Those who are willing to accept employment to guard the Devil's Vine Plantation will need more resources to impress them.

Therefore, sugar, a cherished material, has always been controlled by the Big Mac family.

Dayak City does not have high-level transcendents, so naturally it cannot be cultivated or produced on a large scale, and even because the consumption power here is too low and the danger is too high, no caravan is willing to transport sugar here to sell.

The candy in Dayak City was obtained by wanderers who risked their lives in the "Devil's Ridge" near the Sunset Mountains.

And the existing sugar in the Lord's Mansion was purchased by Blaise after receiving the news that a new lord was coming.

The sugar in the city of Lanceville had been bought out by Blaise a few days ago, and if you wanted to buy it, you had to borrow it from other nobles or buy it in the city of Lakdalia, which was more than a hundred kilometers away.

The price of a pound of sugar on the market is 1 gold coin, and the nobles will "purchase in large quantities", and the price will be more favorable, which is a good 99 silver coin.

When Philos heard that sugar was so valuable, what the first factory was going to open, he immediately had a plan.

However, far from water cannot quench the thirst of the near, and it takes time for the sugar factory to start.

"I'm going to organize people to go to Lakdalia City now, and within ten days, I'll definitely be back with enough sugar!" In order to "atone for his crimes", Blaise took the initiative to take the most dangerous thing.

In the continent of Tantali, caravans have the highest mortality rate, with monsters, undead, orcs, robbers, curses, ...... Ten thousand deaths is not a lot.

To be able to say such things is enough to see Blaitze's "loyalty".

"No need." If it's just sugar, Philos has some in his backpack, although it's not much, but it's enough to last for a while.

Whether it's white sugar, brown sugar, rock sugar or maple sugar, it's just a level 1 white material, although he is the liver emperor, but is it reasonable to let a level 300 full-level player brush 1-10 monsters and collect level 1 materials?

But he played for too long. I can't go offline for fifteen years.,24 hours of farming monsters to do tasks.,There are some weird dropped backpacks.。

He sorted out all the sugar in his backpack and threw out about 10 tons of sugar, brown sugar and maple sugar may not be usable, but they can provide sweetness if they are not used.