Chapter 233

The outer city of vistock has always been the residence of free people. It would be biased to simply call it a slum or shantytown.

There are not many tall and magnificent buildings in the outer city. The houses here are crowded, making the streets extremely narrow.

However, this kind of crowded and narrow, but reveals the taste of prosperity.

The curved and narrow gravel pavement has been rubbed away by the shuttle flow of people, and the small pubs, hotels and grocery stores on both sides of the street are extremely narrow. These two-story buildings are all built by civil engineering. The outer wall wrapped in Korean pine bark reflects the undulation of fish scales in the sun. The faint fragrance of trees makes the air in the street fresh and pleasant. There are wild garlic, salted fish, bacon and strings of sausages hanging under the eaves of many shops. It is obvious that the residents here have a rich life.

Reasonably speaking, the free people gathering place in large cities is densely populated, and the market here should be noisy, noisy and lively. But the street was deserted, the road was clean, and there were few shops. Two armored swordsmen stood every few tens of meters. They held the hilt of their swords, opposite each other across the street, and their sharp eyes scanned the surrounding movement all the time. In this case, not to mention the free people, even wild cats dare not show up.

At the other end of the long street, hundreds of elite soldiers escorted several nobles slowly on the clean road. These nobles wore exquisite leather armor, chatted while walking, and stopped from time to time to point out to the shops on the street.

"Victor, this street has just been renovated and cleaned. If it is usually full of dirty sewage, the stench is unbearable across the two streets."

The speaker was an old man with a clear face. The swamp dragon lizard leather armor on his body is of high quality, excellent workmanship, simple decoration but very tasteful. His face is full of traces of the passage of years. His hair is a little gray, but the number of black hair is much more than white hair. His eyes are divine, his face is ruddy, and his waist is straight. Although he is old, he looks very strong. The old man has a gentle voice and elegant temperament, showing the dignity of the superior.

This old man is the master of westock, the Duke of Wellington of this generation.

As the Duke of Wellington spoke, Victor was watching with interest the bacon hanging on the wall. If he is right, this wild boar bacon is Randall's specialty.

Randall raised more wild boars than people. At the end of last year's windy season, Randall led the slaughter of 7000 pigs at one time, and he got too much pork to eat. In order to preserve the meat, Victor used the Chinese method of making bacon. He marinated the pork with wild spices and salt into a jar, took it out after dozens of days, hung it with hemp string, dried the water, and then smoked and roasted it slowly with purple sugarcane peel and firewood. The cured meat not only has unique flavor, but also can be preserved for 8 months.

The fact that Bacon can be seen in the free civil and commercial residential area of vistock shows that the trade between Randall collar and Yeliu city has begun, and it also radiates to the surrounding territories.

Lilia did a good job. You must reward her when you go back!

Victor suppressed his joy and said to the Duke of Wellington, "Sir, I'm very sorry that my willfulness has caused you trouble."

"Lord Randall, it is a kind virtue to pay attention to the suffering of the people, and your good deeds will be favored by our Lord." A middle-aged man wearing a bishop's robe and holding a scepter praised him. He was bishop Thain in charge of the south central and southern dioceses of Gambis kingdom.

It took Victor nearly two months to arrive at vistock, the central city led by the Duke of Wellington, in the middle of the land season. Along the way, Victor received great courtesy and hospitality from the Lords along the way. When he first entered the south central part of the Kingdom, the Duke of Wellington sent family knights to meet his motorcade. Every time they pass through a family territory, the heirs of the local Lord and the stationed priests will lead the attendants and paladins to accompany them throughout the whole journey. This reception can be called a seamless connection.

On the day Victor arrived in vistock, the Duke of Wellington hosted a welcome banquet at his residence. Not only all the important figures of the Wellington family attended, but bishop Thain also attended in person. Victor, Judy and the Duke of Wellington had in-depth exchanges on the affairs of Buryat and reached a series of consensus. In the next three days, the Wellington family held various banquets, tea parties and dances for victor.

After three days of entertainment, Victor finally couldn't help it. He told the Duke of Wellington that he still had to visit the southern Lord and couldn't stay in vestock, and made a request to visit the free civil and commercial residential area.

Victor did not expect that the Duke of Wellington had closed the whole street, accompanied by the Duke himself and Bishop Thain.

The Duke and Bishop accompanied a Viscount to visit the inferior residence at the same time, which was no longer Sylvia's face. Victor knew that he enjoyed the treatment of a Golden Knight. Thanks to Roland!

In this blood only aristocratic world, Roland "kindly" let Victor step into the circle of great aristocrats, which really greatly improved his status and influence, but this is not what Victor wants.

Victor has too many secrets. He hates to be noticed. For example, he is worried about how to sneak into the dark forest in a few days, check the relics found by the alchemy militia, and then sneak out unconsciously.

"It's not a problem." The Duke of Wellington shook his head and said, "in fact, these free people repair the streets and houses every six months. Victor, do you know why?"

Victor cleaned up his mood and said with a smile, "is it because there are too many young workers?"

"That's right." The Duke of Wellington said, "the number of refugees in the south central part of the kingdom is huge, second only to the middle of the kingdom. There are nearly 120000 refugees in our Duke of Wellington." The Duke paused, pointed to the surrounding houses and smiled: "Many lords regard refugees as a burden. They don't understand the value of refugees. You see, I hired refugees to build the outer city of vistock, which seems to cost money and food, but I collect rent, transaction tax, management tax and security tax from these shops every year. In only ten years, I have recovered all my investment. Now, the market in the outer city is serving us every day The Wellington family creates wealth. "

"With this income, I continue to hire refugees to build roads, bridges, castles, villages and towns and sentries. The infrastructure under the Duke of Wellington is very perfect, but in fact I don't spend a copper sol, because these are the wealth created by refugees."

"In addition, the leading families in Wellington employ some migrant workers more or less. The leading people have enough time to receive militia training and engage in other aspects of production, such as making pottery, wood, iron, tanning leather, weaving linen, cashmere blanket, etc. these additional income not only makes the leading people's life more affluent, but also enables them to pay a certain amount of money My money is used to pay for labor, and I hire refugees to do labor at a lower price. "

"In our Duke of Wellington, the number of craftsmen is very large, and the quality of the militia is comparable to that of soldiers in other territories, all because there are a large number of refugees in the territory."

Victor refrained from admiring the Duke of Wellington's views.

Before his visit, Victor filled in the information of the relevant Lord families. The history of the Wellington family can be traced back to 1000 years ago. The founder of the family was the squire Knight of the ancestor of the Augustus family. Because of this relationship, the Wellington family is loyal to the Augustus family and is in charge of the second largest grain producing area of the Gambis kingdom. The Wellington family and the Augustus family have been married for many times At present, the Wellington family has four direct knights, four branch knights, 36 knights, more than 200 trainee knights and 4000 elite soldiers. Although there are many artificial knights, their comprehensive strength is also the first among the great nobles in Gambis I mean.

The Duke of Wellington in this generation is an ordinary nobleman. It is rare for ordinary noblemen to inherit the family. Most of the people in power of the Lord's family are knights, because Knights live much longer than ordinary noblemen. If the family heir is an ordinary nobleman, I'm afraid he can't wait for the day when he inherits the title. The Duke of Wellington's father is also an ordinary nobleman scholar, and he is The old Duke died before. The old Duke of Wellington recalled his eldest grandson from the silver white tower and inherited the Duke.

Due to the interruption of his studies, Wellington did not win the title of scholar master, but his knowledge was not inferior to that of scholar master. Duke Wellington himself was also a close friend and adviser of his late king, his majesty Ryan. With the support of the royal family, he firmly held the position of Duke. Therefore, Duke Wellington was the strong support of Queen Catherine and Prince Edward.

However, the Duke of Wellington once helped Ryan formulate a strategy to divide the York family. His courtesy to Victor was also considered to ease the relationship between the two sides.

"Victor, you said that the real purpose of establishing an independent trade zone in Buryat is to introduce refugees, right?" Asked the Duke of Wellington with a burning look.

Victor's eyes coagulated and didn't say whether or not, "it just coincided with his meeting."

"Austin was blinded by profits. He fell into the trap of outsiders and pursued the family heirs. His death was his own responsibility."

The Duke of Wellington nodded and continued, "it's a fact that man and horse hills need population."

"Victor, you may not know. Master Edwin and I are also good friends. We are both supporters of absorbing civilian wisdom and enriching the knowledge reserve of the white tower."

Wellington once attended Sophia's wedding with victor. He said to victor in the tone of elders: "I have studied the new farming and animal husbandry system established by Edwin in in the human horse hills, including captive wild boar, grazing cattle and sheep, planting wheat and sweet potato. This is really a great initiative. I believe the York family will recover in a short time." The Duke of Wellington shook his head regretfully, "unfortunately, only people and horses who have experienced the baptism of ant disaster can adopt this new farming and animal husbandry production system. However, the York family must achieve the purpose of raising cattle and sheep before wild animals and monsters reoccupy the wild. This requires a lot of young labor, and the construction of the three fortresses is urgent."

Victor breathed a sigh of praise and said, "Your Majesty is as bright as a torch. I admire your wisdom."

The Duke of Wellington smiled demurely and said slowly, "it's not easy to introduce refugees. I don't know if you're ready."

"Your Highness, please give me some advice." Asked Victor sincerely.

"The free people are vulgar. Without effective guidance and control, they breed evil, cause unrest and bloodshed from time to time. Any Lord will have a headache for the security of the refugees." Then the Duke of Wellington saluted the Archbishop Thain's jaw. "So you need not only an experienced sheriff, but also the help of the church."

"The Duke is right." Thain nodded and said, "Lord Randall, it's a good deed for people to settle refugees. I fully support Lord Lazarus's proposal. But I have to remind you that this is also a risky thing. A little carelessness will lead to disastrous consequences."

"For a long time, the migration and resettlement of refugees have been completed under the guidance of the church. You really need the help of the church." Thain sighed and said, "bishop Perot is now in charge of the academic affairs of the man horse hills. I suggest you apply to bishop Perot for more priests and paladins to help you pacify the people."

Lazarus accepted Victor's request that the diocese in charge of Thain should not interfere with the migration of refugees to the man horse hills. Thain was surprised, angry and anxious when he received a letter from the archbishop.

The population of the diocese is an important standard for assessing the achievements of bishops. Lazarus is about to be promoted to cardinal, and the position of Archbishop Gambis will soon be empty. The four bishops of Gambis are all ready to fight. At this critical moment, how can Lazarus's attitude not make Thain suspicious.

The man horse hill is now under the jurisdiction of Perot. Is the Archbishop ready to support Perot? Anxious and angry, Thain took this question to the Duke of Wellington for countermeasures. He was very convinced of Wellington's wisdom and vision.

The Duke of Wellington had long lost patience with the increasing number of refugees. Thain was ecstatic with the information provided. If he operated properly, he was confident to keep the population of the territory within the most reasonable range. The Duke of Wellington told Thain that it would be beneficial for him to introduce the refugees into the horse hills, because it would greatly involve bishop Perot's energy. If Perot handled it badly, the church would blame him. If Perot did a good job, the church would let him continue to preside over the educational affairs of horse hills, which is tantamount to excluding one of the strongest competitors.

Bishop Thain was enlightened. He was determined to cooperate with the Duke of Wellington to guide the migration of refugees and add a burden to Perot.

The devil wants the church to step in!

Victor knew nothing about the power of Duke Wellington and Bishop Thain, and was not interested in the internal competition of the church. He had long formulated a comprehensive plan to absorb refugees, and there was no need for the church to appease the refugees.

"Thank you, your excellency, for your reminder." Victor didn't think so in his heart. On the surface, he still had to pretend to be grateful.

Bishop Thain said enthusiastically, "Lord Randall doesn't have to thank me. I just follow the teachings of our Lord. But..." Thain frowned and asked, "Lord Randall, it needs a lot of food and materials to settle the refugees. Are the people and horses ready?"

"Ha ha."

Victor smiled coldly in his heart. The Duke of Wellington and Bishop Thain agreed. He had already seen it.

The Duke of Wellington preached the benefits of exiles, and Bishop Thain was responsible for playing the sidedrum. Now he was desperate. He just wanted to make a lot of money from victor. Unfortunately, Victor is not going to spend money to settle the refugees!

Victor did not understand any economic theory or human resources, but when he looked down from the perspective of the Lord, it was not difficult to find that the Duke of Wellington's theory on the creation of wealth by refugees was untenable.

Victor has planted land, herded sheep, moved bricks and worked as a cook on the earth. He only recognizes the most simple truth. Planting a grain of wheat, harvesting ten grains of wheat, and turning two sheep into a group of sheep is called creating wealth. In addition to renewable agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, the rest of the handicraft industry, service industry, commerce, and even industry, high-tech industries can create civilization, but can not create wealth. At best, these industries only redistribute social wealth.

Producing cars is more profitable than farming! But can a car fill your stomach? If all the farmers go to build cars, will social wealth increase? The bottom structure determines the superstructure. Once the bottom shrinks, the upper layer will be turbulent, the upper industry collapses, the impact on the bottom is limited, and if the bottom is finished, it will be all over. Agriculture and animal husbandry production is the bottom industry. Assuming that no grain can be planted in the field, what is the value of cars, mobile phones, aircraft and cruise ships? What else about wealth?

The Duke of Wellington was overcrowded, and the output of the land could not support so many people. The Duke of Wellington did accumulate wealth by selling handicrafts through trade, but these wealth needed to be used to buy food to maintain the operation of the territory. Looking at the whole kingdom of Gambis, how much food can it produce? The more the population, the greater the demand for food and the higher the price of food. With the increase of the population, the Duke of Wellington obtained less and less profits and had a greater and greater burden. Victor didn't believe that he was not in a hurry.

The freedmen built and repaired the street, and they could see the plight of the Duke of Wellington. Besides, Victor knew exactly what the Duke of Wellington was up to.

Every Lord will store wheat for emergencies. Wheat will deteriorate after three years of storage. Victor was convinced that all the three-year old grain held by the Duke of Wellington had been donated to the church to help the refugees. The Duke of Wellington obviously intended to leave the refugees to the horse hills, and then sell the old grain to the York family, so as to earn Victor's favor.

Hehe, it's such a cheap thing to throw off the burden, make money and win favor! Sorry, man, I want it! But you have to keep them for me!

"We're not ready."

Victor shook his head. A glimmer of pride flashed in the Duke of Wellington's eyes. However, he soon heard Victor say, "but we are not ready to introduce refugees!"

Victor looked innocently at bishop Thain, and his face twitched at the Duke of Wellington's city hall.

After a moment of silence, the Duke of Wellington smiled gracefully and mysteriously, "Victor, you're leaving tomorrow. I'm going to give you a gift, and you'll like it! But I can't tell you now."

"Oh?!" Victor asked curiously, "Sir, can you give me a hint?"

"A unique crop!"