Chapter 374

Two days later, Lord Nelson, the head of Randall's first army, inspector Linda, Sheriff Munk, village head George, and family manager Lilia all appeared in the study of silver moon manor for questioning by Victor, Nicole and Sylvia.

"Honey, I'm only an audience."

Sylvia glanced at the crowd and smiled gently at Victor. Her white slender hand held the silver spoon and gently stirred the coffee presented by Nicole.

Everyone was awe inspiring, the atmosphere did not dare to breathe, and the atmosphere in the study was almost solidified.

Sylvia sits in the Rose Manor and lives in seclusion and seclusion. Even the top of the York family can't see her easily, not to mention the members of the Randall family. Only Nelson and Lilia know that Sylvia is one of the three Golden Knights of Gambis. Others only know that this beautiful woman is extremely noble, possibly the contemporary Duchess of York.

That's enough!

York family is the biggest backer of Randall family, and the political, military and economic exchanges between the two sides are very close. The middle and senior levels of Randall family have the most intuitive understanding of this. At that time, they were all refugees at the bottom of Heibao town. Later, the ant tide swept Randall's collar, and they were sheltered by the York family.

The top of the Randall family should be careful in front of Nicole, not to mention the Duchess of York? However, they don't understand why a small thing happened in George village alerted three big people at the same time?

Things involving the Pope and the first Paladin are not trivial!

Nelson knows and won't say it. Victor is in charge. Don't worry about him.

At this time, Victor was staring at two items on the desk and was distracted.

A piece of yellow green paper, square and rough, with crushed wheat straw fragments on it. Although its quality is poor, it is indeed a piece of straw paper.

Victor could not help sighing when he saw the paper again. This is almost the only material evidence of him as a transgressor, and will have a far-reaching impact on the different world.

The extraordinary force has separated the human groups in different worlds. The vast majority of ordinary people are attached to the extraordinary, while a few extraordinary dominate the process of human civilization. However, whether God elect, knight or church clergy, they hold the ruling power of the human kingdom, but they just want to obtain more powerful extraordinary power, and they don't have much power to promote the development of mortal society.

For the simplest example, although animal skin paper is expensive, extraordinary people can afford it. Naturally, they do not need to invent low-cost straw paper.

Paper is the most common information carrier on earth. Its emergence has promoted the cultural dissemination and knowledge accumulation of human society. With the invention of printing, expensive books have also entered ordinary families, thus laying the foundation for the vigorous development of human civilization.

The papyrus on the table also has the same meaning to the human society in the other world.

Compared with the extraordinary, the wisdom of ordinary people has no essential difference, and can also create great wonders of civilization. They are only limited by material conditions, they appear ignorant. For example, an ordinary farmer found that bee pollination can make the fruit grow and wanted to further study the law, but he was busy making a living and didn't have enough time to conduct systematic experiments and records. When he died of old age, the artificial pollination technology died. If he had paper, he could record his ideas, experimental process and observation results, and let the latecomers continue to complete the artificial pollination experiment.

It can be said that paper has greatly improved the width and thickness of mortal civilization. Victor can even imagine that someone in the future will say "I'm standing on the shoulders of giants".

This paper will open a new era!

Of course, the current papyrus can only be used to wipe your ass. But straw paper already exists. Will white paper be far away?

"Honey, this is straw paper made from wheat straw... Specially for people to solve sanitary problems? What price are you going to set?"

Nicole was wearing a light green tunic dress with a curious expression on her face. She was actually asking: would migrant workers be willing to spend money to wipe their hips?

No one understands why Victor even cares about wiping his people's ass.

Who cares what civilians use to wipe their ass?

If it were not for opening up the wisdom of the people, improving the power of the human country and dealing with unknown invaders, Victor would not make paper, let alone engage in the employment system. In fact, when he was a leisurely aristocratic Lord, he had nothing to do with hunting, fishing and trysts with beautiful lovers, which was more in line with his fantasy.

"Habits can be cultivated." Victor put down the papyrus and said with a smile, "Reverend David made soap for washing with pig pancreas and thorn kidney bean powder. At first, no one paid attention to it. Now it's not very popular? Almost every employee family will buy a few pieces of soap, otherwise they are embarrassed to say hello."

Nicole picked up the straw paper, looked at it for a moment, and said, "it's dry, light and regular, which is convenient for storage and transportation... I see! Make straw into straw paper, which can be used as a fuel reserve. When we explore the southern continent, the transportation and storage efficiency and cost of straw paper are far lower than that of straw." She looked at Victor affectionately and said, "honey, you're so smart!"

Sylvia gives Nicole an appreciative eye. Other people immediately respect the Lord's foresight. If they change the occasion, they will never give up the opportunity to flatter.

Er, it's not mechanized production. Papyrus is really used to wipe his ass... Victor coughed, picked up two purple gold coins on the table and weighed them gently.

These two purple gold coins are only half the size of noble purple gold coins. The dim color shows that the content of refined gold is poor, but they are also forged by the Gambis royal family for ordinary vassals and can be exchanged for 100 gold sols.

Victor once laughed at the augustian family for not understanding national debt, which was obviously a wrong understanding. Noble purple gold coins and vassal purple gold coins bypass the restriction of the joint issuance of coins by the church and the Lord, take the royal family's credit as the guarantee, and have the dual functions of money and national debt at the same time.

Victor is particularly eager to have the right to issue money, which is based on the reality of Randall's collar.

The Randall family has paid a lot of remuneration to tens of thousands of employees. Trading activities in the territory are becoming more and more frequent. The existing monetary system can no longer meet the actual needs of the market. Take goose eggs for example. A copper coin can buy 8 raw goose eggs or 6 cooked goose eggs. It is impossible to buy one goose egg alone.

Don't underestimate the business of a goose egg. It represents countless abortive transactions, just because there is no smaller circulating currency on the market. If Randall owns small money, there will be all kinds of vendors in the market, selling spiced goose eggs, small toys, soap and vegetables... They will enrich Randall's business activities and increase Randall's family tax revenue.

Victor is different from other lords. He levies taxes on transactions, while other lords charge shop rents and goods transit fees. They agree to offset goods. The barter trading mode is very common in the market.

How do you collect taxes on barter? How can the mercenary Legion support without taxes?

The reality is that Randall's merchants have to barter to a certain extent in the transaction process, otherwise they can't get change. The transaction accounts are a mess. Needless to say, the tax also includes materials. Therefore, tax officials often carry some goose eggs, goose feathers, pickled meat, lizard skin and other things all over the street.

As soon as the weather was hot, these "taxes" were donated to the Church

Anyone can cast copper sol. The problem is that copper is the cheapest metal at present, which is cheaper than iron. The purchasing power of copper sol is equal to its actual value.

Issue paper money? Victor doesn't have to think about it. This is not because of papermaking and printing technology, but because it is too easy to be imitated.

Under the same conditions, what you can make, others can make. Americans invented the atomic bomb, but other countries also have it? The technological monopoly of the transgressor is a dream! Even if the silver equipment of the alchemy Empire comes out, it will not take many years for other major forces to build silver equipment.

Victor's issuance of paper money will only bring down the Randall family, not to mention the church and the Lord will not allow him to issue new money. Victor only hoped to get the support of the church and let him forge smaller and thinner copper coins that only circulate in Randall's collar, just like the vassal purple gold coins in front of him.

Papermaking belongs to scientific research and education, and money belongs to trade and finance. They are not urgent problems.

What Victor urgently needs to solve now is the legal problem of Randall's collar.

"Is this the purple gold coin that the SID family used to buy the Robert family?" He asked with interest:

"Yes." Sheriff Munk bowed and replied: "Sid's fourth son, Kali, set a trap. He wanted to learn from other artificial paper methods and deliberately rent the paper mill. The third son of the Robert family, Severin, made a breakthrough and refused to leave the mill. Kali wanted to buy him with the money, but Severin resolutely refused to agree. The two dragged each other, and Severin accidentally fell into the straw pulp pond, which triggered the next thing."

Victor nodded and asked again. "Are you sure there are no dead?"

"There are no dead people. Father Miller happened to collect medicine nearby. He used his magic to save three injured people. Except for the mountain pig, who was still unconscious, everyone else recovered. The perpetrator, Marcy, is currently detained in the dungeon of the police station."

"So..."

Victor's eyes flashed an inexplicable luster, knocked on the table and asked, "who can tell me why this matter is so noisy that even the people led by Baron finicos are talking about it?"

"Miracles!" Nicole opened her red lips and said bluntly, "the priest of the church publicized miracles to the people and secretly guided the people to discuss this matter. Now everyone is waiting for our judgment."

The main messenger behind must be the Pope. Why did he add fuel to the flames and force me to make a statement? Fortunately, Miller saved those three people, otherwise I would be forced into a dead corner. Now there are no dead people, I have more choices... No, if the dead people are not more in line with the wishes of the Pope, why didn't he stop Miller? Or, Miller is an old man who doesn't dump the pope at all? Er... It must be so. Miller dares to tell me the secret of the holy pool. It is estimated that he is not even afraid of the Pope... Well, this is the style of a devout priest. Old Miller is so cute... Victor restrained his thoughts and returned to the case itself.

"Munk, I want to hear your opinion." He asked.

The sheriff leaned slightly and said: "Marcy committed murder out of misunderstanding, but it's also a fact. If it weren't for father Miller, Carly and mountain pig would have died at that time. Therefore, I suggest that Marcy be hanged and the Robert family have no right to get the reward for papermaking. Carly set a trap and nearly killed Severin, but he didn't deliberately hurt Severin. He can order the SID family to compensate the Robert family for 200 gold sol , Kali also has no right to receive the papermaking reward. "

"Hum! You took Sid's black money."

Nelson always disliked monkeys. He thought monkeys didn't share weal and woe with everyone and didn't deserve to climb on the head of the work point system family. At this time, he jumped out and accused: "don't think I don't know. You not only receive black money from vendors, but also pay tribute to gray towels and human traders."

"Lord, the inspector knows all about my collection." The monkey replied faintly: "I don't take the money alone. The soldiers of the public security office have a share, including your old subordinates. It's a rule for the public security office to collect money. If I don't accept it, businessmen and gangsters won't be at ease. Collecting money is also a bridle tied to them. As long as I increase the money, these people have to be honest. I don't have to fight and kill them, and the master won't be pointed at by father Miller Nose scolds. "

"Also, those human traffickers are just brokers. They introduce jobs to refugees and women to singles. You should know that it's normal for refugees to be separated and separated. Refugee women also want a good life. Give some money to their men and let them go. Only when Randall's single men have the opportunity to marry and have children and settle down behind. These are what you love and I want, How can brokers be regarded as human traffickers? Without these brokers, Randall will lead the peace. "

The monkey is a smart man. He knows that he is only responsible for Victor and can't look at anyone's face, so his relationship with others has been very cold. Victor didn't give the monkey any land. At present, he only gets an annual salary of 200 gold sol, so Victor allows him to collect some money.

The money is not only the rein that the sheriff put around the merchant and gangster's neck, but also the rein that Victor put around the sheriff's neck. If the monkey behaves honestly and doesn't reveal anything, victor will replace him instead.

"All right, Nelson. Tell me your opinion." Victor raised his hand to show Nelson that it was enough.

Nelson said loudly, "my Lord, I don't care about papermaking. Marcy should not commit murder, but she just wants to protect her family. If Randall people don't even have the courage to protect their family, can we expect them to become qualified soldiers? Killing Marcy will only turn the people into a group of rabbits! I think Marcy must be acquitted!"

"That makes sense." Victor smiled and asked Linda, "Inspector, what do you mean?"

"My Lord, I don't express any opinion, because I don't know who is right and who is wrong." Linda stepped forward and said, "but there are some situations I have to explain."

"First of all, sabins, the eldest son of the Robert family, found the centurion Rhett. Rhett came to Nelson with 100 golden sol. Rhett is our old subordinate of the war bear. Nelson promised to help sabins, but didn't ask Rhett for money."

"Linda, you..."

Nelson stared anxiously. Linda ignored it and continued, "Sid asked Lord Munk for help with 1000 gold sol, and Lord Munk accepted it."

"The SID family has so much money?" Victor asked in surprise.

"The money was actually put together by all 82 merchants. They promised to give me 1000 gold sol when it was done." The monkey explained.

"Why?"

"Because they are reluctant to build houses." Lilia said, "it has nothing to do with the merchants whether the SID family can get the reward for papermaking. They don't want this to affect their own house building. Therefore, these merchants spread money everywhere and even begged me."

"So... It seems that our Randall collar is still attractive." Victor was complacent and smiled, "George, what about you?"

Village head George said uneasily: "Sid sent me 400 gold sols. I didn't want them! Sir, I do recommend the SID family to build a house. Their ability is better than that of most villagers. However, this matter has made public anger. The residents in the East, North and west districts of the village are very dissatisfied with the Sid family's deception. Sid can't compare with so many villagers if he has the ability. I have no right to ask about Massey's murder, but I can't I think the reward for papermaking should go to the Robert family. "

Victor turned to Lilia without hesitation. "My dear, your opinion."

Sylvia and Nicole were there. Lilia didn't dare to be coquettish. She said calmly, "Sir, I hope you can forgive Marcy's death... I want a female escort. My parents died early. When the exile bandits attacked the mercenary station, aunt Lucy was killed by the bandits in order to save me. I saw aunt Lucy's shadow on Marcy..."

Linda's eyes turned red. Nelson knelt on one knee and said in a deep voice, "Sir, please forgive Marcy. I won't ask for anything else."

Victor turned to Nicole and asked, "honey, what's your opinion?"

"I usually don't care about such things. I just leave them to the sheriff and priest." Nicole frowned and smiled: "Since you asked my opinion, let's say so. The papermaking reward was divided equally between the two families. Carly inadvertently pushed Severin into the straw pulp pool, but Severin was not dead, and Carly should be punished with 20 lashes. The mountain pig saved people. There was no merit in saving people. Marcy was guilty of murder, and the mountain pig was not dead either, but was unconscious... But he was a fool after all... Marcy was free from hanging and sentenced her to sister Lilia My sister has been working hard for 20 years. "

"It suits me very much." Victor nodded and ordered, "that's it. In addition, 200 more places for migrant workers to build houses will be opened."

George hesitated and asked weakly, "Sir, what about... Wright and Tunan? They are the people who invented paper. I'm afraid father David will have something to say."

"Let's all go down." Victor waved his hand, but thought to himself, "I am the inventor of paper. The Pope stood on my shoulder under the crown."

When Nelson and others left the study, Victor asked Sylvia, "honey, why did the Pope make this big? What kind of judgment did he want to see?"

Sylvia put down her coffee cup, shook her head and said, "it doesn't matter how you decide, who decides. Clement just wants to see if you will decide yourself."

"If you turn this case over to the sheriff, nothing will happen to the church. But if you judge it yourself, Clement will have to weigh it carefully."

"Madam, what will the Pope weigh under the crown?" Nicole asked nervously, "does it affect Victor?"

Sylvia said, "there will be some influence. The worst result is that the priest calls on the people and refuses to join the mercenary corps of Randall family."

Victor got up and asked, "why?"

Sylvia looked at her angry lover and smiled: "honey, don't you realize it? You have touched the bottom limit of the church and weakened the faith of the refugees, and your personal judgment shows your determination to continue! Of course, Clement should weigh it carefully..."

"However, this may be a bad thing, more likely a good thing... But you have to convince me first!"