It has been half a year since he woke up from the falling sea.
The white shorts worn by Xia Zoe also began to be replaced by slightly thicker long-sleeved trousers.
The temperature gradually dropped, and the sea breeze became merciless, stabbing the person in the face like a knife, whirring back and forth, whining.
Xia Zoe was reading a book by the window or handling government affairs to enjoy the seaside scenery by the way.
Now it is moved to the fireplace in the study, surrounded by soft and comfortable sofas, and a short and cumbersome square table is placed in the middle, usually nesting in it and hardly wanting to move.
It has been more than a month since the end of the first exercise.
The weather is approaching winter.
Everything in Weissus is proceeding in an orderly manner.
The soldiers continued to train, and the problems of the newly relocated civilians and slaves were satisfactorily resolved. The Thorns Chamber of Commerce was functioning well, and the revenue from the sale of salt had been increasing continuously.
The refined salt originally extracted can only be sold in Weissus for the time being.
Later, Fort Comoy's ban on civilians and slaves from leaving the city was finally lifted.
The refined salt of Weissus began to circulate, and the refined salt of low price and high quality gradually replaced the coarse salt sold in the Nagabi Chamber of Commerce.
Immediately afterwards, the sales channels of refined salt were opened all the way to the royal city of Gadayat, and even exported to the kingdom of Gaena.
Compared with the expensive coarse salt grains, the new refined salt is not only cheap but also as beautiful as snow-white fine sand.
As a result, in just a few months, the demand for refined salt has increased rapidly and in the continuous expansion, the sales scope has become more and more extensive.
In the scope of refined salt sales, the coarse salt of the Nagabi Chamber of Commerce has almost been squeezed out of the market and can only occupy a small place.
In the same way, this kind of selling behavior that almost monopolizes the market, the benefits brought to Xia Zuoyi can be described as piles of gold coins.
At this moment.
Xia Zuoyi's feeling is - rich, not panic.
But in order to save trouble, he directly used the emblem of the Desinia family as the trademark of the Thorns Chamber of Commerce, so that later, commoners and slaves gradually began to call refined salt rose salt.
Zoe Xia: =.=
The castle was built on a cliff by the sea and it was already wet.
At this moment, one foot is entering the winter, and the environment is even more gloomy and cold, so I lit firewood in the fireplace in the house early to warm the study room.
Gibran's mathematical talent is really good.
He studied with the old Nick, and now he is gradually getting in touch with and familiar with the financial management of the castle.
Gibran is telling Xia Zoey about the financial income and expenditure of the previous month.
"In general, the revenue is far greater than the expenditure."
"A large part of the expenditure is on the application for the soldier's training camp, purchasing weapons, purchasing ingredients, changing clothes and bedding, etc... Recently, Chief Fernandi and Chief Valk once again applied for the purchase of coal stoves for the soldiers, otherwise there will be no winter. Good to go by."
Xia Zuoyi nodded: "Apply for approval."
Use a stove or fireplace for heating in winter, burning coal or firewood.
Nobles naturally don't have to worry about how to spend the entire cold winter.
But coal is expensive, and the commoners and slaves cannot afford it. Some people don’t even have a stove in their homes. Although firewood can be obtained from Mount Parr, it is undoubtedly a difficult decision to go up the mountain to cut firewood in winter.
Sometimes there are dangers.
Furthermore, it is not uncommon for people to freeze to death in winter.
Xia Zoe said, "Judit, how many people will Wesas die on the coldest day?"
Judit: "If the snow covers Wessus...a lot of people will die."
Toby whispered from the side: "Mom died in the winter..."
Gibran silently rubbed his brother's little head.
If it wasn't for him being fortunate enough to meet Lord Count, I'm afraid he and Toby still don't know how to spend this winter.
Xia Zuoyi: "Another amount of money will be allocated from the finances to build a subsidy station to help some poor people live in winter. Whether civilians or slaves, as long as they are within the territory of Wessas, they can come here. The subsidy station applies for the subsidy.”
"The objects in need of subsidies are mainly the elderly who cannot survive, orphans, injured or disabled people..."
Toby's eyes lit up.
Judit: "But in this way, there are some lazy people who will pretend to be those who need to be subsidized."
Gibran couldn't help but say: "Yes, Lord Count, old people and orphans are incapable of keeping money, there is no shortage of thugs in the city, they will do anything for money, they may snatch, or they may secretly control the old man and the gangster. The orphans…”
He has lived in the most fringe areas of Wessas since he was a child, and he knows that the sinister and unpredictable of people's hearts is unpredictable.
Toby frowned: "What should I do then?"
Xia Zuoyi: "In this case, the elderly and orphans who live alone will be taken to the subsidy station."
"They should know best what kind of people need to receive the subsidy and what kind of people don't, and order the knights to confirm it. If they find that someone has deliberately defrauded the subsidy money, they will take it back, or drive them out of Weissus."
He said: "Some bad things cannot be prevented or avoided. We cannot accurately screen them out. What we can do is to try our best to help those in need."
Just do everything.
The earl who said these words was nestled in the soft sofa, his whole body was wrapped in a blanket by the "I'm worried that you are cold" butler Judit, only showing a small round and tender face, caramel-colored eyes serious and serious, ruddy little face. Bubupapa, with a cute look on his face who is worried about the people in the city.
"Lord Earl, you are so kind!" Toby cheered.
Xia Zuoyi's ears were flushed, and her face was calm: "Don't flatter me."
Toby smirked: "No, Lord Earl is very good."
Gibran covered his fiery beating chest: "Lord Count, your heart is as pure and beautiful as the divine flower Bellranka."
Judit also said softly: "You are the glory of Desinia."
Xia Zuoyi finally couldn't help burying his blushing face in the blanket and muttered, "No more, no money for you."
You compliment people really suck.
Since Fort Comoy lifted the ban on going out of the city, the civilians and slaves who had hesitated to wait and see, and even felt that the notice of conscription and tax reduction in Wessas was false news, began to regret it.
As time passed, the contrast became more and more obvious.
Every hour of the day news came into Fort Comoy—how good life was in Vessus, how good life was for commoners and slaves.
After six days of hard work and one day off, the copper coins earned are not less than before, and sometimes he can even eat meat.
Not to mention those who become soldiers, they don't have to worry about room and board at all, and they can even take allowances every month to subsidize their household. Recently, even the stove and the thick quilt have been used uniformly.
They feel as sour in their mouths, hearts and stomachs as if they had eaten lemons.
Another new news came today.
The Count of Desinia ordered a subsidy station to be built in Wessas, and heard that it was specially designed to help people who could not survive the cold winter.
Moreover, people who have been to Wessas said that the subsidy station has taken all the widowed elderly and children without parents to live there, allowing them to spend the entire winter safely.
Once the news was confirmed to be true, the huge Fort Komoy seemed to have cold water slowly boiling in the oil pan.
People's hearts are floating, as if an undercurrent is brewing. The more suppressed it is on the surface, the more intense and earth-shattering it is when it erupts.
I don't know how many people regret that their intestines are green.
How cold is the winter in Gadayat
Covered by a heavy snow, civilians and slaves would not even dare to close their eyes, for fear that their souls would be taken away by the snowy night if they were not careful.
If the previous news is related to life, the news brought today is related to life.
They want too much to go to Visas.
However, although the ban on leaving the city was lifted, the knights who were guarding the city gate were still strictly checking the civilians who wanted to move into Wessas.
As for the slaves, they were guarded by the owner of the manor, and no knights of Weissus came to buy the population, and even the freedom to enter and leave the manor was restricted.
There are unwilling civilians who ask people to inquire, Will Wessas continue to recruit troops? When will conscription start
The answer is - Vessus will recruit in the summer each year.
This year is impossible, you can wait for next year, although joining the army is not enough, but Wessas welcomes people to move in at any time.
After the news of the subsidy station spread, the elderly and orphans of Fort Comoy left without any reluctance.
They are not taken seriously, and even the investigation is careless.
Because of this sentence, the civilians of Fort Komoy also began to try their best to leave.
They would rather throw away some things that are big and heavy even though they are needed, just to escape the inspection of the knight.
People have a herd mentality, and seeing the yearnings of commoners and slaves, some small manor owners have the idea of moving to Wissas.
But they didn't dare to show it openly, for fear of offending Count Beavis Elliott, and since the family property was in Fort Comoy, it was impossible for them to move out at will.
half a month later.
Beavis Elliott suddenly discovered that Fort Comoy was much depressed.
His intuition was wrong, and he sent knights into the city to investigate.
Only then did I realize that many houses in the city were empty, and the civilians who lived in it disappeared for no reason. Although furniture and other items were left, some important items were missing, and this was the case in several places in a row.
If Beavis Elliott still couldn't understand what was going on.
Then he is a fool.
No, it's not much different from a fool now.
Xiazoe Designia almost robbed nearly half of the civilians in his city!
However, he was on guard, but he didn't even have a hair on it, and when everyone was about to leave as soon as possible, he found that his territory was gradually becoming deserted and desolate, and walking on the street felt an indescribable desolation.
Beavis Elliott was going mad.
He shouted and vented his anger in the castle, crackling and smashing a lot of things.
The housekeeper did not dare to step forward to stop him, and when he calmed down a little, he slowly said: "Sir, why don't we reduce taxes and follow Desinia's practice..."
Beavis Elliott raised his head with red eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "How to follow suit?!"
"That little brat in Desinia has huge profits from selling salt to support him. What do we have?! After the tax is lowered, where will the money come from in the castle?!"
"Do you think I'm a fool?!"
"No, dare not..." The butler lowered his head in fear.
Beavis Elliott kicked the chair again in exasperation.
He regretted in his heart, why he didn't send more knights to kill that abominable little brat completely, so that now he is blocked, and it looks like a sharp fishbone stuck in his heart.
Beavis Elliott's eyes flashed ruthlessly, and he instructed the housekeeper: "Prepare the stationery."
He was going to send a letter to Lord Bath Ridges.