Succubus' Manor

The bare trees sprouted new green leaves, and the weeds gradually became the weather. People finally took off a layer of sackcloth, and could walk on the streets in the sunshine. Businessmen who had to stay in the city because the road was blocked by heavy snow They also began to pack their bags and goods, ready to leave Stettin.

Businessmen have their own set of patterns, they don’t stay in the same place for too long, in this era of almost no logistics, doing business is to move around, so as not to stay in the same place for too long, resulting in inertia and goods prices fall.

Local merchants like Lilia and the others are not included here.

Unless they go out to sell goods or go out to buy goods, they will not leave the city where they are rooted.

"Lauren!" The young man trotted towards the merchant who was counting goods on the street. He was out of breath, and after he stopped, he put his hands on his knees, raised his head and asked eagerly, "Are you leaving now?"

Lauren smiled at the young man: "I've been here for a winter, it's been long enough."

The young man pursed his lips, as if he wanted to say something to stay, but he hesitated for a while, but still didn't say anything.

After counting the goods, Lauren patted the young man on the shoulder: "I will come over next autumn, and I will invite you to have dinner together then."

The young man opened his mouth and lowered his head with a lonely expression.

At one time, a group of people suddenly ran over from the direction of the castle. This group of people were all prominent businessmen who went to bid farewell to the lord. Most of the time, the lord would not see them. It was just a kind of etiquette. Lauren thought they were Not allowed to enter the castle.

However, these merchants who came out all had exaggerated smiles on their faces, which could be called excitement.

They returned to the places where they packed their goods and said excitedly: "Unload all the goods, I won't go."

"It looks like I'm going to buy a house here."

"We still need to rent a warehouse, and we need to rent it for a long time."

"It's best to buy a house not far from the market."

"When I think of the market opening every day in the future, tsk tsk."

……

Lauren's servant whispered, "Master, shall we go?"

Lauren pursed her lips and raised a hand: "I'll go and ask first."

To make so many businessmen so excited, there must be some new news. Lauren strode over and saluted the only big businessman he had a good relationship with in a humble manner: "Your Excellency Benson, are you planning to leave?" ?"

Benson and Lauren have some kind of friendship. If you go back to the source, they still have some blood relationship, but this blood relationship is very thin, no one knows whether it is true or not, but Benson is willing to sell some benefits to Lauren.

"We just went to see the Lord Lord." Benson said with a smile, "There is no need to hide it, after all, this is big news."

Lauren followed Benson to a place far away from the crowd. Benson said, "The lord told us that there will be no exit and entry taxes in the city from now on."

Lauren looked at Benson in surprise, and Benson spread his hands, expressing that he didn't understand why the lord did this, but he said: "My lord must have his reasons for doing this, but for us, the benefits are obvious of."

Benson suddenly lowered his voice: "Your Excellency also asked us to form a chamber of commerce."

Lauren could understand the meaning of the chamber of commerce literally. He asked, "Then what is this organization for?"

Benson couldn't hide his excitement: "The chamber of commerce can adjust prices. For example, if the chamber of commerce says that a catty of wheat can be sold for ten copper coins, then all wheat sellers in the city can't go above or below this price, and deliberately disrupt the market. Yes, you can let the guards take people away."

If the abolition of city entry tax and city exit tax can only make them earn more money.

Then the chamber of commerce means they get power.

The status of merchants is not low, but because they always travel between different cities, most merchants have never enjoyed the benefits of power, and even if they do not travel, they will be bullied by local big businessmen.

Just like before Old Bob disappeared, they had to be cautious, lest they offend Old Bob and be plotted by the other party.

Lauren's eyes widened, his jaw almost dropped, one city, with the same price?

This has never happened before!

The price of each product is different, sometimes larger, sometimes smaller.

But complete unity sounds incredible.

Lauren suddenly said, "Since you won't leave, I don't want to leave either."

But Lauren still has doubts: "But... what if old Bob shows up?"

Benson smiled arrogantly: "His dog has been neglected for so long, even if he shows up now, can he manage it? And I don't think old Bob is missing."

Lauren: "What's that?"

Benson glanced in the direction of the castle, and his tone was somewhat solemn: "That lord, he is not the one who would allow people with more power than himself to exist in the territory."

Lauren was taken aback: "You mean, old Bob was killed by the lord?"

Benson smiled: "I guessed it too, but it's not clear whether it was killed or locked up, well, hurry up and rent a warehouse, there might be no warehouse for you if you go late. "

Lauren saluted Benson again, then ran to her caravan.

In a day's work, all the warehouses in the city were rented out, and the merchants who did not rent out the warehouses were not in a hurry, because the lord said that more warehouses would be built on the edge of the city in the future.

This city, which has not changed for many years, is just like this glowing with new vitality. Those empty houses were quickly counted out, and after registering the homeless slum residents, these houses were rented out to them.

In fact, it is not considered as rent. They are given a fixed rent every month. After a certain number of years, the house belongs to them.

It’s like paying off a loan, but without the down payment.

The merchants need to move the goods and rebuild their stalls in the market. Originally, the stalls were only for short-term rental, so naturally they didn't take care of them too carefully. Now they want to take root here, they have to arrange them well.

There should be no obstacles in the middle of the market. The merchants even paid for the land around the market to be tidied up and paved with stone slabs.

It is rare for a mason in the city to wait for a big deal.

Because of the activity of the merchants, a small number of civilians quickly found jobs.

And there are still a large number of civilians who have nothing to do. Although the cafeteria can still buy cheap bean dregs cakes, after a winter of consumption, the copper coins in their hands are getting less and less, and there are more people doing nothing on the streets, quarreling and fighting Also become more.

Chi Yan finally knew why the rising unemployment rate would cause social unrest, and the crime rate would also rise steadily.

There's nothing to do, everyone becomes irritable, and it's easy to catch up. Just arguing and fighting is a very peaceful way to vent.

Chi Yan asked Kadi: "Have the farm tools been delivered?"

Kadi handed Chi Yan a water glass: "It's already on the way, it should take another three days."

Now Stettin and Sacked have special messengers, and they are the fastest demons. It only takes two days for him to go back and forth, so the information exchange between Stettin and Sacked is very timely.

The error is only two days, so it is better to calculate.

Chi Yan scratched his head: "I hope nothing will happen to them these three days."

"By the way, Kleist said that the guards and knights don't need to train anymore. Before the farm tools come back, let them go on patrol to maintain the law and order in the city."

Chi Yan took a sip of water and said to Kadi: "But tell them, if you let me know what bad things they did..."

Chi Yan put down the water glass, and the water in the glass kept rising and falling: "Then we can only let them live in the dungeon for a while."

Speaking of the dungeon, Chi Yan suddenly thought of something.

He looked up at Cardi: "Is there someone locked in the dungeon?"

After all, this is Kadi's job. He remembers it better than Chi Yan: "My lord, there is a man locked inside."

Chi Yan blinked: "...Who is that?"

Cardi: "The one who made trouble when the road was built before."

Chi Yan did the math, he has been locked up for about three months, and the punishment time for causing trouble should be enough, so don't waste dungeon resources, and don't waste food to support him.

"Let him out."

So the forgotten middle-aged man finally left the dungeon. These three months have been like years. When he left, he burst into tears, feeling that he had crawled back from hell, and was crying in pain. He promised again and again that he would be an honest man in the future .

Chi Yan didn't know that after this man left, he played up the horror of the dungeon everywhere. According to him, the dungeon was full of feces and urine, there was no clean hay, and he could only sleep on the dirt, and the dungeon hadn't been cleaned yet. The food I ate every day was stinky, and I still couldn't get enough.

"It must be scarier than the abyss!"

"I don't want to be locked up again!"

Probably because of this man's publicity, there were a lot fewer people fighting and fighting for a while, and even the thieves were restrained.

The knights and guards finally officially took up the patrol position. There are five of them in a team. There are knights and guards. The captain is determined according to the performance during training, and then there are no five people in charge of three streets.

Guards and knights with weapons patrolled every day. It only took a few days for people to get used to it from fear at the beginning, and the farm tools finally arrived.

The stewards received new jobs again. They gathered those who did not find jobs and told them that they could sign up to farm on the edge of the city. There would be a fixed amount of ten copper coins each month, and they would receive rewards according to the amount of work they did. If you are diligent, you can earn fifty copper coins a month without any problem.

The city, which was originally a bit chaotic after the beginning of spring, quickly got back on track.

The next thing Chi Yan has to do is to eradicate those shady businesses in the city.

In addition to brothels and the slave trade, there are black markets and casinos.

He has kept Dahe busy for so long, and now it's time to reap.