Succubus' Manor

Chi Yan, who originally decided to go directly to Saket and then back to Stettin, finally set foot in the direction leading to Aliyah.

Aliya has the largest population in this neighborhood. It is said that there were more than 3 people at the time, and even close to [-] people. These people did not include slaves.

Slaves are not counted in the population. If a slave owner has [-] slaves, then the population is still counted only as the slave owner.

This is the case in the Holy City. The real population of the Holy City should be around [-], but after excluding the slaves, there are only about [-] left.

In terms of population alone, Aliyah is comparable to the holy city.

Chi Yan staggered on the carriage, and slid into Kleist's arms while sitting. Kleist reached out and stopped Chi Yan's shoulder, making Chi Yan lean more comfortably.

The only ones who went to Aliye this time were Chi Yan, Kleist, and the hardworking, honest and hardworking coachman.

Chi Yan also dressed up in disguise. They rode in the simplest carriage and wore cotton clothes - it was not like wearing sackcloth. No matter how simple the carriage was, it was not something the poor could afford to support or sit on.

And before setting off, Chi Yan also made up his and Kleist's identities. He and Kleist are very close friends. With a little money, I came to Aliya, found a place to settle down, and lived the life of ordinary civilians in the future.

But Chi Yan also knew that once he lied, there would always be many loopholes, so he decided that as long as someone asked, he would only say a few words.

Don't say anything else.

Originally Kleist wanted to take Chi Yan to fly there directly, but Chi Yan disagreed. He needed to walk the road from Otley to Aliya himself. There are many.

After the sky darkened, Kleist finally shook Chi Yan awake.

Chi Yan was sleepy in Kleist's arms: "Is it coming? Or is it already here?"

Kleist: "We won't be here until this time in two days. It's getting dark. We need to rest here. Get off the bus."

The coachman was already looking for a good place to light a fire, while Chi Yan went behind the grass to solve his physical problems.

Just as Chi Yan was about to untie his belt, he found Kleist standing behind him out of the corner of his eye.

Chi Yan: "... Are you just here to see me?"

Kleist: "I didn't see it, there may be beasts around here."

Chi Yan lowered his head, held back his sense of shame, and solved his domestic needs before asking Kleist to wash his hands with water from the water bag.

At night, Chi Yan slept alone in the carriage, the coachman slept by the fire, and Kleist was in charge of the night watch.

In this era, running is the same as suffering. There are always bugs jumping into the carriage. Chi Yan is miserable, and Kleist can't kill all the little bugs. Chi Yan is bitten by red spots one after another. Or small bumps.

"Isn't there no insect repellent?" Chi Yan wailed, and then pulled off Kleist's collar to see that Kleist hadn't been bitten by insects.

Before crossing over, Chi Yan was also the one who attracted mosquitoes the most in his family. When he was in school, he went to the playground with his classmates. His arms were full of bite bumps, and his classmates were all like copper skin and iron bones. The mosquitoes ignored them at all.

Kleist was also distressed, his fingers lightly touched the red spot on Chi Yan's neck: "Does it hurt?"

Chi Yan: "It hurts, but it doesn't hurt, it's just uncomfortable, and it's not very itchy."

Chi Yan decided that when he went to Aliye, he had to find out if there was any repellent grass in the area, otherwise he would be bitten again when he came back.

After a few days of hard work, they finally reached their destination.

Originally, Chi Yan thought that even if Aliye had been down and out in the past two years, he was still a skinny camel bigger than a horse, and he still had a bit of the charm of a super big city in the past.

However, he found that outside the city, the wind blows the wheat waves, and the city is prosperous, but the inside of the city is in decline.

The serfs and tenants were covered with golden wheat, but they were all sallow and emaciated. So much grain did not fill the stomachs of the Aliyah.

Chi Yan looked out through the car window, the wheat field stretched to a place he couldn't see, and the fertile land gave birth to everything.

The black land is a gift of nature to human beings, but obviously this gift has become exclusive to the Holy Court and the royal family.

When they entered the city, they had to pay a tax. When the listless guards saw Chi Yan and the others, they perked up instantly.

"Where did you come from?" The man in the carriage, no matter how poor he was, couldn't get anywhere, and the guard's eyes were full of greed that couldn't be hidden.

The coachman smiled honestly, "He's from Stettin."

Guard: "What are you doing here in Aliyah?"

The coachman still smiled: "My master wants to come to Aliye to do business."

The guard stretched out his hand: "The entry tax must be paid first, and then people can enter."

The coachman was ready a long time ago, and he took out a cloth bag with copper coins in it, which was quite heavy.

The guard probably didn't expect the other party to be so polite. He shook the cloth bag in his hand, then grinned and said, "This is the price before, but it's different now."

The coachman smiled flatteringly and said, "My master is going to see the lord."

The greedy smile on the guard's face subsided a little, and he winked at his companions, who let the coachman enter the city.

After Chi Yan and the others entered the city, the guards formed a group to see how many copper coins were in the bag and how much each of them could get.

The food produced in Aliya is beyond the reach of the Aliya people, it is too expensive. The wheat that can be bought by the companions for ten coins now costs a hundred copper coins or even higher.

And even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it. The best wheat belongs to the lord, and even if it accumulates dust in the barn, it will not be bought or sold.

The medium wheat should be handed over to the Holy Court and the royal family, and only the dryest and dryest wheat can be eaten by commoners. But because of this, the merchants in Aliyah stockpiled grain early. Money can't buy food.

Obviously Aliye's land is so rich.

"How many?" The shortest guard squeezed into the crowd.

The guard who received the copper coins threw his companions on the ground and counted them one by one: "150!"

"Those who can ride in a carriage are indeed rich."

"150 points, only about ten of them will be distributed to each of us."

"My family is out of grain, and I can't afford the grain store."

"Take it if you have it. It's better than nothing. If you have a few more of these in a day, we can also buy more food to go home."

They divided the copper coins before returning to their respective seats, waiting for someone to come in and out.

They only get a little money when people come and go, but most of the time, there's no one around.

There are many people leaving the city and few people entering the city.

Chi Yan had already found the hotel when they were sharing the money. The hotel was obviously not cleaned carefully, and there were no guests. There was only one owner sitting in an empty house, and there were no people on the street. Aliye was a standard farmer. In the city, there is almost no business. The market is open every seven days. Local merchants monopolize all walks of life here, and people can't find other jobs except farming.

The children here learn to serve the crops as soon as they can walk, and they only deal with the fields and food all their lives.

In the past, this was a good place that ordinary people in other places could not even imagine.

People here are also the most envied and envied by people in nearby cities.

When Chi Yan and the others walked into the hotel, the boss finally realized that there was a business coming. He greeted him excitedly and with a somewhat exaggerated smile.

This hotel probably used to be brilliant, and the furnishings inside were thoughtful and costly, but now the decorations are old and have not been replaced.

Chi Yan asked for two rooms, one for himself and Kleist, and one for the coachman.

The room was fairly clean, at least Chi Yan didn't see any bugs in the room.

"Have there been many people coming to Aliye recently?" Chi Yan chatted with the boss.

The boss is not fortified. This hotel is regarded as the family business of the boss. The whole family relies on this hotel for food. It has been passed down for several generations and is not a businessman in a monopoly industry.

He said with a bitter face: "If more people came, my place would not be so deserted, guests, you are the first batch of guests who have come to my place in the past half month."

Chi Yan pretended to be strange and said, "How could it be? I remember that Aliya was very prosperous in the past, and everyone around wanted to come to Aliye."

The boss sighed: "You also said that was in the past, now foreigners don't want to come to Aliye, but people from Aliye want to go out."

Chi Yan: "Because the tax is too high?"

The boss nodded: "But there are other reasons too. Those gentlemen's barns are full of grain, but they just don't sell it."

Chi Yan: "But there are wheat fields outside the city, even if you go to harvest some wheat outside the city, it won't be like this?"

The boss smiled wryly: "If you get caught, your hand will be cut off."

Chi Yan didn't believe it: "There are so many places, if you go in the dark, it's unlikely you will be caught, right?"

Although stealing is a crime in any era, Chi Yan doesn't think it includes this kind of situation. The common people grow their own food, but they can't afford it. They will starve to death. Who will be moral?

Boss: "Someone tried it, guest, Aliyer is different from the outside. When those who farm the land and what to go home, the guards will notify them."

"They will be searched before they go home, and they cannot hide a single grain of wheat on their bodies."

"If they come out at night, they won't be able to see the road clearly if they don't hold torches. If they hold torches, they will be spotted by the guards at a glance."

The boss hammered his leg: "By the way, guests, if you want to eat in the hotel, I will tell you the price of the meal. Now a piece of black bread costs [-] copper coins."

Even Chi Yan, who doesn't spend much money, exclaimed, "Why don't you just grab it?!"

Sixty copper coins!

Stettin and Oatley haven't yet produced grain!Merchants sold grain in the past, and a piece of black bread of similar size only cost ten to twenty copper coins.

Aliya produces grain, which is expensive to sell. How many times has the price of grain increased?

Boss: "In the past, a piece of black bread only cost five copper coins..."

The boss wiped his face: "I'll get you a glass of water."

After the boss left, Chi Yan looked at Kleist.

He is determined to win this city.

The author has something to say: Chi Yan: "Don't peek at me!"

Kleist (grieved): "Didn't watch it."