Succubus' Manor

The streets of Stettin are bustling, and the commercial street has finally been completed. Today is the first day of business.

The civilians went out early, and there were no festivals or entertainment activities at this time. For people, the completion of the commercial street was a big event.

They took their children, took their money, and walked to the commercial street in groups.

Although they don't know what the commercial street sells.

But when there is excitement, no one wants to miss it.

Chloe was also in the crowd. She took her two children and moved with the crowd. This is her second week in Stettin, and as Just said, she quickly found a job here. , because she is a foreigner who just came to Stettin, she also rented a low-rent house. Not to mention the cheap rent, the space is still large. Although it is only one room, it is as big as the two rooms she originally rented in her hometown.

Kids can even run around the house.

She now works in a laundry room, and she gets paid for washing the clothes every day. Although it is not a lot, it is enough for her to support her family.

Today, the owner of the laundry room gave them a holiday. The completion of the commercial street is a big day, and the whole city seems to be carnival.

Chloe held the child carefully. She was still a little worried and scared, after all, she was a foreigner.

When she came to the commercial street with the flow of people, she couldn't believe that the scene in front of her was real. Every house in the commercial street had three floors, and the guys in each house were wearing exactly the same clothes, with a smile on their face. Warm smiles, and there are women among these guys. Women, like men, wear trousers, no one wears skirts, and they greet the guests.

"We have dried fruit at home! Let's buy some for our children."

"We've got sugar from Otley here, sweet and sweet hard candies!"

"Come over here and look at the fabrics in my house. They are all good materials, including cotton."

There are flower baskets at the entrance of each store, and the enthusiastic and open flowers are fluttering in the wind. The guests are dazzled, and the guys are too busy to touch the ground.

Chloe looked at all this in surprise, she was dumbfounded, her mouth slightly opened until her little son took her hand.

The youngest son bit his finger and drooled: "Mom, I want to eat candy."

Chloe pursed her lips: "Honey, mom has no money..."

Although she paid her wages in advance, after taking out the food and rent, there were only thirty copper coins left.

Good enough, but not enough to buy sugar.

Sugar is a luxury. In her hometown, only the rich could afford it. Even when her husband was still alive and the family was the richest, they never ate sugar.

The clerk who was greeting the guests heard her words and quickly turned his head with a smile on his face. This is a female clerk, she is fair and has a very sweet smile: "Madam, on the first day of opening, you can buy one for one copper coin." Hard candy, only today, if the child wants to eat it, buy it for him, and you won’t have to worry about making money in Stettin.”

Chloe was bewitched by the girl's sweet smile and words, she swallowed, and said cautiously: "I only buy two."

Guy: "Okay, I'll get it for you."

Although there were only two hard candies, the buddy—that is, Mei, wrapped them in yellow paper for Chloe.

They also bought this yellow paper from Otley. It is cheap and strong. One copper coin can buy many sheets, so it doesn't hurt.

Chloe handed over two copper coins, and then gave each child a candy.

She knelt down and whispered, "Eat slowly, don't bite with your teeth, you can eat for a long time."

The children nodded again and again. The eldest son was two years older than the younger son and was more sensible. He handed the candy to Chloe's mouth: "Mom, you eat too. We each have half."

Chloe said with a smile: "Mom doesn't eat, mom doesn't like sweets."

Even if the eldest son is sensible, his understanding is very limited. He looked at his mother suspiciously, as if wondering that her mother didn't like sweets.

In the end, the sugar went into the child's mouth.

Chloe now has 28 coppers left.

She took the children to continue shopping, and even went to a baked tofu store. The tofu was brushed with a layer of oil, roasted sizzling, and then sprinkled with a little spice, the fragrance could be smelt halfway across the street.

The civilians are not short of money now, and they lined up in long lines.

The guy didn’t stop selling because of so many customers, but shouted more enthusiastically: “One copper coin for two pieces of baked tofu! Two copper coins for five pieces of baked tofu! The more you buy, the more you get!”

Very cheap!

Chloe is so cheap!

Tofu costs five copper coins a piece at her place, and there is nothing, no oil and no spices.

She couldn't afford tofu even if she didn't have anything.

She looked down at the children, who all looked up at her eagerly.

Chloe stomped her feet cruelly. Anyway, the living expenses and rent were kept. She still has 28 copper coins, and if she spends two more coins, she will still have 26. She pulled the children and started to line up.

She waited in line for a while, and finally it was her turn. The baked tofu could not be wrapped in yellow paper, so the guy packed it for her in a special bark bowl.

Five pieces of tofu the size of a teenager's palm exuded the special fragrance of spices, oil and tofu, and five bamboo sticks were stuck on them. Chloe took the children to a place where no one was around and ate them all before continuing shopping. .

Chloe hadn't been this happy for a long time. When she got home, only twenty of the thirty copper coins she brought out were left.

But she didn't think it was a pity, she just felt very satisfied, this was a life she never dared to imagine.

Oily tofu, sweet sugar, they also drank a special drink, made from a kind of leaves, it tasted a little sweet, but very delicious.

Guys are also very welcoming and don't look down on her because of the patched clothes she wears.

Chloe found the long-lost happiness.

Now she is lying in bed at home with her two children in her arms.

The children are still discussing what happened today.

"Mom, can we go tomorrow?"

Chloe didn't want to hit the children, but she could only tell the truth: "No, we can only go next month. Mom saves more money, and you can eat more delicious food next month."

For children, the next month is like the next life.

The younger son held Chloe's arm: "Mom, let's go tomorrow!"

Chloe broke the younger son's hand seriously: "Honey, mom doesn't have much money. We can go shopping when mom has money."

"If you don't have money, they won't sell it to us."

The younger son sniffled sadly: "I also want to earn money, to buy candy and tofu."

Eldest son: "I also want to make money."

Chloe: "You can't make money yet, you can wait until you grow up. The only thing you have to do now is to grow up well."

"Are you hungry? Would you like some bread?"

The bread was given to her by the wife in charge of this street when she first came here. She and her children like the fragrant and soft white bread very much, but they dare not eat more. They only eat one day at a time. Fortunately, there are so many The sky isn't bad yet.

The youngest son touched his swollen belly, and asked his mother to do the same: "I'm full, I'll eat bread tomorrow."

The eldest son also said that he was full.

Chloe herself was not hungry, and the three of them lay on the bed, covered with a borrowed thin quilt, and had a good night's sleep.

She never wanted to go back, she wanted to stay in Stettin and be a Stettin.

Only in Stettin could she bring up her children.

Maybe she can find a suitable man here and start a family.

When it was time to get off work, Mei went to change her overalls. She was a neat woman now, not the girl she was before. She had changed many jobs in the past two years and finally stabilized.

Being a buddy is tiring, but they earn a lot of money, and they all get a commission. If the boss earns more, they earn more, and if the boss earns less, they also earn less.

So they are all desperate, shouting for so long during the day, and at night they have to drink the water soaked in leaves to moisten their throats, otherwise they will be hoarse when they wake up tomorrow.

"Mei, I'm going back." The young man waited for Mei to come out at the door of the store.

May: "Come on."

This young man joined Mei on the same day, and they have become a little ambiguous now. The young man obviously has a good impression of Mei, and he is always showing affection. Tang, when young people fall in love, the most beautiful thing is the ambiguous stage. Mei enjoys the relationship with the other party very much.

"I heard that the lord is coming back." The young man told Mei the inside information. "My relative works as a servant in the castle. He told me about it."

Mei opened her eyes wide: "Really?! That's great! The lord has been away for a long time!"

Although the commoners would not be able to see them when the lord was around, but as long as the lord was there, they would feel at ease.

When the adults are away, no matter how happy the day is, they are very disturbed.

The young man smiled and said, "Do you like the lord?"

Mei smiled: "Of course I like it. If the adults can take a fancy to me, I am willing to be your lover!"

The young man became worried: "Then what should I do? If I rob someone from an adult, I will definitely not be able to rob him."

Mei's face immediately turned red: "What are you talking about..."

The young man laughed: "When the adults come back, let's go and send flowers."

Of course, sending flowers does not mean knocking on the door of the castle and giving flowers to Chi Yan.

Instead, pick the most beautiful wild flowers, remove the excess leaves, keep the rhizomes, and insert the flowers in the open space outside the castle. After a long time, this open space will become a flower field.

The civilians will automatically maintain it, so that flowers will bloom every year.

The lord can see the flowers as long as he stands at the window.

See the love that the common people have for him.

It was already dark at this time, with torches burning on the side of the road and guards patrolling, but the streets were still very lively, and the market was still open. Young people like to go to the market for a date at this time.

It's just that the light is very dim, and it's easy to suffer when buying things, but on a date, even if you suffer a disadvantage, you won't be angry.

Smart housewives and housewives do their shopping during the day.

Only young people come out to shop at night.

And Chi Yan was already preparing to leave for Stettin.

Aliya is almost stable now, and the civilians have all rented land. The only problem is that he has no one to manage all this.

"There is a shortage of talents." Chi Yan lay on the bed, feeling very miserable.

Kleist: "Promote someone from Aliyah?"

Chi Yan: "Nobody chooses."

Kleist was silent for a while: "The one named Tiao Si is not bad."

Chi Yan: "...Is it Teutonic?"

The reason why Chi Yan remembered this person was because his street was the first batch of all rented land, and Chi Yan even inquired about him specifically.

"I'm not sure, Teuton is a soft-hearted person." Chi Yan frowned, "A soft-hearted person cannot manage a city well."

To manage a city, the most important thing is the rules, no matter how pitiful it is, if the rules are broken, they will be punished.

What Chi Yan was worried about was that good old people like Teuton would throw the rules aside once they met poor people.

Kleist: "There are demons guarding here."

Chi Yan: "Then let him try first."

Teuton was called to the castle, and after hearing Chi Yan's words, he was so frightened that he couldn't speak - he was so frightened, Teuton couldn't believe that the lord would let him manage Aliye, a city, then It is something that the lord can do, he is just a humble steward.

"My lord, I can't..." Teuton opened his mouth and wanted to decline.

Chi Yan said, "I just want you to give it a try. If you can't do it well, I will find someone else."

"But you can't do it badly just because you don't want to do it."

Chi Yan: "If you regard Aliya as your home, you should hope that it will be good, and it will get better and better."

Teutonic simply didn't know how he left the castle, and when he got home, he locked himself in his room as soon as he got home, and no matter how his wife called him, he didn't answer.

Let him manage Aliyeh?

Teutonic couldn't breathe just thinking about it.

But the next day, he still went to the castle. In the following time, he had to learn all the rules made by Chi Yan. There were many rules and countless rules and regulations, but Teuton could only memorize them by rote.

Not only that, but he also has to deal with some small things.

Teuton was so busy that his feet never touched the ground. Finally, after a month, he tried to manage Aliye.

It wasn't particularly good, but it wasn't bad either, and he didn't do anything wrong.

"It's okay." Chi Yan breathed a sigh of relief, "Just don't make mistakes."

After all, the rules that should be formulated have been established, as long as he follows the rules, Aliye will be on the right track.

This time, more than 100 demons stayed in Aliye to serve as Aliye's guards.

Supervise Teutonic by the way.

The demons will not be bribed, they will only report the real situation to Chi Yan.

Chi Yan finally set off.

Because the civilians didn't know his existence, he didn't make much fanfare, just got in the carriage, and left as he came.

No one would know that the person sitting in the carriage was Aliyah's real lord.

"After returning to Stettin, it's time to deal with the slave matter." Chi Yan leaned into Kleist's arms, "It should have been resolved before, but it ended up with Otley's matter."

After solving Otley's troubles, he ran to Aliye again, and the slave matter was delayed until now.

However, he has already planted the seeds in Stettin. Dahe should have almost done the foundation. The slave owners of Stettin have not had a good life in the past two years, but they are unwilling to leave Stettin. Chi Yan just needs Give them one final blow and free the slaves with minimal cost.

"You're too tired." Kleist felt sorry for Chi Yan.

Chi Yan took Kleist's hand: "It's okay, actually I'm going to let the human race and other races live together."

Chi Yan said sadly: "There are only so many human races. Only when other races are integrated can the city become more and more prosperous, the labor force can become more, and the market will be more perfect if there are more people who can consume."

He rambled on a lot.

Kleist just listened quietly.

They spent several days on the road, and when they finally arrived at Stettin, Chi Yan heaved a sigh of relief, the feeling of traveling was not good, he just wanted to go back to the castle and have a good time in his clean and soft bed Go to sleep and wake up to eat the food made by Anna.

An unpretentious carriage entered Stettin just like that, and pedestrians on the road consciously avoided to avoid being hit by the carriage.

Since the road was built, horse-drawn carriages would not blow sand in the city, people would not have to hide so far away, and nearby vendors would not suffer.

Chi Yan opened the curtain of the car with a small gap. He saw through the gap that there were many civilians on the sidewalks on both sides of the road. They gathered in twos and threes, some were chatting and laughing, and some were hurrying.

But it was very lively. This was a scene that Stettin could not see. Vendors set up stalls, and occasionally guards passed by, and the vendors would not reach out to the guards to take tribute money.

"I have a sense of accomplishment." Chi Yan rubbed his nose.

He looked at Kleist, smiled and said, "A little proud."

Kleist touched Chi Yan's hair: "You should be proud. Without you, Stettin would not be where he is today."

Chi Yan hugged Kleist.

When he first came here, he could not have imagined that he would be here today. At that time, his biggest wish was not to be the dean, not to be harassed, not to be starved to death.

Chi Yan didn't think he was so great either. He received the education of the 21st century and stood on the shoulders of giants. If it were someone else, someone more capable than him, maybe there would be trains now.

But Chi Yan would not underestimate himself, he could feel that he was making progress.

Whether it's the way the problem is handled or the way the city is run.

Progress is good.

The carriage stopped in the yard behind the castle, and Chi Yan and Kleist went straight back to the castle.

There was no change in the castle, and he was not worried about the butler who managed it during Chi Yan's absence.

As soon as Chi Yan stepped into the gate of the castle, the butler was already guarding the door. His silver hair glowed silver under the natural light. When he saw Chi Yanjing coming, the butler greeted him very warmly, and by the way neglected to walk beside Chi Yan Kleist.

The butler bowed his head and saluted Chi Yan: "My lord."

Chi Yan waved his hand: "Stop saluting, get up quickly."

The butler followed Chi Yan and walked up with Chi Yan. As he walked, the butler said, "My lord, after receiving your letter, I will let them go to other cities to recruit people. Now Stettin has added 4000 people." .”

Chi Yan: "It has increased so much?"

Steward: "In addition to the people brought here, there are many who escaped."

Chi Yan nodded: "How many people are there in Stettin now?"

The housekeeper said seriously: "There are already more than 1 people."

There are more than 1 people, which is still a long way from Chi Yan's goal of establishing a town. He asked again, "What about the slaves?"

The butler is no longer like before, who would directly say that slaves are not counted as human beings. He was silent for two seconds: "Including slaves, there should be about 4000 people."

Chi Yan: "It's still not enough."

The housekeeper's eyes rolled: "My lord, we can look for other cities to buy people, not nearby ones."

Those nearby can only attract people, not buy them, otherwise it will be easy to find that Stettin is endlessly filling the population.

Before the Holy Court could do anything, those cities would unite to deal with him.

The lords don't treat civilians as human beings, but it doesn't mean that there are fewer and fewer people in their territory.

In particular, a city filled with people endlessly poses a huge threat.

The more people there are, the more fighting power there is in a war.

A huge threat is around, and the nearby lords will never turn a blind eye, and even the stupidest people can find it.

Chi Yan wondered: "Is there a lord who will sell people?"

Steward: "Lords may not, but officials and landowners will."

The lords enjoy the best resources, and what they get from selling people is dispensable to them, but officials and landlords are different. They have few ways to make money. They can only reach out to the common people and continue to squeeze the common people.

When they found out that the benefits obtained by squeezing the common people were minimal, but they could get huge benefits by selling the common people, it was not surprising that they secretly sold people.

Moreover, officials and landlords do not take civilians seriously.

At this time, no one has heard the truth that "water can carry a boat and also capsize it".

Chi Yan pursed his lips: "We need to send someone to negotiate, do you have a suitable person in your hand?"

The old housekeeper said seriously: "Yes."

Chi Yan walked up the steps: "What's your name? What did you do before?"

The old butler: "Just, he is the son of a squire, but his parents have died of the plague. He is brave and smart. After I sent him out, he sent back thousands of people."

Chi Yan: "How are you?"

The old butler smiled and said, "He is loyal to your lord."

Chi Yan raised his eyebrows: "Really? Have I seen him?"

The old housekeeper: "You haven't seen him, but to them, even if they haven't seen you, you are their most..."

Chi Yan knew that the old butler was going to blow rainbow farts next, so he quickly stopped him and said, "Stop, stop, since you think he's not bad, let him go, and then send some demons to protect him."

The smile on the old butler's face froze when he heard the word Demon Race, and he gave Kleist a sneaky look.

Kleist just pretended not to see it.

He wouldn't care about an old man with half of his foot buried in the ground, not to mention the limit of what the old butler could do, he just waited for him quietly.

After getting used to it, Kleist would smile back.

Seeing Kleist's smile, the old butler snorted and turned his head.

He felt that Kleist was becoming more and more pampered!The lord should teach him a lesson!

The old butler sighed softly.

When will the lord find out that Kleist is a vixen?

After so many years, the lord is still not tired of it!

If the lord gets tired of it, he can find ten or eight beautiful men for him by turning around.

The author has something to say: The old housekeeper: "Today I am also hoping that the lord will kick the devil king."

Kleist: ^-^