Succubus' Manor

The envoys of the Holy City Holy Court came to Stettin the next morning after Chi Yan visited Mu Ma.

They were released in Stettin without much interrogation, and then took a carriage directly to the gate of Stettin's holy courtyard.

Since they entered the city, they have been marveling at Stettin's road, Stettin's people, and the slaves walking on Stettin's road majestically. Everything is so novel and different.

After arriving at Stettin Holy House, they admired the nobility of Pertram, which was not inferior to the priests of the holy city.

Bertram didn't expect a fool from the Holy City Holy Court to come!

Now his treatment has been much better than before. He can occasionally go out under the supervision of the guards, but he must wear civilian clothes and cannot wear his own dean's robes, but Bertram has no complaints - he can go out Not bad, as for the dean of the Holy Academy, he didn't want to be a long time ago!

What's so good about being a dean? It's not as good as old Bob. I heard that old Bob is doing well now, and he is already "favored" by the lord. He doesn't expect to be the same as old Bob, but Obviously, being a commoner is better than being a dean.

"Why do you have..." An envoy saw the slave owner who was farming in the courtyard of the Holy Court.

He couldn't tell if it was a slave owner or a commoner, but he just wondered why there were people farming in the Holy Court.

Bertram smiled and said, "They are all criminals. After discussing with the lord, I decided to let them work in the Holy Court and change themselves under the watchful eye of the Holy Spirit."

The envoys praised each other, and sighed by the way: "That's right, the lord sent by the Holy Court can better discuss things with the Holy Court. If this is the case in the country, our country has already prospered. "

Bertram laughed but said nothing, and at the same time felt that this group of people were fools.

Even if they were not the lords sent by the Holy Court, but the nobles, it was not uncommon to see them working together and deceiving others.

It's easier to be on the same side.

Well, of course there are selfless deans, and there are even quite a few, but this kind of deans are naturally at a disadvantage. They don't know how to compete with others, and they will only be suppressed step by step, and then send out the original ones in their hands. power.

Bertram asked the patriarch to arrange rooms for the envoys.

After the envoys thanked them, they went to arrange their luggage, take a bath and change their clothes, and after they packed up, it was time for dinner.

"What is this?" the envoy asked, pointing to a piece of baked tofu.

Bertram said with a smile: "This is baked tofu, which is made from soybeans. Try it."

When the envoys ate this kind of food for the first time, they all thought it tasted very good.

"It's nice to be browned on the outside but white on the inside!"

"The taste is also good! The spices are very fragrant, and there is a smell of beans."

Most of the envoys have experienced hardships, and they don’t think that soybeans are eaten by slaves and livestock like the nobles. It’s just that most of the beans they ate in the past were boiled beans, and they had never eaten fried beans, so they were astonished. I think tofu can be regarded as one of the greatest discoveries in the past 100 years.

After all, beans... don't fill your stomach very much, and it's easy to fart if you eat too much.

But making such food is not only good-looking and delicious, but also filling your stomach without giving up.

The cook brought the food again—fried chicken breast.

Use the spiced oil to fry the chicken breast. The fried meat is not only free of messy spices, but also very delicious, tender and not too dry. It is the highest enjoyment of this era when paired with a glass of wine.

Served with a slice of toasted white bread on the side, it was crunchy and sweet with a drizzle of syrup.

It is salty and sweet to eat with fried meat, which is not against the harmony. People who like it will especially like it, and those who don't like it may eat one of them first.

In addition, there are smoothies after meals. After making ice with saltpeter, use these ices to freeze clean, filtered and boiled water to make shaved ice, top with syrup or honey, and then put some colorful and non-toxic, marinated with sugar. The processed wild fruit tastes cool and refreshing, which is very pleasant in summer.

Although it is almost autumn now, it is still a dessert that people like after dinner.

In fact, the main reason was that there wasn't much milk here, otherwise Chi Yan would still be able to make ice cream.

But this has already opened the eyes of the envoys. There is an ice cellar in the Holy City, which is stored every winter. In summer, it is only used to cool the room. The Holy Court is still so big that not every place can get it. .

The envoys cherished this portion of shaved ice, and then walked around the holy courtyard for a while under the leadership of Bertram. After eating away, they went to the garden with Bertram.

Before getting down to business, an envoy asked, "I saw many slaves walking on the street in the city."

The other envoys also chattered: "How can slaves walk with free people? This is too shameful!"

"They're untouchables, inferior people, and doing this will confuse them about who they are."

The Holy Court is a staunch supporter of slavery, and they have a set of strict standards for dividing slaves into three, six, and nine classes.

For example, slaves of the human race had the highest status among slaves. If the slave owner abused the slaves of the race too much, the Holy Court would intervene.

The slaves of other races did not have this treatment, but because the tauren were practical and capable, if too many tauren died, the Holy House would intervene.

In a nutshell, free peoples have a superior and a inferior class, and slaves do the same.

The Holy Court uses this strict, even harsh, hierarchy to determine its superior status.

Bertram waited for them to finish talking before he smiled and said, "You don't know that Stettin was very poor before."

The envoy wondered, "How could Stettin be poor?"

This is the most prosperous big city they have encountered along the way. A city of this size will not be poor no matter what, otherwise it will not develop to this stage.

Bertram sighed: "The plague of locusts a few years ago left many surrounding cities without food, and then came the plague. There were too many people who starved to death, and people who died of the plague. At that time, the lord was still an aristocrat. He He never cared about the hard work of common people, only caring about his own enjoyment.”

"He has a lot of grain in his granary, but he would rather store it for the mice to eat than give a little to his people."

"This is too much! Nobles are like that!"

"Fortunately, that nobleman is dead, otherwise Stetin would not know what it looks like now!"

"Die well!"

After all, they have to travel a long way, and the people who come out are all young people with vigorous blood except for the big nose.

As long as they are people from the Holy Court, they are all good people.

People in the royal family are all bad people.

Their logic was so simple that Bertram wanted to laugh.

But think about it, how could someone who was not completely brainwashed by the Holy Court be released by the Holy Court?

They have firm beliefs, which cannot be changed and shaken overnight.

Bertram continued: "There is no one in the city, no merchants, no strong laborers to carry goods, no tailors to mend, no one who grows food on the edge of the city, too many dead people, dead people everywhere .”

"I had already tried every means to help them, but I... hey, I am a dean, not a lord, what can I do?"

The envoys were moved by the regret and sadness in Bertram's voice, and they all comforted Bertram: "You have tried your best, so don't blame yourself for it. The Holy Spirit will forgive you when he knows."

Bertram sighed: "Later, the current lord came here."

The envoys continued to listen attentively. They liked to hear about the achievements of the Holy City, and the deeds that the lords sent by the Holy City were stronger than the nobles.

Bertram: "After the lord came, he told me that the most important thing is to increase the population and let people find jobs. Otherwise, Stettin will only become poorer and poorer. In the end, everyone will be poor. There is no way out."

Envoys: "I think this idea is correct. Only when there are many people can we do things."

"Yes, the holy city can be prosperous because it has the largest population."

They recognize that the population is a labor force and an important part of promoting development, but at the same time they still do not approve of slaves taking to the streets: "Then let the slaves work, let the slave owners control them well, why let them go to the streets?"

"Yes! A slave is a slave, and must not be confused with a commoner."

Bertram: "But we need to give people jobs. We need to build roads so that people can find jobs. Road repairs must go to the streets."

The envoys: "..."

It makes sense, there is no flaw, you can't let slaves pave the way, but don't let them go to the street?Then how do they build roads.

Bertram: "There will be other jobs later, and the slaves have to do it too, but it's too troublesome to follow the slave master all the time. They should be part of the Holy Court, not the property of the slave master."

He cleverly replaced Stettin with Holy House.

The envoys immediately understood: "That's right! You are obviously a slave, if you keep letting the slave owner take care of it, then you have to give the slave owner a share of the money."

"Slaves are themselves slaves of the Holy Court."

They instantly felt that Bertram and the lord here were so wise.

Bertram fooled them for a long time, and finally they couldn't find the north, so he asked: "Is the holy city asking us to do something this time? Otherwise, you won't be allowed to run so far. suffered so much."

The envoys said reservedly, alas, it's not too hard, we are young and strong, let alone working for the Holy Court, it will not be hard.

They said to Bertram: "Today is too late, let us go to the castle with you tomorrow, and sit down with the lord to discuss this matter."

They feel that Bertram and the lord here are also quite pitiful.

After finally developing Stettin like this, he was about to be drafted.

But they can't help it. For the future of the Holy Court, they have to wrong those who are loyal to the Holy Court.