Succubus' Manor

The blood stained the slate of the execution platform, but it didn't seem to have much impact. The civilians were only excited that their murderers were dead.

The merchants quickly changed their positions after discovering the sharpness of the blade in Chi Yan's hands. The smart merchants did not end, but they secretly encouraged the ambitions of the small merchants. When the small merchants tried it, they would end.

But the fate of small businessmen lies here. They still spared their lives and returned to their seats obediently.

The presidents of the chamber of commerce were scared out of their wits - it's not that they haven't seen the death of a businessman, and even the death of a businessman, they still regret that it was not their opponent who died.

They seldom feel sad when a rabbit dies and a fox dies. When this businessman dies, the market will grow, and I will be able to encroach on his territory.

But for the first time, they saw so many businessmen die, so many, one head after another.

It seems that those people should have them in the first place.

After the businessmen were scared out of their wits, Chi Yan felt relieved. They no longer dared to obey others, nor did they dare to test Chi Yan's bottom line.

At the same time, Chi Yan also got good news that Aliye's wheat harvest had been bumper.

Aliyeh now has a new official position—agricultural officer.

They are the best local farmers. They know how to thin seedlings, what weather is suitable for sowing, when to harvest, how to control pests, and how to fertilize the field.

They don't just farm the land blindly, they are people who can think in the field.

Chi Yan asked the steward to pick out these people, and then divide the land for them. They should teach their knowledge to the farmers in the area.

Whoever harvests more in the area can be promoted and get more salary and rewards.

Farmers will not refuse, who doesn't want their output to be more?After all, they don't have to pay taxes for the past two years!The food grown is theirs!

Moreover, some grain merchants have been there for a long time, and they have negotiated the price with Aliye’s chamber of commerce. They will never lose money. If they sell a large part, the money will be enough for them to live comfortably, and the small part will be kept for their own food and the next day. year's crops.

How to save seeds, there are also agricultural officials to teach them.

People in Aliya live a very simple life. They work in the fields every day. After the work is over, they can go to restaurants or taverns in the city, drink a little wine, and eat some cheap food.

In addition, the population of Aliya is simple, so the people of Aliya live a simple and happy life.

Some families have a large population and a lot of land, and those who cannot grow by themselves will find small workers.

They pay the small workers wages, but the food is still theirs. The small workers can decide when to come, and they can also decide what to leave. They have to go to the management office to sign the contract.

Aliyah solved a lot of unemployed people.

This made Chi Yan very happy. It was only then that he realized how valuable Aliya is, a city dominated by agriculture, with no farmers. The previous lord was worried that the big farmers would harm his own interests. So he turned the people into slaves, so that his own interests could be guaranteed. It was precisely because there were no farmers that Chi Yan was so relaxed now.

In addition, there is another good news. The dwarves in the fire workshop have researched a new gunpowder ratio, and they are also trying to add steel balls to the explosive bag.

Because they felt that the power of the bomb in the last war was not very good, it was very deterrent, but not too lethal, and it happened that the iron foundry on the side of Saked was able to produce steel balls in large quantities.

So they tried it with the idea that it would be best to be successful, and it would be okay if they were not successful.

After the bomb explodes, the steel balls will be ejected with an instant explosive force. These steel balls are not too small, but they are not too big either.

If the ejection place is suitable, it can instantly kill a person, and if the ejection place is not suitable, it can also make a person lose combat effectiveness.

The dwarves were excited, and after experimenting with chickens and ducks, they hurriedly came to Chi Yan to offer their treasures.

Chi Yan didn't expect the natives to come up with such a solution either - he felt that he underestimated their wisdom!

"I'm too arrogant!" Chi Yan reflected on the old housekeeper.

He traveled from modern times, and felt that according to history, people in this era would not be "smart" anywhere.

Some of them may know how to play with people's hearts and how to be a qualified politician, but it is difficult for someone to break through the limitations of the times to develop these things.

A smile finally appeared on Chi Yan's face: "I'm too arrogant."

He is willing to introspect, as long as he can see the product of such wisdom every time.

Chi Yan met those dwarves and appointed them all as officials - Huoguan.

They will have their own official uniforms, but they will not discuss politics. In addition to bonuses, they can also lead apprentices, but these apprentices must be loyal to Chi Yan.

Chi Yan praised them severely.

"You are not making weapons." Chi Yan put a high hat on them, "You are saving more people like you."

"As long as you are here, Stettin's people are safe. You are Stettin's builders and Stettin's heroes."

Then Chi Yan asked people to bring big red flowers to them - if there is no true red, pink will be fine.

The dwarves just entered the castle and were praised, and the servants took them to bathe and wash their faces, and oiled their hair to make them look smooth, and put pink flowers on their chests, And then—they got into the carriage.

Not a covered carriage, but a chariot-like carriage with ventilation on all sides.

They were dragged in a "parade" through the streets of the city, and beside them were several loud people preaching their exploits back and forth.

"They are Stettin's heroes!"

"The things they built have enabled the people of Stettin to live a safe and good life!"

The civilians seldom saw people who "paraded the streets" and they were not prisoners. They broke out with great enthusiasm. Instead of throwing stones and rotten eggs, they threw flowers.

A group of honest and bumpy dwarves in the carriage blushed, but their backs were straightened and their chests were straightened out. This was the first time they had encountered such a situation since they were born.

They also saw the dwarves on the side of the road. Their clansmen jumped up and said to the people around them as if they were being praised: "That's my clansman!"

"Heroes are dwarves! They are our people!"

This day is enough to be remembered by all dwarves.

The fire officials went out in fear, came back in a good mood, and then ran back to the fire making workshop to continue their research.

Under the eyes of envy and admiration, they found the meaning of their lives—making better gunpowder and more powerful gunpowder. This is the whole meaning of their lives.

Nothing can stop them.

Aliyah's food has also arrived. When each farmer divides the land, he must sign a contract, and the government has the right of first refusal.

Of course, the government will also buy according to the market price. Farmers can only sell the grain if the government does not buy it within half a month after harvest.

Chi Yan bought half of the food this time, which is more than enough!

Aliye has such a good land, the land is fertile, and the seeds will grow when you sow the seeds. Of course, if you have a systematic planting method, you can harvest more.

Grain was transported into granaries in several cities by carts.

Chi Yan finally had enough money and food.

Relief for the poor has finally begun.

Chi Yan promulgated a decree that orphans without father and mother will be raised by the castle, and those who lack labor in the family and do not have a fixed job can also receive subsistence allowances every month.

How do you rate this?The subsistence allowance households were assessed by the street steward, and then Chi Yan sent people to conduct spot checks. If they were found to be inconsistent, not only would they be punished for lying, the steward would be dismissed directly and their property would be confiscated.

At that time, civilians who make false reports will be fined at most, but the managers will not even be able to keep their houses.

And parade in the streets.

So when the steward reported the list and Chi Yan asked Kadi to send someone to spot check, there was not a single case that was inconsistent with the reality.

The subsistence allowance is only the minimum guarantee, people can't eat enough, but they can't starve to death, and they don't give out money, only food.

With this decree, Chi Yan's prestige reached its peak.

Countless civilians spontaneously came to the gate of the castle with a flower in their hands in the early morning. They bowed down to Chi Yan in the castle as if they had bowed down to the Holy Spirit, and then planted the flowers in a flower field opposite the castle.

This move continued for five days.

In addition to Stettin, several other cities are the same.

What troubles Chi Yan the most now is literacy. The first thing people here learn to learn characters is to learn letters. Unlike his hometown, as long as they can pronounce, they can use the characteristics of characters to eliminate illiteracy-Chinese characters are recognized as difficult to learn, but This is only for foreigners, why haven't Chinese characters been replaced by pinyin?It is because Chinese characters are pictographs, which evolved from pictures. As long as you know the pronunciation, understand the composition of the characters, and write them several times, you can always memorize them.

Literacy also only needs to be taught word by word.

But the letters are different. He can't make the civilians understand every letter, he can only make them memorize it.

He doesn't have so many teachers, and he can't let the teachers watch the commoners recite the alphabet.

After they have memorized the letters, they can be asked to memorize words.

What Chi Yan lacks most now is not money, food, or weapons, but literate people.

Too many illiterates!There are too many!

In Siddingli, there may not be 1 people out of 100 people who can read.

Not even many managers can write a neat article.

Chi Yan made all the clergy change careers, and he turned the Holy Academy into a literacy school. All the clergy in the Holy Academy, regardless of their position, even Bertram had to be literacy teachers.

The first batch of students signed up by themselves—in order to make people willing to study, Chi Yan asked the literacy school to provide meals, one meal a day.

So many civilians with jobs sent their children here.

There are also many odd jobs. They come to the Holy Academy to study during the day, eat a meal, and go to do odd jobs at night. One meal a day is enough.

Bertram was very excited—he finally had something to do!

Before, he couldn't do anything in the holy courtyard, he was not allowed to worship the gods, and he was not allowed to pray. They were equivalent to being locked up here.

But after the Holy Academy became a school, they could get a little freedom as teachers!

The Holy Academy is big enough, and one teacher can lead thirty or forty students. The clergy took up their duties before they were relieved. They must have been idle for too long, and they finally had something to do, but they were very devoted.

Chi Yan also went to attend a few classes, and found that they did not teach students the letters first and then the words as he thought, but directly taught the articles.

It is to give each child an article, let them memorize it first, and then write down the words in the article according to the article.

Then there is dictation.

The efficiency is very low, but fortunately, most of them are children. Children's memory is better than that of adults.

No matter what you study, the more primary school the better.

For example, a child whose parents are from two different countries grows up in a chaotic language environment, but can still speak both languages. Is this because mixed races are smart?not necessarily.

Chi Yan also gave lessons to the clergy, teaching them numbers and multiplication formulas.

At the same time, people from the Holy Court were sent again.

This time, the Holy Court didn't go around with Chi Yan, but told Chi Yan straightforwardly - the Holy Dean summoned him.

Chi Yan didn't know much about Dean Sheng, not as much as he knew about the queen. He knew the queen's life experience and her life journey.

But he knew nothing about the Abbot.

He doesn't know how old the Holy Abbot is, what kind of person he is, and what kind of relatives and friends he has.

The envoy who came this time was someone Chi Yan didn't know.

That is to say, the last batch of people who went back did not fool the Holy Court, but at that time the Holy Court could not take care of him. Now that the Holy Court can breathe, it sent people to come again.

This time Chi Yan didn't brainwash the other party.

It's useless to wash it. It seems that the Holy Court is not all fools.

Generally, in this kind of organization, stupid people are the majority, but those who stand at the top are not stupid. They just use their beliefs to turn "worker ants" into stupid people.

"Worker ants" don't need wisdom. With wisdom, would "worker ants" still be willing to be "worker ants"?

Will the rule within the Holy Court be stable?

People's greed will not become smaller, so the Holy Court has created an environment where greed cannot exist.

But this is not in line with human nature. If things go on like this, maybe hundreds of years later, the Holy House will either become a gathering place for a group of fools, or become a terrible organization-this organization has only one voice, and everyone has the same will. That would be terrible. The reason why cults are terrible is because of this. They can make people lose their thinking ability and become a union. They only have one mind, only listen to one voice, and only have one will. They will not retreat, only forward!

It's a pity that the time did not allow the Holy Court, they had not reached that point, and they ushered in a crisis.

Chi Yan even felt that if the Holy Court really developed to that point, even if he made more weapons, he could only kill them all, not make them surrender.

But people can be killed, but the will cannot be killed.

Chi Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it has not yet developed to that point. Fortunately, the royal family has produced a queen with a brain and ambition.

Otherwise, Chi Yan wouldn't have the confidence to compete with the Holy Court.

Chi Yan said to Kleist: "It seems that I have to go this time."

Before Kleist could speak, the old butler hurriedly said, "My lord! That is the territory of the Holy Court. If they want to do something to you..."

Chi Yan smiled: "I'm not that stupid, I don't know how to kill with all my strength."

"If I don't go, I won't know what the Holy Court is like, and I won't know what kind of person the Holy Dean is." Chi Yan smiled, "Knowing yourself, knowing the enemy, and winning every battle, I don't know anything. Is it time to rush into the Holy City like a headless chicken?"

The old butler suddenly took a step back, and said with a complicated expression: "The holy city still has a royal family."

The old butler is not stupid, he has been with Chi Yan for so many years, watching Chi Yan grow from a small manor owner, from a young man who only knows what to eat and drink, to what he is now.

He also saw Chi Yan's ambition and desire hidden in his selflessness from Chi Yan's various actions. Since it can be done and has a chance of winning, why not do it?

But he hoped that Chi Yan could use more gentle means and take longer to plan.

What's more, hearing Chi Yan say it in person shocked the old housekeeper even more than he guessed it.

Kleist chuckled beside him and said, "What does the royal family have?"

"The royal family has no more than 20 soldiers."

The Holy City has a maximum of [-], and the vicinity of the Holy City is a plain, so there is no place to hide soldiers.

The other soldiers are also in the hands of nobles.

The queen has to make great efforts to win over the nobles. What worries her now is how to spend Prayer Day.

But the Holy Court might not be the case. Now the Holy Court seems to be at a disadvantage, but they have Frando behind them. Frando's soldiers have entered Kentis, where are they hiding?

What kind of deal does the Holy House have with Flando's king?Chi Yan didn't know if he had found any other allies.

Kleist's fingers tapped on the table: "Stedding has you, and Kadi, Triss has just been warned that Sackerd will be safe for a few years, Otley has my people, Aliye is closed enough, Chi Yan can go to the Holy Court."

Kleist smiled: "It's just right to lead troops there."

The old butler and Chi Yan's eyes widened together. The old butler was terrified, while Chi Yan was excited.

Chi Yan: "Yes! You should lead troops there."

This is showing off, showing off his strength.

Throwing a rat, the royal family and the Holy Court will not be willing to deal with him alone.

At that time, they will either unite together and kill Chi Yan first, or win Chi Yan over.

In order to prevent them from joining forces, Chi Yan has to do something, but this will also allow him to meddle in the holy city in a legitimate way. When the time comes, the side that wins him over will definitely give him a formal identity that is enough for him to stand on the stage.

Kleist smiled and said, "We now have [-] soldiers, take [-] away."

Kleist has also brought in tens of thousands of demons one after another in the past two years. He cannot bring too many at one time. He must let the previous batch of demons get used to life on the ground before he can bring the next batch.

Otherwise, if there are so many demons and they don't know how to live like ordinary people, they will cause trouble.

Chi Yan suddenly felt a little sweet in his heart. Kleist had always understood him, and never thought of changing him. On the contrary, Kleist supported him whatever he wanted and what he wanted to do.

Sometimes Chi Yan wonders, doesn't Kleist himself have any ambitions?Doesn't he want to lead the demons to occupy this country?

But Kleist just didn't want to, really didn't want to.

Kleist doesn't love anyone, he doesn't even love his own people, he is full of hostility, only killing intent.

Now he loves Chi Yan, so for this love, he is willing to become the sharp knife in Chi Yan's hand and the shield in front of Chi Yan.

The more Chi Yan thought clearly, the more moved he was, and there was a trace of gratitude in his move.

I am glad that my life span is as long as Kleist, otherwise, if he was really an ordinary human and died within a few decades, Kleist would never support his successor after his death .

By then, Kleist might have ruined everything he had worked so hard to build.

Maybe the world is like this, there is always a balance.

It is he who balances Kleist.

And it was Kleist who balanced him.

With Kleist around, he wouldn't be like King Austin.

The Queen of the Great Austin was powerless and could only die to comfort the people. Maybe it was because she had no rights in her hands. Even if the Great Austin loved her, she would not be restrained by her.

She could only choose a dead end. If she had her own power at the time, Emperor Austin could only think of another way, and the demons would not be driven into the abyss.

Maybe Emperor Austin can come up with a better way to let the demons and other races coexist peacefully, and there will be no chaos now.

He has no pressure, and no one can check and balance him, so he can naturally choose the simplest and most brutal method.

Since Chi Yan is already preparing to go to the Holy City to participate in the Prayer Day, he has to make all the plans. Kleist is busy with the army, and he is busy with "gifts". Now, no gift is as good as a weapon. High-quality long knives and arrows, a large part of these had to be taken away, but fortunately he had enough in stock, in addition, he also brought gold and silver, which were used to buy nobles.

He even brought a group of beauties with him.

These people are all men who volunteered, including Just.

Juster has already returned. After he heard that Chi Yan was going to the Holy City, he tried his best to wander around the castle every day. Because his teacher was the housekeeper, the servants gave him some face.

Then, he offered advice to Chi Yan.

Beauties.

Very old, but also very useful trick.

Juster didn't even let himself go. He was barely a handsome man, but he was also barely beautiful. He told Chi Yan not to just stare at men.

There are still a bunch of noble ladies in the holy city. The nobles may be tight-lipped, but their wives and lovers are not necessarily, and they can pretend to be eunuchs.

What is half eunuch?Even if the bird is kept and the egg is removed, the noble ladies will not become pregnant, and their husbands will turn a blind eye and close their eyes.

Chi Yan asked him curiously how to disguise this, wouldn't he be able to tell just by looking at it when he took off his pants?

Just: "My lord, there are many merchants who sell eunuchs. You can bring them with you when the time comes. We can just hide among them."

Chi Yan was a little hesitant. It wasn't that he thought it was immoral, but that he had become a turtle man?

Could it be that when he saw a noble lady, he gave her a few men?

Just said in a low voice, "My lord, don't worry about it, I will arrange it."

He wants to take this opportunity to let the lord see his talent!He is definitely not just fooling people outside, and he will never be a person who has no name in the eyes of others forever!

Chi Yan looked at him with unspeakable complexity: "Then you make arrangements."

He knew how low a man's moral bottom line was.

No wonder there are so many men who volunteer as male prostitutes in this day and age.

This Just... well... very thoughtful.