Succubus' Manor

Chi Yan has never realized so clearly that such a society is sick.

Social resources are in the hands of the top people. Of course, it is similar in any era, but this is not a question of resource allocation, but plunder.

Those at the top plundered all resources - even people.

It is difficult for people at the bottom to get enough food, not to mention slaves like gladiators who have to face death every day.

Chi Yan suppressed his anger, and he took Kleist to Arthur's mansion.

Arthur lived in a very beautiful house, because it was in the holy city, and the holy city did not allow any buildings like castles except the palace.

Arthur lived in a house with three floors. In this era, three-story houses are not uncommon, but generally speaking, the third floor is actually a low attic, because the strength of the building does not allow it.

"This is where I end up in the Holy City." Arthur said to Chi Yan, "The houses in the Holy City are not necessarily better than those in other cities."

Chi Yan nodded: "Yes."

As soon as they entered, the servants came forward, Arthur's butler had beautiful silver-white hair, he was very old, about the same age as Chi Yan's old butler, but he looked very elegant—better than A Se also has to be like a nobleman, with a kind of nobility that others can't learn.

Arthur invited Chi Yan to go to the garden with him.

And ignored Kleist the whole time.

The nobles are like this, they are sometimes very uncontrollable, especially when they have serious business, he sees that Kleist has been following Chi Yan, and subconsciously thinks that Kleist is a servant, or a follower, Such a person is not worthy for a nobleman to talk to him, even if he is good-looking-unless it is another occasion, maybe he will be very happy.

"Since you are from Stettin, you should know the lord of Stettin, right?" After exchanging pleasantries with Chi Yan, Arthur finally brought the topic to the right track.

Chi Yan nodded: "I know."

He must know, he also knows what marks and moles the lord of Stettin has on his body.

Arthur's smile became more sincere: "I heard that Stettin's people have also come to the Holy City."

Chi Yan tried his best to put on a look of surprise, the surprise was just right, neither exaggerated nor calm: "I don't know, I've been away for nearly a year, if the lord comes, he should be later than me, right?"

Arthur said dryly: "Really? By the way, how much wine and sugar have you left?"

Chi Yan: "There's still a lot left. If you need it, I can sell it all to you for a hundred gold coins."

One hundred gold coins is money that ordinary civilians cannot earn in a few lifetimes, but it is nothing to nobles, especially those whose lords are rich.

But in fact, that carload of wine and sugar was worth at most two gold coins in Stettin.

Chi Yan didn't have any psychological burden to cheat the rich.

Arthur didn't have much idea about money. He didn't have to worry about anything in the territory. He opened his mouth when he had food, and stretched out his hands when he needed clothes. He was so busy every day, how could he have time to care about money?

"Okay." Arthur said with a smile, "then you can send them all over tomorrow, don't worry, I won't renege on my debt."

Chi Yan praised: "Master Noble will definitely not renege on his debt."

Arthur: "Is Stettin old?"

Chi Yan: "It wasn't that big before, but now it's a lot, and there are more people from other places, and many of them live outside the city."

Arthur became even more curious: "Is Rose really defeated?"

Chi Yan said ambiguously: "Maybe? I was doing business outside at the time."

"But I didn't see the battlefield when I went back."

Arthur was silent for a while—he didn't think that the city of Stettin could compete with the cities gathered by Rose. He was the part of the people who believed Rose was lying.

He may not be loyal to the royal family, and has a contemptuous attitude towards the queen, but he cannot allow anyone to violate the dignity of the nobles.

At a certain moment, the nobles are very united.

Especially when they feel that the dignity of nobility has been challenged.

Because if Rose's words were true, then they couldn't turn a blind eye to Stettin, even if the royal family didn't speak, they had to attack Stettin.

But they didn't want to actually send troops—after all, combat lunatics were in the minority.

If Roser's words were true, it would prove that Stettin did have a powerful army with strange weapons they had never seen or heard before.

Therefore, Rose's words had better be false.

It can only be fake.

The nobles were also divided into two factions. One faction believed that Rose was not lying, and they had to attack Stettin.

But they are unwilling to pay for money, food and soldiers, and they want to force the royal family to send troops, so that they not only don't have to pay for anything, but also follow behind to pick up the leaks and get benefits.

The other faction, Arthur's faction, argued that Lord Rose was lying and that there was no need for them to attack Stettin.

This part does not feel sorry for the royal family, but feels that the royal family's soldiers will leave the Holy City, and the Holy Court will be even more unscrupulous.

If the royal family is really gone, will the nobles attached to the royal family still exist?

Who knows if the Holy Court will raise the butcher's knife against them?

They don't want to try at all, they are very timid.

Arthur sighed: "Sometimes I really want to go to Stettin. I heard that many civilians want to go to Stettin now."

None of the people Just left in the house were real idiots, after all they had been taught by the housekeeper and knew what they needed to do.

So now it is still "the door of my house is always open".

The same is true for civilians who come to visit, but to the common people, they are not bragging to the sky, but down-to-earth bragging.

For example, if you build roads, how much money can you earn a month, and if you go to work in Otley's breeding plant, how much money can you earn a month.

How much are the prices there, what is the purchasing power of copper coins, how difficult is it to settle down, what are the rules there, whether the crime rate is high, etc.

Because Chi Yan came all the way and opened the way to Stettin, so going to Stettin is also very simple.

Bring dry food and money, after all, you will go to a nearby city for supplies on the way.

If you walk, it may take more than half a year, but if you ride a horse, you can get there in two or three months, and it takes about five months to get there by horse-drawn carriage.

It turned out that many civilians were really moved—although they lived in the holy city, the most honorable place in Kentis, they did not enjoy the benefits brought by the holy city.

Instead, they have to face rising prices, impetuous crowds and rapidly rising crime rates.

Someone has been killed on every block lately.

Some were due to fights, some due to fumbles.

Some people's spirits are highly tense, and they feel that those behind them are following them and trying to harm them, so they act preemptively, turn around and kill them.

Only after killing him did he find out that the other party was his neighbor.

There are too many such examples, and people are afraid that one day they will die on the street.

So the brave ones, with few families and no children, were the first to go from the holy city to Stettin.

These people are still very smart!They didn't go on the road alone as a family, but several families together, pooled some money, and wanted to go with the caravan.

There is an advantage to following the caravan. As long as you have enough money, you won't worry about running out of dry food, but it will take a long time to go to the next city.

The disadvantage, of course, is that it costs money, and it costs a lot of money.

But a group of them united together, tried to raise money, sold what they could sell at home, and went on the road.

They could only hope that Stettin was such a city.

if not……

Ella is a native of the Holy City who embarked on this migration journey. Her father was a carpenter. The family had a good life in the Holy City. It was better than the last, but since the end of last year, her father was able to receive Her business has dwindled, and the family has not received money, but food and clothes are all costly. The family's savings are about to bottom out, and then her father runs out every day.

She knew where her father was going, he went to those outsiders every day, and heard them talk about how good their hometown was every day.

Just yesterday, when she came home from outside, her father told her that he had sold everything he could sell and the family was going to Stettin!

At that moment, she thought her father was crazy!

Everyone wants to come to the Holy City!I want to be a holy city man!

But they want to leave the holy city and go to a small place?

Ella was in a panic: "Dad! How can you be sure what they said is true? If what they said is false, we will have nothing after the past, how should we live? If we can't find a job, our family will starve to death !"

Ella's father said sadly: "Don't I want to stay in the Holy City? Ella, do you know what the price of wheat is now? Do you know that if we stay for more than ten days, we will have no savings?"

Ella's mother also said on the side: "Ella, you are not a little girl anymore. Your father discussed it with me. We all think it is best to leave the holy city. We are just ordinary civilians. I don't know what the adults above want. What to do, but if we really can’t afford food and can’t eat, no adults will pity us and send us food.”

Mom said, "I know you don't want to leave the Holy City, and neither do I. You grew up in the Holy City, and the Holy City is your home."

Ella nodded, and tears flowed down her cheeks—she only drank water from the Holy City, ate food from the Holy City, and had never left the Holy City since she was born. Now let her leave her hometown and go to a fundamental I don't know if it's a good place, how can she not be sad, how can she not be afraid?

Her mother continued: "Your father has been to the Stettin people many times, and what they said can be matched every time. If it is made up, it will not be so strict."

"Ella, if Stettin is really what they say, maybe this time, our family will be able to live a stable life."

Mom looked in the direction of the holy city: "I don't know what adults want to do."

"But what grown-ups do, good or bad, it's us who suffer."

"So let's leave before the adults decide who wins and loses and fights for strength."

"When tigers fight, they don't care about the other animals affected."