Succubus' Manor

After several months of "education", the aristocratic children who passed the exam will bid farewell to their family and friends, and honestly go to the city assigned to them.

They want to form their own team and strive to develop the local economy and anti-risk capabilities during their term of office. They don't need to manage the military. Chi Yan wants to separate the political power from the military power, and the two sides cooperate with each other to check and balance each other.

Every city has a garrison, and these garrisons are selected by Kleist, and Kleist is in command of all.

As for Kleist's successor, there are still some choices. After all, Chi Yan and Kleist have a long life span, and they have a lot of time to choose the right person.

After the south is stable, winter will come.

The winter of this year was much better for civilians than in previous years.

A large number of low-priced charcoal flooded into the market, opening up trade routes, allowing food and daily necessities from all over the world to enter the holy city, and people can buy wheat and salt at prices several times lower than in previous years.

But salt is still very expensive. It's not that Chi Yan doesn't want to lower the price, but because he can't do it at all. The first is that the transportation is inconvenient. Kentis is an inland country, and it doesn't rely on the sea. Sea salt can only be bought from small countries near the sea.

After you buy it, you have to transport it, and the cost is there.

In addition to sea salt, there are salt wells. Salt wells are not found everywhere, and they have to be purified. In this era, there are no chemical methods, and only primitive methods can be used for purification.

Even so, the purified salt is not as tasty as the modern one, and there is always a little bit of bitterness, but most of the time it can be ignored.

The price of salt has remained high because of inconvenient transportation and high labor costs.

Moreover, Chi Yan's chemistry class has always been mediocre, and it has been so long since the college entrance examination that he has forgotten everything he can.

Even if I can remember, I don't know how to find the chemicals that purify the salt.

There are two methods of making salt in ancient times, frying salt and drying salt.

This kind of salt is of course unhealthy. Even if modern people boil salt with seawater under the trend of curiosity, they dare not actually use the boiled salt for cooking.

So Chi Yan decided - after the country stabilized, he would include the two small countries near him and by the sea into Kentish's territory.

After all, these two small countries are only as big as a city, and there are more than a dozen villages around them.

Speaking of the country, Chi Yan felt that there was a king with a mental disability before Kentis.

The king was a man of temperament. When two tribes along the coast came to him with gifts, they said that they were poor and had no beautiful women, so they could not offer anything to the king, but they were always willing to follow the king, and the fried salt was only sold to Ken. Tice.

It is estimated that it satisfied the king's vanity, or other hobbies.

In addition, there is no threat from the two small countries, and the salt of the other party is only sold to himself, so the king agreed.

Let their country be independent from the siege of the land of Kentis.

Chi Yan sometimes reads the records of the kings that appeared in the history of Kentis. Among these kings, there are smart people, but for some reason, the smart ones always don't live long and die early.

Usually their decrees died before they were fully promoted and implemented, and their successors overturned their decrees after they came to power, which fits well with the term "change from day to day".

But the stupid and stupid live a long time.

Then the successor of this stupid king started to turn the tide again, and after a lot of tossing, he burped again, and another stupid one came up.

When luck is good, the two consecutive kings are "Ming Jun", but the "Ming Jun" is exhausted, and another fool takes over.

Not only Kentish, but also several other countries.

This is the bad point of this era. The choice of successor depends on the order of birth. Although it can prevent princes and princesses from fighting each other to a certain extent, it will also cause a problem——

There are a lot of close relatives in the royal family marrying, and most of the children born are defective.

Inbreeding can easily go to two extremes, genius and fool.

There are ordinary ones too, but most of them go to extremes.

This also caused, after the genius stepped down, a fool came to power.

Repeatedly, the national power has never really been stronger.

Fortunately, it is the same in other countries, everyone is similar.

The marriage law enacted by Chi Yan this time prohibits marriage within three generations.

These three generations include both parents, not just one.

Now he doesn't have to explain to the people why these laws were enacted-the blessings of the kings before, no matter how nonsense the laws are, the common people can accept them well.

One king even made a decree for the whole country that every day when he celebrates his birthday, the citizens must touch their faces with one hand all day long.

This law was enforced for more than 30 years until the king died and was banned by the new king.

When Chi Yan occasionally looked at these records, his expression was full of disgust, because the person who recorded them used a tone of praise.

He even wrote a lot of poems about it.

If Chi Yan were to comment, there would be only four words, which wouldn't make any sense.

"What are we eating today?"

Kleist, who woke up early in the morning, was only wearing a black robe, exposing his chest muscles and most of his abdominal muscles. He approached Chi Yan who was sitting at the desk from behind.

Chi Yan raised his head and smiled at Kleist: "I don't know, let's see what the cook has prepared for us."

Kleist: "It will take a while."

Chi Yan knew what Kleist meant, he smiled and said, "Once."

Kleist assured: "No more."

So they bathed in the morning sun and came together once on the big soft bed.

Then each wiped off the sweat and other fluids on their bodies with hot water.

At this time, Chi Yan would thank himself for his succubus body. If it were replaced by a normal human body, he would either die on the bed or walk on the way to die on the bed.

When they get everything done, breakfast will be ready.

These days, Chi Yan's breakfast is always ramen, served with soup made from chicken and duck, skim off the oil slick on it, and then garnish with shredded chicken and green vegetables, which is very refreshing for breakfast.

The nobles of Kentis are used to eating two meals, and both meals must have meat.

Although Chi Yan's current stomach is not a native Chinese stomach, he still prefers Chinese food.

It's a pity that there is no rice here, and the merchant ships never brought rice or vegetables and fruits unique to Asia.

And even if there is Asia in this world, ships can't get through it now, and there may not be countries similar to China.

Thinking of this, Chi Yan was still a little frustrated.

But looking at it from another angle, it is better not to have China. Even though he has been in this world for so many years, he has never thought that he is not Chinese for a moment.

If there is another China in this world, even if he knows that it is not the same as his original country, what should he do when there is a conflict of interest?

He is the king of Kentis, and he has the responsibility to lead his people to become stronger.

But as a Chinese, he cannot make an enemy of his motherland.

Chi Yan felt much better when he thought of this.

There is no China here, which is good news for him.

After breakfast, Kleist was going to watch the military training, while Chi Yan went back to sleep.

The bedding has been changed by the servants and is clean and fluffy.

Cotton clothes in the holy city are sold cheaper this year than in previous years, and the poor can still receive cotton clothes. The street office will apply for them uniformly, and someone will verify them.

Poor people at least have shelter from the wind and rain, and they can use firewood and a little charcoal to keep warm together. In winter, they can only do indoor work, so after entering the deep winter, it means that everyone starts to have a holiday.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of food.

Laura lived in the resettlement house. She got up early in the morning, took advantage of the sun, quickly washed the dirty clothes and hung them outside to dry. The resettlement house is different from the low-rent housing. It is for vulnerable groups, such as the disabled. In a family with only one woman, Laura is a refugee who fled from a nearby city with her mother.

They were very embarrassed when they first arrived, and the money they brought with them was taken away by Laura's father-he didn't want to come to the holy city, so he took the money to find his mistress.

The mother and daughter could only find a way to sell everything at home, bought the cheapest beans, and quietly followed the caravan to the holy city.

When they first arrived, they didn't have a place to live and didn't know where to go. Fortunately, a homeless man told them that there was an almshouse in the Holy City, and they could go there to get food.

Although it is a paste with only a little beans and wheat bran, drinking a few more bowls can also make your belly full.

"Mom, it's time for breakfast." Laura walked into the room after hanging up her clothes.

The resettlement room is not big, but it is not small enough for the mother and daughter to live well here. There are also the most basic things in it - a bed, a wardrobe, a table and three chairs.

They also added a lot of things themselves.

However, the resettlement house can only be lived in for two years. After the two years are up, if they have no reasonable reason, they must move out from here.

This is the seventh month since they moved here.

Laura's mother, Vera, put down the thread in her hand. The simplest action for them now is to spin hemp into thread. Two small spinning wheels are their current living tools.

Because they don't have to pay rent, they can live a decent life. Except for food and necessities, they save all the money they earn.

For safety, they dug a hole under the bed, buried the money in it, and dug it out when they needed it.

"It smells so good." Vera said with a smile to her daughter.

Laura: "Yesterday Moira gave me a handful of spices."

Vera sighed: "I never thought before that people in the Holy City have to eat three meals a day."

Laura took a sip of the mush, and took another bite of the black bread: "I heard that it was because His Majesty wanted to eat three meals, and then everyone ate three meals."

"Mom, we've saved a lot of money now," whispered Laura. "We'll be able to rent a nice house next year."

Vera was also very happy: "I will also save money for your marriage."

Laura pouted: "I'm only 16 years old."

Vera: "When I was your age, you were already one year old."

Laura didn't want to talk about this with her mother. She whimpered and said, "Mom, we are in the holy city now. Look at the girls in the holy city. They get married very late. Many girls in their 20s are not married yet. , we are now in the Holy City, we must be like them, so that we will become people of the Holy City, and we will no longer be underestimated, and no one will bully us."

Vera was convinced by Laura's words. Since the women in the Holy City are like this, they should follow the Romans, otherwise the people in the Holy City will think that their mother and daughter are bumpkins from the countryside.

After breakfast, Vera and Laura will go to the morning market. The market is open every day, but it is divided into morning market and evening market. Before winter, the dishes in the morning market are the freshest, and the dishes in the evening market are the cheapest.

After winter, the morning market and evening market will be the same, so now they prefer to go in the morning, after all, it is always difficult to see things clearly at night, no matter how bright the torches are.

"Let's buy a cotton coat." Laura sat on the ground and counted the money. "Let's take fifty copper coins. We should be able to buy a nice cotton coat."

Vera: "Don't you have one?"

Laura: "Going to get you one, Mom."

Vera refused seriously: "I have clothes to wear!"

Laura: "Your clothes are almost torn! There is only one cotton coat at home!"

Vera said stubbornly: "I don't need to wear cotton clothes, I don't feel cold! Fifty copper coins, we can eat for two months!"

Laura said angrily: "Are you going to freeze to death?! It's so cold in winter, or do you stay in the room all day long? Mom! It's only fifty copper coins, the two of us can earn it back in half a month, and we are now It's not that there is no money!"

Vera resolutely refused to listen: "No, I don't want it!"

Laura put the money in a bag, tied it around her waist, and then wrapped it in a cotton coat. Before going out, she turned to Vera and said, "Listen, mother, I don't care if it's fifty coppers or fifty golds." , I only know that you need a cotton coat now, if you think these fifty copper coins are more important than your life, then come and stop me now!"

"Or do you want to abandon me and leave alone? If you really think so, then I don't want my cotton coat either, and I will freeze to death with you!"

In the end, Vera went to the market with Laura to buy cotton clothes.

They also bought frozen tofu and dried tofu.

"This is the tofu that was just made yesterday, and it was frozen overnight." The vendor warmly greeted the mother and daughter, "If you buy two pieces, I'll add a small piece of dried tofu."

Then the mother and daughter bought two pieces of tofu for a copper coin, and the vendor also set up a small piece—a small piece of dried tofu that was really only as long as a finger.

The mother and daughter couldn't help laughing after they got it.

The peddler saw them smiling and said, "Next time you come, I can make you two finger-sized ones."

Laura: "Come on, it must be half a finger short, you little sting."

The peddler laughed and said, "Tofu for one copper coin, baby, it's too cheap!"

Laura turned her head: "You set the price yourself."

After leaving, Vera whispered to Laura: "He is interested in you, Laura, I think he is good."

Laura: "Mom, you see everyone thinks it's good, he's too short."

Vera: "It's a bit short, but it doesn't matter whether the man is short or not. He has a stall anyway. He can make tofu and sell tofu himself, so he won't starve in the future."

Laura was speechless, and pulled Vera to speed up.

The bazaar in the holy city is completely different from the bazaar in their previous city. There are no dirty floors, sewage and feces everywhere, and bird and chicken droppings are not everywhere.

But live chickens are also sold here, and they couldn't walk when they passed by.

They never visited the morning market before, and they didn't know that there were so many things sold in the morning market.

Those who sell live poultry have special stalls, and they have to ensure that there is no sewage and feces near the stalls, so they have to clean it from time to time.

So this group of live poultry vendors paid for a professional cleaner.

Not only can each family not spend much money, but it is also very trouble-free, and the cleaners also get jobs and a decent salary.

When the mother and daughter were both staring at the live chickens, the vendor shouted: "Look at these chickens in my house. I hand-fed them all. I even feed them wheat!"

Laura: "Then they must be expensive."

The vendor immediately said, "You can buy one for five copper coins."

Laura: "... two pieces of tofu cost a copper coin."

Five copper coins are too cheap.

Vendor: "Of course not this kind of big chicken, the five copper coins are this kind of chicken."

The vendor caught a small rooster and said, "Too many roosters is not good. When they grow up, they will die a lot, so these small roosters have to be picked out and sold."

Now the vendors haven't learned to feed them separately, and they don't have the conditions. This is one of the best ways they can think of.

Laura and Mama glanced at each other. They were both very greedy, and five copper coins were really not much.

Laura talked about four copper coins and successfully got the little rooster into the bag.

Then they continued to stroll in the morning market.

Laura successfully bought a padded jacket for 32 copper coins.

This kind of padded jacket was not passed on from Stettin, but was made by local businessmen after they went to Stettin to buy cotton and made some other things. Although it is not as warm as Stettin's cotton padded jacket, it is still very good. , much better than ordinary clothes, with a few more linen clothes inside, although it is not particularly convenient for movement, but it is very warm in winter, otherwise it would not be sold so cheaply.

But it does benefit the poor.

After buying it, Laura asked Vera to take off the old cotton coat for herself, and asked Vera to put on the new cotton coat.

Then the mother and daughter went to buy a small bottle of soy sauce.

Soy sauce is a good thing, put a little salt and a little soy sauce when cooking, it is so delicious that people think they are eating something particularly good.

After shopping, only one of the fifty copper coins they brought out was left.

This copper coin was also spent on the way home.

This time it was Vera who took the initiative to spend the money. She bought a fake flower from a little boy who peddled along the street.

Ever since paper became cheap, smart people have come up with this idea, expensive decorations that poor people can't afford, but poor people want to dress up too.

So these smart women will go to the wild to find pure natural dyes, plants or minerals, carefully dye the paper, and then cut each petal and put it together.These fake flowers are lifelike, and the artificial flowers they make are becoming more and more elaborate, and soon become a popular decoration.

Vera bought Laura a yellow flower with green leaves, which was very pretty.

After putting it on her daughter's head with her own hands, Vera kissed Laura's forehead: "My baby, you are the most beautiful person in the world."

Laura was a little embarrassed: "Go back, Mom, we can raise chickens at home."

Of course, they will not kill the little rooster for meat so easily. They are going to raise it up, feed it some beans, or take the time to go out and dig worms for it to eat, to see if it can grow up, if possible, or not How often they get a big cock with more meat.

The mother and daughter cooked a meal with frozen tofu and soy sauce at noon. This meal was very delicious. After eating, the mother and daughter did not want to work, so they simply gave themselves a day off and took a good nap at noon , wake up is night.

Both the mother and daughter were not hungry, and they agreed that they would not eat at night or work when it was dark, so they moved chairs and sat at the door, chatting while listening to the flapping wings of the rooster in the room.

"Mom, what kind of house do you think we should rent?" Laura asked imaginatively.

Vera gave birth to Laura at the age of 15, and she is only in her early thirties now. She also said full of fantasy: "I hope to have a yard where we can grow some flowers and vegetables, such as green peppers, and eat them when we want to eat them." It can be picked directly in the garden."

Laura: "A big table is also needed! We will definitely have many friends here in the future, and we can invite them to our house as guests."

Vera: "What else do you want? And...well...two looms, we can weave at home."

Laura: "Then you might as well go to the factory."

Vera: "The factory doesn't know when it will recruit people."

Laura: "It will always come, Mom. I still want to have a chance. Let's go to Stettin to have a look. I heard that Stettin is very good."

Vera: "Speaking of this! Your father once said he was going to Stettin."

Laura rolled her eyes: "Don't mention him, I only have a mother, no father, even if I see him again in the future, I will just pretend that I have never seen him, never know him, Mom, I hope you can do the same Do."

Vera said not very confidently: "I'm not sure, Laura, your father and I were married when I was 13 years old."

Laura: "Mom!"

Vera: "Okay, okay, I listen to you, what are you doing so loudly? It will disturb the neighbors."

Laura grabbed Vera's hand: "Mom, we can live a good life in the future. One day, we can wear cotton clothes sold by the merchants in Stettin, live in a big house with a garden, and eat meat every day." , You can buy as much chicken essence and soy sauce as you want, as long as we mother and daughter work hard, we can do it, not by my father who left us with money, nor by my future husband."

Vera: "I'm just worried about..."

Laura said firmly: "Mom, don't worry, I believe that as long as this Majesty remains our Majesty, we will realize these wishes."

Vera said quickly: "Your Majesty must always be Your Majesty! My God, Laura, you can't say such things! It's terrible!"

Laura: "...I didn't mean that, forget it."

It was not easy for Vera to have the opportunity to educate her daughter. She was usually educated by her daughter, so she went on to say: "It is our natural mother who saw us suffer, so that His Majesty came to this world to save us. Be grateful, so that mother will always protect His Majesty, and His Majesty will always protect us."

"Laura, we must always remember who we are today."

Laura: "Mom, I know."

Vera grabbed Laura's wrist: "Pray with me, pray for His Majesty, and pray that His Majesty will always be healthy."

Laura didn't refuse: "Okay, Mom."

Together they prayed to the Heavenly Mother.

After moving to the holy courtyard, they also began to believe in Tianmu.

Not to mention, believing in Tianmu can save a lot of money.