[The Lord of the Rings - The Hobbit] The era of poverty alleviation in the dark jungle

The mayor's home is in the very center of Changhu Town. Enter the wide waterway that runs through the center of Changhu Town. As long as you paddle towards the tallest, most beautiful and brand-new building, you will never get lost.

Passing through the dispensable guard fence, the drunken guard greeted the wizard with "blushing ears", and was severely reprimanded by the mayor who felt ashamed.

"In recent years, the harvest has been getting worse and worse. Some of our people even took risks to go to the east and south to trade. If they were unlucky, they even encountered half-orcs, and their property was lost." The mayor babbled and cried. Looking at the difficulties in Changhu Town, while peeking at the face of this young female elf.

Unlike the rumors, the elves are said to be pure and kind. Why does this female elf have a calm expression of not doing her own business?

Didn't she know that Changhu Town fell into such an embarrassing situation because of her?Losing the favor of Thranduil, and losing most of the sandbanks that accounted for a large part of the income, Long Lake Town has become more and more desolate, all thanks to her gift.

The mayor rubbed his thin belly, gritted his teeth inwardly, but vaguely expected that this young wizard was too young and ignorant, so he could rely on his old self to sell his old self.After all, elves live a long life. Even if they live for hundreds of years, they still have that young and handsome appearance.

The boat sailed slowly towards the mayor's house through the waterway in the town, and finally stopped at the door of a big house.

The cool night wind carried a strong fishy smell, and the mayor seemed to hold the perfumed handkerchief unbearably, while covering his nose with a contemptuous expression.

"Forgive an old man's waywardness!" he said to Rosewin. "I'm so sick of this disgusting smell. I've smelled it for 60 years! All these years, I have worked hard for this town, allergies Rheumatism... As long as you can think of diseases, I almost come to me one by one..."

The mayor's nagging started from the moment he saw Rosewin until the end of dinner.

Luo Siwen closed his eyes slightly, and listened to his eloquent speech expressionlessly. The little wolf was lazily lying on the seat beside him, shaking his short tail once and for all, imitating squinting like its owner.

"Thank you very much for your hospitality tonight, but the night is getting dark, I don't think I should continue to disturb your rest. I have driven a day's journey and I am just tired." Waiting for the mayor to speak dryly When he was threatening, Luo Siwen only answered.

This dinner was so luxurious that even the well-informed Luo Siwen was stunned. Not to mention the delicacies from all over the world, the tableware for the meal was all made of silver, and the few candles on the copper candlesticks were also on the table. Made of good wax oil, they are placed in a row on the fireplace, not to mention how aristocratic.

The mayor had a look on his face that I still had a lot to say, and reluctantly asked the maid to lead Rosewen to the guest room.The little wolf followed her closely, guarding the door faithfully, guarding against other people's peeping and eavesdropping.

Luo Siwen only brought two elf guards for this trip, one for rowing and one just in case.When she entered Changhu Town, she asked the two elf guards to go happy by themselves.

She opened the window, and from here she could overlook Long Lake Town.The calm river surface is sparkling, and the faint evening mist slowly covers this quiet water area.It was estimated that it was only around seven o'clock in the evening, but the people in the town had almost rested, only a few lights were scattered in the darkness.

A yellow bird broke through the veil-like night mist, covered in moonlight, and landed deftly on the window rail.

"Luosiwen, Luosiwen!" it called softly.

Rosewin stretched out his hand and let it jump onto his arm smoothly.

"Xiao Huang, what happened at the outpost?"

"Singer said they want to go back to the forest, don't live in cold stone houses and do dirty business every day," Xiao Huang fluttered his wings and said anxiously, "What should we do? Now Legolas is leading you and his men His guards are confronting him!"

"How did everyone else react?"

"Everyone wants to go back to the forest, and a small group of wood elves support you. Singer said that they can be self-sufficient by hunting, and they just want to live a free and happy life."

Wood elves are easy to fool, but elf nobles are not easy to fool.These elf nobles are old men who have experienced many battles. They are all right-hand men who followed the old man of Thranduil's family to conquer the country. They are one of the best figures in the Kingdom of Thingol. The businessman mode too!

It was even more impossible to let Rosewin assign him what to do, and they were only willing to give Thranduy some face!

Among Luo Siwen's drastic reforms, the most fierce opposition was this group of old nobles.Loneliness has always been the fate of reformers.

Everyone's opposition is not the key, the most important thing is the attitude of those in power.Luo Siwen pondered for a moment, with a calm expression on her face, obviously used to this kind of situation.She asked, "Any news from Thranduil?"

"No, the King of the Woodlands is silent."

That's what supports your side.Not wanting to offend the old man's old subordinates, but also supporting his own plan, it is wise to keep silent for a while.As long as Thranduil doesn't open his mouth to remove himself for a day, then those smart elf nobles should understand Thranduil's true position.

Rosewyn believed in Thranduil. Back then, he violated the nature of the wood elves and forced them to dig underground palaces, change their habit of living in trees, and enter the gloomy underground caves. He must have also encountered great resistance.

However, such a stalemate is not the solution after all.

The mayor stayed up all night, full of thoughts on how to continue to persuade the second in command of Thranduil Kingdom the next day, and get a few more orders. In the past few years, the order volume of the Woodland Kingdom has declined, and exports have been transferred to domestic sales. Unfortunately, the town The people here are poorer, and their purchasing power is obviously not as good as that of the big-spending Elf King.The next day, when the rooster just crowed, he couldn't wait to get up, and wanted to go to the wizard to continue his unfinished speech last night.

When he sat at the dining table full of expectations, he was told by the maid: The wizard left the house early in the morning and went out.

"Where did you go?" He panicked for a while, almost smashing the silver fork in his hand.

The Lord Wizard, who made the mayor hate him so much, is currently wandering the streets of Changhu Town. The environment in the central area is very good, and the houses of every family are small and fresh, very eye-catching.After walking out of this area, the road conditions seem to be not so good.A free-ranging pig squats on the road and shits, and then walks away slowly, as if it is the owner here.

Luo Siwen carefully avoided the suspicious paste on the ground, and under the constant complaints of the little wolf, stepped on the sewage on the ground and entered the narrow alley.In a dark corner full of dirt, pairs of small shiny eyes stared curiously at this well-dressed female elf.

"Look, she is so beautiful, she is an elf!" A soft voice said.

"Shh, don't look, she's a wizard, watch out she'll make you dumb!"

"If only she would take the fish we caught, Dad wouldn't have to travel far, far away..."

Luo Siwen followed the voice and looked over, it was a pair of mother and child.Wearing coarse clothes and a pair of straw slippers.Probably because of the pressure of life, even the six or seven-year-old boy looked vicissitudes.Seeing Luo Siwen looking at them, the mother was so frightened that she dragged the little boy away.

All of a sudden, she was the only one left empty in the alley.

Poverty is like a weed, growing crazily in this dark and barren corner.The terrible thing is that the people in power in this land have never thought about how to weed.

"My lord, my lord..." a small man wearing a fur hat shouted out of breath, "I finally found you! The mayor is waiting for you to go over and continue yesterday's topic!"

Luo Siwen raised his chin, nodded, and took the lead out of the alley. The little man walked out on tiptoe carefully avoiding the garbage on the ground with a look of disgust, as if it was some kind of evil disease.

The little wolf wagged his tail, and showed his white teeth fiercely at the man, scaring him to sit down on the dirty water overflowing ground.

Seeing that the man was frightened into a panic, the little wolf wagged its tail in satisfaction, followed its master with proud and graceful steps.

The alley behind him was getting farther and farther away, and the mayor's house was getting closer and closer. Looking at the mayor's old face with a smile like a chrysanthemum in the distance, Luo Siwen suddenly had a bold idea in his heart.

Perhaps, there is a way to solve the livelihood problems of these poor people, and it can also solve the problems in front of her.

The author has something to say:

The nobles under Thranduil should all be high elves, the old generals who followed his father back then

Little nonsense that the reform is too smooth and there are no opponents, it is not normal. I thought about it, and it makes sense. Add this clue

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