Poverty Alleviation Princess

There were not many people in this group, or there should have been quite a few people, but they all died and scattered on the way to escape, and in the end only these twenty or so were left.Most of them are women and children.

But whether it is a man or a woman, everyone is sallow and emaciated, as thin as a stick.

A Yuan has reason to suspect that if they can't eat this meal today, someone may be too weak to stand up tomorrow.

But even if they had this meal, they might not be able to survive this season with nothing.

The hungrier you are, the weaker you are, and the weaker you are, the harder it is to get food.This is an unsolvable vicious circle.

They were just ordinary farmers who lived in a not-so-bad village. Although they were not rich, as long as they worked hard, the whole family could survive.But even if it is such a day, I can't go on.

The nobles want to fight, what to do if they have no money and no one, just let the subordinates collect taxes again and again, and let the vicious soldiers in their hands arrest people everywhere.It's fine if it's just like this, but in this world, there are still monsters that can eat people.

The barren village couldn't bear such exploitation and suffering again and again, and they had no choice but to escape in the end.But they were just ordinary farmers, and they didn't know anything except tending the fields.Although he escaped from the purgatory-like village, the days after he came out did not get better.

The nearby villages have been deserted for a long time, they have no place to seek refuge, and they are afraid of being caught by the nobles and sent to die on the battlefield, so they can only hide in the mountains and forests.

In the past, when they were more numerous and stronger, they could occasionally hunt prey such as rabbits and birds, but as time went by, they became weaker and weaker after a long period of starvation, and the physical strength spent on hunting was far greater. Supplements that prey can give.No one will go hunting hard anymore.

Later, they continued to lose their companions—some died, and some were separated from the bandits and never saw each other again. Women and children accounted for half of them, and they could only make a living on the wild fruits and vegetables they found along the road. Things like bark can only ensure that they will not starve to death immediately, but they cannot fill their stomachs.

Seeing the people around me getting weaker and weaker day by day, it seemed as if I could close my eyes and never open them again.They can only choose to be bad guys in desperation.But even if they wanted to be bad guys, they couldn't compare to those strong deserters and bandits, and they couldn't even beat the strong laborers in the village.In the end, he could only close his eyes and choose passers-by who were smaller and weaker than himself.

A Yuan and his party were their first targets.This is both luck and misfortune.

Fortunately, they met a good person like A Yuan who forgave them and gave them food.Unfortunately, they had summoned up all their courage this time and failed to succeed, and they will not have the courage to do it again.

Maybe it will be a long time later, when important people die of hunger and weakness, before someone will risk everything and become a real 'ghost'.

The 'robbers' laughed and cried as they enjoyed the meal that allowed them to survive. There were rice, mushrooms and wild vegetables, and strips of meat torn into them—for them now, nothing could be better than this. delicious.But the four people who were 'robbed' lost their appetite when they saw this scene.

"My city is there."

When Coral was thinking about whether to hunt some more prey for them so that they could have a few meals, the young city lord beside her suddenly took a few steps forward and spoke when the eyes of those people fell on her.

"If you want to survive, you can go to that city to find me—but you have robbed me, the city lord, first, and you have to accept punishment according to the rules of the city first."

Her eyes swept over the faces of these sallow and thin people one by one.

"You only have one chance, think it through before you act."

After finishing speaking, she ignored these people who were stunned by the news just now, but signaled the three people behind her to leave here with her.

After walking a long distance and never seeing those people again, the coral is still in a trance

Although she has always known that the world is very difficult and the life of ordinary people is full of dangers, she never thought that it would be so difficult.

Obviously, the villages I usually go to seem to be okay...

No, it should be said that only villages with relatively solid foundations can hire demon extermination masters.

Those barren villages, or villages that encountered big monsters, probably disappeared without a chance to get rid of the monsters.

But... Thinking of what His Royal Highness said at the end, Shan Shan was a little puzzled.

"Your Highness, why do you..."

But the words were spoken, but he didn't know what he wanted to ask.I want to ask her if she wants to save those people?Or do you want to punish those people?Either way is weird.

In the end, A Yuan, who still didn't wait for the follow-up, said thoughtfully: "You want to ask me why I said that in the end?"

Coral nodded.

"Although there is no need for any reason to save people, people always have to pay the price for their actions. If you feel that you are pitiful, you should be forgiven for everything, it is a big mistake."

"No matter what the reason is, if you commit a robbery, you must be prepared to pay for your actions. I can give them a chance, but I can't let go of their crimes. It's not fair to others."

Coral didn't react, she blinked and looked confused: "It's not fair?"

"Have you ever thought about what would happen if they were not us, but passers-by who were really helpless?"

If that's the case, there are only two endings.

Either they snatched the last of the poor passerby's food, and they survived.Either they failed, and then they were beaten to death and maimed by passers-by, who survived.

"There has never been a reason in this world that you can be forgiven for doing anything because you are poor, and I don't need people who think like this to work for me." That's too bad for people who work hard to survive Fair enough.

"...But it is not realistic to feed and clothe all the hardworking people."

Seeing the city owner sighing because of this incident, Shan Shan felt that she should step forward to comfort her

She felt that the city lord had done a good job.

Just because she didn't turn a blind eye to the suffering of the people, Coral felt that she was better than many nobles she had met.

Such a good person shouldn't suffer because of something that sounds impossible.

But before she could think up her words, she saw the other party rubbing her face and muttering in a low voice: "Sure enough, I have to dig out more monsters' lairs. I hope to find that kind of old monsters that have been hundreds of years old. The savings of hundreds of years should be enough." Let’s be more objective. I just don’t know if jewelry and fabrics that have been stored for hundreds of years can still be sold for a price.”

"In this way, the monsters that have only come out in recent years have to be looked for. The cloth, money and food they robbed should be used directly. The young monsters should be easier to talk to than the old ones. They can be used as labor... But it's not good. Too often, we still have to talk about sustainable development.”

"..."

Coral swallowed back what she wanted to say on the spot.

Although she is engaged in the business of eliminating monsters, she never thought that there are human beings who want to count the treasures of monsters in reverse, and plan to accumulate wealth by looting monsters.

There is also the saying that what is possible, sustainable development.

If it was the meaning she understood, did she want to pick a batch and leave the fruit tree, so that the fruit tree would continue to grow new fruit?

no, no...

Shan Shan denied her own idea, but she felt faintly in her heart that if it was the Lord City Lord, he could really do such a thing.

So I was too naive and thought too one-sidedly.

That night, they rushed back to the City Lord's Mansion.

The treasure previously brought back by Mica has been well housed in the newly built treasury.The elderly maiden Sanae took the trainee maids who were in training to organize and register them very efficiently, and put them in the corresponding areas by category, just waiting for the city lord, A Yuan, to formally arrange their use after he came back.

Because the use of these treasures had been planned before, A Yuan quickly made a big stroke and allocated most of it to the purchase of food and infrastructure investment.

She can't control other places, but at least on her own three-acre land, she will do her best to ensure that everyone who works hard can survive.

Before dawn, Coral set off with money to buy food.

She has been to many places as a demon exorcist, so she naturally knows where to buy food, plus she has mica to travel, which can save a lot of time and manpower.

So who else is more suitable for this job besides her?

The girl who said she would do it left in a hurry.

He didn't even notice that his brother reached out to hold his hand.

Sister, do you really remember that we were invited here as 'demon exorcisers'?

What we should do is to 'remove demons'!

The youthful young man had a complicated face. It was the first time he left the clan to go on a mission and encountered such a thing. He felt that he had endured too much.

Compared with corals that have already started to go out on their own, amber that is traveling for the first time is more sensitive.After coming, he thought a lot, including whether this strange city lord was transformed from a monster—otherwise, how could he want to loot and enslave monsters so naturally?

It's as if the monsters are not regarded as dangerous, human-eating aliens at all, but as some kind of... more ordinary existence.

Even being an aristocrat is strange.

Therefore, even though he could sense that the city lord was doing great things, he still had a lot of concerns in his heart.

But before he had time to tell his sister about these concerns, she ran out, and only hurriedly said hello to herself and said, "I'll go to work first, you stay here to protect His Highness and don't make trouble for His Highness" and disappeared The figure didn't even give himself time to reply.

Amber was very tangled, but helpless.

I can only obediently follow the young city lord around, watching her arrange the direction of other treasures, watching her arrange jobs for the young girls working in the city, watching her handle the tall ones as if they could She drowned in all kinds of paperwork... Then she obediently followed the maids and sisters to the room arranged for her to rest for the night.

Then he watched two girls who were about the same age as Sister Coral help him tidy up the room and... the bed?

"No... There's no need for this, I can do it myself."

As soon as the boy blushed, he wanted to grab the quilt from the handmaiden sister to solve it by himself.

He is no longer young, how can he let these sisters make his bed?However, he moved quickly, and the ladies and sisters avoided his hand deftly, and then responded with a smile: "This is our part of the job, how can we let the guests do it?"

The other also answered with a smile: "Yes, yes, if we don't do well, our internship points will be deducted, so don't make trouble, we are still waiting to rely on this to gain points."

amber:"……"

No, no, what is the deduction?What are the extra points?

Why do people in this city seem to be weird?