A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The boy knelt in front of the two of them, his forehead was pressed tightly against the ground, and his whole body was trembling.

After accidentally seeing the exposed corner of the malachite, he vaguely guessed that this child in civilian clothes must be a child of a nobleman or a wealthy businessman, because only they could have malachite.

He went to the streets today to do odd jobs, because he barely knew a few numbers, so even though he was still young, there were shops willing to let him do odd jobs, guarding the shop to count the goods.After he got today's wages, he has been worrying all the time. The house is almost desolate, and his mother is still seriously ill. With this little money, he can barely buy some ointment, but it can't make his mother get better.

Originally, although their family was poor, but with the little money left by the dead father and the hard work of the mother, the family can still guarantee food and clothing. The mother even saved a small savings, and then found a master who can recognize numbers to teach him Recognize numbers and some simple and commonly used words.

Commoners can only learn the rough and simple characters of commoners at most, but the beautiful and noble Aaron Landis script is a character that only nobles and priests can learn and use.

noble.

The young man thought, while feeling great fear in his heart, he couldn't help but grit his teeth with hatred.

If it wasn't for those damn-

His mother would not have fallen to the present situation!

Obviously not long ago, because of the kindness bestowed by King Kamos, he and his mother were still looking forward to a new, clean and bright new house, full of hope for the future.

Not only them, but also the people around them, all the people living in the slums talked about that incident beamingly, thanking King Kamos for his kindness, and happily looking forward to the day when they moved into the new house.

However, after only a few days, they were cast into hell from heaven.

The facts made them realize that these lowly poor people do not deserve to have a bright future.

It was because of this incident that his mother was severely injured, the house was also smashed, and all the little savings he had had were spent in this way.

When he picked up the purse, he didn't think much at first, but when he saw the corner of the malachite, he secretly followed the child for a long time, and he was at war with heaven and man in his mind, telling him he couldn't do this, and at the same time I thought of my mother who was seriously ill and dying in bed.

He thought, if this continues, my mother may not last long.Although he felt very ashamed of robbing a child of something, but...but his father is dead, if his mother is also dead, and he is forced to become a slave to the group of nobles who killed his mother, then he I would rather die!

[Malachite is the most beloved gemstone of Solga, the god of wisdom. It can drive away evil, drive away disease, and take back the soul of the dying from the hands of death. 】

The boy who echoed these words in his mind finally couldn't hold back the temptation, and snatched away the child's malachite amulet.

As long as he can save his mother, he is willing to pay any price!

The boy kneeling on the ground gritted his teeth and thought.

He has indeed gone all out, even if he uses his own life to make amends to this noble child, as long as he can save his mother——

Looking at the boy kneeling in front of him, Garlan didn't speak, but walked around the boy and ran to the stake.

On the low wooden posts, the originally exquisitely carved malachite tokens had been smashed to pieces, and the emerald green gravel rolled all over the wooden posts, varying in size, and the characters originally engraved on them could no longer be seen, so Can't tell it's a token.

Fataya, who followed, let out a snort.

"You actually have this kind of gemstone... You are not a child of a commoner family, are you?"

She asked, "Are you a lower nobleman?"

Because Garlan had the same fair complexion as her, Fataya guessed that this child should be from a low-level noble family like her, and it should be a very rich family.

She looked at the smashed malachite amulet with regret.

Just by looking at the hollow lines and patterns on the slightly larger stones, one can guess that the complete amulet must be very delicate. The child even said that it was handed down from his ancestors, so it was a pity that it was smashed like this.

Fataya sighed and turned around.The trousers on her lower body were slightly tighter, showing her toned and slender thighs more and more.As soon as she took a step with her long legs, she stepped directly beside the boy and stretched out her hand to hold him down.

"Okay, follow me to the City Guard Division."

Hearing this, the boy struggled immediately, but the female knight held him firmly with one hand, and he couldn't break free.

"I won't run away, but please, my mother—" he begged.

Only then did Fataya remember that the thief just now shouted that he wanted to use malachite powder to save his mother.She turned her head and found that the blond child had reached the door of the low wooden house at some point.

She dragged the boy over, stood behind the boy and looked into the room.

I saw a haggard middle-aged woman lying on the bed. Although the things in the room were old, they were cleaned very clean.The woman in a coma was covered with injuries, her face was gray, her breathing was weak, her lips were so dry that they were split, as if she would stop breathing in the next second.

And looking at those wounds, many of them are already inflamed, and there are even a few serious ones that have begun to fester and pus.

The female knight was stunned for a moment, the young man broke free from her hand, ran to the stake, took the broken malachite and rushed into the room, then carefully applied the malachite powder in his hand to the festering wounds, While wiping, he watched the woman's face nervously.

Looking around at the things in the room, Garlan felt a little strange, but he couldn't tell what was so strange. After looking carefully, he suddenly understood.It turned out that the tables, chairs and other supplies in this room were not right, not only old, but almost all rotten, and it could be seen that they were smashed by someone recently, and they were barely repaired and continued to be used.

It feels like... someone came and smashed it recently.

Garlan was still thinking about it, when he suddenly heard a bang from outside, followed by the sound of a wooden fence being smashed into pieces.

The boy who was still kneeling beside the low bed and applying malachite powder to the woman trembled when he heard the voice, and his face turned pale. He looked at his mother who was still sleeping, gritted his teeth, got up and walked out.

"Get lost! You are not welcome here!"

He yelled at the person who came.

"Little guy, why are you arguing?"

A frivolous voice sounded, and it was very frivolous. Garlan followed the sound and saw a tall, thin, and frivolous-looking man standing there, followed by a dozen or so thick and tall men.

He looked at the boy's face with a smile, but his crooked eyes were full of malice.

"Master is here to give you money, do you understand the money giver?"

He took out a money bag, weighed it, and the sound of coins colliding sounded. The tall man squinted his eyes and listened to the sound of coins colliding, as if he heard the most beautiful music in the world.

He smiled and gave the money bag to the young man.

"Hey, money, you don't even want money, are you stupid?"

"Seeing that this place is about to be renovated, you need money to buy a new house. I'll send you money. It's just right for you to buy a new house."

The man squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "It means that the uncle is kind and willing to lend you money. Why don't you accept my kindness? Isn't this throwing my kindness on the ground?"

The boy gritted his teeth and said, "Get lost! I would rather die than borrow your money!"

The man let out a yow, and a vicious light shot out of his eyes.

"Just say that your child is ignorant, come on, let me 'reason' with your mother, your mother is in the house, right, come on—"

As he walked forward, he winked at the dozen or so big guys behind him, and those people continued to smash.

The wooden fence around the yard, some labor tools in the yard, and earthen pots were all smashed by them.

"What are you doing? What are you doing! Don't touch my mother!"

The boy's eyes were red with anxiety, and he rushed forward to stop the tall man, but was pushed hard by the man, staggered backwards, almost fell down.

A hand stretched out from behind and pressed his shoulder, which prevented him from falling to the ground.

"What are you doing?"

A clear female voice sounded, and the female knight who came out of the house appeared in front of everyone.

The man was stunned for a moment, and stopped in fear to break into the house.

"Hey, isn't this Master Fataya? What are you doing in such a poor place?"

"you know me?"

"Where is it, you, a female knight who has become the head of the gate guard at a young age, who would not know about it?"

The man smiled and said that although he was a little apprehensive, he was obviously confident.

"Today, the master asked us to do something. Who would have bumped into you here... Oh, by the way, we are from Kabeqian."

The female knight frowned.

"I'm here on some errands and I'll be leaving soon," she said.

"That's it, then my brothers and I will not bother you with your business now."

After saying this, the man simply turned around and left.

The chief guard of the city gate is here. Although he has someone behind him and is not afraid of her, it is not appropriate to make a scene. After all, it is a felony for civilians to hurt nobles.He just wanted to come back later, and he wasn't in a hurry, anyway, the family was desperate.

He went to another house first, and asked that house to lend the money.

Tsk tsk, why are these untouchables so disobedient, and you have to let him bring people to fight and kill, how ugly, just borrow this money if you are honest and obedient, and you have to let him go every once in a while run -

While complaining in his heart, the man led the man away.

Garlan, who was on the side, was a little bewildered watching this play. Those vicious people over there insisted on giving money to the young man, and the young man refused to live or die.

It feels like one wants to borrow money by force, and the other refuses to borrow money.

What the hell is this?

"Are they...are they going to lend you money?"

Garland asked.

The young man was staring blankly at the backs of the group of people leaving, but he became excited again when Garlan asked him this question.

"I won't borrow it! Even if I am beaten to death here! I will never borrow a penny from those villains!"

He gritted his teeth.

After speaking so harshly, he slumped to the ground, holding his head in his hands, looking dazed and helpless.

"I'm sorry... I'm really sorry..."

He murmured an apology, his eyes turning red.

"I will go with you, I will go to jail, as long as my mother is fine, she will be fine..."

Fataya frowned and watched the group of thugs leave, and then asked: "Kabei Qianxing, the actual controller behind it is the Chief Director."

The chief minister is the most powerful person in the royal court after the left and right ministers. At the same time, his family is also the in-laws of the previous king, which is very prominent in the royal city.

A low-level noble like her dare not provoke her, how could the untouchables in the slums provoke that money shop?

"How did you mess with Cabe Qianxing?"

The boy who sat on the ground slumped with his head in his arms paused for a while, and then began to speak in a choked tone.

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"Is Garlan still awake?"

Heymos asked, this is the second time he came to Garlan this afternoon.

The maid knelt on the ground and lowered her head and replied, "Yes, Your Highness, Prince Garlan has been sleeping all this time."

Because Garlan had ordered them not to wake themselves up, they just stayed in the courtyard and did not dare to go into the house.

I slept so long, is it because I was too tired from archery in the morning?

Heymos thought so, and glanced across the room again.

The room was quiet, and through the open window, one could vaguely see the bulging blanket on the bed.The child seemed to like to wrap himself in a blanket and nestle on the bed, like a ball.

He shook his head, turned around and planned to leave, and came back at dinner time, when suddenly, a golden figure rushed past his feet like an arrow.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw that the lion cub had already thrown itself on the door, scratching the door with its paws.

Nirga now comes here almost every now and then, and the originally exquisite carved wooden door is scratched by it with paw prints.

Heymos walked over quickly, trying to take away the little guy who disturbed Garlan's rest.Who knows that before he walked over, the little lion heard his footsteps, turned around, howled fiercely at him, then turned around and ran, and jumped directly onto the window next to it. Drilled in from there.

This guy--

Heymos didn't have time to grab it as soon as he reached out, and could only watch helplessly as it jumped up the window, rushed into the room, and then jumped excitedly on the ball on the bed.

Ow!

Just as the little lion whined excitedly, the whole lion suddenly fell down.

The bulging ball on the bed was pressed down by its small body, and the blanket spread out, revealing a large ball of down.

Nega's entire lion jumped into the big ball of feathers, and the feathers that were smashed by it flew all over the room.

The fluffy lion cub sat covered in the pile of feathers with a dazed look on his face, and then sneezed after being stimulated by the thin feathers.

Heymos, who jumped into the room from the window following Little Nega, looked at the empty bed and the room full of feathers, except for Garlan's figure, and his eyes froze.

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In addition to the royal family and nobles, the people of Aaron Landis are divided into three classes.

Commoners, untouchables, slaves.

Commoners own a certain amount of permanent property and usually have small savings. They can do business, learn common characters, and even become grassroots officials and envoys, and are protected by law.

The untouchables are usually from poor families, and it is difficult to maintain daily food and clothing. They do the hardest, most tiring and dirtiest jobs in the city, but earn the lowest wages, and are despised everywhere.

Usually the untouchables congregate in the dirtiest, darkest corners of the city, and the places where they congregate are called slums.They lived an extremely hard life, extremely humble, hard and numb.

But this time, King Kamos gave hope to the untouchables in the royal city.

King Kamos issued an imperial order to renovate the slums in the royal city, transform this messy place into a clean and tidy place, and build houses, roads, and shops on the same scale.

This order instantly exploded in the royal city.

You know, the housing prices in Wangcheng are extremely expensive, it can be said that every inch of land is very expensive.However, the slums are too dirty, so no one has ever thought of that place.

But now that Wang Ling ordered it, everyone knew that after the renovation, the land price and housing price in that place would definitely increase exponentially, even dozens of times.As a result, countless greedy aristocratic officials are ready to move, wanting to act first and take the land there into their own hands.

However, King Kamos was well aware of the greed of some officials and nobles. Therefore, in order to prevent them from secretly using leases and other means to take those lands for themselves, he issued an order that the renovated houses and shops can only be sold, and money must be used. Buy it or don't use it.

At the same time, in order to protect the interests of the original untouchables, he also issued an order that the untouchables living in the slums can buy a small house at a very low price, provided that they must be the untouchables who originally lived here.

This price is really very low. Even the untouchables, most people can afford it. If they can’t afford it, they can borrow a sum of money from the state, buy a house, and then pay it back slowly.

only……

There are policies and measures to counter.

The greedy silverfish of noble officials are always good at finding loopholes in the law.

Don't let us buy it at a low price, right?

Okay, let those untouchables pay for the house first.

By the way, isn't it necessary to buy a house for a sum of money?

Come, come, let me introduce you to a money bank, and you can borrow it.

Mortgage, don't worry, just use your future house as a mortgage.

What?Are you going to take a loan from the state?

No, you can only go to those money banks to borrow.

What?Do you have enough money?Do not borrow?

Don't borrow it!

If you don't borrow my money, I won't let you buy this house, and I will delay you.

What, still unwilling to borrow?

As a result, people come to your door every day to make trouble, smash and hurt people, until you are willing to borrow money.

In short, right or wrong forced you to lend me this money.

Of course, the interest on this loan is terribly high, and it is still compound interest. Even ordinary people who borrow this kind of money may not be able to repay it, let alone poor untouchables.

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With the support of certain forces behind them, the officials who operate these things are colluding and deceiving.

As a result, these secret operations made the noble officials who were behind the scenes full of food, and the transformation of the slums had not even started, and a large number of land and houses had almost fallen into their hands.They hold countless loan notes in their hands. When the time comes, as soon as the untouchables get the house, they will take these notes to press for debts.

Naturally, the untouchables couldn't repay such a high rolling interest. Of course, they could only repay the mortgaged house to them.

After all, it is only natural to pay off debts.

The house is still not enough, what should I do, I can only sell myself to pay off the debt.

It is conceivable that by that time, the vast majority of the untouchables in this slum will not only lose their houses and most of their life savings, but will even become slaves to those noble officials.

It was originally a project that benefited the country and the people, but it became a feast for the greedy noble officials who ate human flesh and drank human blood.