Wolf King

Mr. Xiao En still has this thing of integrity.

Ignoring Xiao Yun's crazy hint, Mr. Xiao En thought seriously for a while before saying: "I have something to finish."

"Just like that?" Hodgson said.

"Exactly." Mr. Xiao En nodded.

Hodgson couldn't hold it back for a while, curiously: "What is so important that you don't hesitate to give up the dignity of the caster?"

The humblest goblin would not think it an honor to be someone else's servant. The so-called deep friendship between the loyal servants of the master is just a joke made up by the superiors to fool others according to their own needs.

At least Vengeance Moon herself can never imagine being a slave to someone.

Mr. Xiao En hesitated for a while, shook his head, and said with an embarrassed wry smile: "I have spent most of my life doing meaningless stupid things. When I found out that I could do less stupid things At this time, my time is running out. I... can't be reconciled."

Raising his finger and pointing out the window, Mr. Xiao En looked directly at the black pupils of Moon of Vengeance, and said very seriously, "I hope towns and cities like Robbins Knights, where most people can support themselves, are all over Cronin. "

Vengeful Moon opened her mouth wide in surprise and disregarding her image.

The knights' collar cannot be said to be rich. There is not a single luxury mansion in the entire knights' collar. Even the knight's mansion is more like a mansion than a farmyard.

The knight collar can’t be said to be very prosperous, most passers-by wear the cheapest linen clothes, and the accessories sold in the busiest section of the road are also quite cheap, mainly made of wood carvings and shells, and there is no jewelry at all. Jade.

But Moon of Vengeance will never think that the knights are poor, the reason is very simple... People walking on the street have a red light on their faces, and there are no beggars in the darkest alley corners.

Prior to this, Moon of Vengeance didn't think deeply about it, and pondered why beggars and vagrants that can be seen everywhere even in the capital could not be seen in such a small town, until he heard Xiao En say the four words of "self-reliance". Only then did he suddenly realize——

Yes, knight collars who are neither rich nor prosperous have unique advantages compared to those big cities with luxurious mansions and streets full of silk and satin: the cost of living in this place is very low, even for ignorant peasant women They can find a job within their ability to earn enough money to live, so that they can live as "decently" as possible.

So why can't other cities do this?

This is the knowledge blind spot of Moon of Revenge... He stared blankly at Sean, unable to react for a long time.

"Valentin's cheapest food is pancakes (pancakes) sold in many shops." Xiao Yun knew that he could not count on Sean, so he stood up and said, "[-]% bran-containing wheat flour, [-]% soybean flour, and [-]% potato flour , when baking in the oven, brush a thin layer of animal fat on the outer layer. A cake weighs six weights and costs two copper coins. The taste is not very good, but it is relatively full, which can make an adult People eat until they are half full."

"If you have money left, you can add a copper coin to buy the cheapest big bone vegetable soup. If you don't have money, you can also use the white water vegetable soup as a gift from the store."

"The minimum living cost for a knight to lead an adult is four copper coins a day. For work, whether it is doing odd jobs on the construction site in the third district or doing odd jobs in the shop, the minimum income is ten copper coins." Xiao Yun looked at The somewhat sluggish Moon of Revenge, wrenched his fingers to give the great magician an account he probably had never heard before, "If it is an ordinary family with two adults and two children, both parents work, and they can eat at the workplace. One meal, plus one meal at your own expense, at least sixteen copper coins can be used to buy food for children."

"In a single-parent family, the mother or father raises two children independently, and the income can at least feed the whole family, and save a few copper coins for emergencies. If the family has the conditions to start the fire by itself, then the food The investment can be less.”

"Give people the opportunity to work so that they can earn money, but at the same time make sure that the money is enough for them to live on, so that people's hearts are stable, and people don't have to worry about where they will have lunch tomorrow. To do this, you must provide Cheap enough for people's livelihood."

"The land in the knight's territory is poor and does not produce food. If it is all purchased from outsiders, the lord's value will not be able to withstand it, so Isaac tried his best to reclaim the arable land and build a plastic greenhouse that can produce all year round. Go to the villages outside the territory to rent fields, and raise pigs to meet the meat consumption and animal fat needs, so as to ensure that the knight leader can support thousands of families and tens of thousands of mouths attached to the knight leader under the most embarrassing conditions."

"This is what we have seen of the knight leader. Although he is not rich but can make people feel better, the lord must work hard."

Halfway through Xiao En's speech, Vengeance Moon's eyes turned to him, and when Xiao Yun finished speaking, Vengeance Moon's eyes were glued to him and could not be picked off...

"This, this—" Hodgson swallowed, subconsciously denying what Mr. Sean said before, "This is impossible, how many Isaac Robbins can there be in this world?"

Xiao Yun and Mr. Xiao En couldn't help but smile at each other.

People who do not have a comprehensive understanding of the world can easily attribute a certain phenomenon to a certain person. This is the hero complex that the public believes in.

Let alone this world, the same is true on Earth...

Naturally, Xiao Yun would not ridicule a local aborigine for his narrow personal heroism. He adopted a more euphemistic way of saying: "Mr. Hodgson can attract people with a relatively low cost of living and a well-earned working environment Retention does not mean success with a wise and wise lord."

Seeing Hodgson's confused face, Xiao Yun looked at Xiao En with a smile.

Sean, an aboriginal magician, has more in common with Hodgson, and knows how to persuade his peers, and throws out the key part with a smile: "The most important condition is... there must not be too many people in the territory of this film." Many people who get something for nothing plunder the fruits of labor, so that the labor output of the people in the territory can truly give back to the people."

Hodgson turned his head to look at Sean, the expression on his face was very strange, there were too many unfamiliar words in these words, even he would need some time to straighten them out; after straightening it out...he was a little stiff up.

"The main income items of the knight collar are firstly the flow of merchants attracted by overseas products, the second is the audience attracted by the Grand Theater every three days, and the third is the flow of people attracted by the ball game. These people enter the knight collar and consume The money paid flows into the pockets of the merchants. The lord collects one tenth of the commercial tax from food stores, and three tenths of the commercial tax from clothing, hotels, taverns, and hotels. These taxes are the wealth of the knights." Mr. Xiao En smiled Dao said, "Put these wealth into construction, hire workers to build territories, open up wasteland, and rent farmland. The process of 'spending money' is the process of building knights, and it is also the process of giving back to the people. After all... If it is not for the people to build wars The stadium, the grand theater, the construction of hotels and restaurants, and the improvement of the pier are impossible to settle the guests who come to the Cavaliers."

Hodgson had a look of novelty on his face. He was relatively poor and frugal, and it was not that he had no economic concepts. Mr. Xiao En explained to him in such a simple and easy-to-understand way that he could not understand; that is, he understood , he is so novel...

"The income from the general's territory should be invested in the construction of the territory as much as possible to form an internal virtuous circle. This can be done in the Robbins Knightland, because there is only one knight lord here. If we say that the knightland will become a town or even a big city in the future, the nobles The number of people who are eligible to share the tax of the territory has increased, so... among other things, can the tax on food stores in this territory still maintain a minimum standard of one-tenth?" Mr. Xiao En said meaningfully.

Hodgson froze for a moment, his mouth slightly opened.

As a great magician, he doesn't even have much respect for the royal family. He must not buy the theory of a certain surname and a certain bloodline that the nobles boast about, and he will not resent the contempt hidden in Mr. Xiao En's words; Just let him feel that the world view has been refreshed crazily... For the territory, the nobleman is not only a noble existence, but a parasite or something like that? !

"As the tax on food stores rises, merchants will inevitably pass the cost on to consumers, so the cheapest pancakes, which can be filled with two copper coins, will inevitably increase in price... The increase in the minimum cost of living, even if it is only one copper coin, will affect the public. The pressure has also doubled." Mr. Xiao En said with a smile, "Not only that, but as the number of people who have the power to share the tax revenue of the knights increases, the tax money that could have been invested in the operation of the territory will inevitably decrease. After all, who wants to take their own How about using the money to build public areas belonging to the territory? Construction projects have decreased, people can no longer easily find jobs to make ends meet, income has decreased, and the cost of living has increased..."

Sighing, Mr. Xiao En shook his head and said, "Don't talk about hoping that more cities can be like this, the current vigor of the Cavaliers may not last for many years."

Hodgson was dumbfounded.

If it was said that he only felt that Mr. Xiao En's "wish" was a bit whimsical just now, after hearing what Xiao En said now, he only felt that it was simply despair...

"...Since you are so clear, why are you willing to have such an idea even if you become an undead?!" Hodgson was very puzzled.

"It is precisely because this is impossible to do, so I am not willing to sleep forever." Mr. Xiao En smiled calmly, "If it is something that can be easily achieved, how can it be worth fighting for? "

Things that are not challenging enough are not enough to attract spellcasters!

This group is so proud~!

Hodgson stared at Sean silently for a long time.

They are the same batch of spellcasters who entered the ivory tower. Although they have no friendship with each other, they are not ignorant of each other; Although he failed to assist King Cronin in reforming, Hodgson knew what kind of person the end of illusion was.

Sean, who sat in front of him and spoke out his inner desires calmly, reminded Hodgson of those "J".

Moon of Vengeance has dealt with "J", but he doesn't think "J" can succeed... Although it is a good ideal, even Melville failed, far inferior to Melville How can the "J" of Weir be made?

But now... just hearing what Sean said, Hodgson couldn't help but feel that compared to "J", the end of the illusion is far more reliable—trying to unite with the nobles but being used by the nobles "J", and Sean, who can clearly see the ills of human city rule, the latter is undoubtedly very convincing.

As a survivor of Moon City, Hodgson does not have feelings for a specific country like Sean, but Sean's ideas are attractive to him. He is curious that Sean, who is wiser than "J", can What achievements have been made, nodded and said: "...I agree to your request, but there is a condition."

Xiao En looked at Xiao Yun, Xiao Yun hurriedly agreed.Mr. Xiao En has the value of forcibly "extending his life" at the expense of blood, and Xiao Yun will not play tricks in this regard.

Hodgson did not accidentally make the decision. Xiao Yun, his particularly deep black pupils stayed on Xiao Yun for a moment, and stated his conditions.

Not long after, there were gaffes and exclamations in the living room one after another: "What? 'J' is with you all?!"

"'J' training on the prairie?!"

"People from 'J' are doing business in the Federation?!"

Xiao Yun silently stared at the unstoppable Moon of Revenge with a kind of egg-crushing eyes, so he said... When you have no money to make, you just stay at home and play by yourself...

Hodgson no longer forcibly concealed his curiosity towards Xiao Yun, and stared at him with extremely deep black pupils.

"Mr. Hodgson?" Xiao Yun hurriedly passed on the topic.

Moon of Revenge quickly looked away.

Xiao Yun has no expression on his face, you bastard old man is hesitant to speak!

Afterwards, Mr. Xiao En told Xiao Yun about the origin of Moon of Vengeance and the situation in Moon City in private, and Xiao Yun finally understood what was going on with that guy's deep eyes...

Isaac didn't come back sweating profusely until the wee hours of the morning.

After returning home and closing the courtyard door, Isaac was about to take a bath and catch up on sleep. When he passed by the living room, he found that there was a light on inside.

"Mr. Sean hasn't slept yet?" Sean is the only person who needs a light in the Knight's Mansion. Isaac wondered what made Mr. Sean stay up so late, so he was going to have a look.

Before he approached, the door of the living room was pushed open from the inside, and two energetic casters came out one after the other...

"I need to go back and prepare some materials. If there is no accident, I will be back in thirty hours." The strange caster said to Mr. Sean while putting on his cloak.

"Then I will trouble you." Mr. Xiao En said with a smile.

The caster, who had never seen it before, seemed to be quite vigorous and decisive. He nodded to Mr. Xiao En and strode out. He didn't even give Isaac a look when he passed by.

"This, this is...?" Isaac pointed to the stranger who walked out of the yard in a blink of an eye.

"Moon of Vengeance, Webb Hodgson." Mr. Xiao En said.

"The Moon of Vengeance?!" Isaac, who was a little sleepy, woke up immediately.

"I have to go to rest, I'm so exhausted..." Mr. Sean squeezed his sore shoulders and walked to the other side of the corridor, "By the way, Isaac, Ayun fell asleep. In the living room, you Go back to your room."

"When did the Moon of Vengeance come?!" Isaac was confused.

Mr. Xiao En didn't have the energy to explain to him: "You ask Ah Yun yourself tomorrow."

"Wait, Mr. Sean, since the Moon of Vengeance is here, don't you...?" Isaac hurriedly chased after him.

Mr. Xiao En smiled, as if talking about other people's affairs: "Yes, I am going to die."

Isaac: "..."