My Wife Is Great Fief Lord

Chapter 24 Seafood that cannot be sold

It is estimated that due to the quickness of the village head, the number of people in the village gradually increased. They were all villagers in this village, and there were relatively few young and middle-aged people. At this time Duan should have all gone to work. The people who appeared at the entrance of the village were basically the elderly and children. When they reached the entrance of the village, they all knelt down in front of Gervais one after another and greeted them. Gervais, who was far away, asked two guards to support them, so that their legs and feet would be inconvenient, and they had to kneel to greet him.

The mountain village was not very big. After only six or seven minutes, the village chief who went to call someone ran back. Although he was gasping for breath, his legs and feet were still sharp. He came to Gervais and bent over and said. : “fief lord, everyone in the village has called, and some have already gone to the fields to farm, should I call them in the past now!”

“No need.” Gervais shook his head, Indicates no need, looking at the more than 100 large and small serfs in front of them, they are basically all tattered clothes, the little children are barefoot, and some children have withered hair, pale faces, and their shirtless upper body can see the chest The ribs are particularly prominent, apparently the result of chronic malnutrition.

“You talk to them first!” Gervais motioned to the guard who was in charge of the shouting all the way to repeat the words that were shouted all the way.

“Yes, Lord Baron!” The guard immediately stepped forward and loudly shouted to the villagers: “Did you see this person? Benny’s subordinate, the first thing Gervais fief lord came here, It is to punish Benny and his subordinates and uphold justice for you! But Benny is too cunning, Lord Baron has fled in fear of the crime before he arrives, and only two of his subordinates have been caught. This is one of them, and the other has already Ordered by the Gervais fief lord to hang on the town square”

“The grace of God has enveloped you! The Gervais fief lord will protect you in the future!”

“The Lord Gervais also issued There is a reward, if anyone finds or catches Benny, they can go to the castle to receive a reward of 1 Silver Coin.”

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“It’s really the Captain of the guard. My subordinate, I remember him, he stole a rabbit from my family when the tax collection was paid.”

“Should have died…that girl was only 16 years old, and they spoiled it…”

“Fief lord is wise…”

Immediately, those serfs started talking at once. They were all poor serfs who had been oppressed by Benny. I will not see the three of Benny being punished, but the fief lord will arrest them as soon as he takes office.

“Fief lord is wise! Many thanks to fief lord for protection!” The person who can become the village chief is obviously not an unworldly person. on the ground. Seeing this, other villagers followed suit and fell to the ground.

“Fief lord is wise, many thanks to fief lord for protection.” Immediately, almost all of the people from the village fell to their knees, except for a few elderly people with weak legs and feet, and only some children who were not familiar with the world. Still standing, he was immediately pushed to the ground by the adults beside him.

“Get up, now this is my territory. As my serfs, I will naturally shelter you. You just need to work hard and pay your taxes on time!” Gervais spent so much effort today , using the carry to bring Benny’s subordinates here, it was originally for the sake of mercy, and now I feel the effect has been received, and I am very satisfied to call everyone up.

Although some people may not really appreciate it, as long as there is such an atmosphere, then Gervais’ prestige in this territory will increase, instead of seeing him as a weakened aura Covered, trembling all over.

“Thank you, fief lord!” Some elderly serfs were already in tears. They lived all their lives, and some even lived here when Viscount Marjore was still alive. labor.

It can be said that it will be buried in the loess in a few years, but I have never seen a lord like Gervais who really does something for them as soon as he takes office.

“Okay, next, I have something to ask you guys!” Gervais saw that some old farmers had already shed tears, and some were sorry, although he had thought about it before taking office, he really wanted to clean up the Rubenny. He’s such a vicious guy, but today it’s also a show, so it’s still a little embarrassing.

“The village chief, I want to ask, do you know what’s in this pot?”

Gervais pointed to the steaming pot on the ground and asked.

Of course the old village chief knew what the pot was used for. Because of hunger, some children in the village often went to the beach to pick up some shells, crabs and other things to cook and eat at the entrance of the village, except when it was windy. It rains, basically every day.

But now it was the fief lord who asked about it. The village chief could not have acted carelessly, so the old village chief quickly walked to the clay pot and looked inside. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, he saluted and replied: ” fief lord, the things in this pot are all picked up by the children in the village from the seaside!”

“Oh, I know this, I want to ask, what is this thing called, and how many seasides are there? ‘ said Gervais, holding up the shelled oyster.

“Go back to fief lord, this… this shell has no name. There are a lot of them, but they are not full. The villagers will occasionally ask the children to pick up some and eat them as food!” The old village chief I don’t know why Gervais is interested in this common shell. This thing is extremely abundant on the reefs by the sea, but there is very little meat and it is not full. Most of the villagers eat it as a dish.

And because the villagers are busy farming, this thing is basically called children to go to the beach to pick it up.

“No name yet? Well, I just took a bite and it tasted pretty good. Since I don’t have a name, let’s call it oysters!” Gervais was a little surprised that oysters don’t have a name in this world. , You must know that in his previous life, raw oysters were a must for every barbecue stall.

Because raw oysters not only taste delicious, but also have powerful effects, both men, women and children like it. Men eat it to nourish the body, women eat it for beauty, and the price is still low. A must-try dish.

But after thinking about it, Gervais is relieved, this world is low in productivity, people are fortunately working hard, and they can’t even get enough to eat. Of course, they don’t have time to pay attention to these things.

It’s just an occasional dish, no matter if you’re big or small, just call it a shell.

In Gervais’ past life, he often saw a kind of post on the Internet about hairy crabs. In the beginning, hairy crabs had a similar fate to oysters in this world. In the poverty era, food was scarce, many people were hungry, and some people had to catch hairy crabs to satisfy their hunger.

However, with the improvement of living standards, people no longer have to worry about starvation. On the contrary, the hairy crabs, which were often eaten only by the poor in the past, have become something that the poor cannot afford.

“What do people in your village usually live on?” Gervais continued.

“Fief lord, farming, everyone in our village is working hard!” The village chief quickly replied.

“Is there no one doing other jobs? For example, catching fish or shells from the sea and selling them?” Gervais was a little speechless. No one has any idea about the sea.

Although I don’t know how big the sea in this world is, since it is the sea, in this feudal era, without any machinery, the sea is simply an inexhaustible solution. Exhausted, an inexhaustible treasure trove.

“No, fief lord, the villagers are working hard to cultivate crops!” The old village chief shook his head like a rattle.

After finishing speaking, he looked at Gervais again, and then carefully said: “Actually, when Viscount Marjore was still there, someone went to the sea to catch fish and sell them, as the adults said. There are few people who do this, and they can still make a living by selling fish, but later some people saw that it was easier to catch and sell fish than to farm, and they all learned to do it. In the end, the more fish they sold, the cheaper they could make money. Those people When it came time to pay the tax, they couldn’t even pay the tax, everyone was given 20 lashes by the fief lord, and then Viscount Marjore ordered that fishing and selling are not allowed!”

so that’s how it is, Gervais nodded, but he didn’t understand a bit, so he asked: “When Viscount Marjoel was still there, the population should be large? How can the price get cheaper? Even if Viscount Marjore is cheap, you can go to other lords. It’s a territorial sale.”

Gervais can’t figure it out, price wars can only happen in one situation, that is, when the market is saturated, merchants will think about lowering prices to increase sales.

According to the population at that time, even if the whole village did this kind of business, it should not cause the market to be saturated.

“Sir, there were a lot of people at that time, but sea fish is only easy to sell when it’s fresh. If you take it too far, it will stink. No one wants it for nothing.” The village chief replied cautiously .

“Ka…” Gervais was a little embarrassed, indeed, he forgot a very important message, this world has no effective means to maintain the freshness of fresh food.

Even the ice cubes can only be enjoyed by the great nobles except in the winter season, because the great nobles have the financial resources to build ice cellars. In winter, the great nobles put the ice cubes underground In the ice cellar, there is no need to worry that there will be no ice cubes to use after the temperature rises.

But even the great nobles use ice cubes in other seasons.

As you can imagine, there are things that even minor nobles basically don’t have, and the common people are even more impossible to have. Without ice cubes, it is impossible to keep the freshness of the fish, and even if they are sold, they can only be sold in the villages and towns in the vicinity. Wandering around, it is no wonder that the market will be saturated. There are only so many people who buy, and more and more people are selling. There is no other way but to cut prices.

(End of this chapter)