My Wife Is Great Fief Lord

Chapter 25 Bravery and Sincerity

Actually, when Gervais saw seafood such as oysters, his first thought was that the villagers were reckless waste of natural resources, guarding such a big sea Not wanting to find a way to survive, instead, he stubbornly fought in the land.

If seafood can be sold outside the territory, it is definitely better than obediently and honestly farming, and the money will come faster.

Gervais has even begun to contemplate whether to involve the entire village in his grand plan for the seafood trade.

However, this plan was ruthlessly smashed before it was planned.

After knowing that seafood transportation was restricted, Gervais was like being poured a basin of cold water. In the weather like today, even if it was a live fish when it was caught, it would be covered in the car for two or three times. After an hour of exposure to the sun, it will turn into rotten fish and rotten shrimp.

Unless there is ice, but it is impossible, this season, the price of ice is dozens of times more expensive than live fish, and he has no hole in his head. It seems that I can only find a way to see if it can be made into aquatic products such as salted fish and dried fish.

“Cough…cough…So that’s the case, then you are farming in the fields, and after paying taxes throughout the year, can you ensure that your family is full?” Gervais was not paying attention to seafood at the moment, and began to ask other questions.

The village chief was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer for a while. He must not be full, otherwise those little children would not be malnourished, and they would cook seafood every day.

But if they don’t have enough to eat, it means that the count is exploiting them. After all, before Gervais took office, their territory was also managed by the Jones family.

But if they lied and said they had enough to eat, then if the fief lord had to increase taxes, then they would all starve to death, not only the village chief looked embarrassed, but the other serfs also showed nervous expressions. .

Except for Gervais, no noble lord would ever ask such a question to a serf.

“Fief lord, I can’t get enough to eat, I’m hungry every day!” Just when the crowd fell silent, suddenly, a child in the crowd shouted, he was not tall, only four or five years old He looked like he was, but the shout was so loud that everyone present could hear it.

The mother next to the child was startled, and quickly pulled the talking child, then covered his mouth with a look of horror on his face.

“There are a lot of fief lords, and the little child is ignorant, please forgive me!” The old village chief was also frightened, and hurriedly knelt to the ground.

Gervais ignored the village chief and moved towards the boy.

“Sir, I beg you, the little child is ignorant, please forgive his offense!” The child’s mother saw that Gervais looked bad and ignored the pleading village chief, scared to the point of shivering.

But Gervais just walked up to her and hugged the child, the mother didn’t dare to resist, and easily let Gervais take the child away.

Because she knew that if Gervais disobeyed Gervais, Gervais would get angry, not only the child, but also her family would suffer.

Everyone present thought that Gervais was going to punish the child.

To these serfs, the nobles are inviolable, including the slightest offense, they all thought that Gervais was offended by the words of the child, who offended the count and offended Gervais.

Gervais looked at the child he was holding in his arms. The child was wearing a pair of tattered linen shorts, with a bare upper body and protruding ribs on his chest.

“You’re a brave kid, a kid who dares to tell the truth!”

Gervais praised the kid.

As soon as Gervais spoke, everyone was stunned, including Gervais’ guards, who just thought Gervais was angry.

After all, although he is a child, his words have the meaning of complaining about the nobles. In this world, nobles are taboos for serfs. Anyone who dares to belittle the nobles in private, no matter which nobles know about them. , that person will definitely be hanged by the nobles and hanged.

even more how Lord Gervais is also Lord Count’s husband.

“I said, this kid is very brave! Dare to tell the truth!” Seeing everyone in a daze, Gervais spoke again loudly to the audience, his voice increasing significantly.

“In order to praise him, I will reward him with 20 Copper Coins!”

Speaking, Gervais beckoned to Laurie behind him, Laurie immediately stepped forward, took out his pocket He took out the Copper Coin and handed it to Gervais.

Gervais took the copper plate and placed it in the child’s palm. The child stopped crying and struggling when he saw Gervais put the copper plate in the palm of his hand.

Curiously grabbing the copper plate, looking left and right, I like it very much.

The copper plate is not big, and there are strange patterns printed on it. The little child finds it quite fun to hold the Silver Coin, but the serfs present understand the value of 20 copper plates. Two or three copper coins are an adult’s wages for a day. Now, just because the little child tells the truth, he gets 20 coins.

All the serfs looked at the child with admiration, especially the child. The child’s mother, after reacting, was already crying with joy.

“Thank you fief lord for the reward!” At this time, the village chief kept his sanity, and immediately knelt down to thank Gervais.

“Get up, both of you!” Gervais put the child on the ground, the child took the copper coins that Gervais rewarded, and quickly returned to his mother’s side, holding the copper plate to himself as if offering a treasure. in front of mother.

After hearing that Gervais asked them to stand up, the village chief stood up first, but the mother kowtowed to Gervais first and said to Gervais with a choked voice: “Thank you fief lord for the reward!”

After he finished speaking, he supported the child tied behind his back with one hand and stood up.

Gervais smiled and nodded to the child’s mother, then looked away and said to everyone, “As long as you work hard, I believe your life will get better and better under my leadership! “

“Yes, fief lord, we must work hard to cultivate.”

After listening to Gervais’ words, although everyone thought in their hearts, we have not been lazy in our work, but still Not enough to eat, but still answered Gervais in unison.

“Very well, then I’ll be leaving today! You work hard, believe me, I will make your life better and better!” Of course Gervais knew that these serfs would definitely not be lazy, Because daring to be lazy means you will starve to death when the time comes.

Also they don’t care about their own words, but time will prove everything. If life really gets better in the future, they will think that this is the credit of Lord Gervais.

“Fief lord, walk slowly!” Seeing that Gervais was already on his horse, the village chief greeted him immediately.

“Well, by the way, what’s your name, the village chief?” Gervais, who was sitting on the horse, suddenly thought that he didn’t know the name of the village chief.

“fief lord, my name is Afri Hoe.”

Gervais wanted to laugh a little, but was afraid of damaging his stalwart image, so he raised his head slightly and looked towards the sky. The literacy rate in this world is very low, and only nobles can make their surnames look good and sound.

The serfs, because they have no culture and are worried that some surnames will conflict with the surnames of the nobles, use things they can see everyday as their surnames. For example, the surname of the village chief’s hoe is very serf. In addition to this hoe, there are hammers, iron rods, stones and even cow dung. The way of taking this surname is completely random, as long as there is no overlap within the scope of activity.

“Oh, that Avery, you’ll have someone go to the beach to pick up some oysters later and send them to my castle.” Gervais suddenly remembered oysters, so he said to Avery.

“Follow your orders, fief lord!” The village chief responded quickly.

“Fief lord walk slowly…”

After letting Laurie leave ten more coins, Gervais rode away with bodyguards and turned away, gathering the serfs at the entrance of the village. Say goodbye quickly.

After Gervais walked away, everyone looked at the boy who had just been hugged by Gervais, and the most important thing was to look at the copper plates in his hand.

The boy’s mother saw everyone’s eyes, hurriedly grabbed the copper plate from the child’s hand, and held it tightly in his hand, fearing that the copper plate would slip away, and stared at those who looked at him with fierce eyes. eyes.

Other people withdrew their eyes when they saw that the copper plate was taken away by the boy mother and her fierce gaze.

The adults with children looked at the boy and their own child beside them. Suddenly, they got angry and twisted their ears.

“Wow…wow…wow…” Across the distance, Gervais suddenly heard cries from behind, and there were still many children’s cries, so he couldn’t help but turn his head back to take a look. , but too far away, only a little silhouette can be seen dispersing, and nothing else can be seen clearly.

“???” Gervais is a little weird, I don’t know why. But gradually he got farther and farther from the mountain village, so he turned his head and concentrated on horseback riding.

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(End of this chapter)