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Chapter 48
Because he was worried that some tea trees on the road could not bear the bumps and died, so that he could not deliver enough tea trees, Hood deliberately brought back some tea trees. Fortunately, most of the tea trees survived, so Ella finally harvested nearly 120 potsTea Tree Potted Plant.
But unfortunately, Hood didn't stay in Tibia because he was in a hurry to come back to complete the deal, and naturally he didn't find the new plant Ella wanted.
Hood has always been thinking about the reward Ella promised. If it weren't for some sudden incidents in his home that forced him to come back early to deal with housework, he would have stayed in Tibia long enough to explore the plants there., as long as he finds a new plant that Her Royal Highness wants, he will send it.
But Hood had already decided to go to Tibia after the matter was settled, and he had a hunch that there was something Her Royal Highness wanted there.
Ella settled the fee in one go as agreed, and of course she also bought the extra tea trees at the original price.
"The previous agreement is still valid. As long as you can find the plant I want, I will pay. Of course, if someone finds it before you, I can only express my regret."
"Generous princess, I will do my best to find those plants for you!"
Businessman receiving money with a smile on his face.
In fact, he was a little worried when he came to deliver the goods. Although he signed a contract with Her Royal Highness, the reputation of the nobles is really not very good with him.
A businessman like him who sells plants and flowers often deals with nobles. He knows that the reputation of nobles cannot be guaranteed by a single contract. There will often be situations where noble buyers suddenly retort and lower the price after delivery.Of course, it is very difficult for a small businessman like him to have the opportunity to meet those nobles in person, and most of the people who come into contact with him are their stewards who work for them, so it is not clear whether the nobles and wives reneged on lowering prices.
But the steward said that the aristocrats were not satisfied with the price and gave him less, so would he really dare to go to the aristocrats to argue?
It's good not to be whipped out.
So a guest like Ella is rare.
Moreover, although the remuneration given by Ella is lower than the market price, it is similar to the price that Hood sold to flower merchants in bulk in the past, and the remuneration he can get is even lower when he meets a merchant who bargains hard, not to mention the extra tea treesElla also bought it at the original price, which saved him the effort of taking it away and selling it.
Ella frowned and smiled, "Then I'll leave it to you."
After sending the businessman away, Ella asked the gardeners to take care of these potted plants. The tea tree is not in good condition at the moment, so Ella asked the gardeners to raise them for a few days, and then notify her when the situation improves.
At the same time, she also asked the maid to tell the gardener that if they don't know how to take care of these tea trees, they can ask the trainee priests in charge of planting in the temple.
The trainee priests mentioned here are not real priests.
Except for some of the trainee priests in the temple who would abide by the dogma and remain unmarried for life and then climb up from a low position to become real priests, most of the other trainee priests could not actually be regarded as real priests.
They are ordinary civilians recruited when the temple needs someone to do some complicated work that slaves cannot do. Therefore, most of the trainee priests in this part are craftsmen. These people become temporary trainee priests after being bathed in holy water.After work, they will leave the temple and return to the identity of ordinary people, just like the nobles will enter the temple to participate in sacrifices in the same way, so these trainee priests themselves do not need to abide by the priest's dogma, they can marry and have childrenof.
"By the way, Ariana." Ella suddenly remembered something: "I remember that your family is all ordinary civilians, right?"
The two little maids who were named nodded and said, "Yes, Your Highness."
The families of Ali and Ona are both civilians, but the conditions in their families are quite good. What’s interesting is that Ali’s family is a goldsmith who makes jewelry, while Ona’s father is a jeweler, although their craftsmanship is not good.To be able to be seen by the royal family to work in the palace, but it is also very good outside, so they can be sent to the palace to work as maids.
"Today it is confirmed that palm fruit can be used to extract oil. If your family has the conditions, you can stock up some palm fruit and use it to extract oil. It should be able to sell for a good price. Of course, if your family has ideas, you can also do it.This business."
When Ella went to find Lucis yesterday, because she went to the place where Lucis worked, she didn't let the maids go in with her, and they were also absent this morning, and Ella forgot to mention it when she came back, so she wentSo far the maids are not aware of the news.
When Ella said that palm fruit can extract oil, they were really surprised at first, but when they thought that this was what the princess said, they must be able to extract oil.
As for the current price of palm fruit and the price of oil, even if they don’t know, they know that there is a lot of money in it. Buying a batch before the price of palm fruit rises and then pressing the oil and selling it will definitely pay off.Get a good price.
Not only the two little maids, but even Tetis was planning to pass the news back home. Her family said she was a nobleman, but she was just a little nobleman with a noble title. Her family background was average, and she didn't want to miss the opportunity to help the family..
Not only the maid, Ella also asked Tetis to remind Norris and the others, and even their acquaintances.If the news spreads earlier, everyone will benefit from it.
However, this situation should only be temporary. When a large amount of palm oil appears and the market is too saturated, the price of palm oil will inevitably not rise. At that time, the price of palm fruit will also fall, but it will always be worse than it is now.The situation is much better when no one picks them, and the common people can also earn more.
Things are just as Ella thought, the news that palm fruit can be extracted for oil has not been concealed for long, and in fact no one has concealed it. The ministers who got accurate information from Lucis also have the idea of taking this opportunity to make money, and theyNot just hoarding palm fruit, but sending people to buy a palm fruit grove immediately. The existing mature fruits are directly picked and sent to oil extraction, and the unripe fruits are also sent to oil extraction after they are ripe.
In short, if you start now, you won't lose money no matter how you look at it.
The news from the merchants is the most well-informed. The nobles at the upper level began to buy large quantities of palm fruit and even fruit forests. Although they didn’t know why, it didn’t prevent them from buying together. The price of palm fruit in BoimanIt has been greatly improved, and even some are in short supply. With the first batch of palm oil on the market, this kind of oil squeezed from palm fruit is familiar to people. At the same time, its price is very close to the people.Gritting your teeth can also buy some improvements in food.
With the release of palm oil, another pottery product called oil lamps quietly appeared in pottery shops.
At the beginning, these small oil lamps did not attract people's attention, but when the sellers poured new palm fruit oil into the oil lamps, and then put an unknown weed grass stalk that can be seen everywhere in the wild - now it isThe dim interior is illuminated by orange lights. Although the flames are weak, they are more stable than torches and braziers. The most important thing is, save some, a lamp oil can last for a long time.It is the perfect lighting tool.
With the price of palm oil getting lower and lower, oil lamps have entered every household and become a must-have thing in the home. Since then, there are no longer only smoky bonfires at night, but orange flames illuminate thousands of homeshousehold.
Along with the oil lamp, as Ayla who is rumored to have invented the oil lamp, the name of this exotic princess is also truly remembered by the Sathyas.
For the rich, expensive candles are their first choice compared to oil lamps.
Whether it is beeswax candles, tallow candles or suet candles, the cost is unaffordable for ordinary people, but for rich people, the more expensive and rare things can show their status and decency, especially this is the lighting used by their most honorable majesty the king, this alone is enough for many people to be excited about it, not to mention that candles are really easy to use.
Of course, the business opportunities contained in it cannot be ignored. Not long after candles appeared, shops and merchants selling candles appeared one after another all over the country. Because Ella didn't mind other people selling candles, Lucis didn't order to stop it.However, the expensiveness of candles lies in their cost. In the case of being easily imitated, the profit of candles is actually not as high as imagined.
If Ella was going to make money out of this, she could have sold more profitable and unique scented candles.
As for the things that are talked about by the outside world, Ella actually doesn't pay attention to them. There are too many things that she needs to be busy with.
Lucis sent a group of stewards to Ella to help her take care of the ranch, and Ella handed over everyone to Harnett.
When Harnett brought people here, he also brought Ella's cattle and plow carts, together with the plow carts made by the craftsmen working overtime and a new batch of nose-ringed cattle from the cattle farm,The land of the ranch has already been reclaimed, and although there is no need to repair fences on the ranch, some ditches need to be dug, so there is a slight shortage of manpower, so for the time being, we can only wait for the reclamation to be completed before digging ditches.
In addition to the wheat and barley that were planned to be planted on this land, Ella set aside a piece of land to plant cotton, sugar cane and those unknown seeds after obtaining the consent of Lucis.
The only thing she keeps is beet seeds. Beet is a cool-loving plant, which is not suitable for Sathya’s climate. There is a high probability that it will not grow here. Although it is a pity, in the case of sugarcane, can beet be able toPlanting is not so important.
Some of these seeds were bought at the grain store when went to the market with Lucis last time, and some of them were collected for her by the owner of the grain store. Although there are many seeds that are not sure what they are, butFor the sake of several known seeds, Ella bought them all.
In addition, peppers and tomatoes have shown signs of maturity recently, and the fruits can be picked to collect seeds in the near future. Unfortunately, the current climate is not suitable for planting these two crops, so the seeds can only be stored for the time being and wait until the appropriate month.sowing.
These things are actually best planted in her own land, but the land on Tanis’ side has been planned long ago, there is no extra place to plant these, and most of these seeds are strange seeds that Ella does not know, although Ella kept a few seeds of each kind and planted them in the palace, she still felt that it would be more convenient to plant them near Boiman. At least if any poisonous plants or invasive species were mixed in, she could deal with them immediately.Lose.
Lucis just wanted to see if she could really grow more wheat and barley in the flood season than in the plowing season, and didn't care how much land she used.agreed.
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It was the flood season when the entire Sathya stopped farming, but on the outskirts of Boiman, there were a group of people plowing the land in full swing.
The sun in July is very hot. This is the hottest month of the year. Even the rising river cannot reduce the heat. All the working slaves are sweating and steaming.
But no one stopped working and was lazy. The work now is actually very easy. They just hold the plow cart and direct the oxen to plow the field.to the hottest part of the day.
Near noon, the sound of knocking wooden basins came from the earthen house in the pasture, which notified them that dinner was ready.
The slaves untied the plow carts from the cattle, sent the plow carts back to the earthen house for storage, sent the cattle back to the cowshed to rest, and went to the stream on the other side to wash off the dirt on their bodies. Then they took their own tableware and went to line up in front of the shed.Feed.
Everyone waited eagerly for their turn. The woman in charge of cooking scooped out a bowl of soft chickpeas stewed with palm oil with a long wooden spoon. The slave walked aside with the chickpeas,Take away from the box a fist-sized food that is said to be called "steamed buns". This kind of food called "steamed buns" is made of the same material as black bread, which is made of wheat bran mixed with flour, but it looks nothing like it.It is not dark, and it tastes softer and fuller than bread. All the slaves who have eaten it always think that steamed buns are better than bread. Some even secretly look at how the women in the kitchen make these steamed buns, wanting to learn.
However, the women who work in the kitchen are also slaves of Maidena Village. After they learned how to make steamed buns, they also want to make steamed buns at home in the future, because steamed buns save more firewood than bread, but the old noodles for fermentation need to be raisedIt can be used after a period of time. Although Harnett, the steward, does not care about making them after they learn how to do it, the old noodles used in the kitchen are not allowed to be taken away without permission, so no one has been able to make it at home.
But for the slaves, it was the meals they had in the last few days that shocked them even more.
As slaves, they will not be paid for working for His Majesty. They can only get barely enough food from the steward to survive every day. However, the group of slaves who originally worked on the ranch originally had nothing but food, because the steward was kind to them.They can often get some expired milk and goat’s milk, and as slaves they don’t need to serve corvee, so their life is not worse than that of ordinary people, not to mention some craftsmen, although they don’t get paid by their masters, they areI can use my craft to exchange food with other people, so my life is not bad.
But they didn’t have as much food as they do now. In the past, they could get at most two bowls of chickpea soup boiled with water for a day of work. The amount of beans was less than half of the current bowl of beans, and there was noThere is oil and water, not to mention they can get another delicious steamed bun.
And in addition to lunch one day, there is also a dinner after work in the evening. Occasionally, some meat residue can be found in the bean soup.
Although there is no pay, the food for this day is already higher than the pay for many civilian jobs.
This is a treatment that has never been seen before. All slaves cherish it very much and wish to use more labor to repay this treatment.
But the fact is that because the weather is too hot, they will be allowed to rest in the shed next to the kitchen, which was originally a sheep pen and now a temporary resting place, during the day after lunch.
This kind of treatment not only shocked the slaves, but also envied the tenants in Maidena Village. After knowing the treatment the slaves received, they wished they could replace them themselves.Limited, these tenants have not yet worked, so they will not receive such treatment for the time being.
The stewards dispatched by Lucis to Ayla had some opinions on this, thinking that slaves should not be treated so well, which was a waste of royal food.
At the same time, they had even more dissatisfaction with Harnett. This civilian steward, who was not even qualified to sit on an equal footing with them in the past, has now become their boss. This is undoubtedly unacceptable to several noble-born stewards, butThe order was issued by His Majesty, and Harnett is the future Queen's man, no matter how aggrieved they felt, they dare not do anything to Harnett on the surface, so after discovering this, several managers have great opinions, MingliSecretly accused Harnett of messing around.
But Harnett dismissed them with only one sentence: "The food for the slaves was arranged by Her Majesty the Princess, and Her Majesty also agreed. If you have any opinions, you can go to your Majesty and His Majesty to respond."
As a steward who was once dismissed, Harnett himself did not get along well with his colleagues at that time because he could not agree with the harshness of other stewards towards slaves and civilians. Now that he has the support of Her Royal Highness, he will not bow his head to these peopleup.
Several stewards choked when they heard this, if they dared to ask His Majesty for advice, why would they stand here and talk to him.
Harnett ignored the eccentric words of those in charge, but at the same time, he also took note of this matter, and mentioned it to her the next time he saw His Highness. He was only here to help Boiman temporarily.He will go back to Tanis. Once he leaves, these people will probably reduce the treatment of the slaves. Although I don't know if the reduced part will enter their own pockets, but this kind of thing has to be prevented..
Harnett had already thought about what he would say next time he saw Ella, but the several stewards didn't know what he wanted to do. Later, they thought that Harnett would not stay here for too long, so they could only bear with it in the end..
In the next few days, Harnett continued to lead the stewards to teach them what to do, and at the same time observed their every move. To be honest, these stewards were sent here, and their abilities are still very strong, but they are allBorn in the nobility, even if they do not have the title of nobility, they think they are nobler than ordinary people. They even look down on Harnett, and of course they look down on these slaves even more. Harnett saw them scolding those slaves more than once.Passing by the steward, the smell of sweat on their bodies smudged them. Judging from their appearance, they didn't whip these slaves, it seemed that it was just because he was around.
After a few times, the slaves knew not to go near them.
Harnett frowned.
When he went to the palace to report to Ella, Harnett told Ella decisively all these things, but he didn't say how the stewards treated him, but said that they had great opinions on the treatment of slaves.
Ella frowned, but she didn't expect that the person sent by Lucis would have such a problem.
It's not that she doesn't know that nobles look down on slaves and civilians. This kind of problem may have occurred in the past, but she told Lucis that she hoped that the people he sent would treat these laborers with a better attitude, but nowIt seems that it is not only a question of whether the attitude is good or not, but the most feared thing is the problem of enriching one's own pockets.
Of course, she would not judge these stewards just based on Harnett's words.
"I'll take care of this, you go back first, don't let them find out."
After Harnett left, Ella looked at Tetis: "Do you think what he said is true?"
Tetis didn't directly make a judgment, but bowed and said: "Your Highness, if you want to know if it is true, you can find out after investigating."
Tetis said that she also knew a lot of people in the palace, so she could help Ella find out about the behavior of these stewards: "Don't worry, Your Highness, they won't find out."
"Then I will trouble you."
After that, Ella called Norris and asked him if there was any suitable person who could help him go to the ranch to observe the situation of those stewards. She told him what Harnett reported.
There are too few people around her, so she can only ask Norris.
Norris did not disappoint her either: "Don't worry, they won't find out."
Both Tetis and Norris are very reliable people. The things that Ella entrusted to them were completed in less than two days.
The results of Tetis' investigation showed that those stewards were indeed as reported by Harnett, because they were born in noble families and did not think highly of common people. Even when they got along with the stewards who were born in common people who they agreed to work with, their attitudes were very arrogant.
Tetis also brought back an unexpected news: "I heard that they got this job because they gave gifts to the adults in charge of the selection."
This was not a special secret, so Tetis found it out easily.
Ella frowned: "Give a gift to the person in charge? Why do you do this? I thought it should be a chore?"
How can being an overseer in the field be as easy as working in the palace?This is scorching hot Sathya, the kind where the outdoor temperature can reach 50 degrees. Most people would not want to work in the fields in such weather, would they?
Especially these people still sound like descendants of nobles who look down on civilians and slaves and don't want to get in touch with them.
Tetis shook her head and said, "If you are working under other people, it is indeed a hard job to supervise the work in the field, but it is different on your side, Your Highness."
Tetis is also very helpless. Now everyone has agreed that Her Royal Highness is the future queen. Working under her is naturally an opportunity to stand out. If Her Highness values them, the future development of these people will be comparable to being an ordinary manager like this now.The future is much brighter.
Only His Highness himself is not aware of this.
Even, Tetis is very sure that their highness seems to be unaware that she will be the hostess of this country in the future, and even enjoy the same rights as her majesty, but she can't reveal this kind of thing, otherwise your majesty will knowI'm sure you won't be happy.
So she could only say: "Your Majesty is surrounded by many people who are willing to serve him. It is difficult for them to be small managers with no background. On the contrary, His Majesty does not have many people who are useful.Well, in addition to being highly valued by Your Highness, they may even be rewarded by His Majesty, so they naturally want to seize such an opportunity."
If it were her, she would not miss such an opportunity.
The news that Norris brought back was a bit later. This man was also a ruthless person. Instead of looking for other people, he went out on his own and pretended to be a grain delivery slave to sneak into the ranch, and worked with other slaves for most of the day.Harnett's suspicion was not aroused, and he also confirmed Harnett's words.
"Those stewards really have a very bad attitude towards the slaves. They will be scolded just by passing by them. If Harnett is not around, these people will even attack the slaves."
It is very common for supervisors to do things to slaves, and the most common thing they use is the whip, but these stewards also know that Harnett does not allow them to do this, so they are very careful when doing it, and will not leave any marks on the slaves.under the trace.
And the slaves also knew that these stewards were the ones who would manage them in the future, so even if they were beaten, they could only endure it, and they didn't dare to complain to Harnett at all.
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The results of Norris's investigation made Ella very angry. It was because she was worried that this kind of thing would happen that she asked Lucis to find a manager with a better temper, but she still chose such a person.
Of course, she knew that Lucis could not be blamed for this matter, but the officials receiving the gift and these stewards were responsible.
She immediately decided to go to the field to see what kind of virtue these people had.
Before going out, she specially made a disguise for herself, and changed the clothes on her body into the coarse linen skirt that common people usually wear. The skirt was an old skirt that Tetis found specially. It had been washed and turned white, but it was softer than the new clothes, even soElla's skin was still worn out.
She took off all the jewelry on her body and replaced it with cheap materials used by civilians. Her hair was completely wrapped, and the hair at the edges was painted black with eyebrow pencil, and her face and hands were covered with dark foundation.After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the original skin color, he put on a somewhat worn cloak outside.
Looking in the mirror again, except for her height and a pair of violet eyes that may reveal her identity, she can no longer see her original appearance in other places.
But that's all there is to it.
After the camouflage was completed, Ella left the palace with a few guards. When she reached the pasture, she asked the guards to find a reason to call Harnett away. When Harnett came out, Ella was holding a basket with bread in her handNorris, also in civilian attire, walked into the pasture.
Their entry did not attract the attention of others. All the slaves were busy, and other people were not restricted from entering here. Occasionally, the villagers of Maidena Village would come to give some things to the workers, and there were oftenPeople from the palace came to deliver food for the slaves, so even though they were two unfamiliar faces this time, those who saw them just glanced at them and ignored them.
Now that Harnett is not in charge, if they don't work hard, they will be beaten by other managers.
Ella came at the right time. Before she saw anyone, she heard a rough voice cursing several slaves loudly. When she got closer, the owner of the voice had already started to move.
The steward who did it was really careful. He didn't punch or kick directly, but slapped the opponent's head vigorously. This place was covered by hair, even if there were scars, it would not be easy to find.The slaves dare not resist at all.
The other stewards stood by and watched, laughing and talking while watching, pointing and pointing as if they took this scene as a joke.
Ella asked the slave who had been pulling weeds, "Did that man do anything wrong? Why did they beat him?"
The slave pulling the weeds saw that she was dressed as a commoner, and because he squatted down and couldn't see Ella's eyes, he curled his lips and complained: "No, it's just that the steward is in a bad mood. Of course, they are in a bad mood every day."
Knowing that Ella didn't want to be exposed, Norris took over the communication with the slave: "Do they often do this?"
They were lucky enough to ask the right person. This slave himself is a bit talkative, and he often complains about these stewards with other people in private.The master has a terrible temper, and he loves to curse at people. If Master Harnett is not around, they will still do it, just like what they are doing now. Well, if Master Harnett leaves in the future, these masters in charge may want to use the whip.people."
Everyone could tell that the stewards didn't like them, and when the slaves thought about the future, they felt bad.
It's a pity that they are just slaves and have no choice at all.
Seeing the scene in front of her, Ella didn't need to inquire any more. She was very angry at this moment, which was an emotion that rarely appeared on her body.
Although Ella's parents divorced in her previous life, her grandparents raised her well, and she was reincarnated before she was out of society, so her personality has always been gentle and she never saw bad things happen. After being blessed by the fairies, she didn't realize that, in fact, her character in this life is very fairy tale princess - kind, optimistic and helpful, so naturally she can't see this scene even more.
"Norris."
She yelled, and Norris immediately understood, stepped forward to push the steward, pulled the beaten slave aside, and stopped his brutality.
The steward who was suddenly pushed away was stunned, and subconsciously thought that Harnett came back and bumped into him, but when he turned around, he saw that he was just a strange commoner, and immediately became angry: "Who are you, how dare you!"
"He's my bodyguard, Norris."
Ella, who followed closely behind, answered the steward's question. Her angry eyes seemed to be burning with flames, making it impossible to ignore.
"The steward I want from His Majesty is someone who can do the job well and be rewarded and punished clearly, but it's a pity that you are obviously not like this."
Although the skin color was different, those eyes couldn't deceive anyone. After realizing who the woman who couldn't see clearly was in front of them, the stewards were so frightened that they fell to their knees on the ground.
The beating manager wanted to quibble: "Your Highness, it's not my fault. This slave is too bad. Not only did he not work hard, but he also contradicted me. I was wronged."
The slave who was almost stunned was actually not convinced. Seeing this scene, he realized that these stewards might be in trouble, and immediately said: "No, I didn't contradict the master steward, I just told him that I was going to getThere is no laziness in fetching water from wooden barrels."
Although there are streams flowing through the ranch, there is only one, which was originally used for drinking water for cattle and sheep. Therefore, before new canals are dug, all water needs to be fetched by slaves with tools, but this streamIt's shallow, so you don't have to worry about dangerous creatures inside.
When the beaten slave said this, someone nearby responded immediately, saying that what he said was the truth. The slaves around him had endured these managements for a long time, and now seeing them suffering, they were naturally willing to throw stones at them and let them learn a lesson.
The face of the beating manager turned green. He didn't expect these submissive slaves to dare to refute himself: "Your Highness, don't believe what these lowly slaves say. They are lazy and disobedient. They said that to get revenge on me.If you don’t believe me, you can ask other stewards, they can testify for me!”
He turned his expectant eyes to his colleagues, but the latter avoided his gaze with flickering eyes, and didn't mean to speak for him.
These stewards are not stupid. Judging by Ella's outfit today, she knew that she came prepared. They knew that today's matter would be difficult, and no one wanted to aggravate their guilt because of the beating steward.
Their dodging made the beating manager unbelievable, but he didn't expect these people to be unwilling to help him at all.
"So you're going to testify?"
Several stewards hurriedly said: "No, Your Highness, we just came here, and we haven't seen what happened."
Ella looked back at the beating manager: "Obviously they can't stand your lies, and they don't want to testify for you."
The manager wanted to quibble, but Ella didn't want to hear it anymore: "Okay, let's go, there is no need for a manager like you here, I will tell His Majesty to let him change."
She didn't punish them, it's not her responsibility.
Tell Your Majesty, can they still survive?!
The stewards turned pale with fright and begged for mercy, but Ella made up her mind. She asked the guards who came with Harnett to drive everyone away and not allow them to stay here any longer.
After driving away the stewards, Ella said to Harnett: "You should take care of me these few days, and I'll pick someone else to come over later."
Harnett hesitated for a moment, and said to Ella: "Your Highness, the steward and village head of Maidena Village are good managers, and they are more familiar with these slaves, and the slaves are also very convinced of them. How about this?"Can you let them come over to help in a few days?"
Although the number of these slaves is about the same as that of Tanis, Harnett is not unable to manage these people alone. The reason why Ella needs so many stewards is to prepare for the large-scale planting promotion in the flood season in the future, soThere will be more choices after more supervisors come to study.
It's a pity that the whole army is now wiped out.
And Harnett just came to help. The faster the others get started, the sooner he can complete the task and return to Tanis. Tanis's land is where he needs to worry more. If he can, he can't wait to go back now.
Moreover, Harnett was a little worried about whether the stewards who came later would have problems. Compared with the stewards and village chiefs of Maidena Village he had come into contact with, they were people of good character, and they were also considered stewards of the royal family, but they might as well be driven away.Several of the stewards have high status and are responsible for different affairs.
Ella thought back to the two candidates he recommended. Because she only had contact with them for a short time, Ella didn't pay much attention to their situation, but since Harnett recommended them, she was willing to let them try.
"If they want to, they can come and try, but I'll put my ugly words in front of me. If they don't do well, I'll just let them go."
"Of course, it is their honor that His Highness can give them a chance."
After deciding on this matter, Ella looked at the progress of everyone's work, and at the same time paid attention to the number of slaves who were working: "The number of people is still a bit small. I remember that there should be more than these people in Maidena Village? Not all of them came to work.?"
Maidena Village is a village belonging to the royal family, and there are either slaves or tenant farmers, all of whom work for the royal family.
Harnett replied: "The number of plow carts is not enough, and the current slaves are enough, so those tenant farmers are not allowed to work."
"The sharecroppers leased the royal land, right? Are they farming now?"
"No, their land was flooded during the flood season, and now they mainly make a living by fishing and doing odd jobs for others."
"Then you can ask them if they would like to come and dig the canal now. The water here is still inconvenient. If you want to pay, please follow Tanis's standards."
"Alright Your Highness, I will inform them later."