After a day of relaxation at the tea party, everyone will continue to return to the tense atmosphere of life.

Ever since the king was assassinated, the entire capital has been crying and everyone is in danger.

Although it has been confirmed that several missions (without knowing the inside information) joined forces to assassinate their king, even the members of the missions who hired the murderer have been arrested and locked up. Sathya also wrote toTheir country wants them to give an explanation, but the daring bandits have not all been caught yet.

According to the assassins, there are almost a hundred members of this bandit group, the main members of which are soldiers from Gebitland, and the leader is a baron from Gebitland.Come on, hide your name and pretend to be a bandit group, secretly recruit some desperadoes who lick blood at the knife edge, and form this bandit group.

Sathya is a country full of everything. In this country, for various reasons, the number of foreign blood is almost the same as the number of native blood. Moreover, there are many mixed-race children here, even in the nobles and even the royal family.In the circle, Strictly speaking, even Lucis has blood from other countries, but it was inherited from his father, and there are quite a few of them, so he is not interested in countries other than Sathya.There is no bias.

I mentioned here, want to say that the appearance of the Gebitran people is not too conspicuous in Sathya, especially in Boiman, the capital of the king with many foreign caravans, especially now it is the king's birthday, just like themNot too many outsiders.

However, except for the main members of the bandit group, the other members did not know that they were actually working for Gebitran, and the assassination of Lucis was too important, so the high-ranking members of the bandit group naturally did not dare to tell the people below that they were real.Therefore, those bandits who are not from the Gebitran Kingdom actually know that they have accepted the hire to kill King Sathya.

This group of people is really just a group of desperadoes who rob houses and rob houses. They dare to do anything for generous rewards, and ordinary desperadoes are very courageous.What will happen? only think about the success of the assassination, and the reputation of their bandit group will become even louder. They will definitely overwhelm other bandit groups and become the number one bandit group on the road, with a reputation that spreads far and wide.

Of course, not all members of the bandit group participated in this assassination operation. In order to prevent Sathya from taking another path when returning to the palace, the bow and arrow experts in the bandit group were divided into one, and each was distributed on a different path.Passing by with an ox cart, the other side also sent people to ambush among the pedestrians, waiting for a sneak attack.

The rest of the people who did not directly participate in the assassination pretended to be people of different identities, scattered and waited for their accomplices, and after the assassination was successful, they immediately led people to escape while the king had an accident, but the capital had not been banned.In the royal capital, although it is a pity that the remaining half of the reward has not been received, they still value their own lives more. It happens that those missions are their scapegoats, so it is worth the reward to be given to them.

It's just that the bandit group thought they were doing it secretly, and deliberately endured it for a few days to let the people around King Sathya relax.Waiting for them to make a move, he never let down his vigilance from beginning to end.

As a result, those who directly participated in the assassination here were killed and arrested, and there was not one left. The rest of the people were shocked and prepared to evacuate the capital quickly, only to find that the city gates in front of the capital had been closed.

——If they investigate more carefully, they will find that as long as Lucis goes out of the palace to attend the wedding banquet, the gates of the city will receive news at about the same time, and the gates will be temporarily closed and only the small gates will be opened for people to enter and exit.It will be much stricter, but when Lucis returns to the palace, the gate will continue to open until the normal closing time at night.

On the day of the accident, Lucis hadn't returned to the palace, so the gates of the city were naturally closed and opened, and before they realized that something was wrong, there were soldiers who had been told in advance that they rushed to inform the four cities.The door was immediately sealed.

This is really fast horse whipping. This horse was specially selected by the horses that were sent as tributes. The soldiers in charge of sending messages are also good at riding donkeys and camels, and this horse is also equipped with saddles and stirrups designed by Ella, which is convenient.The soldiers rode, only the horseshoes were not finished and the horses were put on shoes. The speed was much faster than that of the bandits.

After the city was closed, soldiers searched for the whereabouts of these people in the city, and the assassins later confessed that they really caught some members of the bandit group, but most of them were the principals, especially the baron group of the bandit group.Long, but so far have not been searched out.

Under such circumstances, the person in charge of the search naturally believed that someone secretly helped hide these people, so after reporting to Lucis, they were mainly responsible for searching places such as inns, taverns, folk houses, and markets, and then they began to search.Houses of nobles were also searched, even temples were not spared.

After this kind of carpet search, they really found someone, which really proved that someone helped hide the bandits, and they were nobles from Sathia's own country.

This time the matter is even more involved, because the nobles like to communicate with each other, and each family will always have some relatives, but this time there are still several nobles arrested this time, and the involvement is very extensive. The most unbelievable thing is, One of the families was even related to the royal family - one of the members of the bandit group was found in the home of Lucis's eldest brother's son who was still alive, that is, Lucis' nephew.

Although the person involved has been shouting for injustice, he does not know the real identity of the person, but just thinks that the other party is a big businessman from a foreign country, and has dealt with him for several years, and the other party will often send him some precious gifts——Yan's female slave and gold and silver treasures - the relationship has always been very good, and only after knowing that the other party came to Sathya, invited the other party to stay at home for a while.

It was completely unexpected that this person would be the deputy head of the bandit group.

But it is a fact that he hid the robbers. Even the son of the former prince could not escape the crime. Even his father didn't care much about this son because he had too many children.Cut off the relationship so as not to implicate him, so there is no one to help him in this matter. If nothing else, he will not be able to escape after a few years in prison.

However, Lucis did not let their family go as his elder brother thought—didn't he want to sever the relationship? He directly deprived his elder brother's family of the right to inherit the throne, removed the family from the royal family, and becameOrdinary nobles, so even if Lucis has no children in the future, the position of king will not be his family's turn.

Anyway, the royal capital is very chaotic now, everyone is acting with their tails tucked up, and no one even holds the banquet that the nobles love most.

But some people are worried and afraid, and some people are happy.

The royal pasture on the outskirts of the capital originally belonged to the royal family, but now it is used to grow wheat, but for a while, everyone was still accustomed to calling it a pasture, and a large group of people were happily waiting to weigh the harvested wheat.

A few days ago, the weather was not good, and it rained for two days. If they hadn’t seen that the weather was not right, they would have called all the civilian slaves in the nearby Nadeli Village, men, women, and children, to help, and had harvested the wheat in the field early.If the wheat in the field is drenched by rain before harvest, it is unknown how much damage will be caused.

But although the wheat was harvested, it delayed them from drying it. Fortunately, it didn’t rain for too long, and when the weather cleared up, the moisture on the ground was evaporated. They hurriedly turned it over for two days, and finally putAll the wheat is sun-dried.

After the wheat is dried today, it is naturally time to weigh it.

Whether it is the steward in charge of weighing or the slave tenant farmers in charge of transporting the wheat, they are all very nervous at the moment. Although the growth of the wheat before seems to be better than the wheat they planted in the sowing season, they do not know the real yield.How much, they have been uneasy in their hearts, and they can't feel at ease at all.

Now a basket full of wheat is sent to the weighing balance, and after being weighed, it is put into a sack, and a few stewards in charge of counting next to it will add a sum to the notebook, and from time to time they will whisper to their colleagues.Sentence, and then the smile on this face became brighter and brighter.

Although the slaves and tenant farmers who were queuing up to send baskets of wheat to the balance didn't know how much was recorded in the book, they gradually relaxed when they saw the expressions on the faces of the stewards.

The slaves and tenant farmers are illiterate, and they can only use simple single-digit addition and subtraction for arithmetic. They have no specific concept of the amount of wheat piled up in the open space, only a lot, but the slaves here used to work for the ranchYes, I am not familiar with the situation in the field, so naturally I don’t know whether the yield of these wheat is good or bad. Although the tenant farmers can cultivate the land, the land they rent is generally not large, and the output in the field is only a small amount.In the past, when I saw this kind of scene of wheat piled up in the open space, it was when I paid taxes every year, so they, like slaves, had no idea how much wheat there was.

But this does not prevent them from looking at the smiles on the faces of the stewards and guessing how the harvest will be this time.

"It must be very good. You see, even the old men in charge who always like to put on a straight face are laughing like that. If the harvest is not good, how can they laugh?"

"I just don't know how much this output can be. It should be no worse than in good years, right?"

"I think it can make the stewards laugh like that. Maybe there are 5 large bags of wheat in 1 Schatt (a large bag of wheat is about 60 kilograms, converted into an output of about 75 kilograms per mu of land)!"

1 Schart 5 large bags of wheat?This is a good harvest that can only be found in the best high-quality wheat fields!

"Do you think those stewards are as ignorant as you? I estimate that there may be six big bags. I heard that this number can often be found in His Majesty's land."

Hiss, this one is even scarier!But it sounds very cool.

"If so much can be produced, it will be due to Her Majesty the Princess. Otherwise, those of us who have never farmed the land, how could we grow such good wheat."

At this time, a slave coughed and drew the attention of those who lined up together: "You still think less."

When the others saw that he seemed to know the inside information, they immediately pricked up their ears and prepared to listen: "Shut up, tell me what you know."

"Master Nehart, do you remember?"

"That's not nonsense, he is our great benefactor!"

Although Necht only stayed here for a short period of time, it was only a short time ago, and if Master Necht hadn't complained to Her Royal Highness, the few stewards who had always bullied and embezzled them were still here to show their authorityAs a blessing, there is no such thing as they are tired now, but the rewards are generous, allowing them to easily support a large family.

The slave didn't get angry when he got a bunch of blank eyes, and continued: "Then you also know that Master Nehet is managing the land in Tanis for Her Royal Highness the Princess."

This is also nonsense, and a group of people have already heard it impatiently: "If you really know, tell me quickly, if you don't, shut up."

Seeing everyone's anger, the slave didn't dare to show off any more, so he lowered his voice and said, "I also just happened to hear a few stewards chatting before, saying that there is also wheat planted in Tanis's field, and it's bigger than ours.I was looking for it, they happened to talk about it at that time, I heard it, it’s really just a rumor, and the masters in charge have heard it too, so I can’t keep it true!" He repeatedly emphasized, until someone wanted to reach out.Hammered him, and then continued: "I heard that the output of wheat in Tanis is more than 10 large bags (600 kilograms, 150 kilograms per mu) of wheat per shard!"

"10 big bags?!!!" A group of people who heard this gasped in disbelief and exclaimed.

Although there are people everywhere here, and everyone is talking, making the scene noisy, but everyone is talking in a low voice, but they suddenly shouted, which naturally attracted people's attention.

Then a steward came over and scolded: "What are you doing, please be quiet."

And this steward is the village head of Nadeli Village. Although everyone respects and loves him, they are not afraid of him, and some people don't care about being scolded.Is it true that ten sacks of wheat can be produced per schat on the land that Tanis manages?"

Because the position of the village head has not been passed on to others, the villagers of Nadeli Village are still used to calling him the village head.

When the village head heard that he was asking about this, he immediately said, "It's fake."

The person who asked the question immediately turned to look at the others: "Listen, I'll just say this..." Impossible!

Before he finished speaking, the others heard the village chief continue: "It's not 10 big bags, it's almost 12 big bags."

This news was originally a secret, and it was ordered by His Majesty the King not to spread it to the outside world, but they are a group of stewards who are related to this matter, so they are not included in the "outside".I revealed it to them in private. When they heard the news, everyone’s expressions were wonderful, and the village head couldn’t hold back his breath. Seeing their surprised reaction now, the village head was very proud.His face was very calm.

If it wasn't for His Majesty's order, he would have told them the great good news long ago to scare them and make everyone make a fool of himself like him.

But it's not too late now, anyway, the wheat will be weighed soon, and when they know the current output, he doesn't have to keep it secret.

Seeing that the village chief with a stomach full of bad taste had a calm expression on his face, as if they were making a fuss, he continued: "Otherwise, why do you think we managers are so nervous recently?It’s a good plant, but more than 10 large bags of wheat have never appeared, but Tanis’s side just came out. I heard that their land is much worse than ours. If the harvest in our field is still the sameIt’s not as good as Tanis’s side, doesn’t that mean we are worse than others?!”

Although Tanis's side is full of farmers who are used to farm work in the field, there are also tenant farmers who have been farming all year round, and there is also Master Harnett who has already experienced farming who came to teach them, and there is even a princess behind him.The records about planting given by His Highness, after such an operation, if the final harvest is worse than that of Tanis, which is said to be a piece of wasteland before, then they will have no face to continue working.

So these stewards became more and more worried the closer the harvest day was, and they almost fell ill when they encountered that rare rainy day.

But it’s different now. The village chief has studied in the temple for several years, and his ability to count is not bad. He watched the weighing and recording for a long time before, and compared the number of baskets he knew.It can be roughly concluded that the harvest this time is not to say that it is better than that of Tanis, but it should be similar.

For this kind of miraculous harvest, as long as it is not worse than it, they will definitely not be blamed by the superiors. The current position of the royal steward in the village can be regarded as secure, and they may be able to be promoted again in the future.Even those who work here now have the opportunity to become a small steward.

He is too old to be in charge for a few years, but this position of stewardship can be handed over to his son, so now he takes a few sons to work and study in the field every day, so he wants to pushOne way, it's best to let them all become stewards, even if they can't, they must learn the skills of farming, and his sons are also striving, they are all good at farming and work, and the boss has the same education.They were all seen to help with counting work.

The village chief thought happily about how life at home would change in the future, and the other slaves and tenant farmers who had heard him confirm the authenticity of the news were almost unable to change their minds at the moment.

Who would dare to believe that such an outrageous output is true, but this is said by the village chief, and they all know that their village chief is not a person who can talk nonsense and make jokes, so if he said that, it must be trueup.

When the village chief warned them again not to make too much noise and affect the work of the stewards, otherwise they would give them a few whips and leave. Those who didn't really listen to what he was saying and just responded randomly seemed to wake up.They looked at each other in blank dismay.

The way they looked at each other changed from disbelief at the beginning to surprise like being hit by a pie in the sky.

Then soon, they told the news to those who were also queuing up next to them. As long as anyone didn't believe it, they said: "This is what the village chief said. He won't make jokes. He said it's true."It's true, Tanis really has so much production!"

"Her Royal Highness is so powerful, how can it be impossible to double the output of the field? She is the princess who can even cure malaria!"

"Yes, I heard that His Highness can make animals obey her orders! She is His Highness with magical power!"

With the words of the village chief first, and the ability of the silver-haired princess second, and they are the ones who planted the wheat all over the ground, everyone accepted this miraculous fact.

They worked harder, and they began to look forward to the weighing being completed sooner and to know the final number.

Some people even heard that the land on the Tanis side was originally a wasteland, and they firmly believed that their output here would be higher than that on the Tanis side: "Our place used to be a pasture, and the land was full of excrement left by cattle and sheep.Manure is the best fertilizer, according to what Master Nehat said, it will definitely produce good crops, and we also learned from Master Nehat, so it won’t be worse than Tanis’s.”

Others quickly agreed with this statement.

"This is really great. When Mai Mai agrees, His Majesty and His Highness will be very happy when they know about it, and maybe they will reward us!"

Someone answered happily: "Maybe we also have the opportunity to be stewards. Didn't we say that people who are good at farming now will be sent to other lands of His Majesty to teach them how to farm? Isn't this the master steward's job?"Work."

They all know the news, and the stewards often use this to stimulate them and make them work harder, but most people don't take it seriously, thinking that it is so easy to become a steward, but because of thisThe food is good, the salary is high, and the masters in charge will not beat people with whips at every turn, so everyone is willing to work hard.

And now hear people talking about it again, it seems that it is no longer so impossible?

Some people who are good at farming and are often praised can't help but wonder if it is really possible for them to become a steward.

The slaves have too much hope for the position of steward, but they also think about whether they have a chance to get out of slavery.

This is not impossible. The slave system in Sathia is not so strict. As long as they can obtain the permission of their masters, they can be freed and become civilians again. The slaves did not expect this before, because they are slaves of the royal family.Removal of slavery can only be done with the consent of the king, but how can His Majesty the King have access to them, let alone obtain his permission.

But now, looking at the wheat still being weighed in front of them, they seemed to see a glimmer of possibility.

If His Majesty is happy, will he really set them free?

This must be the closest they have come to freedom in their lives.

But everyone quickly remembered that His Majesty had just suffered an assassination recently. He must be in a bad mood at this time. I am afraid that even if he heard the good news about Mai, he might not be so happy.

Thinking of this, the originally excited mood calmed down again.

They comforted themselves that even if they were still slaves, their lives were pretty good now. As long as they continued to work like this, their life would be no worse than that of freed commoners, maybe many commoners envied them.