Hearing that it was an envoy sent by His Majesty the King, everyone fell silent, staring at this young man who looked like an aristocrat, waiting to hear what he had to say.

In fact, neither the tenant farmers nor the slaves felt that the so-called great news from the steward would have anything to do with them. In their hearts, if His Majesty was willing to reward them with some money or food, even if it was not much, it would be a very good thing.up.

After all, they worked hard before and never got any rewards.

The envoy asked the steward of the ranch, and after confirming that everyone was here, he kissed the throat and announced Lucis's reward.

The first is the reward for the stewards. The money is the two boxes brought by the soldiers, and he asked the stewards to divide one of the boxes among themselves. The reward each person can get is almost the salary for their two months of work.

The same is true for the rewards of tenant farmers and slaves, the same two-month reward, but their rewards are much less, but it is still enough to make everyone happy, especially slaves, although their rewards are lower than that of tenant farmers.It's less than half, but under normal circumstances they can't own their own property. I thought it would be nice if His Majesty would give them extra meals, but I didn't expect to get coins.

Nia's father hugged him and his wife and stood behind the crowd. He originally thought that the message the messenger was going to announce should have nothing to do with them, but now that he heard that they would give rewards to these slaves, he and his wife laughed happily, and thenDiscuss in a low voice how to use the money.

Although their voices were very low, they couldn't help but start discussing with their families how to use the bonus just like the others, so the originally quiet scene suddenly became noisy, completely blocking the envoy's next thoughts.the words said.

The envoy who hadn't mentioned the highlight stopped talking when he saw this, and waited for them to be happy first. He is a close servant next to Lucis, his status is only lower than that of a close servant, and he often follows His Majesty, so he asked himselfHer Highness the Princess understands a little bit, knowing that in the eyes of that Highness, civilians and slaves are not objects that can be oppressed at will. She has always been friendly to those who work for her, and the messenger herself is not a person who likes to oppress with her own identity.They are human beings, so seeing them in a mess now, they didn't reprimand them.

But the stewards were worried that he would be angry, so they quickly asked everyone to quiet down.

Although they didn't know what good things were going to happen next, and they didn't say anything when they asked Aluke, they could tell from this look that the messenger hadn't finished speaking.

When the scene returned to calm again, the emissary continued to speak again: "I think you all know that the next job for you is to go to other places to teach other people the planting techniques you have learned now."

Everyone nodded. The stewards knew this for a long time, and they also told the sharecroppers and slaves what they would do in the future. They often used the words "by that time, everyone may become stewards" to motivate everyoneWork hard, for a while this sentence really works.

It’s just that after listening to it a lot, everyone calmed down, knowing that it sounded good, but it’s not so easy to be a steward, especially if you are a royal steward, you can already be regarded as an official.Literacy and numeracy, outstanding ability, and connections, otherwise it's just empty talk.

And among them, there are not many people who can add and subtract within two digits, let alone read.

Seeing them nodding, the envoy smiled and said, "Then I won't say more. What I want to tell you now is that after you complete this task, there are other rewards waiting for you."

"Your Majesty said, when you have finished your work well, all the stewards can be promoted to be chief adjutants; the tenant farmers can get a piece of land that belongs to you - of course, the size of this land depends on your final decision.performed; and all slaves His Majesty will release you from slavery and make you freemen."

Although the stewards had been prepared for a long time, but now that the envoy said that His Majesty would give them a promotion, they were still so happy that they could kneel down and salute towards the king's capital on the spot, thanking His Majesty, but the others did not expect what the envoy said at all.The great news is really good news without any moisture.

The first to be stunned were the tenant farmers present. They relied on renting the royal land to farm and support themselves. They dreamed of having a piece of land of their own, but they also knew that it was impossible for ordinary people to own it. Their greatest expectation was nothing more than whatHis Majesty is in a good mood, it's just a tax cut.

For slaves, there is nothing more important than being free and becoming a freeman.

For this goal, many slaves choose to join the army and become slave soldiers to fight hard on the battlefield to gain a possibility for themselves. Even if there are very few people who succeed in surviving and gaining enough military merit to change their status, it is enough for them to become slaves with this goal.

But now, the land that the tenant farmers longed for, and the freedom that the slaves longed for, were right in front of them, as if they could get them just by walking a few steps forward.

This really sounds like an absurd dream, because it is too unreal, but it makes them feel at a loss, unable to believe that these are real.

And the messenger added the last sentence to everyone's blank eyes: "Of course, if some of you perform well enough, it is not impossible to become a steward."

Land, liberty, stewardship.

Everything sounds so out of reach, but there is something real in front of them.

Like pouring cold water into a tumbling frying pan, the crowd suddenly exploded at that moment.

"Will it really give us land?"

"Can we really be free folk?"

Everyone was concerned about their own interests, and they forgot the identity of the messenger for a while. They scrambled to open their mouths and asked the messenger loudly. Although everyone's questions were similar, because there were too many people talking, no one could understand the others.what people are saying.

"Quiet, all quiet!"

Seeing that the scene was about to become chaotic, the stewards shouted loudly and stepped forward to drive them away, so that these people would not bump into the messenger, and managed to control the situation.

But even after it became quiet, everyone still looked at the messenger expectantly, hoping that he would say those words again.

Being watched eagerly by so many pairs of eyes, the emissary also felt a sense of pressure, and had to say the reward promised by His Majesty again.

At the end, I added a sentence: "These rewards are prepared for those hardworking and diligent people after the discussion between the great majesty and the princess. There is never a time when what they said will not come true. As long as you complete the task well, you will get what you want."some."

Only then did everyone confirm that they were not dreaming.

Then just like the way of gratitude that the stewards thought of before, all the villagers in Maidena Village not only thought of it, but also did it.

The dense group of people all knelt down in the direction of the king's capital, and performed a big gift that they usually only use when they worship the gods and meet the king—of course, these people have not had such an opportunity now., kneeling and lying on the ground, chanting words, with a devout and eager expression, at this moment in their hearts, their king is the only god.

Oh, and of course they won't forget to appreciate the beautiful princess, without whom they wouldn't have this opportunity.

The envoy allowed them to kneel and salute there, then walked aside, called the stewards, and asked them to make arrangements to send all the wheat to the capital tomorrow morning.

The steward wondered, "Aren't you going to send it today? It's still early, and we're already making preparations."

They called all the sharecroppers and slaves, and they were ready to move the grain in the afternoon.

The envoy shook his head: "Your Majesty's order is to send them over tomorrow. Someone will bring enough ox carts over in the afternoon. Just prepare to receive them."

When the steward heard that someone would bring the ox cart over later, he immediately asked everyone who was still excited to get up and work quickly.

Based on the current total amount of wheat, they need about thirty ox carts to send all the wheat into the city. Besides the ox carts, there are also drivers driving the carts and soldiers escorting them. This is a lot of people.You have to entertain meals and accommodation anyway.

The matter of food is easy to solve. The royal capital will send them food for several days every time. Now it is enough to entertain the people behind, and the food for the cattle is easier to solve. There are also cattle raised on the pasture.If the stored forage is not enough, you can directly send people to pick and cut pasture. In order to fertilize the land, Her Royal Highness specially asked them to scatter pasture seeds on the corners. Later, the wheat was almost grown.A lot of them have been planted in the ridges. Although they are not very tall now, they can also be eaten by cattle. This planting method seems to be called intercropping according to the steward Harnett.

However, accommodation will be more troublesome. Now the houses on the ranch are used to store wheat, and even the stewards can sleep together on the roof of a building. Naturally, there is no way for another group of people to accommodate them.

The village head said, "If they don't mind, let them stay in our village for one night."

According to the envoy, only soldiers and coachmen came, and they should not be specially entertained, so the matter was settled like this.

The messenger was about to go back after delivering the message, but the stewards warmly invited him to stay for dinner, and the two stewards who were in distress even expressed that they would entertain him well and thank him for saving his life.

The envoy was really hungry at this time, so he stayed and entertained the soldiers he brought along.

The other stewards had already finished their meal, but now they sat down to accompany the envoy and Aluke. While listening to them talk about what happened in the morning, they realized that they had such a thrilling life today.

Before the convoy came, the village chief discussed with other people and drove most of them back to the village, letting them choose those better houses to tidy up and entertain guests at night.

When Nia's father carried the child and his wife back with other people in the same village, he was still in a daze.

His wife had the same expression, but she was a little more sober than him.

They followed the crowd, and everyone was discussing the news announced by the envoy just now. The atmosphere was unprecedentedly warm. Compared with the previous birthday of His Majesty, the stewards gave them a day off and allowed them to hold banquets. Food was provided by the ranch.Be enthusiastic.

"Tobia, what the nobleman said is true, right? You won't be a slave soon, right?"

Tobias came back to his senses. Although he was still agitated in his heart, he asked his wife to calm down: "The master said that we can only become free citizens by working hard to complete His Majesty's arrangement."

"It's definitely possible. You have always worked hard and are smart. Except for the tenant farmers, you are the fastest learner among the slaves!" The more the wife said, the happier she was, as if her husband had finally changedBe a freeman.

This was something their family had never thought about. Although Tobia had some skills, but his skills were very ordinary, and he was not strong enough to be a slave soldier.It is impossible for him to change his identity if he can see the end of the job.

But it's different now.

As long as His Majesty's task is completed, Tobia can become a free citizen, and the family of three will no longer have to worry about being separated.

They all believed that His Majesty the King would keep his promise, and looked forward to that future.

And Tobias thought further, he thought of the nobleman who said that they have a chance to become stewards.

An idea popped up in his mind.

"Dana, I want to discuss something with you."

His wife was teasing the young son in her husband's arms, and her bright smile made the ordinary facial features come alive.

Hearing her husband's words, Dana looked up at him and asked doubtfully, "What are you discussing?"

"I want to take half of the money His Majesty rewarded today, and go to Doctor Lyme and ask him to teach me how to read."

Before Tobias became a slave, he was from another country. In the past, his family’s conditions were actually good, so his family sent him to the temple for a few years to study. But at that time, he mainly studied the language of his home country, Sathya.Although I have learned more, it is only the basic common characters, not enough.

With his current level of literacy, he absolutely cannot meet the conditions for becoming a steward.

Madna Village is a slave village. There is no doctor in the village. If someone is sick, they will go to the next village to find Dr. Lyme who lives there. Doctor Lyme used to be a trainee priest of the temple.Inside, he learned some simple medical skills from the low-level priests. He was one of the few literate civilians nearby, and Tobia wanted to learn from him.

The two villages are not very far away. He thought about coming back from the ranch every day to study with Dr. Lyme for a period of time, trying to master Sathya's characters and meet the standards of management.

He wants to work hard. If he learns the Sathya script, is it possible for him to become a steward?

When his wife Dana heard that her husband wanted to work hard to see if he could become a steward, of course she fully supported her, but she disagreed with her husband's request to find Dr. Lyme: "Your Majesty will send you out to work soon.By the way, you probably wouldn’t be living in Maidena Village at that time, so how do you go to consult Dr. Lyme?”

Tobias was taken aback when he heard the words, and the energy in his head cooled down a bit: "Yeah, I forgot."

Dana is a smart woman, she quickly thought of a way, and said to her husband: "You might as well bring the money with you when the time comes, and when you get to the place, try to build a good relationship with the people around you, and then find a literateIf you ask someone for advice, I think that as long as they are willing to pay you, the other party will be very willing to teach you."

Dana thought very clearly that her husband was going to teach others. Just because he was a teacher sent by His Majesty was enough for others to treat him differently. As long as Tobia was friendly, othersThey will be happy to get along with him, and for the sake of money, he thinks literacy should not be difficult.

When Tobia heard this, he also felt that his wife's idea was very good, but he didn't agree with the point of asking him to bring all the money: "If I leave, the family can only rely on you, and you can take Nia with you."It’s hard to find a job, and I don’t know how long I’m going to be away, so I’m worried if I don’t leave some money at home.”

Although the reward given by His Majesty was not much in the eyes of the stewards, it was enough for their family to buy several bags of beans to eat for more than half a year, leaving half, at least the wife and children would not have to worry about running out of rations for half a year.

Dana shook her head: "There is still some food at home, saving it is enough for us to eat for two or three months, not to mention that we can pick vegetables every day in the vegetable field, and the farming season is coming, I also plan to rent a small pieceto plant wheat on the ground, so that we will have food again after a few months."

Dana's parents were also sharecroppers in the past. She grew up working in the field with her parents, so she is very familiar with the work in the field. If the child was not too young, she would also be a member of the ranch.

And although she didn't work on the ranch, she would take the children there from time to time. She had seen all the new planting techniques they used. In the evening, when her husband came back from work, he talked about the things in the ranch.Ask about the things I don't understand, and I feel that I have mastered a lot, so I should be able to rent a small piece of land and try it out.

If you really don’t understand, you can ask other people in the village. There are quite a few people in their village who don’t work on the ranch but will help.

But in the end, Tobia insisted on saving some money for Dana just in case. The reason he used was that he was worried that if the child was too young, he would not have the money to treat the disease. It was related to his own child. Dana no longer insisted and agreed with her husband.way of doing.

And the mind is spinning quickly, and there are many people who think that they may have the opportunity to be in charge after learning characters, but how to do it will have to wait for His Majesty's arrangement later.

The convoy sent by Wangdu arrived at the ranch three days later. At this time, everyone had cleaned up the village and rushed back to the ranch, waiting to help load the cars.

His Majesty's order is to transport the wheat into the city tomorrow morning, so they have to load all the wheat into the carts before tomorrow, so they can't delay their journey in the morning.

Fortunately, there were so many of them, and each of them loaded four or five bags of wheat into the bullock cart.

Before dawn the next day, the soldiers and coachmen were already ready to go, transporting the wheat to the completion. They were accompanied by those stewards. They hadn’t returned home for a long time.Go home and rest for a few days, waiting for your majesty's follow-up order.

Of course, along the way, if anyone asks them about these grains, then they should behave well and publicize the bumper harvest on the farm.

The stewards are of course willing to do this job, and they packed up and saluted last night. Although the village head and the stewards of Maidena Village don’t have to go home, they also want to join in the fun, and then the stewards think that there is no work on the ranch for the time being.I don't know how to arrange the follow-up, so simply gave all the workers a holiday, and only let them take turns to take care of the cattle in the pasture and the pasture in the field.

When the convoy arrived at the gate of the city, Aluke and Aluke, who had just left yesterday, found that there were more people queuing up and leaving the city. They felt strange in their hearts. Seeing that their friends were also there, they ran over to ask the soldier captain to inquire about the situation.

When the soldier captain saw him, he opened his hands with joy, "Aluke, my old friend, I'm so glad to see you. Did anything happen to you yesterday?"

Knowing that it was his friend who found out that something was wrong, he didn't let the assassin who pretended to be him escape, and indirectly relieved himself, Aluke also hugged him with a smile on his face: "My old friend, I am also very happy to see you, TomThank you, I'm fine."

The two embraced warmly.

"I didn't see you when I went out of the city yesterday, and I haven't had time to thank you. You must come to my house after rest tonight. I must treat you with good wine and food!"

"Oh, you're too polite, but it's just what I want. We must not return home drunk." The soldier captain did not refuse: "In fact, I also have good news to tell you, because yesterday I caught those two assassins., so I will be promoted soon.”

Aluke's eyes lit up, and he sincerely wished him: "This is really good news."

They exchanged pleasantries, and then Aluke asked why there were more people leaving the city today than yesterday.

"Isn't it true that all the assassins have been caught? So His Majesty lifted the city closure order, and now everyone is rushing out of the city. If it weren't for the masters of the missions who took the boat at the Royal Port, the people who are now leaving the cityOnly more."

Before going out of the city, you need to get a pass, but this pass is not so easy to get. Many people have to wait in line. Now that the city is not closed, they will naturally leave as soon as possible. After all, for most peopleFor small caravans and ordinary people, the cost of accommodation in Wangduli is really a bit high.

After the soldier captain finished speaking, he looked curiously at the long convoy behind him: "What are you transporting here? Why are there so many ox carts? The scale is no smaller than those large caravans."

As soon as Aluke heard this, he thought that his friend was really on the right track, and immediately began to introduce loudly: "Oh, my dear friend, I'm afraid you don't know, we were outside the city according to the orders of His Majesty and Princess.A batch of wheat has been planted, and the harvest has just been completed recently, and His Majesty asked us to send it to the palace."

His sudden increase in voice not only startled the soldier captain, but also attracted pedestrians coming in and out around him.

The soldier captain originally thought that he could hear him by keeping his voice down, but seeing Aluke winking at him with a look of "ask me quickly", he immediately knew that he did it on purpose. Although he didn't know what he was going to do, he was still very happy.Fitted opening.

"Just harvested wheat? Wasn't that planted after the flood season started?"

"Yes, and do you know how many sacks of wheat there are in these convoys?"

"How many?"

"More than 1,300 bags."

"Oh, that's a lot."

"Then do you want to know how much wheat is produced?"

The soldier captain felt like a tool man: "Oh, how much?"

Aluke raised a finger: "One hundred Schat!"

He danced and danced excitedly, his voice was a little higher, and his expression was even more exaggerated: "We have harvested more than 1,300 bags of wheat for a hundred sharts of land, and one sharat is tenThree bags of wheat!"

"Oh, Thirteen... what?!!!"

These, not only the soldier captain, but the jaws of those next to him were shocked by the news.