Chapter 359: Don’t make trouble.
Chapter 359: Don’t make trouble!
Only people like us are the root of Lord Lord and Arda!
Lord Valen’s words resonated with everyone at the banquet.
“That’s true, and although it’s a bit less respectful to say, Lord Greymane can’t live without us! Ah! Of course, we can’t be separated from Lord Greymane either.”
Eldo counted his fingers one by one and enumerated, “Taxes, military service, labor, in this part of the countryside, we are the ones who convey the lord’s will, we collect the taxes, we gather the soldiers, and we find the laborers, these things are real work, much harder than those merchants who just pay a few stinking dollars. ”
Someone yelled, “There are also our family’s young sons and daughters, without these young men serving as officers, that group of soldiers from mud legged backgrounds would probably not even be able to stand in line.”
“Hahaha!” This sentence caused the crowd to roar with laughter.
Master Valen summarized, “Therefore, we squires and Lord Gleeman are one and the same, so to speak.”
He stroked his beard and said with a stern face, “Those ill-intentioned outlanders, and those profit-oriented merchants are like poisonous sores growing on the torso, and they continue to erode Arda’s health day and night!”
“Yes, that’s an apt description!”
“Master Valen is right!”
Seeing that everyone in the hall agreed with him, Sr. Valen used the momentum to call out, “Gentlemen, all you true Arda people! Fellow men of knowledge! As people born and raised in this land, we must not just sit back and do nothing, is there anyone who would like to join me in a joint petition to the Lord of Lords, requesting him to expel the outsiders and suppress the arrogance of those merchants, so that Alda can return to the peaceful days of the past?”
As Valen said this, the entire hall fell silent.
It was only after a while that Fergus, who was sitting near him, froze and said, “This …… this …… isn’t necessary to go this far, is it?”
The others followed suit and reacted.
“Yeah, outlanders are annoying but it’s too …… much to just oust them of course ousting Hansel Abbott is something I’m all for with both hands.”
“Although the merchants are profit-oriented, but without them it really can’t work, who are we going to buy from?”
Old Valen shook his head, “You were all so angry just now, why did you back down when it came time to do something about it? Eldo!”
Eldo, who was named by him, immediately straightened up, “Master Valen?”
Old Valen stared at him and said, “I’m asking you, what if they need more and more workers? When I arrived a few days ago you gave him the peasants from your estate over to him?”
Eldo shook his head into a rattle, “Naturally I wouldn’t do something so stupid! But do they need that many people?”
“Hmph, they use the money they earn to open new workshops, and then open more workshops after earning more money, the manpower they need is absolutely bottomless.”
Eldo rubbed his head, “Then they can’t rob people either.”
Valen glanced at him and looked around the crowd again, “What if they can encourage Lord Gleeman to allow them to recruit people in the countryside? Will you all stop them then? Or will you not stop them? Hmph, I mentioned the church’s preaching team earlier, who do you think is really behind this? I guess nine times out of ten it’s these businessmen who are behind it. I’m guessing they’ll compel Lord Gladman with the excuse of paying more taxes,”
“And the Strangers, all of you here have been screwed by Abbott, haven’t you?”
Shank asked cautiously, “Is running a workshop so profitable? Can’t we just follow their example and run some yards then? The labor is readily available.”
Hey! I’m in the middle of a pledge here, why would anyone want to be a traitor? Old Valen was in a knot of anger.
“You’re confused! Food! Grain is the root of this world, with money we can buy more land and grow more grains. Whether it’s nobles or commoners, they can go without paper, they can go without porcelain, but they can’t go a day without food.”
“You have to have sales to run a field, right? Gotta have connections, right? Can you compete with those who already have a head start? Less than that, you have to rely on low prices to slowly accumulate, and you may have to lose money for several years in a row.”
“Farming is a sure-fire business, and in times of disaster, we can close the door and rely on our grain reserves to make a good living. Everyone outside will have to beg and look at us.”
Without the need for Old Valen himself, Shank was immediately criticized by the others. “Well?” Master Valen stroked his beard and asked again, “Does anyone want to join me in writing a joint letter to Count Greiman?”
To his surprise, the hall instantly fell silent again.
“You ……”
Old Valen shivered his hand and pointed remotely at the crowd, not knowing what to say.
The people he pointed to each shrunk their necks, their eyes watching.
Jointly writing a petition to Count Gleiman, how to listen to it is a little bit of the meaning of gathering a crowd to blackmail.
The other party is a lord, a nobleman!
If two years ago may be possible, then the Gleiman family is still only guarding Alda a nominal count collar, out of the lake town and several other towns, the countryside of small and large matters can not be separated from them.
But now it’s different!
Bairdine, Emden are under the control of Lord Greymane, and hold an army in their hands …… this …… this …… What if they annoy the earl and give them small shoes?
“Master Valen …… I think it’s better to take this matter slowly!”
Baden, who had been silent, scowled and said.
Valen grunted and did not look at Baden, he had not expected Baden, Baden had already been psychologically shadowed by the whole of the last riot, half of the family’s property had gone down the drain, this is something that everyone knows.
“Yeah, as long as the Count and us are one, they can’t do anything to us can they?”
“It’s better not to make a mess.”
One spineless sentence reached Old Valen’s ears.
“Well, I can kind of see that when it comes down to it, you …… you …… cough!”
Old Valen was in pain and coughed hard under his anger.
“Forget it, forget it, just think of it as me worrying blindly! When your woe is over, I hope you remember today!”
The atmosphere of the banquet turned sharply downward, and everyone ate in silence, no one saying more than a single word.
The awkward atmosphere lasted for quite some time before the manor master remarks once again let out a long sigh, “Alas! I was the one who invited everyone here today, and I shouldn’t have disturbed everyone’s mood! After drinking a few cups of donkey urine I lost my head and couldn’t control my mouth.”
The crowd hastened to take advantage of the slope, “Where where where, Master Valen is also thinking about us squires!”
“Yes, on a larger scale, it’s also for Alda, for Count Greiman!”
Old Valen clapped his hands, “To make amends to you all, I’ve picked some girls from the manor, let’s have some fun today!”
Accompanied by his clapping, the door to the hall opened, and a group of young women in revealing clothes with their heads bowed slowly walked in.
The guests were all happy and smiling, and the awkward atmosphere from earlier instantly dissipated.
“Haha, Master Valen is really enthusiastic!”
“Worthy of the generous old Valen!”
The hall once again resounded with laughter.
(End of chapter)