"The village elder is not a bad person, he is forced by life and has no choice."
"I don't know the specific reason, but it should be inconvenient for them to go out and trade with the caravan."
"Remember the farmland we passed by? Most of it was in a state of neglect."
"Since they can't go out to trade, money is of little use to the current Stassen. They want grain seeds more."
After hearing Xu Fei's explanation, A'Zhu felt a little confused.
"Brother Fei, why? Don't farmers collect seeds themselves?"
Touching his nose, not wanting to talk about this topic, Xu Fei tried his best to speak in a gentler manner:
"The country is at war, so it has stepped up efforts to collect grain and pay taxes. It may be that the officials below have gone too far and have not left much grain for the villagers."
"Kill the goose to get the egg."
Cang gave a short comment, with a hint of disdain in his tone.
Extracting surplus value is a social norm, which can be said to be bad, but there is no right or wrong.
But those who only look at immediate benefits and undermine long-term benefits are fools.
"Anyway, I've already given him the silver coins. Let's stabilize him first."
"Now let's make a decision. Should we stay and wait for the caravan? Or should we leave immediately and hide in the mountains and wait?"
Xu Fei looked at Cang and A'Zhu. This matter was related to everyone's safety and could not be decided by him alone.
"Brother Fei, I think we should stay. Didn't you say that the villagers won't report us? And they can't get out."
"So it won't be a problem in the short term. Besides, if they ask us, they at least have to get the seeds before they can bother with it."
A'Zhu crossed his arms and thought seriously.
In fact, he didn't say the most important personal reason.
It's not safe outside. I'm so scared. I really don't want to touch the wild boar spirit again.
"Is it possible to be captured and sent to the army? The feudal society of Earth Star often raids villages and arrests young adults during wars."
Cang was still worried. If the safety factor could be increased, he would rather sleep in the wild.
"probably not."
Xu Fei shook his head and told what he had just heard.
"The Principality of Airilat has no concept of lords and is managed by a centralized system. For the villages in this area, knights are dispatched to recruit soldiers at the end of each year, so there will be no sudden arrests."
"Huh? Caught every year?"
"This bastard country doesn't allow people to live anymore? I wonder why the village is full of old people and children, what the hell." A'Zhu cursed angrily on the street.
The social environment is different, and we cannot simply look at the problem from the perspective of the earth and planet society.
Human rights in feudal society were low. Although he could not accept it, he could understand it.
But if you arrest people every year, you basically don’t give people a way to survive. You basically don’t treat people as human beings.
What kind of country is this? How can it be called a principality?
Seeing that his friend was a little excited, Xu Fei threw a bottle of mineral water over to let him calm down his anger.
I didn't want to mention this at first...
Cang has experienced a lot in his life and has a calm mind. Even if he feels something in his heart, he will still act rationally.
A'Zhu is no good. His family is wealthy and he has been pampered since he was a child.
Not long after he started working, he quit his job willfully and entered the live broadcast industry.
Due to the lack of social beatings, the little angry youth's feelings have not been polished off, and it is inevitable that they will act emotionally.
Sighing secretly in his heart, Xu Fei turned to the scenery outside the window. It was a lifeless world...
If they had enough power and ability, he believed that 80% of the people in the world would be willing to take the initiative to help these poor and precarious people without taking risks.
At present, they themselves are in trouble, and there is really no way to get involved in these things, and they are also unable to fundamentally solve the problem.
Therefore, for some things, don’t mention, don’t think about, don’t look at, which is the most pragmatic behavior, otherwise it will only increase the sadness.
As for the material aspect, Xu Fei had already thought about it. If both of them agreed to stay, it would take fifteen days before handing over the seeds.
It would be more practical to actually gain the favorability of local villagers and enhance relationships.
In this way, they can also get more information about the world.
After all, the villagers' expectations are not high and they just want to live a life of adequate food and clothing.
Reporting on them was not worth the gain. Xu Fei didn't know if he would be rewarded. It would be nice not to be squeezed further by the principality.
"In this case, I also agree to stay." Cang slowly sat on the floor and leaned on the wooden wall.
Now that he knew the whole story, he relaxed.
"Okay, then I'll go to the village chief to discuss the following matters. You two will go out and decide where we will live. The village chief said that all vacant houses can be lived in. Just choose the one that suits him and tell him."
Xu Fei put away the coins and seed bag, stood up and prepared to continue to the old village chief's house.
"Xu Fei, are you going to give out the seeds now?" Cang was a little surprised when he heard this and immediately realized what he meant. .
"Well, don't worry, leave it to me later. As long as I can provide continuous help, there won't be anything you're worried about. Maybe it can be mutually beneficial." Xu Fei turned around and smiled.
Cang nodded. Xu Fei had always given him the feeling that he was more careful and trustworthy.
But he suddenly thought of another thing and reminded:
"But you can't even cover half an acre of land with just a bag of seeds, right?"
"Hey, actually... I brought half a storage bag of seeds." Xu Fei scratched the back of his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
"..."
Cang Wuyu, are you really here to farm the land and sell it for money? I just thought I was joking...
Afterwards, the three of them took action individually.
Xu Fei once again entered the residence of the old village chief Tam.
as he tossed several large bags of grain seeds onto the wooden table.
The sluggish and turbid old eyes of the village chief Tam suddenly burst out with a pure and beautiful light like a baby.
For more than two hundred years, he watched Stassen Village gradually develop from a gathering place composed of only a dozen or so hunters to a large village with a population of three to four hundred people.
Then, just like in the past twenty years, men were forcibly taken away, women were robbed by powerful people, and only the old, weak, sick and disabled were left in the village.
The increasing taxes over the years have made it impossible for them to maintain normal farming.
In order to prevent people from escaping, the principality deliberately stopped road repair work.
Because in this way, the weak old people and children have no choice.
They can only stay in their homeland obediently, and they will become meals for wild beasts when they embark on a journey.
Tam has long lost the belief in living, and the children in the village are his only spiritual support.
"Hokar!"
Tam yelled and stood up from the wheelchair on one leg.
call.
The door was opened forcefully, and a tall and thin old man named Hokal walked into the house on crutches.
"What's the ghost's name? Old man, have you been fucked by the pigs and scorpions on the Jones River!"
Hokal did not give the village chief any face. As the deputy village chief, he also had a certain right to speak.
The corner of Xu Fei's mouth twitched. The old village chief must have never been touched. He said before that he almost...
"Hokar! Listen to me! We have seeds!"
The old village chief shook Hokal's shoulders vigorously, making him feel nauseous and vomiting as he was already dizzy from hunger.
Pushing the village chief away, Hokar rushed to the log table in surprise.
His eyes widened, he picked up a handful of seeds from the bag, and his lips began to tremble slightly.
Tam let out a long sigh of relief, he could understand the other person's mood.
But now is not the time to get excited.
Tear it.
The top was pulled off and tied around the waist.
The old village chief Tam was exposed, with two rows of sharp-edged ribs.
He picked up a hoe and shouted loudly with his eyes shining brightly.
"Old fellows! Gather the old fellows in the village, spring plowing has begun!"
