When all the citizens gathered around, the gate of the castle slowly opened.
The open-air square outside the castle was about one or two kilometers away from the castle gate. Olan slowly sat in his troika and made a grand entrance.
Showing your majesty and force to your subjects, and letting them have a full stomach occasionally, will make them very obedient, Oran is convinced.
"grown ups."
When Oran walked to the tent that the servants and soldiers had set up for him, hundreds of citizens, young and old, all knelt down.
Oran raised his fingers, and then these men stood up under the soldiers' gaze.
Lords' open-air meetings - the former lords often held meetings two or three times a year. They were basically mobilization speeches, telling everyone that the Vikings were causing trouble again.
So today these numb and empty-faced citizens are thinking the same thing.
Some people pinched themselves and managed to save a few copper plates and broken silver in a shriveled wallet.
Some people thought that instead of being "robbed" by the Vikings or "borrowed" by the lords, the food they had just saved would rot in their stomachs, and they would eat it all immediately after the meeting. As for the future... who cares? so much.
After the carriage landed, he walked up the steps and passed by several local residents. Oran also saw that these people's teeth were all broken, their eyes were covered with a layer of fog, and they were covered with diseases, which made them a little touched.
Looking around, Olan pointed at a shirtless resident of the outer city area. The soldiers maintaining order outside the field approached and took this person out.
"Sir, I didn't make a mistake!"
The man was scared to death, and the people surrounding him quickly dispersed.
After the man was brought out, he stepped onto the steps about one meter above the level ground. Sitting on it was Oran, his butler Nanamp, and two personal guards holding swords.
The man knelt down and kowtowed as soon as he came up. The majesty of the lord had long been engraved in the bones and blood of some of the people who had suffered losses. Even if Oran didn't say anything, he might still blame this man who had stolen in his youth and was imprisoned in a dungeon. Scared half to death.
"Get up and spin around."
After Oran finished speaking, when the man saw that nothing happened, he slowly calmed down and followed suit.
The man turned around seven or eight times, because the lord did not say how many times, until Oran shouted to stop.
"What is your job?"
"Me? I'm a woolen worker, my lord."
"Let alone woolen clothes, why don't you even have a good rough coat?"
"I have it, but on ordinary days... I don't want to wear it."
The man stuttered a little, frightened by Olan and the murderous soldiers beside him.
"Go down."
Then Olan randomly picked an old farmer. This old farmer's hands and feet were all calloused. He got up early every day and stayed late at night, but his skinny bones could be seen all over his body. He had a family that could only eat enough for a few days a year.
Oran asked the old farmer a few questions and then let him go down.
The two kept their mouths shut and had no resonance or thoughts. Most people lived this kind of life.
Olan began to use the topic and said, "Whoever does business in my territory in the future will have a new system 'guild' to help."
What is a guild?
Everyone looked at each other, and Nan Anpu on the side began to explain that Olan was thirsty.
"Listen, this is to allow you to live a better life, increase the production of local goods, help you purchase raw materials and tools, and provide soldier protection when you go to distant places to do business, so as to maximize your interests and safety. change."
What Nanamp said was the same as the scriptures. The people did not fully understand it, but they understood it a little bit.
But does this protection mean that more commodity tax will be charged?
Orlan saw the dull citizens turning into wood and said, "Which thing do you like best? Wool from the six southern countries? Iron and coal from Scotland? Wheat from Wales? Timber from Ireland?"
Olan pointed to someone in the audience, who said in shock, "I want them all, I like them all, sir."
Oran smiled and said, "I also like these things, but they are very troublesome to obtain and the price is high. In Frankia, or even in the warmer lands further south, such as Eastern Rome, the Iberian Peninsula (the Two Teeth Region), and the Apennine Peninsula ( Italy), local citizens can easily obtain it.
Why?
This is because they have the protection of powerful lords, advanced technology, warm climate, and flat landforms.
What about us?
After sowing the seeds once, as soon as the wheat seedlings hit the ground, I thought about harvesting them quickly before the Vikings came, otherwise I would be worried every day.
When you get a piece of clothing, you have to wear it during certain celebrations to avoid damage.
The dead skin under your feet is harder than stone. You might step on a nail and the latter will sink into the soil.
Our army has formed an alliance with Sir Ghazi. In a little while, the entire County Durham will be safe. When you pass a certain river checkpoint, no one will come out to charge you.
You can have several pieces of clothing in your dilapidated house, and the porridge you drink is not all thin porridge water.
The guild will consolidate your industries, provide financial cooperation, and obtain insufficient raw materials with help from within the territory, and stipulate the number of helpers and apprentices..."
After the whole speech, Oran established the following guild regulations:
1: Consolidation of businessmen and land farming issues.
Two: Lord Oran protects the safety of guild members.
Three: Establish a systematic workflow and tool usage methods.
Four: Regularly inspect product quality.
Five: Mr. Oran sets the price, and it is forbidden to bargain or raise the price.
Six: Establish an apprenticeship system.
Seven: Anyone who wants to do business must become a member of the guild and needs Lord Oran's consent.
Eight: Hold a leadership meeting every six months.
Olan established an eight-point system in rough steps to control all aspects of the guild.
Industries can organize scale efficiencies in the short term, in the historical memory of past lives.
The rise of guilds was mainly to resist the oppression of lords, the destruction of thieves, and the price hikes of competitors.
At this time, Olan helped handle all these activities and formed a guild to serve him.
No organization's system is perfect, and the system must be adjusted over time.
"apprentice?"
The word mentioned made many teenagers' eyes light up.
In this era, there are really too few job opportunities. Most people can only farm, and very few people have the opportunity to get involved in different fields. The overall unemployment rate is as high as over 70%.
With more unemployment, there are more crimes, which makes many lords use strict laws to govern and refuse to relax.
Oran asked the children or teenagers to ask questions and then explain themselves, but teenagers at this age were timid and no one spoke first.
Oran saw a few children in the crowd touching their bellies. They seemed to be hungry. After more than ten seconds, a thin boy finally asked. His voice was hoarse, as if he had been injured?
"Sir, can you know what it feels like to be so full that you burp when you become an apprentice?"
This was funny and pitiful. Olan looked at it quietly and asked, "Why did you hurt your throat?"
The young man lowered his head, not daring to look at the lord, and said, "I was once caught by the Vikings for fun. They tied me to a horse and dragged me along. Later, I fainted and was thrown into a pile of corpses when I woke up. I survived by eating rotten food, and after that, this is how I talk."
Many young people have suffered this kind of painful experience, and this boy was lucky enough not to die - but his family members all died under the butcher's knife. He lived like a beggar, begging as he walked, all the way here.
After the boy spoke, Olan said, "Children younger than him can get a bowl of wheat porridge as long as they ask."
As soon as the question was asked, Olan became very excited. He asked someone to take the young man aside and continue to explain...
