Succubus' Manor

Chapter 165

On the second day back to Stettin, Chi Yan summoned Dahe.

Dahe is still short now, but his whole temperament is different. He is not very old, a few years younger than Chi Yan, but he already looks like a calm adult.

He didn't bring his little follower with him this time, but entered the castle alone.

Dahe has become much more relaxed in recent days. The slave owners are neither willing to leave Stettin, nor dare to disobey Chi Yan's order. Their slaves cannot be sold, and they have to pay for food and money to keep them for nothing. They are almost driven crazy up.

Moreover, slaves are not easy to sell now. The rich people in the nearby cities who can afford slaves will not pay to buy slaves at all. If you have money, you might as well buy more hard currency.

Now the common people have little money, and they can't find money by searching, so the lords above have to save unnecessary expenses-such as buying slaves.

When Chi Yan saw Dahe, he praised him, "It's become more beautiful."

It's not that the face has become better, but that after the temperament has changed, the whole person has changed. A confident person looks much better than a person who bows his head and lowers his head.

Da He was a little shy, he lowered his head and whispered, "Adults look better."

He's not even very good at flattering.

Chi Yan didn't care either, he asked the servant to move a chair for Dahe to sit on, and then asked, "How are the slaves?"

Da He raised his head and said proudly, "Master, they have changed."

After all, Dahe belonged to Chi Yan. He went out and knocked on the slave owner's door. No matter how unwilling the slave owner was, he could only happily welcome him in.

A goblin, who received all the courtesy, even the slave owner would bow his head in front of him, the slaves saw it, so naturally they had to keep it in mind.

Dahe visited every day in a different house, and he was not idle all day. Sometimes he would bring some gifts to the slaves, such as fish floss and meat floss, and he had to give them face to face and watch them eat them.

After a long time, the slaves dared to talk to him. Although every time he passed by, the slaves who talked to him were wounded, but they still talked to him without fear. The slaves are not stupid , they saw that the slave owners only dared to beat them, but did not dare to kill them.

The feeling of being in charge and being protected is something slaves have never experienced.

They will hear many stories from the mouth of the river.

For example, Dahe used to be a slave, the most humble slave, who didn't even have a shed to sleep in, and could only sit on the ground in the open.

But when the lord came, Dahe transformed into a free man, and even became a subordinate who was valued by the lord. He had his own house, property, and career.

He can come and go freely in the city, and even the slave owners can only greet him with a smile, and dare not say a bad word.

"There are many dwarves in Saket, as well as tauren, goblins, and elves." Dahe would tell them about Saket with a serious face, "Everyone lives together, works together, and works together , drink together."

"No one will look down on anyone. There are no slaves there. Everyone is equal and a subject of the lord."

Whenever Dahe said this, the slaves would ask: "Why are there no slaves?"

"Did they actually get a job?"

"Why do you come here so often? Can we go to Saket too?"

There were even goblin children who hugged Dahe's legs, unwilling to let Dahe go.

Da He no longer feels that this is a job given to him by the lord. For him, it has become his responsibility. He desperately hopes that the slaves will regain their freedom and become free people.

He knew how precious it was for a slave to have such a sense—he remembered his mother asking him, what else could they do if they weren't slaves?They would rather be slaves than freemen.

They don't know how to be free folk!

Every generation is a slave, and every generation seems to think itself that they were born slaves.

They even thought it was the Holy Spirit's will that they became slaves.

How precious it is to want to be a slave of free people!

After hearing Dahe's words, Chi Yan smiled and said, "It's time to close the net too."

"Tomorrow, I will summon all the slave owners." Chi Yan's voice was gentle, but his eyes were cold. "After they come in, I need all the slaves to take to the streets."

Da He hurriedly said: "I will follow your orders, my lord."

Chi Yan smiled and said, "Have you eaten yet?"

Dahe let out an "ah", and didn't understand why the topic suddenly jumped to eating, but he was indeed hungry. In order not to make indecent noises when he saw Chi Yan - such as hiccups and farts, he hiccupped and farted all day before he came. Dare not to eat, now that Chi Yan asked, Dahe didn't think about it, and said directly: "I didn't eat."

Chi Yan: "Then stay and have dinner together, Anna made lamb chops."

Now Anna's culinary skills are simply amazing. She will marinate the lamb chops with soy sauce and spices, and then fry them slowly in a pan. After frying the juice, put them in the oven. The final product is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Yesterday, Chi Yan I just ate it, and today I still ordered grilled lamb chops, which had bones and had to be chewed with my hands. The posture was not very elegant, but there were no outsiders here, so Chi Yan didn't have to worry about his image.

Besides, he didn't think it was indecent to eat Chi Yan with his hands.

He ate crayfish before and never used chopsticks.

After all, Stettin is different from Sakerd. People in Sakerd basically use chopsticks now. Chopsticks are easier to get than knives and forks, and no matter how poor people are, they can use two similar branches.

But no matter how cheap the knives and forks are, the asking price can make the civilians feel heartbroken.

After all, Stettin has a background, and almost every household has knives and forks, so chopsticks have not been popularized.

Chi Yan felt a little regretful.

Before eating, Chi Yan asked some other things: "After I left, nothing happened in the city, right?"

It's not that he doesn't believe the old butler, but that the old butler has been staying in the castle after all, and he doesn't know how many things have been heard outside, and it will definitely be distorted.

Dahe said respectfully: "No major incident happened, but more people came to do business, and they bought everything, most of which was grain."

Chi Yan frowned slightly: "Have you checked?"

Da He nodded: "I have checked, and they are all from several nearby cities. They only use gold and silver, not copper coins."

Chi Yan frowned slightly, is this here to disrupt the market?

Gold and silver are of course good things, but if the amount of gold and silver flows in, copper coins will depreciate.

The value of currency has always been unstable. Generally speaking, copper is cheap and silver is expensive, but no matter how cheap copper is, it will maintain a certain purchasing power.

But if a large amount of gold and silver flowed in, copper coins would soon become so cheap that they would lose their purchasing power.

It's nothing to the rich, but to the common people who only use copper coins, it's a catastrophe.

Originally, two copper coins would be enough to eat, but five copper coins may not necessarily be enough to eat, and the wages have not increased-there are not so many copper coins.

Chi Yan: "Well, it seems that it's time to make money by yourself."

When the pattern is ready, let Saket forge it. He has a copper mine and can make copper coins with higher copper content, which can be distinguished from copper coins doped with many impurities at a glance.

At that time, there was such a consideration in choosing Saket.

Copper mines serve many purposes, but making money is definitely one of the most useful.

Even silver and gold mines cannot compare with copper mines in this regard.

"We still need to build roads." Chi Yan tapped his fingers on the dining table.

Now that this was mentioned, Chi Yan chatted with Dahe: "I want to repair the roads between Stettin, Oatley and Aliye."

Now that he has tricycles and bicycles, he can also set up a car rental company. It will be much more convenient for people to travel between several cities. The original journey can take a few days, but after the road is repaired, it can be reached within a day by bicycle.

There is no need to detour, and the efficiency will be much higher.

Da He didn't quite understand this: "My lord, it takes a lot of money to build roads..."

The roads between cities are not the same as the roads in the city. The roads in the city are there. At most, the stone slabs are glued on with clay.

However, for the roads between cities, trees need to be cut down, roots dug, and puddles must be filled, which is a very large project.

Such "roads" are only available in a few big cities near the holy city in the whole country.

Chi Yan sighed: "There is no way to spend money. If you want to get rich, you must first build roads, have fewer children and plant more trees."

Da He's eyes widened: "Fewer children?"

Do you have to have fewer children if you want to become rich?

Chi Yan waved his hand: "It's easy to say, now there is no need to have fewer children, but more, it is better to have more children."

With such a small number of people, without having children, it will be difficult to achieve any development in a few decades, unless a few scientists suddenly appear and take people forward on rockets.

Chi Yan leaned on the chair. Kleist went to see the demons today. He is usually not very competent as a demon king, and occasionally he still has to do superficial work.

So Kleist will not come back to have dinner with Chi Yan today.

"In addition to building roads, we also need to build parks." Chi Yan, "A lot of new people have arrived, and there are slaves who are about to return to freedom. The original jobs are not enough. This will solve another group of people. job needs."

Chi Yan learned this method from modern times. He used to do infrastructure construction when he was poor. Was infrastructure construction the priority at that time?Obviously not, infrastructure construction is a process, and the goal is to solve work needs.

When people have no jobs, it is the darkest time, everywhere is chaotic, vandalism, looting, and thieves are prevalent.

With jobs, people can relax and society will be stable.

Chi Yan managed to turn Stettin into what he is now, but he doesn't want to mess up again.

Dahe looked at Chi Yan with admiration: "My lord, you are the smartest person I have ever met!"

Chi Yan coughed lightly.

Although he is often praised and always has all kinds of rainbow farts in his ears, there are not many people who are as straightforward and simple as Dahe.

When words of praise come from Dahe's mouth, they will always be more believable.

Chi Yan put on a serious face: "Anyway, I want to hear good news tomorrow."

Dahe also said seriously: "I will definitely not let down your trust, my lord! Even if I die there, I will definitely let the slaves come out!"

Chi Yan: "..."

Although the attitude is very good, the will is very firm.

But death or something is really unnecessary.