Riding and Slashing

On December 358, 12 of Pan Deli, there was heavy snow.

It's getting cold.

This is the second snow this year, and it has been going on for three days.

In my impression, White Hart Castle and the Noldor Forest have never had such a heavy snowfall.

Everything in sight turned into a vast expanse of whiteness.

His Majesty said that this is the aftermath of the forest fires, this winter will be colder than usual, and next summer will be hotter than ever.

I don't quite understand these principles about the weather, but I know what your Majesty said is right, because Lake Eraclay is completely frozen.

This is the first time Lake Ella Klein has completely frozen over.

Eracle Lake is a snow-capped mountain lake. The nearby mountains are indeed very cold, and the snow-capped mountains in the west are even frozen all year round.

However, due to the low-lying surface of the lake, the large drop from the surrounding ridges, and the extremely deep water, the south side of the lake never freezes.

But this year, the entire lake surface of Erakle Lake was completely frozen, and the ice layer was three inches thick.

Of course, this may be a good thing-the fire half a year ago caused the surface of Lake Ella Klein to be covered with ash and black charcoal. Now that it is frozen, it is easy to clean up.

Most of the clansmen love to be clean, and Erakle Lake is the source of water for the entire forest. His Majesty Li Ang and Wendy also felt that they should take this opportunity to clean up the lake.

The ash layer and black charcoal are all frozen on the ice surface, as long as the ice layer is broken up, picked up and thrown into the forest, it will be treated as watering and fertilizing the newly planted saplings.

Today, His Majesty brought a lot of people to break the ice - the number of tribesmen is too small, and humans are indeed better at such tasks as swinging hammers on the ice.

In fact, this is also a way for His Majesty to promote the new currency—His Majesty loaned the money to Wendy from Pendor Bank to hire people. In the hands of several elf lords, it is considered that the elf lords hired humans to do this job.

Of course I am also one of the elf lords.

Including Aldalian, every elf lord can understand why His Majesty did this.

Using methods such as working together and hiring each other to increase the frequency of communication between humans and elves is the best way to quickly integrate elves and humans.

It's just that Aldalian was stubborn, he insisted that His Majesty arranged a compulsory loan for the Principality of Noldor to earn interest...

This is indeed true, because His Majesty allocated two larger loans to Queen Amy and Queen Alina—these loans were to be returned to Pande Bank with interest.

I don't know much about the operation of banks, but I can at least understand that when three countries owe a lot of debt to Pande Bank, unless these three countries perish together, Pande Bank will definitely not go bankrupt...

Of course, I also know that the more important reason for His Majesty to bring people to clean up the ice surface of Eracle Lake is to find jobs for more people in winter, a season when it is not easy to make money.

His Majesty is now vigorously promoting economic construction in the territory, and has proposed a five-year plan, saying that there will be no more "poor people" in the territory within five years.

It's certainly a great vision.

Moreover, the method His Majesty intends to use is also very great-he does not want to give money and food to help the poor, but to make every young and middle-aged man in the New Pendor Kingdom have a job, so that every family can rely on their own Ability to earn money...

In my opinion, this is much harder than mere relief.

His Majesty said a very profound proverb, "It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish".

This is probably similar to what he said to Sir Roland back then.

In fact, every adult can understand His Majesty's intentions, and also understand His Majesty's kind deeds to all the people under his rule.

Of course, this act of kindness is only for people in New Pendor...

As His Majesty once said to me, he is a 'selfish' man who only helps his own people.

Fortunately, we have all become His Majesty's 'insiders'.

To tell you the truth, I have experienced poverty myself - when I was exiled by my family, I was wandering penniless on the mainland.

I once hid XZ hungry in human cities, and had to survive on raw meat in the wild. I probably spent a year like this until I found a not-so-good job in a tavern in Singal. Glorious work...

I've seen poverty, I've known hunger, and I know what it's like to spend the winter wrapped in a rag in a dark corner hungry.

I know what His Majesty means by 'poor people'.

Even within the Noldor tribe, there are many tribesmen who have fallen into extreme poverty for various reasons-of course, they can at least survive in the forest. This may be what His Majesty said, "A small population is actually an advantage".

And the poor human beings in various countries on the mainland... To put it bluntly, they live almost exactly the same as those wild dogs in the alleys of Singal - rummaging for food in the garbage dumps, looking for scraps of cloth discarded by the rich in the streets and alleys Clothes, wandering around every place where coolies may be needed, begging for the employer's selection, or sticking your head to the waistband of your trousers to take risks.

But adventures are not successful every time, and coolies are not needed all the time. Many helpless people have to sell their children or themselves to slave traders-just for a change of food.

Therefore, I probably understand better than most of the nobles how great your Majesty's grand ambition of 'making the country no longer have poor people' is so great.

Which country has no poor people?

Even gods can't make everyone rich, can they?

His Majesty said, this is a war with the gods, and the outcome of the war depends on whether we can feed and clothe everyone in the New Pendor Kingdom.

Such a 'war', probably only His Majesty dares to fight...

After hearing about His Majesty's great wish, even Sir Roland rushed to White Hart Castle and paid homage to His Majesty Leon - he is a paladin, the messenger of the Lady Justice, and he would never pledge his allegiance to any king. .

But Sir Roland publicly said a blasphemous sentence: "No matter what gods, they should bow their allegiance to such an ambition!"

Yes, I think so too.

There is no doubt that the one who can make everyone comfortable in food and clothing is the true Supreme God.

Because even Chuangshi God has never done this...

If such a great wish can be realized, then His Majesty will surely become the only holy king throughout the ages, and even the truly supreme god.

But it's hard, we all know it's hard, it's a hundred times harder than conquering the world, maybe more.

His Majesty has assigned himself, and us, an unprecedented and difficult task.

Of course, it also brought us an unprecedented alluring motivation...

If we can help His Majesty achieve the grand goal of eliminating poverty in the territory, then I believe that whether it is Queen Amy, Queen Wendy, Sir Roland, Eric... or myself, they will all be able to live in Aino. The Mithril Chronicles of the Family Passage forever leave names and biographies—this is true eternity and immortality.

This is the final war.

We must win.

—Excerpt from "New Pendor Battlefield Diary", by Lisadiran Aino.
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Time passed day by day, and it was winter again in a blink of an eye.

During this period of time, no ghosts or ghosts happened, and Kavala and Malbert did not appear in dreams or in other ways. Li Ang was not even sure whether they were still in his soul space.

The voice of Eunomia, the goddess of order, did not appear again.

But Li Ang doesn't care about them anymore—probably the gods can no longer harass Li Ang. Li Ang knows that he probably already has a little so-called 'power of faith', although Li Ang still doesn't know any magic...

In fact, magic is not important anymore, Li Ang does not pursue these now, and he does not need to cast spells.

Being truly powerful does not mean possessing any powerful divine arts or magic.

It's about always knowing what you want to do, what you can do, and... what you should do.

Li Ang now knows exactly what he should do.

Since he intends to make himself the God of Wealth, of course a kingdom ruled by the God of Wealth cannot be poor.

So Li Ang put forward a 'Five-Year Plan', intending to make the entire New Pendor Kingdom free from poverty in five years or less, and to ensure that everyone has enough food and warm clothing.

When this plan was first proposed, everyone, including Amy, was shocked—anyone who has been a lord can realize how difficult it is. No monarch in the history of Pendor has ever done it. Get past this.

However, Li Ang still insisted on making this plan a national policy, and posted it publicly in every village and town. The non-commissioned officers under his command.

The specific content of the plan is not complicated. Li Ang intends to try his best to make every person capable of working in the entire New Pendor Kingdom have a job, so as to achieve the goal of making everyone fed and clothed.

Of course, you cannot rely on charity to alleviate poverty, otherwise you will only support lazy people, which will not only have no practical effect, but will also lead to all kinds of messy things.

Only by allowing people to do it themselves, allowing everyone to develop their own value, and allowing people to create wealth by themselves, can it be regarded as real poverty alleviation.

And the true teaching of the God of Wealth also needs to be subtly spread to people's hearts in this way-let people rely on their own abilities and make money in a way that suits them.

To accomplish this, of course, we must first do a good job of statistics and determine specific goals—that is, specific problems that people face.

The overall situation of the current New Pendor Kingdom is as follows:
Li Ang's own territory, that is, the territory directly under the king of the New Pendor Kingdom, is actually only Changhe County, Yongdun County, and Karen Deer Castle.

Fort Yongdun and Fletcher Village were only designated as direct jurisdiction by Li Ang this month, because they had to deal with the Jatu people.And Karen Deer Castle let Anson take over again not long ago, so it can be regarded as Li Ang's direct territory.

Qicha Fortress is about to be built as the 'Fortress of the God of Wealth', which can be regarded as a direct jurisdiction, but construction has not yet started, and it is currently uninhabited, so it is not counted for the time being.

The total population of the territories directly under the Central Government is about 25, of which about 15 are suitable for work, that is, people between the ages of 60 and 20.

About half of them are working in agriculture, and the other half should be doing odd jobs in Changhe City—if nothing else happens, except for those who have lost their labor force, almost all the people below the poverty line in the territory have come to Changhe City.

At present, Changhe City should already be the largest city in the entire continent, and there are almost a hundred thousand people living in and around the city (including the construction site).

Fortunately, Li Ang was able to continue to obtain a steady stream of mutton from the Jatu people, and the Changhe Express was able to continuously dispatch supplies from various places, and the food taxes from various places in the east would have been sent to Changhe City, which barely supported the situation. Consumption in the city.

But the vast majority of these urban residents are refugees caused by previous wars, that is, proletarians.

The construction of the Great River City has attracted a large number of proletarians. These people can earn money through the construction of the Great River City, and they can still buy food with security. Their problem lies in housing.

If the entire Great River City is built according to Li Ang's ideas, it will indeed be enough to support 10 people to live in it.

But at present, at least 5 people live in dilapidated wooden shacks they built themselves, and more than 3 people live in work sheds on the construction site.

They can't afford a house—in fact, it's useless even if they can afford it. There are only a few houses in Changhe City at present...

In terms of income level, these people can generally have enough to eat.

But if you look at their overall assets, they are still far away from being out of poverty—after entering the winter, job opportunities have decreased a lot, and they don't even have a house that can protect them from the wind and rain.

As for those who work in agriculture, most of them should be working for lords, knights, and some manor owners. These people are regarded as 'owners', so Li Ang doesn't need to worry too much.

——Li Ang's food tax collection is not high. Since all-out poverty is the overall plan of the New Pendor Kingdom, all the lords, the knights under the lords, and the manor owners living in the New Pendor land have to obey orders. Harsh laborers and farmers.

Otherwise, without Li Ang, Sir Roland would have to come to punish the rape and eradicate the evil.

The problem of the direct-controlled territory is mainly the problem of accommodation. Li Ang has a plan for this matter-repair a large number of townhouses, provide cheap rental housing, and provide guaranteed loans for buying or renting houses.

Guaranteed loans, that is, as long as the people of Changhe City who have real estate or other industries provide guarantees for these proletarians, Pande Bank can issue loans without collateral, which can be regarded as overdraft credit.

But the amount of this kind of loan is not large, and it can only be used to buy or rent a house-that is, if you don't pay it back, the house is there anyway.

Repairing simple townhouses can provide more long-term jobs, cheap renting can solve their basic problems, and guaranteed loans can help these people solve their biggest problems, so that they can devote themselves to work and life.

Anyway, the merchants now have a high sense of recognition for Li Ang. Domestic grain prices and basic commodity prices are all decided by Li Ang. As long as the grain prices can be controlled, there is no need to worry about inflation for the time being.

The direct-controlled territory is still easy to solve, it just takes time.

The Sarleon Realm is more troublesome.

Amy's Sarleon Principality, the current territory includes Sarleon City, Lion Lake City, Kaine Fort, Long Howling Fort, Harling's Fort, Kyle Ledan Fort and their subordinate villages and towns, basically the former Sarleon Kingdom core area.

At present, the total population of the Sarleon Principality is less than 90—there is no census, and it is only roughly estimated that there should be nearly half of the population less than when Li Ang first arrived in Sarleon.

What is certain is that the vast majority of people who cannot make ends meet in the entire Sarleon Principality are near Sarleon City—at least 30 people.

In fact, this is the number of refugees that Amy has resettled in the past six months. (end of this chapter)