Father Mavie

Chapter 213 The Duke of Cabbage (please subscribe!!!)
"Who can bake bread? The Church of Truth needs masters who can bake bread! The daily wages are 50 kopeks or a pound of bread! Both men and women!"

"Who knows how to work as a carpenter? The Church of Truth is hiring! 50 kopeks a day!"

At 1:[-] p.m., under the promotion of Levin and Dino, the news of the Church of Truth's recruitment quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys, and countless refugees flocked here, scrambling to win a job opportunity.

This opportunity is so rare. During the war, manpower was the least valuable thing. Especially after 2000 million refugees flooded into the Siberian Great Plains, the supply exceeded demand, and the price of manpower dropped again and again, while the price of food soared.

According to the latest news, today the price of a pound of black bread has increased by another 10 kopecks to 60 kopecks.

The kingdom has indeed started disaster relief, but the food they distribute is not enough to fill their stomachs. People still have to tighten their belts and use cold water to soothe their hungry stomachs. At this time, if there is a job that can make money, even if the daily salary is only a meager 10 kopecks, and there will be countless applicants.

"Don't grab! Don't grab!"

Levin, who was standing on a high platform made of two wooden boxes, was completely surrounded by refugees. He looked down and stretched his arms as hard as he could. His eyes were full of nervous and expectant refugees. He steadied himself and shouted loudly. Said: "There are plenty of places! Everyone line up! Don't squeeze! Don't squeeze! Don't pull my pants!!!"

The situation on Levin's side is not critical, and Dino's side is not much better. The place where he was standing was also surrounded by a wave of refugees. In order to solve his crisis, he wisely shouted: "On my side 50 places, baker! You can bake bread! If you can’t bake bread, don’t come! Everyone else goes to the boy next door! He has a lot of places under his hand!"

After a short rant, many refugees rushed to Levin. Levin was furious when he saw this, and began to greet Dino's ancestors gratefully.

The situation fell into chaos for a while, but fortunately, Levin and Dino moved quickly and kept counting the names. The refugees who were counted could line up and go to the church to find Christopher to get the number plate, and then gather in the open space outside the city.

Fifty bakers were found in the blink of an eye. Dino led a group of housewives into the church. While arranging the crumpled clothes, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and found Ma Wei: "Father, I just remembered, Although we have wheat flour and manpower, we have no baking ovens!"

There are many bakeries in Tyumen City. As a staple food for daily consumption, bakeries are the most common. There will be one or two on every street, but the problem is that these bakeries are run by private individuals or nobles, and they will not borrow baking ovens at all. Give it to the Church of Truth, even if it is leased.

And a huge object like a baking oven is not something that ordinary families can own. In many villages, if farmers want to bake bread, they must go to the mill designated by the lord and pay a fee to use it. Conscientious lords will bake bread for free. The furnace is lent to the villagers for use, but there are very few of them.

The price of bread in Tyumen City has been soaring all the way, almost forming a monopoly. If you want to bake bread, you have to get the consent of the nobleman or the store manager, but who will rent out the stove?

Even if someone will rent it, there will be a hefty fee to pay.

"As for the stove, I have a solution." Katerina pondered: "I know a duke, his name is Hawk Kripikov, and his territory is just east of Tyumen City."

"Hawk? That Duke of Cabbage?" Dino asked in surprise, "Your Highness, do you know him?"

"Well, he is my mother's cousin. He has no great ambitions. He has never asked about political affairs. He likes to stay at home. We can ask him for help."

Ma Wei wondered: "Why do you call him the Cabbage Duke?"

"Because." Katerina hesitated to speak: "He loves cabbage the most. He eats it three times a day. He used to ask the farmers in the territory to pull out all the wheat seedlings and replant them with cabbage. After my father found out, I scolded him severely, and then he started to grow by himself."

People living near Tyumen City have all heard of this Duke of Cabbage more or less. When other nobles were busy extorting money and squeezing serfs, he was busy growing cabbage. Growing cabbage, as if cabbage was his heaven.

Without cabbage, the sky would collapse.

If it wasn't necessary, Katerina would never have remembered that she had such a relative.

Not only Katerina, but even King Paul I and other nobles have forgotten the insignificant Hawk Kripikov.

Hawk Krypikov's territory is not far from Tyumen City, so Mavi immediately decided to set off to meet the Cabbage Duke in person, besides borrowing a baking oven from him.
I also want to see if there is any extra food in his family.

Let Edward and Levin stay to watch the house and continue to recruit craftsmen. Ma Wei took Junia and set foot on the road to Tobol Village with Dino and Katerina.

There was a cold wind blowing outside the city. Sparse trees and farmland flashed past both sides of the road. A steam train galloped in the distance. Gray smoke filled the sky, and the warm sun hung high, as if the war that took place in the morning was just an illusion.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the carriage arrived at Tobol Village, which is the hinterland of the Great Siberian Plain, peaceful and quiet, not trampled by war, under the clear blue sky, the snow-capped mountains in the distance are clearly visible.

"It's no different from Xanadu." Dino said with emotion.

The people living in Tobol Village all have round cheeks and rosy skin. They are completely different from the exploited and squeezed civilians in other territories. They look healthy and energetic, and they walk much faster.

Looking at the blue manor on the hillside in the distance, Katerina seemed to recall some not-so-good memories, sitting upright with a straight face, not wanting to say a word.

After passing through the village, the carriage came to the gate of the blue manor. As soon as he got out of the car, Ma Wei saw a man with a hoe and a straw hat looking at them in the field opposite the manor.

The other party looked at them carefully for a while, and when they saw Katerina, they frowned and thought hard, then suddenly their eyes lit up, they waved their arms, and ran quickly.

When the other party approached, Katerina saw the man's face clearly, pursed her lips immediately, and squeezed out an ugly smile: "Uncle Hawke."

"Katerina! It really is you!" The middle-aged man with dark cheeks, wearing a burlap shirt, and dressed like other farmers said excitedly: "You have grown up so much! How many years have we not seen each other? 10 years Or 15 years?"

"17 years." Katerina twitched her lips, "I was only 6 years old when we met last time."

"How time flies!"

Duke Hawke lamented the passage of time, and warmly invited Ma Wei and others to enter. He carelessly pushed open the unlocked iron gate of the manor, put the hoe outside the gate, shook the black mud on his feet, and hummed a little tune Son, shouted at the top of his voice: "Lu Jin! Lu Jin!"

Lu Jin, the butler with a disheveled face, held on to the handle, walked down the stairs tremblingly, and said weakly, "Master, what do you want?"

"My niece is here, quickly serve up my latest cabbage tea and let them taste it!"

"Ah?!" Lu Jin's legs softened, and he wanted to cry without tears: "Master, there is black tea at home."

"Stop talking nonsense! You all say that cabbage tea is delicious and nutritious. You must invite Katerina and the others to taste such a delicious thing!"

"Ke Ke drank that thing and got diarrhea." Lu Jin's face was extremely ugly, as if he had swallowed a fly the size of a toad alive, "All the maids in the house have collapsed and collapsed, and the only ones who can walk normally are left, Master."

"What's wrong with diarrhea?" Duke Hawke glared at him, "It just so happened that I used it to fertilize the fields, and besides, diarrhea is good for your health, as doctors say!"

"That's a quack!!!"

(End of this chapter)