Pioneering

Dark night enveloped the seaside town, and the wind and rain were raging.

The street lamps on the street linger on, reflecting the rainwater into silver.

Manish, a fisherman, was struggling to find his way home. The rain soaked his fishing clothes, and the sound of the wind almost drowned his breath.

He supported the wall along the street with his hands, and his steps were firm and strong.

Walking past a well-planned concrete wind-resistant house, Manish, who was in a bad mood, almost mistook the gate of his own house.

This is also the disadvantage of choosing a unified construction template, and occasionally getting lost in too similar buildings.

However, the repair of the drainage system in the town is much better than it was back then. If it was still the Principality of Andreia, Manish would not dare to fish at this time, and would have taken the children to the high ground long ago. .

"Hello, Manish," his wife Prabha asked him as he was taking off his shoes, "what did you do today!

How dare you play tricks on me!I am really blind, how could I marry such a wimp like you..."

Manish changed the soaked clothes, twisted them and threw them into the clothes basket, put on his old two-year-old pajamas, thankfully took out the well-protected cigarette case, and looked disappointedly at the empty dining table.

Apparently, his wife didn't leave him a meal.

"I went fishing and I caught a flounder, but he said he was a cursed prince and I let him go.

Also, I am the head of the family!I'm done with you, Prabal!

Where did you go when you were kind and simple?

You know exactly how much you have contributed to this family!

If you really feel wronged to marry me, a wretch, and the children's exams are over, let's go get a divorce.

Oh, didn't you always want to be a city person? You can learn the divorce tricks of city people. said Manish with a hint of sarcasm.

"I..." Prabar suddenly became dumb. She still owed seven hundred silver coins, how could she get a divorce before getting the money?

Even if she can get some of the property after the divorce, she doesn't want to lose Manish as a source of income until she finds an urbanite to take over.

The marriage version update of the Kingdom of Yashai is not so advanced. The division of property between a man and a woman after divorce is usually the pre-marital property. Will punish the offenders who have cheating, bad habits, domestic violence...etc.

If a man has a relationship with an illegal wife or concubine, it is still considered a crime of infidelity.It is also considered a fault for a woman to have a relationship with an illegal husband, but male judges account for the vast majority.

Judges are still leaning in favor of men.

Because "boys help boys"!
There are very few divorce cases on the mainland. In this world full of famine, war, animal hordes, aliens, and fear, it is a natural biological instinct to cling to the strong, to survive subconsciously.

Men are physically stronger than women.Therefore, the Black Iron Age has always been a patriarchal society, and it is difficult for women to divorce.

In other words, the official definition of divorce can be regarded as half Zhong Ming came up with it.

If the behavior of divorce is written into the statutory law, if Zhong Ming is not blessed by the prestige of the founding monarch, there will be a lot of turmoil in the country.

Zhong Ming also made a compromise to a certain extent. For example, men can marry more women, but every time they marry more than one woman, they need to pay a high "concubine tax", because it is an occupation of more social resources. direct performance.

For example, Zhong Ming's means of marrying Aisha in name to obtain a strong claim to Estonia requires turning over 10% of the total property.

Note that it is [-]% of the total property, including the sum of market valuation and working capital of real estate such as land, shops, factories, etc.

According to the national land share that Zhong Ming, the king of Yaxia, currently occupies and the revenue conditions of the company under the name of the royal consortium, the huge amount of national debt formed by Zhong Ming's injection of capital into the Yaxia government was directly and legally wiped out!
In Zhong Ming's private treasury, there was also a small target of Yaxia silver dollars posted.

Of course, Zhong Ming, who can rub gold and silver with bare hands, doesn't care much about worldly wealth now.Paying taxes in this way can make Yaxia's financial operation healthier, and he is happy to see it.

One concubine pays 10% of the total property, two concubines 18%, three concubines 27%, four concubines 37%... Nobles can't play this kind of real damage game!
Moreover, taking a concubine theoretically needs to be approved by all wives and concubines who have married into the door, and the children of concubines theoretically have a certain legal right to inherit property, and concubines also have independent life and property rights that are protected by law and must not be violated at will.

In the former Northern Continent, monogamy was the mainstream.It can also be regarded as alleviating the resistance of men in disguise.

A little bit of male welfare is paid in exchange for the rise of women's status in other aspects.

In the current version, Prabal knows very well that he will not be able to divide much property after divorce. After all, the most valuable single house is bought by the husband before marriage and repays the loan alone after marriage.

And if her romantic affairs in the central province are revealed...

"Oh, of course I know your difficulties, I have no intention of divorcing you," Prabal reassured Manish with a guilty conscience, "Don't mention these unhappy things.

You said you met a talking flounder and claimed to be some kind of prince?
Don't you have any wishes? "

"No," Manish replied, "do I have a wish?"

"Well," said the wife, "it's hard to live in such a dirty little country house like ours.

You should wish for a villa in a nice big city.

By the way, it must be in New Chang'an City. After the children enter school, our family can't rent a house to live there all the time, right?It's no use moving all the time.

Go and tell him that we want a small villa on the first ring road of Chang'an City. I am sure that if he is really a noble prince, he will fulfill our wish. "

"What!" Manish stood up and said angrily, "You call the house I have worked so hard to buy a 'dirty little country house'!
Keep your eyes open for me, look at this beautiful tiled wall, look at this wall that can withstand wind disasters, even a drop of such heavy rain does not leak!
This furniture... this..."

Prabal: Why is your focus so strange?The point is that this is good, shouldn't it be a single-family villa in the "New Chang'an City First Ring Road"?
"Well, I'm exaggerating." Prabal shook his head, "It's really good here, but this kind of industrial product with a unified style, rigid things made of pouring and patchwork, without any artistic and aesthetic feeling, how can it be compared with the truly customized ones?" What about the residence?

Let me tell you, in New Chang'an City...

Even if you are reluctant to part with your house, you have to think about your children. Are you going to let your children go back to Binhai Province after they finish school?Don't plan to let the children take root in the big city? "

"But," Manish, who cherishes the children, also vaguely knows the concept of a villa in the new Chang'an City, which is very expensive, very expensive... The fisherman twisted his face rough and thick due to the sea breeze, and said , "How can I go again?"

"Ah," said Prabha, "you caught him and let him go. Even a nobleman must pay some ransom? He will surely grant our wishes. Go, go!"

"It saved a lot of rent, and the two children will not worry about going to school!"

Manish, the fisherman, was still reluctant to go. His simple and honest character and the future of the children seemed to be two villains, fighting together, and he didn't want the relationship between husband and wife that had just eased to be broken up again.

After tossing and turning all night, the next day when the wind and rain stopped, he still went to the beach and drove the fishing boat to the sea area where he fished yesterday.

After the rain, it cleared up, and the sea looked like a smiling girl, wearing a cloak of blue sky, and when the breeze was blowing, she danced her rippling skirt.The sun kissed her face lightly, making her radiant and bright as a mirror.

The small waves are like the poet's whisper, gently stroking the sandy beach on the far shore.

Nature has set her jewel in this moment, as if to bring hope and magic to every eye in the world.

Manish took a breath of the brackish sea breeze intoxicatedly, and said like singing:
"Flounder, you are in the ocean,
Please listen to me carefully,

I catch you and let you go, you didn't mention your wish,
The wife is relentless and unyielding to this. "

The flounder did rise out of the water, swam up to him, and asked, "What does your wife want?"

"Hey, Flounder," said Manish, a little ashamed, "I caught you yesterday, and I really didn't want anything from you.

But my wife said, I should make a wish to you.

She doesn't want to live in that small house anymore, she wants a small villa in the new Chang'an City.

I...my child has been admitted to a good college in New Chang'an City, and he needs a stable place to live.

I'm sorry...if you think it's too much, please decline. "

"Go back," the flounder smiled strangely for a moment, and it was hard to imagine how it made such an expression with this stupid image, "She already has a small villa.

Oh, one ring, my friend. "

After that, he twisted the fish tail and disappeared into the sea.

'Did I tell it just now that it is within the first ring? ' thought Manish.

Fisherman Manish scratched his head and went home.

"Oh, my God!" I saw his wife Praba jumping excitedly in the living room on the first floor with a letter in her hand, just like a child, "Honey, look, look !"

As soon as Prabal saw her husband came back, he took his hand and gave him a letter.

【Dear Mr. Manish,

Matters concerning inheritance from distant ancestors

I hope this letter will arrive in your good mood.I am lawyer Vinmosens, and I am writing to you as a property lawyer representative of a law firm in New Chang'an City, Kingdom of Yasxia.

It is my great honor to deliver the amazing news that you have a large and amazing family heirloom.

A recent investigation revealed that your grandfather's uncle's spouse's sister's ... left you a precious property located in the first ring of New Chang'an City. The actual situation of the property is: the floor area...

You are the sole legal heir to this property.

We sincerely invite you, Mr. Manish, to New Chang'an City, and we will introduce you to this valuable heritage in detail.

Your deceased relative has prepaid our full service fee and we have everything ready...

In order to advance the legal process and transfer this prestigious property to you, we kindly ask you to come as soon as possible.

We eagerly look forward to your arrival to start this wonderful journey.

If you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact our office.

Sincerely]

After repeatedly confirming that this was true, his wife Prabal fell into ecstasy, and even Manish became happy.

Several people packed their luggage and took the children to New Chang'an City in the central province.The process went extremely smoothly, and soon the family moved into a villa that could be considered luxurious.

There is a front hall, a beautiful living room, twelve clean bedrooms in the three-story villa, as well as a kitchen and food storage room.

The necessary furniture and silver tableware are placed inside, and they are all high-end custom-made goods.

There is also a small yard full of vegetables and fruits.

"Look," said Prabal, "isn't it beautiful? Such is the city life!"

"Beautiful!" Manish replied like a dream, "We will live here from now on and live happily."

"Well, let's think about it..." Prabal rolled his eyes.

Then the family ate dinner and the couple went to bed.

Prabha, for the first time in a long time, made Manish feel warm.

"Honey, don't you think we still lack something...

As the saying goes, "It's not easy to live in Chang'an", we lack a secure source of income. "

"But……"

"Everything is for the children, you don't want the children to suffer and be bullied by rich and powerful classmates?"

"..."

Manish finds flounder again.

At this time, he found that the sea area was slightly yellowed.

"Flounder, you are in the ocean,
I beg you to listen to me carefully..."

Flounder smiled even more: "..."

The fisherman's family once again inherited a fortune.

The income from this asset is enough to allow the family to spend a lifetime happily even if they do nothing.

The next day, Prabal, who was out visiting friends, rushed into the house angrily: "Manish, Manish, we want to be nobles, nobles!
Damn Vivina, she just caught a knight, ****..."

"But, Prabal, I..." Manish was a little embarrassed.

"Will you go? If you don't go, you won't even think about getting into my wife's bed!" Prabal said.

Prabal's long-term "urbanization" honed skills made Manish endless aftertaste, and after a fierce battle, he agreed.

In the dark night, Manish always felt that something was watching him.

Manish finds flounder again.

At this time, he found that the sea area had become cloudy, sometimes dark blue, sometimes deep purple, sometimes gray black, but it was still very calm.

"Flounder, you are in the ocean,
I beg you to listen to me carefully..."

The flounder was not angry, but the smile on the fish's mouth grew even bigger: "..."

'What stupid human beings!Hehe, low-level creatures. '

'You're no better off, Flanaur!Don't forget how you were sealed in the first place. '

'I am the Knight's Revenge...'

'Stop talking nonsense, I'll just ask you, have you found a substitute to replace you? Doesn't this also require my help? '

'You underestimate me.A witch named Zhu Bi, um, she is already a wizard with seven rings, almost eight rings, not bad...'

Soon, there was an additional message on the headline of the Yaxia Daily: Military nobleman Viscount Nat accidentally fell while training his horse, causing his death on the battlefield, and his distant relative, commoner Manish, inherited the title...

Finally, one day, Prabal, who was wearing a coat of arms embroidered with nobles, asked Manish: "Master, come with me to the window quickly.

Look, how prosperous and rich!Can't we be the kings of this country?
Go to Flounder and say we shall be kings, kings of Asshai! "

"Aqiu~!"

In the palace, Zhong Ming, who was approving documents, sneezed inexplicably. (end of this chapter)