The honest, simple-minded commoner said, "My name is John. My mother sent me to see you..."
"She...she said she was brought here by two men last night..."
"Is there some kind of potion that can make pumpkins grow and grow bigger instantly? She wants me to see if it's true."
"Spare me! I...I didn't see anything!"
Li Aili sized up John.
Their clothing was barely enough to cover their bodies.
Li Aili frowned and asked, "Where are you from?"
John answered, trembling, "I'm from Acorn Village..."
Wolf Fang leaned closer and said, "It's a border village of a small kingdom in the north."
"Speaking of which, this country borders Clark's northern border, I think it's called 'Virgia'."
John nodded vigorously, “Yes, yes, yes! I’m a Virgin!”
"Are you a farmer?" he asked, observing his clothing.
His trousers were covered in mud, as if he had been working in the fields.
John said, "Yes, yes."
This is clearly an adult man, but he looks like he weighs less than 100 pounds; he's so thin he's just skin and bones.
He had barely finished answering when his stomach started growling.
"Get him some food."
John thought he was hallucinating from hunger until the tall knight handed him a fragrant loaf of bread.
Once he realized what was happening, John, like a wolf guarding its food, snatched the bread, turned his back, and stuffed it all into his mouth in one go.
Li Aili pursed her lips. "Has the crop yield been bad these past few years?"
Wolf Fang was used to such people and replied, "No, last year was a bumper harvest."
"But no matter how much land you cultivate, it won't be enough to satisfy those nobles' greed."
"Take the Kingdom of Virgia for example, the minor nobles in the territory take a 10% cut."
Then there's the higher nobility above the minor nobility, one-tenth of the total, the dukes, the kings…”
Li Aili needs plenty of people to build up her territory.
Hearing this, it was hard for her not to be tempted.
So she said to John, who had almost swallowed a whole pancake, “You can tell your mother the truth about the pumpkin.”
John, who thought he was about to be put in a gag order: "???"
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