The children in the family went to school, but they did not go to the White Eagle free school. Instead, they went to study at a scholar's home.

Although there were free schools, wealthy aristocrats clearly preferred traditional aristocratic education.

Mrs. Fanxia was doing housework, but she was distracted from time to time, with a worried look on her face. The overall environment in the White Eagle Territory is not very good now.

Fanxia went out today, planning to sell grain, land, and serfs. I don’t know what the situation is.

With the sound of footsteps, the door opened. Mrs. Fanxia came out with a look of joy on her face. "You're back?"

He reached out to take off Fanxia's coat, but Fanxia waved her hand and took it off herself and put it on the hanger in front of the door.

The Vanxia people are fat and afraid of heat, and they are sweating profusely at this moment.

When Mrs. Fanxia saw her husband like this, she immediately had a bad feeling in her heart.

"Damn it, those grain merchants have stopped buying grain. Not only did our land not produce anything this year, but we also lost money to feed the serfs. I plan to sell the land, but the price is only 50% of last year's, and it's still falling. No one wants to take over the serfs. Because there is no profit in taking over the serfs, and we have to feed them instead."

"The farming business is over."

Fanxia was sweating profusely. After taking off his coat, he also unbuttoned his shirt.

"What should we do then?" Mrs. Fanxia asked in dismay.

"What else can we do? We'll sell the valuable land first, and find a way to deal with the serfs. As for the grain, we'll have to store it and see what happens next year."

Fanxia smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Damn it.

Pompeii family, Pompeii family.

Why do you let the peasants and serfs have enough food? If they have enough food, where can we go to squeeze money from them?

hateful.

The Vancia family was not the only one who secretly cursed Pompey and was as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

There are many such farmers in the entire White Eagle Territory. They have many serfs under their command, with at least 300,000 adult population.

This group of people is an invisible population, not under the jurisdiction of the city hall and does not generate tax revenue.

They lived like animals, working like slaves for the big farmers.

Now the serfs have become as hot potatoes as the land and food.

Under such circumstances, the City Hall, under the approval of Governor Luther Pompey and the execution of Consul and Mayor Lelouch of Pompey, enacted a decree to abolish serfdom.

Seven cities, towns and villages under them.

Laws are promulgated level by level.

Serfdom was illegal.

Not only that, the city hall also sent out many propagandists to go door to door to promote this matter.

Inside Pompeii.

Whether it is a place with a lot of people or a place with a little crowd, whether it is a civilian area or an aristocratic villa area, there are a large number of people carrying out propaganda work.

"After being signed by the Governor and executed by the Consul, the White Eagle Territory has officially abolished the serfdom system. From now on, anyone found using serfs for production or farming will be sentenced."

"In addition, considering the current situation in White Eagle Territory, the City Hall is willing to accept all serfs and transform them into qualified workers. If there are factories willing to hire these workers, please contact the City Hall."

Large numbers of propagandists are carrying out this kind of propaganda work.

This incident had a further impact on Luther.

Prior to this, Luther announced that he would provide all commoners with the ability to go to school for free, which was seen as an outlier by the nobles. It was a kind of neutralizing idea between the traditional nobles and the new party.

But no one cares about this matter anymore.

On the one hand, the nobles who own serfs are a minority after all, and the price of serfs is low now, so no one is willing to take them over. The city hall is willing to take them over, and the big farmers are eager to do so.

On the other hand, the Pompeii family's military strength is outstanding.

Moreover, the prestige of the White Eagle emblem is very high.

With the implementation of this law, large numbers of large farmers sent their serfs to the city hall, which received them and transformed them.

Large numbers of serfs will be employed as workers and generate tax revenue for the White Eagle Territory.

Farmers sold their land in large quantities, no matter how low the price was, because they found that farming had no future.

Under such circumstances, Pompeii's livestock company and the original grain merchants each put out funds to purchase a large amount of land, intending to transform it into pastures.

To cope with the rapidly expanding meat market.

And the City Hall announced the final word on the event.

The Pompeii family will unite many merchants to purchase grain from farmers at a unified price of 60% of last year's grain price.

Under such circumstances, farmers' grain output this year is 30% higher than last year, while the price has lost 40%. This loss is not too big.

This immediately won prestige for the Pompeii family.

Long live Pompeii!!!

Yangjiao Village.

In the small meeting room at the home of Village Chief Heishan, Village Chief Heishan sat with five village officials, and everyone's face showed a mixture of surprise and joy.

"I didn't expect the Pompeii family to really make a move. They took the lead in purchasing wheat at 60% of last year's price. This way, our loss is not too big."

A village official said with a smile.

"Too much grain was produced this year. The Pompeii family bought the grain, but they can't digest it all in a short time. They are losing money to protect the farmers. Oh, the Pompeii family is really kind. The governor is indeed a kind person."

The Black Mountain Village Chief sighed and said.

Suddenly, the village officials present stood in awe.

Luther Pompey, the man nicknamed "the Merciful One", is indeed extremely merciful.

"Thanks to the White Eagle Emblem, our losses this time were not too great. But this is also a lesson. We need to arrange for the strong laborers in the village to work in the city and not focus all our attention on the land. Besides, we have Bass cattle, so the fields will not be left uncultivated."

The Black Mountain Village Chief said.

"I'll do some statistics. With the low price of grain this year, I believe many people are willing to go to the city to work. Even mining is much better than farming."

A village official nodded and said.

"Long live Pompeii."

Ani, when Asia's family heard the news, they also raised their arms, and the couple yelled stupidly.

Although farmers will not go bankrupt due to low grain prices, they feel bad when they see so much grain but cannot exchange it for money.

Only by exchanging money can I buy some clothes for the children and supplement the household expenses.

In this situation, the Pompeii family took the lead in purchasing grain. Long live, long live, long live.

The White Eagle Emblem, the Pompeii family’s reputation in the White Eagle Territory has almost reached its peak.

(End of this chapter)