Rough territory
"Oh, damn it. You can't compare to him? Besides not being East Asian, what else is wrong with you? You should be standing there! Don't you think so?"
Ap suddenly felt as if he was being pricked by a thorn. Charles' words made it seem as if he was being narrow-minded and jealous of others being chosen.
This was a small territory of less than 200 people, and everyone who came and went was considered a neighbor. Apu had only just arrived, but he already considered this his future home and tried his best to get to know his neighbors.
Charles' words were like roasting him on the fire. Apu's face turned red. He couldn't imagine what these neighbors who were not familiar with him would think of him.
"Of course, it's about talent and job. What does it have to do with race?" Apu tried to explain. "Everyone is equal in Hungry Hungry Territory. As long as you have talent, you have opportunities! I don't know anything about beekeeping, but I do know about design. Today, I'm just envious of him, not jealous at all!"
After I finished speaking, I felt a long sigh of relief. The surprised looks from the people around me also made sense.
Because of this, everyone in Hungry Hungry Territory has a job opportunity. Those with skills can wait for the industry to develop and hire them; those without skills can earn money by chopping trees or mining; those with even less energy can do handicrafts or help out at the stalls. As long as you have the will, you can always find enough food, water, and even warmth.
Do what you can do for your job; all jobs are the same. Civil servants just get paid better. People only envy the lucky ones who get hired as civil servants, not obsess over small details, compare, or feel jealous.
Firstly, I'm living well myself. Secondly, the civil servants nowadays are all talented people with special abilities. Without them, where would the honey and steam engines come from? All the materials in the territory are the result of their work!
In the future, when the industry develops to their technical field, they will also be able to become civil servants.
Therefore, when Chad heard these words, his first reaction was not deep agreement or disgust, but simple surprise and astonishment. How could anyone think this way?
When I looked again, I found out that they were not from this territory. Now it made sense.
Most people have trouble recognizing the Western European's appearance, but that overbearing arrogance definitely doesn't belong to Apu and the others, and besides... there are several team members standing next to him.
"Beekeeping? You even have bees in your territory?"
Charles turned a deaf ear to Ap's remarks about "equality for all". In fact, he did not believe in "equality for all" at all, and thought it was just a trick used by the nobles to deceive the common people.
He was completely obsessed with beekeeping. Honey was a common commodity among the nobility. Beeswax candles were bright and clean, honey desserts were a common feature of the palace, and honey was also used for beauty and hair care.
"Can I buy some honey?" He immediately forgot that Fang Yan had provoked him before, so he deliberately provoked Apu, wanting to make everyone unhappy.
Looking across the crowd, I looked at the girl with a bright smile not far away.
This is the Hungry Hungry Queen, he thought. Apparently, while the profession of beekeeper is important, it would be awful for a lord of a territory to interview her personally.
Ye Miaomiao had noticed this place a long time ago. It was because everyone turned around at the same time, and the movement was too consistent.
The person who was following Fang Yan looked unfamiliar. When Ye Miaomiao thought about the text message just now, it was not difficult to guess his identity - a traveling merchant from Margaret.
Because of the previous person's illegal purchase, Ye Miaomiao had a bad impression of merchants. Moreover, this person's words and deeds were quite provocative. Looking at A Pu's flushed face, Ye Miaomiao could easily guess what this person was up to.
It's obvious that he thinks highly of himself and wants to buy things on Hungry Hungry.
So I refused: "Honey is not for sale. The items that are currently for sale are all in the store."
But Charles clearly didn't want to give up: "I have plenty of points, you can bid whatever you want. I'm a high-ranking merchant appointed by the Queen, and I don't even care about ordinary civilian goods!"
Ye Miaomiao: “…” She had never seen anyone rushing up to give money.
The people nearby had long been fed up with this traveling merchant, and they were just trying to make things worse. They deliberately said, "What we're not selling are private collections. Last time, that guy offered over twenty times the price, but the lord still refused to sell. Can you afford this price?"
When he said ten times, he meant that the cotton coat went from selling for 12 points to 300 points. Isn't that more than twenty times the price?
"That's right! Our things are only used by the most powerful and influential people. We poor East Asians don't even dare to use them! How can we be worthy of them!"
"That's true! I have a piece of it at home that's not for sale. I don't allow anyone to touch it. You have to wash your face before you can see it!"
They sang the same tune and their words became more and more outrageous.
Apu knew none of these words were true, but he still felt so ashamed that he wanted to burrow into the ground. He realized for the first time that embarrassment could come from many different angles. As long as he met someone like that... Charles was really... indescribable. He would definitely stay away from him from now on.
Then pretend that what happened today never happened.
Charles felt something was amiss, but he didn't think much of it. It made sense, considering Margaret's strict hierarchy, it was impossible for a commoner to tease an aristocrat like that. Such a thing didn't exist in his mind.
"I can afford it no matter how many points I have. Not to mention twenty times, thirty times, I can even afford a hundred times!"
Ye Miaomiao: “…” She really couldn’t understand.
But Ye Miaomiao asked sincerely from the bottom of her heart: "Then I raise the price and sell it to you?"
Seeing Charles nod affirmatively, Ye Miaomiao touched her conscience and found it was still fine and not broken.
Of course, it was impossible to sell important cold-weather supplies such as honey and clothes to Charles. He was so hungry that he couldn't even eat them all. Ye Miaomiao deliberately set the selling price for non-territorial residents in the store and put special products such as sesame eggs and fruit wine on the shelves.
Of course, it was put on the shelves at a "noble" price. This nobility did not mean elegance, but a very high price. Since Charles wanted luxury goods, Ye Miaomiao would not let him go home empty-handed.
"There's wine!" Charles looked at the finely packaged wine on the shelves in shock.
The Queen is a huge fan of wine, especially fruit wine. Charles looked at the wine excitedly and read out the words: "Six-day new brew (500g)..."
Ye Miaomiao opened the permission and left. Charles was just a traveling merchant. She suddenly received good news, but she didn't have time to deal with Charles.
She instructed the team members to keep a close eye on the situation and immediately catch the perpetrators red-handed if any illegal purchases were made.
However, Charles showed no signs of hostile takeover. He gracefully stepped over the pit in the ground and walked directly along the path towards the store.
"Six-Day New Brew (500g)..." Charles ignored the long list of effects and looked at the flavor description: "Refreshing and clear body, mellow and elegant flavor, sweet and fruity aroma, sweet but not greasy... Quality: Top-notch."
It's a shame it's not the best quality, probably because the ingredients used aren't good enough or the brewing time isn't long enough, Charles thought regretfully, but this is also the highest quality wine he's ever seen, and it should be barely worthy of the Queen's taste.
Thinking about it, I took two bottles and looked at the price, which was surprisingly two thousand points!
"This price is enough to feed the entire territory for two or three days." The servant behind him saw it and murmured unconsciously.
"Disrespectful! Shut up!" Charles snorted. How could the Queen's possessions be compared to those of ordinary people? If such a comparison were made, where would the Queen's dignity be placed?
He only had 4,000 points on him, and buying these two bottles of wine would require half of them... Although Charles scolded the servant, he was actually a little hesitant in his heart.
But he has always been used to spending money extravagantly, and he would feel even more uncomfortable if he didn't spend the money.
In the blink of an eye, the points had been paid and two bottles of wine were in his hands.
Looking down, Charles paid no attention to the crude iron tools and the bloody raw meat. Little did he know that the servants behind him were drooling at the sight of the raw meat.
"This cake is good!" Charles's gaze finally stopped.
The cake's ingredients and quality are both excellent. It's a shame it wasn't made by a palace chef, otherwise its appearance would never have reached this level... Charles can't describe it.
But it is rare. Check the selling price and it’s exactly 500 points per piece.
Charles checked the remaining goods again, and they were all for civilian use, so he simply used all his points to buy cakes.
The servant behind him opened his mouth several times to persuade him, but thinking of the scolding from His Highness just now, he finally looked at the various foods and left the store reluctantly.
"We'll go back tonight." Charles felt that he had completed the mission successfully and was too lazy to deal with these security guards. He immediately packed up his things, took back his weapons, and left the territory.
Although Margaret and Hungry Hungry were in the east and west respectively, they were not far apart. In less than half an hour, he returned to the territory.
The estate was still hosting a dinner party, and Charles couldn't wait to meet the Queen. He found Margaret on the wall looking into the distance.
Charles leaned forward and half knelt.
"Oh, my Lord, you are in such high spirits. A group of people are waiting for you at the banquet. As you wish, I have brought back some wine and cakes from the western territory. Please take a look."
There was no excited sound above his head for a long time. Charles looked up in confusion and saw Margaret frowning.
"How's that territory...?"
What is it? Charles didn't react for a moment, and it took him a moment to realize that the Queen was asking him how the Hungry Hungry territory was.
"That's..." Charles recalled Apu, Fangyan, and those residents, regardless of status. "It's a wild place, everyone is rude and has no manners, not even one-tenth as good as Margaret. That's why I rushed back overnight, just to save my poor taste. Oh, Queen, have mercy on me, tell me I'm doing well!"
He told a joke and thought the queen would laugh, but he heard a barely audible sigh.
Yes, Margaret thought heavily. She didn't ask Charles to investigate secretly, but she didn't dare to face her own fear when she was about to say it.
She couldn't accept that she was still thinking about relying on the Hungry Hungry Territory to get through the difficulties.
Yes, no fewer than three ministers have asked her to solve practical problems.
While fiscal expenditures were increasing, the people were in rebellion. Food was becoming scarce, and there was some unrest among the common people. Although she had been beheaded, Margaret was still uneasy.
How could this happen? Why did this happen?
It is clear that before the end of the world, all the officials and nobles of Country Y gathered in Margaret's territory. It is clear that she inherited the orthodoxy and inherited her parents' will, ruling methods and policies.
The current difficulties, as far as I can remember, were overcome by relying on the East Asian territory... Margaret had clearly decided to rely on herself, but she couldn't help but send Charles.
Is she too sensitive, or...
Are the residents of Margaret really hungry? Or have they had too much good life and are therefore not as hardworking as the hungry residents?
"What kind of territories are they?" Margaret asked again.
"This..." The Queen's tone became serious. Charles didn't dare to joke anymore. He said it was barbaric, and he thought so in his heart, but the Queen obviously didn't want to hear it.
Charles carefully recalled what Apu had said to the residents: "Their rulers are very skillful, using equality to win over the people. Their common people dare not even touch noble things, and can only admire them, even worse than servants."
"But they do look quite wealthy. They must have a large number of servants working day and night."
It’s like this!
Margaret suddenly understood. In her previous life, she had little knowledge of the Hungry Hungry Territory, and thinking of the ancient East Asian feudal system, she immediately believed Charles' words.
These days she was very troubled by "corruption", "extravagance" and "people's misery", especially when the three ministers came to talk about it again this morning, which made her depressed and sent Charles away.
Now the depression suddenly disappeared. In comparison, she was more orthodox than the queen who was hungry.
"Let me see the wine and cake," she whispered.
The tense atmosphere instantly eased, and Charles keenly caught a hint of a smile. Then he relaxed, happily holding the cake and handing it to the Queen.
"They're not in great condition, but they're rare. Let's distribute them among the ministers." Margaret counted them and suddenly laughed, "Oh my God! I knew it all along. How could I be so foolish?"
"There are seven ministers, two parties, one party has three members, and one party has four members. There happen to be four cakes here. Shouldn't I give them to those four people?"
"Charles, do you understand?"
Charles nodded and became even happier, because one of the four people was his father!
He accepted the cake and handed over the fruit wine.
This time the Queen made no assignments. She waved him off and led him directly to the banquet. "I'm tired too. Let's have some drinks and calm down. Don't stay up too late."
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Ye Miaomiao couldn't believe her eyes when she saw that she had earned 4,000 points.
For the first time, she felt that her voice when she spoke to Charles just now seemed, seemed, indeed a little too loud.
What kind of extravagant behavior is this? The two bottles of fruit wine cost only a dozen points and are worth a few hundred points at most. She was not willing to spend the more than ten-day-old aged wine that had been stored for a longer time, but she could sell it for thousands of points.
Not to mention the cakes made by Zhang Jia’s family, which only cost a few cents each in the kitchen.
Ye Miaomiao had just casually increased the price by several times, but she didn’t expect that this big fool would actually buy it!
She counted her points happily and looked forward to Charles's visit again.
Customer Service 001 finally responded: "Your reward will be credited soon. Also, you said you wanted to sell the news of the next disaster, but you don't want to reveal the name of your territory. I can help you with this, but..."
"You have to do me a favor, too."
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