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"But...we have elderly people in our family. If I don't earn enough to eat and have more children, our family will have a very hard time!"
The orc man patted the woman on the back.
"It's okay. We've gotten through the toughest times before, and life is even better now than it used to be. What's there to be afraid of not being able to make it through?"
The orc man knelt before the lord.
"My lord, I am willing to pay my wife's taxes. Please allow her to stay in the territory and do not drive her out." With that, the man kowtowed.
Qin Yiyi said impatiently, "When did I say I was going to kick her out?"
"A bunch of orcs are just wildly imagining things and trying to figure out the decisions of our great lord!"
Qin Yiyi looked at the group of orcs.
He said coldly, "I respect every pregnant woman because women bring life and reproduction to the world! Without reproduction, there is no future. The children in their wombs are the hope of the future, the hope of the territory!"
How can a territory survive if it only has young and strong men? Are you going to just recruit another batch of young and strong men when one batch falls ill? Do you think that saves costs? The consequence of no one having children is that there will be no one left in the future.
For a territory to achieve a virtuous cycle, it must have a virtuous cycle policy!
"From today onwards, the territory will record the length of service of every slave. Men with more than one year of service and women with more than six months of service can become pregnant one year after marriage. During pregnancy and childbirth, there will be no forced high-intensity work, and every pregnant woman who gives birth can take a month of paid leave after giving birth. This is called maternity leave!"
"What does paid maternity leave mean? For example, your current adult food ration is two liang (100 grams) of low-pollution rice. So for thirty days, that's six liang (300 grams) or six jin (3 catties) of low-pollution rice. You will still receive these six jin of rice during the month you don't work!"
This is paid maternity leave!
Everyone else was shocked; what an incredible windfall had fallen into their laps!
It's just too...
This is shocking!
No one dared to ask a question; they just stared blankly at Qin Yiyi.
Based on the policy that has been in place for a long time, they all believe that whatever the lord says will be carried out!
Qin Yiyi glanced at the stunned female beastman in front of her.
The swift asked cautiously, "My lord, am I not allowed to be kicked out? I... I can still continue working?"
"I'm sorry, my lord, I shouldn't have questioned you, but I'm just... I'm just too shocked. I..."
The woman was so excited that she became somewhat incoherent.
Qin Yiyi remained arrogant.
"You shouldn't question the lord, but although you can stay, neither you nor your husband have reached the required years of service, so paid maternity leave is not possible!"
The swift shook its head: "I understand, my lord. Don't worry, my pregnancy won't interfere with my work. Today was just an accident. I can go back to work in three days at the latest after giving birth. I can leave the baby at home and go see the baby after get off work!"
This is a problem. All the people in her territory are slaves, and they are all working. There is no one to look after the children. Should she build a nursery? However, she doesn't have many children right now. She is only pregnant with this one, so she doesn't plan to consider this issue for the time being, because there aren't enough people in her territory.
Most of the children in the territory now are quite old, born during the last time the territory was occupied. After Alder took over the territory, he absolutely refused to allow these people to have children.
Therefore, the youngest in the territory is over three years old, but there are very few children between three and five years old. You can count them on one hand. Just imagine, in a territory of over eight hundred people, you can count the number of children between three and five years old on one hand. There are no children under three years old at all. It is precisely because of this birth situation that she arranged the working years to be one year or more than half a year, so that the territory could see the character of the slaves.
The reason for waiting more than a year after marriage to have children is that if problems arise within a year, couples can peacefully divorce without any disputes over children.
Wait a year for your relationship to stabilize before having children. Don't get pregnant right after getting married. The purpose of marriage is not to have children.
Such a rule is not particularly restrictive. For example, if someone is married before becoming a slave, they can have children a year later. If someone is married after becoming a slave, they can only wait at least two years.
The orc man kowtowed to Qin Yiyi again.
The impact was so loud that Qin Yiyi stumbled back three steps.
"That's enough! You've been banged around so much, your forehead is bleeding, it'll ruin your meal, Lord!"
She yelled, "I sell my seaweed rice rolls to mercenaries for five gold coins each, and now you two owe me ten gold coins! You'd better figure out how to pay me back!"
Low-pollution rice costs one silver coin per jin (a unit of weight, approximately 0.5 catties). An adult can earn six jin a month after deducting bonuses, and two adults can earn 12 jin a month after deducting bonuses. Their family has four elderly people who can earn a total of 12 jin a month, or 24 jin. They earn 24 silver coins a month after deducting bonuses. 100 silver coins make one gold coin, which means that it would take them more than three years to pay off this debt if they didn't eat or drink.
But if you get a reward, it's a different story. Rewards are usually a pound of rice and a few pounds of vegetables. You should know that low-pollution vegetables are 10 silver coins per pound now. If you can get a month's reward, that's 4 pounds of vegetables and 40 silver coins a month. And that's just the personal reward. There are also team rewards, family rewards, and so on.
If you work hard, 10 gold coins shouldn't be too much of a problem.
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