The female priest Jeanne watched as Taylor stuffed the last few extra pancakes to poor people with children. She did not have the pampering of the upper class people in Changxia City. When he gave alms and did good deeds, he did not have that kind of deliberate pretense, nor would he
I despise the filth and smell of the poor and shacks.
Taylor also applied medicine and bandages to the injuries himself. One look at the technique showed that he was used to medical treatment, no worse than the medical nuns at Mercy Home. He had just taken care of the patient here and went to check the remaining amount of medicine.
"Director, here is the situation we just finished investigating." An employee of the Changqing Chamber of Commerce handed Taylor a record: "In the shantytown outside Changxia City, the main injuries and illnesses are dysentery, indigestion and wound infection."
While reading through the pages, Taylor said: "The problems in the slums are generally the same. I think we should first mobilize everyone to clean up the excrement and make living partitions. Regarding medicines, I will contact the headquarters and arrange for more ships to come over."
"But there's still not enough food right now." Another employee warned. Even these employees looked a bit like battlefield warriors, and their bodies and physiques were enough to prove their strength.
Taylor thought for a moment, then turned his head and happened to see the female priest Jeanne not far away, waving for others to leave: "Lord Jeanne? Sorry, I was busy just now, what can I do for you?"
Jeanna came to stand in front of Taylor. She looked at Taylor sharply and asked, "What is your purpose in doing this? Is it to gain some good reputation in Changxia City?"
Taylor scratched the back of his head: "What is the purpose? Healing diseases, saving people, and helping the poor are one of the purposes of the Star Order. As for gaining a good reputation, if there is any, I don't mind."
Such an unabashed statement made Jeanna's chest rise and fall slightly: "If you really want to rescue the hungry poor outside the city, you should ask the Governor of Changxia City to provide sufficient food. I heard that you, Director Taylor, now represent Changqing
Chamber of Commerce, when you come to Changxia City, the governor will personally go to the dock to greet you."
Taylor smiled shyly and said: "I am just shining under the teacher's halo, but I feel ashamed... Huh? Lady Jeanne seems to understand us quite well?"
"Is there anyone who doesn't know about the Evergreen Chamber of Commerce? Or do you think that our Charity Home is all silent nuns hiding in the chapel and ignoring worldly affairs?" Jeanne raised her eyes slightly, seeming a little unhappy.
"Of course not." Taylor quickly explained: "But after all, I am not the governor of Changxia City, and my influence is limited. The food I just sent was also raised by myself. It's okay to do it once or twice now, but not
Maybe it will always be free."
Jeanne snorted: "You big chambers of commerce have used all dirty and despicable methods to squeeze labor, monopolize industries, and exploit the people. You have made a lot of money, mixed with officials and nobles, and turned into upper-class people."
It’s because all kinds of luxuries and pleasures are not enough, you have to use the hungry poor to create your reputation image of being charitable!”
When faced with the accusation, Taylor did not immediately refute, but just touched his cheek, which made the female priest Jeanne feel uncomfortable: "Aren't you going to say anything?"
"Lady Jeanne, do you think the poor people here can be improved simply by relying on donations from the rich?" Taylor asked in a low voice.
The female priest raised her hand to hold the short-handled sickle at her waist and asked, "What do you mean by this?"
Taylor closed his eyes and was silent for a while, then changed the subject: "Lady Jeanne, you came to Changxia City for the corpse pit on the outskirts of the city, right?"
"That's right!" After hearing this, the female priest immediately showed her serious attitude: "That corpse pit is not an ordinary mass grave. Because a large number of undead creatures and corpses are buried, it has already formed an area where negative energy accumulates. It must be
Purified by miracles on time.
However, the short-sightedness of the governor and officials of Changxia City drove away the members of the Scribing School who were originally stationed here. Aren't they afraid that the disaster of the undead will reappear in Changxia City?!"
Taylor said helplessly: "I'm afraid Lady Jeanna's reason is not enough to convince the governor."
Jeanne's eyes tightened: "Are you planning to stand with those greedy officials? That's right, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce like you are just a group of vampires."
"Lady Jeanne, please don't rush to conclusions." Taylor explained: "You just planned to lead the people to rush into Changxia City. You just wanted to force the governor to provide food for the poor outside the city. But even if the governor agreed in person,
How do you ensure that the governor distributes food to the poor?"
The female priest couldn't answer for a while, so Taylor asked the other party to sit down and said in a calm tone: "I also respect Lady Jeanne's idea of relieving the hungry poor people here. But if you only rely on others' charity to live, that is both.
By overdrawing the goodwill of others, you are also cultivating a group of lazy poor people, which is not good for either of us."
The female pastor retorted: "How can the rich officials in the city have any good intentions? Do you really think I don't understand anything? They are just worried about the influx of refugees from other places into the city and destroying their comfortable life. They also ask the small citizens and
The craftsmen's guild preaches that once refugees from other places enter the city, their jobs will be taken away!"
"Yes, there was not much goodwill in the first place, but it was full of cold and ruthless profit calculations." Taylor asked: "If Lady Jeanne really leads the poor people outside the city to rush into the city, what do you think will happen?
?”
Jeanne said: "I think you are used to living a good life. Do these poor and hungry people have many choices? They are left with only despair and numbness. These are the people in the city who have delicious food."
Unimaginable suffering for those who are hungry!”
Taylor was not angry: "I just want to say that if Lady Jeanna pushes the Governor and the others into a hurry, she will probably kill all the poor people outside the city without hesitation and burn this shack to the ground. Let me tell you one more thing.
, do you know why the governor of Changxia City expelled the church personnel responsible for guarding the corpse filling pit outside the city?"
"These businessmen are just interested in the church's land industry!" Jeanne said: "But these businessmen are too short-sighted and don't understand the dangers of filling corpse pits! They can't deal with it at all!"
"Yes, since it is difficult to develop corpse pits, the dirty and smelly shack with sewage flowing across it can always be cleaned up, right?" Taylor sighed and said: "At present, the Elf Mission has completed consultations with Changxia City, and the Governor wants to
To deepen cooperation, we plan to expand the city area and create an embassy and residential area exclusively for elves. It is difficult to demolish the houses of citizens in the city, but it is also difficult to demolish the shacks outside the city?"
"Elves...these alien races are indeed so ruthless and cruel!" Jeanne gritted her teeth.
"Actually, it has nothing to do with the elves. I guess they don't know it either." Taylor waved his hand and said, "It's more because the governor wanted to please the elf envoys and wanted to take this opportunity to put the status of Changxia City above other coastal cities.
Above it, it has become a hub for commercial trade and cultural exchanges.”
"Just because of such a vulgar thing, he plans to expel all the poor people outside the city?" Jeanna clutched the gray and old priest's robe with her hands.
Taylor lowered his voice: "The expulsion is not bad, but I'm afraid... isn't there a big pit nearby?"
"How dare they..." The female priest suddenly stood up in disbelief, raised her hand to hold the short-handled sickle at her waist, and looked like she was going to fight with everyone.
Upon seeing this, Taylor quickly stopped her: "Lord Jeanne! Don't be anxious, don't be anxious! Now that you know they can do anything, they might also attack you directly!"
The female priest was reluctantly persuaded by Taylor, then raised her eyes and said: "Since you dare to explain these situations in front of me, it proves that you are not colluding with the officials and rich people of Changxia City. What are you going to do?"
Taylor asked the female priest to sit down again: "I still want to ask Lady Jeanne, is your goal to drive away the necromancers who occupy the corpse pit, or is it to save the many poor people outside the city?"
"Can't these two things be done at the same time?" Jeanne asked.
"What the hungry people lack is not food, but land! Not even just land!" Taylor said seriously: "Even if there is no elf envoy to visit, no matter how rich Changxia City is, it will not continue to support these hungry people.
The vast majority of the hungry people here are farmers who have fled from the north. They have lost their land and have nowhere to go. They either become bandits or wait for death."
"Nonsense, isn't this forced by the rich?" Jeanne said: "There are also those mages, loan sharks, local tyrants and squires..."
"Most of the time, they are a group of people." Taylor held his chin and said: "The local tyrants and gentry are all good at lending money. Taking advantage of the famine in recent years, they have stepped up loan collection and annexed the land, turning farmers into their own serfs.
Focus on taking care of your own pastures or plantations. A large number of agricultural and animal husbandry products are sent to workshops in towns to be made into various products for sale.
It would be even more serious if you occupy a mine. You must form private guards and thugs to protect your property. The money you earn must be used to train mages for your children, and at the very least you must hire private mage consultants."
"You know these things very well, and you seem to have done them a lot?" Jeanne sneered contemptuously: "That's right, your Evergreen Chamber of Commerce started off by relying on various medicines and textiles. Plantations and slaves must be everywhere, otherwise
Where does the massive export trade come from? Even the Charity Home has begun to use your fabrics!"
Taylor didn't know how to explain to Jeanne that in fact, the Mutual Protection Alliance does not rely solely on manpower for farming and production now, because the population of the New World is much smaller than that of the Old World. If it only relied on serfs, how could it be possible to have enough in just a dozen years?
Is it capable of challenging the cashmere industry of the Old World Empire?
"The focus now is not on the mutual protection alliance." Taylor said: "Without land, there is no food and no clothing. Unless Lady Jeanna can find a way to provide a piece of land for these people to cultivate and produce, otherwise they will only die."
The female priest Jeanne said: "Do you think I am someone with a large estate in my name? My family is an ordinary farmer in the middle of the empire, and even my weapon is a farm sickle!"
"She wasn't completely telling the truth."
Xuan Weizi's words suddenly sounded in Taylor's mind: "Her scythe is not simple. I can detect an unusual magical effect, but it is blocked."
"Teacher, are you saying that this female pastor has another identity?" Taylor asked in his mind.
"It's hard to say. You continue to test. I will keep an eye on the group of necromancers first. They are probably going to start a big battle. I'm afraid they have already set their sights on this corpse pit. The governor of Changxia City probably thinks that he has lost this territory.
You've earned it by leaving it to these necromancers."
While Taylor was still thinking about the teacher's words, he heard the female priest scolding: "Why are you so dazed? I'm asking you, what if I want to drive away those necromancers? Will I also be obstructed by Changxia City?
?"
"Lord Jeanne, although necromancy has not been strictly prohibited, but open practice of necromancy is against the daily ethics of ordinary people." Taylor said: "And now there is such a corpse pit outside Changxia City.
, a group of necromancers have also gathered, but Changxia City has made no comment on this, what do you think is the reason?"
"Are they in the same group?" the female priest asked.
"I don't know the specific situation. I can only guess that there is an exchange of interests between the two parties." Taylor said: "The necromancer took a fancy to the magic resources in the corpse pit, and Changxia City was too lazy to deal with this troublesome thing, so he put the corpse
The trap was sold to the Necromancer."
"These people are really... rotten from the inside out! From head to toe, every pore is dripping with blood!" Jeanne was extremely angry: "They don't understand that this corpse pit has reached a critical point.
A terrible disaster is about to break out!"
"Is Lady Jeanne going to warn the governor of Changxia City?" Taylor asked.
"Will he listen?" the female pastor asked.
Taylor reminded: "Even if the governor is willing to listen, what can he do? Who wants to keep the hungry poor out of the city? Don't you understand, Lady Jeanne?"
"Yes...it's everyone in the city." The female priest who figured this out was completely disappointed.
Taylor was silent. He suddenly understood why the teacher said that he had not much to do. In the current situation, the poor people outside the city had no way to make a living. The rich, officials, businessmen, and citizens of Changxia City, for their own interests,
Strictly guard against the poor. And everyone is deliberately trying to find ways to protect their property and safety without having to bear the guilt. The result is everyone's indifference, pushing the hungry and poor people into the corpse pit.
Considering that Changxia City is just a small corner of the empire's former territory, how many people are suffering in the entire empire now? Countless lives are coming to an end in despair at this very moment.
"I originally thought that if I told the governor and the people in the city about the possible danger of filling the corpse pit, they would understand." Jeanne curled up and supported her forehead with her hands: "Sure enough, it is the same everywhere..."
"Has Lady Jeana encountered similar situations elsewhere?" Taylor asked.
"For every poor person who can reach the outside of Changxia City, there are ten who will starve and fall on the road behind them." Jeanna said with sadness in her tone: "I have seen too many things along the way, and I can't go on like this. Undead spirits
Before the disaster, it was almost like this on the Garad continent!"
"What are you going to do, Lady Jeanne?" Taylor asked.
"We can't control too much. Let's deal with those necromancers first. We can't let them continue the ritual no matter what!" The female priest Jeanna's eyes were filled with determination. She grabbed Taylor's arm: "You must assist me.
, and the news cannot be leaked. We will do it tonight!"