The Black Duke of the Pirate

Chapter 216 216. Changes brought about by the New Deal

It was just the beginning of winter in Beihai at the end of November. When the temperature dropped, the whole world was covered in plain white. It was snow that had fallen for three days and three nights.

After winter, the weather in Beihai suddenly cooled down, the white sky was filled with heavy snow, the leaves in the distance were withered, and the flowers withered.

This winter is no different from previous years, it is also abnormally cold, but the common people are not as difficult as in previous years, because the overall life has been completely improved.

A certain village in Polkalia.

Frozen snow covered the entire village, and the villagers were all roasting at home.

"Mom, you don't have to suffer from hunger and cold this winter." The light of the fire made the little boy's smiling cheeks flush.

"Yeah, since His Excellency the Duke entered the court, the days have been getting better day by day." The middle-aged woman smiled and looked dotingly at the little boy next to her.

In the past half a year, the life of the villagers has improved at a speed visible to the naked eye, especially no longer being oppressed by the nobles. In those farms that have been recultivated, every farm worker has a smile from the heart .

"It would be great if my sister was still alive."

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman's eyes dimmed, and she couldn't help but think of this time of last year. Because of the unusually cold last winter, her youngest daughter died in the end without being able to survive the winter due to hunger and cold.

Her husband was a servant in a noble manor in the early years, and was beaten to death because he accidentally offended the nobleman. Since then, she has lived alone with her two children. An unprecedented heavy snow, so died.

Thinking of this, the middle-aged woman's eyes were full of sadness, and then she sighed and said to the little boy: "Let's let the past go, you must work hard in the future, and work hard to pass the three-month assessment period of the military school."

"Mom, I will." The little man looked extremely firm.

dong dong dong...

"Here we come." Hearing the knock on the door, the middle-aged woman hurried over to watch the door, and then saw a carriage and a dozen soldiers outside the door.

"This is?" She couldn't help being a little puzzled, and then saw the soldiers bring three bags of grain and winter cotton clothes into the house from the carriage.

"Let's sign it." The soldier put a paper filled with the list in front of the woman. The woman could not read, but his son knew it.

That is the Duke's new policy, a list of food assistance for single-parent families and elderly people.

"Thank you, Lord Duke." The middle-aged woman knelt down towards the soldier with tears in her eyes, and the soldier immediately hugged the middle-aged woman.

Seeing the soldiers leading the carriage towards another house, the middle-aged woman slowly closed the door.

The little boy secretly vowed in his heart that he must try his best to pass the three-month assessment at the Polcaria Military School.

Empire.

"It's winter..." Li Xiao stood in the King's Hall, looking into the distance, with snowflakes dancing in his eyes.

"Brother, don't worry, I have asked the soldiers to arrange quilts, fodder, and food for the winter. This winter, the lives of civilians in Polcaria will be easier than before." Blatter said with a smile beside him. Part of the plan, and he doesn't understand Lixiao's future planning and governance ideas for Polcaria, but he understands Lixiao's importance to civilians.

So he immediately arranged all this when the winter just entered, and he couldn't forget that dawn told him with an extremely serious expression that Polcaria put the people first!

"Okay, as long as we can survive this winter, 1510 will be the time for us to develop rapidly." Li Xiao said with some relief. Fortunately, he had the foresight to not only transform Yeku Town into a large farm, but also promulgated new policies. , Confiscated most of the land in the hands of the nobles and handed it over to the common people for reclamation, so before this winter came, a large amount of grain and livestock were harvested.

This not only solves the problem of raw materials for breweries, but also solves the problem of survival of civilians in winter.

After a while, a young guard hurriedly walked from outside the hall. His head was covered with snow, and he came to Li Xiao and said to each other: "My lord, Lord Bratt."

"Has everything been arranged?" Blatter looked at the young guard, who nodded respectfully: "It's all ready, Your Excellency is ready to leave at any time."

"Okay, let's go now." Li Xiao supported the saber on his left waist, and looked at the sky for a while. It was almost sunset, and the dark sky was getting darker and darker.

The guard nodded and stepped back first.

"Brother, why don't you take Anubi with you? I always have a bad feeling. With Anubi here, there will always be someone to take care of me." Blatter frowned, and then said.

Li Xiao shook his head: "Our deal with the Revolutionary Army is still going on, and we must accumulate a large amount of arms before the spring of next year. This area requires Anubi to keep an eye on it all the time."

His deal with Mai Lin has been going on, and Anubi can only rest assured if he is watching him personally.Mai Lin is a gang organization and has a pivotal position in the underground world of Beihai, so one cannot be careless about this.

"There seems to be an undercurrent in the nobles of Polcaria right now. You should pay more attention." Li Xiao asked again. After being killed by him with bloody means, the nobles have become a lot more honest, but recently it seems that something is going to happen again. movement.

Blatt nodded: "We have people watching, so they don't dare to make too much noise."

"If there is any change in the nobles, you can use bloody means to frighten them. Those people are used to being superior. If you want to make them afraid from the bottom of their hearts, you must let them see blood, see their own blood."

"If necessary, pull those dubious nobles to the high platform and cut them down."

I don't know how many civilians' blood has been shed on the high platform, and now it's the turn of the nobles to spend a week there.

"Understood." A stern light flashed in Bratt's eyes.

"That's right." At this time, Lixiao suddenly thought of something, so he ordered: "We need to pay more attention to the situation in Maple Leaf Country."

"The Maple Leaf Kingdom seems to be a little chaotic recently, and the conflict between the common people and the nobles is constantly expanding." Blatter replied.

Li Xiao nodded, and then pondered for a moment: "Let the soldiers at the border let in a few civilians from Maple Leaf Country occasionally, but the number must be controlled."

"Brother, why is this?" Blatt was puzzled, since he had sent soldiers to completely block the border, why did he let civilians in.

"I want to let the common people of Maple Leaf Country and even Utan know that as long as they become a member of the Polcaria Kingdom, everyone will have a happy life. At that time, I will use newspapers to publicize it and keep the public opinion of those two countries. There will be huge changes, which will deepen the contradiction between the common people and the nobles."

"With chaos, we will have a greater chance of taking those two countries down without bloodshed."

Blatter understood, so he nodded deeply in response.

After a while, Dawn left the King's Hall.

(End of this chapter)