I have a shelter

When George saw the transaction, he guessed what they were trading.

How could a normal transaction be like this?

The people around him kept quietly looking at his face, but his expression did not change at all. It seemed as if he was watching others deal with their own family affairs, which made Gavi feel his scalp explode, and he didn't know what George meant.

But in fact, this is what George meant-these refugees have nowhere to go. Making this choice is helpless. Because there are only two ways to go before them-the whole family dies, or one person dies.

And facing this national famine, the lord has done his best to do this now and provide everyone with a shelter from the wind and rain.

Gavi does have a lot of food in his hands, and he has distributed a lot today-there is also a large number of fish, which are specially distributed to the refugees.

But what you fear will come!

The inspection from above came, and I didn't see the good things, but I saw these things!

Gavi asked the refugee who was kneeling on the ground and learned that the refugee had indeed received some food today and had also received some when he went out before. But because he owed a lot of taxes, he had paid them all.

His mother and wife were almost starving to death and had not eaten for three days.

After hearing this answer, Baron Gavi felt a chill on his back. He dared not look back or breathe. He felt that time seemed to have stopped.

He was bound to take the blame.

Time seemed to be still. Everyone looked at the "bishop" who "cared about his people".

It was not until George sighed deeply that Gavi breathed a sigh of relief.

The Lord of Bianhe was once famous for his wealth in the whole valley. Although most of the land was farms for raising livestock, rivers, salt land and mountains that could not be cultivated, there were 270,000 to 280,000 acres of land that could harvest grain every year. There were more than a hundred knights under his rule, which was more than ten times richer than Johannes. But now the people of the Lord of Bianhe have fallen to this point.

The bishop sighed, and this sigh made Gavi's chest relax slightly.

"My lord, I admit that the taxes in my territory are indeed very heavy, and I did not take good care of my people." Baron Gavi wiped his eyes, as if with tears in his eyes. He shook his head and said sadly: "Like what happened today, although I have clearly prohibited it, this situation does exist in the territory."

Gavi added another sentence - "It can be said that this matter is very common and it is all because of my taxes."

But then, there was a hint of firmness and determination in his words: "But I can't reduce taxes! I can't distribute all the stored food to everyone - my lord! My soldiers need to eat! And the people need soldiers to support the safety of this territory!"

These words made the surrounding soldiers raise their heads, and even the few soldiers who were taught a lesson today pursed their lips and looked at their lord.

Some soldiers thought of the hard days in recent years and wiped their tears silently.

They really tried their best.

But in this territory with complicated power, no matter how good the policy is, it will become another picture - even if he Gavi exempted taxes and distributed all the food, those who should not have food will not have food!

And the day after the food was distributed, it was the death of the lord! Because he had lost the most important tool to control the knights, soldiers, and mobs!

"This year's harvest is too bad, sir" "Who would be willing to do this in previous years" "Yes, although it was hard in previous years, we could have a meal" "There will be a war in a few days. If there is no food distribution, who will come?"

No one knows what the people in the territory think of the lord in their hearts. But these soldiers really love this river lord.

They are all very afraid that the bishop will reduce the allocation of their territory resources because of this matter. So they all said good things.

"It's almost done, Lord Gavi." George, who had been silent all the time, suddenly opened his mouth, making the surroundings quiet down. They watched George withdraw his gaze from the sky and heard George say, "It's getting dark, let's go back to the city."

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After returning to the castle, George and others rested in a 'living room' arranged by the baron, waiting for dinner to start.

Compared with Johannes's castle, this castle did not suffer a disaster, so the luxurious decorations and the dazzling collections were all well preserved. Including those carpets, there are often people taking care of them.

It can be seen that the lives of the people in the castle seem to have never changed because of this disaster.

There are many such luxuriously decorated rooms in the castle, and the things inside are all things passed down from ancestors. When the knights took off their iron boots and untied their mail to rest and chat, George looked at the silver decorations in a daze.

"Sir, that guy named Gavi is obviously acting!" "Yes, I saw a lot of food in the castle, including wine and meat." "The servants were all well-fed, and the butler is a fat man!" "He also arranged a lot of beautiful maids to entertain us." "I heard that there are some beautiful girls who were forcibly brought here in the past two days."

"Oh? Get it here by force?" George looked away from a silver oil painting frame, feeling a little curious: "Why did you get it by force? Aren't the girls willing to enter the castle and have a full meal?"

"It seems that everyone who comes here will have something to eat, but I heard that some girls are still reluctant." Martin said.

George suddenly realized - the local lords were not the only ones whose life had not changed due to the disaster. There are also local wealthy households and nobles.

The lord relied on these people to maintain peace and order in the territory, and relied on these people to control the poor and refugees. Therefore, under this kind of feudal rule, the leader is sometimes tied up and there is not much he can do.

This is not a utopia, not a sanctuary.

This shelter and the people who built it were not the revolutionary army. It can only be maintained through this kind of exploitation and suppression from above and below.

This old-era governance method may have been fine in those old times, but it is vulnerable in this disaster. It can only slowly move towards chronic death.

George has seen everything he wants to see today. He can imagine that all noble territories may look like this.

He was very curious about what kind of governance and lifestyle there was in those church areas, and whether it was better or worse than the future shelter he planned in his mind.

"I heard that some girls are very famous in the city, and the lord specifically does not allow her to get married." "Being a lord is just comfortable." "There are still some people in the city who are living a good life, and they are not bad at this." " But it's also strange. Many girls are unwilling to enter this castle. "Haven't you heard of a legend about virginity?"

Listening to the chatter of this group of people, George slowly became distracted.

When George was chatting with Garvey earlier, Garvey mentioned the refugees who were sent to Johannes. George didn't say much about this, but just said something that was both true and false: "Of course I'm going to make wine."

This sentence is very consistent with the words of those who are pampered and contented in the apocalypse. After Garvey heard it, he seemed to believe it. And he mentioned the beautiful woman and wine as he liked.

Regarding the two matters of 'beautiful women' and 'wine', George specially talked with Garvey for a long time, and kept leading the topic to the Black Pearl Manor. But Garvey, the old boy, kept his mouth shut. Nothing was revealed.

On the contrary, the few knights who did not follow him around today and wandered around the castle found some clues.

In the western part of the valley where Black Pearl Manor is located, many lords have been recruiting people. Generally speaking, youth and strength are what everyone lacks the most. But the price of a virgin is the highest

"I don't know what the adults are thinking. You didn't see the scene today. If I were me, I would get angry on the spot." "Hey, these people have risked their lives to harvest so much food, but they can't eat it. It's really sad." For the first time, I hate these nobles. "I heard that there was meat and wine, but I was still hungry. After hearing what you said, I lost my appetite."

These knights are usually deeply indoctrinated by George's deception, so each one of them regards the most upright knight in the fairy tale as his own example. So they all like to 'meddle in other people's business'.

But there are some things that George doesn't think so.

Hearing their words, he couldn't help but frown and said: "Every place has its own rules of survival. There are too many things in this world that we can't control. And with your limited abilities , it’s meaningless to care about infinite things - cherish it, not every place in this world is a shelter. Save your energy, take care of your own home, and don’t let your people change one day. It looks like this.

After saying that, he looked at Aji who said he had no appetite, squeezed his arm, patted his head and said: "No matter what you see, if you have meat, you must eat it well. Only if you treat yourself When you grow stronger and taller, you will have the strength to protect the people around you."

In fact, in George's heart, he still somewhat agreed with what Lord Garvey had done. After all, in this environment where plague is everywhere, without the ability to 'purify', more than two thousand people can survive until now, which is enough to explain everything.

Garvey has achieved the ultimate that a feudal lord can do. Its checks and balances in the territory and the degree of military control are extraordinary.

He is a very powerful person.

‘It is said that every generation of Bianhe lords are extremely good at marching and fighting. The Bianhe mercenary knights of various generations were often hired by Duke Adeline to fight with the northern nomads. In the evaluation of the Western Region of Rodenk, the Bianhe Mercenary Knights have always existed like the 'Qi Family Army'. The various formations are very powerful. The army is also very disciplined. But little did he know that the army here, under the background of this great famine, faced that inhuman and unkillable monster. How can you behave when you get into a fight?

George felt that even if the mercenary knights of the river were no longer there, the lord would definitely be able to recruit a group of refugees and train a strong army. Dealing with those zombies can be said to be a piece of cake.

As long as you are not afraid of death, cold weapons can still be like a meat grinder against undead creatures.

So it stands to reason that it is possible for Garvey to regain the entire territory.

But now, this Lord of the Riverside has been forced into this situation by the monsters around the territory. In that mysterious manor, the Riverside Mercenary Knights were almost destroyed, and all the Lords of the Rat Territory were also dead.

Obviously, there are more than just zombies and scavengers here.

There must be many terrible things beyond his cognition.

At this time, the door was knocked, and Jack, who had been guarding the door, walked in. After signaling to the Lord, he returned to the corridor and waved. Not long after, several patrolling knights brought a male servant.

The chief male servant of the ‘Lord of the Riverside’ respectfully told George and others that dinner was about to begin. Then he said that he would wait in the corridor.