LOL: Summoner of Goddess Jana

Chapter 471 Fiona Returns Home

"The Construction Working Committee of Ningshuang Port Polar Economic Demonstration Zone held the unveiling ceremony today. Comrade Udyr, the chairman of the leader Freljord branch, and Comrade Aixi, the vice-chairman, and all the members of the team participated together."

"The first League of Legends Sports League ended successfully in Zaan, and the Storm Sword Faction team from Ionia won the 5V5 team competition championship."

Distant voices came from the hex radio.

Fiona listened intently, her expression was so focused that she seemed to forget that she was sitting in the bumpy carriage, on the way back to the country manor.

"Fiona, turn it off." She listened carefully.

But her father, the head of the Laurent family, Sir Sebastian frowned slightly.

"Father." Fiona was wearing a lady-like aristocratic long dress, but her tone was naturally sharp like a swordsman.

Not only did she not turn off the radio, but she asked thoughtfully, "Father, who do you think is stronger between our Laurent family's swordsmanship and the Galewind Sword School's Galewind swordsmanship?"

"If I went there"

"This is not something you need to consider." Sebastian interrupted in a deep voice: "Fencing and gladiatorial combat is the most sacred and ancient aristocratic tradition in Demacia. Only the barbarians of Zaun and Noxus will Think of it as a sleight of hand in the arena."

With that said, he reached out and turned off the Hex radio.

As the blue magic light gradually dimmed, Sir Sebastian's face became more and more gloomy and serious: "Fiona, don't forget your origin. Don't listen to these Zaun radio programs in the future gone."

"I don't have to listen." Fiona actually replied tit for tat: "But father, times have changed. It's not that we bury our heads in the sand and everything stays in the past."

"The leaders have even reached Frost Harbor now. Do you think they will be far from Debon?"

"." Sebastian was silent.

But he still replied in a rigid tone: "That's enough! Naturally, His Majesty Jiawen and nobles like the Crown Guard family will worry about how to deal with the potential threat of the leaders. We just need to do our duty as nobles."

When Sebastian said this, he wasn't completely unashamed.

Those well-informed and far-sighted nobles in Demacia have long been troubled by the existence of leaders.

They sent family members behind the scenes to secretly contact the leader, and were ready to bet on both ends;

On the one hand, he was extremely resistant to the coming of change, and kept agitating King Jarvan in the court hall, hoping that King Jarvan would take the lead in the charge as soon as possible to eliminate the deadly threat of the leader.

In order to win this war, some extremists even proposed a crazy plan to "smile away all grievances" with their old enemy Noxus and join forces with Swain to fight against the leaders.

Facing the increasingly radical war faction in the country, in order to maintain the old social order and prevent it from collapsing prematurely, King Jarvan had no choice but to come up with a set of rhetoric to appease the people.

He announced that Galio was actually the final weapon left to Demacia by the hand of Master Duran, the guardian spirit of the flying wings.Its power is so powerful that even the goddess Janna, the leader of the wind, cannot match it.

It's just that this "Gundam" has just awakened now, and it will take some time to fully recover its magic power.

Considering the unfathomable power that Galio had shown earlier, and King Jarvan himself was the biggest nobleman in the country, it was impossible for him to deceive himself. Everyone believed it for the time being.

"As long as Galio launches an attack, everything will be fine." With such confidence, Sir Sebastian finally suppressed a little worry in his heart.

He raised his head and continued to teach in the tone of the elder: "Fiona, I know what you are thinking."

"But you'd better not. Don't embarrass the Laurents, son."

This has to start from the beginning.

Like other noble ladies of Demacia, Fiona was born to be a tool for political marriage.

But unlike other noble ladies, Fiona was not born a weak lady who could be manipulated by others.She is a talented swordsman, an unparalleled swordswoman, and a rebellious girl who makes her parents a headache.

Nevertheless, after Fiona's birthday, she was eventually arranged a marriage that would benefit the family.The marriage was to a collateral blood relative of the Crownguard, a stranger she had never heard of before.

Considering the honor of the family and the possible serious consequences of reneging on the marriage, Fiona finally accepted the arrangement silently and did not make any resistance for the time being.
But the situation changed subtly after Prince Jiawen's reform.

Demacia opened its doors to the outside world, opened up official trade, and generously accepted the existence of mages and magical creations.

This series of measures caused the various novelties brought by the Zaun people to quickly occupy the town market of Demacia at an incredible speed.

For example, this Hex radio.

Those leaders even set up a sub-station of "Voice of Zaun" in Debon, broadcasting radio programs from Zaun.

At the same time, they also sell radios in Demacia at a very low subsidy price, so that every German with a little extra money can hear the voice from Zaun at home.

As a result, the residents of several major cities in Demacia were fully exposed to the outside world, and to the advanced industrial civilization of Zaun and Piltover.

Many old and old nobles even scolded Prince Jarvan for not doing business with the people of Zaun, while happily sitting in Xiongdu directly to Zaun's Hexgate, and went to Shuangcheng to eat, drink and have fun.

And for young people like Fiona, compared with the amusement parks, movie theaters, and commercial streets in Shuangcheng, the boring dinner parties and aristocratic salons in the upper circles of Xiongdu are even less attractive.

And the attraction of material entertainment is not the scariest thing.

Frightening is the contagious culture and ideology of Zaun's leaders.

Many young nobles, some yearning for the great ideal of the leader, some wanting to escape the shackles of feudal rules, and some have both, began to move closer to the leader.

Some of them joined the leader's organization in private, and some simply crossed the Hexfly Gate in the name of traveling, and stayed in Zaun and never came back.

This kind of embarrassment of the nobles and the embarrassment of the family have happened several times in Xiongdu.

Sir Sebastian has every reason to believe that his always rebellious young daughter Fiona also has the idea of ​​fleeing to Zaun.

Like those trendy youths in Xiongdu, she has become a loyal supporter of Zaun's leaders culturally.

In the live broadcast of the League of Legends game held in Zaan, she, a German who is thousands of miles away, was never left behind.

Cultural penetration has brought ideological infection.Sir Sebastian gradually realized that at some point, Fiona's words had revealed some signs of danger.

What's worse is that Fiona is already rebellious enough, and the family has arranged a political marriage that she doesn't like.

Whether it is from personal motives or ideological tendencies, Fiona has every reason to run away.

This made Sir Sebastian very disturbed.

Considering his daughter's perverted combat power, if Fiona is determined to run away, it will be difficult for her to stop her
After his stern warning, he couldn't help but add in a softened tone, "Fiona, I hope you can take care of the overall situation."

"The Crownguard family is not something small families like us can mess with, let alone endure that naked humiliation."

"If you renege on your marriage and escape to Zaun, then me, your mother, your brothers and sisters... the entire Laurent family will bear the wrath of the defending family for you because of your selfish behavior."

"I know." Fiona sighed lightly, as if she had listened, but also as if she didn't care much.

She looked at the ever-changing rural scenery outside the car window, and said in a serious tone: "This is my home, and I will not leave."

"That's good." Sebastian finally got the answer he wanted.

He also looked out the window, the gradually familiar scenery: "It's almost our family's territory."

"Fiona, you just stay in the country honestly these days, learn from the housekeeper how to manage the manor for your future husband's family, and return to Xiongdu when the wedding is held."

"Understood." The corners of Fiona's mouth were slightly raised, and her attitude was unusually cooperative: "I will work hard in the countryside."

"This..." Sir Sebastian frowned slightly.

This girl suddenly stopped contradicting him, which made him feel a little uneasy instead.

Fortunately, they have now moved away from the "smoky" male capital and returned to the simple countryside.

There are no hex-flying gates, no leading propagandists, no rebellious youths who gather to sing Zaun pop music, only a country estate that has not changed for hundreds of years.

Even if Fiona wanted to run, she couldn't run very far for a while.

Thinking of this, Sir Sebastian finally felt at ease.

"However, father." Suddenly, Fiona asked him again in a subtle tone: "Speaking of which, why did you go back to the countryside with me? Could it be that you are worried about my escape on the road, so you want to monitor yourself?"

"No" Sebastian dismissed the claim.Although this is indeed part of the reason.

He frowned and explained: "Something happened in the territory, and I have to come back to deal with it."

"What's the matter?" Fiona asked.

"Some restless guys are making trouble." Sebastian said in an unhappy tone.

"Oh?" Fiona became more and more curious: "Why? Aren't the sharecroppers in our family always very law-abiding?"

"This..." Sebastian hesitated for a moment.

Considering that his daughter had to learn to manage the family affairs after she got married, he patiently explained: "This matter has to start from Miyin City."

"You know, King Jarvan now encourages the nobles to invest in industry. The Crownguard family was the first to eat crabs."

"They established a lot of factories in Mithral City, including a group of wool textile factories. These textile factories are very profitable, and there is a great demand for wool materials, so..."

"So, the price of wool has increased?" Fiona answered without asking.

Sebastian glanced at his daughter in surprise before saying, "Yes."

"Now the price of wool has soared several times compared with previous years, and it will rise even higher in the future."

"So I decided to take back all the land from those sharecroppers and turn the manor into a pasture for sheep."

He deliberately slowed down his tone so that his daughter, who had never been in contact with common affairs before, could understand.

But Fiona's reaction was much faster than he expected: "Father, this is not a small change. How did you make a decision so quickly?"

Market conduction is lagging.

If the price of wool had not risen, the aristocratic landowners who had grown grain for hundreds of years would immediately boldly transform into agricultural and animal husbandry farmers and put all their wealth on it.

Compared with those aristocratic landlords who were still obsessed with land mergers and financial lending, Sebastian's progress was indeed fast enough.

"It's not me, it's the Crownguard family." Sebastian sighed: "Our territory is closer to Mithral City, and the Crownguard family is related to us by marriage."

The Laurent family was originally the younger brother of the Crownguard family.

Now that the Mianwei family has set up the textile industry, they lack raw materials and need high-quality and reliable suppliers.

The Laurent family and other "affiliated families" naturally had to respond to the elder brother's call and "change wheat into sheep and rice into mulberry".

This business was already making money visible to the naked eye, and it was guaranteed by the long-term needs of the Crownguard family, so Sir Sebastian boldly followed suit.

"Then isn't this a good thing?" Fiona asked again in a subtle tone: "After the manor was converted into a ranch, the income has increased and everyone's life has improved. Why do the tenant farmers still make trouble?"

"This..." Sebastian had a strange expression.

Why?of course it's because
His income is high, what does it have to do with his family's tenant farmers?
Even, because he changed his career to animal husbandry, the lives of those tenant farmers will be even more miserable.

Because the same piece of land requires less manpower to engage in animal husbandry.

There may have been 1000 households of sharecroppers originally farming for the Laurent family.But now in animal husbandry, only 100 households are enough to take care of the sheep for the manor.

Where should the remaining 900 households go?of course.
Roll as far as you want, go wherever you like.

"Did you drive out the tenant farmers?" Fiona's tone seemed to be questioning rather than asking.

"Yes!" Sebastian didn't like his daughter's attitude: "So what?"

Fiona looked in his eyes, as if he had done something wrong.

But what did he do wrong?
"The land is not owned by those mud legs, but by our Laurent family. If I want to rent it out, I will rent it out, and I will take it back if I want to. Is there a problem?"

Yes, legally speaking, Sebastian did exactly the right thing.

Because this piece of land was the legal territory earned by his ancestors through military exploits, and it was the private property of the Laurent family.

Ownership of the land was originally his.It's just that he himself is unable to cultivate such a vast land, so he rents it out to those tenant farmers.

"But they have lived here for hundreds of years for generations." Fiona said: "This is their home."

"No!" Sir Sebastian retorted: "This is our home. No matter how long they farm here, they are just our tenants."

"Does the landlord have to follow the tenant's opinion if he wants to take back the house?"

"But where can they go when they leave the land?" Fiona asked again.

"Where are you going?" What does it matter to me?

Sir Sebastian thought so, but he couldn't say that directly in front of his daughter because of the dignity of the nobleman.

"They can go into town," he said.

indeed.These tenants are not serfs, they are legally free people.

Although due to the invisible personal attachment to the land, they were unable to leave the countryside in the past and could not get rid of the lord's lease.

The lords will also use various private decrees to prevent them from leaving, so as to avoid excessive loss of labor force on the territory.

And now, though they have nothing, they are truly free.

"Mithral City is currently building a large factory and needs a lot of workers. Why don't they go to the city to ask for a living?" Sebastian felt that he was very worthy of those tenant farmers.

Drive them away, it's not like they have nowhere to go.

Life in Mithral City is so good.He is still helping these sharecroppers seek progress.

"Can Secret Silver City really accept so many people?" Fiona told the truth that her father didn't want to mention.

Factories are not bacteria, they can grow out of thin air with some nutrients.

Can the speed at which the Mianwei family build factories really catch up with the speed at which landless tenant farmers move into the city?
What would so many sharecroppers do if they lost their land back home and couldn't find work in the city?
"Noxus has taught us a lesson, Father."

Where did so many slums in the Immortal Fortress come from?
Where did the refugee camps and the Orphan Army in the imperial army get their manpower continuously?

Where are the many exiles sent to various colonies by Noxus every year?

This is the side effect of the barbaric development of the seed benzene master.

Factories were not ideal for accommodating the large numbers of landless peasants who had migrated to cities.These "surplus populations" will also be "optimized" and eliminated in various cruel ways.

And Noxus at least has colonies that can be used as pressure relief valves, and successive years of wars that can divert conflicts.

If a Noxian refugee is lucky, he might be able to become a master in the colony.

What about Demacia?Landless peasants in Demacia, what should we do?
"You're driving them to death, Father," Fiona said gravely.

"You?!" Sebastian choked hard.

"Yes! But so what?" He finally said impatiently: "Those tenant farmers are just our tenants. I hired them to farm the land with good intentions, so they can have a bite to eat when they go there."

"Now that they have no ability to find food elsewhere, do I have to continue to support them?"

"Of course!" Fiona stared back at him tit for tat.

She questioned: "Father, if I'm not wrong, when the Guanwei family asked you to cooperate in running the ranch, they should have put forward additional conditions with you, right?"

"This..." Sebastian was slightly taken aback: "How do you know?"

Yes.Compared with him, the Crownguard family is the real good people.

Lacus had already considered the refugee problem brought about by "changing wheat for sheep".

So she made a special agreement with the Laurent family and other partners, requiring them to reserve a small piece of land for the tenant farmers and their homesteads in the countryside after converting the manor into a ranch.

In this way, the tenant farmers who migrated to the city to work at least still have roots in the countryside, and there is still a way out.

If they can't find a job in the city, they can still go back to the countryside to live.Even if you can't make a lot of money by relying on that piece of land, at least you can guarantee that you won't starve to death.

This is a good thing for sharecroppers.

Compared with the original seed benzene sprouts of Noxus, it can also give people a way to survive.

But in the eyes of a lord like Sebastian
"This is nonsense!" Sebastian felt that the request of the Crown Guard family was unimaginable: "That land belongs to our family, why should I reserve the land for those mud legs?"

How can this be called reserved land? This is basically robbing the rich and helping the poor, allocating land to tenant farmers in disguise!
He is not a leader, so why do such a good thing?

"But you can already earn a lot of money by running a ranch with the Crownguard family." Fiona persuaded, "Why don't you leave a way for those sharecroppers to survive?"

"Fiona, how can you think so?" Sebastian felt that his daughter was really poisoned.

"It's not about money! It's the truth, it's the law! Private property is sacred and inviolable. It was originally our land, so why should we distribute it to those tenant farmers?"

"Just because they are weak and pitiful, they can get something for nothing?"

"They are incapable of themselves, what does it have to do with me?"

Sebastian was very resistant to this.

He felt that this outrageous request was entirely due to the childishness and innocence of that girl Lacus.

So on the surface, he agreed to the conditions of the Crown Guard family, but secretly ordered the housekeeper to forcefully evict the tenant farmers.

He didn't reserve a piece of land or homestead for those poor ghosts.

Anyway, the Crownguard family is high above them, so they probably don't really care about the fate of those tenant farmers.

"So, the sharecroppers rebelled. Right?" Fiona asked suddenly.

"This..." Sebastian calmed down again in an instant: "Yes."

This is actually an incredible thing.

Because of the absolute disparity in force between people in the extraordinary world, unless the tenant farmers were driven crazy, it was absolutely impossible for them to resist the lord.

"Besides, the housekeeper can't handle it yet, so you have to come back and handle it yourself?"

"Yes!" Sebastian was caught by his daughter again.

His family's tenant farmers not only resisted, but miraculously, his housekeeper and thugs were too scared to move, so they could only ask him to do it himself.

how did you do that?
"How did a group of sharecroppers defeat Laurent's swordsman?" Fiona asked delicately.

"It's not those damn leaders!" Sebastian was very indignant.

The sharecroppers, of course, could not defeat the Laurent swordsmen.

But when these swordsmen were about to attack the tenant farmers, the tenant farmers said:

"Aren't you afraid that the leader will come after you do such a heartless thing?"

Once the words are spoken.
"These bastards don't dare to move!" Sebastian said bitterly: "Those mud-legged people even said that the leader has come to Debon, and the goddess Janna is watching everyone from the sky. "

"What kind of inspectors will they send to the countryside to supervise us!"

"What red and black accounts must be recorded for us to facilitate future liquidation!"

This is simply a naked threat.

A group of tenant farmers, with a single Janna, can actually scare the lord's henchmen so that they dare not move!

This is really a breakdown of ritual and music!

"Oh, I won't be scared by them!" Sebastian said angrily, "The leader is still thousands of miles away in Zaun, how could he control these country folks?"

"What inspectors, what red and black accounts, what liquidation."

"It's all true."

"Huh?" Sebastian's expression froze.

"I said, it's true." Fiona smiled and said, "I'm the inspector."

Sebastian: "."

There was a subtle silence.

"Father." Fiona sighed: "I'm afraid you have to write down an extra charge for your black account."

Sebastian: "???"

"Wait." He finally reacted in shock: "You, you are already the leader?!"

"Yes."

"." There was another silence.

Sebastian quietly clenched the hilt of the sword at his waist.

"You can't beat me, father." Fiona didn't lift her eyelids: "Besides, if you continue to be stubborn like this, I really won't be able to save you."

Sebastian's hand trembled slightly.

"Also, do you know who is my introduction?"

".Who?"

"Your 'master', Miss Laxanna. Otherwise, why do you think the Crownguard family put forward those additional conditions?"

Sebastian: "."

He felt that his daughter was scaring her.But when I think about it carefully, I think about all the deviant good deeds that the Crownguard family has done in Miral City, as well as their close relationship with the Jarvan royal family. The more I think about it, the more something is wrong.

Most importantly, the pilot of Demacia's so-called "decisive weapon", Galio, has always been Lacus.

if this is true
"She, she really is." Sir Sebastian couldn't even speak fluently.

"I can take you to see her at any time, as long as you want. Anyway, here is not too far from Mithral City."

"."

"Now, can you reserve the land for the sharecroppers?" Fiona asked.

"I..." the old father's voice was difficult.

After hesitating for a long time, he said, "That. Black account, can you write less. After all, I am your father."

"Huh?" Fiona frowned.

"Keep it, I keep it!" Sir Sebastian immediately "progressed": "In the future, if I have a bite to eat, those sharecroppers will have a bite to eat!"

(End of this chapter)