Succubus' Manor

After going down the mountain and returning to the holy city for more than a month, the harvest season finally ushered in.

Chi Yan's soldiers are still guarding the arrival, small merchants transporting grain can enter, Stettin's merchants can not be interrogated, and those merchants who transport large quantities of grain can only divert to other cities, or sell the grain directly to Chi Yan .

And the queen also changed many ministers vigorously and resolutely in this period of more than a month.

There were also some conflicts between the Queen's soldiers and Chi Yan's soldiers, but they were all small fights. At least none of Chi Yan's soldiers were seriously injured, at most there were wounds on their bodies.

Now neither Chi Yan nor the queen was prepared to face each other head-on, so it was rare for a while to be calm.

The number of civilians on the street gradually increased, and after the food was sufficient, the people regained some vitality.

At least the market was open normally, and Chi Yan sometimes went for a walk in the street, but life got better, but people's expressions didn't get better.

People walking on the street always have anxious expressions on their faces, as if the current peaceful life has been stolen and will soon be returned.

The common people began to hoard food, especially in the days when the food price was the cheapest, the common people mortgaged everything that could be sold, and then hoarded the cheapest food.

Especially beans, when Chi Yan was wandering in the street, he went into several grain shops, and there was no shortage of the best wheat, but the beans were all sold out.

The best sellers in the market are also necessities, such as salt and cloth, and the sales of other things are very mediocre, and many businessmen from other places have made a wasted trip.

Common people are not stupid. It snowed like that last winter. No one can tell what will happen this winter. Stock up on more things and winter will be easier.

The slightly richer families in the holy city are now looking for ways to buy charcoal.

The poor also went to the mountains to log.

Summer is long and autumn is short, so not only is harvesting fast, but even firewood cutting can't be delayed.

Thacked brought a batch of charcoal and cotton-padded quilts, Stettin brought salt and cloth, and Oatley brought smoked meat, including chickens and ducks, or whole ones, which looked particularly fat. What Aliye brought was food.

The wheat in Aliye is better than other places, and it is very full.

Chi Yan's people have eaten a lot of oil during this time, and their stomachs are no longer short of oil.

Otley's chickens, ducks and geese are fed with wheat bran and bean dregs, as well as specially raised worms.

Even if it is made into bacon, it looks dark on the outside, but the inside is still soft after being cut.

When Chi Yan ate it, he always asked the cook to knock off the carbonized black shell on the outside and cut it into slices. Whether it was boiled or fried, even just cut it directly and served with dipping sauce was very delicious.

"Try this." Chi Yan cut off a piece of meat and brought it to Kleist's mouth.

Kleist opened his mouth, the meat was very fragrant to chew, because it was smoked, and the water was not as much as fresh, so it was very chewy, and the more you chewed, the more fragrant it became.

"Not bad." Kleist nodded reservedly.

Chi Yan: "Aliye has a bumper harvest this year. Otley's chickens and ducks have been sold in several batches. Cardi sent a letter. This year's income is ten times higher than last year."

The country is in turmoil and prices are rising. I don't know whether it is Kadi and the others who are blackmailed, or the merchants themselves have raised the price.

"I also sent a lot of gold and silver coins over." The gold and silver coins are all calculated in boxes.

Chi Yan: "However, money is not very valuable now, but it's okay to use it to smash people."

He had already spent a lot of money on the minister, but the queen changed. Although the money spent before was not wasted, it had to be spent again.

The former ministers received Chi Yan's money, sent Chi Yan news, or listened to Chi Yan's words and ignored some of the Queen's orders. They didn't feel that they were traitors or traitors at all.

Just thought it was a good way to make some extra money.

To show his goodwill, Chi Yan asked someone to send a cart of bacon to the queen.

Giving such a thing to a queen, in another era, a lot of people would say that he is stingy.

But in this era, these meats are good things, even if it is stinky meat, there are so many people who love to eat it.

This was also the first time Chi Yan took the initiative to deal with the queen.

Even if Chi Yan didn't explain the meaning clearly, the queen would understand.

"The lord of Stettin sent something?" The queen was a little surprised.

She can barely be considered proud of herself now. Although she still has internal and external troubles, and there is Chi Yan watching over her, she has finally placed the person she trusts in a suitable seat.

Just smiled beside him and said, "Here's a cart full of bacon."

The queen became interested, and she stood up: "Let's go and have a look."

Just followed behind the queen, and he squeezed the queen's personal maids to the point that there was no room for them. The maid glared at him, and the smile on his face did not diminish.

The cartload of bacon hadn’t been moved yet. The palace had no shortage of meat, but only the meat that the queen and other members of the royal family ate. Except for the queen’s personal maids, ordinary servants couldn’t eat it twice a year.

There is so much meat, the whole chicken, duck and goose, it seems that you can still smell the meat when you get close, and there are so many!It's almost like a mountain of meat.

The servants stood by, almost drooling.

The queen obviously didn't expect Chi Yan to be so generous.

Meat is not easy to transport. If it is made into bacon, it will shrink by half, or even more than half. Merchants would rather smell the meat than smoke it.

Anyway, stinky meat can be sold as well, and the cook can add more spices, which can be regarded as a unique flavor.

Moreover, the amount of rotten meat will not decrease, and the price will naturally be higher than that of bacon.

Queen: "What did the person who sent it say?"

A maid said in a low voice: "The person who sent it said that the lord of Stettin would like to have dinner with His Royal Highness sometime."

The queen was taken aback.

This lord of Stettin...

It's not that she didn't let people contact him before, and even gave him the title of duke, but the other party didn't give her any reply.

In winter, troops were even sent to guard several main routes in and out of the holy city.

She is full of guard against him, but she can't openly turn against him - after all, there are so many soldiers there, she can use her own soldiers to touch him, but even if she wins, she will pay her hard bear the price.

Since Chi Yan didn't do anything, she could only pretend that she didn't know anything.

The queen involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief, and finally had a smile on her face: "Take it and put it away, let everyone in the palace eat some tonight."

The servants thanked them repeatedly, and the queen saw the expressions on the faces of the servants and knew that they were also greedy.

The price of goods in the holy city is getting higher and higher. If it weren't for the merchants who gave her gifts, she wouldn't even be able to afford meat. The royal family's property is basically dead, and the whole country belongs to her, but she doesn't have much money. Can she sell the golden candlesticks in the castle?Or can the white tiger skin be sold?If these things were really sold, would she have to look at the empty palace every day?

Of course, the royal palace has food, but it does not store meat, and the meat is not released.

Bacon was too wasteful. Anyway, there was always more rotten meat to buy in the city, and the queen and the maids around her were enough to eat.

It's just that other servants can't eat it.

As soon as the queen left, the servants gathered around the wooden cart excitedly. They watched the smoked ducks hungry, their eyes glowed green, and the corners of their mouths were about to drool.

"I want to eat chicken butt."

"I also want to eat chicken butt, chicken butt is the fattest!"

"I want to eat duck legs, the duck meat is delicious."

The servants looked at the meat as if they were looking at a mountain of gold.

"The lord of Stettin sent it, and maybe he will send it in the future."

"Of course, Lord Stettin was appointed by the Holy Court. Now that the Holy Court is gone, of course he wants to support the queen."

"I want to eat right now."

A few servants looked at me and I looked at you, then secretly hid a smoked chicken, and then asked the servant who was not here to carry it.

Anyway, there are so many chickens, ducks and geese, no one can tell if one is missing, and the person who sent it didn't say the exact number.

After the few of them discussed it, they sneaked into the grocery store, tore the smoked chicken apart with their hands, and stuffed it into their mouths without peeling off the carbonized skin.

The chicken ass was eventually snatched by the highest ranking valet of them all.

For the chicken, they all thought the lord of Stettin was good.

When the nobles gave things, they always gave some gold and silver, which was not as real as meat.

At any rate, they can get some light on the meat.

When the queen returned to the room, she sat down on a chair, and Just stood beside her.

"What exactly does the lord of Stettin want?" the queen asked suddenly, "You are from Stettin, so you should be able to guess it?"

After Just came to her, the ideas he gave were indeed beneficial to her, but she didn't completely trust Just, even if Just told her his life experience, she didn't feel that Just said something in his mouth. He is telling the truth.

But since Just came to her, all the ideas he gave her were beneficial to her.

And Just never got too close to any nobleman, as if everything he had pinned on her.

Just lowered his head and said, "Although I have stayed in Stettin for a while, I have never met Lord Stettin. Your Highness, I think Lord Stettin wants to chat with you."

Queen: "I also know that he wants to talk to me. We will have dinner together tomorrow night. I just want to know what he will ask of me."

Just was silent.

The queen smiled self-deprecatingly: "Now in the holy city, I, the queen, are not as useful as what he said. His soldiers have built many villages outside the city."

The soldiers stationed at the main roads naturally need to live in places, so they can't camp all the time. Since the beginning of spring, they have built their own houses, which are the cheapest wooden houses, which are fast and use local materials.

The holy city is surrounded by those small villages, and the terrible thing is that those villages are full of soldiers.

Queen: "Is there anything I can give him?"

Just: "Your Highness, don't say that, you are the queen, the rightful ruler of the royal family, and he is just the lord of a small place."

The queen smiled: "My ancestor, King Joels I, was once only leading the horse for Emperor Austin."

"Really speaking, I'm just a descendant of a groom."

The queen held her chin and narrowed her eyes slightly: "Even Emperor Austin will die, how much land did he control when he was alive? Wouldn't he be disintegrated when he died?"

Queen: "Emperor Austin, how many battles did he fight? He was not born an emperor."

Juster didn't expect the Queen to have such a vision. Many people think that what they are born with should be their own, just like nobles. No noble will think that everything about him is not what it should be.

Everyone seems to believe that slaves are born slaves, poor people are born poor, and nobles are born nobles, which cannot be changed from generation to generation.

The queen can even say that her ancestors were grooms...

Just swallowed.

He worried that he would be silenced by the queen.

The queen sighed, knowing that she couldn't get anything out of Just's mouth, she waved Just to back away.

After Juster left, the maid came over from one side, squatted at the queen's feet, and pressed the queen's legs.

"Does His Highness trust him?" the maid asked.

Queen: "I used to think that he belonged to Lord Stettin, and I still think so until now, but I'm not sure."

The maid curled her lips: "It's just a person who follows His Highness, not even a male servant. If His Highness is worried about him, just kill him."

The queen shook her head: "If he really belongs to Lord Stettin, then he is still useful, so keep it."

Maid: "Your Highness..."

The queen chuckled slightly: "Now it's not the lord of Stettin who asks me, but I ask him."

The soldiers outside the city were just a knife hanging over her head, and she didn't know when it would fall.