Don't mess with that dragon

Chapter 683 Urban and Rural
Although the vast majority of people at the bottom of the city live a difficult life and work hard day and night to make ends meet, once there is no work to do, starvation becomes inevitable.

But at least,
They are not like the vast number of rural serfs, who do not even have freedom, and are extremely oppressed by the local nobles and lords.

In the countryside, they are just a bunch of unfeeling and insensitive labor tools, the private property of the lord, who work hard every day at best, but can only get a handful of beans to make ends meet.

Among the vast group of serfs, due to the oppression of the nobles, heavy labor, hunger and lack of nutrition, few serfs could live beyond the age of 30.

Moreover, being a serf means being a serf for generations.

Even the wives and offspring are the private property of the nobles and are left to be disposed of by the nobles.

its status,
Even the pigs, dogs and livestock in the nobleman's house are inferior.

In the vast countryside, compared to the bottom of the city, it is a more cruel hell.

Because in the territory of the noble lords, everything, including the growing forests, flowing rivers, and fish swimming in the water, everything belongs to the noble lords.

The prey of animals in the mountains and forests is the private property of the nobles. If they dare to catch them privately, they will be fined a large sum of money, and if the circumstances are serious, they will be beaten to death with sticks.

Even the firewood dropped on the ground in the mountains and forests, if you want to go in and pick it up, you need to pay a firewood tax.

In the countryside, there are few places where you can see real money.

Therefore, the most common hard currency is food.

Even the free peasants were suffering from hunger and cold under the oppression of these noble lords, let alone those serfs who didn't even have their own property?

Over the years, due to frequent natural disasters, reduced food production, and even worse oppression by the lords and nobles, many freedmen went bankrupt and became serfs, or fled to the kingdom in the south just like those fugitive slaves who couldn't bear it, looking for A silver lining.

It's just that due to the aristocratic power of the nobles and gentlemen's rule for many years, there are still a few who dare to escape like this.

Among the several countries in the Principality of Flanders, the plains and rivers in the south are the richest, but the people at the bottom of these places are also the most oppressed.

This is the true face of rural rule under the feudal state in the Middle Ages.

The aristocrats are high above the ground, and the serfs at the bottom are in dire straits. The existence of extraordinary abilities makes the class far more solidified than Austin's previous world.

The sons of nobles were born nobles, and the descendants of serfs were serfs for generations.

If there is no accident, then the class oppressive rule as stable as a pyramid will be firmly pressed on the shoulders of countless serfs, making it almost impossible for the people at the bottom to stand up.

But the arrival of the Blue Dragon Kingdom changed everything.

After the Dragon Nest Legion swept across the borders of the old aristocratic forces, the newly arrived Blue Dragon Kingdom's grassroots regime took over the rule, bringing light to countless serfs who were in the dark.

In the beginning, take over the inheritance left by the old nobles with a strong force, and clean up those dog legs that do evil and oppression.

Then abolish the serf system, implement the same policy as in the city, take out the grain hoarded in the castles of the lords and nobles, distribute the food for three days free of charge, and establish the prestige of the people's hearts.

Then, using the powerful government authority, the serfs and free farmers in the vast countryside were organized, paid with food, and first underwent simple training, and then began to restore production on a large scale.

Simultaneously,

The militia team stationed together began to attack the nearby thieves, and attracted all the escaped slaves wandering among the mountains and forests down the mountain to assist in the reclamation work.

Of course.

Regardless of whether it is a vast rural area or an urban area, each place has its own problems. The general policy has not changed, but there are some fine-tuning in practice.

For example, in addition to the aristocratic and gentry class in the Upper East Side, there are also some merchants, blacksmiths, and handicraft owners who rely on their own efforts to live a middle-class life, or magicians, warriors, and mercenaries with extraordinary abilities.

These are not at the same level as the vast urban poor. Although their lives are not very good, they are not short of food, so they cannot be included in the reconstruction of the wartime system in general.

These are mainly the main source of a city's commercial prosperity, and the Blue Dragon Kingdom officials have no intention of completely banning them all at once. At most, they just send militia inspectors to patrol more to maintain the stability of law and order.

The same goes for the countryside.

In addition to the serfs who had nothing and the peasants who were on the verge of bankruptcy, there were also some wealthy free small landlord classes.

For these self-sufficient classes, the grassroots authorities of the Blue Dragon Kingdom in the countryside naturally have no intention of accepting them in a unified way, allowing them to cultivate their own fields and carry out production.

Although the Blue Dragon Kingdom is taking the route of saving a large number of people at the bottom who are in dire straits, it has not reached the level of beating local tyrants to divide the land and killing all class enemies.

It was enough to destroy the ruling old aristocracy.

Time passes slowly,
The newly ruled area quickly calmed down from the chaos and began to resume construction and production.

that's it,
The area attacked by the Blue Dragon Legion is quickly being brought under the rule of the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

Even though the production in many places has not yet resumed, it cannot be said that it has been fully incorporated into the Blue Dragon Kingdom economic circle, but this vast area, with its large population, has already become part of the Blue Dragon Kingdom's heritage, and it only needs to be properly managed for a year or two , will become the driving force for the rapid growth of the national strength of the Blue Dragon Kingdom!

At this time, the army was still going north to attack the city, and it was about to attack the gate of the enemy's royal city.

The oppressive forces of the old aristocrats who occasionally escaped in the rear were still carrying out negligible resistance, but in the sea of ​​the people, after all, they were suppressed without causing much turmoil.

Everything is going in a good direction.

In the Blue Dragon Kingdom, they also cheered loudly for the successive victories, praising His Majesty Austin's greatness.

Articles in newspapers reporting on the war aroused heated discussions in the whole society.

Military commentators praised the ingenuity of this blitzkrieg. Before the enemy country could react, it had already contributed more than half of the opponent's territory and hit the gate of the king's city.

Economic researchers are analyzing the benefits to the Blue Dragon Kingdom after swallowing up such a large land and population, which has attracted many merchants and factory owners to build factories, and they have begun investigations.

The majority of ordinary people are more concerned about the stories of heroes who emerged during the war.

As for Austin, the master of this kingdom that has become extremely powerful, his body is closed in the endless chaotic void, and his incarnation sits in the world, his eyes and thoughts are cast in another direction on the horizon.
(End of this chapter)