Our family is in decline

"Whoever picks up the guests should step forward~"

A very ordinary sentence, but the women who were watching had strange expressions on their faces, and the oppression they had suffered for a long time was revived again with this sentence.

And a few of them stood out in particular, their faces full of fear.

What is the punishment for disobedience?

Just thinking about it makes my body tremble.

"grown ups……"

Just as Disma was about to say something, he was stopped by Lance's look.

The first ones to speak were not those who were picking up the guests, but other people who were afraid of being implicated. A few women were pushed out amid the booing, but they did not dare to look at Lance, and just lowered their heads and cuddled with each other.

"I told you to close the brothel. You broke the rules by picking up customers without permission. Since this is your first time, you will only be detained for three days."

Upon hearing this, they knelt down in front of Lance and begged for mercy, with tears in their eyes but they did not dare to cry too loudly because they were afraid that Lance would be bored and the punishment would be increased.

Lance was not shaken at all by their appearance, and watched several people being taken away by Susan.

Holding a few copper coins in my hand, I felt uncomfortable.

Why doesn't he know what these people want to do? They just want to make some extra money, because they don't know how the situation will change after three days. Only money is the most practical thing.

But Lance couldn't let this kind of behavior go unchecked. All the young women in the town were doing it, and the consequences would be to ruin the future of the territory.

This is what he least wants to see as a lord.

Must be suppressed!

"Sir...I..."

Disma chased after him and wanted to explain something, but was interrupted by Lance raising his hand.

"Okay~"

But instead of blaming him, Lance comforted him.

"I know you're under a lot of pressure and it's okay to relax. As long as you don't force others, you'll pay the price you agreed upon. I won't care as long as it doesn't affect the reputation of our team."

Lance's words made Disma feel a little embarrassed. He broke the rules, but the lord still understood him.

As he spoke, Lance emphasized again, "But you must remember our mission and don't indulge in these, because the evil will not relax, and corruption may erode at any time."

"I, Disma, will never betray the Lord's trust."

"It's been a busy day, go to bed early."

Lance didn't pay too much attention to his oath. I still have to go back and work overtime, so what do you want me to do~

This world, or the people here, actually have a very divided response to carnal desires.

The clergy and believers in the church are very conservative.

But ordinary people are very open-minded. People in the city or those with status are a little more particular, but the people at the bottom just don't care at all.

The reason is that their survival has consumed too much of their energy. As an animal or a tool, they have no more time to care about those things.

What's more, things like long nights are their only pastime.

Disma was originally a wandering mercenary and had done a lot of these things. It was normal for him to find someone to relax, so Lance didn't care too much.

But Lance himself has no interest in these women, not because of any feudal concepts, but simply because they don't take baths.

Bathing is also a costly item for ordinary people, and it is not possible to take a bath every day.

So you can imagine the smell of a person who receives customers every day and doesn't take a shower for ten and a half days. Just being close to it makes him uncomfortable, let alone touching it.

What's more, I was used to seeing all kinds of beauties in my previous life, and I really have no interest in these ordinary people.

…………

What happened last night was actually not a big deal. After dawn, everything went as usual, and Lance led a few people to investigate the buildings in the town.

Sanatoriums are hospitals in this world, with the function of receiving patients and treating them.

But this is a building that should not appear in a small town, because it is impossible for such a run-down town to support such a sanatorium, and it is impossible to even recover the construction cost.

Lance teamed up to explore it and found that the structure inside was very strange, very different from the sanatorium in the city that he remembered.

The main body of the building is made of large stones, which gives people a heavy feeling. However, there are no windows for light transmission and ventilation in such a large space. The entire corridor looks very dark. If it were not for the light, it would be impossible to see at all. Not sure.

The sanatorium has two floors above and one underground, with a total of three floors. There are wards on both sides of the corridor, all with metal doors that lock outwards. The doors of the wards on the first and second floors are fence-style, and the ones on the ground floor are iron doors with many rivets. There is an observation hole on the top and a food delivery hole on the bottom...

No matter how you look at the architectural style here, it looks like a ghastly prison rather than a sanatorium for treating illnesses and saving lives.

However, thinking about the bad things his ancestor had done, coupled with the weird environment here, Lance also understood that the truth about this sanatorium was probably the place where his ancestor conducted human experiments.

And I’m afraid few of the patients brought in will be able to leave~

It's just that this hugely invested building fell into disuse with the disappearance of the ancestor.

After some exploration, Lance and others withdrew and then moved to other buildings in the town.

A dilapidated church, a guild with a missing roof, a collapsed blacksmith shop...

These people are not combatants like Disma, but construction workers with the best reputation and skills.

When Lance was counting the townspeople before, he felt a little strange why all the original skilled workers in the town were missing. There was no reason for the bandits to select some people to kill.

After he secured the farm, he discovered that all these people had been selected by the farmer.

Because the town suddenly collapsed, everyone stopped consuming. If their technology could not be consumed, they would have no money. In addition, many of them did not have land to resist the disaster, so they were the first to lose their jobs.

David's choice to take down these people also indirectly helped Lance preserve these skilled workers to a certain extent. It can only be said that he was so kind that he was still thinking about others even after he died.

Lance specially transferred these workers, such as carpenters and construction workers, from the farm to do farm work. It was really a waste.

These people already know the local area very well, and they also know the building structure.

Under their explanation, Lance knew which buildings still had the value of repair and renovation, and which ones were directly demolished and replaced with building materials to maximize their utilization.

If it is basically impossible for him to do these things normally, even if he inherits this territory, legally all places within the territory belong to him.

But the land deeds in the hands of those townspeople can block the implementation of his policies. No one will let him demolish them at will, commonly known as nail houses.