Our family is in decline

"Sir, I have really corrected myself."

Disma thought Lance was warning him not to mess around, so he quickly defended himself.

Lance glanced at him and complained:

"I'm not kidding you. We are not members of the church. There is no need to ban those things."

As he spoke, Lance took out a bag and handed it to him.

"You worked hard on the last mission. This is your mission reward. Have fun. It can also boost the town's economy."

Lance was also quite helpless about the existence of the brothel.

His policies are aimed at people who are willing to exchange labor for money, but not everyone is willing to do this. Some people would rather idle than work.

And this kind of people have nothing to do with gender, they are both men and women, but the difference is that in this era, women can make money while lying down.

He has fought for better positions for those women, but not all women are willing to ask for dignity, especially some of these people who are already doing this.

Not to mention that people in this world are very dependent on brothels. Those bachelors want to find women if they have two dollars in hand. He wanted to crack down on this illegal crime, but found that the cost was too high, which triggered some The problem is, he doesn't have that many people, nor that much time to take care of these things.

In the end, he found that blocking was better than sparing. There was nothing he could do about those women who voluntarily engaged in these things. He could only regulate them and restrict them. At the same time, he imposed heavy taxes to crack down on them. He did not give them too relaxed an environment and limited their income to a relatively low level. level.

As for catching pheasants, there will be fines and confinement, severe crackdowns.

Lance never thought that one day he would have to be a pimp. He could only say that he had paid too much to save his family.

Walking on the streets at night and looking at the sparsely lit lights is still very rewarding. This place cannot withstand another invasion of bandits.

Whether it's to survive or to protect everything here, those bandits must die!

Lance did not go back but turned around and came to a house and raised his hand and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?"

The door opened to see a middle-aged woman, but she didn't expect that the person coming was Lance, and she was dumbfounded the moment they met.

"Good evening." Lance greeted with a smile.

"Lord...Lord..." The woman looked a little at a loss in her panic.

"Don't you want me to come in and sit down?"

Lance was smiling, and there was no hint of any negative emotion in the woman's performance.

"Ah! Sir, please come in." The woman then realized what she was doing and hurriedly stepped out of the door. "My lord, I'm so sorry."

The woman muttered words of apology, fearing that the lord would blame her, and even more afraid that her son would be implicated in her rude behavior.

"It's okay." Lance comforted softly. He looked around the simple house and found that she was the only one at home. "Isn't Vic at home?"

"He took his brother to attend class. Do you need me to call him back?"

Vic was the most outstanding student in the training camp, so he attracted Lance's attention.

The barracks haven't been built yet, so most of the recruits will go home at night, and the fact that they are still learning without supervision shows that he is not wrong.

As for learning, Lance arranged a literacy class in the square. A bonfire would be set up after get off work in the evening, and someone would teach some simple vocabulary to everyone.

After Lance emphasized the importance of intellectuals, many people would attend lectures in the evening. In order to attract those children, he also prepared some snacks.

We don't yet have the ability to set up a school, so we can only transition in this way.

"No need." Lance sat down somewhere casually and took the initiative to change the subject, "What are you eating tonight?"

"Have brown bread and vegetable chowder."

It was obviously just a very ordinary meal with no meat or fishy taste, but when it came to it, a smile finally appeared on this woman's face. It was very simple, but very real.

Lance continued chatting with her in a calm tone, and the woman gradually relaxed and began to talk about some situations with him.

Her family was a very ordinary farmer before the bandits arrived. The couple had two sons. The life of the family of four was not very good, but it was still a happy life.

Until the bandits arrived, her husband was sent to be cannon fodder and his body was nowhere to be found.

Fortunately, their home was located relatively far back and had more time to escape, so they survived with their two sons.

It's just that they didn't fall under the butcher's knife of the bandits, but fell into the hands of the mayor. The soaring prices ate up the last drop of their flesh and blood. She wanted to sell herself to the farmer because no one wanted her with her two children.

She even thought about committing suicide that day, but she persisted for the sake of her two children, risking being attacked by wild beasts and going to the wilderness to dig wild vegetable tree roots.

But soon there were no roots to eat, and the family almost starved to death after being hungry for several days.

Fortunately, the lord soon showed up and executed the evil mayor. Those three days of porridge really saved their family. Not to mention the subsequent stabilization of food prices and various jobs, life was quickly restored.

As for the extra rules, she just needs to abide by them. She trusts the lord unconditionally.

The thing that makes her most proud is that her eldest son was selected by the lord to enter the training camp.

After talking, it became the woman's home field, and Lance just listened passively.

However, Lance was very pleased to hear that the woman's life had improved, and his efforts had been recognized.

"That kid trained so hard. I even asked him not to bring eggs to his brother. He insisted on saying that the lord was very kind to them. There was milk in the training camp and meat in the daily meals."

"He came back that day and took out a copper coin and handed it to me. He said that it was the vocabulary he remembered the most and was awarded to him by the lord."

"I gave him the money back and told him he was an adult."

"Later he used the money to buy milk and asked us to taste what it tasted like."

"It's sweet. I've never tasted anything so delicious."

"He gave the rest to his younger brother, saying that he performed very well and could often eat meat in the training camp. He also said that he would buy meat to celebrate when he passed the assessment."

"The child laughed very happily, and the younger brother also laughed very happily when he heard that there was meat to eat."

"I'll save some money in a few days and buy some meat for my child. Vic is very tired from training and his brother is also growing."

The woman's trivial thoughts did not bore Lance. On the contrary, this kind of domesticity relaxed his tense nerves, and his eagerness to face the bandits gradually slowed down.

"Who's coming?"

The door was pushed open, and Lance looked up to see a half-grown young man walking in, dragging his younger brother with him.

The young man's body is slightly thin, but his eyes are bright and full of hope for life, which seems to have infinite possibilities.