The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

If the letter were not delivered to this accident, the whole thing was mainly responsible for Chiayan, and Pidro could not shirk the blame. Cheerchen was able to tell right from wrong, and he really felt that the two of them were too greedy this time. Ki Ayan is fine, how could his uncle be like this?

What Cheechen didn’t know and couldn’t understand was that in the Republic, like Pedro, farmers were allowed to cultivate the land for five to six days without compensation for the lord a week. Even Pedro learned from these predecessors. .

But it would be unfair to blame the nobles for their brutality and greed.

The so-called individual cannot be separated from the era. The reason why the great Polish aristocrats and Jewish rent collectors are so greedy, the original one-day voluntary labor has become 4 to 5 days, which is inseparable from the entire era.

Later economists have a special term to describe that change-the price revolution.

The great geographical discoveries of the 15th century profoundly changed the destiny of all mankind. And because of the "price revolution" that broke out (the price revolution is the devaluation of European gold and silver caused by the flow of cheap gold and silver from the Americas to Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, and price increases. It began in Spain in the 1630s and later extended to Britain and France. , Germany and other countries. In the hundreds of years before the 16th century, prices in Western Europe have been stable except for short-term fluctuations due to wars or poor harvests. However, with the discovery of the Americas and the opening of new shipping routes, Spain, etc. The country looted a large amount of gold and silver from the colonies. In the 16th century alone, the amount of gold in Europe increased from about 550,000 kg to 1.192 million kg; silver increased from 7 million kg to 21.4 million kg.) It completely changed the farmers’ attitudes in Poland and Lithuania. destiny.

Just as silver from Mexico and Japan saved the Ming dynasty that was precarious since the mid-16th century, the massive growth of the population and industrial development in Western Europe, the influx of gold and silver and the increasing demand for food all contributed to this. A major event that changed the trajectory of Poland's history: food prices have risen.

While food prices have risen, some people are happy and some are worried. Happy are the rich peasants and village chiefs who export food directly from the port of Gdansk to Western Europe, but worry about the aristocratic class whose main income is land rent. They collect fixed monetary land rent in the traditional way, because with the influx of silver from the Americas , The money is worthless, their real income is reduced due to currency depreciation, and they fall into poverty and bankruptcy.

In order to get rid of the impact of the price revolution on themselves, the Polish aristocrats, like the aristocrats of other countries, did everything possible. At the beginning, they used their power and existing wealth to amass a large number of peasant lands, built more and more labor-management manors, and proposed ways to increase the amount of land they had on hand to alleviate the economic crisis brought about by the price revolution. When this method was no longer effective, they tried to squeeze the farmers and increase the weekly unpaid working hours to milk more milk on the premise of feeding as little grass as possible.

After obtaining Vidava, Pidro naturally became a land aristocrat. Of course, any of his actions were inevitably affected by the "price revolution" like other aristocrats.

Building a manor, leveling the land, and relocating refugees all require money, not to mention Piedro’s stingy nature (Pidro did not regard refugees who are unable to fight as members of a mercenary group), but Vedavana is meager. Land income is a drop in the bucket under the high prices, especially during the war.

Of course, there is an effective way to solve this problem, that is, to change the form of fixed land rent, collect real land rent and then buy grain in Western Europe to make more money, but the nobles around are collecting fixed land rent. In Poland, Pidro didn't have that vision and couldn't know the price difference between food in Western Europe and food in Eastern Europe. He could only stick to the rules like everyone else. Since he does not have the ability to open source, Pidro can only save as much as possible by squeezing farmers.

Although Cheerchen couldn't see through the deeper things of the price revolution, he couldn't use this theory to excuse his uncle, but in any case, Piedro is his uncle after all. Cheerchen can only persuade, but cannot and cannot bear to blame. This can be regarded as a little selfishness of him.

So, it's actually the best way to introduce Ki Ayan as a scapegoat.

From a perceptual point of view, Chechen doesn't like Jews like Keayan either. Punishing them on the grounds of burning the manor is completely reasonable and tenable. In fact, the nobles of Eastern European countries at that time, when they owed the money to the Jews and couldn’t pay the time, they could use it for unreliable reasons to use the Jews’ debts, and some even directly used the knife to force the Jews to use the IOU. Burn it without any condemnation, because it is allowed by society. Just like Charlotte, the Jew in "The Merchant of Venice" written by British dramatist Shakespeare, in court, Portia wisely agreed that Sherlock could strip any pound of Antonio’s flesh, only if a drop of blood shed (the contract only says A pound of meat, but did not promise to give Sherlock any drop of blood), he used his life and property to pay for it. This request was based entirely on fallacies and sophistry but was approved by the judge. There was only one reason, and that was that Charlotte was a Jew.

But rationally ~www.readwn.com~ Cheechen also believes that everything they did in order to escape for their lives was understandable. To be honest, Kiayan did not lighten the burden on the farmers because his letter was not delivered. If Kiayan received his own letter, but the righteousness is violated or even ignored, then that is the real sin.

More importantly, punishing Kiayan is tantamount to acknowledging Pidro's lax discipline.

"Although Kiayan is wrong, he can't be blamed entirely," Chechen said.

At this time, Cheer Chen finally decided to settle the matter at the expense of his own interests.

"Bacht, you go back and tell the farmers that they only need to work for me and uncle for one day every day. As for the losses they suffered in this matter, I will pay for everything."

"Head, everyone will remember your kindness." Bachter bent over and thanked Cheerchen.

"As for you, Ki Ayan." Cheechen turned to Ki Ayan and said to him: "You burned my manor to save yourself, but after all, you destroyed my property. I am relieved of your stewardship, you Go and make another living."

"Yes, Master." Ki Ayan nodded his head to the ground.

At this time, his body was shaking.

Not because of fear, but because of being moved.

Cheerchen's punishment for him was too light. Kiayan served Prince Yanush Raziviu, and he also managed farms for other great nobles before. He had seen too many Jewish stewards like him as scapegoats by the nobles when the peasant riots could not be suppressed. Take it out and give it to the peasants for cramps, and then replace it with a new Jewish tax payment. You must not lose any of your own interests. Ki Ayang has never seen a good person like Cheor Chen in his life.

"Okay, let's go down." Cheer Chen said to everyone present after finishing the treatment.