Transcendent Noble

Two days later, Randal led the First Army leader Lord Nelson, Ombudsman Linda, Sheriff Munk, Village Chief George, and Family Chief Lilia all appeared at Silvermoon Manor. The study room, accepts inquiries from Victor, Nicole and Sylvia.

"My dear, I'm only a listener."

Sylvia's gaze swept across the crowd, and Victor smiled softly, plain white slender hands pinched the silver spoon and stirred gently With coffee served by Nicole.

Everyone was awe-inspiring, and they didn't dare to breathe, the atmosphere in the study was almost frozen.

Sylvia sits in the Rose Manor, and is normally very simple. Even the seniors of the York family can't easily see her, let alone the members of the Randal Family. Only Nelson and Lilia know that Sylvia is one of the three Golden Knights of Gambis. Others only know that this stunning beauty is extremely noble, and may be the contemporary Mrs. Duke York.

That's enough!

The York family is the largest backer of the Randal Family. The political, military and economic exchanges between the two parties are very close. The middle and high-level members of the Randal Family have the most intuitive understanding of this. At that time, they were all migrants who wandered around at the bottom of Black Castle Town. Later, the ant tide swept the Randal leader, and they were sheltered by the York family.

The senior members of the Randal Family are cautiously in front of Nicole, not to mention Mrs. Duke York? It’s just that they don’t understand why a trivial incident in George Village would alarm three great characters at the same time?

Things involving the Pope and the First Paladin are not trivial!

Nelson knew it and wouldn't say it. Victor is in charge, so don't worry about him.

At this time, Victor was staring at the two items on the desk in a daze.

A piece of yellow-green paper, square-shaped, with rough texture, and crushed pieces of wheat straw can be seen on it. Although its quality is crude, it is indeed a piece of straw paper.

Victor can't help but sigh when he sees the paper again. This is almost his only physical evidence as a transmigrator and will have a profound impact on the foreign world.

Extraordinary power has divided the human race in the foreign world. The ordinary person of the overwhelming majority is attached to the transcender, while a few transcenders dominate the process of human civilization. However, whether it is Chosen One, Knight or the church's priest, they hold the rule of the human kingdom, but they only want to gain more powerful and extraordinary power, and there is not much motivation to promote the development of mortal society.

For the simplest example, although animal skin paper is expensive, transcender can afford it. Naturally, there is no need for them to invent low-cost straw paper.

On Earth, paper is the most common information carrier. Its appearance has promoted the cultural dissemination and knowledge accumulation of human society. With the invention of printing, expensive books have also entered ordinary people's homes, thus laying the foundation for the vigorous development of human civilization.

The straw paper on the table also has the same meaning for human society in other worlds.

Compared with transcender, there is no essential difference between the wisdom of an ordinary person and the wisdom of a transcender, and it can also create great civilization wonders. They only appear ignorant because they are restricted by material conditions. For example, an ordinary farmer finds that bee pollination can make the fruit grow, and wants to further study the rules, but he is busy with his livelihood and does not have enough time to conduct system experiments and records. When he is old and dead, the artificial pollination technology is still dead. . If he has paper, he can record all his thoughts, experiment process, and observation results, so that latecomers can continue to complete the artificial pollination experiment.

It can be said that paper greatly enhances the width and thickness of mortal civilization. Victor can even imagine that someone in the future will sigh "I am standing on the shoulders of Giant".

This paper will usher in a new era!

Of course, the current straw paper can only be used to wipe the bottom. But there is already papyrus, can the white paper be far behind?

"My dear, this is the straw paper made from wheat straw...specially for people to solve hygiene problems? What price are you going to set?"

Nicole is wearing a light green In her tunic dress, her pretty face is full of curious expressions. She is actually asking: Will the migrant workers' union be willing to spend money to wipe their buttocks?

No one understands why Victor even cares about the problem of wiping his ass.

Who cares what ordinary people use to wipe their butts?

If it is not for the purpose of unlocking the wisdom of the people, enhancing the power of the human kingdom, and coping with unknown invaders, Victor will not be able to make paper, let alone engage in a civilian employment system. In fact, once a leisurely aristocratic lord, he has nothing to do with hunting, fishing, and having a tryst with a beautiful lover is more in line with his fantasy.

"Habits can be cultivated." Victor put down the straw paper and said with a smile: "Pastor David used pig pancreas and kidney bean powder to make soap for washing. At first, no one cared about it. Now Isn’t it hugely popular? Almost every family of hired workers will buy a few bars of soap, otherwise they will greet someone sorry."

Nicole took the drafting paper and looked at it for a while, pondered then said: "Dry and light , Regular, easy to store and transport... I see! The straw is made into straw paper, which can be used as fuel storage. When we develop Southern Continent, the efficiency and cost of transportation and storage of straw paper are far lower than that of wheat straw." Looking at Victor affectionately, he said admiringly: "My dear, you are so smart!"

Sylvia gave Nicole an appreciative eye. Others immediately admired fief lord's forward-looking vision, and if there is another occasion, they will never give up the opportunity to shoot flattery.

Uh, it's not mechanized production. Papyrus is really used to wipe your butt... Victor gave a dry cough, picked up the two purple gold coins on the table, and lightly squeezed it twice.

The size of these two purple gold coins is only half the size of the noble purple gold coins. The dim color shows that the content of fine gold is pitiful, but they are also cast by the royal family of Gambis for use by ordinary vassals. It can be exchanged for 100 gold sols.

Victor once mocked the Augustus family for not knowing about national debt. Obviously that was a wrong understanding. The noble purple gold coin and the vassal purple gold coin bypass the restrictions on the joint issuance of coins by the church and the lords. They are guaranteed by the credit of the royal family and have the dual functions of currency and national debt.

Victor is particularly eager to have currency issuance rights, which is based on the reality of Randal.

The Randal Family paid a large amount of compensation to tens of thousands of employees. Transaction activities in the territory became more and more frequent, and the existing monetary system could no longer meet the actual needs of the market. Take goose eggs as an example. One Copper Coin can buy 8 raw goose eggs or 6 cooked goose eggs. It is impossible to purchase one goose egg separately.

Don't underestimate the business of a goose egg. Behind it represents countless miscarriage transactions, simply because there is no smaller currency in circulation on the market. If Randal owns a small amount of currency, all kinds of small merchants and hawkers will appear on the market, selling spiced goose eggs, selling small toys, selling soap, selling vegetables... They will enrich the commercial activities of Randal. , Increasing the tax revenue of Randal Family.

Victor is different from other lords in that he levies taxes on transactions, while other lords charge shop rents and goods transit fees. They agree to offset the materials, and the bartering mode is very common in the market.

How to collect taxes after bartering? No tax, how to raise Legion after hiring?

The reality is that Randal-led merchants have to implement a certain degree of barter during the transaction process, otherwise they cannot find change. The transaction account is a mess, and the tax also includes supplies. Therefore, tax officials often carry goose eggs, goose feathers, bacon, lizard skins and other things around the streets.

When the weather became hot, these "taxes" were donated to the church...

Anyone can cast copper sol. The problem is that copper is the cheapest metal at present. Iron is still cheap, and the purchasing power of copper sol is equal to its actual value.

Issue banknotes? Victor doesn't have to think about it. This is not because of papermaking and printing technology problems, but because it is too easy to be copied.

Under the same conditions, what you can make can be made by others. The Americans invented the atomic bomb, don't other countries also have it? The technology monopoly of transmigrator is simply a dream! Even if Alchemy Empire's Thorium equipment comes out, it won't take many years for other Great Influence to create Thorium equipment.

Victor’s issuance of banknotes will only defeat the Randal Family, and the church and lords will not allow him to issue new currencies. Victor only hopes to get the support of the church to allow him to cast a smaller and thinner Copper Coin that is only circulated in Randal, just like the vassal purple gold coin in front of him.

Papermaking is an issue of scientific research and education, while currency is an issue of trade and finance. None of them are imminent issues.

What Victor urgently needs to solve is the legal issue led by Randal.

"This is the purple gold coin that the Sid family used to buy the Roberts family?" He asked with interest:

"Yes." Sheriff Munk bowed He replied: "Sid’s fourth son, Kali, set up a trap. He wanted to learn from other methods of man-made paper and deliberately leased a papermaking workshop. Robert’s third son, Severin, had a breakthrough and refused to leave the workshop. Kali I wanted to use the money to buy him, but Severin resolutely refused to agree. The two pulled each other and Severin accidentally fell into the straw pool, which triggered the following things."

Victor nodded, asked again. . "Sure there are no dead people?"

"There are no dead people. Father Miller happened to gather medicine in the vicinity. He used the divine technique to save three wounded people. Except for the boar who was still unconscious, everyone else was unconscious. He recovered his health. Marcy the assailant is currently being held in the dungeon of the police station."

"So..."

Victor's eyes flashed with an inexplicable light, and he knocked on the table. , Asked: "Who can tell me why this matter has caused a lot of noise, even the people led by Feniksi Baron are discussing it?!"

"Divine Vestige!" Nicole lightly opened her red lips and said bluntly. He said: "The priest of the church promoted Divine Vestige to the people, and secretly guided the people to discuss this matter. Now everyone is waiting for our verdict."

Under Zong Mian, why did he add to the flames and force me to speak up? Fortunately, Miller rescued those three people, otherwise I would be forced to a dead end. Now that there are no dead people, I have more choices... No, if someone is dead, wouldn’t it be more in line with the pope’s wishes? Why didn’t he Stop Miller? Or is it that Miller is an old man simply not leaving the pope? Uh... it must be like this. Miller even dared to tell me the secret of Holy Power Pool. I guess he is not even afraid of the Pope... Well, this is the pious pastor. Miller old man is so cute... .Victor condensed his thoughts and returned to the case itself.

"Monk, I want to hear your opinion." He asked.

The sheriff leaned slightly and said, "Marcy committed the murder out of a misunderstanding, but it is also a fact. If there were no Father Miller, Kali and the boar would have died at that time. Therefore, I suggest that Marcy be in Hanging, the Roberts have no right to receive paper-making rewards. Cali set a trap, which almost caused Severin's death, and his behavior was despicable, but he did not intentionally hurt Severin, and he could order the Sid family to compensate the Roberts with 200 goldsore, Cali Nor is entitled to receive paper-making rewards."

"hmph! You took Sid's black money."

Nelson has always looked at monkeys as unpleasant, he thought that monkeys did not share with everyone Adversity is not worthy of climbing on the head of a work-point system family. At this time, he jumped out and accused: "Don't think I don't know. You not only collect black money from vendors, but also gray towels and human traffickers to give you tribute."

"Lord, I charge money. , The inspector knows." The monkey lightly replied, "I don’t take the money alone. The soldiers in the police station have a share, including your old subordinates. The police station’s money is the rule. If I don’t collect it, Merchants and gangs are uneasy. Collecting money is also a rein for them. As long as I raise the money, these people have to be honest. I don’t have to shout at them, and the master will not be pointed at by Father Miller. Nose curse."

"Also, those traffickers are just brokers. They introduce jobs to the refugees and women to the bachelors. You should know that it is normal for the refugees to separate and combine men and women, and the refugee women also think about it. Day, give them a little money and let those men let them go. Only then can the bachelor under Randal have a chance to marry a wife and have children, and settle down. These are all things you love and I want, how can a broker be a trafficker? With these brokers, Randal leads the peace."

The monkey is a smart man. He knows that he is only responsible to Victor and cannot look at anyone's face, so his relationship with other people has always been cold. Victor didn't give the monkey a little Fiefdom. He currently only takes 200 goldsor's annual salary, so Victor allowed him to collect the money.

These money are not only the reins that the sheriff puts on the necks of merchants and gangsters, but also the reins that Victor puts on the necks of the sheriffs. If the monkeys behave incorruptly and don’t reveal any handles, Victor will change them instead. Drop him.

"Okay. Nelson. Tell me your opinion." Victor raised his hand to signal that Nelson is enough.

Nelson loudly said: "My lord, I don’t care about making paper. Marcy should not be murdered, but she is just to protect her family. If the Randal people don’t even have the courage to protect their family, we can still Expect them to become qualified soldiers? Executing Marcy will only turn the people into a bunch of rabbits! I think Marcy must be acquitted!"

"That makes sense." Victor laughed to Linda Asked: "Ombudsman, what do you mean?"

"My lord, I don't make any comments, because I don't know who is right and who is wrong." Linda stepped forward and said, "But some I must explain the situation."

"First of all, Robert’s eldest son Cybbins found Hundred-men Commander Reiter, and Reiter took 100 goldshor and came to Nelson, Rui Especially the old men of our War Bears, Nelson promised to help Sybins, but did not ask for Ritter’s money."

"Linda, you..."

Nelson stared in a hurry, Linda ignored him, and continued: "Sid asked Lord Munk for help with 1000 Kinshor, Lord Munk accepted it."

"Sid Does the family have so much money?" Victor asked in surprise.

"The money was actually made up by all 82 merchants. They promised to give me 1,000 goldsore after it was done." The monkey explained.

"Why?"

"Because they are reluctant to build houses and enter the households." Lilia said in the interface: "Can the Sid family get the paper-making rewards, and the merchants It’s irrelevant. They don’t want this incident to affect their own house construction. Therefore, these merchants spread money around asking for money and even begged me."

"It turned out to be like this...It seems that we Randal led It’s still a little attractive." Victor was complacent, lightly said with a smile: "George, how about you?"

Village Chief George said with some anxiety: "Sid sent me 400 goldsoul , I didn’t want it! My lord, I do recommend the Sid family to build a house. They are more capable than most villagers. However, this matter has already caused public outrage. I am very dissatisfied with the deception of the family setting. No matter how capable Sid is, I can’t compare with so many villagers. Marcy’s murder, I have no right to intervene, but I think the reward for papermaking should go to Robert’s family."

Victor did not comment, and turned his eyes to Lilia, "My dear, your opinion."

Sylvia and Nicole are both here, Lilia doesn't dare to act like a baby, she said in a tranquil voice: "My lord, I hope you can Forgive Marcy’s death...I want a female guard. My parents died early and the migrant bandits attacked the mercenary camp. Lucy Aunt was killed by bandits in order to save me. I saw Lucy Aunt’s body on Marcy’s body. Shadow..."

Linda's eyes immediately turned red, Nelson one-knee kneels, said solemnly: "My lord, please forgive Marcy. I don't ask for other things."

Victor turned his head to Nicole and asked: "My dear, what's your opinion?"

"I usually don't bother about this kind of thing, as long as it is handed over to the sheriff and priest. That's it." Nicole frowned said with a smile: "Since you asked me for my opinion, why not do this? The paper rewards the two families equally. Cali accidentally pushed Severin into the straw pond, but Severin didn't. To die, Cali deserves 20 lashes. The wild boar saves people, no merit, Marcy committed crimes, the wild boar also did not die, but was unconscious... But he was a fool after all... Marcy was free from hanging , Sentenced her to 20 years of hard labor next to Lilia younger sister."

"Victor nodded, instructed: "That’s the sentence. In addition, another 200 will be opened to families of migrant workers. The quota for building a house."

George Jude After hesitating, he asked weakly: "My lord, what about Wright and Tunan? They are the ones who invented paper, and Father David might have something to say. "

"Go down. "Victor waved his hand, but thought in his heart: "I am the inventor of paper, and the Pope can only stand on my shoulders under the crown." "

Waiting for Nelson and the others to leave the study, Victor asked Sylvia for advice: "My dear, why did the pope make this matter?" What kind of verdict does he want to see? "

Sylvia put down the coffee cup, shook her head and said, "How to judge is not important, but who makes the judgement is important." Clement just wants to see if you will judge it yourself. "

"If you hand this case to the sheriff, there will be nothing for the church. But if you judge it yourself, Clement will have to weigh it carefully. "

"Madam, what are you going to weigh under the pope's crown?" "Nicole restlessly asked, "Is there any impact on Victor?" "

Sylvia said in the jaws of the head: "There will still be a lot of influence. The worst result is that the priest calls on the people to refuse to join the Randal Family's mercenary group. "

Victor stood up and asked, "Why? "

Sylvia looked at the panting with rage lover, Yan Ran said with a smile: "My dear, haven't you realized it yet?" You have reached the bottom of the church and weakened the faith of the refugees, and your personal judgment shows your determination to continue! Of course, Clement has to weigh it carefully..."

"However, this may be a bad thing, more likely a good thing...but you have to convince me first! "