At noon, the market square in Gus City.

It can also be regarded as a food market.

The steward of the castle, the sheriff of the small town, and three or two of his subordinates walked out slowly from the corner with solemn faces and several parchments under their arms.

A few women who had just left the well with washed clothes in their hands saw the big shots walking to the center of the square from a distance, and started talking in low voices.

"Hey, have you heard?"

"What did you hear?"

"Our Lord, it seems, is planning to rebuild the castle."

"Oh, I heard about it too. A few days ago, many people saw a pirate master selling seventy or eighty slaves to the lord. Oh, my man is a blacksmith. You also know that he

A few days ago, I and other blacksmiths received a batch of orders from the castle!"

"Well, that's it...that's nothing, right?"

"You just don't understand!"

"Why don't I understand!"

"Let me tell you, my husband has also been to the mainland of the kingdom and done business with merchants from other noble territories. He has a lot of experience. He told me..."

The woman paused and waited for everyone else to look at her before continuing.

"He said that if the nobles want to build large-scale construction projects, they will not only recruit a group of people to do corvee service, but also collect many new taxes!"

"ah?"

"Otherwise? If we are building a large-scale construction project and don't collect taxes, where will the money and food come from?"

"Oh, it's true, we are the ones suffering."

The women holding freshly washed clothes were talking quietly and looking towards the center of the square from time to time.

Some other freedmen passing by also slowed down and glanced at the sheriff, the castle steward and others.

thinking,

The big one is coming, oh, what a bad luck.

Ding~dong~ding~dong~

The Sheriff rang the bell erected in the center of the square.

Most people can't ring bells. Only adults can ring them.

The freedmen gathered.

The owner of the dye shop felt a little strange.

The lord had already known about the purchase of slaves and preparations for large-scale construction projects, and he had naturally anticipated the imposition of new taxes.

However, in the past two days, the castle did not invite itself or other speakers to discuss with the lord?

Is it because the new young lord doesn’t understand the rules?

But looking at the situation in front of me, it doesn’t seem quite right?

The Sheriff is here, the butler Athol is here, but why is the tax collector not here?

How can the tax collector not be present when tax collection begins?

"Quiet~! Quiet~!" The sheriff's voice was like a bell, majestically silencing the bustling crowd.

"Our respected Lord Federesh has something important to announce to the people." The Sheriff said again, raising his hand to signal the steward.

Ator stood in front of the crowd, shook his hands, opened the parchment vertically, and read aloud.

"People of Gusi City!"

"I, Chuyang Fedelesh, feel deeply that although the territory is large, there are still many resources on the island that have not yet been developed and utilized, and in recent years, the outside world's maritime trade has grown vigorously. I am shocked that our Gusi City actually has a promising future!

"

"It just so happens that the family castle is old and in urgent need of renovation."

"After comprehensive research and judgment, Keqing and I agreed that starting with civil construction, projects will bring demand, demand will bring projects, and a series of supporting island development plans have been formulated!"

“In order to gradually realize the ‘internal and external development strategy’ in the next two years!”

The butler read aloud.

Among the crowd outside, a few freedmen in the back row were whispering to each other cautiously.

"Isn't it just to increase new taxes? Why go through all the twists and turns?"

"That's right, if you raise your head, it's the same as if you shrink your head. If you want money, just ask."

In front of the crowd, the steward continued to read from the scroll.

"First of all, in order to meet future supervision, coordination, and management needs, I announce to the citizens——"

"——After one month, and every four months thereafter, the castle will recruit qualified talents from the free citizens of Gus City to supervise, coordinate, and manage the various tasks assigned by me and your guest."

"This is not about corvee service, but I want to recruit long-term and stable assistant servants."

"The salary is 70 copper per week and lunch is provided every day!"

"Those who meet the conditions will be the assistant servants of the castle!"

Onlookers: "..."

???

Wait, what is this?

Someone in the front row said: "Sir, could you please say it again? I didn't hear it clearly just now."

Athol, the butler, repeated the previous passage.

The crowd made a roar, like oil meeting water, crackling.

The castle wants to recruit new servants? Recruit regularly?

Take care of lunch!

The weekly salary is 70 copper plates!

You should know that the average weekly income of ordinary free people in Gusi City is only about 40 copper coins. The income of homesteaders is less, but they can store food at home.

Moreover, being a servant of the castle is a prestigious job.

Those stablemen who usually worked in the castle stables and took care of the master's foals, when they came to the tavern to drink, their nostrils turned to the sky.

The servants in the castle, rounded up, are the lord’s people!

Even if something is committed in the city, the Sheriff can't control it, it has to be handed over to the lord for trial!

Who wouldn’t envy it?

"Silence! Silence, everyone!" the Sheriff shouted loudly.

The crowd finally calmed down, and everyone was looking at the housekeeper to hear the details of what would happen next.

Ator glanced at the crowd before continuing to read the scroll.

"In order to complete the work assigned to me and your guest, the assistant servant needs to master a certain level of reading, writing, numeracy, and drawing. These four abilities."

"At the end of next month, and every four months thereafter, the castle will hold tests regularly. The registration fee is 1 copper coin. After the test, based on the results, the top group will meet with me and the guest."

"Those who satisfy us can be promoted to assistant servants of the castle."

"For the test at the end of next month, I only need 5 people!"

‘Wow!’ The crowd was noisy again.

In Gusi City, there are many people who can read and write documents. For example, those shop owners with relatively large businesses can read a few books and write a few words. Some people from better families follow the merchants to work in the kingdom.

People who have done business also know a few words.

But generally speaking, the vast majority of people in Gusi City are illiterate.

It's to the north! This road is like a roadblock, killing most of the people!

There is also drawing, that is, the blacksmiths, carpenters, tailors, etc. in the city usually draw pictures. How can we ordinary people know how to draw pictures?

As for numerology?

Isn't addition, subtraction and subtraction very simple? What's so difficult about math? (*There should be canned laughter here)

"Quiet! Everyone, be quiet! There's a lot more to come!" The Sheriff hit the masonry ground with an iron rod angrily, making a banging sound.

After half a minute, the crowd spontaneously fell silent.

No one is stupid. No matter how beautiful the pie is, the policies implemented are the most important.

"I know you envy this job, but you think the threshold I set is too high." The butler continued to be his microphone.

"Of course I also know that most of you don't know how to write, can't draw, and are not good at math."

"So, I decided!"

The housekeeper took a deep breath, and then read loudly:

"It is scheduled to be held one week later in the vacant [Holy Atonement] chapel in the city. After sunset every day, several servants of my castle and my guests will hold training courses on writing, numeracy, and drawing for you.

!”

Yes, the devil wants to use the vacant chapel of the Holy Atonement Lord to set up night reading classes for the citizens of Gus City.

Hahahahahaha.

"The training class will teach about the knowledge required for the assistant servant test, that is, reading, writing, mathematics, and drawing. These four contents."
To be continued...