Brutus was walking on the streets of Tatto Town. Most of the buildings in the inner city have been renovated several times. Red brick is the main building material here, and the style is generally the same.
Most of the adult men who originally lived in the town worked in farmland or lumber camps outside the city. However, because these products are so common in the Wilson Province, most of the products produced are produced by Tatto Town.
The city hall acquires it and then uses it for town construction.
He looked at the civilians along the road and could tell whether they were aborigines just by their clothes.
Although the clothes worn by those who originally lived in the town were not considered exquisite, they were not as tattered as the civilians in the outer city. There were no signs of malnutrition on their faces, and although they seemed mostly in average spirits, they were not.
He seemed particularly depressed.
Some of them gathered together in twos and threes, happily chatting about recent interesting events. In a town with few entertainment facilities, such chatting can be regarded as a popular pastime; some were walking on the stone road in a hurry.
, seems to be rushing to work.
On the contrary, the civilians who had just immigrated from the vicinity of the royal capital seemed a little confused. They set up small stalls with no roofs and only a few linen mats on the streets in the inner city, hoping that someone would take a look when they passed by.
It would be best to buy a few more items.
Fortunately, the roads in Tatto Town are very wide and there is enough space between the houses. Even if there are many stalls on the street, the stone road still does not seem crowded.
Of course, this situation is only a relatively common one. Of course, there are also wealthy people who immigrated to Tatto from the vicinity of the royal capital, just like there were originally poor people in Tatto town.
The further you go to the outer city, the cheaper the materials used in roads and buildings become. The stone roads gradually turn into dirt roads, some of which look like they have just been stepped on by a group of people; the building materials of the houses also change from red bricks to wood and thatch -
—And this was built with funding from the city hall.
More people live outside the outer city. Several families set up a large grass hut together and live together. Those who can live together in a broken house like the guides can even compare with 40% of the people.
migrant.
"Unemployment and poor living conditions are the breeding grounds for crime." Brutus walked all the way to the outer city. He planned to go out of the city to see the people living in thatched huts. "Fortunately, it's still midsummer.
Autumn in Tateto Town is not too cold, but in winter, the situation will be even worse."
Although he can't do anything now, it is better to clearly understand the surrounding environment than not to understand it, especially when he can solve the problem of food and clothing.
"Whether it is simply to prevent potential dangers, or you want to do something to change this situation. The basis of everything is to conduct a detailed investigation first." Brutus walked out of Tatto Town against the flow of people entering the city.
city gate, and then looked at the smoke in the distance.
"We need to investigate what the people really need before we can provide appropriate solutions. No matter how bad it is, we can't let the fire burn us." Brutus didn't want to be added to any list. He had potential
His net worth is still very high, it would be even funnier if he added a few more charges.
He smiled and said silently: "Be wary of Gris people who know how to play cards..."
Although Brutus didn't understand agriculture, he could still understand what it meant when he saw the sparse crops in the farmland outside the town of Tatto.
When the immigration order was issued last winter, a lot of new farmland was indeed opened up in Tatertuo Town, but no one thought that there would be an influx of so many people at once. During the spring sowing, they just sowed more seeds according to the situation in previous years.
Coupled with the lack of a tradition of intensive farming, such a situation is inevitable.
He looked around and saw that there were only a few people still working in the fields.
In such weather, even Brutus, who was holding an umbrella, could feel the hot sunshine through the umbrella. Naturally, not many people would want to be dried in the sun in the fields.
"If I want to cause a riot in the town, here are a few things I can do..." He thought as he walked on the dirt road next to the farmland.
"First, fishing in troubled waters in a poor public security environment, causing panic among people through repeated and extremely vicious cases. Such a situation has already occurred. But if I say it is not vicious enough, it is best to start targeting the indigenous people.
Killing a few servants of noble families by the way, killing indiscriminately is the most terrifying thing."
"Although it will attract greater attention, the effect will be more significant. As long as the number of crimes is large enough and the guard camp has no time to take care of itself, chaos can be maintained for a long time. Without falling into a major crisis, it cannot
If citizen soldiers are mobilized for local government affairs, this can also be taken advantage of."
"Second, spreading rumors will aggravate this panic situation. The Baron Rupp incident is a good example, but I always feel that this matter is a bit anticlimactic. It is too simple, isn't it?"
"Third." He looked at the farmland on both sides of the dirt road. "Burn all the crops that can be burned before the autumn harvest, and then find a way to incite immigrant riots, preferably while the citizen soldiers are on their way back home after the warning is lifted."
"Then the question is, what is the purpose of doing this? It can't be to collude with barbarians and orcs. No, you have to consider that this is a fantasy world. If you want to ask who is better off, the more people die."
"Then the Necromancer must have something to say."
Although Brutus is not sure whether such a profession really exists, if the precious population is eliminated just for trivial matters such as fighting for power and profit, then it can only be said that such people are full of water in their minds.
“What can an individual do in a situation like this?”
Brutus's first thought was that as long as he ran fast enough, the danger would not be able to catch up with him. But if he thought about it more carefully, he would find that running was useless in such a situation, unless he could run all the way to the king.
capital, or in surrounding military towns.
"And the nearest military town should be West City."
However, if there is a disaster that affects the entire Kingdom of Loma, then it is not certain who will be destroyed first, West City or Tatto Town...
"I can only hope that the elites of the kingdom are no longer losers." He shook his head. In this situation, one's personal power is so small, and there is no way to even protect oneself. "Maybe I can still hope that my inexplicable
Intuition is wrong."
He walked outside a straw hut where cooking was being done, and then asked the people in the hut: "Hello, can you excuse me? I am an adventurer who has just arrived in the town, and I want to do some research."
"Of course, I will pay you." He showed his adventurer badge to the man who looked up at him, and then threw a few copper coins.
"Of course, please sit down." The man took the thrown copper coin, wiped his hands on his clothes randomly a few times, and then moved the only intact wooden stool to Brutus.
"This is my wife, Alyssa, and my daughter, Catalina." The man introduced his family to Brutus, "I am Wendell."
"Brutus, nice to meet you." Brutus took out two yellow sugar cubes from his pocket and handed them to Catalina.
Catalina looked at her mother hesitantly, and when she nodded, she timidly took the sugar cube: "Thank you, brother."