Heroes of Silver Moon Chapter 409

After the dignitaries left, only the crown prince, the prime minister, the city administrator, and Simon were left in the huge courtyard.

On a wooden table in the courtyard, Simon, the crown prince, the prime minister, and the city administrator sat in four directions, and Mike, Harris and others stood behind Simon.

The crown prince asked with some doubts: "Boy, why did you keep us here?"

Simon rubbed his eyes and said, "Oh, it's like this. This morning, I met with His Majesty the King and asked to establish a poverty alleviation base on the outskirts of the capital, and His Majesty agreed."

"Poverty alleviation base?" The three crown princes were a little confused, not knowing what Simon was talking about.

Immediately afterwards, Simon told the crown prince and others in detail about the idea of ​​using work as relief at the poverty alleviation base.

The crown prince and others pondered for a moment, and then the prime minister of the cabinet was the first to react, looking at Simon with a bad expression.

"You killed the Earl of Berry for the sake of gaining prestige!" The Prime Minister of the Cabinet revealed a chill in his eyes.

Simon shrugged helplessly: "If you think so, then I can't help it."

The corner of the crown prince's mouth twitched. When this kid said this, he looked exactly like a scumbag.

Simon signaled Mike to come forward and asked, "I have already solved the problem of pressure from the nobles. Are there any other problems in establishing a poverty alleviation base?"

Facing these familiar elders and dignitaries, Mike seemed a little cautious: "The third point is that the reputation of nobles has always been very low. How do you convince the people in the slums that the poverty alleviation base is really good for them!"

Simon nodded: "The issue of mobilization is for Blood Wolf to deal with. He used to be the gang leader in the slums and has a certain prestige in the slums."

The blood wolf smiled wryly, and replied respectfully: "Master Simon, I do have a bit of prestige, but it's all with my fists!"

The implication is obvious, those people in the slums were only afraid of his intimidation before, and they might not really listen to him.

Simon sneered, and said in a deep voice: "I didn't ask you to invite them, even if it is a semi-forced method, you must let them work in the poverty alleviation base."

Under the years of dishonesty of the nobles, it is difficult for the common people to trust the nobles anymore.

But it doesn't matter, Simon doesn't need them to believe, as long as they are allowed to work in the poverty alleviation base, they will naturally taste the benefits of the poverty alleviation base.

At that time, there will be no need for Simon's mobilization at all, and they will naturally rush to participate in the poverty alleviation base.

The blood wolf nodded thoughtfully, but then said: "A semi-forced method? It may arouse public anger, and our manpower is not enough!"

Simon waved his hand indifferently, and then pointed to the city magistrate on the left: "As for the manpower, we will coordinate with the city magistrate, and ask him to dispatch some city guards to assist you."

As soon as the city magistrate showed a little bit of embarrassment, Simon glanced at him coldly: "This plan has been approved by His Majesty the King. I think the city magistrate will not push back!"

The corner of the city official's mouth twitched, what could he do now that he had talked so much?

If he said no now, would this kid chop him off on the spot!

"Mike, is there any question?" Simon asked, looking at Mike.

Mike shook his head tiredly. Although the problem has been solved, Simon's solution to the problem is really simple and rude.

no land? Then reach out to the king directly!

Pressure from the nobles? Then cut down a big noble to intimidate them!

People don't believe it? Then let the city guards force them to work in the past!

However, I have to say that these solutions are indeed simple and effective. If other people are asked to do these things, it may take several months to get started.

Seeing that there were no problems with several people, Simon gave orders.

"In this case, Mike, you and the city administrator will go to the outskirts of the city tomorrow to find a suitable location for setting up a poverty alleviation base, and within three days, give me a construction plan for the poverty alleviation base."

"Blood Wolf, Harris, who else is there, oh yes, Chris, you guys will take the city guards and go to the slums for early mobilization."

"The city magistrate, you are responsible for cooperating with them. The survey site should be surveyed, and the city guard should be mobilized to assist."

"As for the Prime Minister, you, um, just ensure that the construction of the poverty alleviation base goes smoothly!"

"By the way, all profits from the Poverty Alleviation Base will be donated to the church. When calculating behind the scenes, Moonlight Church must also be considered!"

The city magistrate and the cabinet prime minister left with gloomy faces, and Simon waved goodbye carelessly.

After the city governor and the cabinet prime minister left, the crown prince laughed and joked, "You are really powerful. You can be regarded as offending all the nobles in the capital directly!"

Simon shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "I've always wanted to make friends with them, but recently I realized that it doesn't do any good to make friends with them."

"Oh, how do you say?" the crown prince asked with interest.

"Only in the same position can there be a possibility of good friendship. If they are not in the same position, no matter how good the relationship is, it will have no effect!" Simon said leisurely.

"Well, it makes sense!" The crown prince nodded in agreement.

After saying this, the two sat facing each other. They had nothing to say for a while. Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, it was Simon who broke the deadlock first.

"By the way, how is Your Highness doing recently?"

After Simon finished speaking, he wanted to slap himself directly. Why did it sound like he was coveting someone else's daughter?

The crown prince simply didn't care about this, and replied: "Not bad, quite energetic, I've heard about the slums, thank you!"

"Should be, should be!" Simon touched his nose awkwardly, he knew what the crown prince was talking about, he was protecting Irina in the slums.

"If there is nothing else, then I will leave?" The crown prince looked at Simon meaningfully.

Simon's heart moved, but after hesitating for a moment, he still shook his head. If he continued to talk about Irina, it would be a little out of bounds.

The Crown Prince shrugged helplessly, turned and left the Grand Duke's mansion.

Taking a long breath, Simon looked a little tired, so after explaining some things to Mike and others, he turned back to the room and lay down on the bed.

I've been running around a lot lately, and I can finally take a little rest.

In the study of a mansion in the aristocratic district, the city magistrate and the prime minister are talking.

"Father, what should we do about the poverty alleviation base?" the city administrator asked.

The Prime Minister of the Cabinet rubbed his eyes with some soreness: "Let's wait and see about this matter first, and you can do whatever that boy named Simon wants you to do!"

"Father, in this case, will it appear too weak?" the city magistrate asked again.

"Weakness? Heh, it's prudence to protect oneself!" the Prime Minister said earnestly.

"The royal family and the church are united again. Their power is beyond our ability to stop. And being so frightened by that kid today, how many nobles would dare to stop this?"

The city magistrate nodded thoughtfully: "I see, father!"

The crown prince returned to his mansion and first visited the grounded daughter.

When Irina returned home covered in blood, the Crown Prince's wife was taken aback. When she found that her daughter was not injured, the shock of the Crown Prince's wife turned into anger.

When I went to a place like the slums, I brought a boy from the opposite mansion without saying hello or escort, and finally came back bleeding and dejected.

After letting Irina clean up, the crown prince's wife directly issued a foot restraint order, asking the hidden guards to look at Irina and not allow her to step out of the room.

"Ah! So boring!" As soon as the crown prince entered Irina's room, he saw his daughter rolling on the bed without any image.

"Hey, you're in good spirits!" The crown prince pulled a chair and sat down.

"En!" Seeing her father coming in, Irina quickly pretended to be obedient and knelt down on the bed.

"I just met that boy Simon." The crown prince said casually.

Hearing Simon's name, Irina's eyes lit up, and she asked timidly, "Is he in a good condition now?"

Realizing that her tone was wrong, Erina quickly changed her words: "Ah! I didn't mean that, it's just that when he left the slum area, he was seriously injured, so I just cared about him."

The crown prince took a deep look at his daughter, and the corner of his mouth curled up: "He is not only good, he is so good, just now, he killed a royal minister at the gate of the aristocratic district!

"Really? That's good!" Irina let out a long sigh of relief, and then suddenly realized something was wrong: "I cut down a royal minister!"

"That's right, just now, the Prime Minister and I went to settle accounts with that boy!" Seeing his daughter's appearance, the Crown Prince confirmed his guess even more.

"Um, is he alright!" Irina couldn't help but sweat coldly for Simon.

"Hmph, what's going to happen to that kid? All the dignitaries in the capital were stunned by this kid's punch. They probably haven't recovered yet!"

Thinking of the scene at that time, the Crown Prince couldn't help laughing.

"Ah!" Irina looked dull, not knowing how to describe Simon.

Then, the crown prince told Irina all the details of the matter.

After hearing this, Irina hugged the pillow on the bed and murmured: "Poverty alleviation base! Why did he set up this poverty alleviation base? Is he sympathizing with those poor people? Or is it for a certain princess?"

The muttering came to his ears, and the Crown Prince couldn't help rolling his eyes. You are also a royal princess after all, can you cover up the affection in your words?

"Starting tomorrow, part of your restricted area will be lifted. You can leave your room and mansion, but you can only move around in the noble area!" The crown prince said with a little deep meaning.

"Eh, really?" Irina obviously didn't believe it.

She made such a big mistake, and she was grounded for less than ten days? It's just like a joke!

"Oh, come on! It's not so easy for you and that kid to be together!" The crown prince walked out of the room regretfully.

Hearing her father's words before leaving, Erina on the bed blushed immediately, and steam came out of her head.

It's over, it was actually seen!

 …

In the early morning of the next day, Irina got up early, dressed herself happily, and after breakfast, she came to the Grand Duke's mansion opposite.

As soon as she entered the mansion, Irina saw Harris who was training martial arts.

"Where's Simon?" Her Royal Highness asked, pouted.

I was a little surprised by Irina's arrival, but Harris quickly stopped training and took Irina to the door of Simon's room.

Just as Harris was about to say something, Irina pushed the door open and walked in, so Harris could only twitch the corner of his mouth, and had no choice but to return to the yard to continue training martial arts.

Simon! It's not that I don't help you, it's that the status of Her Royal Highness is too noble, I can't stop it at all!

After entering the room, Irina looked around, and finally saw Simon who was still soundly asleep on the bed.

Her Royal Highness wanted to wake Simon up, but after thinking about it, she felt that it was a bit of a loss, so she went back and locked the door, took off her exquisite princess boots, and lay down next to Simon.

On the bed, Her Royal Highness was leaning sideways, propping her head with her hands, and watching Simon sound asleep, a smile appeared on the corner of Erina's mouth.

Breathing in the smell of Simon hard, a sense of peace of mind suddenly came to my heart.

Feeling that watching Simon sleep like this is not enough, Her Royal Highness moved her body towards Simon and put her arms around Simon's neck.

"Hmm... woo... um..." Simon felt a little uncomfortable in his sleep, so he turned over to the right, just facing Her Royal Highness.

Irina moved her pretty face closer, and at this moment, Simon, who was always feeling a little uncomfortable, opened his eyes in a daze.

The four eyes met, and before Irina could react, Simon closed his eyes again and muttered, "What! So I'm still dreaming!"

After reacting, Irina's pretty face suddenly turned red, and her heart was pounding.

Simon rolled over again, this time leaving Arina with his back.

The shy Arina was about to get out of bed, but she found that the showy hands around Simon's neck had been embraced by Simon at some point.

Irina wanted to pull out her arm, but she was afraid of waking Simon up with too much force, so she could only stay on the bed, trying to wait for an opportunity to pull out her arm.

Irina hugged Simon from behind, their bodies were only separated by a quilt, like a loving couple who had been married for a long time.

Ten minutes later, Simon turned around again, and Irina took the opportunity to pull out her arm, but Simon took advantage of the opportunity to hug Her Highness's slender waist.

"This, this guy!" After a short period of panic, Irina's heartbeat became faster and faster, her pretty face was so red that it was almost dripping.

Judging from Simon's previous behavior, she suddenly thought of a possibility, the **** wouldn't have woken up just now!

Thinking of this, Erina pushed Simon away forcefully.

Simon didn't force him to stay, and lay flat on the bed with his strength, and immediately let go of Irina's slender waist with his hands.

Sitting up from the bed, Irina breathed heavily, her heart was beating wildly uncontrollably, her eyes were a little confused.

Not good! If you stay like this any longer.

Looking at Simon with complicated eyes, Irina took a deep breath, put on the princess boots and left Simon's room.

Although she did like Simon a little in her heart, in any case, the time she had been in contact with Simon was still too short, and this kind of thing had to be done slowly.

After tidying up her manners, the prudent and dignified Princess Her Royal Highness returned to her mansion.

After lunch, Irina came to look for Simon again. Harris was still practicing martial arts when she entered the door. When she came to Simon's room, Simon was still soundly asleep.

Oh my God! Her Royal Highness helplessly supported her forehead, this guy is too lazy!

"Hey, slob, get up!" Irina shook Simon on the bed.

"Um...um...huh?"

Simon sat up with a confused face, glanced at Irina dully, then lay down straight again, muttering: "What! Is it still a dream?"

The corner of Erina's mouth twitched, and she directly pulled the quilt covering Simon away. The cold wind pierced his bones, and Simon woke up instantly.

"Hey, Your Royal Highness, why are you here?" Simon was a little confused.

"Hmph, I don't like people sleeping late, so I came here to wake you up!" Ai Ruina turned her head 45 degrees to the upper left, with a proud look.

"Uh...haha!" Simon was completely dumbfounded. What kind of nerves is this?

After hastily eating lunch, Simon yawned and returned to the room, and then saw Her Royal Highness rolling on his bed.

"Uh, it's an illusion!" Simon turned around with interest, and after waiting for a few seconds, he turned his body around again.

Her Royal Highness is sitting dignifiedly behind the desk with a calm expression on her face.

Well, what happened just now was indeed a hallucination, a damned hallucination!

"Hey, hey, you still want to sleep, don't you?"

Seeing Simon return to the room, Her Royal Highness' eyelids twitched, as if it wasn't her who was rolling on the bed just now.

Simon rolled his eyes: "How is it possible! I just want to start working."

Erina's eyes lit up: "Is it something about the Poverty Alleviation Base?"

"Eh!" Simon hesitated, then shook his head.

"Hey, why, don't you want to build a poverty alleviation base?" Irina pouted, looking a little disappointed.

Simon shrugged helplessly: "I handed over that matter to Mike, and I don't need to worry about it."

"Hey, why, if you come forward, you should be able to gain a lot of reputation!" Irina's eyes widened immediately, not understanding what Simon was doing.

"The poverty alleviation base is just my unintentional act, and I don't need the reputation of the people of the capital!" Simon said nonchalantly.

Erina's body froze immediately, looking at Simon as if she was looking at a monster.

Seeing the king licking his face and asking for land, beheading the nobles to frighten the nobles, and building a base out of their own pockets.

So dedicated to building this poverty alleviation base, they don't want profit, reputation, or anything. There are such pure people in the world.

"Oh, alright!" Irina held her forehead sadly, really didn't want to say anything more.

At this time, Simon walked to the desk and said to Irina: "Your Highness, I'm going to start working, can you please move the desk?"

"Eh!" A black line appeared on Erina's forehead, she really wanted to punch Simon right now.

After Her Royal Highness got up, Simon sat on a chair, took out some gears and a very small piece of machinery from the space ring, and began to fiddle with tools.

"What are you making?" Irina asked with her hands on the back of the chair.

Simon glanced at her wonderingly: "Mechanical watch, didn't I tell you before?"

Ai Ruina suddenly said: "Oh, it is the timing tool that can be carried at any time."

The winter sun shines lazily on the earth.

In the room, a teenager held a tool and fiddled with the mechanical parts on the desk.

A beautiful girl propped her hands on the back of the chair and looked at the boy peacefully from behind.

The years seem so peaceful.

 …

Three days later, Mike submitted a report to Simon.

"After three days of investigation, we finally decided to plan 1,500 mu of land to build a poverty alleviation base in the western suburbs.

Among them, 1,000 mu is used for plantation, 400 mu each for cotton and mulberry, and 100 mu each for tea, tobacco, sweet fruit, and olive.

Simultaneously establish textile workshops, tea processing workshops, tobacco processing workshops, fructose pressing workshops, and olive oil pressing workshops to process these crops.

The remaining 500 mu are used for breeding gardens, 200 mu for chickens, 100 mu for ducks, 100 mu for dairy cows, and 100 mu for sheep.

Simultaneously establish cream production workshops and trading offices to process these farmed products.

A total of 15,000 gold coins is required to create 6,000 jobs. It takes about three years to start making a profit, and the annual income is expected to be 50,000 gold coins.

After excluding the operating costs of the base and the salaries of the workers, there would be a net profit of about 15,000 gold coins.

The above is the construction report on the poverty alleviation workshop. "

After Mike finished speaking, he looked at Simon expectantly, hoping that he could give his opinion.

Simon pondered for a moment and asked, "Why are there only 6,000 workstations?"

Mike replied without thinking: "Reserving four work places per mu of land~www.mtlnovel.com~ is already considering that the people in the slums are old, weak, sick and disabled, and their mobility is not as good as that of young adults.

If we continue to add more workstations, it will not only cause a large surplus, but I am afraid it will eventually drag down the entire poverty alleviation workshop! "

Simon was silent for a while, and then said: "Increase the area of ​​the poverty alleviation base to 3,000 mu, and double the area of ​​all kinds of planting and breeding."

Mike's expression froze, and he said, "In this case, the number of workstations can be increased to twelve thousand."

"However, the cost budget will also be increased to 30,000 gold coins, and if the area is increased to 3,000 acres, do you want to report it to His Majesty?"

Simon said indifferently: "Well, I will send someone to talk to His Majesty. Besides, I will only give you 20,000 gold coins for the cost estimate!"

The corner of Mike's mouth twitched, and he said, "It's impossible, 30,000 gold coins is already the limit, and 20,000 gold coins can barely cover labor costs!"

Simon smiled: "For labor costs, do you want to hire other workers to build this poverty alleviation workshop?"

"Help another worker! Open up 3,000 acres of land, how can you not hire workers to work?" Mike didn't understand what Simon meant.

Simon smiled and shook his head: "Real money with work, you haven't grasped the essence of it."

"There are so many people at the gate of the city every day, queuing up to receive relief, three meals a day, and a cotton coat, which can completely attract them to work. How much is our labor cost?"

Mike was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly reacted, his eyes lit up, and the abacus in his heart was crackling.

"If this is done, the labor cost will only be a few thousand gold coins. As long as a few workers are invited to the site to give guidance, the three thousand acres of land can be fully developed. Wonderful! Wonderful!"

Chapter end