MTL - God’s Game I Am the Great Will of the Planet-Chapter 734 : Apocalypse Wars (10) Lovecraft

Derek Lovekraft was born in the year 2798 into a small noble family in the Hucape family - at least a small noble now.

Xiucape belongs to the westward province of Gililah in Siberia. It was formerly the territory of Feijian until it was annexed by Siber during the "Second Linna War" in 2673. It has been one hundred and two years since Lovekraft was born. more than ten years.

The Drake family is an ancient aristocracy that has been inherited for more than 900 years. It has also had a glorious time. However, after the establishment of the Valerosino dynasty of Fei Argon, because of the initial rebellion, it fell to the "Saving the Nation" of the Valerosino Dynasty. During the "Eastern Expedition", it was suppressed for a long time, the external branches became independent one after another, and the direct line was also limited to the corner of Xiucape.

However, it was a blessing in disguise that because of the discord with the Valerosino dynasty, the Drake family decided to surrender without much time during the Siberian invasion, and thus became one of the members of the local maintenance council of Sucape and became a warlord. Not only did the latter few not be deprived of their fiefs, but they also expanded the nobles of their fiefs.

At this time, the Drake family laughed happily and felt that they had won the speculative bet this time, but they soon stopped laughing, because what Shibo gave to them was about to be taken back in a way that they could not stop it.

After the "Second Linna War", Shibo rebuilt the newly conquered territories, and the westward province of Gililah was no exception, and Shibo's definition of the local area was the province of raw materials.

However, the Drake family was not reconciled to such an arrangement. They vaguely realized the existence of the scissors difference between workers and peasants, and decided to build a local factory to make money.

The new factory was soon established, and Xiebo did not stop it in the process. Even the Drake family sold their fiefs to buy new machines. Xiebo paid the price to the Drake family, which made the Drake family head. Take a breath.

But the bad consequences soon appeared. The products produced in the factory established by the Drake family were relatively expensive due to substandard skills and workers. In addition, the local products of Xiebo had discounts. Therefore, the Drake family factory was actually priced at the local price. It is more expensive than the goods shipped from Siberia, and the quality is lower.

This is nothing to say. The Drake family's factory had to declare bankruptcy after a few years of operation. The machines that were sold in exchange for the fief had to be sold to the local factory in Xibo at a low price. The Drake family was considered a loss. a lot of money.

After the failure of this investment, the hearts of the Drake family also cooled down. They felt that the factory was something that Sydney talents could do well. Their group of West Felix nobles still honestly held the jobs of their ancestors and depended on the land to make a living. Bar. But soon the Drake family will find that even trying to make a living from their ancestors' jobs can't do it.

Prices are rising, but the fief and land rent remain unchanged. In addition, there are many high-priced luxury goods from Xibo. In order to maintain a local aristocrat, the Drake family must buy to decorate the facade of their own family. In order not to be looked down upon by other nobles, coupled with frequent banquets, meetings, travel, study abroad, etc., the Drake family will soon be unable to make ends meet.

In the past hundreds of years, the Drake family has not been unable to make ends meet. At that time, the Drake family dealt with it like this. On the one hand, it borrowed from the loan merchants, and on the other hand, it increased the exploitation and exploitation of the serfs in the territory. Money rent, selling serf labor to lenders, etc., at least make up the loan.

At that time, although the Drake family often had no money, they had soldiers, and the loan merchants did not dare to oppress the nobles too hard. In the end, the Drake family usually paid 70% to 80% of the money, and then they did not press the table, and the rest If it is 30%, the loan merchants also have a tacit agreement and refuse to accept it. Anyway, 70% or 80% is enough to pay back the cost. If the nobles are pressed, they will use weapons to repay the money.

However, by now, the methods of the ancestors can no longer be used. First of all, there are moneylenders. Since the arrival of Xiebo, the ancient industry of moneylenders has been rectified and revised, and replaced by "banks" from Xiebo.

What's the difference between a "bank" and a moneylender? From the point of view of the Drake family, there is no way to default on their debts. Every bank has strong funds behind it. There have been many cases of armed delinquency in the neighboring province, and the bank hired the army to suppress it.

Therefore, banks are different from moneylenders. On paper, how much interest is borrowed and when to repay must follow what is written on paper. Otherwise, the bank will be happy to hire the army to raid your mansion, and you will not be able to resist.

As for aristocratic decency? Don't be funny, how many nobles Xibo defeated in "The Second Linna War", will he still care about you?

If you don't borrow from the bank, you can only borrow from the black market, and it can only be a usury with seven in and thirteen out. And as we all know, every black market lender is backed by a local aristocrat as a guarantee, if you dare to default, Even the nobility will not fare much better.

Therefore, black market moneylenders are known as the devil's sorrow, claiming that the devil will be worried when he sees it. He has always been the devil's reserve in **** - oh, there is no devil now.

So now that the road to borrowing is blocked, what about the exploitation of serfs? Neither.

After the "Second Linna War", Shibo issued a decree to liberate serfs in the newly conquered territories, but this decree was not mandatory. For example, the Drake family only symbolically liberated some old, weak, sick and disabled serfs. Then the law will no longer be enforced.

However, although the decree to liberate serfs is not compulsory, the decree to protect the rights and interests of serfs is compulsory. Xibo promulgated the "Law on the Determination of Serf Power", and then set up a "Serf Rights Protection Committee" in the newly conquered territories to focus on various places. Whether the aristocrats abused the serfs in violation of the "Serf Power Determination Act", and once found out, they would come to the door and forcibly liberate the serfs.

Of course, everyone is aristocratic, and they can say something if they have something to say, but Xibo is an era when the world is not old and people are declining. In Xibo's so-called "speaking well", it is to give money, and the price is clearly marked.

The bribes vary from place to place. In short, the committee ignores the oppression and abuse of the serfs for one day, but if you still oppress the serfs without giving the money, the committee will kindly come to the door and then force your serfs to be freed without compensation. .

But the nobles want to squeeze the serfs, aren't they all at a loss here and there? To squeeze the serfs, you also need to bribe the committee, and the squeeze on the serfs is very inefficient. If you give money to the committee, it is tantamount to squeezing a job for the committee in vain, and it also makes your serfs divorced.

Since the traditional method has no effect, it can only take the path that the nobles are most reluctant to take, selling fiefs - or pledging fiefs.

Therefore, in the more than 120 years after Xiebo occupied the westward province of Gililah, the Drake family sold more and more land, owned less and less fiefs, and the family's dignity became more and more meager. When Fut was born, the Drake family was no more than a small noble family.

Lovekraft was a gloomy person, and some classmates who had met him later recalled that Lovekraft rarely smiled, his eyes were sunken, and he liked to stay in dark corners where the sun could not shine, which made him seldom smile. Shadows from the corners enveloped his face.

Lovecraft's mother died when he was born, and his father didn't live long before he lost his life in alcoholism. Therefore, Lovecraft was raised by the family and spent his boyhood in embarrassment. Intermittent affects Lovecraft's studies.

The family was not willing to provide Lovekraft with money to study, so Lovekraft reached a gambling agreement with the family. From middle school, unless Lovekraft could get a scholarship every year, the family would not fund his further studies.

Lovecraft won the entire middle school, but failed in college. He reached the pass line for college admissions, but failed to meet the tuition-free line, which forced Lovecraft to interrupt his studies.

After finishing his studies, Lovekraft, like countless young people of that era, went to the capital of Siberias, Batiros, to try his luck. Friend Lubofort went with him to Batiros.

And just like all the out-of-towners who dream of coming to Batyros to try their luck, when they entered Batiros by iron car, the two also grew their mouths.

The chimneys are like long spears erected, standing like a forest in all parts of Batiros, roaring out black smoke, shrouding the whole city in dust; Everywhere you go is noisy and bustling.

After arriving at Batiros, Lovekraft first took the letter from home to find the cousin he married here - although Lovekraft has never seen this cousin, but there is someone he can rely on. people.

When the doorbell rang for a while, Lovecraft's cousin appeared at the door, her brow furrowed making Lovecraft realize that she was not happy.

The tired cousin invited Lovecraft and the two to enter her small house for a brief reception~www.novelbuddy.com~ When entering the house, Lovecraft saw that the house on the side of the cousin was rented out. There were quite a few tenants in there, drinking and purring, making the house quite noisy.

After a simple greeting, the cousin went straight to the point: "You are my younger brother, and your friends are also half my younger brother, so I can give you 30% off the normal rent - if it is lower, my family will growl."

After the two bowed and thanked their cousin, they moved their luggage into the vacated room, which was quite small compared to the two people's mansion in their hometown, but Lu Bofu said happily, "This is Batiros!"

Batiros is different from the outside world. When the two went outside to familiarize themselves with the road on their first day here, they found a group of people gathered around to see the new inventions inside. The two also squeezed in. A banner that reads "Fantastic Technology from the Colony - Made by Anonymous".

"Anonymous, this is quite like the style of people born in the pioneering land," Lu Bofu said jokingly, "but will there be scientific craftsmen in the pioneering land?"

The person who demonstrated above waved a magic crystal-like thing at the onlookers several times, and then stuffed it into the lamp-shaped machine. After a while, the light of a kerosene lamp appeared.

"Anonymous battery, a new invention!" The exhibitor shook the light-mounted machine in his hand, showing the onlookers a closer look, causing a burst of amazement around him.

"New invention, new invention, this is the crown of ten thousand cities, the queen of ten thousand cities, the energetic Batiros," he saw this scene on the first day after settling down, and Lubofo was even more looking forward to Batyros.

But Lovecraft still had a gloomy expression on his face, and said quite destructively: "But I noticed that the environment here is very bad."

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