After sharing some interesting things and scandals between nobles, Audrey stopped writing and looked like she was seriously recalling her.
With the audience's excellent memory, she sorted out some of the news heard in banquets, dances and salons one by one and organized them into paragraphs.
After writing the draft, Audrey finished writing and wrote:
Regarding the political situation in Beckland you asked about, this is not within my interest, and I can only describe to you the details I accidentally knew by my impression.
Just a while ago, my father told me that after the Cereals Act was abolished, grain prices plummeted, and the rental standards for fields and pastures also fell sharply. I don’t know the specific range, so I can only use one example to make you understand.
You know, Duke Negan is the nobleman who owns the most land outside the royal family, claiming to have more than 12 million pounds of land, pastures and forests. Last year, his land rent income reached the highest level ever, 1.3 million pounds, and this year, the foreseeable total land rent income is 850,000 pounds, a reduction of 450,000 pounds, which is more than all the property I can share.
I don't need more explanation. My dear brother, you must understand the characteristics of most old-school aristocrats. They are proud of owning land, mainly rent income, and decentness is better than anything else. Even if they are in debt, they must maintain a life that matches their status. The annual castle repair cost calculated in tens of thousands of pounds, the annual clothing and jewelry expenses, as well as persistent hunting activities, social banquets, occasional grand weddings, luxury funerals, etc.
Due to the severe decline in land rent income, as far as I know, some nobles experienced financial difficulties. For this reason, Earl Wolf sold 840,000 acres of land in the countryside and received 290,000 gold pounds, while Viscount Connard sold the collection worth 55,000 gold pounds to the National Gallery.
Except for a small number of courageous nobles who have long shifted their focus to steel, coal, railway, banking, rubber and other industries, everyone else has suffered serious damage in this Cereal Act storm. Let us praise our dear Count Hall here!
My father told me that the financial difficulties will cause the nobles to control the lower house seats over party politics. It can be imagined that the number of members of the land nobles will decrease a lot in the next year's term change.
In order to raise funds, both the Conservative Party and the New Party promised that no matter who it was, as long as they donated enough money, they would seek titles for each other, of course, provided that the gentleman has the lowest land area to match the title.
An example is that the wealthy Mr. Sindras purchased the minimum 600,000 acres of land needed for the Baron, and then donated 100,000 pounds to the Carlton Club, 400,000 pounds to the Conservatives, and a total of 300,000 pounds to the charity event, and finally successfully obtained the imperial edict from His Majesty the King and became the noble Mr. Baron. In this regard, I heard there is a price list, ranging from Baron to 300,000 pounds and hereditary barons to 700,000 pounds. The Viscount and the Earl did not have a clear answer, but I think it is definitely exaggeration enough.
……
During this year, many nobles with financial problems began to seriously consider the possibility of marrying wealthy businessmen. In just two months, there were three similar marriages, and the dowry of the woman was very coveted.
In addition, the workers who marched to protest the Cereal Act did get food prices lower, but the quality of their lives did not improve, or even lower, as bankrupt farmers entered the city and snatched jobs with low salary demand, so the wages of the working class fell rapidly.
I remember that day, after talking about these things, my father asked me, who do you think is the winner of this Cereal Act incident?
Dear Alfred, you must know the answer, and you will definitely be able to obtain a hereditary title by relying on your own efforts.
…………
Hudilcha and Forthwall, who received a reply from Audrey, were returning to the Beckland Bridge area in a carriage.
Blonde hair looked out the window in a messy way, her eyes so bright that it seemed as if two flames were burning.
She kept muttering to herself the word 450 pounds, just like reciting a mantra. Every time she recited it, she gained the growth of courage and strength.
Darkholm hasn't come to us today and tell us about the latest investigation. Let's go to his house directly!Suddenly, Hug turned his head and looked at Fors.
Dukholm is the leader of a gangster in Bakerland East, controlling many beggars and thieves.
Although he always looked kind and had a friendly smile on his round face, Huo knew that this was a cruel and vicious villain. He had once stepped on the hand of a thief of thief who had just because the other party had hidden the gains.
If it weren't for sure, Hugh wouldn't even want to see Duckholm, but the other party was one of the people who knew the city's homeless people best.
Fors pushed his slightly curly brown hair behind his ears:
As long as I don't delay my lunch.
no problem!Maybe after this week, I will invite you to an Intis meal!Hug made a promise with a very good feeling.
Do I have to thank God for this?Fors asked back with a funny question.
She is different from Hugh, she is a shallow believer of the God of Steam and Machinery.
While talking, the two girls changed into another public carriage and came to Bakerland East and found Duckholm's home.
This is a townhouse located in a narrow alley with turquoise plants on the walls and the outside environment is quite messy.
I walked to the door, raised my right hand, and knocked on the door a few times with a unique rhythm.
With a creak, the door was not closed and opened backwards with her knock.
Husband's slightly confused expression instantly turned serious, like a furry lion.
She pulled out the triangular thorn she carried with her, carefully pushed the door, and walked slowly inside.
Fors also changed his careless state and found a dagger from somewhere.
None of them smelled strange smells, but their rich experience made them keenly aware that something was wrong.
One, two, three, Hugh and Forth entered Duckholm's home.
Then they saw the pale broken arms on the gas lamp, the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys on the coffee table, and saw one by one flesh and blood sprinkled on the floor and hung on the coat rack!
The bones were shaved very clean and piled up in a mess directly opposite the door.
Amid the white bones, there was a head with empty eyes, which was Darkholm.
A kind smile remained on his round face, as if everything was normal, and there was no bloody smell inside the house, not a trace of it.
As a former clinic doctor and later bestseller, Sequence 9 Extraordinary, Fors has seen a more disgusting death scene than this. While filming the tight and sarcastic pause, she looked around and said in a deep voice:
Zillingers?‘Lt. General Hurricane’ Zillingers?
He found that Darkholm was investigating the missing homeless man, so he followed him in reverse and came to the door directly?
Or did Duckholm find out his whereabouts, but he found it?
Jiu resisted the throbbing of his nausea, nodded solemnly:
He is worthy of being a pirate general who is famous for his fierceness and cunning... and the weirdness here is also in line with the performance of his magical item.
Cunning... Fors was suddenly shocked and blurted out. Will he still wait nearby to try to ambush and investigate his master's messenger?
Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then replied in a slightly panic:
Very likely!
That is the Fengjun of Sequence 6, a pirate who controls a magical item, and the two of them only have Sequence 9!
This is a very simple and easy comparison!
……
In the house opposite Duckholm's house, a man in his thirties with a unique wide chin and dark green eyes stood by the window, staring coldly as Hugh and Forth pushed open the door and walked slowly inside.
This is exactly what Hurricane Lieutenant General Zillingers!
The black gloves he wore on his left palm suddenly squirmed like vitality, and a layer of dark golden scales appeared on the surface.
Zillingers showed a cruel and pleasant expression, and his dark green eyes turned into light golden and ruthless vertical pupils.
……
Forer thought about it and hurriedly pulled Xiu to the other side, avoiding the area opposite the door.
Immediately afterwards, she bit her white teeth and took off a string of bracelets covered by the ruffles on her cuffs.
There are three dark green rough stones on this silver bracelet, and the surface of the stone is full of burning marks and unevenness.
Fors pulled off a stone with a snap and shouted in Guchmis:
Door!
She held Hudilcha firmly and watched the stone blooming with an illusory light blue light.
The figures of the two ladies blurred and became nearly invisible.
They saw things that were difficult to describe their bodies, even so transparent that they seemed to not exist, and saw one after another of different colors of pure light containing endless knowledge. They entered the mysterious spiritual world.
In that strange world above reality, Fors pulled Xiu to take a step in a certain direction.
After three breaths, they escaped from the transparent and illusory state, returned to reality, and returned to Beckland.
However, their place is no longer Dakholm's home, but an unmanned cemetery.
……
Zillingers, wearing fine scale gloves, quietly appeared at the door of Duckholm, and his eyes swept inside with cold eyes.
He was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and said to himself:
‘Traveler’?
…………
In the cemetery.
What to do next?Fors gasped in pain and fear.
The bracelet was a magical item she got in the adventure of obtaining the apprentice formula and materials. There was no other hidden danger except that she would hear some strange and vague murmurs every month when she was full moon.
There were originally five stones on the bracelet, which allowed her to use the spiritual world to travel and do something similar to teleportation, but now, there are only two left.
After calming down the mind and spirit, Zheng Xinxin said:
Notify Miss Audrey first, and then call the police!
With the audience's excellent memory, she sorted out some of the news heard in banquets, dances and salons one by one and organized them into paragraphs.
After writing the draft, Audrey finished writing and wrote:
Regarding the political situation in Beckland you asked about, this is not within my interest, and I can only describe to you the details I accidentally knew by my impression.
Just a while ago, my father told me that after the Cereals Act was abolished, grain prices plummeted, and the rental standards for fields and pastures also fell sharply. I don’t know the specific range, so I can only use one example to make you understand.
You know, Duke Negan is the nobleman who owns the most land outside the royal family, claiming to have more than 12 million pounds of land, pastures and forests. Last year, his land rent income reached the highest level ever, 1.3 million pounds, and this year, the foreseeable total land rent income is 850,000 pounds, a reduction of 450,000 pounds, which is more than all the property I can share.
I don't need more explanation. My dear brother, you must understand the characteristics of most old-school aristocrats. They are proud of owning land, mainly rent income, and decentness is better than anything else. Even if they are in debt, they must maintain a life that matches their status. The annual castle repair cost calculated in tens of thousands of pounds, the annual clothing and jewelry expenses, as well as persistent hunting activities, social banquets, occasional grand weddings, luxury funerals, etc.
Due to the severe decline in land rent income, as far as I know, some nobles experienced financial difficulties. For this reason, Earl Wolf sold 840,000 acres of land in the countryside and received 290,000 gold pounds, while Viscount Connard sold the collection worth 55,000 gold pounds to the National Gallery.
Except for a small number of courageous nobles who have long shifted their focus to steel, coal, railway, banking, rubber and other industries, everyone else has suffered serious damage in this Cereal Act storm. Let us praise our dear Count Hall here!
My father told me that the financial difficulties will cause the nobles to control the lower house seats over party politics. It can be imagined that the number of members of the land nobles will decrease a lot in the next year's term change.
In order to raise funds, both the Conservative Party and the New Party promised that no matter who it was, as long as they donated enough money, they would seek titles for each other, of course, provided that the gentleman has the lowest land area to match the title.
An example is that the wealthy Mr. Sindras purchased the minimum 600,000 acres of land needed for the Baron, and then donated 100,000 pounds to the Carlton Club, 400,000 pounds to the Conservatives, and a total of 300,000 pounds to the charity event, and finally successfully obtained the imperial edict from His Majesty the King and became the noble Mr. Baron. In this regard, I heard there is a price list, ranging from Baron to 300,000 pounds and hereditary barons to 700,000 pounds. The Viscount and the Earl did not have a clear answer, but I think it is definitely exaggeration enough.
……
During this year, many nobles with financial problems began to seriously consider the possibility of marrying wealthy businessmen. In just two months, there were three similar marriages, and the dowry of the woman was very coveted.
In addition, the workers who marched to protest the Cereal Act did get food prices lower, but the quality of their lives did not improve, or even lower, as bankrupt farmers entered the city and snatched jobs with low salary demand, so the wages of the working class fell rapidly.
I remember that day, after talking about these things, my father asked me, who do you think is the winner of this Cereal Act incident?
Dear Alfred, you must know the answer, and you will definitely be able to obtain a hereditary title by relying on your own efforts.
…………
Hudilcha and Forthwall, who received a reply from Audrey, were returning to the Beckland Bridge area in a carriage.
Blonde hair looked out the window in a messy way, her eyes so bright that it seemed as if two flames were burning.
She kept muttering to herself the word 450 pounds, just like reciting a mantra. Every time she recited it, she gained the growth of courage and strength.
Darkholm hasn't come to us today and tell us about the latest investigation. Let's go to his house directly!Suddenly, Hug turned his head and looked at Fors.
Dukholm is the leader of a gangster in Bakerland East, controlling many beggars and thieves.
Although he always looked kind and had a friendly smile on his round face, Huo knew that this was a cruel and vicious villain. He had once stepped on the hand of a thief of thief who had just because the other party had hidden the gains.
If it weren't for sure, Hugh wouldn't even want to see Duckholm, but the other party was one of the people who knew the city's homeless people best.
Fors pushed his slightly curly brown hair behind his ears:
As long as I don't delay my lunch.
no problem!Maybe after this week, I will invite you to an Intis meal!Hug made a promise with a very good feeling.
Do I have to thank God for this?Fors asked back with a funny question.
She is different from Hugh, she is a shallow believer of the God of Steam and Machinery.
While talking, the two girls changed into another public carriage and came to Bakerland East and found Duckholm's home.
This is a townhouse located in a narrow alley with turquoise plants on the walls and the outside environment is quite messy.
I walked to the door, raised my right hand, and knocked on the door a few times with a unique rhythm.
With a creak, the door was not closed and opened backwards with her knock.
Husband's slightly confused expression instantly turned serious, like a furry lion.
She pulled out the triangular thorn she carried with her, carefully pushed the door, and walked slowly inside.
Fors also changed his careless state and found a dagger from somewhere.
None of them smelled strange smells, but their rich experience made them keenly aware that something was wrong.
One, two, three, Hugh and Forth entered Duckholm's home.
Then they saw the pale broken arms on the gas lamp, the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys on the coffee table, and saw one by one flesh and blood sprinkled on the floor and hung on the coat rack!
The bones were shaved very clean and piled up in a mess directly opposite the door.
Amid the white bones, there was a head with empty eyes, which was Darkholm.
A kind smile remained on his round face, as if everything was normal, and there was no bloody smell inside the house, not a trace of it.
As a former clinic doctor and later bestseller, Sequence 9 Extraordinary, Fors has seen a more disgusting death scene than this. While filming the tight and sarcastic pause, she looked around and said in a deep voice:
Zillingers?‘Lt. General Hurricane’ Zillingers?
He found that Darkholm was investigating the missing homeless man, so he followed him in reverse and came to the door directly?
Or did Duckholm find out his whereabouts, but he found it?
Jiu resisted the throbbing of his nausea, nodded solemnly:
He is worthy of being a pirate general who is famous for his fierceness and cunning... and the weirdness here is also in line with the performance of his magical item.
Cunning... Fors was suddenly shocked and blurted out. Will he still wait nearby to try to ambush and investigate his master's messenger?
Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then replied in a slightly panic:
Very likely!
That is the Fengjun of Sequence 6, a pirate who controls a magical item, and the two of them only have Sequence 9!
This is a very simple and easy comparison!
……
In the house opposite Duckholm's house, a man in his thirties with a unique wide chin and dark green eyes stood by the window, staring coldly as Hugh and Forth pushed open the door and walked slowly inside.
This is exactly what Hurricane Lieutenant General Zillingers!
The black gloves he wore on his left palm suddenly squirmed like vitality, and a layer of dark golden scales appeared on the surface.
Zillingers showed a cruel and pleasant expression, and his dark green eyes turned into light golden and ruthless vertical pupils.
……
Forer thought about it and hurriedly pulled Xiu to the other side, avoiding the area opposite the door.
Immediately afterwards, she bit her white teeth and took off a string of bracelets covered by the ruffles on her cuffs.
There are three dark green rough stones on this silver bracelet, and the surface of the stone is full of burning marks and unevenness.
Fors pulled off a stone with a snap and shouted in Guchmis:
Door!
She held Hudilcha firmly and watched the stone blooming with an illusory light blue light.
The figures of the two ladies blurred and became nearly invisible.
They saw things that were difficult to describe their bodies, even so transparent that they seemed to not exist, and saw one after another of different colors of pure light containing endless knowledge. They entered the mysterious spiritual world.
In that strange world above reality, Fors pulled Xiu to take a step in a certain direction.
After three breaths, they escaped from the transparent and illusory state, returned to reality, and returned to Beckland.
However, their place is no longer Dakholm's home, but an unmanned cemetery.
……
Zillingers, wearing fine scale gloves, quietly appeared at the door of Duckholm, and his eyes swept inside with cold eyes.
He was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and said to himself:
‘Traveler’?
…………
In the cemetery.
What to do next?Fors gasped in pain and fear.
The bracelet was a magical item she got in the adventure of obtaining the apprentice formula and materials. There was no other hidden danger except that she would hear some strange and vague murmurs every month when she was full moon.
There were originally five stones on the bracelet, which allowed her to use the spiritual world to travel and do something similar to teleportation, but now, there are only two left.
After calming down the mind and spirit, Zheng Xinxin said:
Notify Miss Audrey first, and then call the police!
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