Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 441 Recent Developments in the Viscount's Territory
One pound is roughly equivalent to one jin (a Chinese unit of weight, approximately 500 grams).

One hundred pence equals one silver coin, and one silver coin is worth 47 pence, which is roughly equivalent to 1.5 silver coins per pound of grain.

The prices in the previous life of Bibialus can be roughly considered to be 1,500 yuan per kilogram of grain.

what is this?
A loaf of bread costing 50 marks?

Even bandits would be moved to tears; they'd give away a pound of grain after robbing someone.

Yaro frowned deeply: "What exactly happened? Why didn't you tell me before?"

With meat scarce, grain is consumed quickly. At these prices, let alone waiting for the grain to ripen, even with wild grass, it would be impossible to survive the month.

“Lord Yarrow, now that you have entrusted me with the management of the Viscount’s territory, I naturally cannot trouble you with these worries,” Dylan said respectfully.

Yaro rebuked him angrily, "I entrusted this task to you so you could manage it well, not so you could starve everyone! If there are any problems that require my help, why don't you just say so?"

“Lord Yaro…” Dylan paused, his expression hesitant.

"Just say what you have to say. When have I ever blamed you for what you said?"

“Lord Yarrow, let me share my own opinion,” Dylan took a deep breath, “In this matter, the best course of action is for you not to get involved.”

Yaro narrowed his eyes slightly, signaling Dylan to continue.

"The reason these surrounding lords have raised prices is partly because the Lanelli royal family recently issued a decree prohibiting any grain from flowing into the viscount's territory..."

In recent days?

The Lanelli royal family?
Is it related to the death of Reid Larnell?
However, Yaro ignored this feeble resistance, focusing all his attention on Dylan's subsequent words.

"...On the other hand, it's also because your previous behavior frightened the surrounding neighbors, and they are actually protesting against you in this way."

“Protest? According to that logic, Dylan, you should tell me even more,” Yaro laughed. “I don’t know what the point of their protest is. Come on, tell me which neighbors are protesting, and I’ll go to their houses and sit down. They should be able to understand.”

Nonviolent non-cooperation?

Let's just cooperate through force then.

"Lord Yarrow, you can't go," Dylan pleaded earnestly. "They anticipated your reaction, and the surrounding lords have already dispersed their grain to different places. Even if you go and plunder, how much can you bring back?"

“I didn’t say I was going to rob anyone, nor did I need to. I just wanted to visit my neighbor,” Yaro said.

The most significant deterrent effect of nuclear weapons is not entirely in how many people they can kill at once, but more importantly, in their ability to directly eliminate the group of people who give the orders.

“The problem is, Viscount Emmad Bergman, who is the most vehement opponent, has already gone to the capital of Lanelli with his family. At the same time, he is also the most powerful. Even if you wanted to visit him, you wouldn’t be able to find him,” Dylan said helplessly.

"He doesn't even want his territory anymore? What about the other minor lords?" Yaro asked in surprise, his eyes wide.

According to the noble law of the Kingdom of Lanelli, unless summoned by the king, if the lord and all his heirs simultaneously leave the territory, it will be considered an automatic relinquishment of the land. Baron Claire was once bound by this law, which is why he left Bevan at Perrin Castle.

Now, because Perrin Castle has been basically emptied, in order to ensure Bevan's safety, Bevan had to be moved to the Viscount's mansion in Lix City. Bevan is still not allowed to move around freely in the city because of this regulation.

Dylan shrugged:

"Viscount Emad Bergman went to meet the King under the pretext of bringing his heir, which was risky but understandable."

Seeing that Viscount Emad Bergman had not been punished, many minor lords left behind a few of their less favored sons and went directly to the capital under the pretext of reporting to Viscount Emad Bergman.

Otherwise, how could we say they were frightened?

I'm not some kind of devil, why do I have to be so careful?
Honestly, after hearing about the Countess's deeds and meeting the valiant Baron Claire and the cruel Viscount Corey, Yarrow thought that the nobles here might be good or bad, but they were all the kind of people with strong beliefs and no fear.

And then this dramatic scene unfolded in the blink of an eye?
Are they the abnormal ones, or are the Countess, Claire, Viscount Corey, and others the abnormal ones?

“Now that they’ve all left, could we send troops to collect food?” Yaro suggested.

Dylan smiled wryly and said, "Lord Yarrow, the situation in the Viscount's territory is not stable yet, so where would we find the troops to spare?"

Perrin Castle already had a limited manpower, and now that it has taken over a viscount's territory with a population many times larger, the manpower shortage has become even more severe.

Yaro realized that since he had never cared about the viscount's territory before, his current proposals were impractical.

Moreover, the fact that Dylan didn't tell me about this suggests that he already had a solution in mind. If I hadn't wanted to 'withdraw money,' these things might have just passed by quietly.

Thinking of this, Yaro asked curiously:
"How do you plan to solve this? With the money in your reserves, even if you strip away all the gold and silver inlaid in the Viscount's mansion, it probably won't be enough to buy enough grain, will it?"

Dylan bowed respectfully:
"Lord Yarrow, the steward who fled abroad knows very well the amount of gold and silver reserved in the treasury, which is why the lords also know it very well now."

Offering a cake whose size was already known to others was insufficient to quell the lords' panic, nor to satisfy their greed.

Therefore, I didn't set my sights on them from the beginning.

I am using this gold and silver to bribe those who have been left behind in the territory and have been abandoned.

Of course, even if we obtain food later, it will only be supplied by the Earl's territory, and will have absolutely no connection to the fires in their granaries.

Dylan's approach was indeed much more prudent than what Barrow had mentioned earlier.

Or perhaps, Dylan, who was specifically trained as a butler, was better at utilizing the rules of conduct among nobles than Barrow.

It's not that the stewards of other nobles didn't learn, or that they were all inferior to Dylan; it's just that other nobles wouldn't delegate such a great deal of power to their stewards.

That's all settled, but where should we get the gold coins we owe Harvey from?
After much deliberation, although he didn't want to make things more difficult for Dylan, Yaro had no choice but to speak up:
"Please try to allocate 13 gold coins for me first, and I will make up the difference within 5 days."

(End of this chapter)