Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 287 Lowry Slowly Lets Go

The bards have developed many special performance methods for this purpose.

Therefore, the performances at the castle restaurant have always been grand... They need feedback from those who are cultured and knowledgeable, and can even sense the fluctuations of magic power.

But a bard's successful advancement has never been solely about the fluctuations of mana and the ripples of music.

What they need is the power to stir up the emotions of the audience and make them feel excited along with their music.

But this cannot be because the other person understands it, so he relies on the understanding in his mind to feel that wonderful atmosphere.

What is necessary is that even if the listeners don't understand anything, they can still resonate with the emotions conveyed by the sound of their instruments and singing, and dance along with them.

This is actually the most difficult part.

Even if he becomes a formal professional, a bard who cannot do this will never be able to advance to the intermediate level... Low-level magic professionals, even if they are mages, can at most be respected, but never feared.

However, in this world, you can't live well just by relying on respect.

Who doesn’t want to live with dignity and comfort?
Even though they are both risking their lives, the rewards that high-level professionals get are definitely something that low-level professionals can never even dream of.

As long as there is hope, normal people will still know how to work hard.

Even among the aristocratic families, few talented people would live a life of luxury.

There are indeed many aristocratic children who are giving up, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that no matter how hard they try, they cannot reach the upper limit of their current life.

It makes no difference whether you work hard or not, and it may even cause your life to go downhill... After all, any professional who wants to advance needs to consume certain resources, and it is really difficult for those who are not determined enough to persevere.

In addition, you might also meet a father like Count Montes who is afraid that you will work too hard.

Therefore, regardless of whether they have advanced or not, the bards of Barony Gezar have all purchased stores on the commercial street here in Lori... As members of the attached pages of the Living Feather Knights, they have the qualifications and the income... and then opened their own taverns.

I would go there every now and then to play in person to see if I could evoke resonance among these random civilians who came in.

When they are not around, the ordinary people they have taught naturally take on the main responsibility.

As long as one has a skill, the income in Barony of Gezar will not be too low, so these children work very hard.

Every day after noon, Lowry's shopping street is filled with beautiful music...Lori has shown his emphasis on children since the day he became Baron Gezar.

In his territory, or even right under his nose, how could anyone dare to do anything harmful to the child?
So, regardless of whether the night is the time when the tavern is busiest with customers, the bards would not let their students under the age of 12 work at that time.

The children practiced hard on their own in the morning, and then went to the pub which also served as a restaurant to perform and sing in the afternoon.

This is what they are supposed to do as apprentices, and Lowry wouldn't really think of this as child labor.

In this world, the only thing that determines a person's fate is whether he can support himself.

Lowry would never interfere too much in allowing ordinary people to open up a new career path.

He simply expressed his approval and asked Valeera to invite two bards with firm personalities and smooth ways of doing things to go to Qingfeng Valley.

This can also be regarded as a characteristic of his territory.

As for whether this would cause misfortune to children in other places...Lori didn't think that bards from other places could learn from it.

Cost-effectiveness is an issue that always needs to be raised.

Most of the nobles wanted the pride of having professionals perform and sing for them, rather than being truly interested in music.

Even if a few have it, they may not be willing to pay so much money.

Yes, the musical instruments in this world are also specialties of certain countries and are very valuable.

Although after purchasing it, Lowry could also copy some of the musical instrument making methods in his demiplane, but without skilled workers, could he do it himself?

How could he have the time?

As for teaching the methods of making musical instruments to subordinates and letting them learn slowly, it is really not necessary.

In his territory, almost everyone has something to do, so there is no need to bother about the needs of a few.

You have to know that the production methods of these musical instruments, which have been passed down and have sufficient musical scores, are quite complicated.

It takes a huge amount of time and money to train enough systematic workers.

When there was no surplus manpower in Lowry's territory, he would not consider such a wasteful and troublesome thing.

Even someone like Lowry would grumble about the price after buying enough instruments to satisfy his own bard, so you can imagine how much it cost for other nobles. If there were other ways to show off, the nobles would not just follow suit even if they were jealous.

At most, some royal families who are too rich will follow...but it is a blessing for ordinary people to enter the royal family and become servants!

It's such a good deal to be a musician for the king!
The whole family has changed their status and will not be easily bullied by villains.

As for whether there will be any unexpectedly unlucky children after the world becomes prosperous… Although Lowry has some character, he is definitely not the kind of saint who cares about the future.

Besides, he really didn't think he could have that much influence.

This world, probably because it had just developed, had not yet formed a sufficient system for music and painting, or in other words, had not yet allowed these arts to enter the hearts of ordinary people or even low-level professionals, when it faced the arrival of the white dragon.

At that time, although there were not many outsiders in the world, there were still quite a few.

Therefore, the profession of bard developed rapidly with the promotion of temples and nobles... Nobles who were not very talented but knew a little about music, under the guidance of gods, directly embarked on this path.

Even in parts of the world where certain musical arts are more widely spread, the instruments used by ordinary people are more likely to be flutes, small drums, and two- or three-stringed harps.

Complex musical instruments are basically controlled by the upper class.

But at least they have.

The only musical instrument that the civilians in Lowry's world have is the hand drum, and those who can play the four-string lute are those who have returned from the army... This is the greatest helplessness of this world.

The general history of the development of musical instruments is that they develop from simple to complex as demand changes. For example, the lute went from two strings to four.

But at the beginning of this world, what appeared was a lute with four strings.

Originally, even if there were external influences, it would not affect the entire world.

However, who made humans resist the invasion of the white dragon?
What development, what local art, everything has to give way to the sake of living, living with dignity.

From that day on, the underlying music of this world stagnated at the most primitive level, with drums as sound and whips as tune.

Later, the Church of the Gods discovered the benefits of doing so... It is impossible for intelligent creatures to disappear their love for music. Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary people who find singing even monotonous little songs a kind of happiness, hearing those dignified hymns at the grand ceremonies of the gods every year is their best day.

If you listen to the sacred songs many times, you will definitely remember the contents in your heart, and naturally you will become a believer of that god.

Then, the Church of the Gods also began to suppress the profession of bards.

Of course, what they showed was not suppression, but rather they used absorption and enticement to restrict the profession of bards to the aristocratic class.

However, just when their suppression had not reached the final step, the gods were defeated. Although the churches of the remaining gods were not very good, they were basically playing high-level games. The profession of bard then slowly fell into the mortal world.

However, in the minds of ordinary people, the concept has been formed that the profession of bard is not something that poor people can touch.

Although some country tunes began to appear, ordinary people still didn't dare to think about musical instruments.

Lowry didn't know what impact his actions would have on the world, but even as a otaku, he felt that a world without even a symphony was too boring.

He has already given up his love for traditional Chinese music, but he should at least give it a try. Will pop music sound in this world one day?

Lori sat by the window in the study, watching Taylor dragging his feet out of the castle, and smiled slightly.

After realizing that his life would become very long, Lowry could no longer think only about the things in front of him.

He found it hard to accept the thought that he might be happy for five hundred years and then be bored.

Therefore, it is no longer like in the past when I would sit in my own castle with my head held high, not listening to anything, not thinking about anything, and not interfering with anything, enjoying life alone.

But it was precisely because he discovered this transformation in himself that Lowry suddenly agreed with some of the White Dragon King's practices.

Of course, there is also a clearer understanding.

A hundred years ago, Travis had many great ideas about his throne and future, but now he has changed a lot.

His participation in various things has evolved from building an orderly future to more or less mixing in the preference of "whether it's interesting or not".

Lowry could understand this change very well.

After all, he now sometimes wonders inadvertently... If the future remains unchanged, what is the meaning of his life?
So, after building the territory according to his own ideas for so many years, Lowry decided to gradually let go of the management of the territory.

After all, the people he trusted were on his live feather roster, so he didn't need to worry too much.

(End of this chapter)