3 – To avoid admission to the academy (3)

Having said that, I am in a very precarious situation.

Now, if I have enough money and time, I am confident that I can even create a miracle that will surprise the people here, but I only have 9 days and 17 gold coins.

In such a situation, to put it mildly, it was close to impossible to make an achievement that would show the aspect of a ruler, rather than an achievement in the area of an engineer like the pulley he had just made.

However, if you give up in this situation… I will be taken to the academy and put in a situation where I can’t do anything.

So, in order to overcome this situation, I began to review the numerous knowledge in my head.

How did a person in history cope with this situation, what is needed in this era, and what can I do.

After thinking about this topic for several hours, no, for almost 10 hours, I was able to find a clue to start anew.

Those who left their names in this world, Myeonggun and Hyeonje, directly sought out the voices and needs of the people, but ordinary monarchs only listened to the opinions of their subjects and did their best in the direction they thought the people needed.

So, once again, I will begin preparations to find out about the lives of the common people living in the Baron of Creutel.

Not to go on a scouting tour as an aristocrat like the last time, but to obtain moving information about the lives of the common people who account for 99% of this era.

**

The day after I showed the baron a bucket using a complex pulley, Balt and I went out disguised as a wandering knight and a young boy from a fallen family.

Balt complained in a voice that was half worried about me and half dissatisfied that he had to go this far.

“Boss, are you really going to do this? I don’t know, but aren’t you the heir to the Baron Creutel family? By the way, do you think I will dress like a wandering knight, and you, a fallen nobleman? Aren’t those clothes all rags?”

In fact, wandering knights in Europe were ordained as knights, but they did not have a domain, so they were poorer than the citizens of the city.

Some of the wandering knights lived such a miserable life that they abandoned their honor and became thief knights, robbing the villages of small merchants and serfs to make a living.

As a result, wandering knights were often treated worse than the fallen yangban of the Joseon Dynasty.

Not to mention, the young master served by the Wandering Knight was not treated properly… The two were practically commoners.

“I think it would be better to do something like this than to go to the academy without making any effort. Balt.”

“Until a few days ago, the boy who valued the dignity of a noble… I’m not used to it because you’re suddenly like this.”

So I spoke in a serious voice to persuade Balt.

“Bald, although I made a bucket and kept my honor to some extent… I just can’t be satisfied with that much. So, at least I will do something like this to get results and regain my honor.”

“But… ”

“If you succeed in doing this, it is an honorable victory. let’s go. From now on, the two of us are a wandering knight and a young boy.”

After saying that, I opened the door to the inn and entered.

When I opened the door of the inn, there was a huge pot in the center of the building, surrounded by a bunch of rough wooden chairs and desks.

There were also several oak barrels for beer in the corners of the walls, and a counter and cooking kitchen at the furthest end of the door.

Inside, the workers and merchants of the village were chatting while chatting.

“So, kid. Back in my day, when adults gave me alcohol, I drank it straight from the oak barrel. By the way… Can I just eat that much and get drunk?”

“Oh, no… Lose, don’t lose ch.. I’m drunk…

“Oh, someone is going to die over there. hey gordon… I know you like it because you’re new, but do it in moderation.”

“So, if I were only five years younger… I would have attacked Lina next door… ”

“Even though I’m 5 years younger, I’m 30 years old, so why marry an 18-year-old Lina at that age! A pure thief, Sim Bo-guman. A guy who couldn’t even get married because his eyes were unnecessarily high on women… If you just listen… ”

“When I was 20, village girls lined up! It’s just that there weren’t any girls that caught my eye.”

Leaving them behind, I sat down with Balt in an empty seat.

Then Balt called the staff and ordered.

“Two big beers, beef jerky and grilled herring.”

“Do you need anything else?”

“That’s enough.”

While Balt ordered me to drink, I looked around the inn meticulously to see if anyone was drinking in a dignified manner by himself.

As he did so, he saw a man drinking his drink by himself.

“Here, I’ll buy the man on the corner any drink he wants, so ask him if he can come over and sit with me.”

The staff member who heard my voice looked at me and answered in a gruff voice, probably thinking that I was the son of a noble family with little money.

“Yes, yes, Bocchan.”

After a while, the guy I called joined us and sat down, and the snacks and two beers we ordered came out.

Unlike the beer Balt and I drank in Korea, we drank beer from a large cup that didn’t even feel refreshing, and asked the man in front of us.

“This is my first time here, so do you know anything about it?”

“Before that, alcohol. Please buy me a drink. This information is not free.”

“Give this nice guy here a beer in a little keg.”

And after a while, a can of beer came out, and the man started to open his mouth after drinking it all at once according to the glass that came out together, like a person who was very thirsty.

“Compared to other domains, Baron Creutel has a kinder lord. Compared to other places, we receive less tax, and we lend agricultural tools… It’s definitely a place to live. So even low-class people like us can come for a drink at least once a week, if not every day, if we live near the castle.”

“Near the castle? It’s near the castle… ”

“Then what do you do?”

“Hey, if there is a company that comes here from morning to night every day, I will carry it, and if there is something to do, I will go out and do my best. Sometimes they follow the upper ranks and work as escorts. But what are you doing, Bocchan?”

At those words, Balt spoke loudly.

“No matter how much you say that the young master is a fallen nobleman, isn’t it rude? What are you curious about so much?”

“Stop, stop. Balt.”

After drying the balt, I squeezed the right settings on the fly and said.

“After losing the territorial dispute in Romania, I started wandering like this. So, I came all the way here in search of a place to live. I’m looking for a place to go, but I haven’t been able to find a place that’s okay so far.”

At that, the drinking man laughed and said.

“You’d better not think about being an officer here, youngster. The lord is a decent person, but one of the guys under him is an official with dirty hands.”

“What do you mean? The lord is good, but the officials under him are evil.”

“It has been going on for years. If the lord can’t properly manage the people under him, of course, the officials below will take advantage of this opportunity. I also came here from a village ruled by a bailiff mars… I’ve been paying too much tax… .”

About 100,000 people live in this barony.

Therefore, even if the baron and the officials under him closely monitor it, there will surely be places that are out of reach of surveillance.

In Joseon, even the secret royal inspector was dispatched to root out this, but they couldn’t stop it. It will be easy to eat.

However, if you go to the baron and report that the embezzlement of the budget is taking place based on only this amount of testimony, there is a high possibility that you will be cursed.

Because even the common people are not necessarily good, there are some guys who say that it is embezzlement even if they collect taxes according to the rules.

“What is the name of that place?”

“It’s an area called Windheim.”

However, considering the circumstances so far, there is a good chance that a bailiff named Mars is embezzling in Windheim.

Now, if I go ahead and investigate Bayleaf’s transgression and clearly report it to the baron, and relieve the grievances of the serfs, even if the baron is a stubborn person who values academic background.

You will no longer be able to tell me that I must go to the academy just because I lack the capacity as a ruler.

After hearing the story up to that point, I got up from my seat and handed a silver coin to the staff at the counter.

“Give me alcohol and snacks as the guy who drank with me asked for.”

I can’t afford any more, so I need to move ASAP.

If you don’t rush to seize the opportunity when it comes, God will never give you the same opportunity again.