28 The Things That Could Be Improved (1/2)

Two carriages could be seen were traversing the town with guards surrounding them. One at the front was a fancy carriage while the other at the back was a normal looking carriage that could be found easily at medieval town's street.

Suddenly a gray-haired man on top of a gray horse approach the fancy carriage before muttered with an uncertain expression,

”Young Master, is it really alright for you to inspect a place like that? I think that this kind of dirty place is unworthy to be inspected personally by the Lord of a territory!”

”Rest assured, I will just take a look for a brief moment before going back.” I reassuringly said

As the two carriages were traversing streets after streets, people start getting harder and harder to find. Until the street became completely desolate with people and that was when the two carriages finally stop.

I take a peek to the scenery outside from the window and see that road was way smaller than the main road, a lot of the building was also in an almost unusable condition.

”Here I am, the slums!” I uttered to the place addressed in my surroundings in a weird way.

Although it was only the outskirt of the slums, it was dirty beyond belief. Just then, I see that the road was full of human waste littered on the side and it was mixed with sand and mud before being soaked in the rain multiple times.

My mood became awful in an instant and I told the guard outside to move the carriage back 20 meters away from the place, back to the entrance of the road.

Then, I told one of the guards outside to call the Steve old man out of his carriage and meet me at my carriage.

Not long after, a crooked elderly man with a stick comes to my carriage. I got out of my carriage to meet the old man. I was the first one to strike the conversation before he could even open his mouth,

”You should have seen the situation at this place, right? I will give you your first task to accomplish, I guess you had some suspicion for the task, no?” I inquired the crooked old man mischievously with a smile that wasn't a smile.

”Yes, of course, milord! Milord wants me to punish and discipline the people at the slums for having dumped their waste on the road, right?” The Steve old man smirks confidently while pointing his stick to the peoples hiding in the slums.

”What?” Hearing what the crooked elderly man was saying, I was disappointed by his old way of thinking, then I gaze at him disapprovingly before reprimanding, ”No! I want you to clean this place!”

”I need you to gather the townsfolk to clean the waste that had been littering in the streets and not only at the slums!” I added while pointing to the waste that had been fused with a lot of things.

”But milord, if Milord were to issue a command to forcefully gather the townsfolk for free that might cause unrest!” The Steve old man interjected with a pale face that was as white as a paper.

”I never said to not pay them! I want you to told the people to reward anyone that brings this waste to the back of the mansion for 50 coppers every bucket!” I shake my head for his narrow thinking.

”50 copper coins for every bucket of waste? That's too much! I suggest milord reconsider!” The Steve old man was shocked beyond belief and tried to make me reconsider.

”My decision's valid, do as what I say!” I ordered decisively and with that my decision was made.

Although 50 coppers coins might sound much for a commoner, it wasn't much for me that had almost unlimited money under my back. The worth of 50 coppers should only be enough for people to live for a day quite luxuriously and a few days if used sparingly.

The amount that the Fortuna Chamber of Commerce making alone was already enough to cover all of the expenses and projects that I was going to implement in my territory.

'With the total amount of waste that had been piling up in the town, it should be enough to be converted into fertilizer for a few months!'

'This project will also clean the streets that previously had been covered with feces and urine of humans and other living beings such a horse that do it anywhere they wanted to.'

'By driving the people to work, it will also create jobs for them. The money they got would also circulate more in the territory, driving the economy even more than it was before! If they were to spend more money, it's meant more taxes for me to gather.'

'If the people were to be richer, they would also less to be displeased and cause a riot. There are so many benefits that it completely outweighs the few cons that didn't worth to mention.'

'This project is just as efficient as killing six birds or possibly more with one stone! So effective that I would have to cheer for my brilliantness if there isn't anyone watching me!'

As I was pondering all of that, my poker face almost broke as I was smiling ear to ear inside without anyone noticing.

”Yes, milord!” The Steve old man bows his head while holding his stick to hold his body.