I, the heir of the great Eastern nation

The conversation with Christine made Liu Zhao realize a serious problem.

That is.

His understanding of the differences in thought and ideology among people from different social classes in this world was ultimately too presumptuous.

He had only been in this world for a few days, and he hadn't met many people along the way. In addition, whether it was Baron Karl, Lady Love, the Knight of York, or the Thor family, they all treated him with great restraint and respect.

This resulted in him rarely having the opportunity to engage in genuine intellectual exchange with others.

Therefore, his understanding of the gaps and relationships between nobles, commoners, and slaves in this world is basically still superficial.

In his mind, no matter how much advantage nobles had in various aspects, they were still just more powerful people with more privileges. In essence, they were still human beings just like commoners.

At most, it's just like the situation in India in the past, with an even more exaggerated form of class stratification.

However, today's experience, coupled with his brief conversation with Christine just now, made him suddenly realize something.

My own ideas were a bit too naive.

It turns out that in the eyes of those nobles, slaves, serfs, and even commoners were not the same species as themselves at all.

Perhaps the opinions of a small minority do not represent those of all nobles.

But in general, they really didn't treat these slaves and commoners at the bottom as human beings at all!

Realizing this truth, Liu Zhao was also a little scalp-tingling for the first time because of this incredibly absurd and magical yet real social reality.

"Damn, this is what society would be like if we pushed the backwards of human civilization to its limit."

"This guy's really broadened his horizons and is enjoying the good life."

At the same time, it also allowed him to once again protect his identity, which made him feel extremely fortunate.

For a moment, Liu Zhao's mind raced.

But in reality, only a few seconds have passed.

Recalling Christine's words and the magical realism of this world, Liu Zhao couldn't help but burst out laughing at the absurd reality that truly existed.

His sudden laughter immediately caused Christine to frown slightly.

"What are you laughing at?"

Liu Zhao shrugged.

"I thought of something happy, so I'm just going to laugh."

Christine glanced at him.

"baffling."

Liu Zhao smiled slightly, neither confirming nor denying.

"Alright, there's no point in continuing to observe. Let's go."

Liu Zhao turned around first, and Christine immediately followed.

"Where are we going?"

"Just like I said, go to Red Fruit Village and find some help."

"You...you really want to pay them?"

"What? Is it not allowed?"

"No, it's just that I always feel something's off."

"..."

The two exchanged a few words and quickly returned to Hongguo Village.

Then, just when Christine thought that Liu Zhao would do as she expected, like the nobles she had met before, first displaying his noble status and then using both kindness and coercion to force the villagers to do things for him.

Liu Zhao's actions, however, were unexpected to her.

When Liu Zhao returned to the village, he asked the village chief to gather the villagers. Without saying a word, he immediately pulled out a money bag.

"I am Liu Zhao. I want to burn down the wolf den over there to completely eradicate the threat of these wolves. I need a dozen people to help me collect firewood and set the fire."

"Two silver coins for anyone who wants to help me. I'll give one coin to each person who signs up, and the other coin after the job is done. Anyone interested in signing up?"

"Let me make this clear from the start: doing this is quite dangerous for you, and you might even be facing wolves head-on. It's fine if you don't do it, but if anyone takes the money and doesn't do their job well, they'll have to bear the consequences themselves."

Liu Zhao's extremely straightforward words were understood by all the villagers.

However, precisely because they understood, these villagers surrounded the city, looking at each other with conflicted and hesitant eyes, and no one dared to be the first to step forward.

Seeing this, Christine subconsciously pursed her lips.

"See? I told you, these people wouldn't dare..."

However, before she could finish speaking, she saw a pair of calloused hands slowly raised.

"I...I do."

Christine was slightly taken aback and subconsciously looked at the person who had raised their hand.

Immediately, I recognized who it was.

That was the woman holding the child that Liu Zhao had rescued in the village before.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone else present, the woman spoke slowly and somewhat timidly.

"Your Highness, is what you just said true? Is it really possible to get silver coins?"

Liu Zhao nodded.

"Of course, do you want to register? Just come over and leave your fingerprint."

The woman gritted her teeth and tried to walk over, but another villager next to her grabbed her hand and whispered advice in her ear.

"Don't go! How could those cunning noblemen let you make money so easily? He's definitely lying to you. Even if you do what he says, the silver coins will definitely be taken back in the end."

These words made the woman hesitate for a moment, but soon, she glanced at Liu Zhao and couldn't help but grit her teeth.

"This prince just saved my life and my child's life today, I trust him!"

"Besides, that's a silver coin! My child desperately needs that money. I'm willing to try even if there's only the slightest chance."

After saying that, she immediately shook off the man's hand, walked up to Liu Zhao, and pressed her handprint heavily.

Liu Zhao nodded and, in front of everyone, personally handed her a silver coin.

"They really gave it to me!"

"Wow~ they actually gave me a silver coin!"

"Damn! That's a silver coin! Let's do it!"

In an instant, seeing that the first woman had actually received the silver coin, the others immediately put their minds at ease and came forward one after another.

Soon, the number of people Liu Zhao needed was gathered.

But he didn't call a halt. Instead, he accepted everyone's registrations and distributed the silver coins to everyone as agreed.

In the end, Liu Zhao's expression unconsciously turned into a smile.

Christine, who had witnessed the entire process, couldn't help but ask a question at that moment.

"Even five copper coins would be a lot of work, and you only gave me one silver coin! A task that could have been done by a dozen people, you didn't call a stop, you kept calling everyone in, and in the end you lost a dozen silver coins for nothing. And yet you're still here grinning like an idiot, what are you laughing at?"

Liu Zhao simply shrugged at this.

"I have money, and I'm happy to do it."