a story
one day in the ever since feudal world, there lived a peasant. he was a normal peasant who worked his *ss off. he had a lot of work: he fed the noisy chickens in the morning, went to the fields at about noon, milked the cows in the afternoon and baked bread and made cheese at night. however heavy his workload, this worker is happy because he knows that he is serving his community and his feudal lord in his work.
which brings us to the feudal lord. his feudal lord is the owner of half the chickens he feeds, three-fourths the cows he milks and all the fields he sows along with others. this feudal lord is a just person. he knows what is right for the fields and the animals. he usually treats his peasants nicely. but, as feudal the world is, the feudal lord makes all the decisions, and although he listens to the peasants' suggestions and concerns, these mean so much little to him.
in the normal series of events, the main goal of the feudal lord is to get a lot of money. of course he makes a lot of money from his farms, and has grown increasingly popular with the other lords and his farm, with other farms. but before we proceed to the dynamic relationships of the lords and other farms, let us take note of the farm accountant and the farm supervisor.
the farm accountant sees to it that the peasants give their yearly quota of wheat. they also have a weekly quota of milk and eggs. the accountant is just in collecting these from the peasants. but there was a time when there was a huge feast in the kingdom so he required the peasants to give six times more milk and eggs. the peasants could not give more than twice their quota because they also take some to eat and of course, you cannot force the cows to give more milk and the chickens, more eggs. so they paid the accountant twice their quota of eggs and milk for about three weeks to make up for their not giving six times their quota in one time.
the farm supervisor sees to it that the peasants are working. he also tells the feudal lord if there is a sick peasant which could not work and needs to be taken care of. he handles much of the individual problems of the peasants, or if two peasants fight, he mediates and helps solve the problem. some peasants see him as very manipulative because sometimes these peasants feel that they are being told how to feel about something. of course, like everyone in this farm, the supervisor is working to please the feudal lord and to make the farm one of the best farms in the kingdom.
not very far away is another wheat farm. this farm was owned by the first farm's feudal lord's cousin, who was previously in the first farm but broke away because he wanted a farm of his own. take note that there are only two wheat farms in this kingdom, so these two farms are competitors in the wheat industry. however this farm is a purely wheat farm, as supposed to the first farm which has eggs and milk.
let us go back to that hardworking peasant. this hardworking peasant is known because he is very opinonated. the feudal lord respects him for this because he also learns from his opinions. this peasant also respects the feudal lord because he thinks that the feudal lord does a good job in managing the farm.
at the end of each summer, the farm opens the farm to the other townpeople. the feudal lord planned a big feast for this event so that the townpeople would enjoy the open farm event. the other farm, somewhat inspired in this idea, tried to copy, but later decided to join the first farm. of course, because of the many complications the merge might bring, the first feudal lord did not agree. his cousin bitterly complained to the king. the king decided that for the benefit of the townpeople, the two should work it out and merge to have a bigger event. as no one dared to disobey the king, the two planned the event together which turned out to be a great open farm event. however, the two constantly disagreed and fought about money and who gets to decide on what.
after that big event at the end of summer, the farms went on to work again. of course the cousin's young farm has a significant place in the wheat market, but he could not match the good reputation of the first farm, which was passed on in the feudal lord's family.
life goes on as usual in these two farms. the hardworking peasant goes on to feed the chickens, tend the fields, milk the cows and make cheese and bread.
which brings us to the feudal lord. his feudal lord is the owner of half the chickens he feeds, three-fourths the cows he milks and all the fields he sows along with others. this feudal lord is a just person. he knows what is right for the fields and the animals. he usually treats his peasants nicely. but, as feudal the world is, the feudal lord makes all the decisions, and although he listens to the peasants' suggestions and concerns, these mean so much little to him.
in the normal series of events, the main goal of the feudal lord is to get a lot of money. of course he makes a lot of money from his farms, and has grown increasingly popular with the other lords and his farm, with other farms. but before we proceed to the dynamic relationships of the lords and other farms, let us take note of the farm accountant and the farm supervisor.
the farm accountant sees to it that the peasants give their yearly quota of wheat. they also have a weekly quota of milk and eggs. the accountant is just in collecting these from the peasants. but there was a time when there was a huge feast in the kingdom so he required the peasants to give six times more milk and eggs. the peasants could not give more than twice their quota because they also take some to eat and of course, you cannot force the cows to give more milk and the chickens, more eggs. so they paid the accountant twice their quota of eggs and milk for about three weeks to make up for their not giving six times their quota in one time.
the farm supervisor sees to it that the peasants are working. he also tells the feudal lord if there is a sick peasant which could not work and needs to be taken care of. he handles much of the individual problems of the peasants, or if two peasants fight, he mediates and helps solve the problem. some peasants see him as very manipulative because sometimes these peasants feel that they are being told how to feel about something. of course, like everyone in this farm, the supervisor is working to please the feudal lord and to make the farm one of the best farms in the kingdom.
not very far away is another wheat farm. this farm was owned by the first farm's feudal lord's cousin, who was previously in the first farm but broke away because he wanted a farm of his own. take note that there are only two wheat farms in this kingdom, so these two farms are competitors in the wheat industry. however this farm is a purely wheat farm, as supposed to the first farm which has eggs and milk.
let us go back to that hardworking peasant. this hardworking peasant is known because he is very opinonated. the feudal lord respects him for this because he also learns from his opinions. this peasant also respects the feudal lord because he thinks that the feudal lord does a good job in managing the farm.
at the end of each summer, the farm opens the farm to the other townpeople. the feudal lord planned a big feast for this event so that the townpeople would enjoy the open farm event. the other farm, somewhat inspired in this idea, tried to copy, but later decided to join the first farm. of course, because of the many complications the merge might bring, the first feudal lord did not agree. his cousin bitterly complained to the king. the king decided that for the benefit of the townpeople, the two should work it out and merge to have a bigger event. as no one dared to disobey the king, the two planned the event together which turned out to be a great open farm event. however, the two constantly disagreed and fought about money and who gets to decide on what.
after that big event at the end of summer, the farms went on to work again. of course the cousin's young farm has a significant place in the wheat market, but he could not match the good reputation of the first farm, which was passed on in the feudal lord's family.
life goes on as usual in these two farms. the hardworking peasant goes on to feed the chickens, tend the fields, milk the cows and make cheese and bread.
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