THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 228: THE PROGRESS OF THE CITY AND THE DARK SIDE
In the city of Rumerk, not a few people wear robes. The reason was that some merchants were masking their identities or people were utilizing robes to protect themselves from the direct sunlight, he said, however, this place is different from the earth that has an umbrella to be able to hold the sun.
Therefore, the existence of 3 Myro people wearing robes did not attract the slightest attention.
Even the robe was very helpful because Ren must have attracted the attention of many men due to his face, because of the help of the robe, the men around did not know Ren's beautiful face which made the attention to Myro and the others reduced.
Along the way, Myro found that there were many shops selling special items or food from either the Northern Province or the Victory Province, as expected of a city on the 2 provincial border.
Seeing the crowd and the large number of shops, Myro felt that the store here was no less than Loth City though.
Despite the size of the city and its population, Rumerk City remained under the City of Loth. But in terms of economy and business, Rumerk City was able to compete against Loth City without any problems.
Myro went to the store in turn to buy some things that caught his attention or food. As the famous Victory Count, Myro was not at all short of money anymore like his early days into nobility.
After all the mayors like in Rumerk City were rich, as their superiors, why didn't Myro become rich as well?
But Myro did not waste his money stupidly, even most of the items in Myro villa were not luxury goods.
In Myro's eyes, as long as something wasn't too needed, he didn't need to buy it. Wouldn't it be better for Myro to use his money to develop the cities that became his domain?
Not to mention that disasters may occur in some cities such as the City of Jalrus, Myro must have some storage of money or food in order to be able to overcome the sudden bad situation.
Finished from the shopping area, Myro walked towards the newly built school.
Since the new Myro rule allowed all children in his territory to go to school for free, every city that became Myro's territory began to build schools.
The city of Rumerk also built a large school, based on the observation of Myro briefly, there are approximately 40 classes with 1000 students.
They looked at the students studying in the school through the window, but their position was far enough away to not attract attention.
Yorou who saw the state of the class smiled gently "Isn't it good? Children learn well, in the future, they are sure to become important supporters for the master territory. In addition, the government of Rumerk City may not be as bad as it was in the report of Baron Feld. Look at the students in the class, aren't they all wearing the same clothes? With all students' clothes the same, there was no difference in status in the school. Therefore, those from rich and poor families would not look too different".
"Uncle Yorou was right, in the shopping area it was very prosperous. Both sellers and buyers, there are many that show how developed the economy of Rumerk City. At least it shows that the mayor and employees of Rumerk City are people who are able, they can take advantage of the city's strategic position as the city advances" Ren said opening his folding fan "But, the city's, is the same uniform in school a good thing?".
Before Yorou finished speaking, Myro also said "Yorou, what Ren meant was not the purpose of the student uniform being equated, but rather Ren wondered about where all the uniforms came from".
"Where else? Didn't every student who joined the school get a uniform from the Rumerk City government?" Yorou said.
"I hope it's true" said Myro, who began leaving school, "The problem is that I never made a rule where student uniforms should be equated, but the government of Rumerk City did it alone. Well then, they couldn't possibly use the money from the central government because I never received a Rumerk City report on school uniforms, Feld couldn't possibly hide it from me".
"If all the uniforms really came from the government of Rumerk City itself, I would reward them for giving 1000 students uniforms at no cost. Especially based on my observations just now, their uniforms are not arbitrary clothes but made by special materials".
Yorou understood something, was it possible that the city government was so good at using their money to give uniforms to the disciples without any rules from the central government?
If the government of Rumerk City were to use their own money, Yorou would have to admit their government was very good. But if uniform money does not come from the government, then uniform money comes from-
Before Yorou finished thinking, Myro's voice sounded "Son, are you planning on going to the fields? Aren't kids your age supposed to go to school?".
Yorou raised her head again to find a 10-year-old boy dressed as he was going to the field standing in front of his house, probably waiting for his father.
The boy looked at Myro "Sister, aren't you a native of Rumerk City?".
"You're right, I'm from another city" Myro replied nodding.
"Like that, it's not strange that big brother doesn't know it. I didn't go to school because every day I had to go to the fields with my father, I didn't have enough money to be able to study at school" the boy said with a bitter smile.
Myro's face froze at the boy's "No money, isn't all school free?".
"Sister, are you from Loth City, Vendes City or Rorec City?" said the boy seemingly understanding Myro's origin "In the entire Victory Province, it seems, is, only 3 of these cities have free schools in full because there is an early city that became the direct power of the Victory Count. But in another city it was different, the Victory Count was unable to know everything that was happening in another city".
"The government of most cities in Victory Province does provide free schools, but there are very expensive uniforms and books. At least for a farm boy like me, I can't afford it".
"Are those who don't have uniforms and books not allowed to go to school?" Myro said with a smile, but only he and those closest to him knew that Myro was very angry right now.
"No, those of us who do not buy uniforms and books may also come because of the Victory Count rule that allows all children to learn for free, rumerk City Government did not dare to stop us from going to a school that was against the rules of the Victory Count and could be reported" the boy shook his head "But the teachers have always ignored us because they know that students who are not in uniform do not pay. Regardless of whether we understand it or not, teachers only care about students in uniform, besides we are not even taught how to write! Therefore, me and some of my friends feel that staying there will not increase our knowledge. It's better to go back home and help the family make money than to keep wasting time there".