"Ah! Farmers hardly see many silver coins in a year, so once they have money in hand, they can't control their purse strings," Gerard complained angrily. "That's why I repeatedly ordered not to distribute bonuses and salaries until we return to Wolf Town. Yet, some people still didn't take my words seriously!"
Sergei, who had been dozing off in the saddle, suddenly perked up at these words, "Captain, you've got it wrong this time. They deliberately distributed the money in the county town! They're up to no good!"
"What do you mean?" Winters pressed.
"How could landlords ever let the tenants save money?" Sergei scoffed with contempt, "If tenants save enough to buy land, won't they become freeholders? Then who would work for the landlords? With a battle against the Herd Barbarians imminent and lots of cheap land up for grabs afterward, which farmer wouldn't be tempted? You think they wouldn't distribute the money in Revodan?"
