"My Baron, this food is already good enough. If it gets any better, those peasants might actually think they've become knights!" Tax Officer Gaspardon lamented, "But even with this kind of meal, those peasants still don't work hard. What an ungrateful bunch. Tomorrow, I'm cutting off their food supply and making them bring their own."
"Dear Gaspardon, I believe the issue is not with the food we provide, but with how we distribute it," Laine set his bowl aside and addressed his tax officer and steward, "Think about it, if you were a peasant, and as long as you worked, you'd get to eat this kind of meal every day, would you want the project to last a bit longer or finish quickly?"
"Ah!" Gaspardon immediately understood, and Kasenberg instinctively rubbed his bald head, also realizing the logic behind it.
