The meeting at the mayor's office in the town hall of Mogg went well.

Baron Pedy Reagan, the young ruler of Crewe, and Sir Parma Nago, the mayor of Mogg, finally got to the point after half an hour of questioning each other.

The old Sir Parma's smiling expression was full of caution, and he looked at Pedi and asked, "May I guess your plan?"

"You like guessing puzzles?" said Pedi, smiling.

"No, I'm just showing off my talents, and the bad taste of nobility is also present in me. Sir Parma said self-deprecatingly, "It's like you love beer and hate wine." ”

Pedi shrugged, "Okay, whatever you want. ”

Sir Parma smiled even more, first habitually looking at the 'tick-tock' magic clock in the corner, and then after thinking for a few seconds between the teas, he said: "According to the letters of order sent to various places in the last two months, it can be seen that the first target of your trade and economic reform should be the chamber of commerce in your direct territory..."

The wrinkles at the corners of the old knight's eyes piled up together, and the eyes that had become smaller because of old age blinked between the wrinkles opening and closing to observe Pedy's expression, "These chambers of commerce rely on the Reagan family to survive, most of the owners of the chamber of commerce do not have a fixed territory, and trade routes and trade are the only support for their family... However, these chambers of commerce are the most influential chambers of commerce in the Kru Territory, and the goods of the four Dominions depend on them to sell to the rest of the continent."

"There is some truth. Pedi nodded, "That's all you guessed?"

"The owner of the Chamber of Commerce of the House of the Sea... Sir Edwin Filming, who was appointed Treasurer of Kawalburg Revenue, speaks for itself. Sir Parma said, "Next, you should find a way to control or supervise the total trade of the various chambers of commerce and local territories, and you may follow the rules of the mercenary group to handle the formal documents of the chamber of commerce, so that the chamber of commerce is officially official." ”

He nodded respectfully, "In this way, for the Chamber of Commerce that doesn't have a paperwork, you only need a piece of paperwork to turn them into an illegal group!"

Pedi listened attentively, and from time to time looked at the old clerk in the corner to see if he was doing his duty seriously, and Sir Parma had said some things that he had planned, but some that he had not yet thought of... For example, the legality and illegality of the Chamber of Commerce.

This is a suggestion that makes Pedi's eyes shine.

"You go on, Sir. Pedi heard well, but Sir Parma stopped suddenly.

Sir Parmmah stood up, "But you have forgotten one thing, one vital thing!"

"Oh?" asked Pedi, stunned, "What's the matter?"

Sir Parma took a deep breath and exhaled as he spoke, "You have considered all the nobles of the Kru Territory to be your vassals, but you have forgotten that they are not only your vassals, but also the monarchs of their own realms!"

Pedy's eyebrows furrowed slightly, for the first time since he entered the building.

"According to the laws of the Empire, the lords have absolute autonomy over their respective territories, and unless you want to wage war against the outside world, other government orders can be ignored by the lords of various places. ”

"We seem to be back to the topic again!" said Pedy, interrupting the old man's ramblings.

"Yes!" the old man nodded, "If you want to reform the trade economy of your realm, you can't avoid the nobles in your realm. ”

"That's why I came to you. Peddy nodded, too, "I need to use your prestige among the nobles to convince them that my new deal is good for the Kru Realm and good for them." ”

"It's hard to believe, not even for me. He looked into Pedi's eyes, "Even you, you may not know if your decision is right or wrong. ”

Pedi found that talking to the old man really required patience, and he forced his irritability and asked, "What the hell are you trying to say?"

"Do you know the nobles of the Crewe Lords, have you ever thought of war between lords?" asked Sir Parmesan rhetorically.

Pedi was stunned by the question, and the old knight continued: "There have been constant frictions between the major families of the Crewe Territory for two hundred years, and there have been wars between neighboring territories, and the wars between Fort Byan, Harrensburg, Fort Cowind, and Fort Herien sometimes even require more than 20,000 soldiers!"

"War breeds the best markets. Pedi whispered expressionlessly, "Kawalburg can earn at least 100,000 gold coins a year from the four major families. ”

Wars between the realms are something that Kawalburg is happy to see... Fort Kawar was behind most of the wars in the four Dominions, because the Reagan needed them to weaken each other to maintain their rule!

Sir Parma looked at Pedy, at the immature but majestic eyes, took a deep breath and said, "Yes, nearly half of the wealth in the underground treasury of Kawalburg was acquired because of this!"

His voice was soft,

But the words spoken are heavy!

The old mage Collier was startled by these words, and involuntarily stood up, and reached out to stop Sir Parma, who was standing next to the sofa opposite, from continuing.

In the corner, the old clerk's quill trembled slightly, not knowing whether to write or not.

"But—" The old sir's voice suddenly increased,

Cowlier's outstretched hand was stopped, and the old clerk's pen almost fell on the table.

"However, you are rich, but the people of Crewe are poor!" "Your family owns half of the wealth of Crewe, and the four major autonomous territories and the nobles of various regions and the nearly four million people of Crewe have the other half of the wealth, and how much of this other half of the wealth is in the hands of the four million people?"

The old man's words were completely roared,

After shouting these words, he stood beside the sofa with his head humbly bowed.

"Crackling" The sound of burning wood on the wall fire in the room suddenly became clear and audible at this moment.

The old mage Collier had no intention of persuading Sir Parma, and he moved two steps to the side without knowing anything, and he wanted to move himself out of Pedy's sight.

The old clerk stopped writing and stood up, and he wanted to come forward and face Pedi with Sir Parmian, but his feet seemed to be being dragged by others, and he could not move half a minute from his feet.

"What are you trying to express. After a brief silence, Pedi said, "Do you want to divide your family's wealth equally among your serfs, or to the townsfolk of Mogg?" he said as he walked, and soon came to Sir Parmesan, who looked at him, "In what capacity do you say this?"

There was not a hint of anger in his tone,

Yes, Pedi wasn't angry, but he suddenly hated the person in front of him.

"Your Excellency, you stand tall and look far away, but sometimes you have to stop and look at the people behind you. Sir Parma said, "As long as there is..."

"Okay, that's not what you should ask, we're talking about the implementation of the new tax items. Peddy interrupted coldly, "Don't think too much of yourself, Sir, these ideas of yours were put forward by Grace University a hundred years ago, but they were just ideas. ”

"But..."

"I said, don't talk about it again!" said Pedy, putting his hand under the old sir's shoulders and pressing him down on the couch, "Don't try to challenge the patience of a young ruler. ”

After Sir Parma sat down, Pedi stepped back and sat down on a stool next to him, and he himself pushed the teacup to the old sir and said, "I will carry it out regardless of whether the reform plan to rectify the trade economy of the territory is right or wrong... As you said, our people are too poor, so poor that they can't even get enough food and clothing, and our nobles are too rich. ”

Piedi poured himself a cup of tea, and he played with the warm teacups: "The existence of this system is no longer in line with the needs of the development of the territory, because our people are no longer as easy to deceive as they used to be, and countless craftsmen and freemen have become rich because of trade, and their descendants have begun to learn to write, and they have begun to think about problems." ”

"Thus, there was a rebellion of merchants in the area of Fort Iruk, and they were the representatives of these people. Pedi poured the whole cup of tea into his stomach in one gulp, "Many merchants in the Crewe Territory are funding to support the rebels in the El Luk Territory, and the list found at the police department has kept me from sleeping for a whole month. He casually threw the teacup on the small square table, "Someone suggested that I arrest these people and hang them all..."

Sir Parma stiffened when he heard this, because he was also one of the funders!

"I caught a part. "Perhaps, in the course of our conversation, dozens, if not hundreds, of people have been hanged from the old mulberry trees outside Crewe," he poured himself another cup of tea, and said, "but I know that these men will never be hanged, and will kill more and more!"

Pedi's two-month life as a lord was not satisfactory, and the influence of the rebels in the Fort Eluk area, coupled with the defeat of the Combined Fleet, caused the nobles and merchants of the Crewe Territory to start thinking otherwise.

Ten days ago, Pedi had even ordered that nobles should not participate in gatherings of more than ten people without reporting to the police station!

Pedi asked, "Do you know why I'm telling you this?"

"I didn't understand it just now, but now I do. Sir Parma struggled to keep his composure, and he quickly organized the language in his head: "You want to set aside the four realms and re-establish a new trade route. ”

"Haha. Pedi smiled, "You're smarter than I thought... I guess you've guessed the route, right?"

Ser Parma immediately said, "You are planning to abandon the trading port of Balan and transfer the trade center to Sekka Town, you want to trade with the elves and werewolves!"

"You're wrong about two things, first, I'm not going to give up trade in Balan, and it's business as usual, and second, I'm trading with the Mage Tower in Sekha, not elves and werewolves. Pedi held out two fingers, "The new trade route will lead to Crewe through the town of Gessen, the town of Mog, and even the Twak Territory, and I will even agree to normal trade between the Chamber of Commerce and the Fort El Ruk region, but only if there is enough tax!"

"You want to split the cake in two?" said Sir Parmesan, nodding.