At the end of June, shocking news suddenly spread in Arthur's kingdom.

The Southern Wilderness County Anti-Demon Alliance and the Earl Meredith had a bad relationship, and the two sides gathered 100,000 troops to start a decisive battle on the banks of the colorful river, and the 90,000 allied troops of the Anti-Demon Alliance returned defeated.

The situation of that day was described by someone who cares, and the armies of the Earls of Meredith and Duke Duncan were blown into gods.

However, the specifics are......

More than 23,000 people from Count Marvin and his subordinates suddenly defected to the enemy, and Count Needham and his subordinates had no intention of fighting and fled from the coalition camp in the dark.

Earl Shelley had the heart to lead people to resist, but the people were not aligned, and the Creighton family, who had firmly supported him, directly picked a question, saying that he would not violate the river water with the well water of the Earl Meredith.

In this way, in the end, Earl Shelley had to lead hundreds of remnants of the defeated army to flee for his life, and the battle that was originally huge enough to be recorded in the annals of Arthur's kingdom ended in a hurry.

Of course, it is too early to say that it will end, after all, the county of Meredith has not yet unified the Southern Wilderness County, and even the trouble of the Anti-Demon Alliance has not been completely solved.

On the 4th of July, Count Marvin and thirty-two of his nobles came to the City of Plenty to receive an offer.

Lei Ye said that he was not to blame for the past: "I will not deprive you of your title, you still manage your own territory, of course, just management, you don't have to bear some of your own ability, because I will send someone to help you." ”

"Then there is the fact that the taxes and laws of the territory must be unified with the county of Meredith, not only that, but from now on you will no longer have to raise private armies, and the army of the county of Meredith will take on the responsibility of defending the territory. ”

Opposite Renard, except for Count Marvin, the other thirty-two nobles heard these words, and their faces were as black as the bottom of a pot.

However, now that people are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, and it is too late to regret it.

Lei Ye paid attention to the expressions of everyone present, and saw that no one raised objections, and he was a lot more satisfied.

He took a sip of tea and continued: "Every year, I will send people to inspect your political achievements, and if you do a good job, you will be rewarded handsomely. ”

Immediately after, as if he remembered something, he hurriedly added: "Of course, I will not take your land for nothing, and I will give the corresponding field to compensate, two thousand barons."

acres, three thousand acres of viscounts, and as for the counts......"

Renard glanced at Count Marven, and saw that his face was indifferent, and he was really embarrassed to speak.

After thinking about it, he said, "The earl has five thousand acres. ”

Putting down the teacup and looking at the nobles whose faces were gradually improving, he showed a kind smile: "These lands will belong to you forever, and there will be no taxes, but they are not allowed to buy and sell." ”

After speaking, Lei Ye began to look through the information in his hand to check and fill in the gaps.

Seeing this, Count Marven suddenly spoke: "What to do with our property?"

After he reminded him, Renard suddenly remembered this incident and said with a smile: "I will not take a penny of your property, and those that are stored in the treasury of the Earl of Meredith will also be returned in full." ”

His words relieved everyone present, so that they still had the motivation to live, otherwise they would have to hang on to the southeast branch.

After reading the information at hand, Lei Ye saw that there was nothing to explain, so he leaned back in the chair and said, "Everyone, you should be glad for your decision. ”

When everyone heard this, they were all a little confused.

Renard said sarcastically: "You can compare the fate of other lords, now there are more than fifty people locked up in the prison of the city of plenty, awaiting trial, and the sentence of ten years of forced labor is considered light. ”

The lords all shuddered involuntarily when they heard this, although they still had some resentment, but it was not as strong as just now.

Lei Ye continued: "Don't worry, I will never treat my own people badly, there should be many of you who know Baron Alcott and Baron Jon, right?"

The lords looked at each other, and a few of them nodded in agreement, "Yes." ”

Renard smiled: "That's good, one of them is the mayor of Bailu City and the other is the mayor of Rafal City, both of them are doing very well, they can get a salary of ten gold coins a month, and there is a bonus at the end of the year." ”

"Coupled with the tax-free land granted, the annual income is as high as two hundred gold coins, and it is pure income, so you don't have to use it to repair the city, and you don't have to pay for the army,"

When the lords heard this, they all turned their minds and silently calculated.

When I was a lord, although I had a lot of income, I had the same expenses

It's not small, and the net income is only three or five hundred gold coins per year, and if the territory encounters any natural and man-made disasters, I'm afraid it will have to take money to get in.

Especially in the past few years of the Demon Calamity, almost all of the family funds have been hollowed out, and there are even many people who rely on debt to get by.

Not to mention anything else, with so many people present, who didn't owe money to the county of Meredith, although most of the time it was borrowed in the name of the Alliance, but in the end it had to be shared among themselves.

When I think about it, my heart is balanced again.

Seeing that everyone had slowly accepted their current identity, Lei Ye drew a big pie again: "As long as you are self-motivated, the future will be limitless, if you are not self-motivated, it is not a good choice to be a rich man with peace of mind." ”

As he spoke, he took out a bill that was two fingers thick: "These are the loan documents that you have owed to the county of Meredith for several years, and since they are all your own family members in the future, there is no need to keep them." ”

With that, he ordered someone to bring the brazier, and while reciting, he put it into the brazier: "On the seventh day of the third month of the sixty-sixth year of the Arthur calendar, the barony of Nathaniel purchased ten sets of cavalry equipment and forty sets of infantry equipment, and owed a total of two hundred and fifty-four gold coins. ”

"On the 10th day of the third month of the 66th year of the Arthur calendar, the Barony de Beaufort purchased fifty sets of leather armor, fifty steel swords, and ten pairs of tower shields, and owed a total of sixty gold coins. ”

"On the 10th day of March in the 66th year of the Arthur calendar, Viscount Smollett purchased twenty war horses and twenty sets of cavalry equipment, and owed a total of two hundred gold coins. ”

"On the twelfth day of March in the sixty-sixth year of Arthur's calendar, Count Marvin purchased 8,000 tons of soybeans, 8,000 tons of corn, and 3,000 tons of flour...... A total of 23,000 gold coins were owed. ”

When Earl Marvin heard this number, his cheeks finally shook unnaturally twice.

After reading a few sheets, Lei Ye felt a little boring, and threw the bill directly into the brazier, and the embarrassment was that the fire in the brazier was directly extinguished.

He shrugged his shoulders: "All of you present owe a total of sixty-eight thousand six hundred and seventy-three gold coins to the Count of Meredith, and this account has since been written off. ”

Everyone knew how much money they owed, and when they heard this, their bodies suddenly relaxed, and a little gratitude rose in their hearts.

After doing this, Renard got up to see off the guests: "Do you have anything else, if not, please come to the banquet hall for dinner, someone will entertain you for me." ”