Chapter 20: The Taeyong Aristocrats
"No way!"
Regarding Meier's idea of leaving Liangyue City and going home, Yishan gave a negative answer without hesitation. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
It's not that Yishan is unreasonable, even if she likes Meier, even to the point where she wants to tie him to her side all the time, she won't restrict Maier's freedom too much. The reason why she had restricted Maier from doing this and that was because she was afraid that he would be fascinated by other women, after all, Maier was not interested in her at all.
Leaving Maier in Liangyue City was originally the meaning of Teng Yan. Teng Yan said in his letter to Yishan that he wanted Meier to stay in Liangyue City and cultivate a relationship with Yishan, which was also the root cause of Yishan's misunderstanding of her father's intentions.
But Teng Yan is not self-proclaimed. Mel is Gray after all? Byrons's son, Teng Yan couldn't risk offending Gray? Byrons' risk is to stay in the Maier. Gray asked Maier to carry a letter in the token to Tengyan, in which Gray said that he hoped that the Xiaohu family would provide Maier with a chance to train himself, but he did not explain the specific content.
This gave Teng Yan enough room to play and mix his selfishness in it. In his opinion, the marriage with the Byrons family was harmless. Grace? Byrons' influence in the world of Taejong is unquestionable, and although he has married a woman from the Xiaohu family, in Teng Yan's opinion, a single marriage may not be stable enough - of course, this is only for him.
If he marries his daughter to Myer, he becomes Myer's father-in-law, is it Gray? Byrons' in-laws. With this relationship, his status in the family will rise, and he will be one step closer to the position of the head of the family.
Since the other party is Gray? Byrons's son, Teng Yan, couldn't have been cheeky enough to marry Gray, because he couldn't find Gray's person. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if he finds Gray, Gray may not agree to this family business. When Gray had not retired, there were many women who wanted to marry him, but Gray didn't fancy any of them, and chose Xiaohu Yunxin, who was only fourteen years old at the time, that is, Teng Yan's sister.
At Gray's age at the time, it was more than enough to be Yunxin's grandfather. Although the Xiaohu family agrees with this family affair very much, Yun Xin has always treated him as an uncle and has no meaning in that regard. With Gray's identity at that time, he could directly propose to the Xiaohu family, and the Xiaohu family would definitely agree, so Yun Xin couldn't marry if he didn't want to.
But Gray didn't. He pursued Yunxin for more than two years, and finally succeeded in capturing the girl's heart. The Xiaohu family originally thought that from now on, the family would get such a famous general as Gray, but they didn't want that after the two got married, Gray would retire to the mountains and forests, and there was no news until now.
Teng Yan believes that Meier, as Gray's son, should have a personality very similar to his father. So he didn't even think about forcing his daughter to Mel, but wanted Yishan to use her charm to conquer Mel - just like her aunt did unintentionally. In addition to Yishan, Teng Yan also has an "alternative plan", that is, his eleven-year-old third daughter. Once Yishan fails, he will call Maier to Yaolin City and let the three girls try to get his attention.
In order to eat alone, Teng Yan also blocked the news of Meier's presence in Liangyue City. Yishan didn't know about this, so she didn't have any scruples to reveal Maier's identity in Village 29.
"Yishan, I have something very important this time, and I have to go home. So even if you don't let me go, I'll try my best to leave Liangyue City. ”
Maier didn't explain the reason for his departure to Yishan, and his attitude was so resolute, which made Yishan very sad.
"What are you going home for? Blind date? ”
"Well, it's not because of that, it's because of ...... Uh, you don't understand, anyway, I have something to do with my father. ”
"If that's the case, you don't have to go back."
Yishan directly took out the letter written by Gray to Teng Yan and threw it in front of Maier. This letter was sent along with Teng Yan's letter to Yishan, who sent Gray's letter to Yishan just to keep Mel when he wanted to leave.
"This is a letter from my uncle to my father, you will know it when you read it."
Maier picked up the letter and read it carefully, making sure it was Gray's handwriting. Gray has a habit of writing that outsiders don't notice, and when he writes letters with tails, he always shakes the end of the tail to leave a less obvious mark. The letter with the tail was all marked with this mark so that Maier could confirm that it was his father's handwriting.
Upon learning of Gray's intentions, Mel was overwhelmed. According to Gray, Mel could only return home when he sent someone to find him, otherwise he would have to stay outside.
-- Everything must be faced by oneself, and everything must be like this.
Mel remembered what his father had said to him before he descended the mountain, and his brow furrowed.
What you said is simple, how could I solve this kind of thing myself!
"What's wrong?"
Yishan didn't show anything on her face when she saw Meier, but she was very worried in her heart. From the time Maier came to Liangyue City until now, he hadn't encountered anything he couldn't solve, so it was the first time Yishan had seen him embarrassed.
"It's okay, I'll go back first."
Maier returned the letter to Yishan and left the City Lord's Mansion without looking back.
Gray was always true to Myer, saying that if he didn't allow him to go home, he would never be allowed to go home. If Maier insisted on going back, whatever the reason, Gray would be angry. With Gray's temper, Mel will not be hung up and scratched with feathers, and Gray will probably disappear with his wife, so that Mel will never find them again.
Can't go home...... You can only face it yourself......
Can only take one step at a time?
After leaving the City Lord's Mansion, Mair let out a long sigh. Many times he did not understand his father's approach, but as time went on, he found that his father's decision was always the right one.
Why didn't Daddy let me go back?
If you go through the experience, you won't let me go home, right?
In fact, Gray's reason for not letting Mel go home is very simple, he wants Mel to learn to be independent, learn to think for himself, and learn to solve problems on his own.
Gray knew that as long as Maier went down the mountain and arrived in Liangyue City, he would realize that he was Gray? Benefits of Byrons' son. He will be respected for his sake, and he will do things smoothly, and he will have an easy time with people in high society. He has influenced Mel enough so that he can no longer let Mel rely on his intelligence and abilities, or he will not grow into a real man.
For the long-lived Rytin Magician, there will be many things to experience in life, and there will be many winds and waves. Gray can't stay with Mel forever, so he must raise Mel to be someone who can go through these things while he's still alive, but still be able to keep himself.
In fact, human potential is very large, and everyone is not as fragile as they think. As long as you push people to the right point, the potential will be stimulated. The difficulties that Mel is experiencing now are far from the point where he can bring out his potential, he just needs to calm down and think for a while, and the problem will be solved.
Why should I struggle with this for so long?
Halfway through, Maier had already figured things out. The last thing he lacks now is time, and cultivating Xiao Ye to become a Leyting Magician is not a matter of urgency, anyway, Xiao Ye is now his maid, and he can cultivate her whenever he wants. He can do as much as he can, and he doesn't have to force anything.
After figuring it out, Mel immediately felt much more relaxed. After that, a sense of shame welled up in my heart. He suddenly realized that his ideas were still naïve and that he had to mature quickly.
But maturity is not something that can be done by talking, and Maier didn't know what to do for a while.
So he had to go to the Bounty Hunters Guild as usual to see if there was a new bounty. Then he went to the business district to investigate the prices of commodities and found that the price of grain was still rising, but much less.
It seems that the people of Ira must have almost prepared the food and grass.
Maier pinched his chin and thought for a while, but at his current level, he could only reason about these things.
In fact, the Ira people have almost prepared the grain and grass, but this does not mean that they have enough food and grass. No one knows how long the war will last, and if the war lasts longer than the Ira expected, they will have to buy grain and grass, and the price of food will rise again. If Mair had waited for the price of food to come down, he would have made a fortune by betting that the war would last longer than the Ira had expected.
In fact, there are a lot of businessmen who do. Because they began to stock up on grain, the price of grain in Liangyue City never fell, so that the crime rate in the city increased greatly. The Bounty Hunters' Guild's bounty orders haven't increased much, as most of the new crimes haven't reached the point where bounties have been issued.
The bounty hunters have been busy lately, and the rising food prices have put a lot of pressure on them, and some of them have to rely on the soup kitchens of the Heyan family to make a living. Recently, the soup kitchen of the Heyan family has been frequented by thieves, and the Heyan family has suffered many losses in vain, but even so, the Heyan family still has not stopped giving porridge.
Some people may ask, as the city lord of Liangyue City, Yishan doesn't care about these things?
Yishan wanted to take care of it, but she didn't have the power. Even if she had the power, she didn't have the energy.
In the world of Taerong, the lord of the city is only a title, not the owner of the territory. The power of the lord is given by the lord, and in general, the lord only gives the lord the power to send the city guard, the power to collect taxes, and the power to deal with those who break the law. The lawbreakers here are not ordinary criminals, but people who want to rebel against the rule of the Taeyong aristocracy.
In the eyes of the Taeyong nobles, not paying taxes, not submitting to them, not obeying orders and the like are considered rebellion against their rule. Occasionally, they will maintain law and order, but that will be when they are in a good mood. In the world of Taeyong, there were no courts, arbitrators, tribunals or the like, and there were no police agencies, and the nobility was given absolute power, and the nobles in turn gave the task of maintaining law and order to the army.
There is a saying among the Tayrong nobility that if the army does not bring benefits, what good is it to keep the army? In fact, the vast majority of Tairong nobles will not form an army dedicated to maintaining law and order, because raising soldiers costs money.
The Tayyong nobles allowed civilians to own weapons, and also allowed civilians to become mercenaries or professional guards, and in their opinion, social security had little to do with them, and the affairs of civilians should be handled by civilians, and they were not obliged to take care of them. As long as they obediently pay taxes and obey the command, they are good citizens, and this is what you should do. If you don't pay taxes and don't obey the command, then you are a thief, and at this time, the Taeyong nobles will use the army to clean you up.
The Bounty Hunters' Guild was established in this context.
In the beginning, the Bounty Hunters Guild was just an intermediary for a few retired bounty hunters who wanted to use their spare time. They take a 10 percent commission from the bounties offered by their employers, a percentage that hasn't changed to this day.
Later, there were more and more similar intermediary establishments, and there were even cases of fighting in order to grab business. If even the bounty hunters start fighting each other for profit, society will become even more unstable.
So the Taeyong nobles stepped in. They forcibly integrated these intermediaries into a large guild, and it was at that time that the Bounty Hunters' Guild was officially established.
The original Bounty Hunters' Guild was controlled by the Taeyong nobles, and the Bounty Hunters became exploited. Later, the bounty hunters united and strongly demanded that the Taeyong nobles pull their hands out of the Bounty Hunters Guild. How could the nobles of Tairong easily give up the big cake of the Bounty Hunter Guild? So the contradictions between the two sides soon intensified, and finally the bounty hunter uprising broke out.
In this uprising, the bounty hunters, accustomed to fighting on their own, were beaten by the regular army of the Taeyong nobles in various postures and suffered a terrible defeat. However, after that, due to the lack of bounty hunters' checks and balances, illicit activities became more and more rampant, so much so that the Tayyong nobles had to devote some of their energy to dealing with the outlaws. It was only after being overwhelmed by the outlaws that the Tayyong nobles realized the importance of bounty hunters.
As a result, they had to compromise and allow the Bounty Hunters' Guild to govern itself. After this, the relationship between the bounty hunters and the Taeyong nobles gradually warmed up, and they were no longer hostile to each other.