Three days passed very quickly, the residents of Kacheng did not feel much, but Kacheng is experiencing earth-shaking changes, some people have found that half of the guards of the four gates of Kacheng are strangers, however, there are more rules than before, for this change, everyone is still very welcome.

If there is anything important in the past three days, that is, the court in Kacheng will hear a case, and this kind of thing will not cause any shock, but I heard that the defendant is the son of the financial officer of Kacheng, which can be regarded as a strange anecdote, I really didn't expect that the people of the city lord Karn will be tried, and the city lord has not moved at all in these three days.

The court session was scheduled for nine o'clock in the morning, but in the early morning, a large number of cardinal citizens had already gathered, and everyone wanted to see who was so bold as to dare to sue the famous little John in the city.

The auditorium of the largest courtroom in the courtroom can only accommodate more than 200 people, Fei Wude originally planned to let people in at eight o'clock in the morning, and it should be full by nine o'clock, but he didn't expect that the residents of Kacheng were so concerned about the City Lord's Mansion this time.

This was not common in the past, especially in the past two years, when each court was held, there were only a few people, but in the past two years, the prisoners tried were all people who were against the City Lord's Mansion, but this time it was the other way around.

As for why he was so concerned this time, because just now, a heavyweight was added to the defendants--Karn! When it was close to midnight last night, Karn actually turned himself in.

Seeing the crowd outside the courtroom, Fei Wude had to open the door half an hour late, and a quarter of an hour after the door opened, the door of the courtroom had to be closed again, because it was already full.

Yu Wuming and the three did not come with Charlotte, they had already entered the courtroom through the back door of the courtroom at six o'clock in the morning, and at this time, they were looking at the courtroom courtyard from an inconspicuous window on the second floor of the courtroom.

When the three Charlottes arrived at the courtroom, they were just in time for the Petrovich family's butler and Baron John, the treasurer of the city of Carcity, to enter the courtroom together. The butler's humility as always contrasts sharply with the aura, which is no one in the eyes of the financial officer.

Especially when the two of them already knew that the three young people in front of them were one of the plaintiffs, the expressions on the faces of the two were even more polarized, the chief butler smiled and nodded to the three of them, with a look of encouragement in his eyes, while John's eyes were full of anger, if it wasn't for his own face, I am afraid he would have rushed up to fight.

Charlotte and the three of them waited on the side, ready to wait for the chief butler and John Treasurer to go in before entering, John ignored the three of them and walked straight in, but the chief butler stayed, exchanged a few words with the three of them, and then entered the courtroom under the humility of the three of them.

Yu Wuming found that when the people around the door of the court saw the chief housekeeper and the financial officer appear at the trial scene together, some people actually turned around and left, and it could be seen that some people were still not optimistic about the trial.

Many of the people who stayed at the scene were whispering, Yu Wuming was on the second floor, it was impossible to hear what they said, but they heard the discussion of those people clearly: "See? The big butler is actually with that fat John, it seems that this time...... There is no hope. ”

"Yes, yes, John has always been Karn's dogleg, and he appeared with the butler, and he talked and laughed, and this time he hung again. ”

"Do you think this Baron John has a lot of brains? A good nobleman, following a butler to do the root work. ”

"What do you know!Prime Minister Menzi Qipinguan, Karn is the number one powerful person in Ka City, by the way, Karn is not the second butler of the Petrovich family now, he is the lord of the city, and he is much more angry than him as a little country baron!"

"yes, when you say that, I think it's a bit of a fuss when you say Karn turned himself in?"

"How is it possible? How can the city lord turn himself in, you can play while you go! Look, the city lord will be there in person in a while!"

...... For a while, all kinds of news were discussed.

"I heard that this time the son of Baron John was also involved, as if he had offended a greater nobleman, and arrested Little John directly!"

"So what, John is also a nobleman, the big nobleman is not injured and not dead, at most he can pay a little money to settle it, we little civilians who are guilty of his hands...... Hmph, ask for more blessings!"

The courtroom observation area is almost full, however, there are still some empty seats, these seats are specially reserved for some high-ranking officials and nobles, Yu Wuming and the three of them chose a row behind the chief butler and the financial officer to sit down, as soon as they sat down, they immediately attracted the attention of everyone around, after all, the high-ranking officials and nobles in a city have more or less some friendship, and now three outsiders suddenly appeared, which was naturally particularly conspicuous.

But the chief butler and the financial officer didn't seem to notice them, both of them looked ahead without squinting, and the place where Yu Wuming and the three of them sat was only a row away from them, as long as they paid attention, some of the whispers said by the chief butler and the financial officer could be heard.

After Yu Wuming sat down, he opened a brown paper bag, took out a stack of papers from it, and looked at it carefully, these were given to him by Fei Wude in the judge's lounge just now, and these were the information of the financial officer and the chief butler. Although he had already gone through the materials of the two of them in the past three days, looking at the materials given by Fei Wude could play a role in picking up the missing pieces.

Yu Wuming looked at it at will, the information of the chief housekeeper does not need to be read for the time being, in the past three days, he and the chief housekeeper have talked secretly many times, and each has some compromises, and now the two have reached a consensus, so there is no need to rush to see the information of the chief housekeeper now, but to understand the situation of the financial officer first, and see if there is anything new in these materials.

According to the archives, the treasurer was brought in by Karn, the former second butler, the current lord of the city, five years ago, when Karlsruhe had experienced a downturn in the city's economy and Karn had just become one of the many third stewards of the city lord's mansion.

At that time, all the housekeepers were helpless against the economic downturn, and the think tank of the big housekeeper also had no good advice on this, and the big housekeeper had to ask the society for advice, and at that time posted a recruitment list, as long as he could solve the economic crisis of Kacheng, no matter what his background, he could be appointed as the financial officer of Kacheng.

It was then that Karn appeared with John, and John's strategy was to reduce taxes, reduce the gate tax, increase the amount of resources entering the city, and reduce the population tax, so that everyone could get enough money, and if they had money, they could buy more goods, and increase the turnover of goods, and the natural income would be higher.

It's a very simple proposal, it's really simple, but sometimes people are like that, and the more superficial things are, the more people will think about complexity.

Through the implementation of this strategy, it was indeed increased in fiscal revenue for a period of time, and for two years, a large number of resources and personnel poured into the city, so that the city showed a thriving scene.

The chief butler thought that Karn still had some ability, and promoted him to the second steward, while John naturally became the treasurer, and the grand butler gradually handed over the family affairs to Karn.

When Karn was in full power, he began to raise taxes, increasing the merchant tax, the poll tax, and the entry tax, not slowly, but substantially, yes, this did bring another income, but the population and resources flowed out of the city again in a short time.

After that, the chief butler seemed to have lost interest in managing the family, and Karn's actions were not restricted, which made Karn's desire for power completely explode, especially after taking the Prime Minister's Office, his desire for power reached its peak.

After reading this, Yu Wuxian looked up at John's back, this person is just an impostor, this tax reduction strategy cannot be his one, it seems that someone is behind their backs, who came up with this tax reduction policy for the first time in Card City? After that, I don't know why Karn didn't take that person's suggestion? He couldn't figure it out.

And then the policy of raising taxes seems to be something that this fat-headed and big-eared John can propose, but this guy knows at a glance that he knows nothing about the economy, and only sees short-term income increases, but does not see a long-term economic recession.

At this time, as the judge was in place, the hammer fell, and the trial officially began, the judge's trial table was piled up with files of about 1 meter, the judge glanced at Fei Wude, and the sheriff looked at Yu Wuming, Yu Wuming gave him a supportive smile, the sheriff nodded firmly to Yu Wuming, and the chief butler and John seemed to think that the sheriff was nodding to them, and both smiled and nodded in response.

Seeing the sheriff's reaction, the judge picked up the first file, and the waiting scribe immediately picked up a copy of the file and read it.

This dossier is a noble dispute, a baronial heir asks for the return of the baronial title, and in the auditorium, John listens to the scribe's reading, and feels so much like his experience, but this heir is really stupid, if this lawsuit is established, he himself will not be good, and in the end he will only be stripped of the title of nobility.

Unexpectedly, the chief butler patted him on the shoulder and said, "Baron John, please stand on the stage and explain the origin of your title." ”

John did not react for a moment, but stood up in ignorance, and took two steps, only to realize how he had stood up, and in the auditorium, a young man from the countryside who looked honest and less than twenty years old, also stood up.

John looked at each other in surprise, and he muttered quietly, "Shizi?"

He didn't expect that this cowardly baron would really come and sue him, was this going to break the net? He gave him a tenth of the nobility's allowance every month.

Seeing John stand, two court guards stepped forward and took John left and right, and led him to the dock, while the baron stepped onto the plaintiff's bench.

What everyone didn't expect happened suddenly, the people who heard the trial also watched the chief butler and the financial officer come in together just now, and some people were ready to leave the venue at that time, but unfortunately the exit was blocked by the guards of the court, and they had to sit back again, but they were basically desperate for today's result.

But what is the situation? The court actually slashed at John first? And John, who didn't know whether he was mad or arrogant, said to the young man viciously: "Son, why do you bother? Is it interesting to lose both sides like this? If you feel that one-tenth is too little, can I give you a price! How about one-fifth?"

John bargained directly with the young man in the courtroom. But everyone sitting here knows that this is a confirmation that he has stolen his position as the original master.

The young man timidly turned his head to look at the judge, and immediately lowered his head, apparently unwilling to answer John's question. The judge then asked, "John Connery, do you admit that your title is not right?"

Both John and the young man looked up at the judge, "No, my title comes from the Ancestral Shadow!" "Yes, I took it from him!"

Two voices rang out at the same time, the first from the young man, and the second from John in the dock. There was an uproar in the crowd sitting and listening, no one thought that this "John" Baron would answer so simply, this is a direct confession!