Chapter 112: Song of Victory
The knights of Icefield City searched the mansion of the Hall family and found that the assets they had accumulated were extremely amazing, there were 1670,000 gold coins stored in the secret room alone, and the rest of the silver coins and various jewelry were countless, many of which were still stained with blood, I really don't know how they got these things.
Now Icefield City is the time for large-scale production, and with this asset, Icefield City's economic situation will not always be stretched, but Rafa walked around the city of Corsol and found that except for the people who were attached to the Hall family, the rest of the people were doing extremely badly, especially after yesterday's "purge" After that, almost 2,000 people were killed, many families were destroyed, and even if they stayed in the city lord's mansion far from the execution square, they could smell a strong fishy smell, and Rafa, fearing that the plague would breed, directly asked Hedda to burn the square clean.
It is such a tragic situation, which has to let Rafa leave 100,000 gold coins in the city lord's mansion to support the reconstruction of Kosol City, for the remnants of the Hall family and lackeys, he decided to shoot all of them, because leaving hidden dangers is often much more serious than the problem erupting directly, if they are released now, although they can show their mercy, but for the civilians who hate the Hall family, leaving them will attract dissatisfaction.
After discussing with Felihill, they decided not to manage Kosol City by themselves, but to find an agent to help manage it, because they are busy with one Icefield City, and they want to add another Korsol City, they don't have such a plan, nor do they have such energy, they just need to ensure that the trade routes of Kosol City are smooth, and at the same time, Icefield City may not help when Kosol City encounters foreign enemies.
It's a pity that it is really difficult to find someone who is familiar with the operation system of Kosol and is not a lackey of the Hall family, but when the knights searched the city lord's mansion, they really found such a person.
"Yorkhall, I remember seeing you, you were the husband of that fat woman. Standing in the hall, Rafa looked at the middle-aged man who was kneeling on the ground trembling with his hands behind his back.
"No, no, no... I'm just from the Hall family, not from the Hall family......" York waved his hand again and again with a bitter face, he felt that the most wrong decision in his life was to join the Hall family, in this unlucky family, the fat woman Jiani always bullied him, and other people looked down on him, and now that the Hall family is down, he has to be buried with him.
"Let me be blunt, we don't intend to take the city of Kosol, and from now on, you will be the lord of Kosol City. ”
"Uh...... Ah!?" York was a little confused, and he was stunned for a long time, and then his mouth grew big, he didn't dare to imagine that this was said by His Royal Highness the Prince, not only did he not have to die, but he could also be the boss of Kosol City, was he dreaming?
"Why, you don't want to?"
"I... I ......" happiness came so suddenly that he stammered a little excitedly, "I do!
"Now that Kosol City is in ruins, I will leave 100,000 gold coins for you to deal with the follow-up," Rafa drew his sword slightly, "If I find out that you used this money to eat, drink, and have fun, or want to run away with the money, I can guarantee that you will die a miserable death, worse than the Marquis of Hall, who was reduced to pieces." ”
"I understand!" said York, nodding repeatedly.
"Of course, Kosol City is now my vassal, and I naturally want some benefits. ”
"Your Highness, please speak. ”
"I know that the Hale family's assets are not limited to those of the City Lord's Mansion, they also have a lot of land, serfs and livestock, right?"
"Yes, yes, almost all the land outside the city
They all belong to the Hall family, and there are probably more than 1,000 serfs, and there are more than 1,000 large and small livestock combined. "York, formerly an agent of the Hall family, is familiar with these things.
"Well, I will take three-fifths of the livestock and serfs, and as for the land, you will give it directly to the serfs or sell it to the landless vagrants. Rafa wanted to take them all, but he was afraid that it would be beyond the limits of Icefield City.
"Ah, give the land to the serfs?" Yorke was taken aback, not knowing what kind of operation it was.
"Of course it's not a direct delivery, you can set the rules, after a year of planting and a good yield, they can go from serfs to commoners," Rafa had expected him to have such an expression, "Don't be surprised, if you don't want a riot in your territory, just do what I say." ”
"Yes, yes, do as you say. ”
"Okay, so be it, I'll give you three months, within three months, Kosol City will be exempted from all taxes on the civilians, and after that, Kosol City will pay forty percent of the tax revenue every month to Icefield City. As he spoke, he handed York the two contracts that Philishel had just written, "If there is no objection, sign your name on them." ”
"Yes, yes, yes. York had no choice but to nod vigorously, and then wrote his name on the piece of paper with a hand that was shaking with excitement or fear.
Rafa then signed his name and took back a deed.
"Very well, Lord of York, and I wish us a happy cooperation. ”
Rafa laughed and helped him up from the ground, patted him on the shoulder, took the Covenant wine brought by Audrey, and handed York a glass, the covenant wine is a tradition of Ola, as small as a business negotiation or as large as a covenant between countries, you can drink a glass.
"Thank you, Your Highness. York shuddered and took the glass, and drank it down.
"Alright, the execution square has begun, let's go and have a look, and by the way, let everyone know the new city lord. ”
Hearing the word execution, York shuddered, but fortunately heard the second half of the sentence, otherwise he would immediately collapse to the ground.
When the group arrived at the execution square, they found that the scene was already very lively, and Helmut, who had been newly appointed as a police officer, was mobilizing the atmosphere, picking up the gun and putting it against the back of the head of the executor, and then he did not shoot until the people were so frightened that she screamed and urinated, she happily withdrew the gun, her face was full of joy, and when the people were dissatisfied that she had not killed the sinner, she would immediately take out a dagger and cut off one of the locked prisoner's ears, which caused a burst of cheers from the people.
"It seems that the position of police officer is right. Rafa frowned slightly at the sight of her evil taste.
Then, he led Felihill to the stage, and everyone in the audience knew that it was His Royal Highness the Prince who overthrew the brutal Hall family, and they all cheered, "God bless His Highness Rafa!
"Ahem, stop for a moment. As soon as Rafa stretched out his hand, the cheering around him quickly stopped.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you, this is the new lord of Corsol, the Marquis of York. Rafa didn't bother to ink any more nonsense to incite the crowd, and directly asked York to stand up.
York smiled and nodded to the crowd, but the city of Kosol knew this person, and they all looked at each other and didn't speak, and the scene was suddenly a little cold.
It's not that they treat York as a lackey of the Hall family, in Kosol City, everyone knows that York is a guy who is bullied badly, if you want to say that you hate the Hall family the most, York must be one of them, but to let such a guy be the lord of the city, everyone thinks he is not qualified, or rather, they think
He's ...... Timid.
Although the atmosphere was a little awkward, York still followed Rafa's instructions and shouted out to the crowd in the audience that there would be no taxes in the city of Kosol for the next three months, that the serfs would have the opportunity to turn over, and that the city lord's palace would directly compensate each family very generously, and other measures to improve the appearance of Kosol City.
As soon as these promises came out, the atmosphere was still a little chilly, but this time it was not disdainful, but I couldn't believe it.
After a long while, someone shouted, "Your Highness Rafa, is what he said true?"
"I dare to vouch for the character that everything York said is true, and rest assured that York will never do anything as ugly as the Hall family, and if he dares to break these rules, he will end up like these people. ”
As he spoke, he glanced at Helmut, who had only been touching the gun for a short time, but he was already extremely proficient in using it, and after firing several shots, several members of the Hall family immediately fell to the ground and died.
"Roar!"
With Rafa's guarantee, the people finally accepted York and cheered together, and York saw the miserable situation of those people in the audience, and immediately turned pale with fright, but he was already the lord of the Marquis City and waved to the people with trembling hands.
After the execution of the criminals, Rafa helped York to set up the management of the City Lord's Mansion, most of them were some people whose families were broken and alone, they had nowhere to go, and now they had become officials of the City Lord's Mansion, and it was estimated that they would have to work harder.
And the gold coins and treasures and a large number of goods in the city lord's mansion were also sent out of the city in a steady stream, some of them were pulled back by carriages, and some of them were moved to the Ice Plain, although he could have taken these things for himself without spending money, but he still decided to return them to the merchants, and then buy them with money.
For a time, on the road to Icefield City, the carriages loaded with goods were continuous, and the hundreds of livestock driven by serfs behind were quite spectacular, in order to prevent these livestock from running away, Rafa specially ordered the knights to follow the livestock, although the speed of this march was a little slower, but now there is no war, it doesn't matter if it is slow, and it can resist the beasts on the road.
In the battle of Kosol, except for two knights who fell down the steps and were injured, and five knights who were injured by their own grenades, none of them died, which boosted the morale of the knights, who believed that the army of Icewon City was invincible and invincible.
In order to strengthen this morale, Rafa walked in the middle of the group and began to hum a melodious and majestic song, which the knights around him had never heard before, and hummed along.
Hearing the rising singing, Filicille and Audair, who were sitting in the carriage, couldn't help but look into the distance, but they couldn't hear what he was singing from a distance.
But when Rafa had sung it a few more times, more knights joined in the chorus, and those who followed him could hear it clearly.
"The time of parting has come, you look me in the eye uneasily, I catch the breath of my hometown while a thunderstorm falls in the distance, the misty blue air currents tremble, and a worried look wells up in my ears, Icefield City calls us for honor, and the wind blows from the pace of the process......"
Felihill stroked the stray sideburns around her ears and hummed along.
"The fields are rolling in the waves, and we are striding forward to overcome the calamity, to praise the labor, to defend the happiness and tranquility......"
The knights carried their guns and sang songs of victory in the sunset, their smiling faces so sincere and firm, and their neat steps so solid and powerful. 2k reading web