On July 21, 1171 in Erathian Calendar, the townspeople of Hammondale were surprised to find that Lord Fowlersh, the esteemed lord of the town, and a carpenter, had made a huge bulletin board in front of the welcome tavern run by old Kobe Bryant, the most lively in the town.

Because he had nothing to do, he ran to the tavern to drink and drink, and many townspeople watched curiously as the old butler commanded the carpenter to be busy with this and that, and they didn't know why.

Everyone was talking about it, not knowing what the hell the lord was going to do, and all kinds of speculations and rumors began to fly all over the sky again.

The bulletin board was soon finished, and Lord Fowler hurried back to the castle, and when he was in a hurry, the crowd was embarrassed to stop him and ask questions.

After a while, Lord Fowler led another well-known figure in the town, Wendel, the former clerk who had been expelled by the former lord Lord Markham, and several servants from the castle to the bulletin board again, and posted a lord's decree in a hurry.

After the old butler and the others left, the townspeople rushed up to see the first decree of the new lord after taking office.

"Tax Reduction Order!" Sharp-eyed people are screaming.

This turned out to be a tax reduction order, and the townspeople were in an uproar, and the illiterate people were anxiously pulling at the literate people, and the literate people kept rubbing their eyes with their hands, and everyone couldn't believe what their eyes saw or what their ears heard.

Since the establishment of Hammondale, this tax has only increased, and each change of lord has to add several taxes, and this is the first time that the tax has been reduced, so it is no wonder that the townspeople are making such a fuss.

"Is it true? You're not going to lie to me, are you? ”

"Am I dazzled?"

Similar conversations are repeated in the crowd.

Although the lord's decree is clearly written in black and white, everyone is still skeptical. The decree shook like a dragon and caused a great commotion in the town of Hammondal.

But the matter was not over, and after a while, another decree was posted by Wendel, who had gone and returned.

"Pardon Order!" The crowd exclaimed again.

This new order is the result of the handling of the lord on the day he took office, and the owner of the victory inn, Christie, who actually committed a public murder and knocked the lord unconscious on the ground.

The pardon decree is very clear that the innkeeper Christy drank too much that day, and his mind was so unclear that he committed murder in the street, although his behavior was bad, but there was something to speak of, and the lord had a large number of them, so he was not counted, and he was released in court without guilt.

At the same time, all the prisoners arrested in the castle prison for resisting taxes or not being able to pay taxes were also released and acquitted.

If the last tax cut made everyone suspicious, this pardon is beyond doubt, because shortly after the lordship order was posted, Christy and a large group of prisoners who had been thrown into prison by the previous lord swarmed out of the castle.

The former order only caused an uproar among the townspeople, but the latter literally made the people of Hammondale boil over completely.

With the appearance of Christie, who is immortal, and a large group of former criminals have added fuel and vinegar, the image of the lord's generosity and kindness has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

was knocked unconscious on the street in front of everyone's eyes, or was beaten by a pariax in the eyes of a nobleman, such a shameful humiliation, the lord Christy would have been hanged a long time ago.

In the past, there were not a few people who were hanged for offending the lord.

And the authenticity of the first order is no longer publicly questioned.

Castle Harmonydale, atop the tallest minaret.

Chen Jian stood in front of the window with a smile, looking at the noisy crowd in the town from a distance, and the old housekeeper was behind him, with a look of admiration.

In the eyes of the old butler, Christy dared to offend a nobleman like this, even if he didn't die, he would have to shed his skin, and then he let him go when he thought of the lord's drift.

What kind of mind does this require! The old butler asked himself if it was himself, he would not be able to bear this breath.

The benevolence of the lord is simply comparable to the famous saint in history!

Chen Jian's heart was already happy at this time.

Unexpectedly, I didn't expect that I was worried about how to make the townspeople believe in me, support me, and make a series of plans for the smooth implementation of my own plan.

If it weren't for the old butler mentioning it, the lords who had been greatly stimulated in the past two days and had a lot of ups and downs would have almost forgotten that there was such a thing.

This is simply a good thing that just want to fall asleep, and the pillow falls from the sky! To win the trust of the people, all count on this Christie!

So Jian Chen generously let people go, and the result of the matter was as he expected.

Didn't you say that those who win the hearts of the people win the world, Lao Tzu doesn't want the world, as long as the gold coins are enough! Jian Chen was overjoyed in his heart, it was time to start the next plan.

So, the third lord's decree was posted on the bulletin board again under the attention of everyone.

"Parade order!"

Everyone understood what the first two lords' orders meant, but the third parade order, the lords did not understand it, and it was written that the lords would inspect the lord's guard tomorrow in the square near the town gate, and would give a speech, requiring all the townspeople to be present to watch and listen to the lord's teachings.

Wendel, who was pulled by everyone, also didn't know anything, but said that the lord wrote it like this, and everyone will naturally know the specific situation tomorrow.

That night, old Bryant's tavern business was booming again, and he had to close early due to the lack of ale.

Old Kobe, who was dissatisfied with the lord's occupation of the outer wall of his tavern, turned into a model lord, and was full of praise for the new lord.

The next day, the square at the gate of the town was crowded with people.

The mystery in the hearts of the people is about to be revealed, but the more this happens, the more uncomfortable it is like a cat scratch.

Everyone wants to figure out what tricks the lord is playing, this lord who doesn't play cards according to common sense gave everyone such a big surprise yesterday, what about today, will there be a bigger surprise?

"Ladies and gentlemen, although I, the lord, have only been here for a few days and don't know much about the situation here, I know one thing, and that is that everyone's life is not good now! Why is it so bad? It's because of those big-eared monster robbers outside, because these robbers blocked the road to the outside world, causing great trouble to everyone! Under everyone's gaze, after the old butler turned over his costume, the majestic lord ascended a temporary high platform and began the long-awaited speech, "The reason why everyone is gathered here today is not for anything else, but to ask everyone, you, the people of Hammondal, do you want to destroy the big-eared monster bandits who are blocking the road outside!" Do you want to? ”

"I want to !!" The leaders shouted and replied, isn't this nonsense? Who likes a group of robbers to stay at their doorstep every day.

The lord nodded with satisfaction, and said: "I also want to eliminate these robbers, that's why I'm here today, as a lord, I have the responsibility and obligation to eliminate these robbers, and give everyone a stable living environment." However, I have to regret to tell you that there is nothing I can do about these robbers now! ”

Pointing to the fifty soldiers of the lord's guard in the center of the square, Chen Jian changed his words: "Why can't I do anything? If you look at these soldiers, you will understand! Check out their gear! Look at their weapons! Look at their numbers again! As you know, I was chased by the big-eared monsters just a few days ago, and I know very well how many big-eared monsters there are, and I also know how their equipment and combat effectiveness are, to be honest, it is not difficult to defeat them at all, but I can't defeat them now, because the lord guard in my hand is simply a rabble, and their equipment is not even as good as the big-eared monsters! Don't believe me, if I were to drag them out to fight the big-eared monsters now, few of them would dare to go! ”

As he spoke, the soldiers of the guard bowed their heads in shame, the lord really poked them in the sore spot, they were terrified of even the appearance of the big-eared monster in their field of vision, let alone go out to fight the robbers.

There was silence at the scene, and everyone froze, looking at the soldiers in patch uniforms in the square, and then thinking about the freshly dressed and angry guards of Lord Markham before, the difference was really not one or two, it was simply one in the sky and one on the ground.

"Maybe everyone will say, the same lord, why is this lord so different from the previous lord? Why is it that the guards of other lords are strong, but now this lord's guards are like a group of beggars, why is this? Jian Chen's voice sounded at the right time, he had successfully guided the thinking of the lords, "Many of you present know the situation when I entered the town a few days ago, I believe that in the history of Hammondal, no lord has been appointed like this, why is this?" ”

"This is because, I, the current Lord of Hammondal, Jian Chen, am not a nobleman as you think I am, I am just like you, not long ago I was a commoner with nothing, and before I became a lord, I was an adventurer wandering the continent! And not a noble lord who is high up! ”

The people were in an uproar.

This lord is not even a nobleman? So how can he become a lord?

As if knowing what the lords were thinking, the lord's voice sounded again: "How I became a lord, it doesn't matter, I can only tell you that it was purely an accident!" Now the important thing is that since I am not a nobleman, I can't arm my guards with a lot of gold coins like other lords, I can honestly tell you that I am poor now, poorer than you, much poorer than most of the people here, so my guards are poorly equipped and poorly trained, and I can also tell you that my castle is running out of food now, maybe in a while, I will become the first lord in the history of the continent of Erathia to starve to death! In such a situation, I can't protect myself, how can I destroy the big-eared monster robbers! ”

"Maybe you won't believe what I said, saying that the lord may be lying to you, but I didn't deceive, and I don't need to deceive, let me tell you why I, the lord of the dignified city, have such a desolate life!"

"Everyone knows that the previous lord, Lord Markham, is gone, but do you know how he got there? He had secretly sold all the valuable things in the castle, he had taken away in advance the taxes that should have been collected from everyone at the end of the year, he had taken away all his well-armed soldiers, he had abandoned his faithful steward, Master Fowlersh, and other equally loyal servants, he had left them not a single copper coin, only a small amount of rough grain, and he even owed them a month's unpaid wages! He's just leaving these people here, waiting for me, the stupid lord, to come and take them stupidly! He threw this territory, which he had no wealth to scavenge, to the big-eared bandits, leaving his people bullied by the robbers and left them alone! Since he took all the guards with him, in order to maintain law and order, Lord Forlesh, who did not understand military affairs, had to drive ducks to the shelves and re-form an inexperienced guard to protect everyone! Poor Lord Forlesh, for the sake of the equipment of the guards, at such an old age, he had to be cheeky to buy weapons from the weapons store with an IOU! ”

In the crowd, Old Saida's face turned red, he did accept an IOU from Lord Fowlersh, but he didn't know it in advance, and he also gave the old butler a fifty percent discount! The poor old blacksmith was almost aggrieved to death under the slightly disdainful gaze of the crowd, and everyone knew that all of Hammondale was his weapons shop, and there was no other semicolon.

Old Kobe glared at him and scolded in a low voice: "It turns out that you old bedbug is more greedy for money than me, and you are not allowed to come to my store to drink wine in the future!" ”

"Didn't I know the situation? If I had known, I wouldn't have taken that money! "The old blacksmith was about to cry.

The lord's words continued.

"And all this is just because our former lord, the old thief Markham, has made enough gold coins in Hammondale and wants to retire to his hometown for the elderly!"

After saying this, Jian Chen felt that his heart was relieved, and there were not many opportunities to scold Markham as an old thief in front of so many people so openly.

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