Seeing the horses coming in the dark, Elle and her party were stunned.

Barrett raised his mace and shouted, "Who is it?" ”

The formation of the nearby rebel army was disorganized, and the young people surrounded them.

Gandalf on the horse was a little cowardly, he tightened the horse rope and turned his head to look at Luo Lan: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, do you want to identify yourself?" I'm afraid I'll be hacked to death. ”

Luo Lan naturally did not immediately identify himself, Gandalf was afraid of death, and he was also afraid of death.

He jumped off his horse and held it high in the air. The torches illuminated the cursive script, and you could see the dense writing on it.

All the peasants present were illiterate, except for the young girl Ellie.

"Who are you? What is it? ”

"This is Prince Luo Lan's edict, the reflection on the tax in the first two years and the land reform system in the future are all here, and the literate can take a look."

Luo Lan shouted, and he found that more and more farmers gathered around him, and the black line turned into a circle.

Barrett grabbed cursive roughly, but he only knew a few words.

"What the hell is written, does that bastard prince want us to surrender? I slaughtered him! ”

Barrett was about to tear up the cursive script, but fortunately, Elle on the side jumped up and snatched it away.

"To my people: This prince has made a great mistake by being ignorant, and I hereby bend down to apologize to my people, and secondly, to apologize, for the next three years, Phuket will be completely tax-free. Fishing, agriculture, animal husbandry, whatever is earned by my people, belongs to my people. ”

Ellie's crisp voice rang out from afar, and in the light of the jumping fire, many people let out exclamations.

Tax free, a word that exists only in legends.

Because of the scourge of feudal land tenure, the peasants were slaves, and it was impossible for the feudal lords to give them tax exemptions, not even the word tax exemptions.

And now, the prince is exempt from tax for three years.

The wild Barrett roared, "Really? ”

This roar knocked Luo Lan's ears through, and he rubbed his ears and nodded: "Really." ”

The people looked at each other, and Elle was still reading: "The peasants are miserable, and the lords have evaded taxes, resulting in this prince having no money to give back to the people, no money to build roads, no money to build rivers, and the development of agriculture has been stagnant for many years." Therefore, from this day onwards, the abolition of the one hundred and twenty-three lords on Phuket Island, the exploitation of their titles, the confiscation of their lands, and the expulsion of all minor lords from the island will not only be a punishment for their tax evasion, but also a judgment for their ignorance of the beacon! ”

Expelle the feudal lords!

It was another bombshell that made the rebels dizzy.

Ellie trembled, "Will you really expel the lord?" ”

"Really, Prince Luo Lan never lies."

Luo Lan laughed, and Barrett yelled: "The bastard prince said that he wanted to expel the lord!" ”

He was expressing his joy, and this joy was centered on Luo Lan and rushed in all directions.

The firelight jumped, and the peasants gasped like cheers.

However, soon, Elle was the first to calm down, and she stared at Luo Lan coldly, "Why didn't the prince come to see us in person?" He's scared, isn't he? He is just perfunctory to us, and when we are gone, he will immediately organize soldiers to surround us"!

I have to say that this young girl Elle is very smart, she is obviously not an ordinary farmer.

Luo Lan glanced at her more and found that she was not only beautiful, but also gave people an elegant feeling, like a nobleman in the city.

At this time, in the face of Ellie's questioning, the people around calmed down, they didn't believe that the prince was so kind.

Luo Lan also knew that he couldn't be trusted, so he simply didn't refute, but motioned to Ellie, "You continue to read and see what other policies the prince has."

Surprised, Ellie continued to read.

"After the expulsion of the minor lord, all the land on Phuket Island will belong to the prince alone, and according to the laws of the Sea Spirit Kingdom, the lord has absolute control over the land in his territory. Therefore, the prince decided to contract the land in the domain to my people, and my people could receive a certain amount of land according to the size of their family. During the contract, my people are free to dispose of the acquired land, exempt from tax for three years, and at a rate of 10 percent after three years. ”

Ellie's voice trembled again.

Everyone around them held their breath, they might not understand the right to govern, but they could understand the three-year tax exemption and the tax rate of 10 percent.

The tax rate is 10 percent, which is an unprecedentedly low tax.

You must know that the tax rate of today's feudal lords is generally more than 40 percent, and in the era of serious backwardness of the productive forces, the tax rate of 40 percent is fatal.

No one spoke, and the peasants in the distance, not knowing what was happening, squeezed desperately to this side, asking one after another.

Elle read the cursive back and forth several times, and though she didn't think it was credible, she couldn't contain her ecstasy.

"Really?"

"Really, His Royal Highness the Prince is not joking."

This time it was Gandalf's turn to speak, and he took the initiative to stand in front of Luo Lan and explain to everyone: "This land reform is actually to distribute cultivated land to everyone, and every household has the right to use the land, and there is no need to be a coolie for the lord anymore. Remember, the arable land is yours in the future, you have to work hard to cultivate it, and after three years, you only need to pay 10% of the land use tax every year. ”

Gandalf knew that many people didn't understand, so he explained very carefully, and then he saw everyone smile in surprise, and he also looked back at Luo Lan with a smile: "Your Royal Highness, is this what the household contract system means?" ”

Suddenly, everyone stopped smiling, and countless pairs of eyes looked at Luo Lan.

The corners of Luo Lan's mouth twitched, Gandalf's face turned white with fright, and he waved his hands and shouted: "No, no, he's not a prince......"

Barrett pushed him away and pulled Luo Lan up directly, "You are the prince?" Are you kidding us? ”

Barrett is tall and big, and his face is so angry that he is almost scared to death.

Luo Lan sighed: "If I had identified myself from the beginning, I'm afraid I wouldn't have had the opportunity to say so much." ”

"You're really playing tricks on us!"

Barrett was furious, and the farmers around him also raised their farm tools, as if they were about to do anything if they disagreed.

Fortunately, at this time, the carriage sounded, and the carriage of the church came at a gallop.

In the firelight, the emblem of the Holy Mountain on the curtain of the carriage reflected the silver brilliance. That's the most recognizable badge in the world.

"Holy Church!"

Elle exclaimed, and Barrett was also startled, and the rest of the peasants immediately reined in their anger when they heard the words Holy Church, and became respectful.

Luo Lan observed her words and sighed secretly: The divine right of the monarch is really not a joke, and the church is a well-deserved king.

If I want to reform on land in the future, I am afraid that I will have to work against the church.

Luo Lan shook her head and didn't think about it deeply.

The carriage stopped in front of everyone, and all the peasants stared at the carriage in amazement.

The curtain was lifted, revealing a beautiful face. Dressed in a black nun's dress, Bina is as holy and beautiful as an angel.

"Ms. Bina!"

Petite Elle suddenly cried out, she was the only one here who knew Bina.

However, Bina didn't know her, and she couldn't help but be surprised.

"It's me, when I was in the Sea Spirit Capital, you treated my wounds, and I was a student in the Sea Spirit Academy."

Elle excitedly adored, she didn't expect to meet the archnun of the church in this situation.

Bina seemed to remember, and smiled softly, "It's you, is your foot injury healed"?

It's not an exaggeration to laugh at the city.

The peasants around her were dumbfounded, and Bina was like an angel. The rough man Barrett's old face flushed, and he unconsciously let go of Luo Lan.

Luo Lan straightened her collar and coughed lightly.

"Miss Bina, excuse me, say nice things for me."

The corners of Bina's mouth curled and she stepped out of the carriage. In fact, she was still very worried before she came, after all, the farmers may not know her, and she may not be able to make the farmers believe in Luo Lan.

But now there is an acquaintance, and this acquaintance is still the person he saved back then.

Everything was ready, and a meeting under the city began.

Torches were planted in the grass, and some fires rose on the plain. Tired peasants sat on the floor and talked to each other.

In the center of the crowd, Bina spoke at length with the leaders of the rebel army about Prince Roland's reforms.

This meeting under the city lasted for half a night.

The open-air meeting, known as the League of Castles, determined three things: first, the prince's promise not to pursue the peasant rebellion; Second, the prince promised to be exempt from tax for three years, starting with this autumn harvest; Thirdly, the prince promised to carry out land reform and abolish all the minor lords on the island.

In the middle of the night, Gandalf and his soldiers brought in food, which was almost all the food in the city.

What should have been a terrible war turned into a bonfire carnival, and the smell of wheat bread and grilled fish was in the air.

The lords hiding in the city looked at each other, they didn't know what was going on, and they didn't dare to go out of the city to check.

This is how the meeting of the city was recorded in later generations.

"The great Prince Luo Lan and the holy nun Bina took the initiative to lower their status, to be on an equal footing with the serfs, without a single soldier, to quell a war of 10,000 people, and to lay a solid foundation for the land reform of later generations" - the alliance under the city of Buji.