With Su Ruoyan and Ed, Li Huailin returned to the main city of his territory, Suovata City, to return here, and Su Ruoyan here first proposed to see the current development of the city's commerce.

"Sure enough, a lot of shops are closed." Looking at the situation on the street, Su Ruoyan here shook his head slightly, now the commercial development of Sovata City is not very optimistic, the development of small and medium-sized shops is very difficult, some shopkeepers who can't survive have chosen to close their doors or directly change their business areas, and the two chambers of commerce under Li Huailin are taking advantage of this time to develop on a large scale in Li Huailin's territory.

"Well, the question is very strict?" Li Huailin asked.

"Nonsense, it's not all your problems." Su Ruoyan here said.

"Ahem." Li Huailin can't help it, if he doesn't do this, his people's loyalty will not be suppressed at all, and now he has been loyal to the people, and if he collects a little less tax, he won't be able to bear it at all, and soon these civilians will rebel because their lives are too good, and it is simply an official forcing the people to rebel.

As he was talking, a loud scolding voice came from the commercial street next to him, attracting the attention of Li Huailin and several others.

"What are you talking about, I took your things to give you face, and you dare to ask me for money?" A man shouted loudly, sounding as if he was about to hit someone.

Li Huailin turned his head to look and found that the scolding was actually the guards wearing the armor of his duke's palace, there were four people in total, and they were surrounded by a small vendor, who seemed to be a vendor selling fruits and other things, and the guards here were holding a fruit in a game similar to apples, surrounding the vendor who was begging for mercy on the ground, it seemed that he was looking for trouble. The civilians in the surrounding circle were watching, but no one dared to go up and speak.

"Uncles. Please give the little one a way to live, you come over to get things at two ends in three days, and our small business can't be sustained at all. The stall owner here really knelt down for the four of them, begging for mercy and saying.

"Hmph, you don't know yourself, and you still want to ask me why? Ask the vendors in the neighborhood. Think about whether you forgot something to do. The guard here reminded.

In fact, the guards here are charging "protection money" from the hawkers, but this hawker didn't give it, so they deliberately came to trouble this guy twice in three days, wanting him to "wake up" as soon as possible.

"Uncles, it's not that I don't know, it's that I really can't afford it, I have nowhere to eat my own food, and I really can't live." Said the vendor here.

"I don't care if you live or not......" The guards here just wanted to kick the vendors, but suddenly at a glance, they saw Li Huailin walking over here.

"Collar ...... Your Lordship. The soldiers here panicked. was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground, and hurriedly saluted Li Huailin.

"Your Lord!" The other three people also saluted immediately, they were all terribly scared, how could they be seen by the lord at this time, there is still a way to live? I don't know how I'll be punished.

"You are...... That one...... Marcel's men? Li Huailin asked suddenly.

"Uh...... Yes, my lord. A few people here thought for a while and replied honestly, they were the subordinates of Marcel, the previous thief group, after Marcel arrived. Li Huailin asked them to be city guards, although Interior Minister Geert was strongly opposed. But there is no way, who made Li Huailin the lord.

"Oh, yes." Li Huailin nodded, looking at this group of guards very nervously, because Marcel had just arrived here, that is to say, he had just come to defect. Although he sat on the leader of Chengwei, his position was not very stable, and now he was caught by the lord, would he say that Marcel was derelict and drove him away, there is no boss. They can't get along. So these city guards were all very nervous looking at Li Huailin.

"Well done." Suddenly, Li Huailin smiled with satisfaction, and then patted the shoulders of several city guards who were in a daze.

"Huh?" Not only did these two guards not react, but even the vendors kneeling next to them didn't react, didn't you come to help me?

Of course, Li Huailin is quite satisfied, he originally looked for this group of city guards to help him suppress the people's loyalty, they don't make trouble, how can they suppress the people's loyalty, and now I see that these people are really doing a good job, and sure enough, their strategy is still feasible.

"Multi-...... Thank you, Lord Lord, for your compliment. "Although I don't know what's going on, but since Li Huailin praised himself, the city guards here can only hurry up and thank him, as long as Li Huailin is not angry, nothing else matters.

"But what about ......," Li Huailin said again.

"What?" Hearing one, the hearts of the guards here rose again.

"It's still not enough." Li Huailin looked at his Minzhong, and now it was 84 points, and Li Huailin still felt a little dissatisfied with the speed of this increase, "Did this guy not pay your protection fee?" ”

"This ......" The city guards looked left and right, this protection fee was a private matter, and they didn't say it to this vendor because they didn't dare to say it openly, because other vendors were very conscious of giving it, but now Li Huailin asked, how did they answer.

"TMD has been thinking about a question for a long time, do you want to die or what?" Li Huailin said immediately.

"Yes, my lord." The city guard here saw that Li Huailin was a little angry, and immediately replied, "He and the remaining two stall owners on this street have not paid protection money, and we have been looking for trouble with them for the past few days." ”

"Looking for trouble? You're looking for trouble? Li Huailin said angrily, "You are still born as thieves, why can't you do this thing, and dare to set up a stall in our city without paying the protection fee?" Isn't this TM looking for death? How much is this not giving you face, not giving you face, that is, not giving me face, he, a peddler, dares not to give me face, and you are just looking for trouble with him and it's over? ”

"That'...... What does the lord mean? The city guard here asked cautiously.

"TMD smash the field, beat me, beat me to death." Li Huailin said with a wave of his hand.

"Huh?" The vendors here were directly stunned.

"Lord Lord, really fight?" The city guard here couldn't believe it and asked again.

"Are you TM deaf? Do you want me to say it a second time? Li Huailin asked.

"No, sir." The city guard here hurriedly said, and then waved his hand, "Heard?" Call me, this guy didn't pay protection money, and beat him to death. ”

Since it was the order of the lord, the city guards here naturally had no doubts, and the four of them rushed up and kicked the vendor who was still stunned there to the ground, and then "Ping Pong" began to fight fiercely.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" The more Su Ruoyan looked at it, the more wrong it became, and he hurriedly came up and said.

"Civilians, don't teach and disobey." Li Huailin said.

"Nonsense, ...... you do this" Before Su Ruoyan finished speaking, the civilians who were watching next to him suddenly knelt down for Li Huailin.

"Your lord, you've been so kind to us!" The civilians shouted here.

"There's been so much work recently, I thought it was the lord who listened to the rumors of some traitorous ministers, and was ready to show us kindness, but now I see that it's a rumor, the lord is still like the same, where can we go to find such a lord, everyone says yes." A civilian here said with tears in his eyes.

"Yes, yes, long live the lord!" The civilians shouted here.

"Long live your lordship."

Even Ed, who came here for the first time here, nodded: "Well, I didn't expect the Duke to govern the territory well." At the same time, the favorability rating has also increased by 15 points.

"Huh?" Su Ruoyan couldn't squeeze out the words that just came to her mouth, and she didn't know what was going on at all.

"By the way, there's no time for that." Li Huailin thought that now was not the time to brush up on the people's loyalty, or the war over there was important, so he hurriedly grabbed a city guard who was beating people and said, "Don't fight yet, go back and inform all the ministers, I, Mashan, am going back and preparing for a meeting." ”

"Yes, my lord." The city guards on this side immediately ran back in the direction of the Duke's Palace.

"A few of you, after you finish this, beat all the remaining few who don't pay protection fees, and then all of them are arrested and paraded in the streets, you must explain to everyone that this is the end if you don't pay protection fees." Li Huailin said again.

"Yes, my lord." A few city guards here said.

Su Ruoyan on the side of "......" didn't know how to react, so he could only learn from Li Huailin to hold his forehead speechlessly.

Surrounded by a group of civilians who were very moved, Li Huailin returned to the Duke's Palace, and several ministers had already received the news and were waiting outside the Duke's Palace, except for the Minister of Military Affairs Rege, of course, because he had already set off with the troops, and now the deputy minister was temporarily appointed by Dramo, so he was naturally waiting for Li Huailin at the door.

"Your Lord." Seeing Li Huailin coming back, everyone here immediately saluted, and just after the salute, several old people here saw Su Ruoyan behind Li Huailin again, and were stunned for a moment, and then immediately saluted and said, "Madam Wanfu." ”

"Hello ma'am." It was the first time that the newcomers saw Su Ruoyan, and when they heard that this was the Duchess, they immediately saluted.

"Oh, hello everyone." Seeing a few new faces, Su Ruoyan here also nodded and said.

"Alright, let's have a meeting right away." Li Huailin waved his hand and said, "Gelt, this is Master Ed, help me arrange a place for him first, a quiet place, and other things will be talked about later." ”

"Yes, my lord." Geert here immediately nodded, but after saying that, Geert on this side immediately asked, "Lord Lord, if the lady comes, do you want the second lady to come over and salute?" ”

"Huh? Second lady? Su Ruoyan, who was behind Li Huailin, was directly stunned, "Who is the second lady?" What's going on? (To be continued......)