On the other hand, Valente, who made the stupidest decision, didn't realize the mistake he had made. When the decree www.biquge.info was promulgated, of course, the soldiers complained a lot, but as Valente expected, the big-headed soldiers only complained, and few people dared to make trouble because of this.

Over the course of the week, the grumbling among the soldiers gradually decreased, and Valente smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth. For two weeks, the barracks test was quiet, and it seemed that even the city of Reims under him was much quieter! Valente was smug again. But soon, it was time to summarize the income and expenditure at the beginning of each month.

Regarding this matter, Valente can't believe anyone, and every time he deals with it himself. And this time, Valente was particularly proud, after all, without the soldiers' salaries, he suddenly lost nearly 20,000 gold coins! However, of course, when I saw that I was not in a hurry to pay the money, I saw that the 30,000 gold coins I usually collected every month suddenly became 3,000 or not, and I immediately broke out! Pointing at those tax collectors, his face is distorted and he is no longer human!

"You are so bold that you have coveted so many of my taxes! Give me the taxes at once, or I will kill your whole family!" ”

The tax collectors, look at me, I look at you, and they all fell to their knees. "My lord! We have been wronged, this month's tax revenue, only so much, and a large part of it is the proceeds of your southern gold mines. ”

"Fart! Fart! Fart! I have so much money in my hands every month, why is it so little this time, could it be that those mud legs and traders have teamed up to evade my taxes? ”

The tax collectors looked at each other for a while. He saluted Valente again.

"My lord, this shouldn't be a merchant either, don't you know how many shops in the city are closed down now? We had a private conversation and found that the shops in the city now may not even be a tenth of what they were a month ago......"

"Shenma? Did those damn vendors all run away with all my money? ”

Valente wielded the sword that Ciri had sold him, and had the posture of slashing the tax collectors to death on the spot, but at this moment, a gray-clad figure quietly floated into the office.

This man is the head of the Assassin Guild in the city, Lance. It is true that Valente valued money more than his life, but he also hired the Assassin Guild to deliver information to him, just like ordinary lords. And this Lance came over to routinely report all the information about Lance's territory for him.

"Oh? Is President Lance here? Hehe, I'm looking for you, tell me, how did these lazy bones get greedy for so much money from me? ”

Valente was elated, forgetting that the other party was not his subordinate.

Lance frowned secretly, but continued to say quietly: "The tax collectors have leaked your money? Lord Valente, aren't you the one who let the money fly without wings? ”

"What, myself? How is this possible, even if you beat acting, the monthly cost is fixed! ”

Glancing at Valente with disdain, Lance quickly pulled out a thick stack of papers. "My lord, I am now like you stating the reason for such a depression in the city. Since the day after the new decree, the shops in the city have been losing money and have soon closed down. In the case of taverns, last month, the number of taverns in Reims City was one thousand and thirteen, and I only have twenty-one remaining......"

"Wait, why are all the hotels closed? I know that many of those taverns do have soldiers as customers, but without them, would they not be able to operate? ”

In the face of Valente's call, Lance was not in a hurry. "That's right, it's because you cut the soldiers' monthly salaries. For example, if you, an ordinary citizen, found that a very wealthy neighbor who was a soldier suddenly bought the cheapest brown bread this month, and sold nothing else, what would you think? ”

"How do you look at it, isn't it that the other party has no money, I'm still living my life."

"Wrong! The answer is that the lord has no money! Lance said categorically. Although, it is true that this stimulates the desire of the people to buy. Hopefully, what do you make the owners of those shops think? The tavern owner would have thought that the lord had no money, and the soldiers would not have the opportunity to get drunk as they usually would. Therefore, we chose to reduce the amount of food and alcohol we purchased. The bread boss will think, the lord has no money, and who will I sell my white bread and fresh meat, and he will start to reduce the purchase...... As a result, the farmers couldn't stand it anymore. Because he has a large backlog of goods in his hands, and the usual buyers are not willing to pay high prices, on the one hand, he keeps the goods for his own use, or dismisses the workers......"

At this point in Lance, Valente finally understood what a stupid thing he had done! The so-called wisdom at the beginning was simply an out-and-out stupid decision!

That's right, he manages the accounts himself, so he naturally knows that about 3,000 gold coins is the territorial income before he has implemented the Xirui management method. But in this case, how can he afford to pay his monthly salary? Those people are all officers on the side of the army, and they are heroes who use treasures to become heroes! Once those people rebel, he can't stop it!

"It's over, okay, I'll immediately restore the soldiers' salaries and use all my savings to appease the shops, it's all right?" Saying this, Valente still didn't forget to wield the blue one-handed sword he bought from Ciri and slashed around, before, he wanted to kill the tax collector, but now, he was just emboldening himself!

"Okay? My lord, how did you come up with the idea of giving money to those vendors? So the shop owner is bankrupt, can you afford it? Lord Valente, are you thinking about how to save your life? ”

Lance looked disdainful, and finally stopped hiding it. "Lord Valente, I really don't understand. Since the new trust us, why not realize the realization of the truth of the information. Let me tell you, the army of Earl Seeri is still concentrated in Sweetwater and Wise City, and by then, the army of Kanter's direct territory has already arrived in Triangle Town...... Of course, our association will not accept the task of assassinating the lord in the first place, but Lord Heinze has given us a large sum of money to stand by and watch what happens in the city...... You can do it yourself! ”

"What?"

Valente is not only pale now, but also cold in his heart!

He said, how can Ciri, who has always been kind to himself, suddenly have the ambition to annex his own territory, and it turns out that he is the crippled evil of Heinze! (To be continued.) )