The scene was instantly silent, and the city lord of Laurel City really had the feeling of laughing at the heroes of the world in such a situation, but when his life and safety were threatened, there would always be people who couldn't help but stand up. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"City Lord, I have been waiting for you to go home and wait as you told me last night, and I came here today to leave Laurel City as soon as possible, and I also ask the City Lord to order the door to open the door and let me wait."

The voice was at the front of the crowd of a round fat man over half a hundred years old, looking at his figure is plump than Du Lulai, his red face shows that his usual life must be good, this person Lu Ya knows, named Berks, is the helmsman of the Berke Chamber of Commerce, the soap auction the day before yesterday here guy swallowed three copies alone, you must know that the people who came the day before yesterday are all people with faces in this laurel city, and it can be seen that his strength should not be underestimated by being able to monopolize so many shares from many competitors.

"President Burks is right, I, Leonel, am by no means a dishonest person, but there are some things that I have to wait until I finish before you make a decision" Leonel smiled kindly, and even in the face of the crowd below, the confidence in his body was still heartbreaking.

Nodding with satisfaction to the expectant crowd, Leonel spoke again, "I know very well why you are in such a hurry to leave the city, but due to the unclear situation at the time, I had to close the city gate for the safety of Laurel City and your lives. ”

"Now that I understand the situation ahead, then, if you want to leave after I finish speaking, I will no longer stop you, but~" Leonel glanced at the crowd below who were listening quietly, and said slowly.

"However, if you really want to insist on leaving Laurel City at such a time, then you will have to pay some corresponding price!"

"What price" Berks frowned slightly, he had nothing to do with this city lord, since the previous city lord was inexplicably transferred away by His Majesty, there has been no news since then, and the benefits he gave out at that time are naturally impossible to find back, but fortunately, he has already gained a lot of benefits at that time, which can be seen from the eyes of those peers around him, not everyone can talk to the city lord in this situation.

"First of all, if the common people want to go out of the city, they must leave one available laborer in each household, so that the rest of the household can leave at will, and secondly, if there are people in the chamber of commerce, you can also push out one of them in a group of ten people to stay under the jurisdiction of the army for the time being, but in addition, each of you who goes out of the city of the chamber of commerce must pay a fee of 10 gold coins per person, all of which is used for military purposes to defend against foreign enemies, and finally, once the chamber of commerce registered in the city leaves the city, it will no longer be counted as the chamber of commerce in the city, and like other non-local chambers of commerce, it will no longer have all the privileges in the city from now on, in additionIn the future, if the Chamber of Commerce that left this time returns to Laurel City to do business, all taxes and fees will be doubled!"

After the words came out, the people in the chamber of commerce were stunned, for these rich chambers of commerce, they didn't care about leaving some coolies and some gold coins, and they could afford it completely, but the last sentence of doubling the tax did really poke their pain, these chambers of commerce people are all guys who fell into the eyes of money, they don't care about taking out some life-saving money for safety, but they can't accept this kind of tax and payment doubling clause, Laurel City as a frontier trade city, rich in goods resources and low commodity prices here are important factors to attract them here, once the tax is doubled, the payment is doubled, the loss to them is definitely something they are not willing to bear.

"I'm afraid it's not appropriate for the city lord to do this, I'm here to do business, you do this, it's tantamount to pushing us out, who will dare to come to Laurel City to do business in the future" In the Chamber of Commerce, a person from the outer city said dissatisfied.

"Oh, no, I don't think so, President Burks, what do you think?" Leonel looked at Berks with a smile on his lips, and at this time Berks's mouth was half open, and his hands were clenched, and he looked like he wanted to say something.

"Then you're thinking about it for a while, I forgot some people just now, do you lords also want to leave?" Leonel smiled and twisted his head to the other side, there was a group of guys who felt very good about themselves, except for their own people, almost everyone saw a contemptuous and arrogant look, and the appearance of holding their heads up like proud fighting cocks were trying to show their majesty, but the real aristocratic background did not find a single cent from them. They are all noble lords among the commoners, and they also have titles in their bodies, but their titles are basically titles in Laurel City, and most of them are sealed by the previous city lord, the temperament and heritage of the nobles can never be formed in a year or two, it is something that has only been accumulated through several generations, and it is obvious that these guys do not have it.

"If you lords insist on leaving, I will not stop you, and each family will also be defended by one person according to ten to one, and one person will pay 10 gold coins to go out of the city, and finally, all the noble identities sealed in the city will be withdrawn, and the hereditary nobles of the empire will also be personally played by Your Majesty. You've figured it out."

The same stunned reaction occurred in that group of aristocratic lords, Leonel's move can be described as a draw from the bottom of the kettle, Lu Ya looked at Leonel who was talking and laughing on the city wall, and couldn't help but admire in his heart, this guy can come up with this method is really a talent, but isn't he afraid of these people backlash, you know, whether it is the Chamber of Commerce or those nobles, there is a group of hard-working younger brothers under their hands, Lu Ya did not find anything here to limit the personal armed forces like the ancient Chinese dynasties, here as long as you have the ability to get as many people as you want, as long as you can afford it, it is precisely like this, almost all chambers of commerce have a large number of private armies, Otherwise, how could they gain a foothold in this laurel city, on this continent full of all kinds of dangers, Lu Ya was really worried that these guys were in a hurry, and those black-robed thieves had not yet come, so their own people would rebel first.

"Why!" an arrogant shout attracted everyone to the past, Lu Ya followed the crowd to find prestige, and at a glance, Lu Ya Yile, but he didn't expect that he was still an acquaintance, it was Devin who stopped him yesterday.

Ruya took a closer look, and did not see his father, Viscount Ames, in the crowd, only the lackeys behind him who had surrounded the door of his private room.

Devon's shout is obviously the voice of those chambers of commerce and aristocratic lords, they are all human spirits, let them take the lead in saying such things, they are not willing, and now there is a stunned young man who is also happy to watch the play, and he did not stay on Devin for too long, almost everyone turned to look like Leonel.

Being questioned loudly by such a gentleman, Leonel still maintained a good aristocratic demeanor, he did not blame Devin for this, and he didn't even look at Devin ・・・・・, which made Devon, who had always been arrogant, very annoyed, and was about to speak out again but was covered by the little brother waiting behind him. Devon, who was screaming, didn't know what his little brother was saying next to his ear, and gave up after a few struggles, and the little brother behind him didn't dare to let go of his hand until this time, and then secretly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.

Lu Ya pouted when he saw it, he was really a guy who was good for nothing but causing trouble, if he hadn't been stopped just now, Lu Ya estimated that Leonel would definitely not let go of that kid, and shook his head regretfully, Lu Ya could only sigh that the guy's luck was good, because his subordinates were not too stupid.

"This is Laurel City, you are all members of Laurel City, whether you are the original people of Laurel City or not, first of all, you are all the people of the kingdom, you should have taken your courage to take on this responsibility when there is an invasion of foreign enemies, but what I see is that you are eager to grow two legs and flee from here quickly. ”

"Especially you chambers of commerce and noble lords, you have wealth and privileges that ordinary people do not have, you should be an example for the people, and it is necessary for you mainstays to stand up and move forward in such a time of crisis, but you are so disappointing one by one, you yourself say, why am I doing this?"

"Hmph! It's just that if you leave today, you will no longer be worthy of being called a member of my Laurel City, and I don't have a bad seed like you who flee without a fight, and don't even have the courage to face the enemy~!"