"City Lord, did you just let the fleet go?" When Ning Ze left Shuigull City and marched in the direction of Nadu City, Gao Lishen asked Tie Man in person, "The 100,000 stone military rations promised to us haven't been unloaded yet!"

"Then what's the solution?" Tie Man was really unhappy in his heart, "Your Majesty ordered, do I dare to rob it?"

"That being said, that's 100,000 stone military rations!" Gao Lishen showed a painful expression, "City Lord, maybe you could have gotten more ......"

"Don't say it! The more I talk about it, the more distressed I feel. Tie Man sighed, "It was because of a misunderstanding before, so His Majesty drove him away." Now it is also necessary to urgently recall, but it saves us trouble. ”

"I don't think Your Majesty has done a good job, at least the money and food that Ning Junshi promised to give us still need to stay!" Gao Lishen said, "That's not a small amount, when it comes to Your Majesty, he will only enjoy it, and it won't be distributed at all." To solve the problems of people's livelihood, it is up to the city lord to find a way to solve it, and this king can do it really easily. I think the lord of the city must be better than him as the king!"

"Be careful!" Tie Man was startled and hurriedly spoke, "You can't talk nonsense about this. ”

Sunset City.

The city lord Amur's expression was not very good, standing on the third floor of the city lord's mansion and looking into the distance: "Anglo is really a nasty guy! He wants to swallow all the materials alone, and he doesn't leave us at all! ”

"City Lord, be careful that the wall has ears!" the civil officials around him came over to remind.

"This feels really bad!" Amr thought of the 100,000 stone military rations that should have been in his hands, as well as the gold that Ning Ze had promised, and his heart ached faintly.

The same is true of other cities, where the city lords get the news that King Anglo has "forcibly taken" all the supplies, even the money and food that Ning Ze promised to deliver. Although the king took the initiative to find Ning Ze, they had no point in helping, and they were indeed not qualified to take these resources.

But just like an ordinary person who has a huge sum of five million and wants to receive the money, he has already figured out how to use the huge money, and suddenly he is told that the lottery ticket is fake, and the five million is gone. That kind of psychological gap is really terrible!

Normal people will be very disappointed and uncomfortable.

Some of the more extreme or psychologically poor don't know what they will do.

Of course, to be able to be the lord of the city, the psychological quality will not be so bad.

I will definitely feel uncomfortable, very depressed and angry, but basically I can be serious.

Of course, the premise is that there are no villains around to stir up the fire and add fuel to the fire.

Characters like Gao Ligentry, who were bought by Ning Ze, didn't care about the consequences at all, and after receiving a large number of gold, silver, jewelry, and promised follow-up rewards, they all began to slander in front of their respective masters, teasing them without a trace.

For them, who wouldn't be happy to get a great fortune just by saying a few casual words in front of their master?

Anyway, it's not the same heart as the master, it's just a pretended flattery. And it's all some selfish guys, and they don't feel psychologically uneasy.

Those who were picked out by Ning Ze were all scum, and they were scum with status.

Here Ning Ze led the fleet back and deliberately walked slowly.

Although the city lords were provoked by their subordinates for a while, they were already very angry in their hearts, and they became more irritable. But at least they all calmed down, and they didn't have any other thoughts for the time being.

At this time, the fake news arranged by Ning Ze was delivered.

The people he had bribed began to spread false news, saying that His Majesty had not only "forcibly taken away" all the supplies, but also demanded that the city lords must hand over all the gold, silver, treasures, equipment, and military rations they had obtained from Ning Ze. Then he said that the domestic tax revenue will increase by 10% this year!

Such rumors, even in modern times with developed network communications, can cause chaos for a period of time, not to mention the feudal world where communications are so underdeveloped.

In normal times, it is estimated that the city lords will strictly verify such rumors and find out whether they are true or false. It's just that when you are irritable because of the huge psychological gap, there are confidants around you or officials who are more trusted, and you immediately believe it.

Forget about all the materials, although I feel unhappy, I really can't help this, I can only endure it.

This year's increase in tax revenue by 10 percent is a huge pressure on every city, and after all, it is not a small amount.

Originally, everyone was living tightly, but the economy of the small island country was not so developed, and shipping was full of dangers, which was not easy. Finally, luck came, and they wanted to send money and food, but they took all the money from the king.

That's it, but there's no need to take all the gold and silver treasures you got before, right?

The materials of that fleet are about the same as those in the treasury of Binachu, right?

Having received so much money and grain is equivalent to doubling the treasury, and it is not enough for the king to enjoy? With such a large sum of money and grain, he is not willing to let go of this little money?

You don't take us city lords seriously at all? Even though we're subordinates, we can't be bullied like this, right?

Of course, people are kings, what can they do?

You have to endure it if you are unhappy, otherwise what else can you do?

However, Amir, the lord of Sunset City, can't bear it with the guy with the least loyalty to the king.

He did not dare to rebel directly, so he asked the lords of each city to send an envoy to the city of Nadu with him, asking the king to take back his order. 100,000 stone military rations can be dispensed without, at least the little money in hand should not be confiscated, so that the financial pressure on the cities can be slightly less.

At the same time, the king is asked to retract the decision to raise taxes by 10%.

The city lords of various cities responded one after another, and successively sent envoys to the capital to deliver messages.

They didn't know that the traitors who had been encircled by Ning Ze in advance secretly took advantage of their status to secretly exchange letters.

Soon after, letters with completely different meanings were sent from the messengers of the lords of each city to the capital.

Riding a horse by land is faster than by sea, and Ning Ze deliberately drove slowly on the sea, and before the fleet arrived, letters from various cities had already arrived.

The letters were sent to the Anglos with essentially the same content.

All the city lords jointly wrote a letter, asking the king to divide the huge amount of Ningze's fleet into two parts, one part of which was collected into the treasury and divided equally among the king's majesty, and the other part was divided equally among each city as a city operation fund to improve the people's lives. And they all asked the king to pay tribute to Princess Yuanxi, the ruler of Hwasak, in order to get the full support of Hwasam.

When Anglo saw the letter from the "lords of the city", he was furious.

What are the jokes about dividing the huge amount of resources equivalent to the Binachu treasury equally, leaving only half in the treasury and the other half distributed to the various cities? Half of the resources of the treasury, does the lion open its mouth?

Even if it is divided equally among each city, it is a huge amount of resources, although each city is more surprised by the money and food, and there is no problem in maintaining normal operation. If half of the resources of the treasury go down, will it mean that you will be fed all in an instant? How can there be any reason why you should have paid taxes to the treasury and ask the state to do everything to support you?

Or are you going to do what you want this money for?

Could it be that they all have different hearts?

Besides, it is recommended to pay tribute to Princess Yuanxi and be a minister? This kind of state-level major event will not be your turn to intervene, it is up to my court to decide!"

Immediately ordered someone to write a document to respond to the city lords, on the surface it must be a little mild, and in a reassuring tone, he informed the city lords that they could give each city a certain amount of resources for government affairs. As for whether to pay tribute to Princess Yuanxi and become a vassal, this kind of thing is not something that the city lords should meddle in, let them do their duty and govern the city well.

There is nothing wrong with this letter, and it can be delivered smoothly to appease the city lords, at least nothing major will happen.

However, after the letter was delivered, it was replaced by the officials who were encircled in each city, and the official document with other contents was delivered to the lord of the city.

In the letter, in the tone of a king, he rejected all the conditions put forward by the city lords, and rebuked them tactfully, scolding every city lord in a round.

Although the scolding was more tactful, the city lords of the cities were originally on fire in their hearts, and they were very unhappy. In addition, the joint admonition to the king was rejected, and he was even more angry at the moment.

Amir, the city lord of Sunset City, who had the lowest loyalty, became furious the moment he saw the letter, and was finally persuaded by his subordinates. But the officials who were encircled by Ning Ze still teased him without a trace on the side.

The hearts of the lords of the cities were full of anger and suppressed to the core. To endure is to endure, and reason remains.

At this time, Ning Ze's fleet arrived at the port of Nadu City.

King Anglo really brought people to greet him with the courtesy of meeting the envoys of the upper kingdoms, and welcomed him into the palace with a smile on his face, and served him with good wine and food.

During the banquet, he was also respectful. When Ning Ze mentioned that the Binaqiu Kingdom had paid tribute to Princess Yuanxi, he gave all the money and food of the fleet to Anglo, and immediately nodded in agreement.

Anyway, when the money and food are in hand, he can immediately regret it.

Dacheng is now in a chaotic domestic situation, and he can't take care of this side at all. What's more, it is a remote town in Huajun, and it is controlled by a princess of the former dynasty who is unlikely to have any prospects, who will care?

Ning Ze was overjoyed, so he kept praising Anglo for being wise, and the two talked happily.

After chatting, Ning Ze's eyes fell on Anglo and pretended to be casual and said, "Huh, your country's clothing prefers purple?"

Anglo was stunned when he heard this: "What does this mean?"

"I see that there are several city lords with purple stripes in their clothes, so I asked. ”

Hearing this, Anglo's face changed suddenly: "The military advisor is wrong, right?"

"How is that possible? That day in Shuigull City, I saw it clearly when I met with the city lords. Ning Ze made a thoughtful gesture, "The Tieman City Lord also said that next time he came over, he invited me to visit the Autumn Mountain Mausoleum together......

"Bang!" Before he could finish speaking, Anglo's forehead tensed, and he slammed the wine glass in his hand to the ground.

Ning Ze made a frightened expression: "Your Majesty, why is this? Could it be that this official has offended you?"

"Master Ning, what you just said is true?" the general quickly got up and asked solemnly.

"What did I say?" Ning Ze looked dazed.

"You said that when you met with the city lords, they all wore purple stripes in their clothes, and they made an appointment with you to visit the Akiyama Mausoleum next time?" asked Nucha.

"Oh, that's the thing...... What's wrong?"

"In our country, only the royal family can wear a brocade dress with purple stripes," Nucha's expression was hideous, "Violators will be punished with sharks!"

"Shark torture?

"It's just throwing it into the sea to feed the sharks!" Nucha said loudly, "Also, the Autumn Mountain Mausoleum is the resting place of the ancestors of the royal family, and only His Majesty and members of the royal family can enter, and Ning Junshi is going to our country, don't you even know it?"

"Uh~ It's the first time I've heard of it. Ning Ze lied without blinking, he had already asked about the taboos of the Binaqiu Kingdom when he had bribed the Gao Ligentry before.

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