After discussion, Shaoyang ordered the wheat to be harvested in advance, and it took only three days to harvest all the wheat outside the city. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The tax official is reporting to Shaoyang about the collection of grain tax: "Your Highness, most of the wheat in Songhai City has been harvested, and a total of 14,000 stone ...... has been received from the land grain tax."

Hearing this, Shaoyang sighed lightly and interrupted the tax officer's words: "Why is there only 14,000 stones, wasn't it estimated that there could be 20,000 stones before?"

Afraid that Shaoyang would misunderstand his ineffective work, the tax officer hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, it is inconvenient to transport taxes and grain in remote villages and towns, and after the servants go to collect taxes, they will first gather in one place, and then transport them back to the city when they are all collected, so they cannot be counted for the time being." ”

After learning the truth, Shaoyang said: "Okay, transport the tax grain back as soon as possible, and if necessary, you can go and ask General Zhao to send troops to assist." ”

Rushing to collect and collect tax grain is not achieved overnight, and there are many things afterwards, such as the resettlement of new grain.

Looking at the government affairs documents on the table, Shaoyang couldn't help but shake his head, he was really not good at internal affairs, if only he could summon a strategist of the Three Kingdoms, but unfortunately now he hasn't even summoned once.

Buried in the official documents on the table, fortunately, government affairs are not difficult, and his political value of more than a dozen points is enough to deal with it, but it will take more time.

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"Your Highness, there is someone outside the door who asks to see you" The attendant's voice attracted Shaoyang's attention.

Raising his head and moving his stiff neck, Shaoyang asked the attendant, "Who is coming?"

Usually only the officials of Songhai City come to see him, except for a few Chinese family leaders, no stranger has ever come, and Shaoyang inevitably has doubts in his heart.

The attendant's expression was a little nervous, and he hesitated for a while before replying, "Someone's coming...... The person who came claimed to be the vice president of the Songhai City Mercenary Guild. ”

The Mercenary Guild, a first-class force in the mainland, is so strong that even the Northern Chu Kingdom is slightly inferior, and almost every city on the continent has the existence of the Mercenary Guild.

Shaoyang's understanding of the Mercenary Guild only stays in the novels of his previous life, and in this life, he should have never been in contact with the Mercenary Guild, but he suddenly came to see him at this time, and he didn't know what the reason was.

Since he couldn't figure it out, he had to recruit him in first, and then he would see the move, Shaoyang instructed the attendants: "Go and invite people in." ”

It didn't take long for three men dressed as warriors to swagger in, and the chin of the leader was slightly raised, and a proud look was on his face. The other two looked around, as if they were in a no-man's land, and they didn't pay attention to Shaoyang at all.

The person who came is not good, Shaoyang touched his nose, and carefully looked at the three people in front of him, his current strength is average, but in the past month or so, he has met many masters, and his knowledge is very comparable, and there are no masters among these three people.

As Shaoyang guessed, these three people are not masters, or there are no masters in the Songhai City Mercenary Guild, the strongest one is only a sixth-level warrior, and his strength is not as good as Xu Sanmu.

Among the three people who came to ask for a meeting, the strongest one was Locke, the leader of the Rock, the vice president of the Songhai City Mercenary Guild, and the strength of a fifth-level warrior, and the other two were only third-level warriors.

After Locke came in, he just looked at Shaoyang arrogantly with his nostrils, without saying a word, and had no intention of saluting.

No wonder the expression of the attendant before was a little strange, I am afraid that the other party's request to see was just made up by the attendant himself, hmph, since the other party does not give face, Shaoyang feels that he does not need to be merciful, and said to Locke in an unkind tone: "Who is in the hall, why don't you salute when you see Lone." ”

For many days, Shaoyang has cultivated some prestige, and the two people brought by Locke were stunned by him, and they didn't dare to look rudely anymore, watching Locke wait for instructions.

"Locke, vice president of the Mercenary Guild, has seen His Highness" Locke's demeanor was still arrogant, although he saluted, there was no respect in his words.

The other party's attitude made Shaoyang very dissatisfied, but he was also patient, and said in a calm tone: "It turned out to be Vice President Locke, I don't know if you are here, what is the so-called matter?"

Locke replied: "Without him, I came here to help His Highness solve his urgent needs." His eyes narrowed, and he looked at Shaoyang's reaction with a meaningful smile.

It's a pity that Shaoyang can't do what he wants, no matter how confused he is in his heart, he still says calmly on his face: "Oh, I don't know how you want to help Lone?"

"Don't worry, why doesn't Your Highness let me sit down and talk to you in detail?" After Locke finished speaking, he didn't wait for Shaoyang to agree, and went straight to the first place under Shaoyang, sat down, and the other two followed closely behind, standing behind him.

Shaoyang's brows furrowed, he originally wanted to have someone serve tea and entertain him, but now he is directly exempted. pretended not to see the other party's rude behavior, but said with a hint of chill in his tone: "Say it!"

It was impossible for Locke not to see Shaoyang's attitude, and when he thought that you begged me, he still maintained an arrogant look and said: "The werewolf is about to attack, and the Mercenary Guild is willing to assist His Highness in defending the city." ”

Shaoyang has heard Xu Sanmu mention that in previous years, when the orcs attacked, Songhai City would issue a mercenary mission, inviting mercenaries from the mercenary guild to help clean up the orcs and protect the villages and towns, just to provide a lot of rewards.

Rather than spending money on hiring temporary workers, Shaoyang felt that it might be better to use it to expand the army, so he didn't plan to release mercenary missions for the time being. I didn't expect the vice president of the Mercenary Guild to take the initiative to come to the door, just looking at his appearance, it would never be a gratuitous help.

"Does the Mercenary Guild have the conditions to propose to Lone?" Shaoyang didn't want to waste time, so he went straight to the point.

Locke's eyes narrowed even tighter, and the corners of his mouth curled up into a smile before he said: "Protecting Songhai City was originally the obligation of the Mercenary Guild, but His Highness didn't know that the Mercenary Guild had a big business and needed to feed a lot of people. ”

After a pause, he said again: "As long as Your Highness provides 10,000 stone of food and 1,000 gold coins, the Mercenary Guild will assist Your Highness in protecting Songhai City." Locke uttered a condition that was enough to shock anyone.

With such a big appetite, he is not afraid of choking himself to death, Shaoyang scoffed at the conditions proposed by Locke: "Heh, Vice President Locke is sure that this is the condition?"

"That's right, of course, if Your Highness is embarrassed, you can lower it appropriately, and you can use other belongings to offset the account. ”

Shaoyang finally understood the other party's intention, naked blackmail, and immediately issued an eviction order: "No need, thank you for the kindness of the Mercenary Guild, come and send off the guests!"

As the vice president of the Songhai City Mercenary Guild, Kasuo also asked Locke to do things in the past, and after receiving this kind of anger, he stood up from his seat and said coldly: "Hmph, Your Highness should think about it again!"

For this kind of person, Shaoyang chose to ignore it directly, buried his head in the face and continued to deal with the official documents, without saying a word.

Seeing this, Locke turned to leave, and said to himself in a loud voice at the door: "Prince Valle the werewolf leads an army of 10,000 directly under his command, and the generals will come to the city within seven days, and when the time comes, you will beg me." ”

He originally wanted to use this to remind Shaoyang and achieve the purpose of threatening, but he didn't know if he had thought about it, but instead provided Shaoyang with an important piece of information.