Chapter 13: The Chief's Anxiety

Outside the city of clear water.

The soldiers in the drill were all in good spirits, and looked at the garrison commander cautiously. Since coming to Clear Water City, they had almost never practiced so seriously, and even the time of the last time they had practiced in their memories had been blurred. But now everyone can see that this chief's mind is not here, but no one dares to relax and slack. As subordinates for many years, they had never seen this commander so irritable and confused, like a besieged beast, and no one dared to provoke him.

Wales' state of mind at this time is like an ant on a hot pan anxious and helpless. He paced back and forth in the makeshift station, but he couldn't figure out why he was in such a situation.

At this time, almost a day had passed since the previous verdict in the square. Before the lord left the square, he quietly led his eight hundred garrisons out of the city while the cheering people followed the ranks of the knights all the way into the lord's mansion. Since then, he has not been given any message.

This lack of news was a depressing wait for Wales. He found himself unable to do anything now except shout at the sloppy soldiers to ease the uneasiness in his heart.

Wales did not fail to think about it, leaving behind his group of officers and taking the eight hundred garrisons with him without saying goodbye. But the consequence of doing so is to tell everyone that his heart is empty. Moreover, if his officers knew that his superiors had abandoned them, these fools would surely confess to all the charges. At that time, he was afraid that he would not be able to get rid of the relationship even if he had two more mouths.

What's more, Wales thinks that these scum will blame him for all the dirty things in order to reduce his guilt... This is entirely possible, because only then will those officers have a chance to live.

Thinking of this, Wales suddenly trembled a little even with the hand on the hilt of the sword, and even the cold hairs on his body stood up clearly one by one.

No! You can't give them a chance to speak!

"Go and prepare the horses, and I'll go into the city at once to meet my lord!" said Wales, with a dark face, and roared hysterically at the soldiers in training.

In the city of clear water.

Early the next morning, Mei Fei, who had just moved into the lord's mansion, issued his first decree after becoming a lord.

The first of these is the abolition of all the taxes modified by the garrison. And until he re-enacts a new tax decree, he is temporarily exempted from all taxes in the territory for three months.

If it is said that Mei Fei, as the lord of Bishui City, has been praised by the vast majority of the people in Bishui City after yesterday's ruling. Then after this decree was issued, these ordinary people have even begun to support this lord from the bottom of their hearts.

Tax exemption, although only for three months. But when was the last time I saw the word associated with Blue Water City? It's been many years, hasn't it? At least they hadn't seen each other since they were born.

The second is that in his capacity as the lord of Blue Water City, he ordered the pardon of all 'criminals' who were imprisoned by the garrison and released them on the spot. This is all the less of a problem, the lord has the right to pardon all criminals in his realm except for those who have committed treason. What's more, these people are all accused of being punished by the society, and they should not stay in prison anymore.

Although the people usually have a lot of dissatisfaction with the privileges of the nobility. But now, the lordship is willing to use his lordship to redress their grievances, which is in fact a sign of justice, fairness, and justice. In their opinion, the lord's behavior is more worthy of their respect and recognition than those nobles who only use their privileges to indulge in extravagant pleasures and extravagance.

As for the last one, it was a notice to recruit soldiers.

It won't be long before Wales leaves with the garrison under his jurisdiction. At that time, the defense deployment of Blue Water City will all fall on Mei Fei himself. And the number of guards and servants brought by Mei Fei alone is only more than seventy people, and if they want to completely take over the defense task of Bishui City, these people are afraid that it is far from enough.

With these in mind, Mayfield made it a top priority to recruit soldiers to build a new army. He planned to recruit 400 recruits first, and immediately began to engage in high-intensity training, hoping to form an effective defense force in a short period of time.

This has received a positive response from the vast majority of young men in Clear Water City. There were even some enthusiastic mercenaries who spontaneously came to the Lord's Mansion to participate in the recruitment after getting the news. Many of them were criminals who had just been released from prison by Mayfield, and most of them were grateful to the lord who had pardoned them, and responding to the lord's call was an act of retribution.

In just one morning, Matthew had recruited half of the recruits outside the Lord's Mansion. If only he knew that Mephie required him to be able to quickly transform these recruits into effective combat power. Therefore, from the very beginning, Matthew had quite strict requirements for the personal qualities of the recruits, and these two hundred or so recruits were all young adults after layers of screening, and some were even elite mercenaries who had been working outside for many years.

This made Matthew overjoyed to have these guys here. He will be able to make this unit have the ability to go to the battlefield in just one or two months.

Matthew outside the Lord's Mansion was busy with joy. The Lord's Mansion was also busy, but the difference was that Mei Fei was not necessarily in a very happy mood at this time.

Our lord is now looking through the government records and financial ledgers that have accumulated in Blue Water City over the years. Since most of the guards were assigned to guard the city gates, Matthew also took some with him to recruit troops, and the rest was also responsible for maintaining the defense of the lord's palace. And most of the servants were still tidying up the front and back courtyards of this huge lord's mansion, so Mei Fei simply requisitioned a few literate ones from the mercenary group in the lord's mansion in his spare time to help him sort out and check them together.

Several mercenaries carried stacks of accounts into the hall under the instructions of the civil officials, while Mei Fei, who sat at the desk in black rosewood, was flipping through the pages, occasionally furrowing her eyebrows. To his left is Aman, the mercenary leader who also manages a large mercenary group on weekdays, so he naturally has some experience in checking accounts. He carefully picked up one of the stacked accounts, blew the dust on it, and looked at it word by word with an indescribably complicated feeling.

In fact, Amand was taken aback when he heard the lord's request to requisition them. In the past, it was impossible for him to be qualified to live in the lord's mansion with his status, let alone let him check such a taboo thing. Amand is a little difficult to adapt to the current situation, on the one hand, he is a little excited, but on the other hand, he is more restrained.

In addition, Amand still had some doubts in his heart, and he glanced at Mei Fei carefully. Why did this lord go through these old accounts... If you just look at the taxes and expenses that Bishui City receives every year, it will be fine.

Others, such as the hunters in the small villages to the north, have a few families at home, and hunt for several months a year, and will not go to the city to spend the winter. Outside the city, a farmer's family ploughed how much land, how many farms they collected, and how much grain they handed over. How much iron did the old blacksmith make in a year, and how many pieces of iron he bought in total. What is there really to understand about these trivial things?

To be honest, Amand is a little envious of the female swordsman next to her now, she doesn't seem to think much about anything, just sits on the side and eats a piece of tea from time to time while slowly flipping through the ledger, and she doesn't see any restraint at all.

Fortunately, soon, someone came to resolve Aman's dilemma. A knight of the Guard, who had been on duty, hurriedly walked in, and then bowed lightly to Mayfei, who was in a trance, and reported, "Lord Lord, the Welsh Commander is here." ”

Mei Fei put down the account in her hand, and a deep luster flashed in her eyes, "It's time to come, too." ”

"Let him wait in his study, where I will meet him in a moment. ”