Hal entered the room and drank a glass of water before replying, "Come on, you let the brothers go ashore from Pavron at once, that stupid woman has already promised us to intervene!As long as the time comes to attack Viruga with those lords and let those lords go and rob Veruga of his belongings, we will attack Aaron from the sea at once! You must know that there are only more than a thousand people here, and I am still the palace minister!hahaha" Hal was quite satisfied with his plan.

"Then why don't we attack Aaron directly, and wait until we defeat Viruga!

"Fool! You know, we are pirates! If we attack Aaron directly, those nobles will definitely flock to the throne, and then we will be crushed by them! However, as long as they fight for the ownership of Veruga, we will add fire to the fire, let them fight, and when they are defeated and unable to compete with us, we will be the real kings of the kingdom of Rhodok! As for those mud-legged people! Let them make trouble, their time will not be long!"

"Boss Wise"

"Remember, from this day forward, you are Hal! and I, my minister. ”

Howl's face full of intrigue had a lewd smile that was disgusting.

Viruga.

When the news of the establishment of the Holy Rhodok Empire came out, many of the Rhodoks came to Viruga, bewitched by the bard's adaptation of Fanmin's speeches into poems, and some were encouraged by the nightingales, but the vast majority of them still came for freedom and land.

For farmers, they can have a piece of land of their own in this life. What a blessing it was, and Fan Ming gave them this qiē, and gave them respect and freedom. At this time, they never dreamed of it, and they were grateful for Fan Ming's gift.

Not only did he give the land, but he also gave free uninhabited houses in the city of Viruga to the new citizens who came, and some farmers were given free seeds to sow seeds, and the farmers were grateful for Fanming's kindness, so they also doubled down on their work. Give your strength to the rise of the empire.

Fan Ming also established a chamber of commerce in Viruga according to the system of the Chamber of Commerce on Mount Sauron, and used the foundation laid on Mount Sauron to attract merchants to Viruga. And take measures to encourage buying and selling, and mark the commodity tax as one out of ten, and the merchant with the highest monthly tax. Earn the title of Empire-only Merchant. Enjoy preferential wholesale prices on Imperial products. Although now there is only shochu.

Since the shops in the town were already empty, and people could not buy the necessities of life, Fan Ming ordered that all the shops be smashed open, and people should be sent to each shop to act as an agent for the owner, and the money and goods sold should be kept in the treasury first, and when the owner of the shop returned, he would return it, if not. Hey

With the arrival of the likes of Jamila and Bandas, the soju workshops in Sorrenburg were also brought along. Because of his secrecy, he moved directly to the castle and was sold to other places by dedicated merchants, and now the price of distilled spirits is already three dinars a barrel, the most expensive of all liquors, but the best sold, most of which are enjoyed by the nobility and the wealthy. Naturally, the more money you make, the more you make it!

Since there is a river flowing through the city of Viruga, the river is still quite fast, and Fan Ming decided to build a mill with water wheels there, which can greatly save manpower and improve efficiency.

Under Fanming's rule, all the work of Viruga was carried out in an orderly manner, with the peasants cultivating the land diligently, the merchants doing business in their own hands, and the officials acting as their own agents.

A week later, the first elections of the Holy Rhodoc Empire were held in Viruga, and the citizens elected their representatives and cast a fair vote.

Undoubtedly, Van Ming became the first emperor of the Holy Rhodoc Empire, and enjoyed hereditary and the right to appoint and dismiss cabinet members, and was directly accountable to the people.

Ben Deming became the first prime minister of the empire, and in his own surprise, he took office, and even he didn't expect that he, the old mayor, could become the first prime minister of the new empire, which I don't know whether to be happy or worried

Bandas was appointed as the first Imperial Chancellor of the Exchequer, in charge of the management of taxes, treasury and state expenditures.

Jamila was appointed as the first Minister of Civil Affairs of the Empire, in charge of agriculture, the trivia of the townspeople, and commerce.

Militarily, due to the addition of more than 1,500 Rhodok sergeants, Fan Ming redivided the Free Army, which totaled 3,000 men.

Bush served as the commander of the Ironclad Army, and he was subordinate to the 200 most elite Ironclad Army.

Lem was still the leader of the pikemen, who were divided into squads of 100 men each, each with a squad leader.

Grimm accepted a hundred crossbow archers at the same time as archers, and his subordinates were two hundred.

Recovered from his wounds, Gil became the commander of Sergeant Rhodok and was divided into three squads of five hundred men each.

And in the Battle of the Valley, Karl, who stood out as a cousin, took the place of Bush and became the captain of the guard. And Rogot, who was specially recommended by Hal, became the commander of a hundred scythe soldiers.

All the appointed officials and officers swore an oath in front of the Imperial Eagle banner in the square, and Fan Ming looked at this group of young beings and sighed in his heart: "This is my own foundation! From now on, I will go to the journey of conquering the mainland." ”

While the people of Viruga were celebrating the official establishment of the new empire and expressing their allegiance to their longed-for St. Rodoc the Great, Resarit brought back not very happy news.

"Nightingale reports that the lords of all the lands are assembling in Aaron, as if preparing for a great battle, and to make matters worse, the pirates from the southern islands are also coming ashore at the same time, more than two thousand in all, and are gathering with the lords. Now that the combined army of more than seven thousand people has been gathered, their goal seems to be "

"Hehe, you don't need to say it, of course their target is us!" Fan Ming left the cheerful crowd and came to the side to look at the shining stars in the night sky: "It's time to come, it's still here, it seems that my empire can only rise by stepping on your flesh and blood"

The Great War is imminent, and Virugane. But there was a brief lull before the war.

As Van Minh encouraged commerce and reduced the tax on goods, a large number of merchants were attracted to Viruga. There are fur fruits from other parts of Rhodoc, wine and linen from Swadia, salt and oil from Nord, pig iron and silk from Vigia and Kugit, and carpets and gold and silver ornaments from the depths of the distant Salander desert.

A large number of merchants set up stalls in the square of Viruga, crowding the already wide square. Some merchants even set up stalls on both sides of the street, selling all kinds of novelty goods to passers-by. Because of the lower taxes, goods are also cheaper, and they are even more than twice as cheap as other places.

This made people from many places on the mainland run here, and they all wanted to try their luck in Viruga, so they did. For a time, Viruga became the most prosperous town in the whole of Cadia. Merchants, explorers, townspeople, craftsmen, and even some nobles who are interested in exotic items also send people to Viluga to Taobao, and the noble lady is even more attracted by all kinds of spices.

"Your Excellency. It seems to be a reduction in taxes on goods, but it actually boosts the sale of goods. On the contrary, the tax collected is more than five times more than usual. Now the treasury is gone, and the commodity taxes collected from commerce alone are already piled up in the treasury!" Bandas happily reported to Fan Ming.

Because Fan Ming wanted to see the preparations for Viruga, but seeing this prosperous scene, he couldn't help but want to join in the fun, so he took Bandas, Jamila, Gil, Carl and others to the streets of Veruga to stroll, of course, he himself did a good job of camouflage, and used a black cloak to cover himself tightly, otherwise how could he get the effect of a private visit to Weifu!

"I didn't expect Viruga to prosper, but I didn't expect these merchants to be so active when they learned that a big battle was imminent, and that the enemy would come to besiege the city in a week's time!" Fan Ming looked around in his heart, and said to those who followed.

"Haha, adults don't know, for the merchants, the goods stay in their hands for one more day, it means one more day of wasted time, they can't exchange the goods for dinars, they can't buy new goods, and they can't make money, and they reduce the commercial tax in adults, then of course they have to sell the goods in their hands as much as possible, and then buy new goods to sell, this is the way to make money!" Jill explained to Fan Ming.

"Oh, I didn't expect my sergeant to be a trader!" said Fan Ming jokingly patted Jill on the shoulder.

"Haha, my father used to be a businessman, and he used to follow my father around in the past, so he knows some business principles. As he spoke, there was a hint of sadness in Jill's eyes.

"Oh! Seeing that Gil had something on his mind, he didn't ask much.

The group continued to move forward until they came to a stall of the Salanders, Fan Ming looked at the various knives on the stall, quite curious, and picked up a Damascus scimitar inlaid with all kinds of gems to appreciate, Fan Ming was a knife friend who loved knives in his previous life, and he also studied all kinds of props, and of course he would not miss the Damascus knife, the king of knives.

The blade of this knife is not very long, and it is rare for a Damascus knife that is specially designed for immediate chopping, and it does not look like it is used immediately, but like a dagger that is worn with you.

He pulled the knife out of its sheath, and the sharp blade immediately made a crisp grinding sound, "Good knife! Such a sharp knife, the blade is not made of pig iron, it is rare to see!" Fan Ming looked at the sharp blade and said happily.

"Hehe, good eyesight, this knife is not an ordinary knife, it is made of holy stones (the so-called holy stones, that is, meteorites), there are two of them, and the other one is owned by the current Salander Sultan Hamki, it is a rare good knife!" the Salander man sold to Fan Ming.

"Oh!haha, then why did this knife end up here! Don't sue me, you are some kind of blacksmith for the Sultan, who came here to sell knives!" Fan Ming obviously did not believe his words, and taunted him.

"The guests may not believe it! My family has been a blacksmith for the Sultan of Salander for generations, and the swords are made for the Sultan and the nobles!" said the merchant of Salander with dissatisfaction at the sight of Fan Ming's mocking gaze, and his tone was filled with anger at Fan Ming's unreasonable anger.

"What's your name?" asked Jill when he heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked the merchant.

"My name is Muhammad Ali," said the merchant proudly, puffing out his chest.

"You're really Ali!" said Fan Ming and Jill in surprise almost in unison.

Van Ming was surprised because the name Muhammad Ali was so famous, and it was the former (to be continued......