Chapter 397: Entering the Dynasty and Paying Tribute
Why did Li Zong and the others not be happy because of the marquis, but worried?
There are many cities in the Qingyue Dynasty, and the lord of each city needs to pay a monthly tribute to the dynasty, if a person has three cities in his hands, then he needs to pay the tribute of the three cities.
Once only one person is in charge of ten cities, he will be made a marquis, and the marquis will have to pay the ten cities to the king.
Now Li Zong only has six cities in his hands, but he is already a marquis, so he needs to pay for the worship of ten cities.
There are more offerings in four cities for no reason, and the offerings in each city are not a small amount, let alone the four cities?
What's more, after a big war just now, every battle will consume a lot of manpower and material resources, and the treasury of Fallen Leaf City has just consumed such a huge amount, and this tomorrow will be the beginning of the month, and it will be the day to pay tribute to the dynasty.
This marquis can be said to be truly unprecedented.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is Yun Xiaozi making things difficult for Li Zong's father and son, just to curb the development of Fallen Leaf City.
It's only been a few years, and Li Zong of Fallen Leaf City has changed from an adventure town to a big city lord of the five cities that he belongs to now, if it develops for a few more years, it won't be a threat to the royal power of Yunxiaozi.
If it weren't for this, Yun Xiaozi would not have made Li Zong a marquis at this time, let alone hereditary.
Marquis, although there is a considerable amount of money every year, but compared to the monthly sacrifice of ten cities, it is a small amount.
But what can be done, although the strength of Fallen Leaf City is now developing rapidly, with nearly 200,000 elite soldiers, it still can't compete with the dynasty.
Even among the marquis of the Qingyue Dynasty, Li Zong is also the weakest marquis!
The Qingyue Dynasty has been thousands of years, and it is estimated that only Fallen Leaf City has developed so rapidly, and Yun Xiaozi has to worry.
Even if Li Feng is his eldest son-in-law, he is still the same.
Although Li Feng has Dongfang Yi's assets in his hands, most of this money has been consumed for so long, and now it is at most more than a billion gold coins.
That night, the news of Li Zong's marquis was spread, but it was also beneficial.
Those disciples who left Fallen Leaf City because they were afraid of war can come back with peace of mind at this time, because the feudal marquis will be protected by the king, and it can be regarded as an important city under the king!
At least Fallen Leaf City can develop with peace of mind for decades or hundreds of years.
But as long as Li Zong fails to pay the enshrinement for a year in a row, Li Zong's marquis position will be removed, but at that time, Li Zong will arrange for his cronies to take over Fallen Leaf City.
And Li Zong will be arranged to another position in the dynasty, which is equivalent to giving up the country he has worked so hard to Yunxiaozi.
This is the rule of the dynasty, that is, to accompany the king is like a tiger!
At night, Feng Yin made a table of good food and wine, and Li Zong and Baili Rufeng drank until midnight.
Tomorrow is the first day of the new year, and it is also the day to go to the Qingyue Dynasty to pay the offerings, ten cities, one million gold coins in each city, that is, ten million yuan.
This doesn't seem like much, but you have to pay hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and the city's taxes and some businesses are only two or three hundred million in a year, which is still a very stable development.
Not to mention that Li Zong only has six cities in his hands, and after paying the offerings, the soldiers in his hands may not be able to support them.
Li Feng still has a lot of funds on hand, and it is enough to pay for more than ten years, which is why he has no fear.
The holy decree Li Feng was also drunk, and asked him to pay the sacrifice by name.
So early the next morning, Li Feng took Ah Wolf and the two of them hurriedly set off to Fallen Leaf City.
Fallen Leaf City was on the border of the Qingyue Dynasty, even with Li Feng's cultivation in the Spirit Spirit Realm, it would take two or three hours to advance with all his might, and he really didn't dare to slack off.
Such a colleague, the main hall of the Qingyue Dynasty.
The civil officials are on the left, and the military generals are on the right, standing respectfully in two rows.
On both sides, there are six or seven square tables, on which there are wine and spirit fruits, Yunxiaozi is still so heroic and extraordinary sitting on the throne, his expression is plain, not happy or sad, but there is a temperament of not being angry and arrogant.
After a while, the eunuch outside the main hall shouted lightly: "The scorching sun is waiting for Wang Lie to come to pay tribute!"
Then, a middle-aged strong man who was eight feet tall and dressed in gorgeous clothes, five big and three thick, walked into the main hall.
Wang Lie walked into the main hall and came to the foot of the Yunxiaozi stairs, first saluted with Yunxiaozi, and then presented a spirit ring with both hands.
This spiritual ring is naturally his offering this month.
"Tell your lord, ten cities in the hands of your subordinates, the development was stable last month, there was no war, and a small spiritual mine was discovered, and three layers were paid according to the regulations, and the spiritual mine was mined in a few months, and then the subordinates were on the tribute. Wang Lie bent down and said very simply about the big events that happened at hand last month.
"Well, yes, please sit down and wait for the other princes. Yun Xiaozi nodded calmly and said.
Soon after Wang Lie sat down, another prince came, and like Wang Lie just now, he offered an offering, described the affairs at hand, and was invited to a seat by Yunxiaozi.
Time gradually passed, and six of the seven princes of Deciduous Leaf City had already arrived, leaving only the Marquis of Deciduous Leaves who had not yet arrived.
It's just that the deciduous leaves are almost ready to disperse.
It was noon, but the deciduous marquis had not yet come to pay tribute, and the civil and military officials and several princes were also a little impatient.
"Your Majesty, this deciduous leaf marquis hasn't come yet, maybe he feels that he has developed so quickly, and he has floated!"
Someone immediately spoke, obviously playing this fallen leaf Hou stroke!
"There's no hurry. Yun Xiaozi said calmly.
As long as you are not stupid, you know that your lord is favoring the deciduous leaves, so even if you complain, you don't dare to say more.
After waiting for a while, the eunuch outside the main hall had a feminine voice and said, "The son of the Marquis of Fallen Leaves, Li Feng, come to pay tribute!"
Then Li Feng hurriedly walked into the main hall.
He didn't dare to slack off at all, it was too far to buy a one, and the cultivation was too low, so he was still a little late!
"Hmph, standing just now, let you wait for so long, you have such a big face!"
"This deciduous marquis is too brainless, the first time he paid tribute, he didn't come in person, and sent his own son, what is it!"
"That's it, this deciduous leaf marquis is so blind that he really doesn't take the king seriously!"
Hearing these words, Li Feng smiled, and then said softly: "I'm sorry for making you wait for a long time, my father didn't mean to come unwillingly, but the king ordered the juniors to come today yesterday, but because of the long distance and the low cultivation of the juniors, it took a little more time, and I am ashamed!"
After speaking, Li Feng scattered his cultivation, in the middle of the Spirit Realm, he was telling others that his cultivation would indeed take so long.
But after everyone sensed Li Feng's cultivation, they were all dumbfounded!
The cultivation of some generals and military attaches is only like this, and there are several princes who are almost the same, but how old is Li Fengcai, he looks like he is only in his twenties.