Chapter 255: Tax Collector
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The soldier looked Ryan up and down, the night elf still wearing a hat in broad daylight, and he was upset by the way he couldn't see his face.
However, he only stretched out his thick arm and said, "Oh, since it is Baron Falling Snow, then we will see the king's letter of appointment." ”
The soldier seemed to know that Su Yang was a baron, and he said, "My lord, please understand, this is a routine business. ”
Su Yang handed the letter of appointment to Ruiyin, and the soldier took the letter of appointment from Ruiyin and looked at it carefully for a long time.
He didn't ask a magician to verify it, but returned the letter of appointment to Rui Yin, and then gave Su Yang a military salute and said, "Lord Baron, Lord Bai Rong, the acting governor, he received a battle report from the border last night and left for the border, and he asked us to wait for you here before leaving." ”
The soldier said and made way for the other soldiers, he walked up to Su Yang alone and raised his head and said, "My lord, you go directly to the city hall to find the tax officer, Lord Bai Fu, and he will be responsible for settling your lordship." ”
The soldier turned around and said, "Just follow me." ”
Su Yang thought that how could someone personally go out to greet him when he arrived, after all, he was the nominal supreme administrator here and the lord here, but the acting governor here just let a few soldiers wait for him here, and he really didn't expect it.
Su Yang thought that he would have to show the silver medal that Prince Ryan gave him, but the border army here was not as strict as the soldiers at the checkpoint. This border province is so different from what I imagined along the way.
He asked as he followed, "What's going on with the war report on the border?"
The soldier replied without looking back: "Hey, isn't it that the group of orcs from Xiongshan have come to loot again, don't worry, my lord, they come twice in three days, it's just a common thing, it is estimated that Lord Bai Rong will be able to come back at noon." ”
Su Yang had never experienced a war, so even if the soldier said that there was nothing to worry about, he was still a little worried: "What do you call this brother?"
The soldier said, "They all call me Sam by the hand." ”
Su Yang looked at the soldier's wide back a little strangely, this soldier was obviously very complete with two hands, so he asked curiously, "Why do you call Sam Yiyi?"
The soldier turned his head at this time, and he grinned and said, "Because I like to cut the hands of orcs when I go to battle, and if I run into them, those orcs will have at most one hand left!"
Su Yang was speechless for a while, but from the soldier's joking description, he felt the cruelty of the border battlefield.
Although these people who have magic but cannot use magic are much stronger than civilians without magic power, in the event of war, demon warriors are the main cannon fodder in the battlefield.
Even the most powerful demon warriors, if they want to fight, they can only rush to the forefront of the team, this is the fate of demon warriors.
Sam led Su Yang and them through the wide atrium of the fortress, and then he suddenly stood up and said, "Lord Baron, you told your guards to wait here for the time being, there is no room for so many people inside." ”
Su Yang nodded, and asked Ryerna to take the night elves and dwarves to rest in the atrium for the time being.
The interior of this fortress is larger than Su Yang imagined, that is, the area of this open-air atrium is as big as a football field, and standing in the atrium and looking at the surrounding barriers, it feels even more impregnable. It seems that this fortress was an important military stronghold during the war.
Su Yang got off his mount and followed Sam, who led the way, into the city hall. Dawn, May, and Aurelia followed, and Firebeard took the ale from the ring, took a sip of it, and then wiped his mouth and Glenn followed the ladies.
The so-called town hall is actually the original meeting room of the fortress, but the facilities inside are as old as this fortress, and the tables and chairs inside are very old.
The stone floor is covered with a somewhat dirty red carpet, and the fortress has very narrow windows to improve its defenses, so even in broad daylight, the town hall has a lot of inferior lighting crystals to illuminate the inner courtyard.
Su Yang followed Sam into the city hall, feeling that it was cooler here than outside, and the stone fortress was still quite resistant to the heat.
Behind a large table in the innermost part of the town hall sat a man who looked to be in his mid-50s, with gray hair and a slightly chubby body, and in front of him was a pile of tall papers, which he was burying his head in.
Su Yang immediately noticed that this person was a high-level magician, and he was wearing a golden badge on his chest that resembled a balance pattern.
It is estimated that this badge is the mark of the tax officer, and this person is the chief tax officer of Luoxue Province, Bai Fu. Next to the tax collector stood a young male demon monk, who looked a little similar to Bai Fu.
Sam took a few steps forward and said to the man, "Lord Bai Fu, Baron Falling Snow is here." ”
Bai Fu raised his head when he heard this, he saw Su Yang, so he immediately got up, then wiped his two hands on his clothes, and he walked in front of Su Yang with a smile.
Then he saluted slightly: "Your Excellency the Baron has arrived, Bai Fu has missed the distance, please forgive me." My brother Bai Rong is now on the front line, and he can't come to see your lord for the time being, so I asked me to wait here for your lordship. ”
Bai Fu said as he glanced at the people who were following Su Yang without a trace, and when his gaze swept over Aurelia, he was slightly surprised, but he quickly covered it up: "My lord, please sit here." ”
Bai Fu took Su Yang to another long table, there was no mountain of documents on this table, only a map was spread on it. Su Yang took a closer look and knew that this was a map of the snow castle and the surrounding cities.
Bai Fu saw that Su Yang and several people were seated, so he said: "My lord, our Luoxue Province has never had a governor, so it is all represented by my brother, now it's okay, the king has named you the baron of our province, then according to the law, you are also our supreme administrator here, and with the official governor, my brother can concentrate on guarding the border." ”
Bai Rong pointed to the circles drawn with a red pen on the map and said: "My lord, we don't have anything else, there are a lot of open spaces, we don't know where you like it, so we chose a few places for you without authorization, these places are suitable for you to build a mansion, you can choose them." ”
Su Yang thought secretly in his heart, he didn't expect that the administration, finance, and military affairs of this Luoxue Province had been managed by the two brothers Bai Rong and Bai Fu for a long time, and as soon as he came, he took away the supreme administrative power, and the two Bai brothers probably wouldn't welcome their arrival. (To be continued.) )