1256. Summer Nights in Mucuso
The 50,000 lord army went to Bena City, and if they wanted to take the magic airship, they needed Surdak to recruit at least 100 magic airships.
Not to mention Ruyt City, even the entire province of Bena probably doesn't have so many magic airships at the moment.
As a result, these armies could only enter the city by land, and without a letter from the military headquarters, the army could not even pass through other city territories.
Moreover, this legion of lords was followed by a large merchant group that was almost equal to the number of troops.
The biggest disadvantage of this form of alliance form of lord legion is that the military discipline is loose, and the soldiers are okay to say, at least they will not do something out of the ordinary, but the lord army is seriously unbinding on the middle and high-level officers, and occasionally there will be officers who stuff their families into the merchant group and go with the army, so some tents in the merchant house are like a second home for these officers.
This kind of bad habit can be seen everywhere in the lord army, but it is not effectively managed, but Surdak has no time to care about it now, and when he reaches the White Forest Plane, I believe that Andrew and Samira and others will teach them a good lesson.
Early in the morning, the camp was pulled, and the vanguard of the army set off in a mighty formation.
It wasn't until the afternoon that the last battalion of archers from the Ruyt barracks left the camp.
Surdak did not set off with the army, he would leave Ruit City in half a month later in a magic airship, and rush to Bena City in advance to join the lord's army.
During this time, he not only had to give some detailed explanations of the administrative affairs of Ruit City, but also handled the administrative affairs of Mukuso City.
The city of Mukuso has now resumed normal tax collection.
Due to the large number of adventure groups and business groups gathered in the city, the fiscal revenue is in an explosive state this month.
It is believed that there will be a relatively smooth transition period in the future, and tax revenue will gradually decline to a stable state.
However, although Mukuso City has restored taxes, the city hall still gave these merchants some additional compensatory policies, such as the same batch of goods will not be taxed every transaction, and only one transaction tax will be levied, and the transaction tax will be levied very low, only the goods that pass through the portal will have a 5% customs duty, etc.
The officials of Mukuso City resolutely implemented Surdak's ideas and revitalized commerce to drive the local economy, and they also tasted great sweetness in this.
In fact, the city hall was the only one who had no revenue during the one-year tax exemption period, and the residents of Mukuso benefited greatly from this.
The first benefit is that during the period of urban economic recovery, the employment rate of urban residents has remained extremely high.
It's clear that the town hall is losing a lot of revenue, but it's making the whole city better.
While it was the merchants who brought capital to the market that profited the most, the city as a whole sprouted new life, and those who lived in the ruins of the city found their way back to life.
Surdak has now become a new generation of Mukuso's heroes, and every time he rides a horse through the streets of the city, once he is recognized, he is watched like a star, and people stand on both sides of the street to applaud Surdak. So now every time Surdak goes out, he takes a magic caravan in the town hall.
In just one year, the city of Mukuso has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Surdak had rare time to wander around the city of Mukuso, accompanied only by a squad of knights from the Guard Battalion.
The magic caravan stopped at night in front of the clock tower in the square, which had been in ruins during the war, and even the giant bell on the roof was badly damaged.
Now Surdak is back here and finds that the entire bell tower has been completely renovated, the reliefs on the walls of the bell tower have been restored in the utmost detail, and the giant clock with four dials above his head is in 036. Moonstones are inlaid in all four directions, so that even at night, people can clearly see the direction of the pointer.
The bell keeper guarding the bell tower opened the gate of the bell tower, and Surdak took Thea to the top of the bell tower, and the accompanying knights of the guard battalion yawned and waited below, they had followed Surdak around the city for most of the day, and if it was normal times, these guard camp knights could already go home and rest.
Surdak stood on the top of the bell tower, facing the cool night breeze and enjoying the night view of Mukuso.
Walking out of the bell tower and seeing the tired expressions of those knights of the guard battalion, Surdak simply waved his hand and said, "Okay, you all disperse, Thea and I will walk around here casually." ”
The knights of the guard battalion were hesitant at first, but when they saw that Surdak insisted on doing so, they dispersed.
The magic caravan was still waiting on the side of the square, and Surdak sent the coachman away.
Then he and Thea walked down the street like that.
"The city is recovering well, and although I haven't seen the bustling city of Mucuso before, I think it will be more vibrant now than ever."
Surdak sighed and said that the most memorable thing in his heart was the dilapidated city that had been drilled by the cavemen.
Thea didn't speak, just silently stayed by Surdak's side.
The walls of Mukuso have become the walls of the inner city, and the large slums outside the city have been encompassed by a new wall, and the entire city of Mukuso has almost tripled in size compared to before.
The city's main streets are brightly lit and criss-cross bright lines at night......
Instead of wearing the high-grade magic pattern structure, Surdak changed into a normal guard battalion for training leather armor, and the characteristic broadsword and Goethe shield were also put into the magic belt. Thea was also wearing a black robe, which looked a bit like a magic apprentice in terms of attire, but she didn't have the insignia of a magic apprentice.
The two left the bell tower and walked through the city square into the bustling street.
Mucuso was also particularly lively at night, as the opera house in front of it seemed to have just ended, and the crowds of people poured out of the opera house and went straight to the magic caravan parked on the street. In an instant, Surdak and Thea were surrounded by a sea of people.
They wanted to get through here, but they had to slow down and move forward little by little with the crowd.
Some young people came out of the opera house, their faces still unable to hide the excitement, obviously they were infected by the beautiful melody, and they couldn't help but discuss it again when they came out of the opera house.
A familiar figure stood among the young men, wearing a long white dress, long silk gloves on her arms, and her blonde hair pulled back behind her head, highlighting her snow-white neck.
Walking down the steps of the opera house, Zeta could already see Surdak who had been hit by the crowd and stranded in place.
He always seemed to be followed by the beautiful young lady with long blue hair, and the eyes as clear as the lake, even Zeta was fascinated by it.
However, at this time, Zeta couldn't help but set her eyes on Surdak.
Especially when she knew that the simple and unpretentious knight in front of her was the great hero of Mukuso City and the great lord of the Gampu plane, the aura on Surdak's body suddenly became even brighter and more dazzling.
Surdak felt someone watching him, and when he looked back, he saw Miss Zeta standing in the middle of a group of young people, just across the street.
Although there are many pedestrians and traffic, it is difficult to hide the tall and outstanding Zeta.
Seeing that she looked over, Miss Zeta smiled and nodded at Surdak with some embarrassment, and waved her hand secretly.
It seems that he saw Zeta greeting people, and the friends around him seemed to be asking Zeta in a whisper, and Zeta was also explaining in a low voice.
Surdak didn't want to linger on the street any longer, so he squeezed out of the bustling opera house with Thea, although Thea wanted to hear an opera, but they didn't come at the right time, and the next opera was midnight, and there was still a long time before the opening.
"What? When you see the young girl from the Latie family, don't you go over to say hello? Thea teased, "I think she has a good impression of you!" ”
Seeing that Surdak wanted to defend himself, Thea added again: "Don't underestimate the instincts of a Naga weaver! ”
Surdak said helplessly: "I can't have a good impression of anyone, I have to show something, how many people are there in the entire Mukuso City, can I express it?" ”
Thea snorted softly, "I thought you would especially like fresh and young souls......"
Surdak was somewhat speechless and explained, "I don't have this special hobby, and speaking of which, I think it is necessary to visit Lady Naomi in the village of Selia in the abandoned mines before leaving Mukuso, and Count Fornak wishes to meet this necromancer." ”
As they spoke, they bypassed the opera house, an auction house, the exact opposite of the opera house, which was lively during the day and deserted at night.
The building of the auction house is very generously built, and even a small square is left at the entrance.
In the small square, there are six stone statues of three meters high, six stone statues with different postures form a circle, and in the middle is a stone statue of a three-headed hellhound.
Obviously, the artist was a bit pompous when he made the statue, facing a three-headed hellhound, let alone six heavy infantry soldiers, even sixty heavy infantry soldiers may not be able to fight.
As Surdak was about to pass through the place, he heard a young voice speak impassionedly:
"If I were given another chance to do it all over again, I would be like them, carrying a bloody knight's sword and cutting off the head of a hellhound."
It should be a young hot-blooded young man......
Surdak continued to walk forward, and happened to see Miss Zeta and her group of young friends again, but they did not leave in the magic caravan, but ran to the auction house to continue wandering.
Surdak felt the right to walk over and say hello to Miss Zeta.
As he stepped out and greeted Zeta politely, several hostile glances from the young men looked at him......
Surdak understood the young man's psychological feelings very well at this time, and he didn't pay much attention to it, so he left in a hurry with Thea
Zeta, however, looked in the direction Surdak had left, and was stunned for a moment.
The young man on the side said a word with some jealousy, but Zeta smiled and didn't say anything......
Everyone first chatted about the opera, and then talked about the recent expedition of the Mukuso Heavy Infantry Legion, and several young people were glad that they had not yet served in the military, and if they did serve in the military, it was very likely that they would have to fight in another plane from the dry cloth plane at this moment, which would be the most unlucky.
Zeta suddenly noticed that she was a little distracted, and she didn't even want to say anything more.
Looking at the empty streets, I could only sigh softly.
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