There is a famous saying in Chinese Confucian culture: faith is the foundation of people, and people cannot stand without faith.

This phrase applies to the individual, but also to business, politics, the military and the state.

The first thing to do in Magic Mountain to enrich the people and strengthen the army is to establish faith in Westerling's territory!

In Chinese culture, there is a lot of wisdom about Lixin, and there are too many classic deeds of those powerful people, just have one at your fingertips!

For example, the Qin State became powerful because of his legislation, and his standing wood won the trust, which can be used.

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As the Earl of Crag Rock City, watching the Magic Mountain completely spread the territory map on the table, Count Gavin said, "Sir Gregor Gray, Crag Rock City has the ability to recruit up to three hundred more infantry. ”

Count Damon couldn't help laughing, and then saw Count Gavin from the magic mountain with playful eyes, turned around, and then returned to the face of the magic mountain.

Count Leo didn't laugh, but he changed his posture, leaned back in the high chair, and completely relaxed!

The play begins!

"It's okay to recruit five hundred infantrymen, just raise taxes. "Madame Hibbel's slender neck was held high, and her modesty and grace were not inferior to that of any noblewoman, but it was a pity that the status of the spice merchant's daughter became a needle that pierced her pride.

"Raise taxes? Our taxes are already high. The taxes are higher than those of the surrounding nobles, and I am firmly against raising them!" said Lady Jeanne.

"Those people are cunning, Jenny, you are too young and too kind, you don't know them at all. Their cellars are full of grain, but they will only cry out to you that the harvest is not good, and there is no food to eat. It's July again, and the milk is going to be poured out again. Madame Hibbel sneered.

Count Gavin looked at the long-lost map of the complete family territory and said: "If we want to recruit soldiers, we can indeed consider raising taxes, otherwise what will we use to raise soldiers? It is about to enter July, July and August, the temperature is rising, what if milk disease is rampant again this year? The milk of the whole western territory has to be poured out, not only the people of our territory will suffer huge losses." ”

Milk, a very good nutritional product, but in July and August every year, there will be a high probability of an epidemic of milk disease, people who drink milk cause all kinds of illness and fever can still be accepted, the key is that the fatality rate is very high, people attribute this to the anger of the stranger in the seven gods, when the stranger is dissatisfied with what the people do, then in July and August of the year, he will breed deadly germs in the milk, and the most serious will cause a national plague through milk.

There is still more than a month to go into July.

"Mrs. Hibell is right when she says that raising taxes is definitely a great idea. Didn't you notice that the people of the land we returned to House Westerling are all rich, and it is absolutely possible to raise taxes on these guys to raise their troops? in their tolerance and so on. What do you think, Lord Magic Mountain? "Count Damon's left finger is on the map of the former domain.

Moshan scolded in his heart, you dog smashes the good or bad, Lao Tzu wants to enrich the people and strengthen the army, and he can only reduce taxes but not increase taxes. "The Count is right, I agree with him!" said the Magic Mountain. With a big stroke, he included all the people on the map, "If a household increases half a silver deer a month, it will be an extra few hundred silver deer for a month's income, and the people on the newly recovered land are very rich, and the population has increased a lot, and the tax can be raised a little more, and those who refuse to pay will be given food." ”

"Great idea!" laughed with a thumbs up, Count Damon.

Count Leo also said: "Yes, it is a good way for all the nobles who raise soldiers to raise the taxes of their people, and everyone does so. The purpose of raising soldiers is also to protect the personal safety and property of the people, and they should pay a little more money. ”

Magic Mountain smiled.

Damon is a wolf, Leo is a wolf!

They all want the Westerlings to be faster!

Especially if this plate starts to collapse under the auspices of Magic Mountain, it will be even cooler!

Madame Hibell seemed to be afraid that she was not stupid enough: "Do this, Lord Gavin, and let Master Asaph calculate how much more tax we need to levy if we levy five hundred infantry, and how much more tax we will have to levy if we have one thousand infantry." ”

"Yes, exactly. Count Damon smiled, "Master Asaph, Count Gavin, and Lady Hibbel, you must have your tax collector tell your people that Lord Magic Mountain has offended the entire northern nobles, and a war between the northern nobles may break out at any time, especially the Malbran family, which is my family, and we will definitely come to take revenge." The advance taxation of the army was to protect their lives and property, and had nothing to do with the pomp and vanity of the nobles of the Westerling family. Haha, hahaha!"

Count Leo echoed and smiled, hoping that Count Damon would not put the severed hand on his head, even though it was the gate he had shouted to open.

Count Gavin and Lady Hibbel's faces were hard to look at.

The magic mountain is at ease, and tries to watch the performance of all the scum here.

"Sir Gregor ......" said Jeanne.

Magic Mountain raised his hand to stop Jenny from speaking, and said, "It's a good idea to collect taxes, so do it." But with such a heavy tax, I am afraid that the people of the realm will not believe it when they receive the decree, and they think that the Westerlings are joking, and I have a way to let the people know that we are true to our word, and that those who dare to disobey the decree will cut off one of his right hands as I did with Count Damon. ”

Damon's grinning face suddenly froze, as if he had been punched invisibly.

Count Leo was also embarrassed and couldn't laugh at once.

Moshan didn't seem to see the embarrassment of the two counts at all, and said with a smile, "Words are the root of a lord, when a lord has no reputation, his people will not believe the decrees he promulgates." Master Asaph, decree that in five days, on the day of my wedding to Lady Jeanne, I will erect a wooden pillar at the gate of the Rock City, and any of the people of the territory will carry the wooden pillar from the gate to the gate of our main fortress, and a bounty will be given to the dragon. ”

Master Asaph was stunned!

Count Gavin, Madame Hiber, Jenny, Count Damon, and Count Leo all didn't understand the intention of the Magic Mountain, and they heard it in a fog.

Moshan smiled: "I know you won't believe it, but what I said is true, a piece of wood, a golden dragon." Of course, many people will not believe it, oh no, I am wrong, all the people will not believe it, but there will be a lot of people who come to watch the excitement. ”

Jane frowned, "Sir Gregor, what if no one dares to carry this piece of wood all day long?"

"Then wait until the next day. ”

"What if no one dares to move this piece of wood all the time?"

"There will definitely be!" Demon Mountain said with a smile, "A golden dragon is a huge amount of money, equal to thirty silver deer, two hundred and ten bronze stars, and more than ten thousand copper points. ”

"Even if someone were to carry this log, how would it help with the next tax decree?

"Yes, I swear in the name of the Seven Gods and the honor of the Clegon family, and the next decree will be obeyed by all the people of the realm, without complaint, and I will be grateful to the lord!"