After the execution of the city lord, Odinan had to temporarily take on the duties of the city lord himself, facing the ruined city of Biloch City, his work was extremely heavy, the destroyed walls needed to be reinforced, and the displaced residents needed to be resettled. More importantly www.biquge.info the need to revive the city's economy.

Since the War of the Roses, Morowingen has been mired in a long period of turmoil and war, and the Duchy's finances are on the verge of collapse, and even military spending has become untenable.

As the most well-known and prosperous city in the Principality, the city of Bilodge is as important as its military value, and if its economy is not restored in time, it will deal a fatal blow to the principality's finances.

"Alas~" Odinan sighed tiredly and looked out the window worriedly.

"What's the matter, dear? "A beautiful young woman of nearly thirty years of age came out of the next room, dressed in a pale white dress and with a shallow smile on her face, she was none other than the Grand Duchess of Morowing----- Caitlin.

Odinan turned his head to look at the gentle and lovely Caitlin, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, although his wife was weak on the outside, she was extremely strong in the bones, just two days ago, she did not listen to her own persuasion, and came to the city of Bilodge alone, which had just experienced the war.

"Honey, I'm not at ease with you being here alone. Caitlyn gently stroked his broad shoulders, "If you have anything on your mind, you might as well say it, don't always carry everything alone." ”

Odinan frowned slightly, and sighed: "Greco has come to me, and he has come to urge the tribute again. He spread his hands and shook his head, looking dejected, "But you can also see, my dear, that the city of Biglodge has been so badly damaged that not only will we not be able to collect taxes, but we will have to do a lot of post-war reconstruction." ”

As a medical mecca, the city of Bilodge is a prosperous city with a concentration of famous doctors and rare medicinal herbs. Odinan had hoped that recovering it would greatly improve the financial situation, but the damage caused by the demons was far beyond his expectations, and in just one month, almost all the wealth accumulated in the city for hundreds of years was looted, and before the city's economy recovered, the principality might not be able to collect even a copper plate.

Caitlin frowned slightly, "The Governor is really, this is not considerate. My dear, then you should truthfully report the situation to the upper echelons of the empire, this tribute should be slowed down......" She put her hand off Odinand's shoulder and sighed slightly, "I saw some children in the city when I came, you know, the war made them all orphans......" Speaking of this, her tone couldn't help but choke a little, "Alas~ It's so pitiful......"

Odinan's cheeks twitched visibly, and he secretly clenched his fists.

"Report!Your Highness the Grand Duke, there has been a commotion among the Imperial soldiers stationed in the city!" the guard's urgent report interrupted Odinand's musings.

"What!" Oddinan's face changed slightly, and he quickly ran out.

In the southern corner of the city, several St. John's Imperial soldiers were snatching belongings from a group of civilians, and many people on both sides of the street were beaten to the ground by this group of brutal soldiers.

"This ...... This is our family's life-saving ration! you can't take it!" a young mother struggled to grab her package.

"Get out of here, you stinky woman!" the Imperial soldier's leather boots kicked the woman on the ground a few times, and seeing that she still wouldn't let go, he pulled out his saber. "Crazy woman, let go quickly, or Lao Tzu will cut you!"

"Stop! what the are you brutes doing? Stop!" Odinan, who came in a hurry, saw the scene in front of him, and was furious, and quickly rushed over to stop it.

Seeing the enraged Grand Duke, all the soldiers stopped for a moment, but they still stood there, without any tendency to retreat.

"Reylor, you promised me to be strict about military discipline!" Oddinan looked up and found that Reylor was standing behind the group of soldiers, apparently acquiescing to the soldiers' behavior, and suddenly couldn't help but be furious, pointing at his nose and shouting: "That's how the you straighten out military discipline! Hurry up and take your people, and let them all go!"

"Your Royal Highness, please don't make such a big fire just yet. Rylor pouted, "We have been ordered by the Governor to carry out official duties here, and we hope that His Highness will not stop us." ”

"Robbing and beating civilians is also on official duty?!" Odinand's eyes seemed to have flames burning, "Call Governor Greco here!

The soldiers around him immediately rushed to the governor's palace to give orders, and after a while, an open-top carriage carrying Greco drove slowly, and the Governor, supported by his attendants, slowly walked in front of Odinan.

"Your Excellency, provoking and interfering with the law enforcement of the Imperial Army in public is not conducive to the friendship between the two countries. Greco's face was a little displeased.

"I don't know what kind of law your country's soldiers enforce? Beat civilians and loot property! Is this how the Empire treats its allies?"

"Your Excellency has misunderstood, we are helping you rectify the order in the city and increase the financial revenue by the way!" Greco's eyes narrowed into a slit, and the fat on his fat face trembled spontaneously with laughter, "These people are all medicine merchants in the city, when Biloch City fell, they actually funded a large amount of precious medicinal materials to the demons, and they didn't even leave us a little medicine residue, Your Excellency, you say, should these people be punished as necessary?"

"Your Highness, our Governor-General has been merciful, and these sinners will be spared as long as they pay a full fine. Relor interjected on the side, and stretched out his finger to the group of residents lying on the ground gasping, "But look at these people, they actually refuse to pay the fine, and as a last resort, our imperial army has to take some coercive measures." ”

"Wronged...... We didn't fund the demons, they robbed those medicinal herbs, you have to make the decision for us......" The surrounding residents cried out for themselves, crying silently.

"Lord Governor!" Odinan helped up several injured residents who fell to the ground, "They are also persecuted by the demons, there is no way, as for the matter of tribute, I hope you can give a little more grace, after all, although the city of Biloch has been recovered, it is seriously damaged and needs to be rebuilt......"

"His Royal Highness doesn't seem to be very good at taxation! Greco's pupils shrank, and his tone became cold, "Guards, take down all these demon spies, take them to the slave market to sell, and use all the funds obtained as tribute!"

When the soldiers received the order, they pounced like wolves on the surrounding residents.

"I'll see which of you dare!" With a shout of rage, Odinan stopped in front of the Imperial soldiers, and with a "sonorous" sound, he drew his saber with a "sonorous sound", and his blonde hair was windless, like the mane of an angry lion.

"Lord Governor, they are the people of my Principality of Morowing, and it is not your turn to discipline them!" Odinand's blade pointed at the Governor in front of him.

The corners of Relore's mouth on the side couldn't help twitching, it seems that Odinan is obviously really angry, you must know that this commoner-born Grand Duke is not a simple character, he is a master that Morowin can count, with the bloody fight on the battlefield step by step to get to today's position, if you really do it, I am afraid that I will not be able to get any bargain.

Greco trembled with anger and said angrily: "Don't forget that your position as the Grand Duke is canonized by the Emperor!, not these ant-like pariahs!If you fail to pay the tribute on time, you should know the consequences!" With that, the Imperial Governor huffed into the carriage.

"Don't forget, Lord Governor, the Demon Clan is not the only country that Morowing wants to invade, our country has made great sacrifices to keep the Demon Army out of your borders, so we owe you nothing!" Odinan put away his knife and said coldly.

"Haha," Greco laughed as he heard it in the carriage, "Your Excellency, this is the most ridiculous joke I've ever heard...... You actually said that you pariahs helped us stop the invasion of the demons?then why do you still ask us to help?You have the ability to drive the demons out by yourself!" The surrounding St. John Imperial soldiers also looked at each other with a sneer when they heard this.

"Lord Governor, you won't fail to understand the truth of the cold lips and teeth, if the Empire does not understand the difficulties of our country, blindly squeezes, when we can't support it, and finally collapses, then, today's tragic situation in the Principality of Morowing will be staged tomorrow in the territory of the St. John's Empire!" Odinan still did not give up, and persuaded bitterly.

"Your Excellency is not alarmist here!" Greco looked arrogant, "We have no need to worry at all, because the God of Light will be with the Empire! We devout believe in the Father, and strive to cleanse the infidels, and the omnipotent Father God will bless us in times of danger, and the Empire will always sit back and relax with the blessing of the Father!"

As he spoke, he took the cross out of his bosom and prayed reverently, "It's you!"

He contemptuously accused the Morovingian monarch in front of him, "Because you Morowingians are not devout enough to believe in the Father, it caused the human alliance to lose the war against the Night Elves, and now, you have suffered such a calamity, and you deserve it! The empire can help you to this extent, it is already benevolent and righteous, and there is no room for further negotiation in the matter of tribute!"

With that, Greco waved his big fat hand, and the carriage slowly started under the driver's drive, and the surrounding Imperial soldiers followed the carriage and left in formation.