Chapter 174: A New Territory
Odin stood on the tower, looking at Carter-Larsson and his people, while Archmage Rose stood beside him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"You can't go back to the Sanctuary again. Odin said to Rose.
"I follow the will of my heart and this is the best choice. ā
Rose replied with a smile, he took off his mage robe and changed into the coarse cloth robe of the renegade: "I can't imagine it, everything has come true, two months ago, the establishment of a force against the Sanctuary was like a wild talk. ā
"False gods will eventually be overthrown. It's a pity that I'm missing a good pair of ears in the Sanctuary. Odin turned his head, and the sunlight accentuated his features, like a perfect sculpture.
"Professor Corelli will take my place, he is a trustworthy man. Ross bowed silently.
"I think so. Odin turned his gaze back to the city: "Despite what I have said many times, I still have to admire, Rose, your nephew is a natural leader, not only courageous and decisive, but also creative beyond the ordinary. ā
Ross didn't answer, but smiled, vaguely remembering how little Carter had spent the whole afternoon swinging his sticks.
At this time, Carter Larson, standing in the middle of the ruins, shouted to his civilian soldiers: "People, I gained your support when I had nothing, and now I will share everything I have with you!"
"Long live the lords! Long live the Paliva! long live the freedom!"
The people shouted that most of them were slaves and poor peasants, and that they never dared to covet more wealth. After the war, their greatest hope was to be freedmen and power, to have a safe place to live, and to pay less taxes.
However, the young lords gave them more.
"Now, the city of Paliva is not my private property, but belongs to all of you! The dwelling place of the fugitive nobles is now all yours! And their land is divided equally among you!"
There was a cheer from the crowd.
"Of course, you'll get more power. In the future, all the benefits of Pariva City will be shared by us, you are my knights, and I will lead you to participate in the development of the mining area, and the benefits thereafter will be distributed proportionally!"
"If any of you discovers more veins, you will be able to get more dividends in the distribution. ā
Some of these civilian soldiers were once mine slaves. They spend their days and nights in the earth without sunlight, digging up precious ore with their blood and sweat, but never getting the wealth that comes from it. The declaration of the lords, which made their blood boil.
"At the same time, in order to be able to hear your voice in a timely manner, and not to the detriment of your interests due to excessive tyranny, you are free to elect ten tribunes every year, and form a council to govern with me, and the tribunes may not be re-elected for more than five years. I will give your full consideration to your interests. Now, you are no longer slaves, but the true masters of this city-state!"
Shared power - people never thought about it, and in their previous lives, they could not even guarantee food and clothing, let alone equal the people of the lord's mansion!
There was a heated discussion, and it seemed that the door to a new world was opening to them!
"Of course, as the owners of the city, you also have a responsibility to build. Now we don't have to pay taxes to the Sanctuary, but our homeland is in ruins, and the enemy is eyeing us. ā
"In the future, you will need to pay 10 percent of the wealth you have acquired to finance the construction and defense of the city, which is equivalent to the exemption of the sanctuary tax and the territorial tax, and two-thirds of the previous taxes. ā
"Because the city operates, it needs a source of funding. The Chamber will oversee the use of these taxes. ā
"We will set up a City Watch, and every freeman will have his own property, and these legal properties will be absolutely protected and no one else has the right to infringe on. We will set up an arbitration court, with five scholars as judges, to uphold justice in the administration of justice in the city of Pariva. ā
At this point, no one objected, because they did not even know the meaning of it - only that almost all the income of labor in the past had been confiscated, and it was difficult to even have a full meal. Most of the people here have never owned private property.
"In addition, the Imperial army will not stop at this time, and the Sanctuary will not allow other forces to infringe on their authority. We must be ready to fight again at all times. Therefore, for the sake of the freedom that we have earned with our blood, everyone who remains in the city of Paliwa must perform military service and fight for their freedom!"
After the war, the people were in high spirits, and when they heard that they were going to defend their homes, there was a lot of cheering, and everyone was willing to join the guards and defend their territory.
On top of the ruins, the corpses of the Imperial Army were tied together, doused with oil and set on fire with torches.
The corpses burned for three days and three nights, and people looked at the flames and felt that the people who had once stood above their heads had turned into dirt under their feet.
The imperial capital, far in the middle, was plunged into a scuffle.
Queen Relia, who had lost her pride and majesty in the wailing of the trumpet, pleaded with the Sanctuary, but the doors of the Central Sanctuary were mercilessly closed to her.
She listened to the roars of the mob outside the Golden Palace and the clashing of swords outside the city walls, and sat straight on the Golden Throne with the little King Liepon in her arms.
Lelia remembered the old days, when Turing-Stanley was cold and ruthless to her, as if she were just a vassal of the Silver Eagle, never looking at her face every time she had sex, never having pleasure at all, as if she was just fulfilling her obligations and continuing the heir. She was not as attractive as the soul of the king's dead wife.
The misfortune continued to Repon, probably because the poor child did not receive his father's affection, and therefore the birth was extremely difficult, and Lelia almost lost her life for it, but Turing only looked at the child from afar - a fool who could not cry.
She will always remember Turing Stanley's ice-like eyes.
A few years later, in order to prevent the king's power from being divided among the territory, the iron-blooded monarch did not want the Sanctuary to continue to encroach on the royal power, and was sensitive to the ambitions of the silver eagle, and even wanted to send Lelia and Little Repon to Pariva in the south!
Hatred accumulates in Lelia's heart, and her best fifteen years have changed from a carefree girl in Silver Eagle City to a imprisoned geist in the Golden Palace. If Turing had ever given her a hint of tenderness, perhaps she wouldn't have poured poison into his ears!
Eventually, her hope was completely gone, she no longer wanted to ask Turing for mercy, and she was left with her only son, Repon Stanley, who must ascend to the throne and make up for what she had lost! )