Back to the carriage, Claire asked as she stepped into the carriage, "Doesn't our viscount collect taxes once every six months?" ”

Reagan was also stunned for a moment, as the steward of the Griffin family, before coming to the viscounty, he must have a comprehensive understanding of the affairs here.

"Yes, our viscount does collect taxes once every six months."

"Have they paid all the taxes they collected? How much in total? ”

Reagan recalled: "They were all paid on time, and the annual tax revenue for five years was about 15,000 to 20,000 gold coins. ”

However, when there was magic mining in the viscounty before, the annual income was about millions of gold coins, so Viscount Griffin at that time didn't care much about these taxes of one or two hundred thousand.

"Oh." Claire replied softly, her tone not cold.

But Reagan on the side still sensed his young master's unhappiness from his tone, and he was also very unhappy in his heart, and sure enough, after the Viscount left the territory, those subordinates showed their bloodthirsty fangs, and even the Viscount's property dared to be swallowed privately!

In the wheat field, the woman smiled happily when she picked up the ten silver coins that had been thrown on the ground, which would have kept their family of four fed for a month.

But soon she put away her smile and took her child's hand and walked away quickly.

My sister, Melly, looked up at her mother and asked, "Is that brother a bad person?" ”

Crane muttered, "I think he's fine and gives us the money." ”

The woman's face suddenly turned up, "If people give you a little favor, do you think they are good people?" Don't forget what I told you, those nobles are villains who eat people and don't spit out bones, and even if that person gives us money, then he is just a good villain. ”

However, Melly didn't understand what her mother's mouth meant by the better villain, so she just looked up at the silver coin in her mother's hand and swallowed her saliva and asked, "Mom, can you buy me candy to eat when you have money?" ”

"Eat, eat, eat, know to eat." The woman poked her daughter's head with her hand, "This money must be saved, lest the nobles in the city come up with any other way to increase taxes, and then we will not be left without enough to eat." ”

Melly covered herself and was poked in the head, a grievance welled up from her heart, tears couldn't stop flowing out, she shook off her mother's hand and ran out.

"Humph! Mom is the badass! Just now, that big brother was willing to give me candy to eat, you are rich and reluctant to buy me brown sugar to eat, you are the worst, I will not be with you in the future! ”

The woman watched as her daughter shook off her hand and ran out, her eyes flashing and her mouth open, but she could not utter anything to reprimand her.

Crane immediately comforted: "Mom, don't be sad. Melly is still young, I'll go chase her back, you go home first. ”

The woman nodded, and Crane chased in the direction his sister had run away.

……

After a little more than an hour of travel in the carriage, Claire finally saw the outline of Naffu.

It was a city surrounded by towering walls, and the walls were made of some solid stones, although it looked very new and powerful from the outside, much better than some county cities, but Claire still felt a trace of dilapidation, and she was almost at the city gate but she couldn't feel the popularity at all.

Nafu City was a city that grew during the collection of magic mines, and after the magic mines were collected, they were quickly defeated, and some of the people who originally lived in the city also moved to other places, so it is no wonder that Claire felt the smell of ruin.

At the gates......

Reagan was furious: "What! Your captain can't come because of something! This is the return of the Viscount! What could be more important to him than that! ”

The vice-captain Hunter standing in front of him could only smile, but secretly said in his heart: He deliberately didn't come because the Viscount came.

Reagan angrily pointed at the knights on the opposite side and scolded, and after almost venting his anger, he turned around and got into the carriage to explain.

"Young master, their captain doesn't know what's going on, he didn't come over, and now the sun is about to set, why don't we go back to the Viscount's Mansion first."

Claire smiled playfully, "What's the matter with him, he obviously wants to give us a blow." ”

Reagan was stunned for a moment, he didn't think of so much just now, but after the young master's awakening, he reacted.

A wave of anger welled up in his heart, and he just wanted to turn around and go back and scold those people again, but was stopped by Claire.

Claire stepped out of the carriage and stood on the carriage and glanced condescendingly at the fifty-odd knights opposite.

The more than fifty knights on the opposite side unconsciously lowered their heads after seeing Claire, and exclaimed, "Lord Viscount! ”

Claire nodded, looked at the vice-captain Hunter who was standing in front of the knights, and said lightly: "Find someone to tell your captain, let him be busy with his affairs, I have time to wait for him to come over slowly." ”

Hunter looked up at Claire, shocked by his outstanding appearance and momentum, and it took a few seconds to react, and then sent someone to report to the captain.

...... in the barracks

"What! He had to let me meet him! Dean slapped the table and said angrily.

He was originally eating meat in the barracks, and he originally wanted to give the new lord a dismount, but he didn't expect the other party to be so tough, and he had to wait for himself to greet him!

"Go back and tell him I've got something to do, let him get in by himself, don't think I'm going to pick him up!"

The knight who came to report retreated with a bitter face, and the two big men clashed, and he could only be angry.

After more than ten minutes, the knight who had been retreating ran back again.

"Captain, Lord Viscount said that he has time, and he will wait for you no matter how long it takes."

"Humph!" Dean angrily smashed the wine glass in his hand, "Then let him wait, I don't believe he can wait!" ”

An hour or two later, the sun was about to set, and the walls were full of afterglow.

The knight ran back again, "Captain, Lord Viscount is still waiting for you to pass." ”

"I'm!" Dean stood up angrily, "Go!" Just a little kid! I'd like to see what he wants! ”

The knight who had reported the news was relieved that if the confrontation continued like this, they would not even be able to eat dinner.

……

Claire lay on her side on the carriage, lifted the curtain and stared at the city gate outside, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Young master, the knight captain is here." Reagan whispered.

Claire finally stopped being in a daze, jumped out of the carriage, and squinted at the oncoming knight captain.

Dean's momentum is amazing, and with his strength reaching that of a silver knight, he can deter some fierce beasts with just his breath, but the little kid in front of him is not affected by his breath?

"I'm sorry Lord Viscount, I'm too busy with some things, so I'm late, please forgive me!"

Although the captain Dean said such respectful words, everyone could not detect a trace of respect in his tone, but a sense of provocation: I came so late on purpose, what can you do with me!

"It's okay, it's okay." Carlisle also had a smile on her face.

Dean was disdainful in his heart, and sure enough, he was a child, and he confessed to scaring and scare.

But Claire's words in the next second made his jaw drop.

"Since you're so busy, then the position of knight captain won't be done for the time being, after all, you can't delay your errands, right?" Claire said lightly.

Dean's eyes immediately widened, he was not a self-cultivation person, and after hearing these words, he jumped up directly and was directly excited, pointing at Claire's nose and scolding: "Why did you remove me from my position!" ”

"Knights were originally granted by nobles, and as a knight of the Griffin family, isn't it normal that I can remove you from your position? And judging from your attitude today, you are very unsuitable to be the captain of this knight, and you actually let me, as your lord, wait, is this something that a knight captain can do? ”

Claire is indeed telling the truth, the rights and duties of knights are granted by the nobility, and appointments, dismissals, and appointments are only a matter of a sentence.

"You can't! You can't dismiss me! Dean went mad, since the previous Viscount went to the royal capital, the knights who were not hereditary had also passed from his grandfather to him, and the sudden loss of this position made him unacceptable for a while.

"What I say, I never take back. I've been dismissed from your position, so get out of here. There was a hint of indifference in Claire's eyes.

"Why did you remove me from my position, I have been the successor of the knight captain since birth, and I will be now!" Dean's breath fluctuated.

"I said,!" Claire's eyes also showed a hint of murderous intent, and on the first day he came to Nafu City, he didn't allow any accidents!

"It's you! Nafu City is my place! ”

Dean roared wildly, pulled a big sword from his waist, red fighting qi rose from his body, and soon covered his entire body, and then the fighting energy also wrapped around the big sword, at this moment he was like a beast that had lost his mind.

"Die!" Dean lunged at Claire with his greatsword.

The deputy captain Hunter saw it on the side, and the light red fighting energy in his body also gushed out, and he chased after him from behind, "Captain, no, you can't do anything to the Viscount!" ”

If a viscount dies in his territory, and among the knights under him, then these people don't want to live, and the nobles of other realms will definitely hang their disobedient knights in public at the city gates.

Dean got closer and closer, and soon came within seven steps of Claire, who stood motionless as if she had been dumbfounded.

"Bang!"

A deafening roar sounded, and Dean, who was originally holding the big sword high, fell down all of a sudden, kneeling in front of Claire, and the big sword in his hand also fell from his hand.

"As the saying goes, the gun is fast outside seven steps, and the gun is fast and accurate within seven steps." Claire said with a light blow on the muzzle of the gun.