As soon as Alice, Fengzi and Mira stepped into the door of the lord's mansion, they all frowned, thinking to themselves why the big lord's mansion was so shabby, there was no New Year's atmosphere in the mansion at all, and this big lord was too stingy, right? In the past, when Christine was in office, the mansion would be renovated every year, and even the trees were wrapped in red cloth.

The handicraft, commercial, educational, and agricultural groups were moved to tears as soon as they entered the mansion, and when Alice and the others asked them why, they wiped away their tears and said, "The Great Lord spends money on us like water, and he doesn't blink his eyes, but he is so himself. ”

Mei Yi was accompanied by the sound of firecrackers and fireworks last night, and played cards with Illya, Akilu, and Mei Luke until two o'clock in the morning, and was pulled up by Evelyn early this morning to go to the temple to worship the goddess Emilia, and went to the shopping street, residential areas and agriculture to see, and then returned to the mansion exhausted, followed by a group meeting.

Mei Yi said a few kind words when she met with the lord and the county guard, then took out their debriefing report and questioned them one by one about the problems. He spoke very quickly, not giving people a chance to think and organize his language at all, and as soon as he found a contradiction, he immediately followed it up, and saw the other lords and county lords sweating down.

Mei Yi's face was cold, and everyone sensed his dissatisfaction.

Mei Yi was a little disappointed and said, "It seems that everyone is still not clear about the functions and power boundaries of the lord and the county guard. This can't be blamed on everyone, in the past, the lord was almost the king of the fief and could do whatever he wanted. Not now, I've signed the Sombra City Civil Code, Criminal Law, Commercial Law, and Administrative Law, which will be implemented next month. ”

"Also, considering the actual situation, the Minister of the Interior, Zejin, proposed that all lords and county guards be trained in batches to better meet the needs of the governance of Sombra City, and the Council of Lords has approved it. For specific plans, please go to Zejin to implement and view...... Don't forget to go to the Minister of Justice and get back the law and concise reading skills. ”

Next up is the merchant guilds.

The representative of the Chamber of Commerce said, "Your Excellency, you have lowered your business taxes since you arrived in Sombra City, and we have finally survived the most uncomfortable moment. For a long time, the kingdom has been heavy on agriculture and light on business, and the suppression of merchants is very strong, after you came, we finally have a relatively stable business environment. If there's anything we can do, please feel free to ask. ”

Mei Yi smiled and said, "There are two things I want you to help with. First, don't hoard in Sombra. If I find out, I won't deal with you through the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but will ask the Minister of Security to make you disappear completely. Second, if you want to earn my respect, sell Sombra's goods to all parts of the kingdom. ”

The representative of the merchant guild wiped the sweat from his head and said in awe, "Your Excellency, you can rest assured. We also despise the scum who wantonly inflated the price of seeds and grain during the flood, and we are also in favor of the high lords offering them directly to the river gods. As citizens of Sombra, we will definitely work hard to sell the products of the consular district. ”

Mei Yi also said: "Regarding the policy of valuing agriculture over business, don't be resentful. How much food, cloth, and medicine does the kingdom produce each year? As soon as you hoard, do the people still want to live? Hatefully, there was civil strife in the kingdom, and some merchants speculated indiscriminately and openly supported the rebels...... In Sombra City, merchants are not allowed to interfere in government affairs, otherwise they will bear the consequences. ”

The representatives of the merchant guilds nodded busily yes.

Seeing that Mei Yi had finished speaking, Karina added: "The Great Lord has lowered the tax rate in the consular district, but some merchants are not only ungrateful but also evade taxes on a large scale, and Sombra City has lost a lot of tax revenue. ”

"From next month, the Ministry of Finance and Taxation will conduct an examination of the merchants, and if tax evasion is discovered, in addition to punishment according to law, it will also be regarded as disloyalty to the lord, and the rented shops and land allocated from the lord will be deprived. The Great Lord has sworn to protect the trade routes with his sword, and I don't want the sword to protect you to fall on you. ”

When the people of the agricultural group saw the business association, the lord, and the county keeper all sweating out, they couldn't help but start muttering in their hearts: Isn't the Great Lord quite kind? Why did they go in like roosters one by one, and come out like quails?

They walked into the lord's mansion nervously, only to find that the lord was still talking and laughing with them as usual. Their tense mood finally relaxed.

Mei Yi chatted with them for a while, and then said: "Last year, we survived the famine, and we also achieved a bumper harvest of autumn grain, and finally got through the difficulties. However, there is a particularly serious problem, the output of our grain crops, wheat, rice, and millet, is too small, and we lack sufficient grain reserves, and it will be difficult for us to cope with another famine. ”

A farmer said, "Your Excellency, you told us about this last time, and you also told us about seed selection and breeding. We're already doing that. Now the most hopeful thing is that the goddess will bless and there will be no major flood this year. ”

Mei Yi said: "When I went to Zhenling to report on my work this time, I walked along the Luoshui River, and I have basically figured out the cause of the flood, and it is difficult to solve it. Now that the Luoshui River is in dry season, Walter will organize people to dredge the river, and before the flood season comes, the mansion will try to solve this problem. ”

Another farmer was embarrassed and said, "My lord, I'm sorry, but the peasants have never heard of the thing called potatoes you mentioned, and they dare not plant ......."

Mei Yi smiled: "It's okay, it's understandable. I've already had people plant on the lord's land, so let's talk about it when it's successful. Speaking of this, Meiyi's face turned cold, "I've heard that many farmers are reluctant to send their children, especially girls, to school, right?" ”

"This ...... Lord Lord, even if it is a boy, what is the use of a girl from a civilian family studying, and she will marry in the future......" Speaking of this, he saw that the female ministers present all had cold faces, and closed their mouths in fright.

"Nonsense!"

When Mei Yi heard this, her heart was on fire, she slapped the table hard, stood up with a snap, and said sharply, "I can't care about the rest of the kingdom, in short, I can't do it in Sombra City!" Whether as a resident of Sombra City or the mother of the future generation of the kingdom, you can't be without knowledge and culture, and my people can't go out and let anyone look down on you! If you can't do it, get out of Sombra! ”

When those peasant groups suddenly saw the big lord making such a big fire, they trembled with fright, and they didn't dare to come out, and they walked out of the big lord's mansion with sweat and weak legs.

In the living room, Mei Yi chatted with the ministers for a while, and then said, "Okay, the group meeting is over, and then it's a holiday." Each department arranges the staff on duty, and everyone enjoys the holiday. ”

Walking out of the door, Mei Yi suddenly found that there was goose feather snow floating in the sky. In the dense snowflakes, several green heads came up to them, and said to Mei Yi with some embarrassment: "Lord Lord, we are back......"

Mei Yi looked at Butterfly Love, Broken Bee and Wind Kite, and said excitedly and surprised, "You...... You're not ......"

Wind Kite said softly, "Lord Lord, we have gone back to make it clear to the Master Mother, and we have decided to leave the Northern Fairy Forest. We're out of touch with life in the Fairy Forest, and we apologize for not telling you in advance, because we didn't know we were going to be allowed to ......"

"Needless to say, welcome back, Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year, Lord Lord."