Chapter 33: The Noble Reward
What the old tax collector said was reasonable, but it was better to say that he really saw through Ian's plan, and it is no wonder that he has been a tax collector from the old Baron Ryan to this day.
But just because someone is wise and reasonable, it doesn't mean that someone likes to listen.
The vast majority of people in the world are not happy to listen to the right words.
Old Farr, you've earned enough, so it doesn't matter, we haven't earned enough! "
Maybe you're going to beat us up, right? "
A female tax collector said, she is the eldest daughter of the Doyle family: "The other party is an alchemist lord, and it costs quite a lot of money, maybe he will beat us up and make us greedy, or spit out some of the money we took in the past... This thing is not difficult, and everyone can feel at ease by paying some money. "
"yes."
The other tax collectors also responded: "Where are these noble lords really in charge?"
Especially the alchemist, now it is estimated that he will straighten out his finances, and when he gets it, he will not have the money to let him do experiments...... Now that this momentum has passed, let's send a large batch of thalers, maybe it's business as usual? "
This caused a burst of laughter, which had apparently happened many times in Terra and was not a surprise to these people. "
But I still don't feel well. "
A middle-aged tax official sighed: "Everyone has been working diligently for the Lean Collar for so long, and they were suddenly expelled, this new lord really doesn't treat us as human beings, and will wipe out our life's hard work!"
Hearing this, everyone's faces changed abruptly, and you said goodbye to everyone one by one, you are you!
Everyone is just unemployed and running over to drink some tasteless water, but there are plans to discuss the decisions of the lord's mansion in vain!
That lord would look at him when he talked to him, and he was a ruthless character who burned his head with a single shot... Even if it looks beautiful last year, it is also a poisonous flower with thorns.
Don't splash your blood!
Because of the arrogant words of the emotionally intelligent person, the gathering of the unemployment tax collector was a happy one, and the old tax collector shook his head and took the lead in leaving with a pipe in his mouth, and the first to go was the Si family tax collector who ended up complaining.
Before the latter left the tavern, he walked directly to the city hall to register for the first batch of new tax officer exams not today, I originally wanted to bring up those senior people who have worked together, and I thought that one of them was Chinese.
In that case, it is better to go home and prepare for the exam materials before reinventing your name.
And the former was going to go to another private liquor shop without alcohol to buy some wine to relieve the depression in his heart.
But in the middle of the road, the tax collector of the Ross family suddenly met a cobbler who looked down on something.
I still know the cobbler, who seems to have moved here for a long time, and has been working diligently, and has found a local wife, and the children are two years old, and the craftsmanship is wrong, and he has made me a bearskin coat." Nick, what's the matter? "
I said, "Are you going to have a drink too?"
"yes, it's pretty depressing."
The cobbler, known as Nick, smiled, and I said, "Master Ian, what's the matter, it's so good to see how good you are?"
"Don't talk about it.
Is it all the order of our new lord? "
Speaking of that, Ian was full of depression, I shook my head, and walked with the other party to the liquor in the depths of the alley: "Tell him the truth, you are also a tax collector...... The two came to the alley and poured two bottles of ale mixed with water, and the atmosphere became cold, and Miao Yi ended venting the happiness in his heart. I dare to complain about Lauren, but I didn't notice that the honest 'leatherman' eyes were shining, but his mouth was asking for details, the process of the tax officer's meeting.
Before I knew what the tax collector and the family in front of me thought of Lauren, I excused myself to have money.
The spy from the Flying Flame Land returned to his house, and released a striking gray pigeon, which flapped its wings a few times, and then ran out of the streets, into the woods, and flew into the distance in the sky.
On the roof of the building farther away, eight soldiers of the White People watched the scene with binoculars. "
Catch it now? "
― A native soldier said, and the captain shook his head: "The Great Elder (Lauren) said that the information leakage of the Lai'an domain will be leaked, and it can still pass on false information at critical moments, it is really useful, and you can't wait for the need to kill it."
"Now it's necessary to do it, just make a solid watch list."
"Uh-huh."
The old soldier nodded, and I couldn't help but sigh a little: "How did the Great Elder know that the other party was a spy?"
We must have seen it with our own eyes, but you suspect that this honest cobbler is actually a Flying Flame Land spy! "
"Ever heard of the 'Prophet of Thunder'?"
The captain played tricks, I once drove the Magnetic Storm Armor and followed Lauren to raid the mountain people's positions, and now I have seized an opportunity to brag: "Our Great Elder has few means, who knows if my psionic ability can see through people's hearts?"
It's like a real prophet! "
"Anyway, it's nothing, just do it and go back, if I can't help it!"
In the name of the prophet of thunder, the end of the love spread from the mouths of the mountain people and the inhabitants of the Lyan Territory to the inner realm.
It's not over yet, and some people call Miao Yi 'your prophet lord'.
That can be regarded as a strategy of Lauren, Bi Jing and I are very affectionate, sooner or later, I will reveal the truth of my spiritual ability...... And although the name is fake, the language is not so wonderful, and the nicknames and pronouns, as well as the actual facts, will indeed gradually blur and make people forget that they are the same.
At this point, we will take it for granted.
As for the tax collector and the back family's fullness, Lauren could have expected it. But I don't mind that.
Because, as the old tax collector said, Lauren also prevents the experienced guys from taking the exams one by one, as long as they can pass the written test and interview, and the 'background check', of course I mind hiring the experienced guys again.
If we are willing to pass on our experience as tax collectors as 'teachers', Lauren would welcome it.
Something else in the territory may be lacking, but the 'teacher' is really not too much and too little.
While the tax collectors complained, the construction of Lyonling was in full swing.
In the week leading up to the war, the ruined Ryan Domain had been almost completely renovated.
Even in the northwest city, which was originally built with many fortifications and magnetic storm coils, and was almost in ruins by the shelling of mountain people, now only the towers with magnetic storm coils remain, and according to Lauren's original plan, those towers will also be demolished, but local residents said that those coils gave us a sense of weakness and affection, so they were also dropped at the beginning.
Lauren simply built a 'Tianlei Square' under the original site of the ruins with the magnetic storm coil as the center, as a commemoration of the counterattack, and also a good place for local residents to hang out in their leisure time.
In addition, Lauren brought in a group of craftsmen from Nauman, and we were asked to repair the castle of Lady Ryan, and the damaged area was renovated again.
In general, it is not to completely erase the shadow of the original Lady Ryan from the castle and turn it into a structure that Lauren herself is accustomed to.
Although the craftsmen often found some bones and strange limb remains in the process of renovation, it is unlikely that they were the remnants of the experiments of the baroness and these psionic children, but Lauren gave us the confidence, so we were not too afraid.
A new Lord's House has been built, and for the most recent time, Lauren has been living in the Town Hall, taking care of the business.
And my busy work is also very complicated, buying food one by one.
Buy all kinds of food.
The grain shortage in Nanling will continue until next year's autumn harvest.
Even if Lauren sent a whole convoy of food later, it only met the needs of the Lai'an Domain, except for the Lai'an Domain, there were no seventeen towns in the entire territory!
Small and big villages, we can also ignore them.
So Lauren, with the help of the channel of the Platinum Workshop, placed a small order to buy the high-priced grain of the Quinore Plain, one by one, I planned to directly buy 1,000 tons of grain on the right and left, half of which was the staple food, and the other half was adzuki beans, potatoes and all kinds of potatoes, and there was not a considerable amount of animal fat.
Together, the grain was worth two thousand seven hundred thalers.
It sounds very little, and it costs Lauren one-seventh of the rest of his savings, but the actual discount is a lot. You must know that even if there is a food disaster, in Nanling, that food will cost close to 8,000 thalers.
Of course, a thousand tons is also less, but that is only the first order, and after the implementation of the new agricultural reform, Lauren will have to hoard enough reserves for a possible victory.
In addition, I also made all the orders of the city hall public, and even asked the staff to go out and hang up notices one by one, not to let everyone know, the territory has no food, no money, as long as you are willing to work, you can eat more than a mouthful of food.
Because Lauren did bring back a whole grain team, it was not long before he believed in the authenticity of the order, and no one was relieved.
In addition, Miao Yi also contacted the Yinfang Chamber of Commerce and purchased a small batch of building materials from his old acquaintance, Mr. Yinfang." Miao Yi: What is he going to do? "
Mr. Yinfang heard that he had booked enough building materials for many years to rebuild an entire block, and the raw materials alone were more than two thousand talers, and it was forbidden to have a small business that was not a little red, but in order to avoid the impulse of the old man, I still had to advise: "If he plans to rebuild the Lord's Mansion, do you think he needs less money, and the alchemy laboratory is also slow down for ......a while."
"And yes."
Lauren didn't explain much: "Mr. Silverfang, you hope that you can help you find a group of reliable and slow craftsmen, who can build some unconventional buildings and tools, and can sign a confidentiality contract."
"Is that so?"
Mr. Silverfang's eyes narrowed, Lauren's proposal was actually very excessive, but I suspect that there will definitely be a reason for such a condition for many years.
If I don't have any new inventions or plans. "
This line. "
The old man said, "By the way, congratulations to him, 'Messenger of the Dragon God'."
"What congratulations?"
Hearing Mr. Yinfang's slightly humorous congratulations, Lauren is forbidden smile The other party is also a member of the Dragon Worship Sect, so of course he knows that Miao Yi and Elder Bench Cliff have discussed such a set of statements. "
Of course, it was his official aristocratic reward. "
As one of the bridges of communication between the Bailong Sect and the Nauman Domain Lord's Mansion, Mr. Yinfang is indeed well-informed: "As far as you know, the letter of appointment from Manchester City is not yet on the road."
"Then again, Lauren, now that he has become a nobleman, is he going to regain his name as the Chehalorvo family, or is he going to start all over again and have a new surname?"
That's a good question, Lauren thought about it, and decided that it didn't matter to her, so it was hard to choose.
In that case, let's contact Elder Pudd.