"My lord, follow your will. Lisa took the order and went out to spread the word.

Roland had no choice but to leave, and there was no benefit in continuing to entangle, and if he continued to raise the tax rate in a fit of thunder, it would be completely over. He calculated in his heart that this matter must be reported to the headquarters and let the upper authorities put pressure.

"My lord, he has left. Lisa hesitated for a moment and reminded: "Roland seems to be a little unwilling to leave when he leaves, I'm afraid something will happen." ”

"I see. Lei Ming sat on the chair, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and opened his eyes with a sneer on the corner of his mouth. "Lisa, summon the officials of the realm to a meeting at the Viscount's Palace. ”

The minimum tax rate for aristocratic fiefdoms is basically the same in the mainland, which is to prevent some nobles from making trouble and causing dissatisfaction among the people of other territories and causing unrest. As for the maximum tax rate, there is no limit. Even if the lord is promoted to 100 percent, no one cares, and he sends someone to ask a few words before the king.

Of course, no nobleman would be stupid enough to do this, that is to get along with himself.

"Roland, be honest if you are interested. Lei Ming sneered, picked up a document on the table, and read it carefully. This is a list of territory officials compiled through the Shadow Knights' investigation, which details the background and experience of each person.

He should have read this information no less than three times. As the saying goes: No official is clean under his ass, and the key is whether the top is checked or not. Because the old viscount only cares about making money and does not care about the management of the territory, the territory officials are messy, spies, spies, and spies...... Everybody.

The most ridiculous thing is that when the Temple of the Earth Goddess was built, the Financial Secretary who came to cry about the financial difficulties turned out to be the person from the Temple of the Earth Goddess.

"My lord, all the territorial officials have arrived. Lisa walked in and said.

Lei Ming casually threw the documents to the ground, scattered them all over the ground, got up and walked to the council hall.

Lisa picked up a document, glanced at its contents, trembled, hurriedly packed up the file, put it on the table, and hurriedly walked out.

Lei Ming withdrew his gaze and smiled with satisfaction. Being a housekeeper should know what to know and what not to know, and Lisa's performance is nothing less than satisfying him.

In the council hall, the familiar officials gathered together in twos and threes, and discussed in a low voice why the viscount suddenly summoned everyone today.

After Lei Ming walked in, everyone stopped talking and saluted together. After he was seated, the group returned to their seats and sat down.

He glanced at everyone and said lightly, "Are you all curious, why did you summon you here today? Don't worry, I'll tell you now." ”

"Chahar, Norman, Jones......" Lei Ming read more than twenty names in one breath, and there were six captains of the guard and fifteen administrative officials. "Congratulations, you've been fired. Don't try to justify me, get me out of the Grant Collar before I'm angry. ”

The people who were read looked at each other and left the administrative hall without saying a word. They are all smart people, and the Viscount dares to do this, because he has conclusive evidence. forcibly defended, it was incompatible with his surname.

Those who were not read breathed a sigh of relief, and it was finally over.

The Financial Secretary, who was the first to speak, said, "My lord, I heard that you are going to build a medium-sized magic tower in your territory, but the Financial Secretary has no money. By the way, Archbishop Custer came to the door again to ask for money for the construction of the temple. ”

"Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot one thing, Treasurer Hanor, to pass a message to Archbishop Custer on my behalf, the territory is indeed out of money, if you are in a hurry to build a temple in the territory, you can let him pay it in advance, and then you will definitely pay it back to him later. Okay, you can roll too. Lei Ming said impatiently.

"What do you mean, my lord?" asked Hanor, still politely.

"Don't you understand if I told you to? Lei Ming shrugged his shoulders and said.

An abnormal flush crossed Hanor's face, and he forcibly held back the anger in his heart, gave a graceful salute, and turned to leave. Vulgar, barbaric, ignorant, not even as good as a village man, the goddess of agriculture is above, how can such a person be a nobleman, or a viscount?

"My lord, will you offend the Church of the Goddess of Agriculture by doing this?" Fafer reminded worriedly.

Lei Ming's expression changed, and he regained his elegance and calmness, a posture that even the most discerning nobleman could not find the slightest fault. "Don't worry, Fafer, they don't represent the church. You send someone to investigate and contact the black bishop of the Church of the Goddess of Agriculture, the Grand Temple is about to be built, and I think many people will be happy to come to Grant City as bishops. ”

There are many bishops in the church, and not all of them can preside over the temple. In particular, the large temples were fought for by countless people, which was of great help to them to improve their strength and church status.

He was optimistic about Custer, and the icing on the cake was not as good as charcoal in the snow. Who would have thought that Custer was so uninteresting, since this is the case, Suo's surname is changed.

"Yes, sir. Fafer gave him a look of admiration and solemnly responded.

"Brewer, Chase and Nata......" Thunder Ming appointed more than twenty officials, all of them family knights and their clansmen. These people may be of average ability, but they are loyal. It is too much power now, and then replace it when you find someone who is loyal and capable. Among them, the Financial Secretary is concurrently served by Lisa.

He looked around at everyone and said with a smile. "Do you have any different opinions, or anything else you'd like to say?"

All the officials shook their heads in unison, joking, the Financial Secretary had an opinion and was immediately dismissed, what else did they dare to say? The people who originally wanted to stop the construction of the magic tower all chose to shut up. The viscount has money for him to spend, and it's not his own anyway.

"Since that's the case, let's disperse!" Lei Ming got up and left the council hall, just now more than forty officials were appointed and removed in one go, and the energy of the Book of Destiny was already full.

Back in the bedroom, tell Lisa not to disturb him if she has nothing to do. Sitting cross-legged on the bed, I don't know what posture other knights take to advance, for Lei Ming, he is still used to meditating as a Taoist. Although knowing that such a gesture is in this world, it does not mean the slightest.

Letting go of the suppression of the Book of Destiny, he felt the energy pouring into his body, and a trace of surprise flashed across his face. This time was completely different from before, the energy pouring into the body was unusually gentle, and there was no furiousness.

Maybe it's because of too little energy! Lei Ming suppressed the doubts in his heart and concentrated on controlling his fighting qi to absorb energy. The bottleneck of level 10 rushes through like fragile glass, and after reaching level 11, the energy in the Book of Destiny is depleted.

He got up and moved his hands and feet, thinking in his heart that if he wanted to continue to advance, he had to change the fate of more people.

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