Earl of Im Township.

The residence of Lord Ron Covind.

In a room without too much clutter, Ron was sitting at a desk, taking care of today's business.

In the minds of many people, the aristocracy, as the ruling class, should have supreme glory and enjoy it with nothing to do.

But in fact, the former is true, but the latter is not.

Because with great power comes great responsibility, and Ron, as an earl, cannot be idle, but diligent in government affairs.

It's just that whether this industriousness brings happiness to the Vasilyaki people or not depends on the wisdom of others.

After all, he, as a Vasiliki, was not very trusted by the Minoans even if he became a count.

He needs to act again and again, quickly and decisively, so that the military will gradually believe in him and give him more power.

For example, at the time of the Minoan Empire's announcement of the levy, the village of Imu in Ron was the fastest place to collect the people among the Vasiliki townships, several days faster than the Minoans were the county lords of the counts.

In order to prove his loyalty to the Empire, even if he had already married a Minoan as his wife.

It is also strange to say that as Vasiliki, they persecuted their own people more than foreigners, which has to be said to be a kind of sadness.

This is why, when Darcy and the others mentioned the name of the earl, there was no trace of respect, more gnashing of teeth, and great hatred.

As a lord, Ron wasn't unaware of these infamy, but when anyone was in his position, he could only do that.

He brainwashed himself into saying that there was no way to do all this, that he had his own hardships, and over time, Ron believed it.

Otherwise, it is difficult for ordinary people to understand how to make their hands full of the blood of their compatriots, but still not out of control.

He's used to it all, just as the grim look on his face now.

His eyes showed several documents from Minoan Central, and he was checking what was needed to be dealt with as an earl.

As the war against the barbarians intensified in the north, the empire needed a lot of tax revenue to feed the soldiers who were preparing to take in the barbarians.

This meant that Ron's taxation of his own territory was much faster.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly rang the bell on his desk, which was a signal that the lord of this place, Ron Covind needed his subordinates to run errands.

Hearing the news, a man came, and he saluted Ron with great humility, "Lord Earl, what do you need?"

"Help me see how the tax is going. ”

"Yes, Lord Count. The man saluted again, and then withdrew.

Ron was silent for a few seconds, waiting for the follow-up report.

A few minutes later, there was another knock on the door, and it was not the man from before, but one of Ron's favorite generals, Joseph.

Having taken his name from the Holy Scriptures, he did not have the noble character of a saint, but became a good dogleg of Ron, and he was able to dominate others to the extreme, so he gained the trust of the Earl.

In normal times, Ron would be happy to see his existence, but now, he was a little puzzled, and even asked angrily

"Why are you here, Joseph, if I'm not mistaken, I should have sent you to the village of Imu to collect taxes?"

There were several villages in Imu, the largest of which was the one, so Ron sent Joseph to collect the taxes.

"Report to Lord Earl, I did go to collect my taxes, but I ran into some trouble. ”

"What's the trouble? Do they dare to rebel?"

"They did rebel," Joseph's voice softened a little.

Ron was silent for a few seconds, then added, "Then you go for reinforcement and put down the rebellion." ”

"As my first soldier, you absolutely have such power, but you have come back to see me like this, Joseph, is it possible that you will rebel with them too?"

"Don't dare!" Joseph was taken aback by this, "Lord Earl, I have done everything you said, and the reason why I came back to see you is because I have encountered some force majeure things. ”

"What is force majeure?" Ron was puzzled.

"Meaning, I met two Minos, one of whom claimed to be a viscount, and demanded that we cease fire immediately, and said that he would personally explain to you, Lord Covind, that we did not dare to disobey, so we had to obey. ”

"Viscount Minos?" Ron's original desire to curse suddenly stopped, in his eyes, Minoans were the least offensive, even civilians.

And this time, it was a viscount, and he said that he wanted a ceasefire, so there must be a meaning behind it.

But before he could do that, he had to make sure that what Joseph said was right.

"You can first describe what happened and recount the situation. Ron ordered.

Joseph also talked about the situation at that time, and of course, there was a focus on strengthening their efforts, so as not to think that Ron was lazy.

At the same time, he also depicts the two Minoans, as well as their names.

After listening, Ron thought to himself.

Xavier, and Lloyd Wallace

He didn't recognize the two names, but the latter seemed to have some impressions.

If what Joseph said was not at all wrong, these two Minoans were probably used to beat me, he thought to himself.

For example, the Minoan military felt that if I did this, the civilians would start to revolt, which would not be beneficial to Minoan rule here, so they sent the Minoans to warn me.

But on the other hand, they need a lot of taxes, and the two are fundamentally contradictory, if you want to collect taxes, you can't be good to the common people.

It's like keeping a bird in a cage and asking it to soar into the sky.

Ron said he didn't understand.

Puzzled, he decided to take command of Joseph first, and let him lead his troops to surround the village of Iam, but not attack.

After all, no matter what, they were all plotting rebellion, and they had to be controlled first, and then talk about unforgivable things, and he didn't think that the Minoans would allow the Vasiliki to rebel.

After sending Joseph out, Ron sighed softly and touched the wrinkles on his face.

It had been years since he became Lord Earl, and he opened the drawer, looked at the old photographs inside, and was silent for a few seconds.

In the photo, he is young, and there is another woman in red.

He was speechless, observing, only to be suddenly interrupted by a voice.

"Why would you do such a thing to her if you still love her?" said a dark-haired man standing behind him at some point.

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