As William was about to rest, Brayman whispered outside the tent.

William walked out, "What's wrong?" ”

"My lord, a letter from the City of Plenty."

"What about the messenger?" William took the letter and asked casually.

"He came quickly, and almost fainted, and I asked him to take him down to rest."

Hearing this, William's action to open the letter sped up slightly. The only one who can send this kind of letter is Pichimus, so is there a great change in the city of Plenty?

The letter was very small and read in less than a minute.

After reading the letter, the corners of William's mouth rose slightly.

"Breman, how many days will the soldiers bring enough dry food?"

"Three days' bread."

"No wonder they were in such a hurry, they thought they only had three days to ......," William muttered to himself, the smile on his face even more obvious.

Breman's eyes drooped slightly, staring at the ground, and suddenly he heard William command:

"Tomorrow I'll change my route, go around and I'll go around the other villages around me."

"My lord, do you only need to travel around for two days?"

"Clever."

Seeing that Brayman understood, William went back to the camp to rest.

The letter was indeed sent by Picios, and the content was naturally about the movements of the City of Plenty.

Soon after William led his army away, there was an undercurrent in the city of Abundance, and several nobles gathered their subordinates, not only meeting and meeting many times, but also sneaking to inquire about the news of the garrison and Black Rock Fort.

Pisius immediately thought of William's plan and pushed the boat along.

First, he cooperated with Gulander to act in a play, and asked Gulander to pretend to go to the right acropolis to inspect and inadvertently reveal the news.

In fact, as soon as he left the city gates, Gulander secretly returned alone.

Perhaps this move completely fueled the ambitions of the nobles, who became more and more blatant, and even sent people to spy on Black Rock Fort.

They didn't know that not only were their every move under the watchful eye of Pisius.

Even this opportunity was created for them by William on his own initiative.

In the tent, William took off his armor and slept in his clothes, with his sword at the head of the bed to ensure that he could reach it as soon as he stretched out his hand.

The dark tent can't stop the divergence of thinking.

"In the eyes of those people, there are no great knights in the current Fertile City, and there is no one who can support the beams of the house militarily, so it is a good time to act."

"Besides, if Sikot is not in the royal capital, ordinary people can't mobilize 2,000 garrison soldiers."

"If it doesn't break out in this case, there will be no chance in the future."

In the letter, Pisius mentions several people who are the leaders of this series of nobles.

Without exception, they are all people who have various relationships with Kellyford, Tripp, and Byrne.

Perhaps long ago, they had become allies with shared interests, and although William did not hold them accountable for their sins at the time, they were in fear day and night.

The sins they had committed before hung over their heads like the sword of Damocles.

"Come on, come on, let me see how bold you are."

William was curious if they dared to storm Black Rock Fort.

And how they are ready to welcome their return.

What an interesting contest!

……

Two days later, William inspected the four surrounding villages, plus Milfords at the beginning, for a total of five villages.

The results of the inspection made William very dissatisfied.

It's not that someone in the village is disobedient, or that there's anything wrong with the village.

There is only one reason, they are too poor!

The village of Milforth is not an isolated case, but a pervasive problem in Barronland.

Because of the land problem, these villages could not be built together, so they could only choose to build villages on relatively rich land, so that from generation to generation, they were as deeply entrenched, and they did not think about migration at all.

William summed it up and found several reasons why the villagers were so poor.

First, there is the land issue.

The soil here is poor and lacks nutrients, so crops that are demanding on the land cannot be grown.

And the yield is low, the harvest is difficult, and the efficiency is low.

There are also various small villages in the royal capital, which generally grow many fruit trees, and although the villagers cannot live well, they can at least meet their basic food needs.

But in the Barron Collar, most of the crops were first sifted out.

Second, heavy taxes!

The kingdom of Sydes has always regarded taxation as a government second only to the training of armies.

Serfs, commoners, and noble lords had to pay a tax to the king in the form of a tithe, also known as tithes.

And that's just one of the whole taxes.

In the inner regions of the kingdom, the land was relatively rich and the peasants could afford it.

However, this was a barron, and the land was barren, and it was difficult for the peasants to support themselves, let alone pay taxes to the king.

On the way, Brayman once asked this question:

Since the land in the village is barren, why don't the peasants live in the three cities, and there are also fields on the edge of the city, which can also be cultivated.

William laughed at him for not eating minced meat.

There was no lord and official oppression in the village, and the peasants could not survive;

Entering the three cities, taxes that are only available to the population of various towns will come one after another.

For example, street cleaning tax, window tax, sunshine tax...... Many of the taxes that William had never heard of had really appeared in the Kingdom of Saidus.

And there is another reason for the poverty of the peasants, and that is the turbulent environment.

One moment it is a bandit, another is a foreign race, and the next it is a lord's army......

Thinking about this, William was a little introspective.

He should not be a lord from above, but a lord who can hear the voices of the people at the bottom.

You can't be born without humanity.

"The military pension system has begun to be slowly improved, and the previous effect is good, and it may be able to speed up the progress."

William thought to himself, and there was a solemnity on his young face that was not to be taken lightly:

"To reform the pension system, we need a solid financial pillar, and finance is nothing more than two points, open source and reduce expenditure."

"Although the tax of the territory is under my jurisdiction, in fact, Wang Du is the big boss, and the people in the government affairs department are staring at this piece."

"So, develop business?"

"Or, take it?"

Thinking about it, William felt like his head was going to get bigger.

He didn't have to be a lord before, and he was also a newcomer to govern the territory.

It's just that fortunately, he has a lot of historical memories and a lot of advanced experience than today's people.

Returning on horseback, the army gradually approached the city of Abundance.

"Breman, do you have any connection to Salvatore?"

"Back to my lord, there is no contact."

"It's not ...... good"

The horse was slow, William's body followed the ups and downs, looking at Breman, William smiled slightly:

"Anyway, you were also a candidate for the Thornblade, and Salvatore is your chief knight, write to him more in the future, and you can use the carrier pigeons of Black Rock Castle."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't think too much, it's just for you to simply communicate with him."

When the words landed, William suddenly smiled: "Of course, if you convey my thoughts by the way, it is okay." ”

"Yes, I see."