Actually, Sinan Pei was a little worried. When the merchants learned from various sources that their lord had brought a large sum of money into the city, they all suppressed their desire to make small moves.

They weren't stupid, their only recourse was gone, they weren't going to do anything impulsive and unscrupulous - they were pure merchants, and even after ruling the city for many years, their class attributes had not changed in the slightest.

Faced with the great nobles who had soldiers and money, they decided to give in for the time being.

As merchants, this was not something to be ashamed of, no matter how harsh their new lord treated them.

Sinampe and Theresa's strategy is to suppress the merchant fiercely. Although Sinampe will let them continue to live, he wants to squeeze as much money out of these people as possible. As a person who grew up in the Red Celestial Empire and worked hard in the shopping mall for many years, Sinampei has never had the slightest good impression of capital - of course, this refers to when others are rich and he is a poor ghost.

As for the development of the budding capitalism, as a traverser, Sinampei naturally pays considerable attention to this point, but the development of the germ of capitalism is not necessarily equivalent to indulging those unscrupulous businessmen.

Although Sinampe will allow them to have the strength and motivation to continue to develop, Sinampe will never let them threaten the ruling class again - the current rulers of Lelan are him and Theresa! How could Sinampe want the past to happen again in Lelan City?

However, since one group of people is to be suppressed, then another group of people must be co-opted, and Sinampei is inclined to the middle class and the poor.

Immediately after that little trick was over, Sinampe announced a tax cut for both classes in the city - he wanted a simple but powerful contrast to make most of the city realize which ruler was more beneficial to them in power.

The mercenaries acted as propaganda teams on an improvised basis, though the process could be a bit rough - for example, to save trouble. They forced all the people into the square for unified propaganda - but it did work well, and in an era when there was a lack of media, the mercenaries quickly conveyed Sinampei's policies to the burghers.

In fact, Sinampei was quite anxious. Because there were signs of instability in the city, many thugs began to try to gather crowds to make trouble, and many merchants also tried to abscond with money...... Otherwise, he could have taken his time.

Reality is forcing him, who has always been a somewhat gentle person, to solve the problem cleanly.

Then, for businessmen, Sinan Pei carried out a tax increase policy. Neither he nor Theresa had any money on their hands. As a poor man, he can't afford to cut taxes for the common people without opening up another source of money.

As the most developed merchandising region of the era, Saranyi had a really wealthy merchant population, and many of them made a fortune through trading and manufacturing, even in the seemingly declining city of Leran.

But now, Sinampei really offended the merchant class...... As a traverser, Sinampei really didn't want to do this, he knew very well how powerful the merchants would be in the future, and it was not wise to offend them. But now, businessmen are still a disadvantaged group in nature, so Sinan Pei can only make such a choice.

Adapt measures to the time and local conditions. Even if Sinampei didn't want to do this, the situation forced him to do so.

As for the question that his descendants are likely to take the blame for himself today, Sinan Pei also has a plan. He thought that what he was doing so far was only to offend the merchants of Lelan City now. And not to offend this hopeful class...... This can be regarded as a kind of self-comfort, but Sinan Pei feels that the truth is similar. There is mobility between classes, especially merchants, and after a few decades, the faces of those days will be completely different from those of now, and as long as they are handled properly, these resentments against the rulers may not last forever.

Like I said before. The merchants didn't dare to think about it, even if they regretted inviting the Auvergne family back, they had to obediently pay the money for their lives, and after entering the city, Sinampe looked at the city gate very closely. Although many merchants tried to leave Lelan, under the deliberate arrangement of Sinampei, none of the rich people were able to escape.

Of course, Sinan Pei would not be stupid enough to issue an edict on this kind of thing, which would cause public anger. The way he chose was simple - find fault. Whenever a merchant tries to bring their family members and family members with them, the mercenaries will always find a valid reason to refuse them to leave the city.

Sinan Pei gave them a lot of explanations. As a modern person, he still has advantages in this regard. And there is nothing wrong with the rhetoric he gave.

According to Si Nanpei's instructions, for these merchants who wanted to go out of the city, the mercenaries first persuaded them with kind words, and seemed to be kind enough to stop them on the grounds that this bad weather was not suitable for going out, if they didn't listen, the mercenaries didn't mind stopping them later, and buttoned up a few big hats by the way...... Some people may say, are these merchants stupid? Won't they bribe the mercenaries?

Of course, there is such a situation, but Sinan Pei is also very bad, he has adopted a "contract responsibility system", as long as the rich slip away, the mercenaries on duty at that time will be punished, anyway, as a city of dishes, Lelan's household registration system is quite perfect...... However, what Sinampei really dares to rest assured of these mercenaries is that he will give the mercenaries a commission from the taxes collected.

Do those merchants have such courage? Those who have the courage may have left before Sinampe entered the city, although this Le Lan City is also a paradise for merchants - after all, they have the political power of the city, but ambitious people usually choose to go to Genova or Adria......

However, although the church provided Si Nanpei with mercenaries this time, there were not many knowledgeable accountants, so Si Nanpei, who had been idle for a while since leaving Cape, devoted himself to unlimited case work. However, unlike in the past, Sinampei is quite happy.

It's all money that goes into his and Theresa's pockets! In this era when there is no distinction between public and private coffers, these taxes collected are equivalent to his and Theresa's private property.

At first, Sinampei was a little surprised, but then he became numb - compared with the account books of Lelan City in previous years, now it is only a little more tax for the rich, and the fiscal revenue has been qualitatively improved!

Sinampe never thought that the merchants in a city of Salanyi were so rich, and they were completely incomparable to those civilians who had eaten the last meal and did not have the next meal...... (To be continued......)