As the sun sets, Kaeya and Lesio stand on the hill outside Black Rock and look west.

There are two hills outside Black Rock, one on top of Trisda's manor, and the other on top is the memorial of the Knights.

The white building resembles a Greek temple, with three rows of staircases on the inside and a cemetery on the outside.

It took a day for the two administrative officials to complete the cleaning and tidying work.

Finally, Lord Zhaoming came with a cavalry team.

The huge earthwork floating behind them stunned those present, and Lesio finally understood why the leader had asked him to dig a big hole here.

After the team arrived, Zhaoming manipulated the earthwork to slowly fall into the pit prepared in advance, and the relocation of the brothers' remains was completed.

Immediately after, Zhaoming took out the relics he had put away from the storage space and placed them on the steps.

Zhao Ming remained silent throughout the process, and the people around him were silent.

The torn armor, the broken weapons, and the stained cloak were all preserved here.

Zhaoming then took out the coats of arms of his brothers, which were two hundred and seventy-one with the emblems of the Knights, and Zhaoming inlaid them on the wall in order.

First of all, Grand Master Eldos, whose coat of arms representing the founding Grand Master was inlaid at the front, followed by the first Grand Master Dominic, the former Regiment Commander Gloria Sai, and the first company commander Alexios...... Until Ryan.

After all this was done, Zhaoming took off his winged helmet and stood there in silence for a long time.

Kaeya and the others didn't know whether to come forward to comfort them, and they didn't know what to say, so they had to wait quietly by the side.

As the sun finally set, Zhaoming finally turned around and led everyone out of the memorial hall and back to the city hall.

Maybe the knot in my heart has finally been untied, and everyone feels that the usually optimistic and cheerful lord is back.

Along the way, Zhaoming is no longer as dull as a month ago, but begins to talk freely about the future with everyone.

"Everyone, in the future, I will double the size of Black Rock City, and then take everyone over there!"

Akira's hand pointed to the dark border to the west, a land infested by demons.

The history of mankind is quite complicated, and it is said that at one time the entire human world was a whole large empire except for Daedalus, which was later naturalized in the north.

However, later the great empire was divided, and the original princes claimed to be kings and divided one side, and the perennial melee weakened the power of Enya's followers, so that the chaos enemy finally had an opportunity to invade on a large scale.

As a result, the world was split in two, and the human kingdoms could only retreat to the east of the Qitian Mountains, relying on the Knights to fend off the demons.

The power of the Templar Church, the superior of the Order, also grew during this period.

Whether it is Tranya, the shield of the goddess in the west, or Ankaria, the land of Changning in the east, they are all bathed in the holy light of the goddess.

Both Daedalus, the Lion in the north, and Donia, the nation of a thousand islands, in the south, are all subdued by the Templar Pope.

Even Kassel, the king of kings, the most powerful of all human kingdoms in the middle of the continent, must be crowned by the Pope.

The Church's call to the Templars was to resist the demonic minions at all costs and to regain lost territory to the west.

Meritorious service is the ultimate goal of every boy, so after hearing Zhaoming's words, everyone present felt enthusiastic and happy.

They truly believed that the lord in front of them had the ability to lead them to this feat.

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Time flies, and soon the end of the year is approaching, and the wheat in the fields outside the city is bearing heavy ears, and the farmers are harvesting and drying them and sending them to the warehouse for storage.

This day at the end of November was a big day for Zhaoming, because today he was going to collect taxes from his subjects for the first time.

Early that morning, after freshening up under Elusa's service, Zhaoming hurried to the town hall to meet with Grouchy.

After a brief conversation, the two went out of the city together, and the newly recruited squire brought a horse for Grouchy, and the two walked side by side on the road.

In the streets and alleys along the way, Zhaoming saw that every household seemed to be busy preparing something.

Grouchy told him that the regulations proposed by the governor Trisda stipulated that the inhabitants must use coins to pay their taxes, and that they could not be replaced by physical goods, so everyone was busy preparing coins.

"So?" Zhaoming thought about it, this approach is essentially beneficial, but is it too anxious for the people?

Fortunately, Grouchy added: "Miss Trisda has come up with a lot of cash to help everyone exchange coins and facilitate circulation in the market. ”

Hearing this, Zhaoming was very satisfied.

Trisda is indeed thinking about Black Rock City, and although each of her actions is selfish, it has a positive effect on the overall situation.

During the conversation, the two came to the grain field.

Kaya, the head of the Department of Agriculture, and Chrysler, the head of agriculture, have been waiting for a long time.

Zhaoming looked at the team that came to hand in the food, and secretly rejoiced in his heart.

Tithes were the result of their comprehensive consideration, and it was relatively easy for the long-oppressed Black Rock people.

It can also be seen from the faces of the farmers that they are satisfied with this year's tax and finally do not have to worry about food rations.

The grain delivery process officially began, and the government officials of the Ministry of Agriculture recorded the grain that each household should hand in the grain and the actual situation.

Grouchy listened to the reported figures, silently calculating in his mind.

Kaeya was unable to help settle accounts or inspect due to his lack of ability, so he had to go back and forth between the teams.

This process will last all day, and Zhaoming will just come to see it, and he will not stay here all day.

About an hour later, an administrative officer presented a record sheet.

Zhaoming looked at the above figures, because of the construction of the water conservancy project, this year's grain harvest, so the income is far more than the previous estimate.

The lord nodded in satisfaction, and then shouted to the crowd, "Who is Fry?" ”

The originally noisy scene calmed down in an instant, and everyone looked at each other, not knowing what they wanted to do.

Soon, the farmer named Frye stepped forward.

"My lord, I'm Fry!"

A sturdy farmer walked up to the lord on a steed, feeling a little nervous.

However, Zhaoming is not very difficult for him, but to reward him, and just now Zhaoming saw that he handed in the most grain on the roster.

Zhaoming took out a jar of wine from the storage space and gave it to Fry, and complimented him.

"You have handed in the most grain this year, which is enough to show your honesty and hard work, which you deserve."

This simple farmer was confused, he had never heard of good farming and rewards!

And that's not all, Zhaoming had two ears of wheat formed into a wreath and placed on Frye's head, a symbol of his status, representing him as this year's production champion.

The farmers cheered, their eyes filled with envy for Frye's plight and they vowed to be champions the following year.

Looking at their excited looks, Zhaoming sighed that this trick of encouragement is really good, just a jar of wine and a bouquet of wreaths will stimulate everyone's enthusiasm for production and labor.

Zhao Ming then rode away and ran in the direction of the church.