"Young Master, I don't agree with your idea!" In Monseron City, a middle-aged man's angry voice came from a room in the castle.

Fred was looking at the man in front of him with an embarrassed expression, the other party was a retainer of his own family, named Bert, who was the assistant sent by his father, Earl Wright, to help him lead the army this time.

It can be said that this army from Trois-Rivières is nominally commanded by Fred, but the actual control is in Bert's hands.

Fred understood this, so he communicated with the other party and said that he wanted Wade to command the army.

"Actually, it's not a big deal, Wade grew up with me, and he won't hurt me." Fred was patient and continued to explain.

"Young Master!" Bert's tone improved considerably. "Did the young master personally invite Ying to come here just to hide in the castle to eat, drink and have fun?

Before, Baron Moore and Baron Claire asked the young master to sit here to take care of logistics, and I can understand it, after all, the reinforcements are not in their plans, they have already had their own arrangements, and I am not a person who is not familiar with the military formation, so I accepted such an arrangement.

But now, the two barons are lacking in skills on the front line, it is the time for you to show your ability, young master, if you still let others command, then why did you personally lead the team in the first place? ”

Bert's words made Fred's face red-faced.

He couldn't tell the other party that he was worried about Claire, so he deliberately asked his father for reinforcements.

What Bert said is also very reasonable, after all, Fred took the initiative to ask to come to the front line to fight, and now he finally has the opportunity to lead the troops to fight, if this is not good, it will inevitably affect his reputation.

Fred hesitated and asked. "So what should I do?"

Bert glanced at Fred deeply, and sighed in his heart, is this the most optimistic son of Earl Wright, and at this level? It seems that this generation of the Morris family is destined to decline a lot, but it's a pity.

"Even if the young master doesn't trust me and trusts that Wade knight, then when you go out on the expedition, you can take the Wade knight and let him give advice on the side, any decision still needs to be ordered by you yourself, young master."

Fred blinked, thinking that this was not much different from me handing over command to Wade, and that I was one more present. However, he was not a fool, and soon understood Bert's intentions, and nodded.

"Alright, then do as you say."

Hearing Fred's promise, Bert's mood also improved a little, this young master is not useless, at least, he can listen to other people's suggestions, if he can make good use of people in the future, it is not too difficult to be a master of success.

Wade, who was being talked about by Fred, had not yet set out from Tilling Town to Montelon City.

It's not that he wants to release Fred's pigeons, it's the territorial things that really keep him from leaving.

Originally, after receiving Fred's letter, after consulting with everyone in the territory, he decided to go to Fred lightly without the army and others to take over Fred's army.

When he assigned all his work to others and was about to leave, an incident happened in the territory that forced Wade to stay and delay his trip.

This matter, whether it is big or small, is not small, and it gives Wade an extreme headache.

Previously, Claire made drastic reforms, but the movement was not small, which hurt the interests of many people. Of course, there are many people who have benefited from the bill promulgated by Claire, and Claire has "thrown a lot of coins", so the voices that have been opposing the reform have not set off any waves.

But until last week, after a reform that Claired had ordered went ahead with a plan, Wade was met with a fierce backlash.

This reform is about the "package tax system".

At the beginning of the period, for those village chiefs, tax collectors and others who exchanged tax rights from the lord, Claire actually didn't want to move, and she didn't even bother to change the system.

Claire's idea is very simple, in the first few years, she must not count on the meager tax of the territory to carry out construction, and almost all of them will be tax-free. As long as the tax exemption lasts for a few years, the people are accustomed to no longer paying taxes to the original village chiefs and tax collectors, and they have opened up the wisdom of the people, and it is easy to send people to collect taxes themselves.

But in fact, when Claire announced the five-year tax exemption, someone secretly made a small report to him. Under this question, Claire realized that it was time to abolish these "intermediaries".

Because, although Claire is exempt from taxes, some village taxes have already been received ten years later.

In other words, even if Claire is exempt from tax for ten years, these villages will not be able to enjoy the benefits of Claire's tax exemption. These moths who use the tax system to make money have collected additional taxes for many years behind the back of their lords, and now Claire's tax exemption is their benefit.

Hearing this, Claire couldn't bear it anymore.

At first, he was able to tolerate the presence of this group of people because, when he inspected the surrounding area of Tilling, he found that the villagers were living a decent life and did not seem to have been exploited much. But not every barony's village chief is as conscientious as the ones around Tilling......

Claire originally wanted to directly cut down these people one by one, but he thought that it was contrary to his own policy, what he wanted was for the people to obey the law, if he took the lead in violating the law, wouldn't it be effective from the top to the bottom, and the law would become waste paper?

These tax collectors have done nothing wrong under Claire's rule, and treating them like this has a great impact on Claire's reputation. The act of collecting taxes was also done when the previous lord was in charge.

So, Claire instructed Bella and little Ivan to select some young people who were willing to engage in government affairs in the literacy class and magic apprentices, become affairs officials, replace the original tax collectors, and personally go to the village to govern, changing the tradition of "the king does not go to the countryside".

Before Claire set out, the potential affairs officers were still being cultivated, so Claire did not witness the historic moment when the affairs officers served as "village cadres".

After Wade took over the territory, he naturally continued to implement Claire's policy loyally, and recently sent the officers to various villages and towns.

Originally, I thought that there were still enough troops in the territory, and those who had vested interests before, even if they were unwilling, would not dare to do anything. I didn't think that he was really bold, using his local prestige to provoke the villagers and the officials to confront each other, and finally a very angry young magic apprentice used magic to kill and injure several villagers, causing great dissatisfaction in the village.

It's one of the things that Wade finds very tricky.

On one side are angry villagers, and on the other side are Bella's carefully cultivated magic apprentices, and it is not good to either side, and Wade has not slept well for several days.

"Your Excellency, you are just too tolerant, beat up those villagers, find out all the people behind the scenes, and kill all the people behind the scenes, and this matter will be solved naturally."

Seeing Wade so worried, old Ivan gave his own advice.