In Tilling Town, a young man named Lu Bin, spent the New Year with mixed feelings and fear.

After waving goodbye to his family, Lu Bin ended his short New Year's vacation, returned to work, and came to a village.

Here, where Lu Bin works.

As an affairs officer, Lu Bin is currently working in the village, and his task is to explain the latest regulations and policies to the villagers, help them apply for loans, and help collect taxes when they are collected.

Of course, since the territory is currently exempted from paying taxes for three years by the noble lord, he doesn't have to worry about tax collection for the time being.

But the matter of militia training made Lu Bin very worried. It's not that he doesn't know how to train, it's that he's worried about whether the villagers will listen to him.

When he came to his own small house in the village, the villagers he met along the way looked at him with strange eyes, such a look, Lu Bin has been used to it during this time.

Returning to his residence with a light car, Lu Bin checked his house, well, everything is normal, no one has moved.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and he knew that the villagers were afraid of him. Not to mention his identity as a affairs officer, the identity of another magic apprentice is destined that the villagers will not provoke him easily, not to mention... He also killed the villagers who caused trouble.

Lu Bin grabbed a book from the small desk, it was a book on magic knowledge, he pushed open the window near the desk, let the light from the window enter the dim room, and then looked at it.

Continue.

After reading for a long time, Lu Bin put the book aside, silently closed his eyes, and recalled the contents of the book. This is his unique learning method, as a person with no outstanding talents, he can only rely on rote memorization over and over again and slowly digest it to understand the magical knowledge that is too profound for ordinary people.

After that, he stood up, closed the window again, and prepared to wander around the village to see if the villagers needed help.

Although Lu Bin's identity is an administrative officer, the administrative officer stationed in the village is also nicknamed the "Protector" by the noble lord, which is not a rumor from anyone, but what Lu Bin heard with his own ears, and it was revealed in a casual chat, the conversation between the lord and Lord Bella.

As the protector of the village, he should safeguard the interests of the villagers, advance and retreat with the villagers, and even lead the villagers to the battlefield when necessary. It can be said that this is a seemingly inconspicuous, but in fact quite important grassroots position.

Lu Bin didn't understand these words at the time, but now he gradually has a hint of enlightenment.

It is not so easy to do a good job as a so-called civil protection officer. It is not easy for an outsider, a person who does not belong to the village, to gain the trust of the villagers, let alone unite the whole village.

In this regard, it is useless to rely solely on force. Lu Bin has a deep understanding of this.

When he first came to the village, he had some unhappiness with the previous chief's family, but he did not accept the village chief's request not to tell the villagers about the exemption from taxation.

So, when Lu Bin summoned the villagers and announced in front of all the villagers that the lord would give everyone tax exemption for three years, what he got was not cheers and applause, but the faces of the villagers looking at each other and the ugly faces of the village chief's family.

Later, Lu Bin learned that the three-year tax exemption was completely useless for the villagers in the village. Their taxes have been paid five years in advance.

Five years after hearing that the village's taxes had been received, Lu Bin was shocked, as a native of Tiling Town, he never thought that why the same lord collected taxes, the difference would be so big, Tiling Town had never collected taxes like this.

The village where he is located is considered good, and I heard from the villagers that the taxes in the next village will be received in ten years, and they will be collected tomorrow!

Lu Bin was shocked, looking at the villagers who were not well fed and clothed, he felt for the first time that the lord's decision to open a class and send an affairs officer was right.

Since the villagers' taxes have been paid five years later, and the lord is exempt from taxes, should the village give the villagers a tax refund?

The answer is, no!

The village chief didn't pay attention to Lu Bin at all, and put all the responsibility on the previous lord, anyway, the previous lord couldn't find it, and there was no way to deal with Lu Bin.

But through the conversations with the villagers and the exchanges with his classmates during this period of time, Lu Bin figured out that it was these hateful middlemen who were responsible for the trouble, such as the tax collectors in some towns and the village chiefs of some villages, and naturally they would not give up.

For several days, Lu Bin continued to visit the village chief. Lu Bin knew very well that the extra years of taxes were in the village chief's family, in his sumptuous meals, in their neat clothes, in their tiled houses.

But these are all the wealth that belongs to the villagers, and Lu Bin just wants to get back the wealth that belongs to them for the villagers.

But in this world, there is not so much truth to talk about.

Originally, the village chief didn't want to provoke Lu Bin, as a newly conquered territory, before he fully understood the temper and details of the new lord, who would dare not give the lord's subordinates.

Although Lu Bin is just a hairy boy, and he doesn't know exactly what the title of the so-called affairs officer is, he always represents the authority of the lord, and he doesn't want to challenge it.

But the village chief's avoidance didn't seem to have any obvious effect, and the kid ran home twice in three days, asking him to return the money, and he was really angry.

How can there be a reason to refund the taxes that have already arrived, and he has never heard of such a thing.

After another frustration, the village chief found a scoundrel in the village and arranged a good show for a few dinars.

As a result, Lu Bin really fell for the trick and killed the scoundrel by mistake.

Now, the village chief can find an excuse, while encouraging the villagers, saying that the outsiders are killing the village, and at the same time contacting the village chiefs of the surrounding villages, and everyone will make trouble together, in order to get the lord to cancel the so-called affairs officer.

They also saw that this affairs officer had a lot of power, and almost took away all the privileges that originally belonged to them in one go.

These people are worth a lot of money because of this privilege, and taking away their power is no different from killing them for some people.

So, Wade received the report of that day.

Fortunately, the old Ivan, who was most familiar with the local situation, knew what was going on, and persuaded the acting lord Wade to punch these people hard, which was finally accepted by Wade.

In less than a day, those who were agitating, spreading rumors, and making trouble behind the scenes were all arrested by old Ivan and his soldiers, and even killed some people who often bullied men and women in front of many people, and everyone was happy for a while.

After Lu Bin finished killing people, he originally thought that he was finished, and he was finally lucky to be selected to become a magic apprentice and become the envy of his family and neighbors, but now because he can't control his temper, he is about to become the object of everyone's ridicule.

The first thing he did was nothing else, but he copied books for days, and he was afraid that he would lose the opportunity to learn magic and that he would never get ahead in the future.

Fortunately, the punishment he expected did not come, but heard the news of the old butler's fierce action.

That night, he had a rare insomnia.

After that, Lu Bin worked very seriously and began to try to have a good relationship with the villagers, but I don't know why, maybe it was the reason for the encouragement of the village chief before, or maybe it was the ruthlessness of old Ivan that frightened the villagers, in short, even the villagers who could talk to him and the two armies were silent when they met him, so that his work could not be carried out at all.

He couldn't understand why everything was the way it was after just one night.

Lu Bin wandered around the village, the terrain of this village, he was already familiar with it, even if he closed his eyes, he would not make a mistake.

As before, the villagers, who had been talking in groups of three or two, would immediately shut up as soon as they saw him. The villagers who were working, as soon as they met him, would take a detour, as if he were a plague god that could not be avoided.

"Why are you avoiding me?" Lu Bin didn't understand and roared.

"Want to know? Actually, the answer is very simple. ”

A voice appeared abruptly behind Lu Bin.

Lu Bin only felt that this voice was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while, but he was already very happy that someone was in the village and was willing to talk to him.

Lu Bin turned his head and saw clearly that the speaker was so frightened that he couldn't stand steadily.

"Collar... Your Lord! ”

"Shh Claire gestured to the other party in a whisper, then asked softly. "You're Lu Bin, right?"

"It's... Yes. Lu Bin replied tremblingly, at this moment he wanted to slap his mouth, why did he start to stutter when he spoke.

"Take me around." Claire smiled disapprerovingly.

"Okay, okay." Lu Bin took a deep breath and hurriedly led the way in front.

In order to ease the tension of the other party, Claire asked some simple questions on the side.

For example, how many inhabitants are there in the village, how much land is there, how well it is cultivated, what is the state of wealth, etc.

It can be seen that Lu Bin, as a affairs officer, is still quite qualified, and in the face of Claire's questions, he answered them one by one, and there was no situation where many people similar to Lu Bin's identity in the previous life of Blue Star did not know anything.

Claire nodded, yes, although this Lu Bin's magic talent is not high, he is serious in his work, and it is still worth paying attention to.

Through this simple question and answer, most of the tension in Lu Bin's heart disappeared. He didn't know why the lord who was supposed to be on the frontline battlefield appeared here, but he knew very well that such a question was definitely not something his identity could care about, so he asked another question.

"Your Excellency, you say you know why the villagers are avoiding me? Please explain. ”

Claire shook her head and sighed.

"You, your heart is good, but your method is wrong."

Lu Bin looked at Claire with a puzzled expression.

Claire didn't sell it and continued to explain.

In fact, this situation is too common in the poverty alleviation of a certain country in the previous life of Blue Star, as a person who has witnessed the success of poverty alleviation in this country, he naturally knows the Tao very well.

It was still a relatively democratic and free modern society, and now Claire is basically equivalent to a dark medieval society, and the difficulty of advancing the work between the two is naturally different.

However, the truth in it is all figured out.

As the affairs officer stationed in the village, when the first time comes, the villagers will think that the affairs officer may be in the same group as the village chief, and they will be in cahoots. When it is known that the clerk represents the lord, many villagers will feel that they see hope and complain to the clerk.

But when the officials swept away the original village chief by thunder and replaced the original duties of the village chief, the villagers would be afraid. Why?

Because in the eyes of the villagers, the village chiefs that they usually find difficult to deal with have been easily solved by these affairs officials, so if the affairs officials are the same as those village chiefs before them, wouldn't it be easy to ask God in the real sense and send God.

Then, what they can do is naturally put on an indifferent face and not let the affairs officers know the real situation, firstly, to protect themselves, and secondly, to force these affairs officers away.

"But, we're here to help them!" Lu Bin was a little indignant.

"The previous village chief may have said the same thing as you." Claire smiled.

Lu Bin was stunned, and wanted to defend something, but he felt that any defense was very weak.

"That's... My lord, how can this be solved, and how can we make the villagers believe in us? ”

In the previous life, a certain country of Blue Star had already given an answer, and Claire didn't need to figure it out by herself, just copy the answer.

That is, mingle with the villagers.

"Mingling?" Lu Bin looked at his hands blankly, a little unbearable.

Claire was speechless, "It's not for you to mingle physically, stupid, it's for you to make friends with them, do you understand?" You work with them to bring them benefits, and over time, they will naturally trust you.

In this process, the most important thing is to stand in their perspective and fight for their interests!

Think of yourself as an ordinary villager, not as an officer, so that you can do a good job. Even if you use magic to help them farm, you can make friends with them. ”

When Lu Bin heard this, he stood silently in place and fell into thought.

Claire ignored him, and after walking around the village herself, she shook her head and left the village.

Since she has been away from the territory for a long time, Claire is eager to see what the current situation is in the territory and whether the implementation of various policies is effective.

The day after the New Year's Day, Claire abandoned the large army to Norman and rushed to the town of Tilin with Barth.

Norman, despite his reluctance, could only reluctantly accept it. On top of that, Claire also entrusted little Lori to him.

There was no way, Lynn wanted to follow Claire to the death, and Claire judged that the next battle was most likely a tacit battle and there was no danger, so she agreed.

After coming to Tiling Town, Claire heard about the entanglement between the previous affairs officer and the original "tax officer", and without waiting for a break, she came to see the party Lu Bin in person.

I want to see the progress of the current policy through him, but now it seems that it is far from Claire's idea!