Chapter 603: Karim
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After getting enough rest, everyone's mental outlook is completely different, Lu Chen can see a smile of hope wherever he goes, even some people who are mourning their deceased friends and relatives do not express too much sadness, and their faces are full of courage and firmness to face life. Thinking that most of the people who died were due to his own thoughts, Lu Chen's heart was still a little uncomfortable, although this kind of damage was inevitable in this period of crisis.
"Lord Lord, you don't have to feel sorry for the people who died, it's not your fault, even if you have the strength of the ninth order, you will still be born, this is the case between people, war will bring ruin at the same time, it will also make people progress, make the slack society move forward, if you put aside human nature and morality, it can be regarded as the law of survival of the fittest that belongs to human beings. ”
Curiously sideways, Lu Chenxian's "extreme" comments that seemed to come from a third party actually came from the mouth of the pot-bellied man Karim, and he immediately stared at his eyes, which frightened him and immediately knelt down.
Pahn on the side thought thoughtfully for a while, and then suddenly interjected: "Are you the illegitimate son of a certain god? How can you meet talents everywhere?uh~ He should be a talent, right? Although he is a little fat~"
"Well, it's a talent, Brion's business alliance manager, but now it seems that this position is too condescending to him, if Pratt had used him as the director, maybe he wouldn't be where he is today. "The other party is a former city lord, and he has stood with Tony and them, although he is currently good, but he has not had time to check his details, and the most important thing is that he vaguely mentioned his strength, Lu Chen, who didn't want to get into trouble, unconsciously brought a bit of threat in his tone.
"No, no, what the villain said was from a miscellaneous book, but it was just ......" I never thought that my mouth would get into such trouble soon. Karim, who didn't know what he was wrong with, hurriedly wanted to clarify, but he didn't know how to continue halfway through his words without prior preparation.
"Just what? trying to curry favor with your new lord, regaining power?" Angus lost power, and Clarence was focused on military affairs. Pahn, who suddenly became the focus, couldn't stand the flattery of the nobles in the royal capital, so he was forced to throw the military industry to his father-in-law. took his wives out to relax, and now he was born in front of him, which naturally made him feel like he was returning to the royal capital.
"Eh~ yes, yes, the villain is wrong~" Although he did hope to maintain his original life in his heart, Karim didn't want to be inexplicably suspicious of the new lord, so he could only admit it like this. With a small mistake to protect himself who doesn't know where the fault is, but at this moment, Valais's sudden insertion not only unexpectedly freed him, but also gave him a new chance.
"Your Highness, Lordship. I was going to find you...... Karim, you are~" Valais hurriedly came with a few officers, after all, some reports still need to be known to Lu Chen, such as the food and clothing that everyone needs, but Karim's presence and expression made him pause slightly in surprise. Then he continued: "My lord, Brion can become a medium-sized city, and Karim's merit ~ may be higher than that of my soldiers. Although Lu Chen is easy to speak, there is still a third prince next to him, and Valles, who can see something, can only stop at the moment. I don't dare to rate him too highly.
"Oh, is he? Isn't he Pratt's man?" Lu Chen was interested, he didn't have systematic and comprehensive business management skills, and the trusted business people were no longer around, Valles's words were undoubtedly an excellent supplement.
"This~ Pratt is the lord of the city, if it weren't for his need to ensure the safety of coastal defense and attract merchants, maybe even I would be his person. Karim is a native and, like most of us, has always wanted his hometown to be prosperous and strong, so he is also very interested in promoting the exhibition in Brian for the benefit of businessmen. ”
"Then it's really not easy for him, Tony's guys are not easy to deal with. "It's not that Lu Chen can't trust Valais, but since he wants to use people, it is also very necessary to find out his ability.
It wasn't clear what the lord was thinking, but what he had done so far was worth entrusting, and Valles thought for a moment, and despite Karim's pleading eyes, he continued to say what he knew, the method that the merchant administrator used to balance the two ends: only the merchants and the townspeople had more money in their hands could they get more taxes from them.
On the surface, it means that it is a real pitfall, and more taxation will only make people miserable, but with the addition of the premise, it is completely different. I didn't expect to hear about financial problems in this kind of place, or it was a small steward from a remote place, not to mention Lu Chen's eyes lit up, and even Paan nodded his head after thinking for a while.
But just when everyone thought that the matter was over, Lu Chen poured another basin of ice water: "Hehe, yes, Karim, I can't imagine that you still have such an opinion, so how many bribes did it take to persuade Pratt and Tony?"
What he said just now was good, but suddenly he was accused of corruption, and no one had time to react, and Karim himself trembled as if he was epileptic, but he didn't know if he was stupid or really frightened, and he actually replied tremblingly, using nearly eighty percent of the amount of his own greed, which was used to persuade Pratt, Tony, and dredge others.
"Very well, in the future, I will allow you to keep thirty percent, but the remaining seventy percent of the whereabouts, you must list the accounts and hand them in secretly. By the way, don't call me by the troublesome title of 'Lord Lord' in the future, just use 'Young Master' like Humphreys and them. And you too, it's easy to just call me by my name. ”
Everyone was dumbfounded, but both the officers and Karim understood that after a difficult escape, they had finally become the "people" of the new lord.
The people around him had already vacated the place, and Lu Chen, who had solved the problem of Karim and commercial manpower at the same time, simply listened to Valais's report on the spot with a little excitement, because except for the problem of only enough food for a week, the loss of personnel in this battle was almost negligible as in the previous fight against pirates.
But Lu Chen, who was still frowning, asked Varas to ask if he wanted to take someone to hunt nearby to replenish the shortage of food reserves.
"Don't worry, your young master is not worried about food, it's just that the old problem has been committed again. You must know that since he took over the Red Thorn Flower, no matter how difficult it is, the mercenary group has not lost a single person. Knowing that Lu Chen was sad for the dead, Pahn was very helpless for him who had never been able to adapt to this. Of course, his words were not just addressed to Valles.
"I know, but after all, it's a thousand lives, and I haven't counted the other party. "For the enemy, he can be ruthless, but for innocent people and his own people, Lu Chen still has some difficulty accepting the appearance of death, although he can force himself not to interfere like the night of the battle.
Then, exhaling a breath, Lu Chen made a temporary arrangement: "Okay, first join up with my two legions, and then go your separate ways, you take the people to find a place to settle down, and I will take a legion and the 'friendly neighbors' who care about us, one by one, to visit their territories and borrow some urgently needed supplies from them." At that time, if there is something bad to decide, you can report it to this guy, or you can just call him the second master. Regardless of whether Paan wanted it or not, Lu Chen set his identity in Andreas.
And when they heard that a prince had actually become the second leader, most of the people present who knew the identity of Paan were immediately stunned by a sense of happiness, because this was equivalent to them being the personal vassals of the third prince, and if Paan gained power in the future, they would also jump from unknown officials to important ministers of the kingdom.
However, a few of them have brains like Valais, and they are still firm in their eyes towards Lu Chen, especially Karim, who has just been accepted, although he is very timid, and almost knelt on the ground again when Valais secretly told that the person who was with Lu Chen was the third prince, but he did not have the intention of switching because he was praised by the prince before.
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On the 26th, that is, the night shift the day before yesterday, it may be food poisoning, and my head hurts so much that I can't concentrate my thoughts, and it only got a little better last night, and I broke for a day, I'm really sorry!
Attached is an unfortunate news,Next month,No.1,Tomorrow will start to change jobs.,I've been assigned to a place where there's no freedom.,There's no time to code words at work.,For two months,The update will definitely be greatly affected.,It's inevitable to break again.,I hope everyone who is still reading this book doesn't lose confidence in me!