When the man opened his eyes with difficulty, he saw His Royal Highness Prince Austin sitting in front of him. After thinking about it for himself, Hubbard proposed a new policy, but because Austin had a falling out with the church, it was doomed that the lord would not be able to serve for a few days. Just leave directly, wait for a reliable person to come over, and then ......

The man thought of this, remembered that he had just walked to the door, heard a loud noise, and fainted.

"Your Highness......," the man said weakly.

"Levi yes, during the meeting, you wanted to leave first, and you were affected by Hawthorn to the point of coma, so there are some things you don't know about the meeting, I'm here to talk to you, and then you're making a statement. Austin spoke, telling Levi what had happened, and asked, "Agreed?"

Levi smiled bitterly and said hoarsely, "I, do I have the right to object?"

From these policies, Levi has sensed the problem, and His Royal Highness wants to follow the example of the empire and establish a similar centralized power. And like this kind of power, the existence of the aristocracy itself is an obstacle, although Austin wants to establish a chamber of commerce where all the nobility benefits, and it seems that he wants to unite with the aristocracy, but he definitely does not want to unite himself, but to do things.

The main thing is that if we follow Austin's plan, we want to gradually replace the influence of the church, that is, there is no intention of détente with the church.

"Yes, if you don't want to, I won't do anything to you, this is your right, to be honest, this kind of thing, I don't want to force anyone, but I need enough people to do it, once enough people are enough, it doesn't matter. You can refuse, and even if you refuse, I won't do anything to you. Austin said.

Austin's words surprised Levi a little, he didn't expect the prince to talk to him like this, and his hostility was much less, and he asked, "What does Your Highness want me to do?"

"Someday in the future, I will go to that hillside in the suburbs without my guards, and you will contact all the nobles to gather their forces and attack me according to the plan given to you. Austin said.

"Why did you do this, why did you choose me?" asked Levi solemnly.

"All the nobles, I have screened them, just from strength, prestige, and afterwards, whether they can become officials under my rule, but in this case, many people can use it, but you were knocked unconscious by me at the meeting, so you are the most suitable. Austin said, "After weighing the pros and cons, I think you'll agree, what, don't?"

Levi said hesitantly: "I, it's not that I don't agree, it's just that I don't understand why His Highness did this. Even if you want to reclaim your tax rights, it is not impossible, your territory is not small, and you still need the help of nobles after all. Your Highness, your goal is the king after all, and if you say this to the nobles here, it is impossible for the great nobles to support you later, and without their support, you will not be able to become a king. ”

"These don't matter, whether it's a king or an emperor, it's all in the future, and in the future, naturally I'm thinking about it in the future, even if I'm not thinking about it that far. Among the things that need to be dealt with now, first of all, I intend to establish a chamber of commerce, which will require a considerable amount of money, and once this chamber of commerce is established, it will be the main source of our economy, and the peasants will be reduced or even exempted from taxes. Therefore, this money needs to be taken out of the hands of these nobles. ”

"Secondly, after the unification of taxation, there will be no such thing as Illidac Village in my entire territory. I know how each of you collects taxes, and your fiefdom is the least, and the village of Ilidako is not the largest. There was nothing big about their fiefdom, not because they did it well, but because there were no people like Charlotte in their fiefdom. The bottom line is that I don't need them, and if they're honest, I'm not going to do it. Austin said.

Levi listened to this, smiled bitterly, and said, "It seems that I am the one who disobeys, but why did you tell me this?"

"You, just a commoner, have been appreciated by the previous lord, and have become a nobleman and have your own fief. Even after going through the ordeal, some people, after going through the pain, will understand the pain and let others not suffer such pain, while some people will pass on the pain of their manager to others. You're the former, so I want to win you over and hope you'll be loyal to me. ”

Levi was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Is what you said true?

"Yes, this, it's a matter of time. Austin said, then explained, "I'm going to shift taxes to other high-income industries, so what I'm talking about is well-thought-out and well-planned, not arbitrary, and not unfounded." You can rest assured about this. ”

After listening to Austin's words, Levi sighed and said, "Your Highness, if you want me to do something, just say it." ”

"Hmm"

Austin told Levi about his plan, and Levi looked at Austin in shock, "Isn't it too risky for you to use yourself as bait like this, if you are the slightest negligent, you will be in danger?"

"Although I don't like these nobles who don't know how to measure, but I also have to admit that they have outstanding qualities, and if you want to incite them, you must have a plan to make them happy, otherwise, how can they, as human spirits, do things with you?" Austin said, then smiled and said, "So, if you don't do a full set of things, you don't do anything." Some things, even if you have a ninety-nine percent certainty, you can't bet on the change of that point, but there are some things, with a five-layer certainty, you can do your best. And that's what happened to this thing. ”

After listening to Austin's words, Levi persuaded with some uneasiness: "Your Highness, using your own life as bait, such a thing completely belongs to the former, even if you are nine percent sure, you can't gamble." As long as you are alive, even if you lose, everyone can still turn the tables, but if you die, even if we win, we can only perish, and we will not be able to achieve your ideals. ”

Levi's words surprised Hawthorn on the side, he didn't expect this person to really take refuge so smoothly, and he could be so worried about His Highness's safety, which is very rare.

Although I also think so, His Highness should not use his life as bait, even if he plans carefully, but after all, it will not be foolproof. However, His Highness insisted on this, believing that there would be no accidents in this plan.

"Although my chief of guard has already advised me on what you said, there is still something that makes sense, I should prepare an heir, even if I have an accident, so that everyone will not become a mess and forget our goal. ”

Austin said thoughtfully, but this mode of thinking made everyone present almost vomit blood.

"By the way, do you have a small town's power map or anything like that, or do you know the distribution of power in a small town?"