Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 11: Loyal Lady Yagris
The Barony of Gezaar is now quite vibrant.

Lady Yagris, who was once the commander of the army, did give these civilians the same treatment as people from other territories.

But no matter how energetic you are, it is impossible to build the castle now.

Even if Yagris started construction after making the promise to him, it would definitely not be completed in just five years.

It would take three to five years just to draw the castle blueprint!

Even though this world doesn't rely too much on human labor for things like carrying weights because many animals have levels, building a castle is still a task that requires a lot of working hours.

Especially in today's country where civilians are not overly oppressed, sufficient overtime pay must be given for rush work.

Although Yagris Gezar was once a famous wealthy woman in the kingdom, there was no need to spend so much money unless it was necessary.

Lowry guessed that his mother must have extended the completion deadline to when he was 14, and then used another two years to complete the interior, just in time for Lowry to serve as a coming-of-age gift.

The main reason is that although the Barony of Gezaal is much better than before, there is still a big gap in manpower.

The common people, who looked down on the former lord, have become accustomed to the children with the best talents becoming soldiers for the king, and the children with average talents becoming adventurers... Yes, as long as it is a fantasy world, the profession of adventurer is indispensable.

Especially when the previous baron was a good-for-nothing who would flee first at the slightest sign of trouble, the people in the baron's territory could only rely on themselves to resist various disasters that would not force them to abandon their homes and careers.

Various adventure groups based in villages and towns naturally responded... The Baron didn't care whether they were private armed forces or not, as long as he didn't have to spend money or effort.

Anyway, he would definitely be able to slip away if anyone wanted to attack him. Although the former family emblem was a big-horned bull, the border nobles unanimously agreed that his family must have some bloodline like rabbits, and they really moved at the news.

Sometimes Lowry admires the person in front of him.

Sincere.

Anyway, as long as he can stay alive, he doesn't care what the people below are doing.

Anyway, no matter how much the border nobles hate him, they will never let him be killed by a civilian riot... That would not only be a provocation to the king, but also drag the supreme status of the nobles into the quagmire.

He is not worth that much yet, and he also freely admits that he is not worth that much.

Anyway, he will still tell tales when the time comes.

Only those with the least talent would stay in the territory to work... Of course, there were few talented people willing to work for him before.

They would rather farm with their poor talents.

Anyway, taxes in the kingdom have never been high. Generally speaking, the king collects 1.5 and the nobles with fiefdoms collect 2.5. People can still have enough food and clothing by farming.

The Northern Kingdom's business was very active because its leader was so arrogant and domineering that he suppressed his neighboring countries so severely that no neighboring country dared to stop their caravans.

Their king naturally prefers to collect commercial taxes. Although commercial taxes may not make much difference in theory, they are based on turnover rather than profits, so they are actually quite a lot.

Although the nobles were dissatisfied, they had no choice. Besides, if they operated a business in their own territory, they would only need to pay 1.5 layers of the lowest estimated value to the state. If they were able to run their own business well, they would still make a lot of money... The king had always been quite tolerant in this regard, and always gave a basic amount of tax.

Of course, the king won’t care whether you run your business so poorly that you can’t even pay such a small amount of tax... If you still open a shop, you are either sick or have something wrong, so you still have to pay.

Moreover, the king's personal expenses were all funded by his own caravan, and he never put any taxes into his own pocket.

This is also the reason why the King of the North, who has a bad temper, always picks cats and dogs to tease, and takes his white dragon with him everywhere to join in the fun, is indeed the king most supported by his people.

Lori's mother was very loyal to His Majesty the King... and she was indeed a great knight from the King's direct legion.

Although her usual behavior was not so obvious, Lori, who had a little consciousness since her mother's womb, knew much more than Yagris was willing to reveal to him.

At least Yagris was very clear that some of the knights she brought with her had other responsibilities, but she not only did not think there was a problem, she would also provide some cover for these people.

The only thing she insisted on was not letting these people's children become Lowry's followers... Although Lowry didn't know how his mother did it, the children of those people with a bit of a subtle identity were 5 or 6 years younger than him.

Children like these who are almost the future retainers of the heir are basically only selected between the ages of four years or so according to tradition.

It's too big, and it's very easy for problems like Xiren to occur, where she would rely on her status as an elder sister to control the young master.

Although the main reason was that Jia Shitou was lustful, if this Sister Hua had not been given by an elder to a person of a certain status, he would not have ended up in the situation where someone else was the one covering his courtyard with his own hands.

Not to mention if they are too young, the young masters and young ladies definitely don't have the leisure time to comfort a child.

Madam Yagris did not cut off their chances of entering Lori's territory and becoming his subordinates, but when the position closest to Lori was already filled with people, the children with better abilities would inevitably choose other paths.

This small force, which was fully formed when Lowry was 12 years old, is basically difficult to change unless someone makes a big mistake.

Even if there are new people, no matter how outstanding they are, they can only serve as their assistants.

But if these children could obviously join the king's army to fight for a better future for themselves, but were still willing to join Lowry's forces, there must be other reasons... Staying in Count Montes's sphere of influence would be more normal than this choice.

By that time, Lowry, who had already officially entered the aristocratic social circle, was not so far from being unable to understand this.

It's not a life-saving favor that needs to be repaid by all relatives and there's no life-and-death crisis on Lowry's side. How could it be worth asking a young man to sacrifice his future?

This was the most unprincipled thing that Lady Yagris had done for her beloved son… It was not until a few years after Lori was born that he figured out why she had said such sad and painful words to her maid.

What made her sad was that she would actually harm the interests of His Majesty the King for her own sake.

However, it's not like Lori had never seen her sitting at her desk, thinking hard about how to pay less tax.

Well, it's very contradictory.

But knowing all this, Lori never thought that his mother would do anything like oppressing civilians. She would never bring shame to His Majesty the King because of him.

(End of this chapter)