Godsend Field

Chapter 100 Reform
It has been ten days since entering Yanhua City, and Gelu led all the guards to take over the management of Yanhua City's city defense.Viscount Saphiroth's two thousand personal guards all evacuated from Yanhua City.In front of the gate tower, Tianci and Lier, accompanied by Grurona, looked at the back of Viscount Sephiroth.

"Li'er, am I very useless? I know that Viscount Sephiroth has done a lot of evil, but I can't find any evidence. I can only watch him leave like this!" Tianci said sadly.

Li'er gently held Tianci's arm, "Brother Tianci, this is your first time entering the officialdom, and many things are still unclear, so I can't blame you!"

"Miss Lier is right! The water in the officialdom is extremely deep and muddy. It is the first time an adult has come into contact with it. It is already very good to be able to do this. Sephiroth has been immersed in the officialdom for more than ten years, and he is even worse than a loach. Be cunning, do everything with backhands, we must be more wary of him in the future!"

Tianci laughed at himself, "If Nero came, he would be able to handle it many times better than me!"

Yanhua City is the largest city in the Northwest Province, with a population of about 100 million, and is the trading center of the surrounding villages and cities.

Inside the City Lord's Mansion, the thirteen village chiefs sat in the living room, Godsend, Lier sat in the middle, and Gru and Lorna stood on both sides.

"Village chiefs, I called you here today to discuss with you about the re-establishment of taxes in our Yanhua City. You also know that I have taken over the defense and management of the entire Yanhua City, but I cannot immediately exempt All the taxes and taxes, because the border is still fighting, we have to provide them with enough military pay and food." Tianci paused and motioned for Lorna to continue.

"In our Yanhua City and nearby villages, the annual tax in normal years is 1 purple gold coins per month. In recent years, due to the relationship of Viscount Saphiroth, the tax has been increased to 3000. Zijin coins are used every month, and some of them are used as the salary of the Northwest Army. In addition, there are 1000 people in our personal guards, each of whom needs [-] gold coins a month, and [-] two hundred Zijin coins a month. The small official city defense army also needs two thousand purple gold coins every month!"

"My lord, I feel that everything is unstable when you just came to Yanhua City, and you need purple gold coins in every aspect, so this tax exemption is not feasible, but the tax can be reduced appropriately, why not just follow the previous routine! "The thin village chief suggested.

"It's better to keep the city gate tax!"

"No, because the city gate tax is too high, many people have already complained. I suggest canceling the city gate tax and prolonging the opening time of the city gate. Only in this way can more people come and the tax be increased!"

"You are talking about the future, but your lord needs purple gold coins now!"

"Even now, you can't kill the chicken to get the egg!"

. . . . . .

The discussion among the people did not end until late at night.

The next day, large notices appeared at the gates of the four gates of Yanhua City at the same time
"pardon"

"The Earl of the Welsh Empire, the lord of Yanhua City in the Northwest Province and a radius of [-] miles, Earl Kate, is sympathetic to the hard work of his people. From now on, all commercial and trade taxes will be halved in the next three years, the poll tax will be cancelled, and the labor tax will be halved. Cancellation, cancellation of Dingdu tax, cancellation of reinforcement tax, cancellation of land tax, cancellation of city gate tax, cancellation of excise tax.

On xx, xx, xx, xx, Empire of Wales, written by Godsend Kate"

As soon as the announcement was made, the people were all overjoyed.Countless residents ran to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, raised their hands to celebrate, and shouted the name of Earl Tianci, and even the nearby villagers traveled day and night to watch the notice at the gate.Tianci walked out of the city lord's mansion, and the outside was densely packed with residents. Seeing Tianci's appearance, he immediately cheered loudly, deafeningly.For a time, the name of Earl Tianci spread throughout Yanhua City.

Late at night, back to the City Lord's Mansion, Tianci sat heavily on the armchair after a tiring day.

"Brother Tianci, drink some while it's hot!" Lier brought out a bowl of clear soup and handed it to Tianci.

Tianci picked up the clear soup and drank it carefully.Lier rested her chin in both hands, and looked at Tianci with a smile, "Brother Tianci, you are really cute today. You didn't see how hard the people below called your name, I can feel it, they I really want to call you."

"Hehe! I also know that they are sincere, that's why they are so tired!" Tianci smiled wryly, put down the soup bowl, walked out of the door to the courtyard, and Lier followed quietly.

"Brother Tianci, are you tired?"

Tianci shook his head, feeling tired.The sudden role change made Tianci very uncomfortable.

"Do you still remember when we were young? We lived a carefree life in Yier Village. We didn't need to take care of anything, and we didn't need to worry about it. I was the happiest at that time. Even after I left my parents, there was still Mike Master is the master for me, but today the people..."

Li'er stretched out her hand and gently held Tianci's hand, there was actually a trace of cold sweat in Tianci's palm.

"The more they expect this, the more I feel that I have a great responsibility. You know, when I saw tens of thousands of people chanting my name today, it was really heavy on my shoulders. This kind of pressure made me almost breathless. I never thought that I would control the future of so many people. The more they expected, the more afraid I became. I'll let them down, I'm afraid that I won't be able to be the lord, I'm afraid they will be hurt again, I'm afraid..." Tianci spoke faster and faster, the more he spoke, the more excited he was, his hands trembling and raised to his chest, as if to vent.

"Brother Tianci!" Li'er rushed to Tianci, stretched out her jade hand and gently covered Tianci's mouth.

"I can understand your feelings. The sudden change of your identity makes you feel at a loss. The expectations of millions of people make you feel like a heavy burden, but this is your responsibility and you must accept it firmly. Everyone looked at me with strange eyes, and I was also very afraid. I was afraid that my talent was not good enough to let down my grandpa. But my grandpa told me that as long as I put my heart and soul into it, even if the result fails, it’s fine. It's a pity, at least we tried."

Lier put down her hands and gently wrapped her arms around Tianci's waist, "Brother Tianci, as long as you do it with all your heart and soul, it's fine. You, me, and Gelu, we will take on this heavy responsibility for you. Promise me, Don't put so much pressure on yourself."

Tianci hugged Li'er tenderly, his heart was moved, and his heart, which had been tense for a day, relaxed.

Bright moon, cool wind!
The two lonely and helpless figures hugged each other until dawn.

At noon the next day, Gru and Lorna hurried into the Santo's Mansion.

"My lord, I have something to discuss with you!" Gru saluted.

"whats the matter?"

"We have 3000 personal guards. At present, only 1000 are equipped with weapons and 500 are equipped with armor. We urgently need a batch of weapons and armor. In addition, our personal guards need a flag!"

Tianci slapped his forehead, and it was another purple gold coin. . .

"We have canceled so many taxes. The current tax is estimated to be only [-] purple gold coins per month. Except for [-] purple gold coins as the necessary salary, the rest must be sent to the Northwest Army. I am now... How about this, I will go to the iron market with you, and I will see if I can buy first and pay later!"

"That's fine, I think with your current reputation, it shouldn't be difficult!"

"Li'er, Gru and I are going to the blacksmith market, so you can work hard and design a flag with Lorna!"

"Okay, God-given brother!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Walking on the road with several personal guards.

"My lord, the human smithy is okay, but the dwarves' smithy may not be so easy. You also know that the dwarves never trust us humans, and their business is very monotonous. They have always exchanged purple gold coins for equipment and never defaulted! "

"I know that too, but how do you know if you don't try? Dean Rafal is the one who educated Li...we have to do everything with all our heart, even if we fail, at least try to fight for it," Tianci said helplessly.

Gru immediately became serious, "Master Sage is very educated!"

Soon I came to the blacksmith shop, and the first thing I came to was the human blacksmith shop.

"Boss, here I come again!" Tianci smiled at the shopkeeper of the blacksmith shop.

"Leader... Your lord!" The shopkeeper recognized Tianci at a glance, and was terrified.

"Boss, we came here to discuss with you. We need a batch of weapons and armor, but we don't have any purple gold coins now, so I wonder if I can use my status and prestige as the earl and lord as a guarantee, and use your weapons first. We will make up for it slowly," Tianci discussed.

"The lord killed me! You are the savior of our Yanhua City! Even if I donate my shop to you, the lord, I will not hesitate," the shopkeeper said sincerely.

"Don't treat our lord as Saphiroth, we are indeed financially tight now, and we will gradually return it to you after a while!" Gru patted the shopkeeper on the shoulder, "If you agree, take us to your warehouse!"

"Oh! This way please!" The shopkeeper hurriedly led Tianci and Gelu into the warehouse of the hall. There were more than 300 armor weapons neatly placed in the warehouse, and there was still a slight difference between the handicraft skills and the dwarves.

"My lord, we only have so many now, 320 armors, [-] weapons, do you want all of them?"

"All you need, you record it, the price is recorded according to the usual, I will send someone to pick it up later."

"Okay, I will give you a [-]% discount on the cost of the price, and it is our honor to be able to help the lord prepare for the establishment of the personal guard group."

After negotiating the price, Tianci and Gelu walked out of the blacksmith shop. After Gru sent a bodyguard back to call someone to carry the armor and weapons, he followed Tianci into the dwarves' blacksmith shop.

"Young man, you are here again. How many sets are you going to buy this time?" Seeing Tianci coming in, the dwarf shopkeeper walked over with a smile. Human expert dwarves like Tianci who are bold and proficient in weapons are always welcome.

Tianci's personal guards are also born in the villagers, and they are usually careless.If the guards of other nobles heard the dwarf calling their lord that way, they would definitely scold him, but the guards sent by God thought it was too normal.

Tianci responded with a smile, "Shopkeeper, I have something to ask you this time!" Tianci then explained the reason for the matter.

The shopkeeper of the dwarf thought for a while, "Young man, I admire you very much, but you also understand our rules, one hand is gold coins and the other is equipment, which has never changed for a hundred years. And your human credit is really..."

"Treasurer, I can assure you with my title and status!"

"Nobility? Status?" The dwarf shopkeeper was taken aback!
"In front of you is our lord of Yanhua City, Lord Godsend Kate, Earl of the Welsh Empire!" Gru reminded.

"Oh? You are the new lord?" The dwarf shopkeeper narrowed his eyes and looked up at Tianci.

"Yes, I don't know if it's ok now..."

The dwarf shopkeeper waved his hand, "What kind of lord, earl, we don't care at all. There are so many lords and earls on the continent. If we make an exception by random one, are our rules still rules?"

The guards were furious, it was the first time in so many days that they were disrespectful to the lord.The guards just wanted to reprimand, but they were stopped by Tianci.Tianci has known for a long time that the dwarves are staid and stubborn, and it is difficult to turn back what they have decided on.Moreover, the dwarves are very popular with the major empires on the mainland, and both laws and taxes are quite favorable, so no matter who is the lord, what policy is implemented has nothing to do with the dwarves.

From the nearby blacksmith shop, there was the sound of tinkling and clanging iron, which was crisp and melodious.

Tianci whispered a few words in Gelu's ear, and Gelu turned and left.

"Shopkeeper, I have something to show you, I hope you can accommodate me!" Tianci said.

"Something, what? Even if you find a rare treasure, I will not break our rules!"

Tianci didn't say anything, just sat down with a smile.

After a while, Gelu hurried back and handed Tianci a small notebook.

"Shopkeeper, can you accommodate this?" Tianci handed the small book to the dwarf shopkeeper.

The dwarf shopkeeper glanced at it disdainfully, and took the book out of courtesy, "What, the secrets of fighting spirit or the essence of magic? We are not interested in this at all!"

Flipping through two pages casually, the shopkeeper's eyes seemed to be attracted and became stiff, and a surprised and excited expression appeared on his face, "This... this..."

Tianci Lightning took the book back from the shopkeeper, dangling it in the air, and said with a smile, "Shopkeeper, I'll show you this, can you be flexible? We will definitely pay all the purple gold coins in two years at most. "

The dwarf shopkeeper hesitated, full of contradictions in his heart, what could attract him more than this?Gritting one's teeth
"Deal! But we have [-] complete sets of armor and weapons in stock, and I will give you five hundred sets at most."

"Shopkeeper, I..."

"Young man, you have to know that my master is also a craftsman. This little book of yours is valuable to us, but it doesn't have to be him. It's already very difficult for us to make an exception for the little book. I'll see if you have five hundred sets." The lord, and he was bold in the past, for the sake of knowledge. We dwarves say that one is one, if you can do it, you can do it, if you don’t, you can’t do it!"

"Then how can you give us all? I have an identity..."

"Identity? It's a pity that your human identity is hard to convince us!"

Tianci calmed down for a while, and smiled slightly, "Shopkeeper, can I go to the blacksmith room with you to talk for a while?"

Three hours passed, and Tianci and the shopkeeper hadn't come out yet. . .The sky was getting dark, the moon had already risen in the sky, and the stars blinked.

"Leader, adults have been in for three days, are we..."

Gru waved his hand, "Your Excellency told you before you went in that no one should be disturbed!"

. . . . . .

"Leader, it's been ten days. What do you eat and drink?"

. . . . . .

Fifteen days passed, and the door creaked open a crack, "Gru, come in!"

Gru was startled, strode into the stove room, and the door creaked shut again.

"Leader Gelug has also entered now, I don't know how many days it will take this time!" A personal guard sighed.

"squeak"

The door opened wide, and Tianci stepped out first, full of energy.Gru followed behind, with a dazed expression on his face, and the shopkeeper walked last, his face full of tiredness, and even more incredible, holding a huge sword in his hand.

"Shopkeeper, we can..." Tianci said

"Of course, of course. As you, you can do as much as you want!" The shopkeeper said respectfully, holding the giant sword in both hands and handing it to Tianci.

"Keep this, let's count it as a purple gold coin to pay off the debt!"

The guards were all dumbfounded at this moment, even the dwarves were dumbfounded.Before entering, he said that the status of Tianci could not convince him, but after he came out, he said that he wanted as much as Tianci, this difference is too big!
"Gelu, what are you still doing in a daze, asking the guards to carry the equipment, more than 300 pieces, can I move it alone?" Tianci said loudly to Gru.

Gru came back to his senses immediately, "You, you and you, go and call me the second squadron!"

Tianci patted the dust off his body and walked towards the City Lord's Mansion.Gru followed closely behind, "My lord, how did you let that dwarf shopkeeper let go? And is the identity he said is your identity as the city lord?"

Tianci raised the corner of his mouth, pretending to be mysterious and said, "Don't say it, don't say it!"

Back at the City Lord's Mansion, Li'er greeted her from a distance.Ever since Tianci entered the blacksmithing room, Lier would go to the blacksmith's shop to visit Tianci every day. If she hadn't had experience in the Duke's Mansion in Anconakite, Lier would definitely rush into the blacksmithing room.

Tianci stepped forward and grabbed Li'er's little hand, "Thank you, Li'er! Thanks to you this time, I was able to convince the dwarf shopkeeper to give us the equipment first and then pay the bill!"

Li'er was taken aback, "The dwarf shopkeeper agreed? Brother Tianci, have you really succeeded?"

Tianci nodded, "You said it, we will do it with all our heart and soul!"

Lier was overjoyed, "Then brother Godsend's personal guards are all equipped? That's great!"

Tianci also smiled happily, "Li'er, how is your design of our flag going?"

"We have a lot of designs, just waiting for you to come back and pick one up."

Li'er dragged Tianci into a study room, which was covered with white paper with various patterns painted on it, some were painted with famous flowers, and some were painted with weapons. . .

"Brother Tianci, which one do you think is better?"

Tianci didn't feel very satisfied flipping through the pages one by one, "This one seems a little too gentle, and this one seems too violent..."

"Huh? This one seems pretty good!" Tianci suddenly pulled out a pattern.

Li'er took a closer look, "What, this is the paw print that Yu'er put on the white paper with his paws dipped in colored material when he watched our drawing, it's not the flag we drew!"

Tianci suddenly couldn't help laughing.

"Brother Tianci, you don't really intend to use this as your banner, do you?"

"What do you think? You see, Yu'er's paw print is like a plum blossom, soft and gentle. The nails on the front are extremely sharp and masculine. The perfect combination of strength and gentleness, except for this paw print, Is there another pattern that can do that?"

Lier looked at it for a while and couldn't help but nodded, "I listen to you!"

Three days later, the flag of Godsend Earl Kate's Guards was officially raised on the wall of Yanhua City.In the middle of a pure white banner, a fiery red fox paw print was shown with fine silk thread, and the paw print was inlaid with gold borders around it.

For the first time, the Fox Claw Golden Banner was raised in the northwest of the empire!
(End of this chapter)