My name is Ren

Chapter 151 Overcast clouds are rolling in from a distance, bringing humid air, thunder, rain, and clothes

After reading the letter from Sarcomo, Ren rubbed his face, smiled and threw the letter paper and envelope into the brazier, and took a scythe to the brazier and blew lightly twice.The flames licked the letter paper in the brazier, and within a short while, the burning letter paper was swallowed by the flames, leaving only a handful of charred dust in the brazier.

There are always some stupid people in this world who think they are smart, and they are the smartest wherever they look. Isn’t it a kind of happiness to be so stupid?Living in the beautiful illusion that they deceive themselves cannot extricate themselves. For them, avoiding cruel IQ and cruel reality may lead to a better life.

Things are always like this, you are pushing the person in front of you to run, but you never think that there is someone behind you pushing yourself to run, until the moment you turn around.

Standing on the tower of the City Lord's Manor, it is enough to overlook the entire Ortrenburg, which is the core of the entire city and the highest place.The people in the streets and alleys seem to be no different from the residents of other cities. They chatted on the side of the road and spread the news, true or false, with joy.They may not know what kind of impact some of their gossip may have on the world, but at this moment, they are all bragging and farting to their heart's content.

Three or four-year-old children ran wildly on the street wearing only a top and bare buttocks, and their silver bell-like laughter traveled to every corner of the city with the wind. The thriving city and the new look of the people let Everyone looks so relaxed.The old men squatted together, smoking the low-quality tobacco in the Orlando Empire with their bongs, pointing at the mountains and rivers while puffing, and there was a smell of dust.When it comes to excitement, there is a lot of shouting, or endless quarrels with old enemies who disagree, and when they get emotional and throw old punches, people are laughing and not fighting, just watch it as a fun.

The women sat together in twos and threes, handling the food brought back by the men, or doing some handicrafts within their capabilities.Their rosy faces are full of satisfaction with the present life and longing for the future life.The shy blush under the evening sun is like some kind of elf that makes it difficult to look away, devouring everyone's sight.They always laughed and joked at the shy and longing eyes of the boys, which frightened the boys so much that they ran away.

Tranquility and peace!
This is my city!
No one can change this, and no one can destroy this hard-won satisfaction, no matter who it is, no matter what kind of power it is!
Just get in the way and crush 'em!

Celeste stood under the tower and looked at Ren. In her eyes, at this moment, Ren's image became fuller and more sacred.He seems to have a very special temperament, just standing with his support on the pillar of the tower, looking up at him is like looking up at a great god.Celeste buried a deep shadow of Ren in her young heart, and at this moment, she got a deeper sublimation.

"I always feel that he is very powerful." Aphrodite walked over at some point, pure and flawless white, without a trace of variegation, just like a white elf, people can't bear to tarnish her purity , and beautiful.She put one hand on Celeste's shoulder, and gently hugged her, "People say that I am a saint and a messenger of the gods, but I have never seen what the gods look like. They are very different in the totems." Ugly, but people always say they should be heroic. I don't know, I can't understand, but now I want to say, if there is a god, then it should be like this."

Aphrodite's personality and emotions have always been in a rather strange situation. She is like a No. 1 third-person perspective, looking at herself from the perspective of a bystander.No matter what it is, it is difficult for her to have too obvious mood swings.

Celeste's big eyes rolled a few times, and took advantage of the situation to stop Afro's slender waist and get tired of her.The little girl raised her head and asked Afro, "Do you like brother Ryan?"

"I don't know what I like and what I don't like." Afro replied honestly and directly, without any concealment, "But if I had to choose, I would choose to stay with Ren, I don't know if it's because I like it or something else, but when I'm with him, my heart is very peaceful, without the slightest anxiety or panic."

"Then this is liking." Celeste buried her head in Afro's clothes room with a smile, and took a deep breath. The little girl's expression became serious, and she clenched her small fists tightly. , "Then let's work together to make Brother Ren happy."

Afro looked at Celeste, then at Ren, and nodded slightly, "...OK."

In the sunset, the shadow of Ren standing on the tower was stretched very long, as if extending to the end of the world.

The next day.

"Build more granaries as soon as possible, and renovate all the granaries left by the grain merchants, and strive to be waterproof and moisture-proof, and prevent things like mice from getting in. Take out [-]% of the cash to buy weapons and equipment, war horses Coordinate with the church and ask them to send at least a thousand war horses here, even if the price is a little higher." The church has kept a low profile all these years, just like a rich landlord guarding his own one-acre land and farming silently.

But the power of the church must not be underestimated. In Orlando, if the power of the church is simply measured by the comparison between powers, then the church may be the second largest armed force after the royal family.Rennes made a simple survey of some data. The church has nearly 5000 million Templars, more than [-] Templars, and at least a thousand ascetics.This is a force capable of overthrowing the rule of the Orlando family!Of course, if all the forces of the ruling class are combined, then this figure is not so shocking.

This is also the reason why the Church has such a powerful force that it still can't turn upside down in Orlando. As long as they dare to challenge the existing ruling class, the nobles will teach them how to behave in minutes.

Richard kept wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead. After the hot weather, it was a kind of torture for this fat man. He was already wearing clothes and big pants that were almost so thin that he didn't have any sense of existence, but he still couldn't block the heat preservation ability of his fat body. .He shook off his sweat, and couldn't help asking: "Sir, this will affect the construction of other aspects. The compulsory education and medical security system you promote need a lot of money, and the money can only be paid out."

He took out a small notebook and flipped through it, "In addition, we already owe more than 7000 gold coins to the material dealers, and the material dealers are also urging us to settle the bill. In the second half of the year, you will also form a local business group, as well as a team of inspectors and city defense forces." , are big eaters. If you don’t rein in your desire to spend, we could be running a serious fiscal deficit before the end of the year.”

The monopoly tax and the normal commercial tax brought a lot of tax revenue to Rennes, but these taxes were not enough for the development of the entire city.The inspector team and city defense army mentioned by Richard almost ate nearly half of the tax revenue.And the reason is that Rennes demanded to give them the best food, the best equipment, and the best training plan.For food and drink alone, cities with low tax revenues can't afford it.Not to mention the existence of another big money-burning household, the Knights. Now the knights have not shown their power in burning money, because Rennes and the church are in the honeymoon period, and the church is willing to help Rennes bear part of the expenses, which is also the most part. cost.

Once these knights are delivered, Ortrenburg's finances will be even worse, and it will be difficult to make ends meet.

Ren held the copper ring and pondered for a moment, then waved his hand, "Continue to carry out, the situation will change soon."

Compared with the difficulty of implementing a policy in other cities, Rennes is obviously much simpler here. His words are the law, and his will is the will of the city.

"Also, enlist [-] foot soldiers as soon as possible. You don't need to worry about the money. The church's warehouse has almost been counted and can be sold at any time."

Richard's face paled suddenly, his heart seemed to be clenched by an invisible hand, his trembling lips fluttered up and down, and his trembling jaw also trembled, "Is it... a war is about to begin? ?”

This was Richard's first thought, and he can't be blamed for having such an idea. To save food, buy weapons and horses, and expand the army at the same time, don't all these prove that Ortrenburg may go to war Yet?So who to fight?Richard's mind filled with gold coins turned rapidly, and his head was filled with the sound of gold coins colliding.

Is it a war with Sean of Venier?This is possible, but with the current strength of Ortrenburg, there should be no need for such a large-scale military construction. After all, the problem of Venier City is not a problem of one family, but a problem of the entire Bell Province.Once it is really necessary to suppress Sean's rebellion, everyone must dispatch the army together. It is impossible to throw all the pressure on Ortrenburg.

Richard's brain has his own experience on the economy, but he is much worse on politics and the current situation, so he can only be a financial officer, not an aide.

"Just do what I say. If you care too much about things you shouldn't care about, it will drag down your energy instead." Ren pointed to the handrail, and the knocking sound made Richard tremble and he came back to his senses.He nodded again and again, not daring to ask any more questions about the war.

Even if he asked, Ren would not say that this is not about one city or one place, but about the entire province of Bell.

Sean just happened to meet at the right time, but he also kicked off the prelude to the great era.No matter what end he will end up with in the end, he will be remembered by history and become one of the few untouchables in history, which can be regarded as a kind of success.

(End of this chapter)