The Most Lord

Chapter 72 Three Things

Allen has already had the experience of speaking in public several times, and he no longer feels nervous looking at the crowd below like he did at the beginning.

"My name is Alan Senlan, the Baron of the Kingdom, the lord of China, and I will be your lord in the future."

Allen first introduced himself. Pointing out his identity as a baron is not for Allen to show off, but to make the people trust him more. In the eyes of ordinary people, the Baron Wang Guo is a great man.

"You may not know that recently, a rebellious kingdom appeared in the area of ​​Nice City, the Blue Shirt Army. This Blue Shirt Army wantonly attacked the kingdom's territory, and half of the territory in the Nice City area has been captured by the Blue Shirt Army!"

Allen's words caused an uproar among the civilians in the audience. These civilians didn't know until now that the area of ​​​​Nice City has become so chaotic.

Nearly half of the territory fell into the hands of the traitors!

"As for the Lord of Folkestone, Spike, as the Baron of the Kingdom, he didn't want to serve the Kingdom, but instead joined the traitor Blueshirt Army. This kind of behavior is simply unforgivable!"

"I was ordered by the kingdom to crusade against the Folkestone collar, and I have killed the rebel Spike. From today, the Foxstone collar is officially merged into the Huaxia collar."

"Starting today, the Folkestone leader will no longer exist, and you will officially become the citizens of the Huaxia leader."

There was a burst of applause from the crowd, and the people expressed that a traitor like Spike deserved his death.

"However, the current situation is not optimistic."

Allen continued.

"The blue shirts may attack our territory at any time. The blue shirts can capture nearly half of the territory in the city of Nice in just a few days. Naturally, I don't need to say more about their strength."

"And the soldiers of the Blue Shirt Army are vicious and vicious people. They burn, kill, and loot wherever they go. If you want to survive this Blue Shirt Army rebellion, please cooperate with the territory's arrangements."

Allen is deliberately blackening the blue shirts, so that the people of Folkestone Town feel a kind of pressure from the blue shirts, so that they can be more obedient to Allen's management.

Sure enough, when the people heard Alan's words, they all showed fear, and expressed their willingness to obey any arrangement of the lord.

The brutal and bloodthirsty image of the Blue Shirts has initially taken root in their hearts.

"Today, I mainly announce three things!" Allen said.

"First, the name of the town will be officially changed from Folkestone Town to Fengyun Town from today."

The change of the name was a matter of indifference, but Allen really didn't like the name Folkestone Town, so he simply changed the name. As for why it was changed to Fengyun Town, it was because this was the first town captured by the Huaxia leader, which represented the official entry of the Huaxia leader into this unpredictable and chaotic world.

Naturally, people would not have any objections to changing the name of the town, even though the name was a bit of a convoluted one for the Harleland people, just like the Huaxia collar.

"Second, cancel all miscellaneous taxes in the territory. For the time being, the territory will only levy two kinds of taxes, agricultural tax and commercial tax. Farmers pay agricultural tax at a rate of ten and one tax. Businesses pay commercial tax at a rate of five and one tax."

When the people heard Alan's words, they all froze in place.

This is a bit different from what Allen thought. Allen thought that after the news was announced, the people would shout loudly.

Because the tax rate set by Allen is really too low.

In this world, a lord who set a tax rate of ten to three is considered a very benevolent lord, and the tax rate in most territories is more than 50%!

The nobles are like a group of vampires exploiting the fat and anointing of the common people, and most of the common people in the territory can barely survive. The more remote the small territory, the more so.

Allen inquired in the morning that Folkestone's previous tax rate was two taxes and one tax!

"My lord, is what you said true?"

Among the crowd, an old man on crutches asked tremblingly.

It's not that they are not excited, but they are unbelievable! On the mainland, I have never heard of any lord who would formulate such a low tax rate!

Even if Allen set the tax rate at ten and three, they would all be grateful to Allen.

Allen nodded: "I guarantee in the name of the nobles, there is no joke!"

"Long live the lord!"

"Long live the Huaxia leader!"

The people below were affirmed by Allen, and immediately cheered loudly.

The tax change from the previous two taxes to one ten taxes means that they will have more food and money for their own use, and their living standards will be significantly improved.

Ordinary civilians don't have big ambitions, what they need is simple, to live a better life!

Allen discovered through the system's territory attribute panel that the popular sentiment of the residents of Fengyun Town has been raised to a higher level in an instant.

This is because Allen just announced the news, and the residents still have doubts in their hearts. When this tax plan is really implemented, Allen believes that people's hearts will usher in another leap.

Allen waited for the crowd to calm down before announcing the third thing.

"Thirdly, the territory will start conscription from today. Men between the ages of sixteen and forty, regardless of whether you have cultivation talent or not, as long as you are in good health, you can sign up to join the army. After joining the army, family members can enjoy military treatment."

"Military family benefits include full exemption from agricultural tax, halved commercial tax, priority to enjoy protection and evacuation treatment during wartime..."

Allen talked eloquently about the treatment of a bunch of military members, which made the people below hear their eyes bright.

Compared with ordinary civilians, this military family is simply a privileged class! Although the privilege is not as obvious as the nobility.

Immediately, all the young and middle-aged people who were qualified to join the army had the idea of ​​joining the army to fight for privileges for their families.

Alan watched the crowd's reaction and smiled slightly. He believes that when the territory is formally recruited, men of the right age in the territory will definitely rush to sign up for the army.

This speech was not long. After these three things were said, Allen asked the people to disband.

When the venue was over, all the people present were extremely excited and hurried home to share the good news they heard today with their families.

"My lord, where are we going next?"

Galen asked after the crowd dispersed.

"Go to the barracks, I want to meet the group of surrendered soldiers."

If the soldiers recruited from the people still need to be trained or transformed through the light infantry barracks, then these surrendered soldiers will come in handy immediately.

Under the leadership of Galen and Swain, Allen rushed towards the barracks, but was stopped by a group of civilians halfway.

Most of these civilians are older men and women. When they saw Allen, they were very excited.

"My lord, you are so kind, please let our child go!"

"Benevolent lord, York has been an obedient child since he was a child. If he knew that the Folkestone family is a traitor, he would definitely not work for tigers!"

"That's right, my lord, why do these children have the guts to plot rebellion? They were all deceived by the Folkestone family, and they didn't know about it!"

After these old people stopped Alan, they cried bitterly, pleading for their children while crying.

Allen felt confused at first, but after listening to a few words, he realized that these people should be the parents of the soldiers who were detained.

"Everyone be quiet!"

Allen raised his arms and shouted.

The old people stopped and looked at Allen with hopeful eyes.

Allen patted his head with his hand, and he couldn't stand this kind of gaze and this kind of atmosphere the most.

Not to mention that I never thought of executing the surrendered soldiers led by Folkestone, even if I really decided to execute them, if these old people looked at them like this, they would probably soften their minds and change their minds.

"Old people, please rest assured, as long as your children are willing to surrender, I promise not to hurt them a single bit."

When the old people heard Alan's assurance, they immediately felt relieved, surrounded Alan and started chatting again.

"Don't worry, my lord, you are so kind. If these brats don't know what to do, tell us, and we will teach them a lesson!"

"That's right, that's right, my lord, if those boys are disobedient, tell us, and we will teach them a lesson!"

Galen and Swain frowned as they watched the old people wantonly surrounding Allen.

Allen smiled helplessly. After all, these old people were still afraid that their children would be killed by themselves if they refused to surrender.

After Allen promised again that he would never kill anyone, these old people dispersed, and when they dispersed, they were grateful to Allen again.

"My lord, your attitude towards these people is a bit too kind."

After the old people left, Swain said.

"You are the lord, and these are your people. You can be kind to them, but you can't indulge them, and you don't need to promise them anything."

"The behavior of stopping the lord halfway like this must be resolutely put an end to it! Otherwise, whoever has something to do in the future will stop the lord halfway to seek justice. What does it look like?"

Allen scratched his head and sighed: "Hey, I understand these principles, but it's not easy for these old people."

"Poor parents in the world!"

Swain chuckled and didn't say any more.

However, Swain has already made a decision in his heart. In the future, he must find an opportunity to do something to change the lord and get rid of the problem of "kindness".

Because of blind kindness, sometimes it will hurt yourself!

(When I got home at night, I had a fever. I tried it with a thermometer, and it was exactly 38 degrees, neither high nor low.

After taking a shower, I fell asleep, but when I woke up, I felt a splitting headache.

After struggling to code this chapter, I went to bed quickly.

If you find any typos in this chapter, sentences with confusing logic, unclear content, etc., just let it go and change it tomorrow.

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