Chapter 255
The small town of Butua is the capital of the earldom of Bailding. In September last year, Earl Garnard, who ruled Bailding, encountered a vassal rebellion, but the lord’s ally brother—Alda next door Earl Grayman - personally led the army to crush the ambitions of the four rebels in one fell swoop. The battle took place outside the city of Butua. Many people heard a rumble, and then Butua changed hands. .
Since then, the Arda army has taken over the city, and the two lords, who are brothers, have reached an agreement that the Council of Arda will take charge of the government affairs of the two territories.
Some people may have the idea that "Baildin was annexed by Arda", but most people in Baildine don't have a bad feeling about this at first. They all work and pay taxes anyway. Fate, doesn't it matter whoever becomes the lord?
But gradually, more and more people feel that Bairding is different from before.
First, a group of political officers were sent from Huxin Town, and with the cooperation of the stationed Alda army, a "severe crackdown" was carried out. A large number of local ruffians were arrested and sent to work in the mines.
Following this, a large number of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes were abolished. The official statement is that the previous exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes were secretly set up by the former political administrator Angelo - one of the vassals who participated in the rebellion - behind the back of Count Canard, and Canard Both Count De and his deceased father were deceived by this bad guy.
Now the residents of Butua are very happy. In the past, they had to pay taxes on marriages, funerals, taxes on bringing extra things in and out of the city, etc... they even had to pay taxes on beards. You will have to pay taxes for a long time. Although the taxes you pay each time will not empty your pocket, it can't bear the numerous names. Now I'm fine, I can finally have more money.
After the new administrative system was established, wealthy merchants of all sizes ran to the lord's mansion. The news came out that they were going to revitalize industry and commerce and vigorously develop trade.
After that, a recruitment notice was posted in the city. It was said that some factory was going to be opened. The salary given above was very attractive, attracting many people to sign up.
The iron ore and coal mines owned by the Gardner family have also expanded their production scale and absorbed a large wave of labor force.
Due to the rectification of taxation, the small town of Butua has gradually begun to attract businessmen from other places. They have brought a wealth of foreign goods and brought away local specialties such as cans and paper from Bairding. In fact, It cannot be said to be a local specialty, because Alda next door also produces these things, but obviously the production capacity there cannot satisfy these out-of-town businessmen.
With the abundance of foreign goods, competition among similar items has led to increasingly lower prices, raising the quality of life of Butua residents to a higher level.
The above-mentioned changes of the General Assembly are welcomed by the people.
There are a few uncomfortable changes. For example, a series of new laws were introduced that were considered to be too lenient, especially heavy fines for littering and open urination. A large number of people in the city were in bad luck because of such bans.
But overall, the changes are for the better.
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In the hall of Lord Bailding's mansion, two people were sitting at a large table enjoying dinner.
Sitting in the main seat is Earl Myron Garnard, the lord of Bailding. Sitting next to him is Baron Andrew, who has just returned to the territory recently and is the only feudal lord of the Garnard family. minister.
Baron Andrew led Bailding's armed forces to go south to King Qin last year and joined Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine in her crusade against the rebels. Due to his outstanding performance in the battle to regain the royal capital, King Qin's army was killed when a fire broke out in the granary. When it was disbanded, he and the soldiers under his command were left behind.
When Huxin Town just took over Bairding, due to the weak control, it was very worried that the baron who had been on the battlefield would cause trouble when he returned from leading the army. So under Paul's "instruction", Myron gave Andrew The baron wrote a letter.
The letter briefly mentioned the rebellion of the four shameless vassals, and emphasized that this rebellion was a joke and would be crushed in less than half a day, so Andrew did not have to worry at all. At the end of the letter, Myron returned the favor of the lord In the name of the emperor, he was asked to assist the royal family until the rebellion was put down, in order to show the Canard family's loyalty to the royal family.
Andrew then understood that at that time, Angelo and others strongly recommended that he lead the army south. I am afraid that it was somewhat intended to divert the tiger away from the mountain, and let himself, a vassal loyal to the Ganard family, lead the troops of the Ganard family. When the soldiers are far away, it is easier for conspirators like them to take action. So should we continue to stay under the princess or go back to protect the lord? Andrew struggled in his heart. He was quite ambitious and eager to establish achievements on the battlefield. However, when his master was in danger, he was not around, which made him feel very guilty. Although the rebellion has been crushed with the help of the brothers from the Earl Alliance, it is inevitable that something will happen in the future.
After thinking about it, Andrew decided to stay for the first time. He was unwilling to return to the northwest bay after he had just emerged.
After meeting with Hansel, who came to the royal capital for business, Andrew put down the burden in his heart. According to the royal representative's description, the earl had been living quite comfortably recently and did not need to worry about him at all.
However, just as he was preparing to go south with Her Royal Highness the Princess to put down the rebellion, news came from the northwest that the Kent family and the anti-Kent alliance were starting to fight. Bairdin joined the anti-Kent alliance with Alda.
Andrew naturally knew what the Kent family was, and couldn't help but worry about his hometown and his master.
The last time Angelo and others rebelled, he felt that he had neglected his duty. The news of the renewed war in the Northwest Gulf made his heart no longer calm.
So the baron bid farewell to the princess and embarked on the road back home with the Bailding soldiers under his command.
After returning to Baierding, I discovered that Paul Grammy next door did more than just help his brothers crush the rebellion...
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Myron and Andrew ate in silence, Neither of them was a talkative person, and the atmosphere in the hall had always been dull.
“Your Majesty the Earl!”
Andrew suddenly raised his head and looked at his master.
"What's the matter?"
"After I came back, I felt that there were many things wrong."
"Oh? Let me hear it."
Andrew paused and said: "It is very inappropriate to let Alda's [Government Council] rule the two places. Lord Earl, please forgive me for speaking harshly. How is this situation different from letting you become a vassal of the Graiman family? ?”
“Anything else?”
"There is also the issue of our Bairding's defense. If we let soldiers from other territories guard our territory, can you sleep well at night?"
When talking about this, Andrew opened his eyes wide. A look of disbelief.
(End of this chapter)