Chapter 150 4. Guide to Excellent Lords
“Wait a minute.”
Olmedo stopped Annan who was about to run away: “You hide from the Breeze City people and run to the city lord’s palace. I haven’t said why.”
Anan suppressed his fear of the elf mentor: “I need money and people.”
"I need help and people."
"The money your 'magic image' has earned these days is almost as much as a month's tax revenue from Breeze City. Just now I was discussing with the tax collectors about the tax revenue from magic. The bill to tax images..."
"Taxation..."
The noun alone makes Annan feel heartbroken.
“This is a necessary part, Annan, you don’t want magical images to be heavily taxed in other towns, right? We’d better finalize the taxation bill in Breeze City and send it to the royal capital, and the bill will be passed throughout the kingdom. Cities and towns can only follow the tax rates we set.”
"What's the tax rate?"
"The theater's basic tax rate is a low tax of 10% to 20%, and Magic Image is included in it."
It's still within the acceptable range of Annan.
"So you should help me."
Annan detailed how he was involved in the conspiracy, such as "being imprisoned in a dungeon" and "being forced to kill five ratmen independently" , "Uncovered the Rat Man's conspiracy" and so on——
Building territory is a bottomless pit... One thousand gold coins can open up a village, ten thousand gold coins can build a town, one hundred thousand gold coins can make the town impregnable, one million gold coins can build a city, or add some money to build a small mage tower. , ten million gold coins can be considered to raise a basic floating island.
Annan has only a handful of ways to make money, and the amount of money he needs is as much as sand in the Ganges River.
Although it’s a bit shameless to say it directly, it’s money, so it’s not shabby.
“I was also corrupted into a ratman by your father...”
“Didn’t the Mage Tower say that the special spell only allowed your charm to affect the ratmen?”
"But my mind has been affected by the spell to this day..."
"I remember you were like this before, and you have always been obsessed with the countess-"
"How do you insult the innocence of the King of the North? ?”
Olmedo enjoyed chatting with Annan like this, but she still had business to attend to: “I don’t know the situation in Glacier Bay yet, please tell me about it first.”
< br>As soon as Annan talked about Xingyue Bay, Olmedo interrupted him: "Xingyue Bay... you really don't like Yililanze?"
"You and the ogre must have a lot in common."
Annan continued to talk about the situation and territory of Xingyue Bay, as well as the dangers encountered:
"The white sky and the sun are blocking out the sky. The battle between dragons and frost giants caused avalanches, miles-long Dagons surged on the sea surface, gnolls in the forest swarmed like rat tides, and indescribable existences awaited me while I was sleeping..."
The two who were traveling with Annan were on their way back to the royal capital, and there were two more who were his subordinates. No one could expose him.
But I couldn’t deceive Olmedo: “Should I ask my bodyguard to go to Xingyue Bay with you?”
"..."
"It's too late to reveal the truth now."
"Well, it's actually the fox who is catching the snowshoe hare."
"Where's Dagon?"
“A school of fat fish.” Annan gradually sank into the sofa.
"Gnolls?"
Annan raised his head again and said loudly: "We encountered a group of jackal scouts at night, and they have a leader."
"Waiting for you to sleep?" Annan He leaned back on the sofa: "We left Xingyue Bay overnight."
Olmedo sorted out the environment around Xingyue Bay: "The main threat is the jackals, but There should be other threats to the north and south... “How deep is the bay? ”
"I don't know, because we left Xingyue Bay overnight."
Olmedo would never let go of the assistance, so Annan had no choice but to shift his target to the people. This time Olmedo is quite generous: as long as the people of Breeze City are willing, he can absorb the people at will.
“How are those refugees?” Olmedo asked suddenly.
If Annan is willing to accept refugees, he can give 1 kinnar for each refugee he accepts...
"I think so too..." The soft cushions made Annan feel a little better. Boring, "But I don't want to absorb homeless people who have committed crimes."
"Don't worry, most of these refugees are people who have become homeless after their homes and farmland were destroyed by rat people." A sense of recognition emerged in the blue eyes, "Annan, every time you absorb a refugee, Breeze City can support you. Xingyue Bay 2 Jinnar."
When it comes to aiding Annan, I am not tired: "Then I want a thousand refugees first."
"Are you sure?"
"...I'm not sure."
Annan's advantage is that he has no shortage of money for the time being, but his disadvantage is that he still doesn't know how to be a lord.
"Actually, I'm not denying you, but I think these territorial citizens are not enough."
Perhaps to be alarmist, or to create a sense of crisis, Olmedo told Annan seriously: "This winter It’s your last time with me.”
Olmedo’s seriousness infected Annan: “What do you know?”
“It’s just some disturbing speculations...for the past few hundred years. The North has been safe throughout the years, but their sudden attack also exposed the conspiracy that has been woven under Breeze City for hundreds of years."
"The Skaven may invade in large numbers next year, Annan, do you want to do it again? Experienced an attack? ”
"I don't want to experience that kind of thing again."
"So you have to manage your own territory well."
Annan thought of the two-month countdown of the apocalypse forecast. It was the dead of winter at that time, so it was unlikely that the Rat Man would attack... what else could it be?
Olmedo called his personal guard and asked him to move his afternoon duties to the evening, and began to teach Annan how to become an excellent lord:
Xingyue Bay must first explore resources.
Gem mines, potion fields and some rare minerals are the best, followed by gold mines and specialties. Then there is the construction of territory. Ensuring the survival of the people is the most basic step, followed by attracting professionals and churches.
"You'd better invite some churches to settle in. This will allow the territory to be protected by the gods. The goddess of wealth is a good neutral god."
The harsh environment and sparse population certainly make many gods unable to I would like to focus on the north, where there are only some mainstream and ancient gods, but also make the north free of the frequent god wars in the south that compete for believers.
About business. Star Moon Bay is as remote as Breeze City, but the bay makes up for its shortcomings - the bad news is that building a harbor requires a lot of money, and the good news is that Annan has a lot of money.
Hearing the drowsy Annan said: "If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight."
Olmedo lowered his eyes slightly because of Annan's emotion:
"When we become lords, we must be responsible for the territory and our people..."
I found that Annan had fallen asleep at some point.
I thought that the boy in front of me was on the road four out of five days. Those blue eyes softened a little, and they were holding a blanket to cover Annan.
"Olmedo, you are so tight..." Annan murmured like he was dreaming.
Olmedo seemed frozen.
"You are so nervous about the money in Breeze City..."
(End of this chapter)