The secretary ran out with a twisted expression, and after watching him run out, Martin couldn't help but look at Li Ke.
"Master Li Ke, if you treat these people like this, will you..."
He didn't say anything further, but the meaning was already obvious.
Originally, Jennifer becoming a noble as an illegitimate daughter was enough to destabilize the territory, because Sean had been the heir for too long, and the distribution of interests in all aspects was already perfect.
Jennifer's sudden rise to power would have caused a lot of trouble, but now that Li Ke is doing this again, it is obvious that something will happen.
It's only normal for them to join forces to trick him.
"There is no way, the boss's surname has become a poor man, there is no money to make money, naturally whoever has money will make money."
Li Ke sighed and made the words clear immediately.
To put it bluntly, most knights are private soldiers, and those knights with noble status are self-employed.
Now Li Ke does not plan to continue the slave trade. If nothing else, once discovered by the elves, he will definitely be hunted down.
And Jennifer can't move other things, so she can only scratch the skin of those rich people.
Otherwise, being a down-and-out noble in Stormwind City would be unlucky.
Down-and-out nobles with money are also easy to bully, but nobles with a lot of money and who are famous are all guests there.
Since he now has time to develop, he naturally needs to develop well.
Otherwise, wouldn’t he have been dormant for so long?
"But……"
When Martin wanted to say that your family was the richest in the entire territory, Li Ke spoke again.
"Don't worry, I'm just touching them. It's their own problem if their hands are dirty. What's more, even if I treat them well, will they treat me well?"
Li Ke saw clearly that because the noble private soldiers relied on the name of the nobles for their livelihood, once Jennifer fired them, they would immediately return to the civilian class.
This is the Middle Ages, not modern times, let alone the Middle Ages in TV dramas where common people can speak loudly to nobles.
It was the Middle Ages where the life and death of the people of the territory depended on the mood of the lord.
Those knights often recruited farmers to give them free farming and labor. This was written in the law. No matter how wise the lord was, there was nothing he could do about it, because this was the right of these knights.
Otherwise, why would anyone want to become a noble?
Of course, there are many types of knights. If you are not attached to a lord, it is useless to be a knight. The common people will only respect you, but they will not listen to you in everything.
For example, if Li Ke fired Martin now, at least four-fifths of his family's land would be uncultivated, and Martin would basically be finished all at once. It would be very difficult for his son to become a knight.
"this……"
Martin had nothing to say, it was indeed true. This clerk was Sean's die-hard loyalist, but he was not Jennifer's die-hard loyalist, and for him, he had already paid enough for the Jon family.
It was impossible to make him pay.
"So if you offend, you will offend. It's just a dead person."
Li Ke shook his head, but the tax official kept listening expressionlessly. He knew very well that Li Ke was speaking to him and other tax officials.
He also understood what Li Ke meant.
He is just here to make a fortune and re-appoint local officials. As for the tax collectors, as long as they are not confused and mixed up with the clerks and other management personnel, then it will be fine.
Clerks who usually don't do much can still take up the position at this time and be reused by Jennifer and Li Ke.
So a smile appeared on his face.
"Of course, these guys are greedy and stupid and deserve to be punished."
He directly sold his friend.
"It's good if you understand."
Li Ke looked at the tax collector with a smile, and then threw part of his files and accounts into the fireplace in front of him.
The blazing fireplace reflected in the tax collector's eyes, shining with enchanting colors.
"After all, we are all our own people. Taking action against our own people is the most shameful thing to do, and there will be a lot of trouble."
Li Ke stood up. He believed that the tax collectors and Martin would understand what he meant.
"I hate trouble."
He has no interest in waiting for the clerk. After all, no matter whether he continues to wait here, what he should have will come to his hands, and young, capable and loyal subordinates will automatically be refreshed in his town hall the next day.
among.
Martin, there is definitely no shortage of such talents in the tax collector's family.
As for whether there will be any problems in doing so?
Not to mention that this is the normal state of this world...
Alsace will probably come next year, why should he care about this?
Li Ke left the town hall with a smile and went to the things he was more concerned about at this stage.
Chicken coop.
When the remaining three families saw him coming out, they hurriedly followed him, not only because Li Ke was the manager of this town, but also because Li Ke had a big deal in his hands.
"I need you to hurry up and do what I ask for. As for money and everything, it's just a small matter."
Li Ke took out a few drawings, which are supporting buildings for tofu workshops and chicken coops, such as pharmacies, fermentation plants and other places. Chicken farms cannot be built casually, especially for tofu.
In the case of workshops, a series of factories are needed.
"The Jon family has plenty of money, mainly speed and efficiency. I don't care how much you earn, but you can't make the workers dissatisfied. You should know this, right?"
Li Ke talked to these people as he walked.
"Understood, we understand."
The boss of the carpenter family, this guy whose name Li Ke couldn't remember, responded quickly and was no longer as dull as before.
"We all know it. After all, you said it very clearly."
But the mason boss seems to be a bit of an idiot, but no one will believe that he is an idiot.
"Understood, we all understand."
The same goes for the tailor boss, he has no airs at all.
Li Ke couldn't help laughing. He looked at the three smiling people and pointed at them one by one.
"you."
A carpenter family killed another carpenter family for the sake of monopoly.
"you."
Stonemason families, driving down wages and killing sick and injured workers.
"you."
It is normal for a tailor family to lower wages and force female workers, but their true identity is as a pimp, inducing those female workers to sell themselves.
Jennifer told her all this, and the reason why she knew it was because she used to be a commoner.