In recent months, Viscount Moore's life has been a little troublesome.
First, he was tricked by the "Beast God" of Calan Peak. It was originally agreed that the "Beast God" would come forward to destroy Fontaine County, but there is no news yet.
In anger, he smashed the statue of the "Beast God" and no longer worshiped any "Beast God".
The whereabouts of the old butler Bates, whom he had always relied on to run the territory, was unknown, forcing him to face the mountains of things and accounts in the territory every day. He even had no time to flirt with the singer in the female mansion. .
Fortunately, just yesterday, his old butler Betsin came back, but Betsin also brought back some huge bad news.
"Xuanwu Crystal Cannon?" Viscount Moore was so frightened that his legs became weak and he sat directly on the ground.
With the Xuanwu Crystal Cannon in Fontaine County, you can shoot the Xuanwu Crystal Cannon directly from Fontaine County to Bailu County.
"Lord, the Xuanwu Crystal Cannon is in the Lord's Mansion. It is absolutely true. In order to tell you this news, I spent a lot of effort to escape," the old butler Bates shook his head and sighed bitterly, "Old slave I also heard that the young lord of Fontaine County used the Xuanjing Cannon to kill the beast god of Kalan Peak, and I heard that the young lord’s subordinates also had many alchemists who were good at using poison."
The Xuanjing Cannon can kill even the "Beast God". No wonder there has been no news from Kalan Peak these days. Thinking of this, Viscount Moore believed Betzin's words even more.
He was like an ant on a hot pot, rubbing his hands constantly. What could he do? Most of his county guards were lost in several battles.
I wanted to use the Beast God to deal with Fontaine County, but the Beast God also fell. Now the opponent has the Xuanwu Crystal Cannon. Putting all these things together, the young lord with unknown origins is too weird.
"Oops, will he take advantage of one night when my lord is sleeping to bombard the lord's mansion with artillery?" Thinking of this, Viscount Moore became even more uneasy, "Also, will he send someone to attack my lord?" Poison, if he had known that the other party had so many powerful methods... he should have enshrined that young lord just like he did to the Grand Duke Yuenian of Blood Cherry."
Viscount Moore regretted his mistake. In the next few days, he had trouble sleeping and eating. He was worried about being blown up by the basalt crystal cannon while sleeping, and worried about being poisoned when he was awake.
He remained like this for several days, and he became in a daze.
On this day, the worried old butler Batesin came up and said, "Lord, this is not going to work. The people have also heard about the Xuanwu Crystal Cannon in Fontaine County, and they are talking about it every day. Some people have already He fled to Fontaine County overnight."
How could Viscount Moore, who was kept in the dark, know that on the day the old butler Batesin returned, a large number of notices appeared on the street.
The content of the notice is very attractive:
Fontaine County provides free housing and encourages farming. Residents who move to Fontaine County within this month can enjoy tax exemptions for more than three years.
All babies from other counties who are born in Fontaine County are regarded as residents of this county. When they are of school age, they will be selected to enter the Alchemist School or the Martial Arts School.
For craftsmen with special skills, the Lord's Mansion will hire all craftsmen with a monthly salary of ten gold coins.
All children born in Fontaine County and those hired by the Lord's Mansion, regardless of gender, old or young, only need to work for fifteen years to enjoy life-long pension from the Lord's Mansion. If one person works, the whole family can enjoy the rights of Fontaine County citizens.
For merchants, hunters, etc., they are exempted from tolls when doing business and hunting in Fontaine County.
When the people of Bailu County first saw these notices, they still didn't believe it. But as people entered Fontaine County one after another, a good news was brought back.
Candles, and then the stone-eating fragrant pigs that farm in the fields.
Some people couldn't sit still and began to move their families secretly away from Bailu County. Anyway, Bailu County was currently empty of defenses and the lord was indifferent.
"What, this happened? This is a blatant plunder of the population. He is so brave. I want it, I want to write a letter to the Imperial Capital of Ottawa," Viscount Moore said in one breath, neither up nor down.
, almost not being suffocated to death.
The mining of Blue Snow Field and the improvement of new mysterious beasts have brought stable income to Fontaine County.
If there is any difference between Bailu County and Fontaine County today, it is the people.
In Canglong Continent, where technology is underdeveloped, all work and development rely on people, so when Viscount Moore heard that Fontaine County was blatantly robbing people in his own county, Viscount Moore finally couldn't help it.
He thought of the last reinforcement, which was the Ottawa Imperial Capital.
There are regulations in the imperial capital that lords can regard the people and land under their fiefdom as property.
"I want to go to the Imperial Capital of Ottawa overnight to inform the wise monarch. That impostor from Fontaine County not only pretends to be a descendant of the Duke's Palace, but also dares to violate the iron laws of the empire and rob my people," Viscount Moore is already
He lost consciousness and murmured nonsense: "Betzin, write a letter for me immediately and write down the misdeeds of the fake lord one by one."
"Yes, your lord," Batesin pushed it down, and soon wrote a letter. Just like he had stated the territory's annual performance countless times in the past, it was still Batesin who read it, and was finally signed by Viscount Moore.
With a stroke of Viscount Moore's pen, Old Bates bowed down and sent the letter to the Ottawa Imperial Capital.
About five days later, the Household Department of the Ottawa Imperial Capital received a letter. The content of the letter was roughly as follows: Viscount Moore has been busy with the affairs of the territory over the years, and has fallen ill. In order to recuperate, he has specially handed over the affairs of the territory to
Steward Batesin handles.
"Viscount Moore just likes to find all kinds of excuses. When has he ever taken care of the affairs of Bailu County?" said an official.
Thousands of miles away in the Imperial Capital of Ottawa, the officials of the Ministry of Revenue were still unaware of the changes that had taken place in Fontaine County and Bailu County. The officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs had long been surprised that Viscount Moore was so talented in managing Bailu County.
No wonder.
"As long as the taxes are paid on time, it doesn't matter who the lord is," said a fat tax official.
"Have you heard that Fontaine County has not paid taxes for a long time. It is said that the imperial capital is planning to send a new tax official. If taxes are not paid again, the Ministry of Revenue will seal up the territory and appoint a new lord.
"None of the tax officials who have made a lot of money in the capital city of Ottawa are willing to travel across the mountains and ridges to collect taxes in the Black Beast Ridge area, so only ruthless new tax officials will be assigned there.
"Who dares to go there without risking their lives? I heard that the Black Beast Ridge has been unstable recently. Unless a knight from the Dragon Riders is willing to accompany him," the fat tax official picked up the seal, stamped it, and agreed.