At night, the stars are shining brightly in the sky, and Feslite is also brightly lit under the stars.
Nowadays, most of the people living in the city have purchased transparent crystal lamps from dwarf shops.
Although the name contains the word "crystal", it is actually made of glass, not a natural crystal stone.
The dwarves once relied on these exquisite objects that emitted bright light to dispel the darkness hidden deep in the mountains of Khazad-dum. At this time, this light also illuminated every household in the city.
On the main roads in the city, lights will also be lit at night to guide pedestrians and provide convenience for patrolling guards.
At the beginning, the rules in the city required residents who went out at night to light torches, otherwise they would be taken away for investigation by patrolling soldiers as unknown persons.
At that time, the guards often said, "If you go out without a torch at night, are you trying to steal something? Take it away!"
"
With the continuous development of the town, under Allen's leadership, the cabinet issued an urban road lighting ordinance.
The main roads in the city will have dedicated personnel to provide lighting in the first half of the night to provide convenience for residents. After midnight, the lights will automatically go out when the fuel is exhausted, and the city will officially enter the curfew time, prohibiting any residents who are not on official business to leave.
Home door.
But even if it only lights up the first half of the night, Feslite's nightlife has been greatly enriched. Especially in summer, people who have worked all day during the day will hang out with their friends by the roadside, looking for a place where there are not many mosquitoes.
A place to chat and relax.
Children who can't stay at home will chase and play with their friends on the roads that are still bright.
Some business-savvy residents will make some cheap but delicious snacks and delicious drinks at home and sell them to people around them who come out to cool off.
Now, Allen is not in costume. He is not too conspicuous in this relatively lively street, because there are groups of young people everywhere, and even if the lights are too bright, they cannot be as bright as during the day.
of daylight.
Even if someone recognizes Allen nearby, he will be signaled by his king to quiet down. Making too much noise at night is not a good sign.
As long as they keep a low profile, most residents will only focus on the things in front of them in the current environment, and will not notice that His Majesty the King of Rovanion has arrived among them.
"Sir, there have been some unusual business practices in the town recently."
"Oh! Really? Tell me something specific."
Allen, who was just watching a group of children running past him, was quickly attracted by Manid's words. His first child was born two years ago, a girl named
Andrea, now practicing how to walk.
"I wonder if you still remember that after your wedding to Lady Jamila, the dwarves of the Durin clan rented a shop in the market to sell some exquisite jewelry and armor."
"Is there any problem with this?" Although several years have passed, Allen still has some impressions of this incident. The somewhat over-enthusiastic Tihar is very memorable, but what Allen remembers most deeply is
, the same surprised look the dwarf had at the wedding, with his mouth open enough to stuff a whole apple.
"Although the owner of this store is your ally, what I want to tell you is that there is a big problem with it!"
For a moment, Allen's originally cheerful expression turned serious.
Commerce is very important to Rovanian now. It is precisely because a large number of merchants come to Feslite with special goods from various places that the precious metals stored in Allen's treasure house can be turned into various kinds.
Such materials also make the lives of the people who obtain gold and silver more colorful.
From the perspective of food and clothing, the people of Rovanian are completely self-sufficient. There is even a lot of surplus in the grain harvested every year, which is stored in warehouses in various places. After all, the climate in Rovanian has been very bad for more than ten years.
good.
But Allen needs the general equivalent, that is, the circulation of gold and silver coins, so that the materials in the territory can be concentrated to accomplish what he wants to do.
For example, provide a large amount of supplies to the dwarves who are repairing the castle in Changchuan Yuan.
For the various projects he has completed step by step over the years, it is not enough to rely solely on land tax. After all, the tax rate set by Allen at the beginning was not high. It is not like a country that flaunts chivalry and implements the inhumane ten taxes.
Nine systems.
In addition, in order to stimulate fertility in the later period, Allen also issued various tax exemption policies so that people would have enough ability to raise more children.
This resulted in the cabinet receiving less supplies from the land.
It's just that this phenomenon doesn't have much to do with Allen. Although the needed materials cannot be collected through taxation, the cabinet will spend money to purchase them from the private sector and use the large sum of gold and silver Allen got from Gushan.
distributed to the public.
In the early days, the few uses of the wages or payments made by Allen were consumption in taverns, or purchasing some reasonably priced daily necessities in official grocery stores.
If the residents have any expensive expenses, it is probably to renovate their houses inside the city walls.
At that time, this method of withdrawing funds could not be said to be good or bad, but it could only be used when there were not many people.
After all, the dinars Allen earned in the simulation were limited, and he could not provide endless supplies to satisfy all his subjects.
Fortunately, the people at that time had just gotten rid of the threat of orcs, and their living standards were barely enough to eat and clothe themselves, and they did not have much demand for other things.
It is good enough to have a grocery store selling daily necessities and a tavern that can provide delicious food and fine wine.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Moreover, the population under Allen's rule was not large at that time, and management was not complicated, or it did not need to be managed at all. As long as it went through a simple
Guidance can maintain stability.
It's just that over the years, Allen has not been satisfied with his current state. He has obtained too many gold and silver treasures from the dwarves. If they were stored in the treasure house, they would be nothing more than dead objects.
Apart from making people who see them exclaim in amazement, they have no other function. The main function of these gold and silver is to turn these radiant wealth into currency and circulate it appropriately within the territory.
Therefore, after the Battle of Gushan, Allen was so eager to open up the high pass and the old dense forest, allowing commerce to appear in his territory again, and also giving his residents the opportunity to spend a lot of money.
Allen will collect back the gold and silver he has spent by adjusting tariffs, commercial taxes, raising or lowering shop rents, and forming his own caravans to sell honey, agricultural products, weapons and equipment, ships, etc.
Militarily, Allen gained a lot of trophies from the two battles of defeating Ashur and helping Gondor fight against Mordor, so his treasury is still very healthy so far.
The food prices in Rovanian are under the control of the cabinet and have always been maintained within a relatively reasonable range.
Therefore, Allen does not need to worry that his people will become nouveau riche with large amounts of gold and silver just relying on the output of the land.
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Their lives have indeed been getting better, but this process is relatively slow, which greatly reduces the possibility of inflation.
As one of the king's right-hand men, Manid's most important job now is to stabilize Rovanian's business environment and prevent prices from skyrocketing. At the same time, he must also ensure that the precious metals in Allen's vault can be stored in a
Fluctuate within a safe range.
Therefore, when his finance minister mentioned that there was a major problem in the dwarf's shop, Allen immediately became vigilant.
He needs to hear the specific situation to judge whether anyone wants to challenge his system. In Middle-earth, there are also many successful businessmen among the dwarves. What Allen is worried about is that someone may have seen Rovanian.
business loopholes, want to cause some kind of financial crisis in their own territory, or something similar to sheep eating people.
For a moment, Allen felt that if necessary, he wouldn't mind sending a letter to ask Thorin, what did his people want to do in their territory?
"At the beginning, I arranged for my subordinates to pay special attention to that shop. It was normal at that time. The shops were filled with extremely exquisite and luxurious jewelry, as well as well-forged armors. In addition to the noble representatives of Gondor, there were also
Only merchants from Eriador will visit there, and the residents in the city simply don’t have that much wealth to buy dwarven things.”
Allen nodded, it's nothing. Dwarves' things are good to return, but they are really expensive. Even the toys they make are expensive in other places in Middle-earth.
But Manid's next words surprised Allen.
"But half a year ago, something was wrong with that shop. The dwarf Tehar who was in charge there started selling extremely cheap jewelry to the citizens. At first, I didn't pay too much attention when I learned about this.
Because most of the jewelry is made of copper, there is no problem in selling it cheaper."
As he spoke, Manid took out an extremely simple small wooden box from his arms. After opening it, there was a brass-colored ring with a hollow pattern. The surface of the ring was a smooth black gemstone, which shone softly under the light.
light.
Manid handed it to Allen and continued: "But what puzzles me is that these copper jewelry are so popular, and even though they are extremely popular, Tihar did not increase the price.
, you have to know that it has been half a year, and these jewelry are sold out every time they are put on the shelves. It is definitely not in line with business practices to maintain the original price. I suspect there are some problems here, but I have no other evidence, so I can only
I can report the situation to you."
The extremely popular word in Manid's mouth made Allen suddenly wary. If it were in the original world, he might think that the ring in front of him was because of its pretty good shape and extremely low price.
And be popular.
However, this is Middle-earth, and what the enemy is best at is corrupting people's hearts. Sometimes he will use fear as a weapon, but sometimes greed is also the sharp blade in the hands of the devil.
Thinking of this, Allen, after thinking for a while, reached out and picked up the ring in the wooden box. Even when he faced the Supreme Lord of the Rings, he had walked away from the influence of that ring, and a
Ordinary or mass-produced brass rings can't be more powerful than that gold ring, right?
No matter what conspiracy there is, you can naturally get some information by testing it yourself.
Allen, who had just picked up the brass ring, involuntarily raised his arm and held it under the light. In such a short second or two, he suddenly felt that the ring in front of him was very beautiful, especially inlaid in the
The soft light of the black gemstone above even illuminated his heart, and there was nothing else.
At this moment, Allen felt that even the ring of power he once owned was incomparable to the ring in front of him. He desperately wanted to wear it and never take it off.
Suddenly, a warm breath filled Allen's body, and the next moment, for some reason, Gulu's ugly but pitiable face appeared in Allen's mind. The words "my baby" were like a basin of cold water.
Allen poured water from beginning to end, which also completely freed him from this feeling of being dominated.
It was the energy in his body that briefly brought Alan back to consciousness, and his subconscious told himself that if you continue to indulge, that miserable hobbit will serve as a warning to you.
As for the last basin of cold water that completely woke Allen up, it was his pretty good willpower that defeated the magic on the ring.
Although this process was not particularly beautiful, it also made Allen understand the dangers hidden in these jewelry.
Allen blinked quickly, but there was no strange expression on his face. He slowly lowered his raised arm, then quickly put the brass ring back into the box and closed it heavily.
Lid.
At this time, Manid did not realize that His Majesty the King in front of him had had a fairly fierce confrontation with the enemy in just a few seconds, because he had not touched the brass ring in front of him.
As one of the highest-paid people in the cabinet, Manid doesn't like copper jewelry. If it were gold, he might be interested in playing with it, but he just took a look at the one in front of him and didn't pay much attention to it.
Already.
And this also allowed him to avoid disaster.
"Manid, go find Kress. I need you to use all means in the shortest time to find out how many people in my territory have purchased this cheap jewelry. This matter
It needs to be secretive enough, do you understand?"
After hearing Allen's order, Manid's spirit perked up and he replied: "I understand, sir."
"Go ahead."
After giving the instructions, Allen walked towards the tavern with a few personal guards. His purpose tonight was to find those veterans.