Chapter 755

With Su Ruoyan and Ed, Li Huailin returned to Sovata City, the main city of his territory, to return here. Su Ruoyan here first proposed to check the current development of the city's commerce.

"Sure enough, a lot of shops are closed." Looking at the situation on the street, Su Ruoyan shook her head slightly. Now the commercial development of Sovata City is not very optimistic, and the development of small and medium-sized shops is very fast. Difficulties, some shop owners who can't continue to operate have chosen to close their doors or directly change regions to operate, while the two chambers of commerce under Li Huailin are taking advantage of this period of time to develop on a large scale in Li Huailin's territory.

"Well, the problem is serious?" Li Huailin asked.

"Nonsense, it's not all your fault." Su Ruoyan said.

"Ahem." Li Huailin can't do anything about it. If he doesn't do this, his loyalty to the people will be completely unstoppable. Now that the loyalty of the people has been lost in this way, he will not be able to bear it if he collects a little less tax. These civilians will rebel because their lives are so good, it is simply the government forcing the people to rebel.

Just as he was talking, a loud curse came from the nearby commercial street, which attracted the attention of Li Huailin and the others.

"What are you talking about, I took your things to save face, and you still dare to ask me for money?" A man shouted loudly, sounding vicious as if he wanted to hit someone.

Li Huailin turned his head and looked, and found that the one who cursed was actually a guard wearing the armor of his Duke's mansion. There were four people in total, and surrounded by them was a small vendor, who seemed to be selling fruit and the like. One of the guards on the side was holding an apple-like fruit in the game, and surrounded the vendor who was begging for mercy on the ground, looking like he was looking for trouble. The civilians in the surrounding circle were all watching, but no one dared to speak up.

"Gentlemen. Please give me a way out. You come here every three days to get things. We can't sustain our small business." The stall owner here really knelt down to the four of them, begging for mercy.

"Hmph, you are not sensible, why do you still want to ask me? Ask the vendors nearby. Think if you forgot to do something?" the guard here reminded.

In fact, the guards here are collecting "protection fees" from the hawkers, but this hawker didn't pay them, so they came here every day to make trouble for this guy, trying to make him "awaken" earlier.

"Gentlemen, it's not that I don't know, it's that I really can't afford it. I almost have no place to eat my own food, and I really can't survive." The peddler here said.

"I don't care if you live or not..." The guard here just wanted to kick the vendor,

But suddenly at a glance, I saw Li Huailin walking over here.

"Leader... my lord." The soldier here panicked. I was so scared that I almost fell to the ground, and quickly stood upright and saluted Li Huailin.

"My lord!" The other three people also saluted immediately, they were all terribly afraid, how could they be seen by the lord at this time, there is still a way to survive? I don't know how to be punished.

"Are you... that... Marcel's men?" Li Huailin asked suddenly.

"Uh... yes, my lord." The few people here thought for a while and answered honestly. They were the subordinates of Marcel, the former bandit group. After Marcel arrived. Li Huailin asked them to be city guards, although Minister of the Interior Gert strongly opposed it. But there is no way, who makes Li Huailin the lord.

"Oh, really." Li Huailin nodded, looking at the guards who were very nervous, because Marcel had just arrived here not long ago, that is to say, he had just come here. Although he sat on the leader of Chengwei, his position was not very stable. Now that he was caught by the lord, would he say that Marcel was negligent and drive him away? The boss is gone. They can't get along anymore. So these city guards looked at Li Huailin very nervously.

"Good job." Suddenly Li Huailin smiled with satisfaction, and then patted the shoulders of several city guards who were in a daze.

"Huh?" Not only did the two guards not react, even the vendor kneeling next to him didn't react, didn't you come to help me?

Of course, Li Huailin is quite satisfied. I originally asked this group of city guards to help me suppress the loyalty of the people. If they don’t make trouble, how can they suppress the loyalty of the people? Now I see that these people are doing really well. Sure enough, his strategy is still feasible.

"Many... Thank you Lord Lord for your praise." Although I don't know what happened, but since Li Huailin praised himself, the city guard here can only quickly return the gift and thank you. As long as Li Huailin is not angry, nothing else matters.

"But..." Li Huailin said again.

"What?" Hearing a word, the guards here raised their hearts again.

"It's still not enough." Li Huailin looked at his Minzhong, and now it shows 84 points. Li Huailin still feels a little dissatisfied with the speed of improvement, "Did this guy not pay your protection fee?"

"This..." These city guards looked around, the protection fee was a private matter, and they didn't tell this vendor because they didn't dare to say it clearly, because other vendors were very conscious Yes, but now Li Huailin asks how they should answer.

"I've been thinking about this question for a long time, do you want to die or something?" Li Huailin said immediately.

"Yes, Lord Lord." Seeing that Li Huailin was a little angry, the city guard here immediately replied, "On this street, he and the remaining two stall owners did not pay protection fees. trouble them."

"Looking for trouble? You call it looking for trouble?" Li Huailin said angrily, "You are still born as thieves, why can't you do this well, and dare to set up a stall in our city without paying the protection fee? Isn't this tm Are you looking for death? This is how much you don’t give you face, don’t give you face, that is, don’t give me face, he, a peddler, dares not give me face, and you actually just make trouble for him and end the matter?”

"Then... what does the lord mean?" the city guard here asked cautiously.

"Fuck you, hit me, beat me to death." Li Huailin said with a wave of his hand.

"Huh?" The merchant here was taken aback.

"My lord, are you really fighting?" The city guard here couldn't believe it and asked again.

"Are you tm deaf? Do you want me to say it a second time?" Li Huailin asked.

"No need, my lord." The city guard here hurriedly said, and then waved his hand, "Did you hear that? Hit me, this guy didn't pay the protection fee, and beat him to death."

Since it was the lord's order, the city guards here naturally had no doubts. The four of them rushed up and kicked the peddler who was still there stunned to the ground, and then began to fight violently.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Su Ruoyan over here looked more and more wrong, so he hurried up and said.

"Civilians, if you don't teach them, you won't be obedient." Li Huailin said.

"Nonsense, you do this..." Before Su Ruoyan could finish speaking, the civilians who were watching beside him suddenly knelt down to Li Huailin.

"My lord, you are so kind to us!" The civilian here shouted.

"Recently, there are so many jobs. I thought that the lord heard some rumors from treacherous ministers and was going to show favor to us. Now I see that it is indeed a rumor. The lord is still the same. We will go to the lord like this. Where to find it, let everyone tell me if it is true." A commoner here said with tears in his eyes.

"Yes, yes, long live the lord!" the civilians here shouted.

"Long live the lord."

Even Ed, who came here for the first time, nodded: "Well, I didn't expect the Duke to manage the territory well." At the same time, the favorability has also increased by 15 points.

"Huh?" Su Ruoyan couldn't squeeze out the words just now, and she didn't know what was going on.

"By the way, I don't have time to do this." Li Huailin thought that now is not the time to fight the people's loyalty, and the war over there is more important, so he quickly grabbed a city guard who was beating someone and said, "Don't fight now, Go back and inform all the ministers that I, Ma Shan, will go back and prepare for a meeting."

"Yes, Lord Lord." The city guard here immediately ran back in the direction of the Duke's Mansion.

"You guys, after beating this, beat all the remaining ones who didn't pay the protection fee, and then arrest them all and parade them through the streets. You must explain to everyone that this is the end if you don't pay the protection fee." Li Huailin said again.

"Yes, Lord Lord." Several city guards here said.

"..." Su Ruoyan here didn't know how to react, so he could only imitate Li Huailin's helpless forehead.

Surrounded by a group of deeply touched civilians, Li Huailin returned to the Duke's Mansion. Several ministers had received the news and were waiting outside the Duke's Mansion, except of course the Minister of Military Reg, because he had already set off with his troops. Now The deputy minister is temporarily held by Drummer, and he is naturally waiting for Li Huailin at the door.

"My lord." Seeing Li Huailin coming back, the people here immediately saluted. Just after the salute, a few old people here saw Su Ruoyan behind Li Huailin. .”

"Hi Ma'am." It was the first time for the newcomers, Dramo, to see Su Ruoyan. Hearing that this was the Duchess, they immediately saluted.

"Oh, hello everyone." Seeing a few new faces, Su Ruoyan nodded and said.

"Okay, let's start the meeting immediately." Li Hualin said with a wave of his hand, "Gert, this is Master Ed, first help me arrange a place for him, a quiet place, and talk about other things later."

"Yes, my lord." Geert on this side nodded immediately, but after speaking, Geert on this side immediately asked, "My lord, if the lady is here, do you want the second lady to come and salute?"

"Huh? Second lady?" Su Ruoyan, who was behind Li Huailin, was taken aback, "Who is Second Lady? What's going on?" (To be continued...)