Wizard From Afar

"...Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedule to come to Deep Limburg. Under Loren Torino, the advisor of Lord Count, in the name of Lord Ruben Fried To express my most heartfelt thanks."

With impeccable politeness and smile, with humble and dignified eyes, Loren ended his opening remarks in the calmest tone.

The not-so-spacious long table is crowded with deep Limburg nobles in different costumes, stared wide-eyed staring at the confidant of Lord Count. As the representative of the Senna family, Barry Senna was sitting in the front row impressively.

The expression of the old man is very complicated-this is the first time Ruben has summoned all the nobles in the entire territory under the name of count. Almost all the nobles with faces came, but the master count was nowhere to be seen. The only one who received them was the wizard named Loren Torino.

What exactly is he going to do?

On the empty long table, there are a few thick stacks of parchment scrolls, which seem to be very old, making the old man very curious about the contents, and look at the expression of this black hair wizard, today The things they are going to talk about are obviously related to these things.

Will Senna, the attendant who stood by, revealed a bit of shock in his expression, apparently knowing something inside. But in the current situation, I can't ask him. Barry Senna, who suppressed his curiosity, turned his gaze back to Loren, ready to see what tricks the "wizard consultant" wanted to play.

"As you all know, Master Ruben Fried has only recently become the count of Deep Limburg, so he doesn’t know much about the situation here and your families, even the civilians. It’s not clear, they already have a new count."

Loren's gaze swept across Barry Senna’s face, the old man’s expression was indifferent, and the black hair wizard slightly raised the corners of his mouth:

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"So, count is going to implement a reform to establish his authority. At the same time, it can also make people in this land truly understand who is ruling them!"

There is silence on both sides of the long table. All the nobles are watching coldly. No one is willing to take the initiative to stand up, or even make a little response.

"So... Lord Count is going to let us humble servants do for him?" Barry Senna still brace oneself said: "Is it to promote to the people in the territory?"

"No need." Loren snapped his fingers at Will Senna next to him. The attendant who had not recovered from the shock hurried forward and handed a parchment to every nobleman. Hands.

Barry Senna quickly glanced, and his old expression changed slightly-although it was only a moment, the black hair wizard still caught it.

"The content above is the library of Shen Limburg. The amount of large and small farms, orchards, land and even villages, hunting grounds and several quarries in the entire count The taxes that need to be paid are different from the families they belong to."

Loren, with a calm tone, said in a nonchalant tone: "I believe you are all familiar with it, right?"

The nobles sitting on both sides of the long table can only silently nodded, but they still don’t understand, what exactly is the other party doing with this thing?

"Excuse me, Lord Count, are you planning to thoroughly investigate the taxation situation in the entire territory?" Or Barry Senna, who responded quickly: "If this is the case, the Senna family is willing to..."

"Bang--!"

A loud bang interrupted the old man’s words, and shocked everyone present, looking at the black shot on the stack of scrolls by the right hand in shock. hair wizard.

Barry was interrupted to speak before he was even angry before he was intercepted by Loren.

"And these I have are the earliest documentary records of Deep Limburg—it records in detail the division of the land, forests and rivers of the large and small counties, as well as the various families under their jurisdiction. ."

"Yes, I think everyone has guessed it. The above and the content recorded on the parchment just now can almost be said to be as different as heaven and earth."

"After all... a hundred years have passed." The old man laughed reluctantly: "It is normal that there will be some changes. Some families will rise and some will decline. Naturally impossible is the same as before."

"Really?" Loren sneered: "But according to what I have found, the tax paid by Shen Limburg in recent years is actually paid according to the record in my hand!"

"I’m very curious, could it be said that the ancestors of Shen Limburg hundreds of years ago had already anticipated the current situation? So the taxes to be paid have also been calculated, so that today we can still follow The records above fulfill their respective obligations?!"

"If not like this..." The dark pupils swept across the astonished nobles, and Loren raised the scroll in his hand: "Then it means that someone has concealed the taxes that they should pay and the obligations they should perform, and they are full of their own pockets!"

The nobles here finally can't keep calm, and they don't even dare to look at each other. I can't wait to hide under the chair, regretting why I came here today.

Barry Senna was also stunned. He expected that Master Count would use some fierce methods, but he didn’t expect to come this way-this is really what he can think of Out of attention? !

Or, is it the trump card that the Lord Duke has prepared long ago? !

Once you start turning over the old accounts, you can’t stop—everyone will accuse the people around them in order to avoid guilt. When the time comes, everyone is in danger, and who else is willing to stand faithfully? By the Senna family? !

But if you just get to this step, there is still a chance to be saved. The composer Barry stood up tremblingly, with the eyes of all the nobles on his back, hoping that he could stand up and defend everyone.

"Regarding the grand plan of Lord Count... The Senna family will give full support to clear the tax collected by the entire count!"

The old man’s tone barely fell, and there is someone behind him directly from the chair. Falling up and down, the stunned expressions looked like carved out of a mold, and all the nobles were dumbfounded.

Barry Senna, he...Isn't he crazy? !

Loren's face still doesn't have a half expression, holding his hands behind his back and waiting for the other person to speak next-he doesn't believe that the Senna family would simply raise their hands and surrender.

"For some...special reasons, taxation is always an important issue in Deep Limburg." Barry Senna said impassionedly: "Thanks to Lord Count for discovering the problem in time for us; And we humble servants should naturally go to solve it!"

"It's just..." The old man changed his words: "Such a grand plan requires a long time to investigate and study. Come to the final conclusion. It can’t be done overnight, you have to be cautious."

"Please also tell Master Count and give this plan to his humble servants. We will discuss and discuss carefully. Come up with a practical way to realize the wishes of Lord Count."

Barry Senna’s idea is very simple-as long as this "reform" can be held in the hands of the Senna family and their cronies, then The final result is not what they said?

When the time comes, not only will the Senna family become more stable, the Ruben Friede count will be further emptied, and the Lord Duke will no longer have any reason to trouble them!

"You seem to have some misunderstandings about Lord Count's plan." With a formulaic smile, Loren "regrets" shook the head: "A thorough investigation of taxes is just a step in reform. ."

"Apart from this, it is necessary to thoroughly liquidate and measure the area of ​​all farmland, orchards and hunting grounds in the entire count, find out the size of the land that each family should have, and then organize it into Book."

"Not only that, we also need to convey these contents to the ears of every nobleman and every commoner in the count, let them see if the taxes they pay are the same as above. The record is the same!"

What—? ! !

"This kind of thing..." The speechless old man was choked by himself: "For such an important matter, why is Lord Count not present?! I want to see Ruben Fried My lord, I want to see Lord Ruben Friede——!"

"Unfortunately, Lord Ruben Friede is not in the castle right now." Loren, who looked calm, showed an old man's eyes. Have one's hair stand on end smile:

"He and Sir Aaron have taken the Knights of the guards to measure the land of the count domain!"