Release that Witch - Chapter 462

[Chapter 455 Building the City Step 2]

In order to appease the uneasy mood of the nobles, Roland specially arranged a sumptuous banquet.

There is a long table covered with white cloth in the center of the hall, and the nobles who came to sit facing each other, with all kinds of dishes, wine and flowers in the middle.

After drinking two glasses of red wine, the atmosphere eased a lot. In addition, all the big nobles have fallen, and the honeysuckle and elk are on Roland’s side again. The remaining little nobles will not jump out to sing the opposite tune at this time, and instead reveal their true feelings in their conversations. Intention to take refuge actively.

In this situation, Roland knew it was time to put his new order on the table.

After drinking and eating, he distributed the small books he had prepared in advance to the hands of the nobles.

It was his carefully prepared “publicity brochure”.

“Your Highness… what is this?” Sure enough, a nobleman soon asked in surprise, “Why is the painting on it so realistic?”

“Yes, it’s just like the real thing.”

“It’s not like a painting What came out… No pigment can express such a delicate color.”

It’s no wonder that they are nobles in big cities, and it can be seen that these people have a certain appreciation for paintings. Roland clapped his hands and smiled, “They are indeed painted by a painter It came out, but if there is any difference, it is that the artist is a witch, and the paint she paints is omnipresent magic.”

These words made everyone stiff, and the notebooks in their hands could not be put. Not letting go.

“The power of the local church has dissipated. What are you worried about?” The prince raised his eyebrows. “Witches are no different from us. I have verified this many times.”

“Cough…cough,” Pei Luo almost choked , “Your Highness is right.”

“It’s the fourth prince, haha…ha,” the other nobles also laughed awkwardly.

Uh, it seems that he said something quite ambiguous, Roland pretended to be nonchalant, and changed the subject—after serving as a prince for more than a year, he found himself at a level of calmness…or the thickness of his skin has improved by leaps and bounds, “The accompanying picture is just In order to make the content more vivid, the story described above is the key point.”

Everyone continued to flip through a few pages, and Aurelion, the little girl from the Elk family, quickly raised her head, “Is this the family history of a nobleman?”

” Aurelion!” Ren lowered his voice and reminded, “Call Your Highness!”

“Yes, he was once a noble from the Western Region,” Roland made a nonchalant gesture, “Some of you should remember him.”

“Your Highness… …I know him,” said one knight, “Tigu Pyne, he is my neighbor, and our lands were pasted together.”

“I have seen him too,” recalled another, “it seems He is still a baron, and his father is a vassal of Joey Cole. His territory has declined since Mr. Joey left the Western Region.”

“Viscount Tigu is currently in Border Town,” Roland said with a smile, “and This picture book records how I met him… and what happened afterwards. As you can see, he is a nobleman living under the new system. He is currently busy practicing musketry. It is estimated that he will wait until the end of the evil month , he will take his daughter and attendants to go to the Hidden Forest to enjoy the fun of hunting. As far as I know, since he sold the territory east of the fort and settled in Border Town with peace of mind, his title has been promoted by one level , and the family property has increased several times.”

Fear stems from the unknown, as does resistance to system changes, because they don’t know how the changes will affect them.

Roland asked Soraya to describe Tigu Pine’s small town life in the form of comics as an example for his own propaganda, precisely to reduce the resistance and fear of the nobles.

Compared with those boring written biographies, it is obvious that the expressiveness of comics is more vivid and vivid.

“You should all know that I am about to build a city in the western region. In fact, I have been planning this plan for a long time. At that time, Border Town, Longsong Fortress and the long and narrow land between the two places will be integrated.” Roland continued, ” Some people may ask, how can the two towns be connected as one because they are so far apart. First of all, the meaning of the whole refers to the administrative aspect, that is to say, the new city will implement the same law and the same policy, which is what I want to take back The reasons for the right to enfeoff the nobility and make laws.”

“Your Highness, what about our territory…” someone asked.

“It still belongs to you,” he interrupted, “I said that taking back these powers does not mean that you will lose anything-the essence of enfeoffment is to hand over your territory to others to form your own lower-level nobles. To strengthen your own strength, resist the enemy together, or join forces to gain benefits. Under the new system, the task of resisting foreign enemies will be completed by a professional army. As long as you act according to the rules, the benefits you earn will far exceed the past. After all, it’s better to make the cake bigger than dividing up the little cake.”

Seeing the silence of the crowd, Roland smiled and said, “You’ve never been to Border Town, so it’s normal that you don’t know how big the cake can be. In the first and second half of the year, the financial revenue of the town reached as much as 30,000 gold dragons. If the month of evil spirits hadn’t come earlier, this number would probably have increased by about 10,000.” The

nobles all took a breath, ” Thirty… thirty thousand?”

Roland had already learned about the financial situation of the fortress over the years from Pei Luo, and the annual income of the city hall was no more than this amount, let alone these little nobles, for whom a hundred gold dragons were worth a fortune. A huge sum of money.

“And as the managers of all walks of life here in the future, you will naturally get rich rewards from it.” He raised the corner of his mouth, “Back to the matter of building the city, apart from administrative unity, geographically, the two towns will also gradually Closer. For example, it only took me one day to reach Longsong Fortress from Border Town. When the construction of Kingdom Avenue is completed, the walking time on land will be shortened to one day. Not

to mention faster means of transport.”

“What’s a bicycle?” asked Aurelion curiously.

“A human-powered riding tool that runs very fast on flat ground,” the prince laughed. “I dare say five years… no, within three years, we will be able to have breakfast in the fortress, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com Then I went to work in Border Town.” Since Wang Guoda Avenue adopts a straight line, the distance between the two places has been shortened to 60 kilometers, and it only takes half an hour to replace it with a tram or car.

However, most of the nobles didn’t put their minds on this, the knight who claimed to be a neighbor to Tigu Pyne asked cautiously, “Your Highness, what you said just now, are you trying to hand over the fortress to us?” Management?”

“Yes, and no,” Roland smiled slightly, “As I said before, the two places will be administratively integrated after the establishment of the city, and the fortress will be transformed into an area of the city under the jurisdiction of the central city hall. But for now, one day’s journey is still too far, so I will set up a lower-level city hall in Changge District, which will divide into many lower-level departments according to the current model of Border Town, and you will work in these departments, Responsible for handling specific matters here.”

“Inferior…department?” The nobles showed puzzled expressions on their faces.

“Managing an area is a very complicated job. Although it can bring you good returns, it is not so easy to do your job well,” Roland nodded, “so when the order here is restored , you all have to go to Border Town with me to experience for yourself how a fully functional city hall works. Regarding the course of management, you still need to learn a lesson.” (To be continued.)

[End of this Chapter]