Alien world

Chapter 1084 6. The Young Man of Rekanel

The Free City left the Sunset Plains, but its shadow never dissipated and always hung over the heads of the nobles.

In this era, the control of the country has always been the royal power commanding the nobles, and the nobles controlling the common people.

Vitalig was envious of the free city that he could control at will. He felt that this was a good opportunity to bypass the nobles and keep the grassroots firmly in the hands of the royal family.

However, due to lack of experience, the speed of restoring order was not ideal.

The nobles took shelter and sold their property. The new capital was full of closed shops. After Black Monday, the remaining six days were Black Tuesday, Black Wednesday, and Black Sunday.

Rebels and bandits appeared everywhere, and the kingdom's soldiers were overwhelmed to deal with them. This was the result of Annan leaving most of his things to him.

The soldiers stationed in the north began to disobey the orders of the new capital due to the change of king, and there was a hidden danger of rebellion.

In the eyes of outsiders, the kingdom was in turmoil, as if it had returned to the days of Free City. Vitalig, on the other hand, sat firmly in the palace. As long as the three legends were still on his side, the kingdom would not fall apart.

"Do you hate Liberty City?"

That day, Vitalig selected some officials for a meeting.

Only a minority said they did not hate, while most people responded with silence.

Knowing this would happen, Vitalig opened a map of the Allen Continent and asked them, "Who knows where Liberty City is?"

The officials looked at each other, how could they know? Besides, Liberty City is a floating city, so people will move around everywhere.

"You don't know, then why should we hate a country that we don't even know where it is?" Vitalig spread his hands and said, "There were indeed some unpleasant things that happened between Liberty City and the Kingdom, but that was between him and Clo."

"Annan and I are friends. He helped me regain the throne, so I don't want you to have any misunderstandings with Annan..."

"We will be loyal to your majesty!"

"Very good, there are many empty places in the kingdom now..."

The officers, looking down, breathed heavily as they realized what was coming.

After the officials left, Vitalig looked at the empty hall.

"Elwe, being a king is really hard..."

In a corner of the hall, Elwei, the former legendary wizard who succeeded the position of the president of the senator, raised his head.

Vitalig smiled bitterly and said, "Free City did not wake them up, but made them more xenophobic. We can't rely on these people... We have to train a new group of people who have not been polluted by the nobles."

"There are millions of young people in the kingdom, there is still time."

"Yeah, we're not that bad. It's better than Annan starting from scratch..."

Vitalig felt better thinking this way. Annan was going to rebuild a house, and he only had to renovate the dilapidated house...

But is renovation really less labor-intensive than rebuilding...?
Vitalig becomes a tinkerer, filling in the holes created by Clo and Annan, easing the situation with the north, and engaging in intrigues with the nobles...

When the guards ran in in panic and reported that the floating city had reappeared on the Sunset Plains, the anxious Vitalig finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He personally went out of the palace and stood outside the city gate to greet Annan.

When the officials saw Annan, they were even more respectful than when they saw their own king.

"Where is Lord Kyle?" Vitalig only saw Olmedo following Annan.

"After the war, he left without looking back, as if he had made some kind of resolution."

Annan had a good impression of Vitalig and they traveled together like friends.

"Do me a favor?"

Vitalig told Annan about the rebels in the north without hiding anything.

"How do you want me to help?" "Just pass by there. They are afraid of you. I will issue a few more pardons and they should return to the kingdom obediently."

It was just a matter of convenience, and Annan had no reason to refuse.

"I have another request." Vitalig said again.

"Don't be so formal, Vita. Helping you is helping me." Annan smiled friendly.

Vitalig looked much more relaxed, hiding his gratitude: "I have always admired your business acumen, can you teach me..."

"So that's it? It's very simple. If you run a pub, put as much ice as possible, half a cup of ice for a glass of wine. If you run a restaurant, make the chairs as uncomfortable as possible so that customers leave as soon as they finish eating. If you run a jewelry store...

"Uh, that's not it..." Vitalig said awkwardly, "I have trained a group of young people. They are the future of the kingdom. I want them to study in Liberty City."

Annan was a little embarrassed: "But we are just passing through, we will leave tomorrow."

"You can take them with you."

"it is good."

Annan politely declined Vitalig's attempt to stay, signed some trade matters, took a photo, and then returned to Liberty City with the young man Vitalig had given him, continuing to drift north in an eagerness to return home.

……

The young people Vitalig found were full of vigor and vitality, and had none of the stale smell of the nobility.

Annan admired them, and it was not just because these young people looked down at him with eyes full of admiration.

Annan handed them over to Ingrid, asking her to take this group of young people of similar age around the city.

"and you?"

"I...secret!"

Ingrid knew that Annan would not do anything serious, but she still took the young people out.

Like a mole that had gone into a cave and was sniffing around, the young people looked around curiously, especially at the mansion where the most people were.

Ingrid said: "This house has everything you need: the first floor is a shop, massage parlor, and tavern. The second floor and above are residences. Each floor has a public bathroom, toilet and kitchen for residents to use. Each room is no less than 15 square meters and has a window that can be leaned out. It can accommodate a family of three. And such a house only costs 3 silver coins a month.

They didn’t understand “square meters,” but they knew that this house was incredibly perfect… and there were dozens of them just like it.

"That's amazing..." Sigma, whose face was covered with freckles, exclaimed.

They didn't go upstairs, but just walked around the shops on the first floor.

They were most interested in an "Annan Reeves peripheral store". The women pointed at the posters, stands and other merchandise and screamed, while the men were shocked at the price tags.

"If you want to sell something at a high price, you have to give it meaning. That's what Lord Annan said."

Then they looked at parks, toilets, drainage ditches and other public facilities. The new capital also had them, but they were not as clean and beautiful as these.

"Is this toilet not in use?" someone couldn't help but ask because it was so clean.

"Let the residents maintain public facilities on their own initiative," Ingrid said. "Some basic services provided by the lords are like air. You take it for granted when it exists, but you will find out how uncomfortable it is when it is gone."

"Is this also what Lord Annan said?"

"No, that's what Master Olmedo said."

Ingrid pointed to the slogan at the door of the men's restroom: "A small step forward, a big step towards civilization."

"That's what Lord Annan said."

(End of this chapter)