Lord Lan

Chapter 21
Lin Rong was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground, and said urgently: "Master Lan, this is not what I mean, I just want to grandly welcome the arrival of the princess, and I have no other ideas."

"Get up. It's very inconvenient for the princess to come here for the first time. I will need you for many things in the future. I hope Lieutenant Lin will keep it in mind, what to ask, what not to say, and what to know. "She raised her hand to support her, such a movement seemed to be inherently natural, and it was by no means elegant and dignified that anyone could easily imitate.

Lin Rong shut his mouth knowingly, and Su Julan continued to say: "It's late at night, Lieutenant Lin will go down and settle down my people for the time being, and I'll trouble you tomorrow and send the information about Bai Chicheng. Missing."

"I obey!" Lin Rong clasped his fists in reply, and then hurriedly exited the room, running fast as if the soles of his feet had been oiled again.

Four yellow, red, blue and white flames suddenly appeared in her palm. Although the flames were different in size, she clenched her fists tightly and retracted the flames into her body with a sneer.

In the early morning of the next day, Su Julan woke up early, still wearing the loose and rough male body, her hair stood up high and did not leave any mess.

Hu Sha and the others were still resting in a few rooms next door. Before she woke up, she walked around the silent palace. She said it was a palace, but it was actually not that big. It was twice as large as her courtyard in the palace. .

It took her half an hour to browse through this dilapidated palace that had not been repaired for a long time, and then looked up at the soaring tower, which was the only building that interested her.

The door of the tower building was already rusted, so she decisively pulled out her whip to split the iron chains on it, and then pushed open the door forcefully, a large pile of dust immediately fell, causing her to cover her mouth and cough lightly.She walked in slowly, there was light inside, the stairs spiraled up against the inner wall, and reached the open-air round platform.

She stretched out her feet and stepped on the stairs, and the old wooden boards made a creaking sound. She stepped on a few times hard to make sure that the stairs were still strong, then wrapped her right hand with a handkerchief, and then walked up the dusty handrail.

Looking around along the way, I found some faded cloth strips hanging from the center of the tower, and various strange patterns were painted on the walls, as if some ancient messages were recorded.

It took her a long time to get to the top floor, and panting, she straightened her back and looked around. She had a panoramic view of the whole Baichi City, and she could even see the forest of no return where the white mist was scattered in the distance.She looked up at the sky, and if it was night, she almost had the illusion of "picking the stars with her hands".

The breeze blew, and the long hair that fell to her waist was blown up, drawing beautiful arcs.

At this moment, Su Julan touched the beating heart on the right side, pursed her lips, bright as a dango.

She has experienced too many things these days. For her who does not belong to 300 years later, her indifference to anything is even repressed... In fact, the most fundamental reason is: she still stays at the moment 300 years ago!As a result, after the soul transfer, she felt that she was just a spectator and useless person in this world, a sad role that should be forgotten.

now……

She regained a little throbbing, and felt that she seemed to have found a sense of belonging and could start a new life.

Su Julan gazed into the distance for a long time before turning around and walking from the tower to the deserted corridor. Noisy footsteps came head-on, it was Lin Rong, followed by several people, two of them were dragging a heavy wooden Box, protruding eyeballs, "hey hey hey hey" panted.

"Hurry up, hurry up," Lin Rong urged, shaking her hands, and suddenly found someone standing in the corridor ahead looking at them slowly, the chill came from her eyes.He hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his hands, "See Princess Lan!"

Su Julan stood with his hands behind his back, nodded slightly, and looked at the people and things behind him with cold eyes.

Lin Rong hurriedly pointed to the box and said, "Princess Lan, these are the documents you want. In addition, the official brought a housekeeper and two maids to serve you."

"Lieutenant Lau Lin is bothering you." Su Julan said indifferently, then calmly turned and walked towards the study. Lin Rong hurriedly waved for everyone to follow.This study room is not big, with a few dusty bookshelves, a long wooden table and matching chairs, there is no decoration at all.

Su Julan brushed the dust off the chair with a flick of her sleeve, sat down firmly, and then propped herself on her knees, adopting a standard masculine sitting posture.The simple movements were so beautifully done that the two maids standing behind the old butler still showed admiration for her even though they knew she was a woman.

Is she really a woman?The corner of Lin Rong's mouth twitched... Isn't it cooler than a man?

Su Julan asked, "What are they?"

The two people who were carrying the box hurriedly put down their things, opened the box, and put stacks of yellowed and old books in front of Su Julan.She calmly looked at the long table in front of her that was instantly piled up with various paper books, and picked up a few books to read, which covered Bai Chicheng's accounts, taxes, policies, etc. for the past ten years.In my impression, Su Wang told her that it is interesting to look at the account book, because you can understand the historical development law here and predict the future situation after seeing the detailed data!

"Do you have a map of Bai Chicheng?" She asked, someone presented a roll of cloth respectfully in an instant, and the two maids slowly pulled it apart, and the bustling city towers came into view.She swept her starry eyes and saw the area of ​​the land marked by the scroll, and she was slightly stunned. The area was unexpectedly larger than her imagination, and it was almost comparable to the capital of the king.

Baichi City is surrounded by a three-foot-thick city wall, and there are four gates in the southeast, north, and west.The two city gates in the northwest are adjacent to the Forest of No Return where monsters are rampant. Climb the cliff.

Lin Rong said that on nights when the moon is full, monsters would break into the city from the forest to eat people and make trouble, so the gates of the city were closed tightly at night, and no one dared to move around at night.Of course, some strange people are another matter. These strange people are naturally good and evil people who hide their names, and they occasionally help the people in distress.

Immediately afterwards, he hastily added that there were only 17 guards in the city, and now there are 18 guards together with the city lord. These salaries were all taken from the tax revenue of the previous month.The guards are fixed at twenty silver coins per month, deducting the guard's salary, and the city lord will take 20.00% of the remaining tax revenue, and last month's tax has a total of four gold coins...

"It's only four rose gold coins..." Su Julan's hand shook unexpectedly, and the phrase "the rich is the father, and the poor is the grandson" suddenly came to mind.In her impression, even the servants with the lowest level in Su Wang's Mansion received half a gold coin every month.

The monthly tax of the entire city tower is actually only four rose gold coins. Isn't the economy of this city paralyzed?
According to Ao Fengguo's currency exchange calculation, one gold coin is equal to one hundred silver coins, and one silver coin is equal to one hundred copper coins.After deducting the 340 silver coins that need to be paid to the guards, that is, three gold coins and forty silver coins, there are only sixty silver coins left. If the city lord takes this 20.00%, then he only has twelve silver coins?Can't even compare with the people below?

(End of this chapter)