Alien landlady

Chapter 296
He greeted everyone with a smile, and finally saw Miss Lena and her parents, who had been rejected by him at the beginning of the year, in the crowd, and there were people booing and urging them to find a quiet place to chat.

Farrell found an excuse to go back upstairs to the bedroom for a short rest, to clear his brain after a day of work, and temporarily avoid the chatting of a large group of people downstairs, and hoped that Bai Tongtong would pass the note on time and give him a chance to escape. Excuse.

After sitting in his room for 10 minutes, Farrell's mother sent the maid up to tell him to come down and not neglect the guests.

A group of nephews and nieces surrounded Uncle Farrell, begging him to show them the beautiful blanket, and their little friends couldn't believe that there were such beautiful blankets in the world.

Farrell successfully diverted the children's attention with a few large boxes of high-end candies. After they ran away with the candies in their arms, he took out the flying blanket and covered his lap, pretended to cough a few times, and nestled in the single sofa. A very tired look.

After more than half a year, when Lena saw Farrell again, she found that her heart was still beating faster and her cheeks were hot. When everyone talked about interesting topics, she would always glance at him, but Farrell kept his eyes half-closed and fainted. Drowsy, only when his name was called to talk to him, he would try to socialize, but after a while he became sleepy again.

The guests didn't mind Farrell's appearance at all, but they really wanted to know what was discussed at this year's annual meeting, what new laws His Majesty would formulate, and what impact it would have on nobles and commoners.

Farrell smiled back, and then, for reasons of secrecy, said nothing, not even hinted at it.

Men love to talk about politics, women can't get in their mouths, so they talk about theirs, but Mrs. Baldrick always wants to bring Farrell into their circle of topics, hoping that the most capable second son can soon Get married, don't wait until his eldest nephew is married and has children, his uncle is still single.

Farrell got a headache when he heard his mother say this, so he just closed his eyes and pretended to be dead.

Dozens of people in the room were chatting and laughing when it was time for dinner. Farrell yawned and followed everyone to sit around the dining table, drinking pre-dinner wine. When the men chatted about this year's farmland income, it was a bit of a wait. The anxious Farrell finally felt the teleportation runestones in the ring jumping.

Farrell immediately put down his wine glass, and as if leaving the table, he stood up and took out the runestones. Before he left the range of the table, the note was already in his hand. Everyone saw that he just returned The relaxed expression turned serious in an instant.

"Sorry, father, mother, everyone, I have to rush back to the capital to deal with business." Farrell walked behind his mother's chair, bowed his head and kissed her cheek.

"Oh, Farrell, can't you let your subordinates deal with it first? Do you have to rush back now?" The mother held Farrell's hand, a little bit reluctant that he would leave so soon.

"I'm sorry, mother, this is an official business that was sent directly to me. I have to rush back and handle it myself." Farrell kissed his mother on the cheek again, apologized to the guests, and said goodbye to his father and brothers. Hastily prepared the carriage, sent him to the town's Magicians Guild, and watched him step into the teleportation array and disappear into the light.

As soon as he returned to the capital, Farrell went directly to the Fabao Town Guild. Bai Tongtong's dinner time had already started for a while, and the food was still piping hot. Today, a pot of fragrant mutton soup was stewed in the kitchen.

Greeting everyone happily, Farrell found a seat, enjoyed his broth and biscuits, listened to funny jokes, and passed the pleasant time of dinner amidst all kinds of laughter.

The people who were full left the restaurant one after another, and only Bai Tongtong and Farrell were left at the big table. Bai Tongtong took her teacup and sat down next to Farrell, asking him if everything was going well tonight.

"Fortunately, except that there are too many people." Farrell skillfully used chopsticks to eat the vegetable and fruit salad in the bowl.

"Great gathering of relatives? What are you talking about?"

"Of course what I want to know most is what was discussed at this year's annual meeting."

"Oh, that can't be said."

Farrell shrugged, put down his chopsticks and pushed away the bowl, picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, "There are still old ways to get married quickly."

Bai Tongtong couldn't help laughing immediately, and patted Farrell's shoulder full of brotherhood, she could fully understand this feeling.

"Didn't you tell them that in the capital, you have received more than 100 invitation letters from ladies?"

"I can't talk at all."

Bai Tongtong simply laughed so hard that she lay down on the table.

Farrell gave her a sideways look in disgust, and patted his ass back to the capital.

A week later, this year's annual general meeting ended, and most of the nobles returned to the territory. Then His Majesty Askem IV announced that for the sake of national tax security, a national tax inspection operation was launched. For the sake of fairness, the nobles of the territory will start first.

And the ones who execute this order are the tax officials of the cities on the Granary Plain who are most loyal to His Majesty the King, and then the tax officials of other cities. The problem of the accounts of the nobles.

There was no news about this incident beforehand, and the ministers who knew about it strictly kept the secret, and the shadow of the princess' leak still hung over their heads, and they knew Farrell's position in His Majesty's heart.

But the opinions of the nobles all over the country were big. Just after returning to the territory after the annual general meeting, His Majesty's tax inspectors arrived on the back foot. There was no time to prepare, and everyone was caught off guard. But in front of His Majesty's elite soldiers, Even the duke and marquis have to cooperate honestly, and we will talk about it later if we have any opinions.

The person who came to Fubao Town to check the accounts was a tax officer from a small city in the north. Bai Tongtong had only been a noble in the territory for a few years, and she had newly hired a group of extremely professional accountants and cashiers. It is clear that what Linton, the accountant, did not do well before has been made up.

The tax inspector stayed in the town for a week. Bai Tongtong's account books were well organized, and it was easy to check. She hadn't found any problems with her accounts in the past two years since she became a nobleman, but the town and the church's bad accounts over the years made the other party open The level of vision and confusion made this tax official with 30 years of rich experience dizzy. He deeply admired Bai Tongtong's courage, and it took his accountants more than half a year to sort it out.

His Majesty Askem IV had known about Bai Tongtong's affairs for a long time. When the tax inspector's letter of completing the task was delivered to him, the rest of the affairs were handled according to the plan. The boxes of original ledgers and The compiled ledgers were placed in front of the Minister of Taxation. Another week later, there was explosive news from the capital that the church was involved in a case of embezzling state taxes.

The church will be set on fire in no time.

His Majesty Askem IV called all the bishops of the Grantham Temple into the palace for questioning, and spread the original ledger in front of them to ask the bishops to give an explanation.

The Menni faction and the Kellogg faction also followed suit, publicly accusing the priests of the Ni faction of misbehavior. In addition, there were magicians who deliberately spread the news, which became known throughout the country in just a few days. When checking the accounts, everyone is anxious, wondering how many dirty things about tax evasion collusion between the nobles and the church will be revealed.

The subordinates arranged by Farrell spread the news among the people, frighten the churches everywhere, and hide the accounts tightly, so as not to let His Majesty the King follow the clues to catch a series of similar cases.

The aristocrats in the territory were frightened. They asked the capital for further news about this case. Many people wrote directly to Bai Tongtong. Clearly, I just didn't expect that His Majesty the King would really deal with them.

Bai Tongtong, as a model of aristocrats who paid taxes seriously, was commended by His Majesty Askem IV, saying that she deserved to be His Majesty's loyal right-hand man.

Old acquaintances like Earl Ancus also wrote to Bai Tongtong to ask her for help. These old aristocrats who have been passed down for many generations have no shame.

But Bai Tongtong really can't help, she can only write back to comfort them, and quickly confess herself to His Majesty, don't wait for the tax inspectors to find out the mistakes, it is related to the revenue of the treasury, His Majesty the King will not show mercy, the nobles had better admit it voluntarily Making up for the debt by mistake may save the family some dignity.

The Viscount Mallory family was the second nobleman to be announced, but what they received was not the honor of commendation, but was deprived of their titles of nobility and demoted to commoners, and was escorted by the king's soldiers to leave the land they had lived for generations. All property was confiscated.Because their territory had already been the property of the church as early as their ancestors, from a legal perspective, they were actually honorary nobles who had lost their territory, and they were not qualified to attend the annual general meeting every year as a territorial noble.

It is His Majesty's kindness to deceive His Majesty the King and not send their whole family to jail.

As soon as Bai Tongtong and Mallory, two typical characters with strong contrasts, were revealed, and the tax inspection had been going on for more than ten days, the extremely shrewd tax inspectors found countless problems. It's useless, His Majesty the King is determined to make up for the lack of income in the national treasury for many years. Instead of thinking about how to escape punishment, it is better to raise money to fill the loopholes.

Most of the aristocrats who only rely on farmland income and are contented landlords, it is not easy to make up for years of tax arrears, so they have to borrow money everywhere. Bai Tongtong, a rich female landowner, received more than ten distress letters in a day. The minimum loan amount also requires five-figure gold coins.

Bai Tongtong is not a mint, and she doesn't have that much cash to lend out. She still has to keep the money to buy and sell Rybjanik's crops this year.

If you don’t lend to anyone, it will affect the interpersonal relationship in the circle, but if you are satisfied with one person, other people will have opinions. After much deliberation, Bai Tongtong only took out tens of thousands of gold coins and distributed them to Anku Earl Si waited for a few acquaintances, and told them that there was no more. She had started so many construction sites in her territory at the same time, and borrowed a lot of foreign debts for it. Earned by selling vegetables for a few days.

Earl Ancus and the others didn't think much after they got the money. They just wanted to thank Bai Tongtong for his generosity. They turned around and contacted the tax minister's deputy and other important subordinates to think of ways to make up for their mistakes.

Under the high-pressure attack of His Majesty Askem IV, the nobles of the territory were all flying around. Every day, the nobles who were on the blacklist lost the glory that had been passed down for several generations and became nothing. Take a few simple changes of clothes, and those gorgeous costumes and ancestral jewelry that are expensive to make are not allowed to be taken away.

His Majesty Askem IV was really ruthless. When a vassal was deprived of the title of nobility, the land of his vassals would also be taken back. The reason was that the land of the vassals came from the vassal. The king's land comes from his majesty, and the king is the supreme king.Therefore, with this method, a series of related nobles, big and small, were directly wiped out, and a large amount of land was returned to the hands of His Majesty the King.

After watching the excitement for a few days, Bai Tongtong went to Gran Seoul, the capital of Marzio, to talk to the Sugar Industry Association about the business of importing white sugar this year, except for the part that meets their domestic needs, she wants as much as the rest.

As Marzio's Countess of Wismar, Bai Tongtong has always followed the rules when doing business in this country. Any bulk import business must be contacted with industry associations or chambers of commerce, so as not to disturb the domestic market, and everyone will make money through harmony.But in Rebjanik, that is the world of Farrell's profiteers, and they don't care what the domestic market order in Rebjanik will become. Anyway, profiteers have a lot of cash, grain, oil, salt and sugar, and all kinds of life. Necessities are purchased directly at the place of origin, and then resold to Bai Tongtong.

Same as last year, Bai Tongtong posted the quantity and price of the products through the channel of the guild store, and sold most of them to the domestic market of Gulisi, and a small part passed through the border merchants of Marzio, and then sold them back to Leibuya at a high price. nick.

The people of Rebjanik, who are only thinking about building a new holy city and welcoming the Pope home, have not realized that there is anything wrong with the rising prices of basic daily necessities this year. , the merchants have to buy goods at a high price in the place of production, and they didn't expect this to be a problem.

Bai Tongtong was happily doing her business of buying and selling, and also had to manage the affairs of the territory and the Magician Guild. She really didn't have the energy to care about the progress of His Majesty Askem IV's handling of the nobles. As a result, one day at the end of October In the evening, Harding flew to the guild, very depressed, and whispered to A Huang, and then A Huang relayed it to Bai Tongtong.

[Farrell's confused father is doing something stupid again, as an ally, do you want to comfort him? 】

Bai Tongtong, who was so absorbed in the calculations, didn't raise her head, 【How much more stupid things can a retired old man do? 】

【Your Majesty took care of the nobles, some nobles asked his father, but the old man didn't even ask his son, he patted his chest and promised to do it. 】

Only then did Bai Tongtong sit up straight in surprise, looking at Ah Huang who was sitting in the corner of the desk, 【Really? ! 】

【Stupid dog just told me that Farrell just came back from a big fight with his father in his hometown.The old man's unauthorized promise caused bad rumors outside, and Farrell was already jealous of others, but now he gave it to others for nothing. 】

[No need to guess, his father can agree so readily, he is probably an acquaintance who interacts with each other on weekdays, and His Majesty will inevitably involve a large number of people when he cleans up the nobles. 】

[Such a foolish father actually has such a smart son, is he really his son? 】

【Hey, don't talk nonsense. 】Bai Tongtong scratched Ah Huang's ear and wrote a note to Farrell, asking him if he wanted comfort from his allies.

Farrell was drinking at home, when he saw the glowing white note, he threw it aside and ignored it, and then picked it up again after finishing a drink, and replied in a few words, asking her to come and drink with him.

Bai Tongtong really packed up the work in hand, changed into a mercenary outfit, did not bring Xiao Er, only took the magic pets and went there.

(End of this chapter)