On the Seven Towers

"Businessman Deustuya once sold at least thirty children to necromancers as alchemy raw materials." When Wu Jianshi said these words, a bloated businessman turned pale and collapsed on a chair, and two close combat soldiers passed by The crowd dragged him off the chair from left to right and carried him all the way out of the room.

"Baron and Baroness Diokno believed in the nonsense that bathing in the blood of young girls could return them to youth, and they killed at least forty slave girls."

"Asshole! I bought them all! They are all my slaves. What I want to do with them is my business! In order to snatch our land, you actually framed a serious nobleman like this..." An old man over fifty years old He stood up and cursed loudly. However, he was immediately covered by the soldiers who rushed up and dragged him out.

"Don't worry, everyone, I have all the evidence here, and we will present it one by one in the subsequent trial. I will never wrongly accuse a good person, and I will never let a bad person go. At this moment, the house of Baron Diokno has been It's broken, and soon the Baroness and the Baron will be together in the dungeon."

Only then did everyone notice the slight but continuous sound of gunfire coming from the window. More than one house must have been attacked by the escort. But the backbone of these families are still sitting in the room. You can imagine how much resistance their families still have.

A tall and strong man in his thirties suddenly burst out with fighting spirit and rushed out of the window. However, before he could run three meters away, a spiritual arrow shot out of Xiao Chen's hand and penetrated directly into his chest. The man's head went limp and he fell to the ground, making no sound.

"Knight de Combe, in order to seize property, assassinated six businessmen from out of town, and also took possession of the daughters of two businessmen. Humph, he died unjustly," Wu Jianshi said.

When the two soldiers went to pull the person away, they found that a fat businessman next to him had a large piece of wet feet and was exuding a foul odor. The businessman stood up tremblingly and said: "I plead guilty, I plead guilty. I killed two of my trading partners with poison and took over their business, but I plead guilty. I, I want to spend money to atone for my sin."

Wu Jianshi said: "Sorry, even if you plead guilty, I will still arrest you. As for whether surrendering can reduce your crime, that is for the judge to see. Also, when you became a criminal, all your property was frozen." After that, the fat businessman was also taken out.

Wu Jianshi read the list one by one, and more than a dozen of the fifty or so family heads in the venue were taken out. When he announced the end of the list, each of the remaining people looked like they were surviving the disaster. Xiao Chen could feel that when he stepped onto the podium again, the expressions of the people around him were much more focused and humble.

Xiao Chen said: "Next, we have to talk about the issue of nobility. First of all. If nobility is not recognized in our country, it will also not be recognized. There are also nobility fiefdoms and various privileges. Everyone here, you Now, like me, we have become civilians.

As for your territory, we will not take it for nothing. We will use a redemption program to complete the transfer of land from you to us. "

"Redemption? Do you want to spend a golden ax to buy our territory?" Viscount Josa, who had escaped the disaster just now, asked.

"No, the redemption does not use cash. For land, we evaluate the land according to its size and area, and then convert it into shares of the National Land Development Company. The National Land Development Company will be responsible for the development of part of the state-owned land, including farmland, forest farms, and mines. Fishing grounds, as well as industrial and residential land that will appear in the future, will be used as dividends and handed over to everyone.”

"Your Excellency Xiao Chen, according to your wishes, we will hand over the land to you, but we can only account for a small part of the output? Then won't our income be much less than it is now?" Viscount Josa asked. .

"Do you know how many times the yield of our farmland near Hebend City is that of your regular farmland?" Xiao Chen saw everyone's confused and ignorant expressions and smiled slightly, "Five times."

Amid the exclamations of the crowd below, he continued: "We have adopted a variety of newly developed agricultural technologies such as synthetic fertilizer technology, magic-assisted growth, new insect repellents, etc., which have greatly reduced pests and diseases and increased yields. This allows the same From a piece of land, our harvest is more than five times that of yours. And as our breeding technology continues to advance, the gap will become wider and wider. If a piece of land is given to us to take care of, except for the government's taxes, the farmer's harvest will be more than five times that of yours. The wages and profits retained by the National Land Development Company will still increase. If you grow various cash crops, your income will be better if it involves secondary processing of agricultural products, such as wine making. , the income will increase again, and you no longer need to collect taxes and deal with farmers.”

"Does it mean that our income will increase every year?" Viscount Josa asked.

"That's right, and if there are undeveloped forest farms, mines and other resources in the territory, after we develop them, the income will be even more. But this share has a life limit. We set the redemption cycle as ten years. If ten Within this year, the annual income of the National Land Development Company is in line with our expectations, and the ten-year share will be enough for us to redeem the land at the market price. Under normal circumstances, there will be a lot more profit." Xiao Chen said.

Viscount Josa said: "What if I give up becoming a Chinese?"

"Then you will be our captured enemy national. If we find that you did not fight against us in the war, you will be released, but as an enemy, all your property in Suero will be confiscated."

Viscount Yosa pondered for a while and said, "It seems that there are two choices, but in fact there is only one way to go. Don't you think this is unfair?"

Xiao Chen said, "Will you talk about fairness with the conqueror? I believe that compared with many aggressive imperial nobles, we are already very friendly and care about your interests. If according to Marquis Baldini's plan, Suero falls into the hands of the imperial people, when the imperial army arrives here, I am afraid your fate will not be optimistic, right?"

Viscount Yosa naturally knew what kind of character the imperial people were. On the northern border of the kingdom, the armies of the kingdom and the empire often harassed each other's towns, and both sides often refreshed their bottom lines. If the imperial people came over, they would definitely consider seeking refuge. Thinking of this, he really had nothing to say.