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"We have already arranged the accommodation of the warriors, please come with me."

Then, a group of people walked slowly into the royal city under the leadership of the soldiers of the Skywrath Guards.

Along the way, the well-trained fighters made the people stop their steps invisibly.

Because Dietrich and his soldiers have all seen blood, and it can even be said that they have walked out of the sea of ​​blood from the mountain of corpses.

The moment when the invisible momentum is mixed together, no one disturbs them.

Under the curious but somewhat fearful eyes of the people, the Gothic prince led his war horse slowly into the huge city gate, and then, the scene inside the royal city appeared in front of him.

It's bustling, and the masonry grounds are even immaculately tidy.

This is indeed a city worth visiting, but before that, they have to go to their predetermined residence.

And there is no doubt that the place where envoys from various countries can live in peace of mind is definitely not a bad street hotel, and the standard treatment is naturally not low.

More importantly, these people must not be put together.

Finally, after passing by the area where civilians lived, they came to a location near the palace, and finally, they stopped in front of a large palace.

"Here it is, Your Highness."

Then, Dietrich didn't respond directly to the warrior.

He looked at the surrounding streets that seemed to be silent, even without people.

In the end, he cast his oppressive gaze on Tian Nu Guards.

"It's... pretty quiet here."

Chapter 100: Ways to Raise Money

Although Dietrich did not personally visit every corner of the royal city, he could see that the city had become completely new along the way.

Moreover, compared to what he remembered a few years ago, most of the buildings here have been repaired.

Although the people cast fearful eyes on him as always, but compared to the hopeless look before, this time their eyes are full of confidence.

This kind of fear is nothing more than fear of him who is the former enemy of the Gothic prince.

As for the Gothic Kingdom, they no longer panic as before.

This is the confidence that comes with being a leader.

Unlike Legney of the Hengding family, Siegfried has already proved himself with various achievements, and he also holds the Holy Sword of God's Wrath.

Although theoretically they have never fought against each other, they believe that the king who is about to rule this land will never fall into any disadvantage.

Moreover, it is worth mentioning that he didn't seem to see anything similar to a slum in this city.

However, whether it was a face project or the king really used other methods to completely disappear the slums that basically existed in every city, at least on the surface it did a good job.

That's the good thing about being rich...

Because he controls the wealth that countless people dream of, Siegfried can mobilize most of the labor force without any scruples.

Even those who can't find any jobs at ordinary times and are forced to live in slums.

Renovate the royal city, renovate fortresses and even build roads.

For the dragon-slaying heroes who have just come to rule the land, there are too many places to use these manpower, and as long as there is a steady stream of work, it means survival.

Moreover, Siegfried strictly followed the principle of poverty eradication, giving priority to job opportunities to those poor people.

It doesn't even matter if they don't have a skill, he can even arrange for them to learn.

It doesn't matter if you don't want to study, you can always find some energy to work anyway.

And more importantly, all those lords who had been loyal to the Hendin family and followed Legney to take down the Netherlands and share the territory were all captured by Siegfried.

Although it would not be possible to kill them directly, their former titles and territories naturally fell into his hands, and the most important of them were farmland and pastures.

Without completing the distribution, all the territory of the Netherlands is in the hands of the king alone, and no one can share it.

Therefore, no matter in terms of property or other aspects, the future king Siegfried is the richest person in the Netherlands.

Even, together with the entire evil dragon treasure and the legacy of his parents, he can be said to be the richest person in the entire atrium world today.

Therefore, he can renovate and expand the royal city as he likes, and even now he is still building roads leading to major cities.

Even, like renovating the street in front of Dietrich.

Although it is not a magnificent place, the building facilities all reveal the intentions of the builders, and those whitewashed white walls make people not bear to pollute anything.

Among them, although the palace that will accommodate the Gothic envoys looks a bit small, it is considered low-key and luxurious.

After all, not everyone's place of residence can be equipped with a built-in stable, which looks like a small manor located in the inner city.

It can be said that as far as the living environment is concerned, there is nothing that can make people feel picky.

However, there is a problem here: quiet.

There was no one on this street, only the Gothic envoy including Dietrich and the soldier who led the way.

Moreover, because the surrounding houses are too closely arranged, even if there are paths for people to walk through, it will inevitably make people feel narrow.

Although Dietrich didn't want to think about this place, he did sense a sense of crisis.

Because these unmanned shops around seem to be able to be used as small city walls.

If the king here has any ill will towards them...

Thinking of this, Dietrich couldn't help clenching his fists, and his eyes swept across the roofs of those white houses.

It wouldn't surprise him in the slightest that a line of archers or something would suddenly appear over those rooftops.

Moreover, maybe there might be a black high-end carriage at the intersection, and a few wizards jumped out of the carriage or something.

But after all, that kind of situation will not happen here. After all, there is still a certain like-minded goal between him, the future king of the Netherlands and his uncle.

"So, what is this place?"

"It's full of shops."

Then, His Royal Highness received such an answer from the Skywrath Guards.

"Shop?"

"Yes." Perhaps feeling that the oppressive feeling given by Dietrich was slightly relieved, the soldier couldn't help scratching his head.

"Actually, this place is all His Highness Siegfried's idea. He said that he would display his favorite products here. Although he will not sell things inside the palace, some merchants who can supply the royal family's expenses can display them here. Their products..."

Then the soldier fell silent.

Because in fact he doesn't know much about it.

Even from his point of view, he always felt that His Royal Highness was a little unnecessary.

"In short, drinks, military equipment, various gadgets, and even daily necessities will be displayed here in the future, but the venue seems to need to be rented, and His Royal Highness seems to have to draw a small amount of commission, saying that it is for something... In name? Royal endorsement?"

Then the warrior shook his head.

"I don't remember exactly, but that's what it said anyway."

However, even though the Sky's Wrathful Guards didn't know this, Dietrich smelled a hint of money.

After all, there is no one who does not like luxury, and most people have almost blind worship for heroes and royal families.

"Speaking of which, I saw a lot of shops in the outer city, where..."

"It's also the land that the Netherlands belongs to. To rent a store, you need to pay the kingdom."

One is to pay fees to the royal family, and the other is to pay fees to the kingdom. The concepts of the two are completely different.

But regardless of these, Dietrich found some problems.

Those shops were not assigned to the residents here, which meant that the ownership of those shops was completely controlled by the kingdom...it could even be said to be in the hands of Siegfried.

As the founding monarch of the revived kingdom, he certainly has the ability and authority to nationalize all the private land that originally belonged to the lord without the constraints of the lord or courtiers.

Dietrich had seen it, saw that the nascent Netherlands had begun its own operation in a strange way.

Most people are jealous that Siegfried spends a lot of money and controls the wealth that can be called the number one in the atrium.

And those people were shocked at how quickly Siegfried spent money.

Various renovations, road repairs and fort building projects cost him a fortune.

Some people even laughed at this young man for spending money without knowing how to measure it.

However, Dietrich noticed his thoughts from some details.

"It's really a way of making money that only the founding monarch can use. It feels so good to control the army and not be restrained by idiots."

Speaking of which, did he consider the feelings of his future 'lord' when he carried out such a drastic renovation?

Or did he not want those lords at all?

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What ordinary people see is the prosperity of the entire royal city, and some malicious people can even use it as a face-saving project.

These people will look for a trace of darkness in the brightest place. If they can catch a trace of darkness, they will capture it and enlarge it infinitely, and then they will be complacent about it, thinking that they have seen through all the truth.

However, regardless of whether Siegfried himself has black spots or not, Dietrich has already seen his means from the current situation of the royal city.

Although because of the policy of benefiting the people that may last for several years, the future tax revenue of the Netherlands will be considered pitifully small to a certain extent.

Even, many people predicted that the fiscal revenue may be in deficit, because many kingdoms have lords, and the lords themselves have great power.

Under the layers of profit sharing, the money that the kingdom regime headed by the king can really collect is theoretically the priority.

Because the people below are always thinking of evading their due responsibilities and obligations in various ways, and maybe they will reach out to the state property.

Every king wants to fix this, but it's life and death.

Even with the extremely severe blows, after a while, the kind of moths who want to make money will show up again.

However, the Netherlands is different.

This nascent kingdom has no lord until now, and the refurbished or even newly built shops will be rented out to merchants.

Of course, this does not mean that the king will go low to rob the shops of the common people and forcibly expropriate them.

In fact, it's not that the people below have never thought of doing this kind of thing. They are generous to others, even oppressing civilians, and flattering their superiors. There have been many such things since ancient times.

But in the Netherlands, such people were basically washed away by the king, and Siegfried absolutely could not rub this kind of sand in his eyes.

However, that doesn't mean those who own their own shops can ignore the new ones that the kingdom leases out.

Because of the location, the flow of people and even his reputation, Siegfried used all available things and converted them into the kingdom's treasury revenue as much as possible.

After all, the so-called property has its value only when it flows.

Dietrich even felt that he could foresee that, combined with the tariff reduction and exemption policy that Siegfried had never revoked so far, the huge flow of people was enough to make his newly established outer city a huge supermarket.

Even the so-called outer city was built for this purpose.

Because Dietrich remembered very clearly that when he walked in, looking around, there were all kinds of shops there.

The commercial center of the entire Netherlands...

It can be foreseen how far the retail space in the outer city will rise in the future, and how high the rent there will be.

However, merchants are willing to pay for it, because they can earn more!

However, these are now irrelevant to Dietrich.

For him, everything Siegfried does today is easy to understand, but hard to copy.

Siegfried is the future monarch of the Netherlands, and there has never been a figure like a Valkyrie around him.

Moreover, even under such circumstances, he still pulled up an army.

Not talking about other things, he himself should have the absolute right to speak, and it is this kind of right to speak that allows him to quickly launch a series of plans of his own.

In the final analysis, this is simply the start that any ruler...even the successor of the kingdom would be extremely envious of.

Even Dietrich himself was...

Compared with the so-called treasure, what she envied more was that there were no idiots around Siegfried.

Even though he is the appointed heir of the kingdom, even if he has sacrificed too much for the kingdom, no one is willing to sit and watch him as a 'prince' expand his land infinitely.