Hearthstone Farm Lord

Chapter 353 How did the Crystal Dragonrider face lose? (Thanks to the book friend Uncle Pig for the February ticket)

This time Sean only "divided the land" and did not "beat the local tyrants", the reason is very simple.

The first is that he doesn't look down on the property of the four barons;
The second is also for future considerations.

Take the example of an ancient army besieging a city:

The ancient army's siege of a city focused on "encircling three towers and one", which meant that the city was only surrounded on three sides, leaving an escape route for the enemy.

If the assets of the four barons were confiscated, it would be equivalent to completely blocking their "city" and driving them to a dead end.

Of course, it doesn't matter if the four of them die. It's just that Xiao En will expand his territory in the future, and the local nobles will definitely resist desperately, so the loss outweighs the gain.

So Sean didn't confiscate their property.

The faces of the four barons were ashen, and their eyes became dim.

One of the barons came forward, knelt directly at Sean's feet, kissed his shoes, and begged:

"My lord, is there any compromise? Our family has lived on this land for generations, so we can get some more gold coins. And my beautiful daughter can also be your mistress."

"No!" Sean refused her: "The two options just now are up to you, there is no room for compromise, Windsor!"

Windsor released the silver-level grudge very cooperatively, and Anduin and Thor also showed their strength without hesitation.

Facing the coercion of the three silver powerhouses, the four barons didn't dare to say anything more. They got up from the ground with sad faces, bid farewell to Xiao En, and went home to take care of the funeral.

Sean ignored them and started discussing the management of Waterpine Town with Anduin, Thor, and Windsor.

According to the plan, Anduin and Windsor will stay in Water Pine Town for an extra week.After the situation in Shuisong Town is completely stabilized, hand over Shuisong Town to Thor and return to Hetan Town.

Seeing that there was no danger around him, Matthew also fell from the sky and smiled at Sean:
"Sean, you did a great job! It's the first time I've seen nobles so willing to consider common people."

Matthew has been a mercenary for decades, so he has naturally seen a lot of the hardships of the people at the bottom, and he usually robs the rich and helps the poor.Seeing that Sean is so willing to think about the people of the lower classes, his recognition of Sean is much higher.

Sean shrugged his shoulders: "Actually, I'm a very selfish person, and thinking about ordinary people is actually just for myself."

Matthew: "??? What's the point? If you are really selfish, you should squeeze the people to get more gold coins?"

Xiao En explained with a smile: "Think about it, if I squeeze the farmers with high taxes, the farmers' enthusiasm for farming will decrease, the overall strength of the entire territory will decline, and the competition with other lords may fail in the future. ;

In the same way, if I don't treat my soldiers well, they won't sacrifice their lives for me on the battlefield, and they may even rebel.

Water can carry a boat, and it can also row a boat. If it is wrong, it can also overturn the boat. It is very simple. "

Matthew realized something: "What you said makes sense, but I think that your reform also has a lot of risks."

"risk?"

"It's very simple!" Matthew clenched his right hand and smashed his left palm:

"First, you confiscated the land of the four barons, and the nobles all over the country will think you are greedy, and your reputation will deteriorate;"

Xiao En shrugged indifferently: "If it gets worse, it will get worse. Anyway, my fist is big. How can I lose the face of a sky-level peak crystal dragon knight?"

"Second, how do you manage the villages under your rule? The reason why these barons existed in the past was to help the lords of Shuisong Town manage every village under their control, and the officials of each village are also their people.

Now that you have driven them away, how do you manage these more than 1 people? "

Sean thought for a while and replied, "Of course I have considered this.

We can find some people in each village who can persuade the people to manage the village temporarily, and then find the old people in the village who can no longer do farm work to assist in the management, and pay them the wages of ordinary officials.

Of course, their management level is far behind that of official officials, and they may become inflated, corrupt, and abuse their power due to their rapid gain of power, but the pain of reform must be borne. "

Seeing that Sean had thought about it so much, Matthew nodded and said nothing more.

The townspeople were still happily discussing what happened just now. Old Sam proposed to hold the "bonfire party" that hadn't been held in three or four years, which was unanimously approved by the townspeople.

So, the townspeople returned home, took out the toast, turkey, and wine that they were usually reluctant to eat, and took them to the north of the town to hold a bonfire party. Some wealthy families even brought out cold cuts of poultry and garlic sausage.

Sean directed Windsor, Anduin, and Thor to go to the bonfire party to share the same concept with Xuanmin (Music), and he himself took Matthew to drive away under the guidance of enthusiastic townspeople. Go to Brodie Mill's residence.

After all, it will be 07:30 soon, and he hasn't finished his training for today, so he needs to find a quiet and comfortable place to practice.

Of course the best place in the whole yew town is the residence of Brody Mill, so Sean chose there.

……

……

Walking on the road to the north of the town, Matthew asked Sean curiously in a low voice:
"Sean, aren't you the Holy Son of the Church of the Holy Light? Why do you still practice water magic?"

Sean practiced magic every day, so naturally he couldn't hide it from Matthew, but Matthew and Sean were not familiar with each other before, so he was too embarrassed to ask.

Sean had already thought of the reason: "Haha, of course I am the Holy Son of the Church of the Holy Light."

As Sean spoke, he released the holy light in his body and said piously:

"However, God told me that 'if you know your enemy and yourself, you will be invincible in all battles', so I practiced magic and understood the weaknesses of the 'magician' profession."

"Actually." Matthew couldn't help it, and had a showdown:

"Actually, there is no God of Light at all."

"What?!" Sean was shocked, his voice was so loud that the surrounding townspeople were startled.

"It's like this." Matthew told Sean all the inside story he knew through voice transmission.

"So that's it!" Sean muttered to himself.

Although it was embarrassing to be exposed by Matthew, it was a great thing for Xiao En to know the news that "the God of Light does not exist".

In the past, he was always worried that the God of Light would notice him, but now he is more at ease, and he can use the title of God of Light to bluff and deceive more brazenly in the future!
"Matthew, thank you for telling me this!" Sean said happily.

"It's okay, actually I should have told you a long time ago." Matthew waved his hand: "Just, can you answer my question?"

"What question?"

"The realm of Windsor, Anduin, and the ground dragon at the peak of the sky rank, what is going on?" Matthew said the doubts that had been hidden in his heart for a long time.

"You said this!"

Sean immediately made up a suitable reason: "I have a teacher hiding in the dark. He is a legendary peak powerhouse. The Crystal Dragon is his former mount."

Matthew: "."

(End of this chapter)