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"Lord Baron, please persist. I believe that sooner or later, the people will understand your approach."

Herman spoke to console him.

At this point, he could only comfort Lancaster with these empty words.

In fact, both of them knew very well that unless they stopped squeezing the people, the people would never understand their actions.

But in order to meet the needs of Guanhai City merchants, they could only sacrifice the interests of the people.

"I said, there is no need to comfort me. Do you, like others, think that I am a fool lord who knows nothing and only knows how to have fun?"

Lancaster's tone was filled with resentment. It was obvious that although he said he didn't care, he actually cared about what others thought of him.

"No, no, I definitely don't have this idea. Others don't know you. I don't know you yet. After you took over as the lord, you have been working hard to develop the territory, but..."

"It's just no use, is it?"

Lancaster smiled bitterly. As a lord, hard work alone is of no use. Without talent and ability, no matter how hard you work, it will be useless.

Just like after he took over as the lord, he was dealing with government affairs every day and didn't even have time to take care of his favorite flowers and plants.

However, the results were very poor. Instead of getting better, Qiangwei Town even became weaker and weaker, and became more and more dependent on the protection of Guanhai City.

"This is not your responsibility alone."

Herman's words were not to comfort Lancaster, he was telling the truth.

The decline of Rose Town to its current state was not caused by Lancaster alone, but had a lot to do with the inaction of the previous lords.

Since Rose Town took refuge in Guanhai City, the previous lords felt that they could sit back and relax under the protection of Guanhai City and did not develop their territory at all, only focusing on their own fun.

As everyone knows, in this chaotic era, standing still is equivalent to regressing, not to mention that several of the lords have lost a lot of territorial interests for better enjoyment.

In their hands, Rose Town, let alone development, was even worse than when it was first established.

By the time Lancaster took over, Rosetown was already in deep trouble, and the legacy of its legacy was beyond repair.

Faced with this mess, although Lancaster wanted to develop the territory and make Rose Town strong again, he was powerless. Some of the reform measures he took not only failed to improve Rose Town, but also caused complaints from the residents.

After experiencing several blows, Lancaster completely realized that he did not have the talent to be a lord. If you asked him to take care of the flowers and plants, he would definitely cultivate the flowers and plants very well. But if you ask him to develop the territory, I'm sorry. He really can't do it.

Lancaster is very self-aware of himself. Compared with his father and previous lords, his ability is not strong. Even if they are defeated, then why is he still struggling?

So he canceled the reform measures and restored the original system, which began to fall apart.

Not to mention the result, the citizens immediately stopped complaining, and it felt really good to be in a mess. He only had to deal with some government affairs every day, and he didn't have to do anything else. .

But this is not without cost. Their Qiangwei Town is becoming more and more dependent on Guanhai City. If one day Guanhai City stops trading with them, Qiangwei Town's economy will collapse in a few days.

This is the lightest of the consequences. The most serious consequence is that their territory is directly annexed by other territories and completely becomes a part of other territories.

Although Lancaster was ruined, he did not want to lose the long-standing family territory in his own hands, so he could only place his hope in Guanhai City's protection.

In order to close the relationship with Guanhai City, he gave many privileges to the merchants of Guanhai City and made considerable concessions in terms of commodity prices.

Every time a merchant comes to trade, regardless of his status, he will personally meet him, just to show his sincerity to Guanhai City.

This shows that Lancaster is really not stupid. He knows very well that since the entire Rose Town relies on the breath of Guanhai City for survival, he cannot show off his noble status and has to lower his position.

These businessmen are used to running into obstacles with other nobles. If they meet a noble like him who has a good attitude towards businessmen, they will undoubtedly have a good impression of him.

He relied on this method to maintain his relationship with Guanhai City. This was one of the few things he could do for the territory.

"Forget it, let's not talk about these things. This businessman named Tom is very likely to be the descendant of a certain high-ranking member of the Chamber of Commerce. This transaction may also be for gold plating, otherwise he would not choose our Rose Town."

"After all, everyone knows that we in Rose Town are the most talkative. That's why he opened his mouth like a lion and bargained so much at once just to achieve results."

Baron Lancaster mused.

"But we can't be sure whether he is really a descendant of a high-ranking person, and even if he is, our loss this time will be too great."

Herman frowned. He was in charge of the territory's finances and was very sensitive to this aspect.

Despite the fact that there are many specialty products in Qiangwei Town, their income is not as much as expected. In order to close the relationship with Guanhai City, they have kept the prices of the products extremely low, not much higher than the cost price.

In addition, sometimes they have to give some benefits to the Guanhai City Chamber of Commerce and set aside a sum of money to buy food. After all, they have a lot of farmland used to grow roses.

Adding up these miscellaneous things, their annual financial expenditure is very large, not counting the taxes they have to pay to the earl.

Although they had taken refuge in Guanhai City and were almost expelled from the aristocratic circle, they still did not dare to offend Earl Cross, who had even their backers beaten by the Earl.

Therefore, the financial pressure on Qiangwei Town is still quite high. If the price of Moo Moo Fresh Milk is further reduced, their income will be reduced a lot.

"I have no choice but to take a gamble. If he really has contact with the top leaders of the Chamber of Commerce and can say a few good words for us, then these losses will be nothing."

"And I've said it before, this price reduction is a gift to Tom. There's no such thing as a gift that can be given all the time."

Lancaster was still a little clever and deliberately left some room in his words.

"I understand what you mean, but I'm afraid that those greedy businessmen will seize the price this time."

Herman worried that those businessmen would do anything for their own benefit. Others might care about face, but businessmen would not.

"There are always risks in gambling and we have no choice."

Lancaster said helplessly that compared to the risk of losing profits, they could not accept the risk of offending the senior officials of the Chamber of Commerce.

"Well, since we have decided to lower the price, there is no need to discuss these anymore."

"Yes, then I will direct the people to carry the fresh milk first."

"Aren't you going to accompany those two businessmen?"

"Director Lance is accompanying them. They shouldn't need me, so I won't cause any trouble."

Herman had a worried expression on his face.

Lancaster knew what he was thinking. In fact, Herman had always looked down on those businessmen. He only knelt down to them for the sake of Rose Town. He wished he could stay away from those businessmen.