Naruto: History of the Warring States Period

Chapter 721

After nearly half a month of marching, Yuzan’s huge team finally arrived at Montrose, the first big city on their way to the west.

If Montrose City is placed in the prosperous central or eastern and southern parts of the mainland, it cannot be regarded as a large city. With a population of more than 100,000, it can only be regarded as second-rate at best, but in the poor material West, it is already second to none in the entire West. A prosperous place.

Here is the entire western commercial road, one of the few big cities that can pass through. The caravans from the east and the caravans from the west will all converge in the few big cities in the west. All kinds of exotic goods trafficked from the east, as well as materials trafficked across the desert from the place called Putola in the northwestern valley, will also stop here.

Of course, the most loved by these merchants are the Nv slaves belonging to the Western foreign races who were looted by the adventurous mercenary team who crossed the border and went to the foreign country of the West…

As soon as the carriage approached the outskirts of Montrose, Yuzan had already opened the window and watched the scenery outside.

In the western part of the empire, due to geographical reasons, there is a wind season of one or two months every year. And because there are few mountains on this land, the entire western territory of the empire is a plain, so under the raging wind, it will be from outside the country. The desert zone in which foreign nations live in the West brings a large amount of wind and sand…

The wind is big and the sand is big, which is the characteristic of the western and northern parts of the entire empire.

Therefore, the buildings here are just like the north, they are not too tall. There are absolutely no buildings like the mansions in the imperial capital, or high-rise buildings that are more than ten meters high.

The tallest building in the entire city of Montrose is the 12-meter-high wall of Montrose, and because they are all low-rise buildings, this city with a population of only over 100,000 does not occupy a small area. .

Seeing the landscape and customs that are not too different from the north, Yuuki, who was sitting next to Yuzan in the carriage, was touched.

It turned out that Yuuki was just a little girl after all, and she was very uncomfortable after returning to the imperial capital a few years after leaving the imperial capital, but now looking at this is just a western climate that is much stronger than the north in terms of folk customs, she has some Touching the scene, I thought of my home in the north…

Regarding the folk customs, this is Yuzan’s eye-catching sight. The small town in the distance that originally belonged to Montrose has now formed some businessmen in the trade fair. Some merchants often drew their swords and glared at each other because of small things, even though the two sides did not fight. Rising up, but it also let Yuzan understand that the folk customs here can be said to be fought with each other, which is completely different from the central, southern, eastern and other regions of the empire…

“His Royal Highness, this is one of the largest trading locations in the West. Although the city of Montrose has a small population, its annual business tax revenue is extremely objective. The land in the West is poor and it is not good at producing food, especially this Montrose City. One of the leading cities in the West, the annual commercial tax revenue is five times more than the agricultural tax!”(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

He said this because he had already arrived in the West and was invited by Yuzan from another carriage, the former Minister of Finance of the Empire, the Marquis of Solomon.

In addition to the Marquis of Solomon, there is also General Douglas, the former imperial imperial city guard. Although these two did not fall because of Yuzan after the coup, they were removed from office because of Karl.

And because Yuzan was planning Ornest’s “Assassination Force” plan and the control of the Central Army of the Western Acropolis in the imperial capital, the two sides also reached a compromise.

The Marquis of Solomon is now the chief staff of the Yuzan Regent Palace, and Douglas has not been appointed yet. Yuzan wants him to command his army in the West after he has passed his test…

The Marquis of Solomon was the minister of finance of the original empire. He was very sensitive to taxation and some fundamentals of governance. Therefore, the opinions raised by Yuzan gave Yuzan a sudden sense of relief.

“Oh, Solomon, do you mean that if we want to take full control of this land, we must control these taxes?”

“Yes, Your Majesty, if we want to fully control the West, we must control the taxation of these cities! However, this is not so easy… Not to mention the influence of the Western Legion, it is just the city lord of these big Western cities or these The prefect, many of them are local tycoons. They have developed here for many years and have deep roots. Almost all of them have colluded with the Western Legion, and they also gave gifts to the guys in the imperial capital! So it is necessary to remove these people. It’s not simple, but there are a lot of interests involved in this!”

Seeing Yuzan’s question, Solomon quickly replied.

“Hehe, these are not problems. In fact, when I left the imperial capital, those guys in the imperial capital should know the interest and know that I am compromising with them… and since they all know that I am here, then they must do it too. Okay, let’s give up this little bit of interest…I am bound to win this land! No one can stop me!”

Listening to the concerns that Solomon said, Yuzan didn’t care, and said slightly domineering.

And, even if it’s like Solomon, Yuzan is not afraid of anything. If someone with short eyes pops up at this time, then Yuzan doesn’t recommend letting the entire West know who he is…

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“His Royal Highness the Regent, the next official is the prefect of Montrose City, Bowen, welcome the arrival of His Royal Highness the Regent!”

Ugly and cunning fat man, this is Yuzan’s first impression of the Montrose prefect.

Although Yuzan is not a person who judges people by appearance, the image of the prefect of Montrose is not only a fat man with a big belly, but the kind of lust and a trace of greed in his eyes can not hide from Yuzan’s observation.

It seems that this guy has not less searched for the people. Yuzan’s first impression of this guy is very bad, but thinking about going out to the West, for the time being, he should not offend people too much without solving the hidden danger of the Western Legion, and he will not move. Sensually accepted the other party’s invitation and participated in the banquet the other party specially organized for me…

“Is that your Royal Highness the Regent? So young! And he’s so handsome…”

What Yuzan didn’t notice was that in the team that was greeted by Yuzan, the prefect of Montrose City, Bowen, a man with beautiful and silky orange long hair, a hint of brilliance in his eyes, a smile on his mouth, and a waiter The girl in the costume gave a slightly bold “observation” at Yuzan…

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