Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 20
"I understand." Tiger knew that he was not a material for business talks, so he felt that in this situation, it would be more reliable to listen to Tang Mo.

After all, he had seen Tang Mo discuss business with the Earl, so he was really a face of a businessman worthy of the name.Every penny counts, not giving an inch...

"Tang Mo...sir..." The guards at the door wanted to scold Tang Mo as usual, but when they saw Tiger in military uniform standing beside Tang Mo with a respectful look, they immediately threw The words I wanted to say were swallowed in my stomach.The second half of the sentence, of course, was abruptly changed to the word Mr.

"I want to see the mayor..." Tang Mo waved to the guard at the door with an indifferent expression on his face.

This was the first time he saw them after traveling through time, and it seemed that these two guards had made things difficult for the original owner of Tang Mo's body before.

He is now representing the Earl, so there is no reason to show good looks to the two young men who are watching the gate.Sometimes the superior maintains an arrogant and indifferent attitude, but it can keep Xiaoxiao in awe.

If Tang Mo treated the two guards with a pleasant face, how could he pretend when he saw the mayor...cough!How to talk about things?
Sure enough, after seeing Tang Mo's domineering appearance, one of the guards didn't look annoyed at all, and shrank his neck obediently to send a message to Tang Mo.

When he heard Tang Mo's visit, the mayor of Bunas obviously didn't react.Of course he knew Tang Mo who had always been rooted in Bunas, but he really couldn't figure out what Tang Mo came to him for if he had nothing to do.

You know, he forced Tang Mo to pay in full this year's taxes a few months ago. Hearing that the life of the weapon workshop was not easy, the mayor walked to the reception room where Tang Mo was, while thinking about Tang Mo's future. purpose of the line.

When he saw Wes and Tiger standing next to Tang Mo, his doubts reached their peak.

He really couldn't figure out why Tang Mo came to him with an officer and a ranger who didn't look serious.

But He quickly adjusted his attitude, sat beside Tang Mo expressionlessly, and asked Tang Mo, "So it's you, I heard that an officer from Wolf City came over, who do you think it is?" .”

"It's indeed me. This is Captain Tiger of Wolf City. I'm here this time to represent Earl Fischero of Wolf City. I'm here to talk to you, mayor." Tang Mo smiled casually, without any hesitation. Concerned, he pulled Earl Fischero's tiger skin.

The mayor was not easily intimidated by this tiger skin, because most of the time this place was still owned by Baron Stella, and had nothing to do with the Earl of North Ridge.

Since you are not under the earl's jurisdiction, you don't need to sell the earl's face, so the mayor also said in a calm tone: "Since you are doing things for the earl, then tell me why you came to me this time. Let's go..."

"I want to buy all the land in the south of the town, farmhouses, farms, and some houses in the town." Tang Mo glanced at the mayor, then at Tiger standing there, and said calmly.

As soon as his words fell, Tiger's hands behind his back trembled involuntarily - because he knew very well that the money in Tang Mo's hand was not enough to buy a large piece of decent farmland.

If you only buy a few farmlands and can't connect with the weapon workshop, wouldn't the money be wasted?

So he looked at Tang Mo, and tried hard not to show his surprised expression, for fear that the mayor sitting next to Tang Mo would see the expression on his face and expose Tang Mo's lies.

However, he still had a high opinion of the mayor, because the other party was immediately frightened by Tang Mo's words, and had no time to observe the expression of Tiger, the follower.

I only heard the mayor's horrified veto: "This is impossible, many of these lands are owned!"

"The Earl hopes to buy some properties here...so he asked me to represent him...to talk to you..." Tang Mo glanced at Tiger who was standing aside and pressing his gun at his waist, and who was standing beside Taige. Weiss next to Grid seemed to be threatening intentionally or unintentionally.

Both of these two were ruthless characters who had seen blood in their hands, and the murder weapon emitted from their bodies made the mayor swallow a mouthful of saliva.

The land in the small town is naturally more expensive the further south you go.After all, the south is full of fertile land, which is flat land worth investing in.

Although some of them have been bought by the nobles, there are still quite a few lands that belong to the town, or the kingdom.

However, neither the mayor nor other local officials are willing to sell these lands to the Earl of Northridge, because if these lands are vacant, the free people have to pay taxes and fees, and these taxes and fees are theirs. The highlight of the two up and down.

If these lands were sold to a powerful earl, they would not dare to exploit them, nor would they dare to blackmail them.The difference between the positive and the negative is too much.

Therefore, as long as there is a slight possibility, neither the mayor, nor the magistrate nor the tax officer will sell these lands with relevant interests to nobles who are not so closely related.

In order to maintain the stability of the basic structure of the kingdom, under normal circumstances, there is also a potential tacit understanding among the nobles, that is, after occupying about half of the fertile land in a place, no other nobles will buy the land here.

This does not mean that these greedy nobles understand the devastating effects of land annexation, but that they want to guarantee a part of the benefits to the local ruling officials and win over these officials to maintain their rule.

Therefore, most of the farmers in this world are still tenants, the only difference is that they farm for nobles or for officials.

As for the free people who own their own land, either they have long been squeezed out to barely survive on inferior land, or they can only hope to meet a good noble lord.

North Ridge is a good example. Earl Fischero has been operating in North Ridge for generations. He does not carry out land mergers, has better troops and simplified administration, and exempts exorbitant taxes. Therefore, the living standards of farmers there are significantly higher than those in other territories.

"You know, Lord Earl's North Ridge is at the very center of the conflict. Once the Susas Kingdom's army goes south, North Ridge will bear the brunt and will definitely become a battlefield. It's okay to win this battle, but once you lose... Earl My lord needs a place where I can commit myself..." Tang Mo continued to talk about his reasons in a persuasive manner, as if he didn't hear the mayor's rejection.

"I understand what you said, but you have also seen that there is indeed no extra land here that can be sold to the Earl." The mayor just gritted his teeth and refused to let go.

It's a joke, to sell the benefits that you have already eaten for a nobleman far away in the sky, is that really stupid, okay?
"Lord Mayor..." Tang Mo purposely glanced at Tiger standing beside him, and Weiss, who was equally intimidating, and called out Lord Mayor.

"What?" the mayor glanced at Tang Mo and asked.

He deliberately lowered his voice, and as if he could hear Tiger and Weiss, he leaned close to the mayor's ear and said, "Ming people don't talk dark words, you know how much I spent to get it Did you get such a commission from the earl?"

"What does this have to do with me...?" The mayor asked with a sneer.

Tang Mo continued to speak, as if threatening or stating a fact: "If you make things difficult for me, I won't be able to get back the capital, and the result will be death, and everyone will be embarrassed."

"Hmph! Can you do anything to me?" The mayor didn't take it seriously. The Earl couldn't afford to offend him. Didn't he just deal with such a young man who was in Bunas?
"It's true that I can't do anything to you... But you can see that I didn't come to do things for the Earl by myself, but I brought the Earl's soldiers with me... When I can't do things, I can't give them a share of the profit." ..." Tang Mo clenched his fist, stretched out a thumb, pointed to Weiss and Tiger behind him, and said word by word.

After finishing speaking, he continued to add: "If there is no way to share the profits with them, everyone will report your non-cooperation to the Earl. Although the Earl cannot directly trouble you, when the time comes, it will become stalemate. It’s easy to find something about you...you know, it’s easy, and then bring the matter to the king, I think you, the mayor, don’t feel good, do you?”

"You! How dare you threaten me?" The mayor frowned and stared at Tang Mo, gnashing his teeth.

"No, no, no! How can this be called a threat! I'm just stating some facts." Tang Mo waved his hand and said.

The mayor was slightly relieved, but the expression on his face remained unchanged, and he still asked displeasedly, "Then what do you want?"

"I'm just here to do business. What the Earl wants...is a piece of land." Tang Mo said, pointing to himself: "Is the land good, where is it, the Earl can't see it, and it's impossible to come here in a short time See your own land for yourself... only me, and these soldiers can see... understand?"

"Huh?" The mayor is also a smart person with a little bit of greed in terms of greed. He understood, and glanced at Tang Mo with a drawn-out voice.

"If they all buy mansions in fertile land... the money given by the earl can only be said to be just right, or even slightly less... Where is the benefit of this, and how can these brothers get a share of the profit?" Tang Mo secretly pointed and stood there Taige, who was motionless and holding back to prevent himself from bursting out, lowered his voice and said to the mayor.

The mayor nodded and signaled Tang Mo to continue talking.From Tang Mo's language, he could hear a hint of something that could be compromised and manipulated.
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Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor~~ Well, continue to laugh awkwardly, hehe, hehehe...

(End of this chapter)