our family is gone

Chapter 127 Business
"Then who is the bad guy!" The old man was already furious. The fact that this foreign caravan exposed the sheriff has threatened his authority in the hearts of the townspeople and shaken the foundation of his rule.

But when he touched it just now, he found that the idea was a little hard, and now the sheriff stood up and gave him a step, and immediately vented his anger with the sheriff's knife.

"You sheriffs did everything, now you're fired, get the hell out of town!"

The magistrate was stunned for a moment, apparently he did not expect to be fired. He has served the town with all his heart and soul for more than ten years, and now...

"What are you looking at? Is this month's tax too cheap? Or is the land rent too cheap?"

After shirking responsibility, the mayor immediately turned his finger on the onlookers. Sure enough, those people felt fearful when they heard this, and avoided being implicated.

Seeing this, the mayor showed a smug smile, showing his authority to Lance with his yellow teeth.

He still has the final say in this town.

When Lance observed all this, he didn't see much reaction on the surface, but he had already sentenced this guy to death in his heart.

This is his territory, these are his people, and the taxes should be his.

And now that this guy is showing off his power in front of him, he is completely seeking his own death~
But Lance didn't have an attack, instead he seemed very calm.

It's not worth being angry with a dead person, not to mention that he's still worth using~
Thinking of this, Lance immediately changed his expression just now, showed a smile on his face and said:

"I have a big business you want to know about?"

Seeing Lance's reaction, the mayor thought he had given in, and with the temptation of business, he also calmed down.

"what business?"

"Of course it's a big business to make money~"

Lance chatted with him. There are three large farms in the town. These people did not form a monopoly, but the main fields are also in their hands.

And what Lance wants to talk about is of course food.

Not much is collected from retail investors. If you want to really become bigger and stronger, you have to look at the goods of these farmers.

Originally, these people should have their own channels, but before the accident at the end of this trade route, Hamlet, they couldn't get out of the sea, which greatly reduced the number of caravans coming and going.

In addition, natural disasters lead to banditry, and some weak caravans do not have the strength to come to such remote places, and they will not buy food, which is not very profitable, when they come.

Under the influence of multiple factors, the grain here has stagnated even more.

Moreover, none of them is the dominant family, but the bidding among each other has caused the food to fall instead.

Lance had roughly understood the situation here in the chat just now, and he wanted to eat the food produced in this town, and of course there were livestock and the like.

The mayor himself also has a lot of fields and serfs. The outside world is chaotic these days. Their town can protect itself, but it is too difficult to make progress to the outside world. The travel expenses are more expensive than food.

Now that a caravan is willing to talk, it's a good thing for the town and for him.

"Okay, I'm going to invite the heads of the three farms over now."

The mayor changed his previous anger and was even quite enthusiastic. It seems that he can bow his head in front of interests.

Lance let the soldiers rest here, and then found the sheriff.

Seeing him looking devastated, even Gouzi was affected by his emotions and looked a little depressed, drooping his head.

"Didn't you always want to know my identity? Then come with me."

After that, Lance called Leonard and the two to walk towards the back street, and the sheriff hesitated for a moment before quickly following.

After going back last night, Leonard knew what happened in the town, and both of them had lingering fears about the monsters that the lord encountered afterward.

They all felt that they had neglected their duties and let the lord face it alone. Fortunately, nothing went wrong, otherwise how could they forgive themselves?

It was the same house, but this time there was no woman standing outside the door.

Pushing open the door and entering, several people meet.

"Okay, let me tell you now, I am the Earl of the Empire Border, the lord of Hamlet, this is my land, and you are my people, so you understand why I want to protect you and clear out the horse bandits and cultists. "

Lance is not used to procrastinating and speaks out whenever the situation is appropriate.

And this news shocked the two of them greatly, but they grew up in such a remote place, and they didn't know the glory of Hamlet. They didn't expect that the man in front of them turned out to be the lord of the border of the empire.

But the magistrate was somewhat knowledgeable, and immediately voiced doubts.

"But there has been no lord in the town for many years, and the tax collectors are also from nearby cities."

"This is about Hamlet and the cult. Back then, the cult and the steward joined forces to control the lord, killed the nobles under his command, and then the steward falsely passed orders to control the territory, so that it gradually declined and lost most of the control rights. By the time I have it, not many people remember the glory of Hamlet."

Lance simply said the past, but the low tone soon became passionate again.

"I took over Hamlet, thwarted the conspiracy of the cult, and exterminated the roadblockers. Now I have a lot of talents and the territory is booming. It is just around the corner to regain the territory and revive Hamlet's prestige."

While speaking, he suddenly changed his tone and added with a heartbroken look.

"Now the territory is still being invaded by cults, and the incompetent and greedy bureaucrats are still oppressing my people. I am very sad to see all this. I hope to get your help, join us, and fight for the revival of Hamlet."

Not to mention a widow who has never left the town, even the sheriff is a little confused when he hears this. Their worldview is only above this town. It is hard to understand why Lance said this to himself.

"But I don't know anything~" the woman replied timidly.

To be honest, when she knew that Lance was a noble lord, she became timid, thinking of what happened last night, she was afraid of being held accountable by the lord.

"Don't be afraid, I don't need you to do anything." Sensing her emotions, Lance didn't rush to follow her words, but walked up to her to calm down.

"Do you know? An adult with hands and feet can support his children on his own in my territory. He doesn't need to sell his body and suffer humiliation in order to survive.

So come back, be my people again, come back under my protection. "

"My lord!" The woman was inspired and infected by Lance's strong affinity, and immediately cried and agreed.

"Okay~" Lance moved forward and hugged the woman gently, "Life will get better."

(End of this chapter)