As long as any soldier is motivated, no one can dream of becoming a general.
It's just that the eldest princess prefers to think of them as a hidden killer force and likes them to protect her castle.
But Roland's idea was different.
He believed that spirits and ideas could be spread.
The sheep led by the great army will be very brave. Similarly, many of the soldiers led by the generals who are loyal to the princess will slowly become loyal to the princess.
Of course, this requires a premise. The general's thoughts will not change. If a person's status and identity change, his thoughts will gradually change. This is an uncertain factor.
No one dares to guarantee that someone will always be loyal to someone.
It's just that Roland doesn't need a general to be loyal to the princess for a lifetime, just a few years.
In a few years, as long as the news is not leaked, Roland will be able to build the foundation of the floating city.
After being stunned for a while, the middle-aged soldier looked at Roland with a faint smile on his face. After being silent for a while, his expression struggled, and finally he gradually became solemn, and said: "Of course, we are willing, a hundred of our brothers are willing." .”
Roland nodded: "Then the matter is very simple. You are very strong, I can see that, so... I don't care what method you use, as long as you don't hurt innocent people, don't let the whole city fall into chaos, and put Judson and others into chaos. Just put the five people under house arrest. Although they want to kill me, after all, they are the people promoted by the eldest princess before, so they have to save her face no matter what."
"I understand." The middle-aged man's eyes were bright, burning with a blazing flame called ambition: "What happens after they are placed under house arrest?"
"You still need me to teach you?" Roland said matter-of-factly: "Of course I will take over their manpower, and then follow the orders of me and the eldest princess."
The middle-aged soldier suppressed his excitement and suppressed his slightly trembling body.
He licked his lower lip, which was already a little dry, and knelt down on one knee again: "I will always be loyal to Mr. Roland and to Your Highness the Princess. This heart and feeling will never change."
Roland nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, let's take action. After success, tell me your name."
The middle-aged man's heart trembled. He understood what Roland meant: If you don't succeed, don't come back.
But in fact, this is just the wrong result of ambitious people overthinking about those in power.
Roland simply didn't want to waste any more time and asked them to take action early.
The overthinking middle-aged soldier, with a solemn and nervous expression, led his brothers and quickly left the castle.
It was already evening. Roland entered the main hall of the castle, and several maids immediately brought the dinner that had been prepared.
There are a few candles lit on the long black dining table. The castle made of giant rocks is cool during the day, but looks particularly warm at night.
After all, rocks have a characteristic that absorbs heat during the day and releases heat at night.
The dinner tasted good. Roland ate a little slowly while browsing the forum.
After a while, the tax official came in from outside, along with several fat middle-aged men. They stood next to Roland, looking a little panicked.
On the way here, they saw the elite infantry who had been staying in the castle in action. They were divided into five groups and were arresting someone in the city with murderous intent.
They had also heard of this group of elite soldiers, all composed of master-level warriors, but because they had only obeyed orders from the eldest princess and had not taken any action for several years, they had been staying in the castle. So gradually, they I forgot that these people existed.
After all, who would think about something that is not threatening all day long.
So when this group of people started to move, they were surprised to find that they had underestimated the power of the eldest princess.
He also underestimated the determination of this temporary lord who landed in the air.
"Everyone, sit down." Roland gently pushed the dinner aside and said at the same time.
Only the tax official carefully pulled out a chair and sat down, while the other businessmen were still standing.
They are big businessmen and very rich.
But in front of the nobles, in front of absolute power, their money cannot straighten their backs, nor can it guarantee the safety of their lives and their families.
Seeing them shaking their bodies like frightened quails, Roland did not force them, and then said: "I came here not to kill people, nor to change the environment and pattern here. But some people don't want me to stay, so I just have to It’s better to strike first, but as long as you don’t oppose me, things will be easy to handle.”
No one dared to speak, including the tax officer, and no one dared to look at Roland.
The dual identity of temporary lord and magician brings considerable deterrence.
"It seems that you welcome me very much." Roland laughed at himself and continued: "Tax officer, I want you to do your job well and try your best to collect the city's taxes for me. I will send more people. Here you go. Remember, we don’t collect more taxes, but we don’t allow others to evade taxes. If someone refuses to pay, or pays less, and dare to resist, you have the power to arrest them directly. If they are too aggressive and dare to resist, , you can come to me and I will support you."
Building a floating city requires a lot of materials. Without stable funds to purchase magic materials, the construction progress will definitely be greatly affected.
So Roland's second thing is to ensure the stable development of taxation.
The tax official nodded heavily, then wiped the cold sweat from his head and said, "Yes, Mr. Roland."
"As for you..." Roland looked at the businessmen and found that their bodies were still shaking, so he smiled and said, "Don't be so afraid. As long as you pay enough taxes, I won't make things difficult for you."
As soon as these words came out, the merchants' bodies shook even more seriously.
Roland was stunned for a while, and then sighed helplessly: "Sure enough, businessmen all die for money."
He understood clearly that all these businessmen were probably evading taxes. The housekeeper invited them over. These people were already thinking about this, worrying about whether this was the Hongmen Banquet. As a result, when Roland saw them, they were talking about taxes. They all thought that something had happened to them, and now he said "die for money", which frightened them into thinking that Roland was trying to kill Tycoon to establish his authority.
There were even two fat businessmen with water stains on their breasts.
"It's my first day here. As long as you don't think about me and drive me away, I won't do anything to you." Roland thought for a while and continued: "But tax evasion is a crime after all. It can't just be like this. After that, I decided to give us a chance. Within three days, we should go to the tax officer, pay all the taxes, and then pay a penalty of 20% of the tax."
Roland patted the table gently, and the sound made a group of businessmen shrink their necks subconsciously.
"That's my decision. Who is for it and who is against it?"
No one dared to speak out.
For some reason, Roland's last question sounded very gentle and did not contain any negative emotions. But after listening to it, they felt their whole backs were chilling, as if a cold wind was blowing hard on their backs. waist and kidneys.
Cold sweat was flowing, and the waist was sore and painful, but no one dared to move.
"Very good. Let's put the tax issue aside for now."
After saying this, all the businessmen breathed a sigh of relief.
Roland put several pieces of paper he had prepared on the table. Then the housekeeper picked up the paper and gave one copy to the merchants.
"I am a magician, and studying magic requires a lot of materials." Roland's eyes paused on the tax collector for a while and said: "And you guys are just to help me keep an eye on these magic materials. If you find them, buy them back for me. We will increase the market price by 15% and purchase all the magic materials in this list. Both quantity and quality are required."
When they heard that Roland wanted them to help buy goods, the merchants relaxed a lot.
They now feel that Roland does not seem to have much ill will towards them, nor does he have a condescending attitude.
It felt like they had walked through hell. Naturally, these businessmen did not dare to argue with Roland, and they all said that they would help Roland find all the magic materials on this white paper.
Asking the butler to send the merchants away, Roland said to the tax collector who was still sitting: "The money for purchasing magic materials will be drawn from taxes, but don't let this affect the development of Motassos City. In addition, every month in the territory How much is the tax? You have to give me a list of income and expenditure, do you understand?"
The tax official nodded repeatedly.
After the tax officer left, the middle-aged soldier came back. He and other elite soldiers easily captured the five military attaches and twisted them to the main hall.
During the arrest process, some troops saw their leader being arrested and wanted to resist, but they were suppressed without success.
Roland was quite satisfied when he saw the five military attaches who were tied tightly.
These hundred elites were as strong as he imagined.
At this time, Judson's eyes were bloodshot and red. He stared at Roland and roared: "Roland, how dare you do this. If I die, the royal city will definitely send someone to kill you and let you go." I, I will leave on my own.”
For Judson, the status of royal blood may be the last protective talisman.
Once you use it, you'll never have it again.
But living is always better than becoming a pile of loess.
"Send them to the prison to stay. Remember that their food must not be too bad. They must be fed white and tender so that they can be sold at a high price." Roland said with a smile: "If someone comes to ransom them, each of them will have to pay a hundred gold coins to be able to sell them." Take him away, or he will go to jail for two or three years."
Several elite soldiers immediately stepped forward and dragged away the five military attaches who had no ability to resist. Judson's extremely angry yelling could be heard along the way.
Roland looked at the middle-aged soldier: "You did a good job and it was fast. Now you can tell me your name."
"Fauci Doyle." The middle-aged man said with fear.
"Fauci, take your men to completely take over the 'property' left by those five people." Roland stared into the middle-aged man's eyes, as if he wanted to see through the other man's nature: "Remember, I still said the same thing, You must always be loyal to the eldest princess.”
Fauci felt that Roland's eyes were a little scary, so he immediately lowered his head, not daring to look at Roland.