What? Can you be a manager with peace of mind and collect taxes
Of course you can, but how much tax can be collected in a remote place like Sarin, where the land is not even good for farming
If you really support yourself by collecting taxes alone, you may have to live in a fortress full of sewage for the rest of your life. You won't be able to hold a banquet for a few years, and you won't even be able to eat white bread and barbecue every day.
As a manager, as a small nobleman, who wants this
If you are not willing, you will naturally want some quick money.
But now, perhaps retribution has come. Many of their ways of making quick money have been investigated by the new lord in recent days.
So are they being lenient if they confess? Or resist being strict
It is naturally undesirable to resist strict measures, and Maier will suffer the consequences.
But being frank and lenient may not necessarily lead to a bright future.
This new lord is so weird. What should have been a ceremony of swearing allegiance has been turned into such a meeting. Who knows what he wants to do
Maybe I want them to take the initiative to tell their crimes, and then clean them up one by one, so that they can install their cronies.
If this is the case, they will not be fooled, at least they will not be the first to be fooled.
In short, no matter what, it is safest not to stand up and be a turtle at the moment, and wait and see what happens next.
In this way, several capable managers kept their heads down while looking around with their peripheral vision to see if there were any brave pathfinders.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
Time passed quickly, and a few minutes later, Richard repeated what he said before. No one stood up, and a slight change in Richard's face could be seen.
"No one wants to try and become the deputy minister of the efficiency department?" Richard asked for the third time, his voice a bit heavy.
Everyone in the audience felt the subtle change in the atmosphere in the words and hesitated a little. Several powerful managers began to consider whether to send one of their subordinates to stand up.
Regardless of whether it works or not, at least it can prevent Richard from getting angry and save everyone from being unlucky in the end.
Just thinking about it, a person stood up all of a sudden.
During the process of standing up, this man was still a little shaken, hesitant and nervous, but at the moment when he stood up completely, he was completely calm, and his legs were nailed to the ground as if they had taken root, motionless. He straightened his body, looked directly at Richard, and said solemnly, "Lord, I am willing to give it a try."
I saw that this man was in his fifties, his face was full of vicissitudes of life, his skin was rough, his hair was half a century old, and he had obviously suffered a lot. Among them, there is a scar on the left side of his face, a tall nose, and sharp eyes. He is the one who stood up during the roll call just now and looks more like a bad guy than a bad guy.
Richard looked at the other person as if he was not surprised, and smiled and said: "Lynn Kate, right?"
"Yes, sir, Lynn Kate would like to send you my greetings. If you apply to become the Deputy Minister of the Department of Efficiency, I will definitely serve you with my whole life." Lynn said seriously.
"It's interesting." Richard raised his eyebrows, "I thought you didn't dare to stand up, but unexpectedly, you still made a decision."
"So, your Excellency, you have considered me?" Lin En keenly grasped the information in the words and asked.
Richard did not deny: "Yes, I have considered you. But I have also considered many people, and Maier was one of them just now, so... whether you really become the deputy minister, or become the same as Mr. Maier, depends on you. Performance."
"I understand." Lin En nodded, grinned, and said with some cold teeth, "I can accept this challenge and am willing to answer all your questions. If I am not satisfied with the answer, I am willing to be punished by you." Executed by any means."
"Very good, then we won't need to do any support survey and start the Q&A directly." Richard said, "First of all, the first question, do you think you are more intelligent than Mr. Maier just now, and you are suitable to be me?" A subordinate?"
"I think so, sir."
"What's the reason?" Richard asked, "As far as I know, you and Mr. Maier have jurisdictions very close to each other, and there have been armed conflicts. Not only was your wife snatched away by the other party, but you were also captured by the other party. In the other party's case, After seven years in the dungeon, he was released with the coordination of the other managers, right?”
"Yes." Linn nodded seriously, "This is indeed my experience. It is humiliating, but I am willing to admit it. I was indeed defeated and captured. I don't want to find the reason, but Maier did not dare to hold me for seven years. Killing me, and finally letting me go, at least proved that I wasn't a completely useless idiot.
The most important thing is that my jurisdiction is close to his jurisdiction and is much smaller than his. I, the lord, have been captured by him for seven years, but my territory has never been annexed by him, which shows that I still have some ability in governance. . Of course, this is all a matter of the former Kingdom of Sika. I think there is no point in talking too much to the lord. What I want to say is some of the changes since the Alliance won and this place became 'Sarin'.
During this period of time, I have 'contacted' with Mr. Maier many times, and used some small tricks to eat up almost one-twentieth of his management area. Moreover, I have been recruiting caravans and business groups who have fled from other areas due to the problem of bandits. "
"This is interesting. I want to know how you did it?" Richard asked.
"Returning to the lord, in fact, I am the same as Maier in this regard. I also use a band of thieves."
The rest of the people in the field couldn't help being stunned after hearing this, and looked at Lin En in surprise.
Lin En continued without changing his expression: "But the difference between me and Mr. Maier is that he uses the band of thieves on his own territory to rob his own people, while I use the band of thieves on other people's territory to rob Other people's territories are, of course, mainly Mr. Maier's jurisdiction.
I just used the thieves group to encroach on some areas that he didn't care about but actually had a certain defensive value, and planned to transfer the source of wealth-the caravan. "
Taking a deep breath, Linn clenched his hands into fists, looked directly at Richard and said: "I know that your Excellency hates using thieves to destroy the caravan trade, but I did this before I met Your Excellency. At that time, I was not loyal to Your Excellency. I have no allegiance to anyone but myself, so I do whatever it takes.
However, it will be different when your lord comes. If your lord is willing to accept me, then I will be your loyal slave. I will definitely consider Sarin as a whole and will not use low-level methods like the thieves group again. I will work hard to make Sarin what adults want it to be! "
"But no matter what!" Linn gritted her teeth and widened her eyes. "I will not deny that I am a bad person - I am as bad as many people sitting here, or even worse than them. And, it is very likely that I will be a bad person in the future. Still a bad person - I am a loyal servant of your lord, but I am also a bad person - this is determined by my nature.
Your Excellency has said before that as a subordinate, loyalty and wisdom are very important. But it has not been said where justice stands. If you think justice trumps everything, then kill me, I have no complaints.
And if your Excellency thinks that justice is nothing but bullshit, then please let me become the Deputy Minister directly, without considering the support of a group of cowards in this hall. In that case, I will do my best to serve you. If I cannot complete the tasks assigned by you, I will rather commit suicide to apologize without you taking action. "
At the end of the sentence, Lin En's eyes turned red, looking at Richard like an angry lion.
No, more like a hyena that has been hungry for many days, old and injured, but refuses to admit defeat.