The faces on the list were full of color, while those who were not on the list sighed, and as for those whose battleships were destroyed...they don't exist anymore, so they can't show any expressions. Of course, for these dead retainers, the fief automatically returned to the owner of the family as usual. However, everyone has the same expression, that is, they are shocked by Tang Long's feat of destroying 16 warships.
Tang Nawen took out his electronic pen very excitedly, drew a circle on the map after thinking about it, and then said to Tang Long: "General Tang Long, in addition to the prescribed rewards, I also want to reward you for your outstanding martial arts. , from now on, the three cities of Haicheng, Yecheng, and Wencheng, as well as the 20 million hectares of land above and the people above them are all sealed off to you, I hope you will continue to work hard in the future!"
Although Tang Long was not very satisfied with the mere 2,000 square kilometers, because the area was not as large as his expanded base, but in order not to leave a bad impression on everyone, especially Donovan, he left his seat very quickly, with an expression on his face. Respectfully and excitedly, he ran to the center of the hall, lay down on the ground, and said words of gratitude to the Patriarch in a very grateful tone.
Donovan was very satisfied with Tang Long's performance, and it was for the sake of enjoying these things that he divided the titles for everyone so carefully. While the other retainers were envious of Tang Long's acquisition of so many fiefdoms, they also hated Tang Long's extremely nasty words. In their hearts, Tang Long had already been branded as a sycophant.
Tang Long, who returned to his seat, was no longer in the mood to hear how many acres of land the others had confiscated, but watched Yuna boringly press the button on the table to help him check the situation of the fief. In fact, he didn't need to think much, the omnipotent No. 2 Xingling had already obtained all the information on Tang Long's fief.
No. 2 Xingling said with a smile: "Tang Long, 70% of your fief is plain area, 20% is hilly area, and the remaining 10% is coastal area. The population of your fief is about 3 million, of which 2 million are concentrated in 3 cities, and the remaining 1 million people are scattered all over the place. Your assets in your fief include 5 fish farms, 12 livestock farms, 1 smelter, 3 giant fishing boats, and others There is also a 10-story building with a total area of 10,000 square meters. Of course, the 2,000 square kilometers of land is yours, and you can develop it as you like. Your total annual income is about 5 billion Wulai coins, which includes After deducting the various taxes and all the income of those factories, after deducting the salaries of workers and government personnel that should be paid every year, your annual income is only about 2 billion."
Tang Long nodded speechlessly. If he had just joined the army, his annual income of 2 billion would probably make him so excited that his brain congested to death, right? But for myself who now has trillions of funds in his card, and each time he spends money in units of 100 million, this 2 billion is not enough to build an ammunition storage warehouse. Alas, the money in the card will be used less and less, only the money in the fiefdom will flow in a steady stream. It seems that I have to find a way to get more fiefdoms, especially to find a way to increase the income of the fiefdoms.
Desperately trying to think of a way, Tang Long, whose head was about to turn into a paste, finally waited until the end of the meeting, and then forced himself to chat with the elders of the Patriarch, took his military card, and left this large political meeting temple.
Tang Long first ran back to the Meteorite, and after reporting his situation to the female soldiers, he took 50 landing craft and landed directly on the coast of his fief without passing through the space port.
After getting off the landing craft, Tang Long stared dumbfounded at the dilapidated artificial fishing boats by the sea and the few dilapidated houses on the shore. After getting off the landing craft, the laughing female soldiers also stayed there like Tang Long, because they saw hundreds of ragged fishermen on the fishing boat, gnashing their teeth and pulling the nets to catch fish.
Tang Long swallowed his saliva and asked Yuna beside him with some doubts: "Have I returned to ancient times?"
Yuna shook her head, pointed to a tall floating fishing boat with advanced equipment not far away and said, "Probably not, isn't that boat very advanced?"
Tang Long looked at the advanced fishing boat and then at the dilapidated fishing boats, and asked again in disbelief: "Why is there such a disparity between the two sides?"
Before Yuna could reply, several patrol boats playing rock music came quickly from a distance. This speedboat, which could have been floating in the air, purposely flew close to the water surface. Not only did some people fall into the water, but half of the fish they had worked so hard to catch also fell into the water again.
The sharp-eyed Tang Long was surprised to find that the fishermen didn't have hatred for the patrol boats on their faces. Instead, they looked at the fish that had regained their freedom in the water with grief and indignation.
Just when Tang Long wondered why the fisherman had such an expression on his face, those speedboats spotted Tang Long's 50 landing craft, and it was obvious that those speedboats stopped abruptly, and then slowly approached with some hesitation. come over. But at this moment Tang Long discovered that those fishermen had started fishing again, and the fishermen didn't even look at such conspicuous people as himself.
As the speedboat drew back and forth, a young man with a bit of arrogance between his brows, but forced himself to lower his eyebrows, looked at Tang Long and the others. Although his eyes lit up after seeing so many beauties, he quickly He lowered his eyelids, and asked Tang Long carefully: "Excuse me, is this Mr. Tang Long?"
"I am." Tang Long stepped forward and said.
"Peng Wenfeng, a subordinate soldier, belongs to the 023rd squadron of the Haicheng Patrol Brigade, see the lord!" The young man immediately raised his head and saluted after hearing Tang Long's words. The soldiers on the patrol boat who had been poking their heads, immediately jumped on the deck to salute Tang Long when they heard what the officer said later.
"My lord?" Tang Long was stunned for a moment, and only after Yuna's reminder did he realize that the officials in his fief were all his retainers. After knowing that these people were his subordinates, Tang Long pointed to those fishing boats and asked bluntly: " Well, you are from the patrol brigade, why do you interfere with the fishermen's fishing?"
Peng Wenfeng was stunned for a moment, then puffed out his chest and said, "This subordinate is protecting the rights and interests of the lord!"
"My rights? What rights?" Tang Long was puzzled.
"Uh..." Peng Wenfeng took a careful look at Tang Long, then pointed to the modern fishing boat in the distance and said, "That's your fishing boat, my lord. …”
Tang Long roared angrily: "Fart! I just got this fief today. Judging by your performance, it doesn't seem like you are doing these things for a day or two. You also said that you are not allowed to snatch fish. Could it be that this area catches fish? Is there a fisherman and a lord of fish?"
Peng Wenfeng swallowed his saliva, and then bravely said: "There is such a division, because the adults who own the fief can legally monopolize all the resources in the fief. We have been taught to protect the rights and interests of the Tang family since we joined the Tang family." , and the rights and interests of the lord are the rights and interests of the Tang family."
Hearing this, Tang Long asked in surprise, "You mean the lord can compete with the people for resources?"
Peng Wenfeng glanced at Tang Long in surprise, then nodded.
At this time, No. 2 Xingling, who had re-collected the information, said to Tang Long: "Just now I hacked into the main computer of the Tang family and checked it. In the hands of the people. Ordinary people either rely on a few resources to live, or rely on the Tang family to live. The Tang family owns a family soldier in the fief. In addition to 100 soldiers, there are hundreds of tenant farmers. Like in your fief , there may be one million tenant farmers, and the remaining two million are semi-unemployed."
Tang Long was speechless. He didn't know that the family system of the Tang family was no different from the feudal system. He didn't expect that a lord could not only monopolize all the resources in the territory, but also own countless tenant farmers. Is this still the age of the universe? It's like going back in time to the previous farming era! It's useless for me to have so many sharecroppers! No more tax increases!
How much money can such a territory and people create for me? No matter how much the lord's money is, there will be no more places. How can the tax increase if the people don't get rich? If the lord is allowed to monopolize the resources again, the taxes for the next year may not even be able to afford the lowest level of warships. no! I must change all of this, at least one month's tax can be used to buy a battleship like the Meteorite! And I don't want to be a lord, what I want is this planet! If I don't let the people get rich, how can the people support me
In order to allow the tax revenue from his territory to purchase warships, and to gain the support of the people, Tang Long made a decision. After thinking about it for a while, he ordered Peng Wenfeng with bright eyes: "Immediately send an order to all the retainers and soldiers in my territory, ordering them to gather at the Haicheng government immediately." . When Tang Long's female soldiers heard this, they immediately knew that Tang Long was going to do something big, and hurriedly ran to the landing craft. After a while, 50 landing craft flew out of the atmosphere under Peng Wenfeng's eyes that didn't know what was going on.
"Captain, you said that since the lord wants to gather the retainers and soldiers in the territory, why did he go to space?" A soldier looking up at the landing craft asked strangely.
"He's going to sail a battleship!" Peng Wenfeng couldn't help shivering when he thought of the cold light in Tang Long's eyes when he left.
"A battleship? Why is he flying a battleship? Could it be that he wants to destroy us? We didn't offend him." The soldier asked in surprise.
Peng Wenfeng shook his head and said: "It's unlikely that he wants to destroy us. After all, he just became a lord, but it's very similar to launch a battleship to demonstrate. Well, if you don't want to die, please tell all the officials and soldiers to gather in Haicheng The ghost knows if that lord is murderous, there are everyone in this year, don't ask for trouble!" Said the first to enter the speedboat, the soldiers looked at each other, and hurried into the speedboat. After a while, these speedboats flew away.
The city hall in the center of Haicheng was crowded with people inside and out. Inside the city hall were all retainers with the rank of family soldier or higher, while outside were armed soldiers under the control of these retainers. Soldiers were able to line up and stand quietly in the square in front of the city hall, while the retainers above the family soldiers walked around inside the city hall, inquiring about each other's news. However, these retainers are clearly divided into three groups.
Let me talk about the system of the Tang family again. The retainers of the Tang family are divided into the direct retainers of the patriarch and external retainers. Those who can participate in the meeting of the Palace of Political Affairs are the direct retainers of the patriarch, so the lowest-level family soldiers appear at the meeting. Only the retainers above the level of family song can have their own direct retainers, such as those sitting next to them in the conference hall are their direct retainers.
Generally, a family song can have a maximum of 2 family members and 10 family soldiers, while a family department can have a maximum of 2 family members, 10 family members, and 50 family soldiers. Of course, if you can’t afford it, you don’t need a retainer, but believe it No one would do this, after all, the number of retainers represents the strength of strength. As for the vassals above the family general, as long as he can afford to support them, he can have countless vassals, and the general patriarch will not take care of them, because all the expenses are paid by the lord of those vassals himself.
Why does Tang Long have so many family members? The main reason is that the original owners of his three cities were all killed in battle, and the remaining retainers became ownerless retainers, so they could only stay helplessly in their original fiefdoms. When the Patriarch allocated these three cities to Tang Long, these people naturally became Tang Long's direct servants.
"You say that our new lord can gather us together, why do we need to gather all the soldiers? Isn't it because he wants to supplement our soldiers with his direct troops?" One of the group of people was a fat middle-aged man. The man stroked his beard and asked the person beside him.
Hearing this, the vassals of Sandui shouted in panic: "No way? How could the lord do this?"
A middle-aged man with a sharp chin shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, you know that the army directly under the Lord has already followed the Lord to the death, and now the army directly under the Lord does not exist at all. "
A middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance said very puzzled: "The new lord's fief is three cities. Don't the other two cities have the original city defense forces?"
Hearing this, the other two groups of retainers sighed at the same time: "The troops directly under our former master also died in battle with the former master. Except for a few patrol boats, there are no direct troops."
The fat man looked at the people around and said in a low voice: "Why don't we protest collectively, our soldiers are all trained at our own expense, so the lord will go away like this, wouldn't it be..." Seeing that everyone was a little bit Looking at himself in embarrassment, he couldn't help but continued: "Anyway, what the lord wants is to establish his direct troops. We just need to help the lord complete this task. I believe that the lord who has just arrived will not make things difficult for us, right? After all, the lord still needs Let's rule this area." Hearing this, the retainers nodded in agreement, as long as the lord would not want his soldiers, everything else is fine.
At this time, among the retainers in Haicheng, a young voice resounded throughout the political hall: "My lords, it seems that everyone has forgotten that although we are the direct retainers of the new lord in name, in fact the lord doesn't know us at all. Don't forget that the family rules stipulate that the lord can fire his immediate retainers. If he fires us all, our fiefs, soldiers, property and other things will disappear immediately." It was Peng Wenfeng of the patrol team who said this.
Although these retainers also had their own territories, they were not conferred by the head of the Tang family, but by their original lord, so Tang Long, who became their new lord, certainly had the right to take back the fief.
All the retainers jumped in their hearts, that's right, their future is still very bleak, how can they plot against the lord who can control their lives? Isn't this courting death
Seeing the pensive expressions on the faces of the retainers, the fat man couldn't help arguing: "Fire us? Fire us, how will my lord manage this area?"
Peng Wenfeng sneered and said, "Didn't you read the mansion newspaper? My lord got this fief after destroying 16 enemy ships. It is said that my lord's warship is 2,650 meters long, 1,780 meters wide, and 1,180 meters thick, with 3,000 guns. With such a battleship, is it still afraid that there will be no retainers? Even if the lord does not use the soldiers on the battleship, there will be a lot of people in these three cities who are willing to become the lord's retainers? Why worry about no one managing the fief?"
Hearing this, all the retainers were silent. Everyone knew about such a huge battleship, not to mention that the entire family didn't have one, even the entire Wuchao galaxy didn't have many ships. For the lord who owns such a warship, one can imagine that his military feats will definitely become greater and greater in the future, and the rewards will also become more and more generous. If the Tang family occupies other planets, I am afraid that the lord's fief will be a planet Woolen cloth.
The vassals, who were all looking out for their own interests, immediately changed their minds and began to decide that if the lord proposed to establish a direct army, they would hand over all the soldiers under his command in order to give the lord a good impression. In this way, when the lord divides the seals in the future, he will definitely think of himself first!
Just as the retainers began to think about how to impress Tang Long, they suddenly noticed that the surroundings had turned dark, and the quiet soldiers outside began to commotion, and they ran out of the city hall immediately without knowing what was going on. Looking up at the sky, they were all stunned, because a huge battleship was floating above the city hall, and the densely packed gun barrels at the bottom of the battleship were moving up and down, left and right irregularly.
After receiving the report that Tang Long had driven the battleship into the territory, Tang Nawen was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he smiled and muttered: "It's still too young to use force to threaten his retainers." The defense officer stepped back and ignored the matter.