Next, Zhao Xu and others followed the mine manager Les and the mining area manager Ted and walked around the No. 36 mine that he exclusively owned and the No. 48 mine under the jurisdiction of the association. It can be considered as large and small as these two key mines. The miners and even the management have met each other, and they have become acquainted with each other.
Then everyone returned to the city, back to the residence of Zhao Xu and Zheng Xinyun in their previous lives, which was also the new headquarters of Falling Star Town Mage Association.
After hearing the news, in addition to the gossip players outside the door who wanted to see the number one Arthur player, there were also the powerful people in Falling Star Town who needed to confirm the land deed he brought, and Clarify the subsequent establishment process of the association’s residence.
Zhao Xu also saw many familiar faces among the players in the management at this time. They were basically the organizers behind the scenes in the anti-alliance alliance.
The current position is officially the result of their initial investment of resources.
After the players broke into Falling Star Town, they hung the mine owners involved in the slave trade one by one, and punished a series of people in power starting from the mayor. Naturally, the entire management was vacuumed up, allowing the players to occupy Opportunity.
As long as these current people in power can successfully survive until the moment when the earth travels, most of them will successfully rise to a higher level, or return to the earth's forces to gain a more critical position.
After more than a month of adjustment, Falling Star Town has now returned to its original peace.
"Mr. Zhongxia, this is the 'Demolition Permit' and 'Building Permit' certificate."
Mayor Lawrence is a wise old man who was transferred from Winter City. In two years, he will go back to take care of himself.
It was only because the previous incident was too big that he, the old mayor of ten years ago, was needed to calm down the situation.
"Thank you." Zhao Xu nodded slightly to express his gratitude.
He still has great respect for the mayor who was once driven away by the mine owners because he refused to join in the trouble.
At this time, he flipped through the certification documents in his hand and realized that there were also certification documents such as "Tax Exemption", "City Appearance Inspection Exemption", "Urban Management Exemption" and other certification documents at the back. The duration was exactly the three months of the expected construction.
After all, he can't stay here 24 hours a day. These documents are used to deal with various mother-in-law departments in a town.
It's just that Zhao Xu still has another layer of identity at this time, so he doesn't need it.
"Take it and take a look." Zhao Xu handed these certification documents to Wang Ningwei, "You will need them in the future."
"Ah?" Wang Ningwei was a little confused.
"Don't you like to set up a mage tower as tall as the sky in the center of a big town? The process of building a mage tower is similar to today's. These are the documents you need to prepare."
Zhao Xu couldn't help but joked.
"Ah?" Wang Ningwei suddenly made a shy voice, "How did you know?"
She didn't expect that the most secret fantasy in her heart would be exposed by Zhao Xu, which was why she resolutely chose the mage in the first place.
The towering mage tower that reaches into the sky and is located at the center of all buildings is one of this girl's dreams. She has even planned names like "Imaginary Number Mechanism".
Zhao Xu grinned and did not explain.
In Yanan, the capital of the earth's forces in the previous life, the entire city's buildings spread out like a baguette, one by one. Standing in the center was Wang Ningwei's mage tower.
At first, he thought it was Wang Ningwei's symbol of showing that she could speak for herself among the forces on earth.
Only now do I know that this is the explosion of a girl's second soul.
He now suspected that the layout of the capital city of the earth's forces in his previous life was a random drawing drawn by Wang Ningwei during her fantasy.
"But speak up, Mr. Zhongxia."
At this time, the mayor suddenly bowed to Zhao Xu and said, "I have the temerity to ask you a favor."
"Tell me." After Zhao Xu finished speaking, his companions who came with him were still observing the layout of nearby buildings, but now they all looked back.
Archbishop Sosi continued to lower his head, as if praying to the goddess.
Antinoya glanced at it and did not continue to take care of it. Instead, she kept looking at the water in a well in the atrium, seeming to be very interested in it.
The people following Mayor Lawrence were all looking at Zhao Xu with expectation and vigilance.
This is true for both players and residents of Arthur.
There is a clear boundary between Zhao Xu and Zhao Xu.
Zhao Xu originally thought that it was the face of Archbishop Sosi that made the mayor so cooperative and easy to talk to, and a series of certificates were prepared for him in advance.
You know, in addition to being "mysterious", the mage himself is often also known as "fearful".
Fortunately for the players, ordinary town residents are extremely afraid of magic buildings, fearing that a demon with bat wings will run out of it, or that one day a fireball will emerge from the window and fall into the residential area.
Therefore, Zhao Xu selected the "Association" in this area. In addition to the housing in the outer circle that had to be relocated, even this section of the road would be sealed off if nothing happened.
"Mr. Zhongxia, didn't you get the 'lordship' from Commander Tang De before?" Lawrence asked.
"That's right." Zhao Xu nodded.
"But the alliance's power system is a semi-feudal and semi-autonomous model. Just because I got this area, along with the 'lordship' of the entire Falling Star Lake and the mining area, doesn't mean I can do whatever I want. You shouldn't have to worry, right?"
In some completely feudal countries, territorial sovereignty is in charge of the sky, the earth, and the atmosphere. Except for the divine power, everything else is basically under complete control.
Although it is not as exaggerated as the legendary "right of the first night", basically everything from taxation to conscription is decided by a lord.
The reason why the Alliance is not an empire or a principality is due to its semi-autonomous nature. It can be regarded as co-governance by elites and nobles, so the power of the "lordship" is quite limited.
For example, in the town management, the lord owner will have a seat at the decision-making level.
Even in Winter City, he has "discussing rights" and has the right to participate in some expanded meetings.
Tang De's piece of "lordship" actually allowed Zhao Xu to rise to the top of Winter City!
In terms of taxation, he will also get a certain proportion of the fiscal revenue, which is also the most cost-effective part of this "lordship".
In Falling Star Town, a place where silver mines are produced, it is even more valuable.
More importantly, his own powerful chamber of commerce has obtained the natural power of "tax deduction and exemption". Sometimes, by making good use of this, he can even easily defeat other chambers of commerce.
The "lordship" of the alliance essentially corresponds to the "land", and its duration is also divided into "temporary system" and "permanent system".
The temporary system lasts for 10 years. Once it expires, the territorial sovereignty of that land will be restored to the alliance official, waiting for merit rewards.
As for the perpetual system, there is no time limit. Those who have the territorial sovereignty of the "perpetual system" territory are the nobles in the alliance.
Like the great commander Tang De, because he was promoted to the position of commander, the alliance divided a territory with "temporary" sovereignty for him. The part of Falling Star Town that Zhao Xu got was divided from it.
At this time, Mayor Lawrence lowered his head even lower, as if he was about to kneel down, "After discussion, the management of our town still hopes that Mr. Zhongxia will focus on the association and not rush into the town in the short term. management.”
"But don't worry, we will definitely prepare your personal tax share without delay."
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Xu's companions, like Wang Ningwei, couldn't help laughing.
Bai Long was about to curse on the spot, but Zhao Xu glanced back at him and closed his open mouth immediately.
"It's not mine, and you don't want it even if you give it to me, including your current position as mayor."
Zhao Xu glanced at the people in front, looking at their somewhat stiff expressions.
"But if that thing is mine, no one can take it away."
He spoke loudly.
As for the second half of the sentence, "Except Antinoya." There is no need to say it.
"Mr. Zhongxia."
At this time, "Hook", a high-level player from the Resistance Alliance, stepped forward rashly and said, "Don't worry, we can exchange it for a certain amount of property."
As he spoke, his eyes showed confidence, "Including money in the real world, that's okay."
Because this is a rare contact opportunity for the number one player "Zhongxia".
Most of the high-level players in Falling Star Town took this opportunity to come and packed the entire empty atrium.
Most of them looked at Mr. Zhongxia with surprised eyes, who was originally very talkative, but suddenly became extremely serious.
"There is a saying on earth. If you can't get it back with your fists, you may not be able to get it back with your words."
As Zhao Xu spoke, he suddenly flicked a gold coin coiled in his hand into the sky.
Technique: Concealed Spellcasting!
Silence: Spell Magic!
With the momentary action of bouncing the coin, Zhao Xu used the "technique" he had learned through hard study to cover up the traces of his own spellcasting.
"Ping."
In an instant, the gold coin that was bounced into the air fell straight down again according to the original curve of flying high into the air, and returned to Zhao Xu's hands.
"fear!"
Zhao Xu shouted in Arthur's common language, but there was no syllable of the curse.
The players who were close enough to hear it almost laughed out loud, wondering if the other party thought they were using magical powers. When casting spells, they could just call out their names.
Just the next second, his expression changed drastically and he covered his chest with his hands.
The range of this effect is up to 10 meters. The spell of the third-level poet and the fourth-level mage exploded in an instant, covering everyone present.
[Adventurer xx, your will save failed and you fell into a state of fear (trembling)!]
In an instant, this cold reminder popped up on countless people’s feeds.
The town's senior officials, who had originally looked forward to Zhong Xia's concession, suddenly felt a sense of fear coming from deep within their hearts.
"Bang."
"Bang."
The sound of falling to the ground is endless.
People who were hit by a "fear spell" couldn't even hold the things in their hands, and their whole people were in that "trembling" state.
At this time, even if they want to wield the sword in their hands, they will not be able to perform well because of the fear in their hearts.
Zhao Xu didn't even say much. As he said, there was no point in talking about it.
So he showed his power of "speaking" to Mayor Lawrence and others.
The mayor, Lawrence, who bore the brunt especially, kept swallowing the saliva in his mouth.
He had been oppressed by the dragon's power before, and had seen similar effects. The fear in his heart was awakened again, his legs were shaky, and he didn't dare to move at this moment.
Only attacking their spirits without causing actual harm is the way of the Zhongxia mage in front of him.
Even if the other party adds more pressure, relying on the accumulation ability of fear itself, they will escalate from the first level of "trembling" to the second level of "fear" and even the third level of "panic."
Once you reach the third level, you will easily break down emotionally, behave like crazy, and be unable to face things and become panicked.
And because of the protection ability of the gods, a few players are not in a state of complete trembling like the Arthurs, but they are not much better.
In that state just now, it was as if someone was forcibly pressing their heads, and even horrific images flashed directly in their minds.
"Damn it, how did the other party cast the spell? I didn't see it at all."
"The most intuitive estimate of the fear effect is the fourth-ring arcane fear spell." Another player explained.
"But no one passed the exemption. Isn't this too exaggerated?"
"Shut up, it's embarrassing. There are so many people here, and they retreated before they even took action.
Zhao Xu looked at Mayor Lawrence kindly at this time and said frankly.
"I think I should prove it. I have the qualifications to change your will."
Recommend a dragon pseudo-DND novel "I Turned into a Dragon"
(End of chapter)