Lord Witch, please don't resurrect me again!

"Reasonable?" Growin had a half-smile, and didn't know what to say.

"I'm not afraid of reasoning." Leoric said solemnly, "Grovin, remember, I am a strong man. This strong man is not only physically strong, but also mentally and spiritually strong. We not only want Kill your enemies physically and conquer them mentally."

Shia and Romila on the side gave approving glances when they heard this.At this time, Growin felt that he was inferior to others and was a little depressed. Bloser next to him patted him on the shoulder and said, "You reckless man, learn from General Leorick in a while, Lord Leorick will do it." It is kingly, not overbearing."

"Ah."

At this time Leoric stepped forward and said, "Master Governor! This... er, master! And all the fathers and folks here, listen to me."

"I'm going to prove to you next, who is the real robber."

Leoric said loudly: "My lord governor!"

The governor was crying and inciting the people just now, but when he heard Leoric's call, he immediately tensed up in fright and said, "Here!"

Leoric had killed people and seen blood. According to Romila, he was "surrounded by resentment" and seemed to have an aura of fear.Normally, he couldn't tell when he spoke, but when he got angry, the governor immediately trembled with fright.

Leoric then asked: "I said, my lord governor, how many years have you been here?"

"Exactly ten years," said the governor.

Leoric asked, "How much salary do you receive from the nobles every year?"

"Fifty ducats," said the governor.

The salary of a soldier is ten gold coins, so it seems that the salary of the governor is not much.However, the governor of the port itself is a fat job, and there is a lot of money to be made in this place, so the dead salary is meaningless at all.This matter was tacitly understood by everyone, and all the civilians didn't think there was any problem, and even some ignorant people were still saying: "Hey, fifty gold coins! That's a lot, as expected of the governor."

But Leoric said: "Listen everyone, he receives fifty gold coins a year, so five hundred gold coins in ten years!"

"That's right, five hundred." Governor Fat Yu said solemnly, "What's the matter? Can this be a reason for you to rob me, a decent gentleman?"

Fat Yu didn't realize the danger yet, but Loach keenly sensed that something was wrong. He covered his face and thought - it's over, the governor is over!

As Loach expected, Leoric next walked to the side of the caravan and asked a servant, "Which car is the gold coin?" The servant didn't dare to offend the god of killing, Leoric, and quickly said: "The one with the gray cover in front, the oldest and the oldest one." Leoric thanked him, and then opened the curtain to reveal a large box.

Leoric lifted the heavy box with one hand and put it on the ground, and saw a big lock on it.At this time, the servant on the side said: "I have the key!" Fat Yu immediately scolded: "You have a fart!"

But Leoric said, "No need." He pulled out the "eye-pecker" and swiped it lightly, and the big lock split into two with a "click".The civilians present had never seen Leoric's martial prowess, but when they saw this scene, they immediately exclaimed.

Then Leoric kicked the lid open, and the inside was glittering with gold, full of gold coins.Leoric ordered: "Apprentice, give me five hundred gold coins."

"Here we come!" Selavi, the little follower, got out from behind, counted ten in groups of ten, and quickly counted out [-] gold coins.Everyone was puzzled and whispered to each other, Fat Yu just thought it was weird, but Ni Qian was whispering to his servant at this time, as if they were arranging something.

Then, Leoric put five hundred gold coins into a bag, threw them at Fat Fish's feet, and said, "Okay, five hundred gold coins, this is your income from ten years of labor, your salary, your salary, Your salary! It's a dignified income."

Fat Yu nodded blankly, "Thank you, sir."

Leoric also said with a smile on his face: "Then I'll take the rest, no problem?"

"Huh?" Fat Fish was stunned.

Leoric said loudly, "Come on, unload these caravans!"

"Yes!" Growin immediately took the soldiers to unload.The servants and guards of the governor's mansion didn't dare to stop them, they just watched blankly.

Seeing this scene, Fat Fish burst into tears and said, "Leoric, you robber! Why are you robbing me of money?"

Leoric said with an innocent face: "You have kept your ten-year salary, and I will take the rest. Is there any problem?"

"But that's my money too!" cried the governor.

Leoric said, "Then tell me, where did the money come from?"

"This..." the Governor was dumbfounded.

Leoric opened his arms and said loudly to the crowd: "You tell the old and young men in the city, where do you get all the gold, silver and treasure left? Tell me! Are you dumb?"

Only then did everyone understand Leoric's intentions. Many looked shocked, and a few showed shock. After a few seconds of silence, someone suddenly shouted: "Good! Good! Well done! Leoric Long live Ke!" Everyone looked over and saw that it was a barefoot farmer, his legs were covered with dried mud, which is commonly known as mud legs.Then, many "mudlegs" shouted, "Long live Lord Leorick!" "Long live the general!"

The governor's face turned blue and white, and said, "My money is legal! I didn't break the law!"

"Since it is your legal income, then tell me, how did the money come from here?"

"This...includes my own business and business..." the governor began to make up, "For example, I bought merchant ships and fishing boats, and I opened a shop..."

Leoric said loudly: "Okay! Tell me where is the merchant ship and where is the fishing boat? What street is the shop on? What does it do and how much does it earn? Show me the bill!"

Where are these things!

The governor was so suffocated that he couldn't say a word, so he had to use a trick of "expanding the target" and said: "If you check like this, no one in this world is clean!"

Leoric folded his arms, raised his head and said, "I'm clean!"

"you!"

"What's the matter? Come and check me if you have the ability!" Leoric said with a "shit you" expression on his face, "Come here, brother!"

How to check this!You are being unreasonable!Governor Fat Yu's face turned livid, while the people around him roared with laughter, and there was a cheerful atmosphere everywhere.Leoric said: "I'm not joking. Although the purchase bills of the Northern Expedition are military secrets and cannot be disclosed, all personal property can be checked. I usually eat and live with the soldiers, except because of my big appetite. Apart from eating a few pieces of cake and a few catties of meat, there is nothing special about it. Leoric is indeed a clean and honest person, so I dare to criticize him like this."

"Then, since you can't produce any proof, it's enough to show that all your assets were obtained illegally."

Fat Fish still wanted to argue, but Loach hurried over and whispered a few words, Fat Fish turned pale after hearing this, and said, "That's good, that's good! Lord Leoric, you did the right thing, then I can hold my Have my five hundred gold coins left here? I don't want those things anymore! I don't want them!" He said viciously.

"Wait!" Leoric said, "You can't take the five hundred gold coins with you!"

Fat Yu was very frightened and said, "Didn't you say that the five hundred gold coins are my legal income? Why should they be deducted?"

Leoric asked: "Let me ask you, have you been eating, drinking, and wearing clothes for ten years? Since you need to eat, wear, and use, it must cost money. Since it costs money, you must spend money." On the five hundred gold coins. Let me ask you, how much does it cost per day?"

"This……"

"If you don't tell me, someone will always know. The thin master next to you, come here!"

"Hey, my lord, my name is Niach!" Niach quickly swam over like a loach.

Leoric said: "Let me ask you, how much does the governor's mansion cost per day? Tell me the exact amount, and I will lessen your guilt."

Loach smiled and said: "The number said is definitely not as accurate as the account! Sir, please read it." As he spoke, he even took out an account from behind.Fat Yu saw the account, and immediately shouted angrily: "You actually betrayed me!"

Niach smiled wryly and said, "I can't protect myself, my lord!"

Leoric glanced at the bill, his face darkened immediately, and he said, "Good guy! The food and clothing of a governor is ten times more luxurious than that of a general like me! Damn it, if you calculate it according to this book , the five hundred gold coins in your salary are not enough at all, at least ten thousand gold coins will be owed. I said, what should I do if this is better than arrears?"

Arrears?I have been governor for ten years, but I still owe [-] gold coins in the end?

Governor Fat Fish was furious, and shouted: "You said I owe you money? Not only did you take away all my things, but you also want me to pay the debt?" He gritted his teeth, and the voice came out of his throat, very sharp and ear-piercing.

Leoric shook his head and said, "Of course you don't owe me money, after all, the money you spent is not mine."

Fat Yu said with a gloomy face, "Then what do you want?"

"Whose money is spent, who is owed money!" Leoric demanded, "Where did you get all this money?"

Governor Fat Yu was stunned by the question, and said, "Then... where did it come from?"

"Of course it was scavenged from the hands of the people!" Leoric said with a smile on his face, "Don't you understand this truth? All wealth is created by the people. The rice you eat is grown by farmers. The chicken, duck and fish you eat are raised by them, the clothes you wear are hand-woven by women workers, your handicrafts are hand-made by them, and the house you live in is also built by masons with hard work."

Fat Yu felt very wronged, and cried, "But I paid them all the money! I didn't let them work for nothing."

"You are still old, Governor!" Leoric said with a helpless smile, "How can you take other people's money to buy other people's things? This is not the same as your delusion to use my property to It’s the same as buying me. Ninety-nine percent of your wealth comes from collecting people’s fat and anointing and trading power for money. In the final analysis, you use people’s money to buy people’s goods, so let’s say..."

"What you owe is the money of all the people here."

Leoric stretched out his arms, turned towards the poor people without shoes behind him, and said:

"They are your creditors."

Then, Leoric said loudly: "The governor's property is all included in public funds, and used for local construction, infrastructure maintenance, medical relief, and other administrative expenses. Take it from the people and use it for the people!"

"As for whether this guy is dead or alive, I don't care, creditors! You can do whatever you want." He said to the poor who had previously shouted long live.

"You don't have to worry about Nicholas' law, it's his law, and it doesn't work here."

……

That night, the governor was hanged on a tree branch by the people who had long held grievances. Because he was too fat, several branches were broken, so he was hanged.Loach was exempted from some crimes because of his good behavior, but he also took bribes for many years and secretly did many outrageous things. Leoric sentenced him to be exiled to the wilderness of Wild Wolf City, and then went to open up wasteland with the captives. Use labor to wash away sins.

That night, Shia praised Leoric and said: "Your Excellency today is quite like a saint in poetry." Romila also said to him: "As expected of King Leoric, I have never seen someone as great as you politician."

But Leoric shook his head and said, "I don't understand politics, and I can't think of any good policies. Don't call me a politician. Oh, I don't understand economics either. I don't understand anything except war."

Leoric hadn't even been a civil servant in his previous life—he didn't even intend to take the public examination, and he didn't study it systematically, so he was a keyboard politician at best, and he was very self-aware.

"But I know where my power comes from, and I know where the rice in my bowl comes from."

"I am the son of a farmer, and my crown grows from the soil. I will not betray my land, and the people who feed me."

"I don't know who is a saint or not. I only know that people should be like this."

One Bar 771

Chapter 170: The Ruler of Stars

"What? Leoric took Green Lake Port? How is this possible?"

In the scholar's tower, Nicholas, who had always been calm and calm, lost his former demeanor at this time. He jumped up and roared loudly.His fingers trembling with anger, he pointed to the orderly and said:

"Unless everyone in the Northern Expedition had wings, how could they have arrived at Green Lake Port in such a short time? Even if they marched all night without sleep, they couldn't be so fast...Huh? They came by boat?"

The orderly knelt on the ground and cried, "Lord Nicholas, it's not me talking nonsense, but the people from Green Lake Harbor said so! It was said that that morning, Leoric's fleet came up from the Three Curves River, The mighty fleet has no end in sight. There are four flagships, many large ships, and countless small boats, speedboats, and longships! It is also said that the governor and staff resisted tenaciously, but eventually lost to Leoric's lust. Leoric incited the mob and hanged the loyal governor on a tree!"

"Let you go..." Nicholas almost yelled angrily, but he was a maester, so he couldn't utter such swear words easily, so he changed his words and said, "Nonsense! Leoric's Northern Expeditionary Army didn't have a fleet of their own, and all their ships came from The Jia Gebo family seized them, and these boats are all on the Jinsha River! There is no connection between the Jinsha River and the Sanqu River. How did he bring the boats here? Did he go by land? As for the governor, it’s even more nonsense! I’d rather I believe that the captain of Leoric came from land, and I don’t believe that Fat Fish will ‘resist tenaciously’! In short, your information has serious errors, and you should deal with it according to military regulations..."

The messenger hurriedly said, "My lord, spare me!"

Nicholas raised his hand and said, "Come on, shut this guy up in the study!"

Hearing the words "Guan Study Room", the messenger immediately uttered a heart-piercing cry: "My lord, kill me! Kill me!"

Nicholas waved his hand blankly, and the "scholar with a knife" next to him dragged the man away.The orderly wailed and cursed along the way, but Nicholas's expression didn't change.

Close the study room, it is a unique cruel punishment in Bachelor City, the name sounds very gentle, but in fact it makes people feel unbearably painful.The specific operation is to lock the victim into a narrow hut like a vertical coffin, and then invite five old scholars to take turns to lecture and read for him, day and night, and if he falls asleep during the period, use a pointer to get him Wake up, and continue like this until the person inside dies.However, the person imprisoned is not guaranteed to die, he still has a glimmer of life - there will be an exam every night, and the prisoner will be asked to recite the books that the old scholars have read before. If you read this book, you can escape the fate of mortal death.However, no one has been able to do it so far.

Nicholas said that this kind of criminal law is civilized and elegant, far better than those tortures that make blood and blood.

After seeing off the messenger, Nicholas returned to his seat and meditated.

The incense in the room soothed his emotions and allowed him to think about problems peacefully.As the duke, Nicholas' life is not luxurious, but he is full of style.Whether it's the white-crowned parrot quill in the hand, the swamp dragon incense burning in the air, or the hand-woven carpet with flower deer and butterfly patterns under the feet, they all highlight the elegance that a bachelor should have.

The sunlight behind him fell on the table along the window, just enough to illuminate the place where he wrote.Nicholas was thinking, thinking... thinking about why Leoric appeared in Green Water Lake Port.He filtered all the knowledge in his mind, but he couldn't find any ideas that could explain this weird event.Then, he took the map, observed the hydrology of the swamp over and over again, and then asked someone to move the sand table, and repeated the deduction... Leoric, why did he appear in Bishui Bay?This is not logical!

Scholars are mostly stubborn people. The more powerful a scholar is, the more they have a spirit of research.Such illogical things will make his mind stuck like a bug, thinking over and over again... At this time, it seems that the person locked in the study is not the messenger, but Nicholas. bachelor.

In this way, he closed the door and thought for more than two hours. Nicholas was already parched and dizzy.He planned to open the door to ventilate, let his mind rest for a while before thinking.At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside, "Bang bang bang!"

"Come in," said Nicholas.

The one-eyed Flo and the astrologer Sonara entered in turn. The one-eyed Flo was too tall, so when he walked in, he had to bow his head and stoop; The glowing starry crown exudes a chilling chill all over.

The one-eyed Fro said first, "My lord, I heard that Leoric is coming." A terrible light flashed from the huge eyes on Fro's forehead, "When shall we face the battle?"

Nicholas said: "That's how it should be, it's just that Leoric showed up in an unexpected place."

The astrologer asked, "What's going on?"

So Nicholas told the matter to the astrologer Sonara, and the astrologer was also very confused after hearing it, showing a puzzled expression of "how about pyroxene?"Then the two scholars began to "discuss the scriptures" and analyze how Leoric appeared in Green Lake Port.Just like Nicholas, Sonara couldn't figure out what was going on, and as a scholar, she also had the habit of digging into a dead end. The two of them went from slowly discussing to passionate debate, and finally dejected... However, Flo next to him I yawned.

At this time, Flo said: "My lord, now is not the time to do this! Leoric has arrived at Green Lake Port, where we are only one day away, and he may launch an attack at any time!"

Yes, Leoric could call at any time!Only then did Nicholas pull out his own thinking from the endless corners, he suddenly broke out in cold sweat, and his eyes straightened. "That's right, time is running out, time is running out!" I saw him wandering quickly in the small room with his hands behind his back, like a wolf in a cage.The three eyeballs of the one-eyed Foro and the astrologer Sonara also followed Nicholas back and forth.

At this time, there was a noise outside the scholar's tower, Nicholas asked: "What's going on, why is it so noisy outside?"

At the same time, a soldier knocked on the door and came in, saying: "My lord, many soldiers and scholars have come under the scholar's tower and asked you if the rumors are true?"

Nicholas asked, "Rumor? What rumor?"

The soldier said, "Uh, it's about Leoric's attack on the city. The rumors in the city are crazy, saying that a war is going to happen soon! They also say...that we can't beat Leoric."

"What?" Nicholas frowned tightly with her two slender eyebrows, and said, "The matter of Leoric's arrival at Green Lake Port should be military information. How did the people in the city know so quickly? Tells that What the hell is the guy doing?"

The soldiers were silent, at this time the astrologer said: "Some people from Green Lake Port came to the city in the morning, and they probably spread the news."

"it is good."

As Nicholas said, he walked out of the academic tower, and as soon as he went out, he saw many people standing on the "Contemplation Square" under the academic tower.There were soldiers, apprentices, scholars, monks, and ordinary residents in various costumes. People were talking or arguing, but as soon as they saw Nicholas coming, everyone's eyes immediately turned to him.

Then everyone asked questions in a hurry. Various voices mixed with obscure dialect words to form sentences with illogical, grammatical irregularities, and ill-conceived sentences. Nicholas felt sick when he heard it. I have a cleanliness and can't stand such disgusting language.

Nicholas said loudly to the crowd: "Ask the most educated and highest-ranked bachelor among you to come out and let him speak to me on behalf of you."

So an old man came out tremblingly, bowed and said: "This old man dares to talk to Master Nicholas."

"Very well, let's talk."

The old man bowed and said: "A group of merchants came to Bachelor City this morning, saying that Leoric and even Green Lake Port would come to Bachelor City within three days. Master Nicholas dispelled the rumors with his mouth of gold and jade, so as to set the sight straight!"