The day after Elsa was out of danger, Vincent issued a notice in the castle early in the morning.

In fact, after arriving in the territory, Vincent often posted notices in the castle.

Sometimes if it feels unsatisfactory, the lord will ask the Jushi Chamber of Commerce to work overtime to print some printed matter, and then ask the group of children adopted by the church to post small notes all over the city.

As long as you are in or outside the city, there is nothing you can’t see unless you don’t want to see it.

Generally speaking, the content in the announcement is either about toy releases or competition news, and there is nothing related to territory management.

It is a private matter for the lord not to seek advancement, and the people are used to it, so naturally they won't care.

Anyway, if you can get toys to earn copper coins, or participate in competitions to earn bonuses, as long as the people have a mouth, they will spare no effort to promote these ridiculous news as the lord's virtues.

However, this time the citizens who wanted to see news about the new competition or gifts from Miss Niniya will be disappointed.

When the news was read out by territorial officials or literate people, everyone felt a sense of astonishment.

Huh? Has the lord changed his gender and started doing serious business?

The notice announced that Lord Vincent, in order to reduce the price of goods in the territory and reorganize the market order of Silver Dragon Castle, plans to rectify commercial taxation from now on, focusing on checking tax arrears, tax evasion, smuggling and sales of prohibited items and other violations.

Once the above illegal activities are discovered, the law will be strictly enforced and violations will be prosecuted, ranging from fines and confiscation to arrest and interrogation in serious cases.

As soon as the news was released, ordinary people breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the recent feud between the lords and merchants in the territory had led to rising prices, which had made the ordinary people miserable.

In fact, they also knew very well that the demon lord and his undead subordinates could just suck the magic stones and not eat, so they didn't have to worry about whether the people who ate the food were alive or dead.

Therefore, even if this was just to deal with the merchants, the people also supported the lord's decision to lower prices.

Ordinary people only pay poll tax and no commercial tax at all. No matter how strict these measures are, they will not be affected.

On the contrary, merchants controlled goods and trade routes, and had a far greater influence on prices than lords.

In the eyes of the people, vampire profiteers and demon lords are the same species, and it is best to fight each other to the death.

Therefore, whether it is out of genuine expectations for price reductions or out of a curiosity that is not too big a deal, the public generally supports the lords in regulating the market so that everyone can buy cheap goods.

In addition, the lord obviously understood the struggle strategy of "uniting the majority and attacking the small group", and he added an understanding sentence in the announcement.

“Report and verify and there will be rewards!”

After more than a month of getting along with each other, although Vincent did not do anything benevolent or righteous in building bridges or repairing roads, he at least did what he said and did not give out any discounts when distributing copper coins and competition bonuses.

The people cannot stand without faith.

Even if he is a demon, the people still trust the lord to fulfill his promise.

Many people saw opportunities in this, and out of selfish motives or hatred, they secretly found the lord's castle, hoping to report the illegal activities of profiteers to Vincent.

Even Vincent didn't know that these people could have so much resentment against their own clan that they had to go to the demon clan to complain.

In this situation where public sentiment was boiling, before Vincent took any action, the anti-lord business group headed by Boss Luke of the Southern Chamber of Commerce had already realized the seriousness of this problem.

However, this is not a conspiracy at all, but a conspiracy.

The tax collection in the territory is reasonable and legal, and even the gods will not think there is anything wrong with it.

No monarch or judge can deny the correctness of rectifying business, recovering tax arrears, and strictly investigating smuggling.

Even if the demons want to use this to cause trouble, it is reasonable and in line with the people's sentiments.

The tactics that businessmen used to play the race and history cards on public opinion will not work this time either.

As for sealing people's mouths and preventing them from reporting, it is even more unworkable. There are tens of thousands of people living inside and outside Silver Dragon Castle, and it is simply impossible to threaten and bribe them all.

The entire Silver Dragon Castle has been set on fire by the lord's decree, directly transferring the people's resentment from the demons to the merchants.

The demons have been forced to work diligently by profiteers, can the people still support them?

The lords are ready to make decisions for the people, and the merchants can only quickly restrain their subordinates, collect easily discovered evidence, and then consider lowering prices slightly.

However, for some unknown reason, Luke, the president of the Southern Chamber of Commerce, seems to be in a very bad mood recently. He is always absent-minded and does not consider accepting suggestions for temporary concessions or showing kindness to the lord at all.

In return, he even ordered a significant reduction in the amount of supplies brought by the Chamber of Commerce into the city.

Although I don't know why Luke is so tough, other businessmen obviously don't have that much confidence.

In the evening of that day, many merchants' shops began to cross out the prices on the price list and replace them with lower prices.

In addition, in the black market in the city, there are also many items of unknown origin that are being sold at low prices.

All this is in Vincent's eyes.

It's a pity that he is a devil and will not be merciful after being insulted.

Moreover, he is not a traditional demon who despises the people, he is a non-mainstream lord who insists on following the mass line from the beginning.

On the day Elsa woke up, Vincent did not pay all his attention to her. He put down his beloved toys and made rare arrangements for two political affairs in the territory.

First of all, Vincent sent his idol Ninia Walder to appear, leading a large group of skeletons to hang banners on the streets, and launched a parade with great fanfare.

The news that territorial idol Niniya took to the streets instantly aroused public sentiment.

All of a sudden, the people in Silver Dragon Castle poured into the streets, crowding all the roads she passed.

Of course, the theme must keep up with current events. People have seen those propaganda banners, some of which say "It is honorable to pay taxes, and it is shameful to evade taxes", and some say "take from the people, use it for the people".

Of course, the most direct banner clearly read, "If you don't pay taxes, God and God will be outraged. If you dare to resist taxes, you will be dead."

In addition to Vincent's skeleton army, there were also orphans who had taken money and took to the streets from the church.

This time, they showed off their not very proficient but still eye-catching singing skills. They made the tax slogans given to them by the lord into a song and sang along.

When these teams passed by, some guilty merchants closed their shops directly.

This behavior of not having three hundred taels of silver here made the onlookers point their fingers, as if they had painted a bull's-eye on themselves.

However, as Lord Vincent often said, human beings' joys and sorrows are not the same. Some people are frightened, while others raise their hands and cheer.

The lord's good friend, the barbarian Schnee Kuster, also received the news in advance.

Before the parade started, she cleaned all the stores of the Jushi Merchant Guild in the city, placed a large number of products, and followed the lord's suggestion and directly put up a "20% off sale" sign.

In front of the main store of the Jushi Chamber of Commerce, there is even a signboard said to have been handwritten by the lord, with eight characters written on it that no one can understand - "Genuine goods at a reasonable price, no children can be deceived."

Many years later, when facing the tribe members, clan leader Schnee Kuster would still recall that distant afternoon when the lord hung the sign on the door of the Chamber of Commerce.

However, that is all a story for later.

The people were inspired by the massive propaganda, and more people were infected and joined the demonstrations, turning all kinds of unsatisfactory life into dissatisfaction with prices.

If it weren't for the lord's subordinates to maintain order, this propaganda petition would definitely turn into smashing, looting and burning.

"We must pay attention to the strategy of struggle. We must fight with words first, not with force." Vincent said to the lichs earnestly, "How can a good thing like fighting by force be allowed to be stolen by others?"

That night, Vincent received the report that the people of Silver Dragon Castle gathered in front of the lord's castle and demanded that the lord carry out rectification operations as soon as possible to wipe out all the unscrupulous merchants.

Even though many of the people here are sent by the Church, the Mage Guild and the Jushi Chamber of Commerce, no one can deny that this is unprecedented public support in the history of Silver Dragon Castle.

"Lord, what should I do if they perjured themselves and refused to admit it?" Someone shouted below the castle, "Will you let the treacherous people go?"

"People, justice may be late, but it will never be absent." Vincent waved enthusiastically to the people and announced loudly using amplification magic, "Evil people will have their own demons to grind."

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of swaying white figures rose up behind him, fluttering and swaying in the night wind, and making strange and unsettling sounds.
Chapter completed!