Soon, Sean led the team to the outside of Hetan Town.
Looking from a distance, one can see the joyful townspeople and Windsor standing on the top of the watch tower.
Sean waved to Windsor, and Windsor immediately told the townspeople below about Sean's arrival.
Immediately there was another burst of cheers, and the townspeople looked expectantly in the direction of Sean.
…
But at this moment, Matthew behind Sean suddenly sat up from his horse, with fighting spirit all over his body, causing the horse under him to bleed and fall to the ground.
Matthew came to his senses and quickly used his fighting spirit to help treat the horse's injuries. The horse did not die immediately and struggled to stand up.
Sean smiled at Matthew and said, "Matthew, have you finished your research?"
"Yes, the research has been successful, but the details need to be gradually improved." Matthew smiled.
On the way to Shuisong Town, Matthew has been experimenting with a special fighting qi technique, which is said to be suitable for the constitution of the people of the Sunflower Principality.
Now that his experiment has been successful, he can give this set of exercises to the residents of the Sunflower Principality in Sean's territory for use.
...
Matthew looked at his surroundings and floated into the sky:
"Sean, have we arrived at Water Pine Town?"
"Well, that's it." Sean pointed forward.
Matthew glanced ahead and couldn't help but marveled: "Sean, I didn't expect your reputation in Shuipong Town to be so high. All the townspeople came out to greet you!"
As Matthew spoke, he flew high into the sky to observe whether there were any hidden assassins among the crowd below.
...
The residents of Shuipong Town were shouting Sean's name warmly, but when they saw Matthew flying in the air, the crowd suddenly became quiet.
A strong man in the sky!
This is a sky-level powerhouse!
To ordinary farmers, the sky-level powerhouse was like a god. Many farmers knelt down and paid homage to Matthew.
Especially the five baron families, their faces became even paler.
If Sean had only brought Windsor, a silver-level powerhouse, they might still be able to find a chance to resist.
Seeing Matthew in the sky, they gave up resistance completely.
...
Matthew glanced around and found no assassins above the silver level, and said to Sean:
"Sean, what do you plan to do with these nobles?"
Sean also spotted several barons kneeling on the ground trembling, thought for a while and said:
"It's better to postpone dealing with them for a while. I have to deal with the problems of the people in the town first."
After Windsor came over, Sean shouted to the townspeople:
"Hello everyone! I am your new lord Sean Violet, and Water Pine Town will be under my management from now on.
Many of you should know my character, I have always stood on the side of ordinary townspeople, and I will never treat you badly!"
Windsor used his fighting spirit to amplify Sean's voice and clearly reached the ears of every town citizen.
Suddenly there was a burst of warm cheers again.
...
Sean's sharp eyes saw Old Sam standing at the front of the crowd and the golden badge on his chest, and knew that he was one of the farmers who were let go.
So Sean said to old Sam:
"Old man, how much grain do you usually pay for farming?"
Old Sam didn't expect that the respected lord would actually take the initiative to talk to him, and stammered in reply:
"In the past... ten years ago, we collected about one-third. But recently, the lord... Viscount Mill, collected grain and grass by force and collected more than two-thirds. Many people have
I'm hungry, alas!"
Hearing what Old Sam said, many farmers wiped their eyes sadly and looked at Sean helplessly, hoping that Sean would collect less grain and give them a way to survive.
Sean nodded, and then said loudly to all the townspeople:
"Now that Brodie Mills, who exploited you, is dead, I will establish a new order in Water Pine Town!
And I also want to regard Shuisong Town as a reform pilot. From now on, all the land in Shuisong Town will belong to the territory!"
The townspeople didn't understand what Sean meant.
What does it mean that the land belongs to the territory? Will it allow them to have food in the future?
The townspeople waited quietly for Sean's explanation, and Sean immediately said:
"After the land is owned by the territory, I will allocate cultivable fields to you based on your head.
You only need to pay ten percent of the food produced in the fields, and you can keep the rest! And I guarantee that this tax rate will not increase in 20 years!"
Of course, there are still some disadvantages to dividing the fields equally. After all, some fields are fertile, some are barren, some have easy access to water, and some have inconvenient transportation, so adjustments must be made according to local conditions.
But when they heard that only one-tenth of the tax was collected, the townspeople opened their eyes in surprise:
"Did I hear correctly? Only one-tenth of the charge?!"
"That means we can keep 90% of the food for ourselves?"
"My God of Light! Will the harvest in one year be greater than that in two years?"
"His Royal Highness Sean is truly our savior!"
...
The farmers were so happy that they knelt down and kowtowed to Sean. Their cries and laughter mingled together.
But the four baron families immediately became unwilling.
They have a huge amount of the most fertile land in their hands, and they can maintain their luxurious life just by hiring farmers to work.
Now I heard that Sean wanted to take back all the land, which means that all their land will be taken away?
The four barons panicked, winked at each other, and walked towards Sean together.
The leader, a middle-aged male aristocrat wearing luxurious aristocratic clothing, took out a beautifully packaged box and said:
"Your Highness Sean, we are the nobles who manage 12 villages under Shuisong Town. Each of our families has deposited 500 gold coins in Anjou Bank. The total is 2,000 gold coins. I hope you will not be too short."
The baron said as he handed the exquisite box to Sean.
Sean did not answer, but said calmly:
"I know what your purpose is, but it's too late. No matter what you say, the reform must be implemented!
Within three days, you must hand over all the land in your hands to the territorial government, otherwise..."
Sean glanced at Matthew in the sky, and Matthew cooperated and released his fighting spirit to press him over.
The baron suddenly panicked:
"No! Lord! Our whole family depends on hiring people to farm, and we have no source of income. What should we do?"
Sean patted the baron's shoulder calmly, and then said to the four barons who came together:
"You helped Brody form an army to attack us. I have treated you very well by not confiscating all your property!
There are only two paths before you now:
1. Use family property to transform business;
Chapter completed!