Chapter 252：

The small town of Butuya is the capital of the Earl of Bairdin. In September last year, Earl Garnard, who ruled Bairdin, encountered a vassal rebellion, but the lord's ally, Earl Greman of Arda next door, led the army in one fell swoop. The ambitions of the four traitors were shattered, and the battle took place outside Butuya city. Many people heard a rumbling sound, and then Butuya changed hands.

Since then, the army of Arda has taken over the city, and the two lords who are all brothers have reached an agreement that the government of Arda will be in charge of the government affairs of the two domains.

Some people may have the idea that "Bailding was annexed by Arda", but most of the people of Bairdin didn't have a bad feeling about it at the beginning. Anyway, they all work and pay taxes, and whoever will be the lord Aren't they all the same?

But gradually, more and more people felt that Bairding was different from before.

First, a group of political officials were sent from Huxin Town, and with the cooperation of the Arda army stationed there, a "severe crackdown" was carried out. A large number of hooligans were arrested and sent to work in the mine.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes were abolished. The official statement is that the previous exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes were all secretly set up by the former chief minister Angelo, one of the vassals who participated in the rebellion, behind the back of Earl Garnard, and both Earl Garnard and his deceased father Blinded by this bad seed.

Now the residents of Butuya are very happy. In the past, they had to pay taxes when they got married, they had to pay taxes for funerals, they had to pay taxes when they brought extra things into and out of the city gate, and so on... Even if they grew their beards longer, they had to pay taxes. Although the tax you pay each time will not empty your wallet, it can't stand the variety of names. It's better now, and I can finally have more money on hand.

After the establishment of the new administrative system, wealthy merchants, large and small, all ran to the feudal mansion, and the news spread that they wanted to revitalize industry and commerce and vigorously develop trade.

Afterwards, a recruitment notice was posted in the city. It was said that there was a factory to be set up, and the salary offered was very attractive, attracting many people to sign up enthusiastically.

The iron mines and coal mines owned by the Gardner family have also expanded their production scale and absorbed a large wave of labor.

Due to tax reforms, the small town of Butuya has gradually begun to attract foreign businessmen. They brought a wealth of foreign goods, and took away local specialties such as canned food and paper from Bairdin. In fact, they cannot be said to be local specialties. Because Arda next door is also producing these things, but obviously the production capacity there cannot satisfy these foreign businessmen.

With the abundance of foreign goods, the competition among similar goods has reduced the price day by day, which has improved the quality of life of residents in Butuya.

The above-mentioned changes are welcome by the general public.

If you want to say that the changes that make people uncomfortable, there are also a few. For example, a series of new regulations that people think are too lenient, especially heavy fines for littering and open defecation, have caused a large number of people in the city to suffer bad luck because of such bans.

But overall, the changes are in a good direction.

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In the hall of Lord Bairding's mansion, two people were sitting at a large table having dinner.

Sitting at the head seat was the lord of Bairding—Earl Myron Garnard. Sitting next to him was Baron Andrew, who had recently returned to the territory and was the only vassal of the Garnard family.

Baron Andrew led Bairding's armed force to the south of King Qin last year, and joined Princess Catherine's team to fight against the rebels. Due to his outstanding performance in the battle to recover the capital, when the granary caught fire and King Qin's army was disbanded, he and his The soldiers under his command were left behind.

When Huxin Town just took over Bairding, due to its weak control, it was very worried that the baron leader who had been on the battlefield would cause trouble when he came back, so under Paul's "instruction", Mellon gave Andrew The Baron wrote a letter.

The letter briefly mentioned the rebellion of the four shameless vassals, and emphasized that the rebellion was a joke, and it was smashed in half a day, so that Andrew did not have to worry at all. At the end of the letter, Mellon also asked him to assist the royal family in the name of the lord Until the rebellion is put down, to show the Garnard family's loyalty to the royal family.

It was only then that Andrew realized that Angelo and the others strongly recommended him to lead the troops to the south at that time, perhaps in a sense of diverting the tiger away from the mountain, and letting himself, a vassal loyal to the Garnard family, lead the soldiers of the Garnard family far away , it is convenient for them conspirators to do it.

So should I continue to stay under the command of the princess or go back to protect the lord? Andrew struggled in his heart. He was quite ambitious in his heart and longed to make achievements on the battlefield. However, when the lord was in danger, he was not by his side, which made him feel very guilty. Although the rebellion has been shattered with the help of Lord Earl and his brothers, it is inevitable that something will happen in the future.

After thinking about it for a while, Andrew decided to stay. He was not reconciled to the fact that he had just shown his talents and continued to go back to the northwest bay to nest Andrew let go of the burden in his heart. According to the description of the royal family representative, the Earl has been living quite comfortably recently, and he doesn't need to worry about it at all.

However, just as he was about to go south with Her Royal Highness to suppress the rebellion, news came from the northwest that the Kent family was fighting against the Anti-Kent Alliance, and Bairdin joined the Anti-Kent Alliance with Arda.

Andrew naturally knew what the Kent family was, so he couldn't help but worry about his hometown and his lord.

The last time An Qiluo and others rebelled, he felt that he had already neglected his duties. The news of the resumption of the war in the Northwest Gulf made his heart no longer calm.

So the baron bid farewell to the princess, and embarked on the road home with his soldiers of Bairding.

After returning to Bairding, I found out that Paul Grammy next door didn't just help his allies crush the rebellion...

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Myron and Andrew ate in silence. Neither of them was a talkative person, and the atmosphere in the hall was always dull.

"Master Earl!"

Andrew suddenly raised his head and looked at his master.

"What's matter?"

"After I came back, I felt that there were many things that were wrong."

"Oh? Let me hear it."

Andrew paused, and said: "It is very inappropriate to let Arda's [Government Council] rule the two places. Lord Earl, please forgive me for speaking harshly. What is the difference between this situation and making you a vassal of the Greiman family?" ?”

"Is there any more?"

"There is also the issue of our Bairding's defense. Let soldiers from other territories guard your own territory. Can you sleep at night?"

Speaking of this, Andrew's eyes widened in disbelief.