Wolf King

Chapter 147 The Wolf Emperor's Plot

Marcas was afraid that Sean would learn of Philip's death, so he held back the news and forbade anyone to inform his daughter who had arrived in Bolton's territory. When the position of castella caused Valentine's uproar, Bolton's territory was still very calm.

The position of lord of the Bolton Territory has been vacant for several years. The reason is that this poor place is not only too poor, but also very close to Valentine—all the bottom-level people who can move have gone to Valentine, middle-class people, The small nobles and other well-connected people all rushed to Valentine; the huge territory of nearly [-] square kilometers (smaller than Fujian Province) only sparsely distributed tens of thousands of people, and even the small nobles had only a dozen families left , such a poor earldom who can't even make underwear, it would be hell if someone is willing to take over...

Today, the people of Bolton Land can be considered to have seen a ghost. In the afternoon of this day, an extremely gorgeous and spacious carriage with the earl's family crest on the body drove a team of hundreds of people and hundreds of carriages. Entered the only city in Bolton Territory: Taal City.

The weather during this period of time is not bad, relatively clear, the bumpy road, which has not been leveled for many years, is not too difficult to walk except for the dust and the wind blowing people's faces... But if you are sitting in a carriage If you go up, you will suffer, and it is guaranteed that the bumps will make you spit out the overnight meal.

No matter Sean, Xiao Yun or Laura Philip, they are definitely not the two who are willing to be turned into fools and pretend to be cowardly. On the second day after entering Bolton's territory, the three of them got out of the carriage silently, or rode horses, or followed. , I would rather be covered in wind and sand than have trouble with my own stomach.

Sitting on the back of a short-legged mare, Laura glanced across the empty streets, closed shops, and ragged and emaciated pedestrians by the side of the road, with a very heavy expression on her little face.

"Ayun, as you said, the people in Taal City are no better off than those in those rural towns." Laura said in a low voice, "How could this be? Isn't the city supposed to be better?"

"Flowing water is living water, has vitality, and can bring prosperity." Xiao Yun didn't ride a horse, and walked slowly beside Laura's pony, "Only Valentin can be counted in the kingdom of Cronin. Living water, so Valentine was able to prosper in just 30 to [-] years ago. People yearn for a better life, and those who are trapped in stagnant water will naturally flow to the living water area, and the waves closest to Valentine Dunling actively and passively transfused Valentine's blood for so many years, people ran away, and the remaining economic vitality also ran away, and of course it will be worse than other areas of the Cronin Kingdom."

Laura nodded solemnly, puffed out her small chest, and said with a youthful air, "Grandpa can turn Valentine into living water, and I can also turn Bolton collar into living water."

"Hmm~ That's right, our future countess can definitely do it!" Xiao Yun encouraged with a smile.

Among the group of Philip's youths following behind, some of them looked at the foreign youth who was very close to Miss Laura with complicated eyes...

Markas, the only son of Lord Philip, has always been the target of young people in the family trying to curry favor with him. As for Miss Laura, who is going to marry sooner or later... To be honest, although he will be respectful, not many people will marry her. La took it too seriously.

The young members of the family who were summoned by Lord Philip thought they were going to assist Marcus, but in the end they were assigned to Miss Laura; As a foreigner, Ms. Laura is very close and trusting to this young man of a foreign race, and obeys his words. Even members of their family have retreated, which is so embarrassing...

... If it wasn't for the fact that Xiao Yun was a foreigner and would leave Cronin sooner or later, and Laura was indeed too young, maybe there would be a drama of palace fighting for pets along the way.

"Why does Mr. Philip pass the title to Miss Laura? It's not that there is no one in Philip's family..." A young man couldn't help muttering softly, his eyes were full of envy and hatred.It's no secret in the family that Marcus is a good-for-nothing. It's understandable that Lord Philip is disappointed with Marcus, but it's better to choose a talent in the family than to let the young Laura succeed him!

There were some talents in the younger Philip family, such as Philip's brother's third son, Laura would call Uncle Joe Philip.

Hearing the whispers of the clansmen, Joe Philip deliberately slowed down half a step, looked at the cheap-mouthed kid without any trace, stared fiercely, and then looked forward again.

The talkative guy immediately shut up, the alien kid walking on Laura's left was nothing, and the legendary magician who rode alongside Laura on horseback was no one to offend.

Sean, who covered his face with a cloak, seemed to have not heard the movement behind him, and continued to look at the scene in Taal City with his hands folded.

Thar City, which used to live in tens of thousands of people, lost most of its residents in the past 20 years. Many houses collapsed due to years of disrepair. Even the ruins of houses can be seen on both sides of the main road entering the city. Weeds and thorns, this has to be said to be a spectacle...

The city is so dilapidated that people's lives are naturally quite difficult. After entering the city, the convoy full of supplies escorted by such a huge team actually attracted a lot of bad-looking guys to follow from afar. The trend... If Xiao Yun hadn't placed the particularly intimidating snow wolves on both sides of the convoy, and Hannah (...) with a swollen face at the end led people to press the formation, those green-eyed wolves The guy probably would have swarmed over him.

Walking all the way to the square in front of the city hall, the surrounding buildings are finally decent. Some shops are open, and many citizens or farmers set up stalls to sell odds and ends. They maintain the popularity of the surrounding area and reserve for this dilapidated city. The last trace of dignity.

Seeing this huge unfamiliar convoy, the citizens of Taal City were shocked, and when they found the luxury carriage with the earl's family crest in the convoy, many people stood up in amazement.

Bolton took this hot potato, and finally the Earl took over? !

Not long after, several local officials, whose clothes were still neat but with a lot of patches, came out of the city hall. They humbly bent over and trot to the front of the convoy. The old farmer was even better than the official Cronin; this man looked very angry at the aging voice, stopped far away, and said loudly: "May I ask which adult is here?"

Laura pinched the horse's belly, and the pony kicked a few steps forward: "I am Laura Philip from Philip's family, who is the mayor of Tar City."

The old man was startled, and hastily bent his waist more standardly: "I am the mayor of Tal City, and I am here to welcome Miss Laura."

"I am going to visit you, Mr. Mayor." Laura said, "Please let us enter the city hall to talk."

"Of course, of course." The mayor quickly stepped aside and led the way respectfully.

The motorcade stopped in the square. Laura jumped off the horse and invited Mr. Sean and Mr. Ayun to accompany her. Then she glanced at the Philip family team and named Joe Philip and another cousin.

The youths of the same generation as Laura were suddenly excited, but Laura's uncle, Joe Philip, showed no expression.

The city is dilapidated, and the city hall is not much better... The wallpaper in the hall that should have been prosperous for a while is peeling off, and the wall is barely pasted with white paper. The lampstands on the walls are made of wood...

Laura looked at the hall furnishings with a frown, and looked at the mayor suspiciously: "The king allowed Bolton to keep [-]% of the tax revenue for his own use. Hasn't Taal City had any tax reserves in these years? Why is the city hall dilapidated like this? "

These words are very professional and accurate, which means that the young lady from Philip’s family came here after knowing about the Bolton leader. The mayor’s heart moved, his original guess became more certain, and he quickly made a bitter face: “Miss Laura has I don’t know, originally the Taal City Municipal Government did keep a tax, but when the mayor left office last year...not only emptied the warehouse, but also stripped the gold leaf from the walls, claiming that it would not be enough to make up for the loss... I was originally the sheriff of Taal City, and the council no longer dispatched the mayor to serve as a temporary concurrent post."

The corners of Laura’s mouth twitched... Resisting not to look at Sean and Xiao Yun, she walked to the seat with a straight face and sat down, and said: "Our Philip family is preparing to take over Bolton’s territory, my grandfather sent me to check on Bolton Don’t worry about the situation. It’s great that you stood up for Taal City in times of crisis, I think you should know enough about Taal City, so let’s talk about the situation in the city.”

The mayor raised his eyelids in surprise and took a sneak peek at the young lady of the Countess. Seeing that she looked calm and serious, and could not see anything, he quickly pulled himself together, stood up straight and reported the situation to the lady.

Xiao En was very satisfied with Laura's performance, and nodded appreciatively. Xiao Yun also felt that this little girl really lived up to his saliva these past few days. Children from extreme families will have a greater sense of crisis and a greater possibility of becoming talents, because instinct will tell these poor children that they have no one to rely on...

Joe Philip, who was standing quietly by the side, didn't look very good. His eyes stayed on Xiao Yun's face for a moment, then shifted to Xiao En, and silently lowered his eyelids—Laura, who was originally just a naive and romantic little girl, just now How long has it been so long to understand Enwei Qixia, this kind of political means can only come from the teachings of that legendary magician.

Joe Philip clenched his fists quietly, a deep sense of unwillingness surfaced in his heart... just because he was born in the main branch, such a little girl can easily obtain such good resource support!

Laura sits more casually, which is also Xiao Yun's guidance. Her identity has natural advantages, and there is no need to be tense at any time to make people mistakenly think that she has no confidence; Aggressive but able to show her focus; when the reporter hints that she has encountered injustice or a villain, she will not easily express her position and express her likes and dislikes, because the person who makes the decision cannot be encouraged by just listening to one side of the story.

"...I see." Listening to the part-time mayor's complaint for a long time, Laura's expression did not change at all, she pondered for a while, and then said, "Tal City's situation is very bad, I think we should give priority to What I'm thinking about is how to restore the vitality of the residents in the city. Please Mr. Barlow find some vacant houses to accommodate my entourage and my convoy. I want to borrow the city hall to hold a dinner later. I hope that Mr. Barlow can bring the officials in the city Please come here with all the nobles, I need to know how many families are left in Taal City."

Barlow was a little disappointed that he didn't get the promise to continue serving as the mayor, but he was pleasantly surprised that the lady of the earl's family was still willing to value him, so he didn't say anything, even claimed that he was, and invited the female clerk of the city hall to entertain Miss Laura. , I ran out to settle the convoy myself.

Loli heaved a sigh of relief, the first hurdle had passed, and she looked at Xiao Yun excitedly.

Xiao Yun gave her a thumbs up.

Xiao Yun didn't say directly how to arrange the original officials, but just gave her some hints to see how the little girl would deal with it; now it seems that Laura Philip is still very talented, and she instinctively knows how to deal with it. Carrot hanging up front and making the local bureaucracy work for her.

Cutting down the original team as soon as it comes up can grab Thar City more quickly, but it will also cause the locals of Bolton to be divorced from her, so it is necessary to use locals appropriately... The so-called emperor once A courtier does not mean replacing all the courtiers, people from different factions have to stay, otherwise it is easy to play tricks—this is how Chongzhen crippled himself.

To be a leader does not need to be proficient in everything. Knowing how to employ people is more suitable for being a general manager than knowing how to do things... Uh... as a team leader, Laura, who is at the age of absorbing knowledge very quickly, can undoubtedly understand Xiao Yun's guiding spirit. Next This kind of wisdom of employing people is brought into full play:

After meeting the local people at the dinner, all the local officials can keep are put in the position of managing people, and all the people they bring are used for managing affairs.

The local officials will organize the active members of the citizens to come to the city hall in batches to learn the business philosophy and operation model taught by the Snow Wolf Clan. After learning the outstanding citizens, they will formally join the Philip family (Miss Lola) and release them as the future lord. Responsible for the retail terminals of various people's livelihood materials, and promote the benevolent reputation of Philip's family; Development and utilization, how the local people's livelihood is...etc.

It took half a month to arrange work for both sides, and Miss Laura was so tired that she could hardly stand up... If Xiao Yun hadn't been hanging on her with grandpa's expectations, this noble lady might have to go on strike.

"It's good to be busy. Everyone has something to do, so I don't have the energy to trouble you." In the room in the backyard of the city hall that was slightly tidied up, Xiao Yun smiled, "Look, Laura, your uncles originally Cousin has always been a bit obedient to you, and now they are being driven around like dogs by you, who has time to gossip?"

Laura didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Ayun, you are so annoying, I don't treat my brothers like dogs!"

"It's almost there~" Xiao Yun drank tea leisurely, "You can't be idle now, take advantage of the free time of those local officials and the group of adventurers is still there, quickly organize your manpower to catch all the idlers wandering on the street... Come together, it’s time to build roads, build dilapidated houses, and dilapidated Taal City, so the locals can’t do urban construction work?”

"You slipped your tongue! You meant to catch them, didn't you!" Laura pointed her little finger over sharply.

"Don't worry about the details..."

"But gather them together to take care of the food, where can I find so much food for them to eat?" Laura laughed for a while, then thought of a serious question.

Xiao Yun is really satisfied with this registered disciple. Although he was a little coquettish before, now he knows the spirit of being pragmatic after being in touch with the real things, and said with a smile: "We don't have food, but those local nobles have it~ Don't look at Bolton's virtue of being so poor. , the mansions and manors of noble families are as luxurious as they come... You call them together and make it clear that this is a voluntary project for the urban construction of Taal City. Every family must contribute money and food, and the manor farm will be confiscated if it does not come out. Anyway You are Miss Jiaojiao from Philip's family, what's wrong with being self-willed, even if those little nobles try their best to sue to the noble council, for the sake of Philip's family taking over Bolton to lead this mess, the council will not give them face... "

"W-Will this be too much?!" Laura was startled.

"It's too much, it's just confiscating the manor farm and not taking their title~ If someone blatantly rebels against you, it's just right, wait for your grandfather to come over, and take the title to those old people who have followed your grandfather for decades to develop Valentine A hero, isn't it very safe." Xiao Yun didn't care.If you have no power or power, you just put your tail between your legs and be a man. If you have power, power and manpower, you can just mess around!

Laura thought about it seriously and nervously for a while, and said painfully, "Although what you said is too good, it seems that I can only do what you said."

"Ah, ah, it's good to talk about kindness when you're bragging, but if you really want to talk about kindness, you can't do anything. You have seen how poor the yeoman in Bolton Territory on the way we came, and the family If you can’t find two pieces of clothes, if you don’t sleep with pigs and cows, you will freeze to death in winter. After all this, the local nobles can still find ways to squeeze oil and water from the farmers, wishing to turn all the farmers into their own serfs... "Xiao Yun sneered and said, "Let me tell you, the drastic reduction in the population of Bolton Territory has eliminated the problem of outflowing Valentines, and there is also the problem of local nobles preventing the Bolton people from reproducing. If you want Bolton Territory to develop and become a living water, These parasites have to kill Jitian."

Xiao Yun's words were very murderous, but Laura nodded subconsciously. Although she didn't accept them all, she could understand and agree with them a little bit--City Lord Philip is not good at raising a son, and the ability to govern the city is in Xiao Yun's opinion. It's too bad, but if compared with the nobles in this world, it can indeed be taller. At least in the manor owned by Philip's family, there are basically no serfs, and they are all self-cultivating farmers.

Well, the self-cultivators in this world do not mean that the land belongs to them, but that they can lease land from the lord as free people (and serve the lord, that is, do white labor), and when they meet the lord who eats better, others If you are unlucky and bankrupt, life is better than that of serfs.

After fooling Laura to continue working, Xiao Yun went back to the room with his hands behind his back, and was startled by Xiao En's gloomy old face as soon as he entered the door.

Before Xiao Yun could open his mouth, Sean handed over a letter. The legendary magician's voice and hands trembled slightly: "Ayun, this is a letter from Primo...Marcus, killed his father."

It wasn't that Xiao Yun hadn't foreseen this at all, but he was shocked the moment he heard this—with Philip's political wisdom, how could he be succeeded by Marcus so quickly and easily? !

Hastily walked over to take the letter, bowed his head and unfolded it.

"...I don't understand." Returning the letter to the other party, he tried his best to put on a face of confusion, confusion, and disbelief, "What did Primo say in the letter? Is it true? How is it possible?"

There is a difference between fake shock and real shock, Xiao Yun didn't dare to bet on whether Xiao En could still have subtle observation ability under grief, so he could only lead him to talk more.

"Plimo also... can't believe it. He and Philip have never gotten along very well, but after all, they have known each other for many years... After Philip was assassinated in the street, he stayed in Valentine to investigate the matter and did not come to us." Sean's voice was choked with grief, "Philip was killed by an assassin from Bradrick's mainland, and the assassin who hired this assassin was a nobleman who had a feud with Philip...Plimo didn't believe that such a down-and-out nobleman would assassinate a The courage of an earl, after squatting for several days, he discovered that...the nobleman who was so downcast that his manor was almost ruined, the money to hire assassins came from Lamia."

After a pause, Sean's tone became cold and gritted his teeth: "At Philip's funeral, Eddie of Lamia presented Marcus with [-] gold coins for the funeral."

Xiao Yun covered his forehead with his hand, and sat down slowly: "Calm down, Sean...Maybe the Lamia Chamber of Commerce thinks that it is easier to control if Markas becomes the city lord, so they act rashly...Maybe it is not with Marcus is involved. After all, Marcus is Philip's only son."

"Heh, heh." Sean was so angry that the muscles on his face were twitching, "Yes, everyone who knows him knows how much Philip loves Marcas—if Primo hadn't seen Philip step down as city lord with his own eyes. After the news spread, Marcus ran to the Lamia Chamber of Commerce and was rejected by that Eddie, and Primo couldn't believe it... there is such a stupid thing!!"

Xiao Yun fell silent. The Lamia Chamber of Commerce will not be careless in doing things. If Lamia knows that Philip has the idea of ​​giving up Valentine's position and puts it into practice, then what will the Lamia people do? He must be doing his best to support his own people in seeking this position... The only one who can do such a stupid thing is really except Markas.

Regarding Philip's death, Lamia may be the one who regrets the most now—with Philip's political wisdom, after submitting a transfer application to the noble council, he will definitely take the initiative to let the wind out, and use this opportunity to make a final profit for his family before retiring. Take advantage, after all, no matter which faction the new city owner comes from, if he wants to take over Valentine smoothly, he has to win the support of his old city owner.

With the political resources of the Lamia Chamber of Commerce, the chances of competing for the position of the new city lord are relatively high, but they were tricked by Markas, a guy who cares nothing about his head... So they should have won the moon first, but they were better than Wangcheng. It's a step slower over there, I guess Lamia's life has torn Marcus' heart...

This is true, no matter how old and cunning a person is, he can't prevent the knife stabbed by his dearest person, and no matter how beautiful the basic disk is, it will be mischievous by a fool in the nest.Xiao Yun shook his head, raised his head and looked at Xiao En: "Has the truth of Primo's investigation been made public?"

"No." Sean shook his head, "But the duke sent by the parliament has arrived in Valentine and is investigating Philip's assassination... That idiot Marcus has left behind many lies waiting to be caught."

"We will do our best to cover up this matter, Sean." Xiao Yun said in a deep voice, "My father murdered my grandfather, this shocking scandal will be a fatal blow to Laura's political reputation and the entire Philip family Philip was murdered by the Lamia Chamber of Commerce, and he can only be murdered by the Lamia Chamber of Commerce!"

Sean closed his eyes and said nothing.Although he knew that Ayun was thinking about his old friend's granddaughter and family, he was really angry at what Markas had done, and the knot in his heart couldn't be untied.

"I envy you and Philip's friendship very much, Sean, I can understand your anger towards Markas, an unworthy son. But for Philip's granddaughter, for Laura, Markas cannot bear the stigma of patricide." Xiao Yun Shaking his head, he said firmly, "Punishing Markas is very simple, but you must not let Markas implicate the reputation of Philip's family, especially Laura. Otherwise, Laura's inheritance rights will be questioned, and perhaps Philip's family will You can't even keep the earl title!"

Sean suddenly opened his eyes, took a few deep breaths to force himself to control his emotions, and said with a wry smile, "You're right, Ayun, Philip has already gone... We have to protect his granddaughter."

Xiao Yun let out a sigh of relief, it’s good that Xiao En can turn this corner, otherwise all the hard work these days has been in vain: “Lola is very smart, based on her performance in Thar City, we can believe that she can Take on the responsibility of Philip's family. But she is still young, as Philip's friend, I think we should give her some help..."

Be ruthless and sit back and watch the tragedy of human relations happen. The former Xiao Yun would never have done such a thing... If it were the former Xiao Yun, after he was shocked to find this possibility on the day he left Valentine, he would definitely find an excuse to let Xiao Yun En went back to guard Philip.

If Xiao En assisted Philip in warning of Marcas's attempt in advance and abolished this guy, then Yu Xiao Yun's plan would not be affected. Philip would definitely be hit hard when this happened, and he might be hindered when he used methods against Xiao Yun in the future. It will be greatly reduced; Xiao Yun was not very optimistic that the idiot young master Marcus could beat Philip in the first place. In his prediction, the father and son had a half-and-half chance of winning.

But in the final analysis...Compared to Philip, an old nobleman with rich political experience, the young Laura is more suitable to be the Cronin agent of the snow wolf clan.Considering this possibility, Xiao Yun chose to keep silent.

Xiao Yun's expectations for the Bolton Territory are not just a place to sell goods and a window for foreign information. When necessary, the Bolton Territory can also be a retreat for the Snow Wolf Clan; and the Bolton Territory is not as far away as St. Bridge, When the situation is irretrievable, it only takes one month for Xiao Yun to safely transfer all the clansmen to Bolton.

There are two ends of the scale, one side is the safe retreat of the Snow Wolf clan, which may be used as capital for a comeback, and the other side is Philip's life. It is obvious which side to choose.

The author has something to say: Thank you for the nutrient solution thrown by the readers!

Today I wrote about our black-bellied and cold side of Ayun, please don’t dislike him_(:з」∠)_

Xiao Yun: What can I do? If I don't have a bad heart, do I expect those silly, white and sweet people to have a bad heart? !I'm taking the scapegoat of the whole family on my back!