Chapter 530 Aini's Wealth

“To defend a city, it’s never the walls, but the people.

Therefore, I not only need you to make achievements in domestic affairs, but also need you to make achievements in the military.

I have found the soldiers for you. Many nobles who want to surrender to me are still imprisoned in the dungeon of Conaston.

You can optionally accept the surrender of these people, provided they hand over their territory.

Of course, just by giving up the ownership of the territory, they can still control their respective territories and even have most of the income in the territory.

It's just that I need to unify these territories. They will implement a unified system, a unified law, a unified policy, and they will only listen to my voice. "

Jimmy swallowed. He didn't expect Xu Lai to have such thoughts. Was he going to directly break the aristocratic culture that had been passed down for thousands of years?

"My lord, no one will agree to your request."

Xu Lai frowned and said, "What? Is my request too much?

Since they have surrendered to me, of course they can only listen to my voice, and I still return the territory to them. They don't have to do anything to get the benefits of the territory for free. Is there any dissatisfaction with this? "

Jimmy thought for a while and said: "You take away the freedom they value most, and it will make them feel that they are no longer the masters of the territory. This is what the nobles value most."

"What matters most? Is it more important than their own lives?"

Jimmy swallowed and said: "That's not clear. Probably, maybe, there is no such thing."

Xu Lai sneered and said: "Whether they are more important than my own life or not, I don't care.

The first thing after the establishment of the new legion was to wipe out all the prairie nobles, including Count Aini.

By agreeing, they could save some trouble and continue to enjoy the rest of their wealthy life. "

"Then if you don't agree."

Even though he knew the answer, Jimmy still couldn't help but ask.

After looking at Jimmy, Xu Lai replied: "Actually, I hope they won't agree, so that I can take back all the cities in the grassland and manage them in a unified way.

As for them, of course there is no need to exist. Let them be judged by the people under their rule. "

"Sir, law enforcement and judicial power are the sacred and natural rights of nobles. Don't you even have this in your own hands?"

Xu Lai said with a smile: "We will talk about this later. At this stage, there are not many civilians who are even literate, and we still need these nobles to assist.

As long as they are willing, officials such as sheriffs, judges, city lords and other important positions can be handed over to them.

But if they think that I can only use the words of nobles like them, don't be polite to me. Even if you kill them all, it's best to leave none of them for me. "

Jimmy looked at Xu Lai speechlessly, is this polite?

Moreover, Xu Lai was so harsh on the nobles that Jimmy inevitably felt sad.

At this time, Xu Lai didn't bother to take care of Jimmy's mood, so it happened to keep him awake.

Xu Lai continued: "When the teleportation array is built, I will leave Conaston, and I will hand everything over to you.

You can set off when your legion is ready. If you find it difficult, please inform me at any time and I will come and sit in for you. "

If Xu Lai is in charge, if nothing else, at least the attributes will be greatly improved.

Jimmy had never fought with Xu Lai, and he didn't know how terrifying the attributes Xu Lai could give him.

Even Lena and Jimmy can only cooperate with each other.

At the beginning, he was neither Rena's subordinate nor joined Reina's legion, so he could not enjoy the attribute blessing from Reina.

The most Jimmy can know is that Rena's attributes should be far stronger than Aini's.

Otherwise, there is a large gap in the number of soldiers on both sides. Even if there are fewer high-level soldiers and lower morale, they should not be so crushed by the other side.

Reina's attribute bonuses are already so exaggerated. Xu Lai, who dares to take down Aini's base camp with just a few hundred people, will have such exaggerated attributes.

Besides, if Xu Lai came here in the teleportation formation, he wouldn't be able to bring many people with him at one time. He dared to come and sit for himself. How could he be so confident if he didn't have any strength?

"Okay, I will complete the reorganization of the army as soon as possible. Since I have my old foundation and I am familiar with those people in the dungeon, it should be easier to persuade them to surrender.

I estimate that the reorganization of the army should be completed in about a month.

It’s just that by then, morale may be a little weak. "

Xu Lai said calmly: "Don't worry too much about morale. The majority of the mixed legions are prisoners, and they all just suffered a defeat. The morale cannot be high even if we want to.

I don't have much time to train you slowly, but with Seraph and my ultimate leadership skills, and Aini's flag, it should be above 75 points anyway.

Having this basic morale is enough. If you go back and win a few more battles slowly, your morale will naturally build up. "

Xu Lai spoke so confidently, as if he already had a chance to win, completely dispelling Jimmy's last worry.

No matter what, Xu Lai was going to appear on the battlefield, so he wouldn't be joking with his own life.

"Is there anything else? If you need anything, you can come to the castle to find me.

I have to stay in the castle these days. That old guy Aini still left some good things behind. I have to sort them out.

If I am not here, I should have gone to the manor outside the city. You can send someone there to inform me. "

Jimmy hurriedly bowed and said, "I have nothing else to do."

Xu Lai nodded and said, "Then you, the city lord, will take office immediately.

What I said before is not something that needs to be completed immediately. Before doing these things, you should sort out the personnel first.

Since this city is handed over to you, I will no longer interfere. You can prepare a list for me to review when you go back for personnel appointments. "

Xu Lai actually gave him the right to appoint personnel. Jimmy was secretly happy in his heart. He, the city lord, is really almost the same as the lord.

Except for the castle of Eni that he has been thinking about, he cannot move in, the whole city is now under his control.

"Okay, Lord. "

Jimmy answered calmly, barely suppressing the joy in his heart.

After Xu Lai nodded, he was about to leave, but suddenly he seemed to think of something and turned back to Jimmy and said:

"By the way, that young man named Jilong is good, I like him very much. I just happen to be in need of an assistant. Can you ask him if he is willing to be my adjutant."

What kind of official is an adjutant? Jimmy didn't know what this position was for, but it didn't stop him from agreeing immediately.

It doesn't matter what kind of official it is, even if it is just a sinecure.

Jimmy knew very well why Jilong was brought by Xu Lai, that is, to be used as a hostage.

To be honest, nobles and their vassals generally don't use the hostage method, after all, there is still the pressure of the noble parliament above.

Everyone must abide by the rules and act within the rules, then there will be no problem.

Once you violate this noble, even if your superior nobles don't make trouble for you, other nobles and the parliament will make trouble for you.

But who made Jimmy Martell a person with a criminal record? There is nothing he can do if others don't believe him. Law.

Moreover, before him, no noble had ever given such great power to their city lords and mayors.

Therefore, when Xu Lai said this, Jimi was not surprised at all.

In fact, the reason why he sent his son here at the first time was to express his loyalty and affection to Xu Lai.

Otherwise, Reina's troops would have entered the city, and his troops at that time would not only suffer heavy casualties from Eni, but also almost lose their morale and collapse.

In this state, with just one order from Xu Lai, Reina could seize his city and replace him on the spot.

Of course, this is a treacherous act, but will anyone redress the traitor?

Even if someone redresses the traitor, will anyone care?

Jimi knows Dao definitely won't, even though he had surrendered to Xu Lai before, other people's cities are not as reliable as his own city after all.

So, Jimmy immediately sent his heir to Xu Lai's hands.

The meaning is actually to tell Xu Lai, don't worry, I will be absolutely and completely loyal to you.

However, Jimmy didn't know that Xu Lai didn't mean that. He really just saw that Jilong was more capable.

Jimmy himself is not very old. Although he gave birth to a son early, Jilong is only about 16 or 17 years old.

Maybe he is not as talented as Naru, after all, he is still just an apprentice knight.

But he is the heir of an aristocratic family who has been trained since childhood. He does things in an orderly manner. He brings Those who were resurrected later, he can easily use them all.

This is of course because these people are all subordinates of his father, but his calmness and confidence are also what wild knights like Naru lack.

The most important thing is that Jimi Jilong's training is all-round, including etiquette and literature.

In this regard, Naru is much inferior. He and his horse thief father did not take the so-called literature seriously at all.

And Xu Lai really lacks such an assistant who can stand on his own and help him deal with various troublesome documents, rules and regulations.

"Lord, you don't need to ask him. It's his honor that you like him. I promise that he will report to you immediately after he gets up. ”

After taking charge of the city’s affairs for two consecutive days for Xu Lai, Jilong finally couldn’t stand it anymore after his father came, and was called by Xu Lai to rest.

From Jimmy’s daze, Xu Lai seemed to understand that his request seemed to be misunderstood by the other party.

Xu Lai was about to open his mouth to explain something, but the person was already beside him. If Jimmy rebelled, would he hold back and not punish him?

He could hold back, but would the other party think so?

Obviously not, so what was there to explain.

Shaking his head, Xu Lai waved to the other party and took Roland back to Aini’s castle.

As a descendant Xu Lai has not learned to enjoy it yet.

His Qingfeng Castle is very simple and plain, and the few decorations are used by Su Ya in his big bedroom.

Whether it is the reception room, the banquet hall, the conference room or the restaurant, they are all simple and plain.

However, since Aini's castle has been decorated so luxuriously, it would be a pity and waste to demolish them.

Anyway, at this time, the price of these luxury goods has reached a historical low.

Even if all the decorations are demolished and rebuilt, it is not worth much, and you may have to pay for labor, so why bother?

So he just asked Jilong to help him re-screen all the previous staff in the castle and clean it up.

In the past two days, Xu Lai has not lived in the castle for a single day. Even though today is the third day, there is still a faint smell of blood.

With Elvy sitting in the castle for him, he turned the castle upside down in the past few days. All the things found in the secret room and treasure house of Aini have been placed in the treasure room designated by Xu Lai.

Jilong specially brought all the tax collectors and tax officials on duty from the tax office to the castle.

When Xu Lai and Jimmy were talking about things, Elvy had already supervised these dozens of tax officials and counted all the gold coins, silver coins, etc. found in Aini Castle.

As soon as Xu Lai appeared, the former highest official of the tax office, Sir White, the exclusive tax officer of Aini, handed Xu Lai a report with wet ink.

It clearly listed the wealth excavated from Aini Castle.

In addition, this report also contains a copy of the public account of Conaston, which is the materials stored in the warehouse of the city hall.

It also includes the taxes that Aini just collected in the autumn harvest, which are mainly grain, supplemented by coins, furs, horses, etc.

This is not all. The old man Aini has several manors outside the city of Conaston.

Most of these manors produce grain, after all, they have to supply food to Aini's troops.

But there are also several manors that have other uses. One of them is used by Aini's family for vacation, and the others are horse farms, shooting ranges, etc., and the people in charge are all from the Aini family anyway.

Aini's assets are so many that Xu Lai has tried his best to let Jilong block them, but still let people from several manors escape.

Fortunately, the one that Xu Lai attaches the most importance to should also store the vacation manor collected by the Aini family, and most people did not have time to escape.

When the castle was being cleaned up, Xu Lai estimated that the harvest this time should not be small, but only after getting this report, he could know how much he could harvest.

To Xu Lai's surprise, there was not much cash in the castle of old man Aini.

The gold coins that could be used directly were only more than 600,000, which was not even as much as the change in his space backpack.

Of course, it is also possible that the castle has not been thoroughly searched. After all, it seems unlikely that such a large castle has only one or two secret rooms.

Those that cannot be used directly were melted by Aini into wine glasses, bowls, chopsticks and other gold and silver utensils. According to White's estimation, they are worth about 70,000 to 80,000 gold coins.

Most of the remaining gold was made into pure gold bars of one kilogram each by Aini, with a total of seven or eight boxes, with a total value of about 1.2 million gold coins.

Including silver coins and civilian circulating currencies such as dinars, if only these monetary wealth that can be used directly or indirectly is considered, it is only more than 2 million.

In addition, Count Aini's resources, including the reserves of rare resources, are not high.

The largest number of gems, there are only 3 boxes in total, one large box has 500 units, and two small boxes have 200 units each.

The remaining items are mostly antique paintings and calligraphy that cannot be converted into cash immediately, as well as jewelry that looks good but does not contain any energy.

The City Hall's account is even poorer. Unfortunately, the autumn tax has just been deposited into the treasury and Aini has not had time to use it. Otherwise, he would have been left with a mess. (End of this chapter)