Start As a Lord In a Viscount

Going back to the carriage, Claire asked when stepping into the carriage, "Don't our Viscountess collect taxes every six months?"

Regan was also stunned for a moment. As the steward of the Griffin family, before coming to the Viscounty, he must have a comprehensive understanding of the affairs here.

"Yes, our Viscounty does collect tax once every six months."

"Have they paid all the taxes they collected? How much in total?"

Regan recalled: "They were all paid on time, and the annual tax revenue in the past five years was about 15,000 to 20,000 gold coins."

However, when there was magic mining in the Viscount before, the annual income was around several million gold coins, so Viscount Griffin didn't care much about these ten thousand or twenty thousand taxes at that time.

"Oh." Claire replied softly, with a neither cold nor indifferent tone.

But Regan, who was on the side, still sensed the unhappiness of his young master from his tone, and he was also very unhappy in his heart. Sure enough, after the Viscount left the territory, those subordinates showed bloodthirsty fangs. Even the Viscount's property dares to embezzle!

In the wheat field, after the woman picked up the ten silver coins that had been thrown on the ground, a happy smile appeared on her face. These ten silver coins could feed their family of four within this month.

But soon she put away her smile and left here quickly, holding her child's hand.

Sister Meili looked up at her mother and asked, "Is that brother a bad guy?"

Crane murmured aside, "I think he's pretty good, and he'll give us the money back."

The woman's face suddenly stiffened, "Do you think they are good people if they give you a little favor? Don't forget what I told you, those nobles are bad guys who eat people and don't spit out bones, even if that person gives you With our money, he's just a better bad guy."

But Meili didn't understand what her mother meant by a better bad guy, she just looked up at the silver coin in her mother's hand and swallowed, "Mom, can you buy me candy if you have money?"

"Eat, eat, and eat." The woman poked her daughter's head with her hand, "The money must be saved, lest those nobles in the city come up with other ways to increase taxes, then we won't be able to I can't even eat my stomach."

Mei Li covered her head being poked in the head, a sense of grievance welled up in her heart, tears could not stop flowing out, she threw away her mother's hand, and ran out.

"Humph! Mom is the bad guy! The big brother was willing to give me candy just now. Even if you have money, you are reluctant to buy me brown sugar to eat. You are the worst. I won't be with you in the future!"

The woman watched her daughter throw her hand away and ran out, her eyes flickered and she opened her mouth, but she still couldn't say anything to reprimand her.

Crane immediately comforted: "Mom, don't be sad. Mei Li is still young, I'll go get her back, you go home first."

The woman nodded, and Crane also chased in the direction where his sister ran away.

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After a journey of more than an hour in the carriage, Claire finally saw the outline of Nafta City this time.

It was a city surrounded by towering city walls. The city walls were all made of hard stones. Although they looked new and mighty from the outside, they were much better than some counties. , but Claire still felt a hint of dilapidated atmosphere, and she was almost at the city gate, but she couldn't feel any popularity.

Nafhu City was a city that grew and grew when the magic mine was collected. After the magic mine was collected, it was quickly defeated. Some people who originally lived in the city also moved to other places, so it is no wonder that Claire felt to the breath of ruin.

At the gate of the city...

Regan said angrily: "What! Your captain can't come because of something! This is the Lord Viscount coming back! What can he do more important than this!"

The vice-captain Hunter who was standing in front of him could only smile apologetically, but he secretly said in his heart: He deliberately didn't come because the Viscount was here.

Reagan pointed angrily at the knights across from him and scolded him. After almost venting his anger, he turned his head and entered the carriage to explain.

"Master, their captain didn't know what was going on and couldn't come over. Now the sun is about to go down, why don't we go back to the Viscount Mansion first."

Claire showed a playful smile, "What's wrong with him? He clearly wants to give us a show."

Regan was stunned for a moment. He didn't think so much just now, but only after the young master woke up did he come to his senses.

A surge of anger surged into his heart, and he was about to turn his head back and scold those people again, but was stopped by Claire.

Claire walked out of the carriage, stood on the carriage and glanced down at the fifty or so knights on the opposite side.

After seeing Claire, the fifty or so knights on the opposite side lowered their heads unconsciously and exclaimed respectfully, "Lord Viscount!"

Claire nodded, looked at the vice-captain Hunter who was standing in front of the knights, and said lightly, "Find someone to tell your captain and let him take care of his business. I have time to wait for him slowly."

Hunter raised his head and looked at Claire. He was shocked by his outstanding appearance and momentum. It took a few seconds to react, and then he sent someone to report to the captain.

In the barracks…

"What! He had to ask me to meet him!" Dean patted the table and said angrily.

He had been eating meat in the barracks and had a good time. He wanted to give the new lord a slap in the face, but he didn't expect the other party to be so hard-hearted, and he had to wait for him to greet him!

"Go back and tell him that I have something to do, let him get in by himself, and don't expect me to pick him up!"

The knight who came to report back with a bitter face, the two big men clashed, and the only one who was angry was himself.

After more than ten minutes, the knight who had retreated ran back again.

"Captain, the Viscount said that he has time, and he is willing to wait for you no matter how long it is."

"Humph!" Dean angrily smashed the wine glass in his hand, "Then let him wait, I don't believe how long he can wait!"

An hour or two later, the sun was about to set, and the city walls were covered with afterglow.

The knight ran back again, "Captain, Lord Viscount is still waiting for you."

"I'm so **** off!" Dean stood up angrily, "Go! Just a little brat! I'll see what he thinks!"

The knight who reported the news finally breathed a sigh of relief. If the confrontation continued like this, they wouldn't even be able to eat dinner.

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Claire lay on her side on the carriage, opened the curtain and stared at the city gate outside, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Master, that knight captain is here." Reagan reported in a low voice.

Claire finally stopped being in a daze, jumped out of the carriage, and squinted to look at the oncoming knight captain.

Dean's aura is amazing. With the strength of a Silver Knight, he can scare off some beasts with just his breath, but the little boy in front of him is actually not affected by his breath?

"I'm sorry, Lord Viscount, I'm late because I have something to do, please forgive me!"

Although Captain Dean said such respectful words, everyone could not detect a trace of respect in his tone, but instead had a provocative feeling: I came so late on purpose, what can you do to me!

"It's alright, alright." Carlisle also had a smile on her face.

Dean was disdainful in his heart, he was indeed a child, and he would admit to being frightened.

But what Claire said the next second made his jaw drop.

"Since you're so busy, let's not do the position of Knight Captain for the time being. After all, you can't delay your work, right?" Claire said lightly.

Dean's eyes widened immediately, he was not a self-cultivation person at first, he jumped up directly after hearing this, pointed at Claire's nose and cursed: "Why do you get rid of it? my position!"

"Knights are originally granted by nobles. As a knight of the Griffin family, isn't it normal that I can dismiss you? And from your attitude today, you are very unsuitable to be the captain of this knight. As your lord, I wait, is this something a knight captain can do?"

Claire is indeed telling the truth. The rights and obligations of knights are conferred by nobles, and appointment, dismissal and appointment are only a matter of words.

"You can't! You can't dismiss me!" Dean became mad. Since the previous generation of Viscounts went to the capital, the knights who were not hereditary have also been passed down from his grandfather to him. , the sudden loss of this position made him unacceptable for a while. UU reading www. uukanshu.com

"What I said, I will never take it back. Your position has been dismissed by me. Now go away." Claire's eyes showed a hint of indifference.

"Why did you dismiss me from my position? I have been the successor of the Knight Captain since I was born, and I have to be now and later!" Dean's breath fluctuated.

"I said, get out!" Claire's eyes also showed a trace of killing intent. On the first day he came to Nafu City, no accidents were allowed!

"It's you who should get out! Nafu City is my territory!"

Dean roared wildly, and pulled out a big sword from his waist. The red fighting qi rose from his body, and soon filled his entire body, and then the fighting qi also wrapped around the big sword. At this moment He is like a beast that has lost his mind.

"Go to hell!" Dean charged at Claire with a big sword.

Vice-captain Hunter saw from the side that the reddish fighting spirit in his body also came out, and he chased after him, "Captain, no, you can't do anything to the Viscount!"

If a viscount died in his territory, and among the knights under his command, then he would not want to live, and the nobles in other territories would definitely hang their disobedient knights in the city in public. door.

Dean got closer and closer, and soon he reached within seven steps of Claire, but Claire stood motionless as if she was stupid.

"boom!"

A deafening roar sounded, and Dean, who was holding the great sword aloft, fell down suddenly, knelt down in front of Claire, and the great sword in his hand also fell from his hand.

"As the saying goes, the gun is fast within seven steps, and the gun is fast and accurate within seven steps." Claire blew the muzzle lightly and said.

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