Start As a Lord In a Viscount

Returning to the carriage, Claire asked when stepping into the carriage, "Don't our viscounts collect taxes once every six months?"

Reagan 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 their taxes? How much in total?"

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

However, when there were magic mines in the Viscount, the annual income was about millions of gold coins, so Viscount Griffin at that time didn't care much about these ten thousand or twenty thousand taxes.

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

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! Dare to raise taxes without permission!

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 the 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 fine, 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 Mei Li couldn't understand what the "better bad guy" in her mother's mouth meant, she just looked up at the silver coins 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."

Meili covered her head, which was stabbed 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. You have money and you can't bear to buy me brown sugar. You are the worst. I won't be with you in the future!"

The woman watched her daughter throw away her hand 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 chased in the direction where his sister ran away.

...

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 developed 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 relocated 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 at Hunter in front of him: "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 standing in front of him could only smile, but secretly said in his heart: He didn't come because the Viscount was here on purpose.

Reagan pointed angrily at the knights on the opposite side and cursed, and 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, or we won't be able to make it to dinner."

Claire showed a playful smile, "What's wrong with him, he clearly wants to give us a slap in the face."

Regan was stunned for a moment. He didn't think so much just now, but after the young master woke up, he realized it.

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

The fifty or so knights on the opposite side lowered their heads unconsciously after seeing Claire, 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 to come over slowly."

Hunter raised his head and looked at Claire, and 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 military camp...

"Huh? He said he wanted to wait for me to come?" Dean's mouth had a playful smile.

"Then tell him I still have things to keep busy and ask him to wait. I'll see how long he can wait."

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."

"Hahaha, is it because I didn't dare to come in in the past? Sure enough, it's a brat." Dean took a sip of the wine beside him and said with a smile: "Then let him wait, it's only a few minutes, It's not enough to get rid of Mawei."

In the process of waiting, Claire didn't seem too anxious. Instead, Reagan walked back and forth in a hurry. He hated the so-called knight captain to the bottom of his heart, and he dared to neglect the young master so much!

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

The knight ran back again, "Captain, the Viscount is still waiting for you to come over. If he said you won't go, he will wait."

"It looks like it's almost time now, let's go."

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

...

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 deter some beasts with just his breath, but the little boy in front of him is not affected by his breath?

"I'm sorry Viscount, I'm late because I'm busy with some things, please forgive me!"

Although Captain Dean said such respectful words, one 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 okay, it's okay to finish your business first." Claire also showed a happy 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 are 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 this knight captain. 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.

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

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

"I said, get out!" Claire's eyes also showed a trace of killing intent. This was his first day in Nafu City, and 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.

Vice-captain Hunter saw from the side that the reddish fighting spirit in his body also gushed 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, the nobles in other territories would definitely hang their disobedient knights in the city in public. door.

After being shouted by Hunter, Dean also came back to his senses, and he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat, realizing how stupid he just acted. Even if he could kill this Claire now, he wouldn't be able to survive the arrests of other nobles.

Even if he kills him, he can't kill him in front of so many people. Anyway, he is still in Nafu City, and things will turn around. Just thinking of this, Dean's eyes flashed a trace of killing intent.

Claire shrugged and chuckled, "Don't you dare?"

Dean suppressed his anger and controlled his sanity not to talk to the other party.

Claire waved her hand behind her when she was bored, "Then let's go, Regan."

Then Reagan led the horse towards the city gate, and Claire walked slowly beside him. As the two passed shoulders, Claire suddenly shouted at Dean.

"Hey!"

"Huh?" Dean turned around subconsciously.

"Bang!" Everything is attributed to this loud noise.

The fighting spirit surging in Dean disappeared instantly, and the whole person immediately leaned back and looked down. At this time, the distance between Claire and Dean was just within seven steps. The gun is fast and accurate.