Chapter 92 Chapter 4 The Lord of the Fief

In a certain room inside the Zhongzhou Xingyizheng Palace, several people sat around discussing certain matters. Sitting in the first place is Tang Nawen, on his left is Tang Nawu, on his right is Tang Zhongpu, the head of the Tang family, and on the opposite side are the remaining two elders of the Tang family. Yi and the bearded Joel, Lund. There was another person standing, a young man in his twenties with glasses and disheveled hair. At this moment, Donovan and the others watched as the young man used a card in his hand to draw across a book-sized machine, and then a row of numbers and a photo of Tang Long appeared on the table.

on the three-dimensional screen in the center of the sub-center. After looking at the information on the three-dimensional screen, Tang Zhongpu first smiled and said: "Hehe, Tang Long is indeed a member of the Wanluo Federal Army, but he is not a major but a private." Tang Nawu shook his head and said, "Private? It's even more impossible for a private to have that kind of warship." Speaking of this, he looked at Tang Nawen and said, "Brother, Tang Long's unknown origin is troublesome. Just kill him after the meeting. " Before Tang Nawen had time to speak, Tang Zhongpu interrupted and said, "Didn't you see it? It is written in the documents that Tang Long entered the army with the rank of second lieutenant.

He was promoted to colonel by virtue of his meritorious service.Ok?What caused him to be directly demoted to a private by the Federal Army? "Tang Zhongpu stroked his beard and said suspiciously to himself. "Hmph, Tang Long must be the son of a powerful official in the Wanluo Federation. Otherwise, why would he be promoted from a second lieutenant to a colonel after two years in the army? It's easy to understand why he was demoted to a private. , his father stepped down, and of course he was unlucky too. " Donovo said sarcastically. Tang Zhongpu shook his head, pointed to the data on the instrument and said, "I don't think he got to the high position by relying on his father, because there is no one surnamed Tang in the top ranks of the Wanluo Federal Army. Take a look,

His first meritorious service was commanding his colleagues to wipe out thousands of warships of the Silver Eagle Empire at the border, and every subsequent meritorious service was earned from the battlefield.Such a person cannot be let go what. " Seeing what Tang Nawu wanted to say, Donovan said first: "I don't care whether he became a colonel because of his connections. What I need is his battleship. I believe in the capabilities of his battleship." Everyone has also seen that we cannot let such a powerful force leave. "The most important thing now is to know if he has enemies, and if he has enemies, it will be a real threat to us!" After Donovan finished speaking, everyone looked at the man.

young people. The young man who kept silent all this time shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile: "My lord, this machine of this subordinate cannot show whether he has enemies or not, but this subordinate can use this machine Renkalai entered the system of the Wanluo Federal Military Department to see what special records there are. " As the young man spoke, he took out a pair of sunglasses like Tang Long's and put them on. He also controlled the book-sized machine with both hands. Suddenly, the young man shook his body slightly, but he quickly took off his sunglasses and said with a shake of his head: "The record only registered that he was not long after he joined the army.

He was locked in the cell for a reason, and then he was released without any reason, and he was rewarded. Apart from this, there is no special record. " All the people present were pensive. Tang Zhongpu first broke the silence and said: "I think he was born and raised in the Wanluo Federation. Even if there are enemies, he can't be from the chaotic galaxy. The Wanluo Federation is now more chaotic than ours. Even if he has enemies in the Wanluo Federation, it is impossible for him to come to us and cause trouble. "I personally think that since the Patriarch has accepted him, then don't go back on your word."

The other two elders nodded in agreement when they heard this. And when Donovan looked at Donnawu, Donnawu said angrily, "I have no objection." He was so angry because three of the five people had already agreed. Even if his eldest brother and himself objected, Tang Long's joining the Tang family could not be changed. Seeing his younger brother nodding, Donovan also nodded and said, "Okay, that's it. The retainers must have been waiting for a long time. Let's go out to a meeting." After finishing speaking, he said to the young man Said: "Yuming, it's none of your business, go down to the meeting, remember not to tell anyone what happened today."

The young man named Yu Ming hurriedly nodded, bowed and left. Tang Long, who was chewing a piece of meat and looking around, was almost suffocated by a sudden loud bell, and after taking a few sips of wine to calm himself down, he realized that there was nothing but himself Outside of the three people, everyone in the hall was lying on the ground. Although he didn't know what was going on, Tang Long was not an idiot. He immediately realized that the master of the family had come out, so he was busy imitating the postures of everyone. He lay on the ground and waited quietly. "Get up." The voice rang throughout the hall through the microphone.

Upon hearing this, Tang Long, who had been lying impatiently for a long time, immediately sat up with his hands on his hands. At the same time as he got up, a loud voice: "Thank you, my lord!" came out. Seeing everyone thanking them before getting up, Tang Long scratched his head embarrassingly. Seeing Tang Long get up first, Tang Nawen's expression turned a little bit bad, but after seeing Tang Long's embarrassed expression, he couldn't help smiling, pretending he didn't see it. Although Tang Nawu saw Tang Long's disrespectful appearance, he saw that his elder brother didn't say a word, so he didn't want to be troublesome. Anyway, Tang Long was not his subordinate, and it was embarrassing to embarrass his elder brother.

And Tang Zhongpu, who had a crush on Tang Long for some reason, of course pretended not to see him.The other two elders were not stingy people either, they were also silent. After everyone sat down, Donovan raised his glass and said, "Cheers to the fact that we repelled the invasion of the Caesars!" Everyone raised their glasses immediately, and while repeating the words of the Patriarch, raised their heads and drank. After drinking, several retainers with relatively high status stood up and praised the Patriarch, saying something like this battle was won under the Patriarch's wise leadership.

Tang Long, who was not interested in these at all, secretly ate the fruit while secretly looking at the retainers who stood up and spoke. Donovan shook his head and said, "It's not my fault that I won this battle. Without the bravery of Tang Long's family, it's still unknown who will win. Come on, let's all get to know me." The hero of our battle this time, the new member of our family-the family general Tang Long! "He said and pointed to Tang Long. Tang Long hurriedly spit out what was in his mouth and hid it in his hands, then got up and nodded to the surroundings, and then said: "I'm coming to Tang Long, please give me your advice in the future." While speaking, Tang Long found that the audio system on his desk had been turned on at some point, and his voice could be heard by everyone in the hall. When Tang Long introduced himself, Yu Ming, who was sitting at a certain table at the bottom of the concave shape, saw the image of Tang Long displayed on the screen in front of the table, couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and whispered to himself: "Are you really Is it an ordinary Wanluo Federation soldier?Why do you have so many Wulai coins in your military card that ordinary people can't imagine? " Except for a few retainers who nodded to Tang Long, the other retainers all squinted at Tang Long. In addition to the Zhang Wu family who was hostile to Tang Long, those young people were also hostile to Tang Long. These young people who had no chance to go to the battlefield did not understand that Tang Long was so young, what ability could he have? Make such a big contribution. The retainers who had been on the battlefield believed that Tang Long could make such a great contribution only because of his powerful battleship. After Tang Long sat down, several old retainers and the head of the family said some unnutritious things again. Tang Long, who was no longer in the mood to listen to these flattering words, couldn't help but want to pee, when he suddenly found that the whole hall was quiet, and the buzzing sound just now had completely disappeared. Curiously looking up, he found a huge virtual planar map appeared on the concave space in the hall, and the same virtual map appeared on his desk. Not knowing what was going on, Tang Long had no choice but to hold back his urine and sit down to watch what happened. At this moment, Sally, who had been listening attentively to the words around her, leaned forward and whispered in Tang Long's ear, "This is the practice of the Tang family. Every time a war ends, the retainers' fiefdoms will be re-divided." Divide the fief? Hearing this, Tang Long immediately looked at Tang Nawen with bright eyes. He would join the Tang family, and he would consume so much energy and ammunition at one time, just for the fiefdom! Feeling Tang Long's fiery gaze, Donovan couldn't help frowning, because Tang Long gave him the impression that he was a very ambitious person. But Donovan's feeling quickly disappeared, because almost all the retainers looked at him with this kind of gaze. Donovan also remembered that when he was still his father's retainer, whenever he heard his father divide the fief, he looked at his father with the same eyes. Thinking of this, Donovan smiled. He began to feel that Tang Long's eyes were not so annoying, or he became a little fond of his retainers looking at him with such eyes. "According to the usual practice, every time an enemy ship is destroyed, one million hectares of fiefdom can be obtained. Now let's take a look at the achievements of all of you fighting the enemy bravely." Donovan said with a smile. Tang Long couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, one million acres?Actually use the arena as the unit?Why not use square kilometers as the unit? How big is a million acres! Tang Long, who felt that his fiefdom was not too big, lay weakly on the table, and propped his sighing mouth with his chin. No. 2 Xingling, who wanted to restore Tang Long's spirit, whispered in his ear: "One million acres equals one hundred square kilometers." Not only could it not restore his spirit, but it made Tang Long more He muttered in frustration: "What's the use of such a small place, it's not as big as the landing port of the expanded base." Donovan didn't care about Tang Long's appearance at all, he was already intoxicated in the pleasure of manipulating the joys and sorrows of his retainers, while the other retainers watched the data on the giant screen worrying about gains and losses. Words, because these numbers will represent whether your life will be good or not in the future. "Tang Long's family will destroy sixteen enemy ships, Tang Nawu's deputy head will destroy three enemy ships, Tang Zhongpu's old man will destroy two enemy ships, Zhang Yi's old Joel, and Longde's old man will destroy two enemy ships, Zhang Yi's old man will destroy two enemy ships. The samurai will destroy an enemy ship..." The synthesized voice of the computer read out the statistical figures word by word. The faces of those on the list were bright, while those who were not on the list sighed, and as for those whose battleships were destroyed...they don't exist anymore, so they can't show any expressions. Of course, the fiefs of these dead retainers will automatically return to the owner of the family as usual. However, all the people had the same expression, that is, they were shocked by Tang Long's feat of destroying sixteen warships. Tang Nawen took out his electronic pen very excitedly, drew a circle on the map after thinking about it, and then said to Tang Long: "General Tang Long, in addition to the stipulated rewards, I also want to give you special rewards." Don't reward your outstanding martial arts. From now on, the three cities of Haicheng, Yecheng, and Wencheng, as well as the 20 million hectares of land above and the people above them, are all entrusted to you. Hope I hope you will continue to work hard in the future! " Although Tang Long was not very satisfied with the 2,000 square kilometers in this area, because the area was not as large as his expanded base, but in order not to leave bad news for everyone, especially Donovan, Impressively, he still left his seat very quickly, and ran to the center of the hall with a respectful and excited expression, lay down on the ground and said words of gratitude to the Patriarch in a very grateful tone. Donovan was very satisfied with Tang Long's performance, and it was for the sake of enjoying these things that he divided the titles for everyone so carefully. While the other retainers were envious of Tang Long's acquisition of so many fiefdoms, they hated Tang Long's extremely nasty words. In their hearts, Tang Long had already been branded as a sycophant. a mark. Tang Long, who returned to his seat, was no longer in the mood to hear how many acres of land other people had confiscated. Instead, he was bored watching Yuna press the button on the table to help him check the situation of the fief. In fact, he doesn't need to look at it. The omnipotent No. 2 Xingling has already obtained all the information on Tang Long's fief. No. 2 Xingling said with a smile: "Tang Long, your fief is 100% Of the 70 percent plains, 20 percent are hilly regions, and the remaining 10 percent are coastal areas. The fiefdom has a population of about 3 million people, of which 2 million people are concentrated in three cities. One million people are scattered all over the place. "On your fief, your assets include five fish farms, twelve livestock farms, a cold refinery, and three giant fishing boats. In addition, there is a ten-story building, A building with a total area of ​​10,000 square meters. "Of course, the 2,000 square kilometers of land is yours, and you can develop it as you please. Your total annual income is about five billion Wulai coins, which includes various taxes and all the expenses of those factories. If you have income, after deducting the salaries of workers and government personnel that should be paid each year, your annual income is only about two billion yuan. " Tang Long nodded speechlessly. If he had just joined the army, his annual income of two billion would probably make him so excited that his brain congested to death, right? But for myself, who now has trillions of funds in his card, and each time he spends money in units of 100 million, these 2 billion are not enough to build an ammunition storage warehouse. Hey, the money in the card will be used less and less. Only the money in the fief has a long history. It seems that I have to find a way to get more fiefs, especially to increase the income of the fiefs. Desperately thinking of a way, Tang Long, whose head was about to turn into a paste, finally waited until the meeting was over, and then held back his spirit to chat with the elders of the Patriarch, took his military card, and left Opened this large political hall. Tang Long first ran back to the Meteorite, and after reporting his situation to the female soldiers, he took fifty landing craft and landed directly on the coast of his fief without passing through the space port. After getting off the landing craft, Tang Long stared dumbfounded at the dilapidated artificial fishing boats by the sea and the few dilapidated houses on the shore. After getting off the landing craft, the laughing female soldiers also stayed there like Tang Long, because they saw hundreds of ragged fishermen on the fishing boat, and they were gnashing their teeth. Pulling the net to catch fish. Tang Long swallowed his saliva, and asked Yuna beside him with some doubts: "Have I returned to ancient times?" Yuna shook her head, pointed to a tall floating fishing boat with advanced equipment not far away and said, "Probably not, isn't that boat very advanced?" Tang Long looked at the advanced fishing boat, then at the dilapidated fishing boats, and asked again in disbelief: "Why is there such a disparity between the two sides?" Before Yuna had time to reply, several patrol boats playing rock music came quickly from a distance. This speedboat, which could have been floating in the air, deliberately flew close to the water surface, which aroused great excitement. The waves knocked the dilapidated fishing boats to and fro. Not only did some people fall into the water, but half of the fish they had caught so hard fell into the water again. The sharp-eyed Tang Long was surprised to find that the fishermen didn't have hatred for the patrol boats on their faces. Instead, they looked at the fish that had regained their freedom in the water with grief and indignation. Just when Tang Long was wondering why the fisherman had such an expression on his face, those speedboats spotted Tang Long's fifty landing craft, and it was obvious that those speedboats stopped abruptly. Next, and then slowly leaned over with some hesitation. But at this moment Tang Long discovered that those fishermen had started fishing again. For those very conspicuous people like himself, the fishermen didn't even look this way. As the speedboat approached the front and back, a young man with arrogant eyebrows, but forced himself to lower his eyebrows, looked at people like Tang Long, although his eyes brightened after seeing so many beauties. After a moment, he quickly lowered his eyes, and asked Tang Long carefully: "Excuse me, is this Mr. Tang Long?" "I am." Tang Long stepped forward and said. "Peng Wenfeng, my subordinate soldier, belongs to the second and third squads of the Haicheng Patrol Brigade. Please see my lord!" After hearing Tang Long's words, the young man immediately raised his head and saluted. The soldiers on the patrol boat who had been poking their heads, immediately jumped on the deck to salute Tang Long when they heard what the officer said later. "My lord?" Tang Long was stunned for a moment, and only after Yuna's reminder did he realize that the officials in his fief were all his retainers. After knowing that these people were his subordinates, Tang Long pointed at those The fishing boat asked bluntly: "Si, you belong to the patrol brigade, why do you interfere with the fishermen's fishing?" Peng Wenfeng was stunned for a moment, then puffed out his chest and said, "This subordinate is protecting the rights and interests of the lord!" "My rights? What rights?" Tang Long was puzzled. "Uh..." Peng Wenfeng glanced carefully at Tang Long, then pointed to the modern fishing boat in the distance and said, "That's your fishing boat, my lord. To snatch the fish, so we..." Tang Long roared angrily: "Fart, I just got this fiefdom today. Judging by your performance, it doesn't seem like a day or two to do these things. It's hard to say that you are not allowed to snatch fish. Is there a distinction between fishermen and lords fishing in this area? " Peng Wenfeng swallowed his saliva, and then summoned up his courage and said: "There is such a division, because the adults who own the fief can legally monopolize all the resources in the fief. Since entering the Tang family, she was taught to protect the rights and interests of the Tang family, and the rights and interests of the lord are the rights and interests of the Tang family. " Hearing this, Tang Long asked in surprise: "You mean, the lord can compete with the people for resources?" Peng Wenfeng glanced at Tang Long in surprise, then nodded. At this time, No. 2 Xingling, who had re-collected the information, said to Tang Long: "Just now I hacked into the main computer of the Tang family to check, most of the resources of Zhongzhou Star are in the Tang family's head and retainers. In the hands, only a very small part is in the hands of the people. "Ordinary people should either rely on a few resources to live, or rely on the Tang family to live. A family soldier in the Tang family owns a fief. In addition to a hundred soldiers, there are hundreds of tenant farmers. .Like in your fief, there are probably one million tenant farmers, and the remaining two million are semi-employed. " Tang Long was speechless. How did he know that the family system of the Tang family was no different from the feudal system? He never expected that a lord could monopolize all the resources in the territory and own countless tenant farmers. . Is this still the age of the universe?It's like going back in time to the previous farming era!It's useless for me to have so many sharecroppers!No more tax increases! How much money can such a territory and people create for me?No matter how much the lord's money is, there will be no more places. If the people don't get rich, how can the tax increase?If the lord is left alone If it takes up resources, the taxes for the next year may not even be able to afford the lowest-level battleship. no!I must change all of this, at least one month's tax can be used to buy a battleship like the Meteorite! And I don't want to be a lord, what I want is this planet!If I don't let the people get rich, how can the people support me? In order to allow the tax revenue from his territory to purchase warships, and to gain the support of the people, Tang Long made a decision. After thinking about it for a while, he ordered Peng Wenfeng with bright eyes: "Immediately send an order to all the retainers and soldiers in my territory, ordering them to gather in the Haicheng government immediately." After speaking, without waiting for Peng Wenfeng to answer, he turned and boarded the landing craft. When Tang Long's female soldiers heard this, they immediately knew that Tang Long was going to do something big, and hurriedly ran to the landing craft. After a while, fifty landing craft flew out of the atmosphere under Peng Wenfeng's eyes that didn't know what was going on. "Captain, you said that since the lord wants to gather the retainers and soldiers in the territory, why did he go to space?" A soldier who looked up at the landing craft was very strange. asked. "He's going to sail a battleship!" Peng Wenfeng couldn't help shivering when he thought of the cold light in Tang Long's eyes when he left. "A battleship? Why is he flying a battleship? Could it be that he wants to destroy us? We didn't offend him." The soldier asked in surprise. Peng Wenfeng shook his head and said: "It's unlikely that he wants to destroy us. After all, he just became a lord, but it's very similar to launch a battleship to demonstrate. Well, if you don't want to die, call me quickly Tell all officials and soldiers to gather in Haicheng!The ghost knows if the protagonist is murderous or not, there are everyone in this year, don't ask for trouble! " Speaking of entering the speedboat first, the soldiers looked at each other and hurried into the speedboat.After a while, these speedboats flew away. The city hall in the center of Haicheng was packed with people inside and out. Inside the city hall are all retainers with the rank of family soldier or higher, while outside are armed soldiers under the control of these retainers. Soldiers could also line up and stand quietly in the yard at the entrance of the city hall, while those retainers above the family soldiers walked around inside the city hall, inquiring about each other's news. However, these retainers were clearly divided into three groups. Let me talk about the system of the Tang family again here. The retainers of the Tang family are divided into the direct retainers of the patriarch and the external retainers. Those who can participate in the meeting of the Palace of Political Affairs are the direct retainers of the patriarch, so those who are the most Only low-level house soldiers showed up at the meeting. Only the retainers above the level of family song can have their own direct retainers, such as those sitting next to them in the conference hall are their direct retainers. Generally, a family song can have at most two family members and ten family soldiers, while a family department can have at most two family members, ten family members, and fifty family soldiers. Of course, if you can’t afford it, you can Don't want a retainer, but I believe no one will do this. After all, the number of retainers represents the strength of strength. As for the retainers above the family general, as long as he can afford it, he can have countless retainers, and the general patriarch will not take care of it, because all the expenses are paid by the lords of those retainers. Out of pocket. Why does Tang Long have so many family members?The main reason is that the original masters of his three cities were all killed in battle, and the retainers who did not die became masterless retainers, so they could only helplessly Stay in the original fief. When the Patriarch allocated these three cities to Tang Long, these people naturally became Tang Long's direct servants. "You say, our new lord can gather us together, why do we need to gather all the soldiers? Isn't it because we want to supplement our soldiers with his direct troops? ? "A fat middle-aged man among the group of people stroked his beard and asked the people beside him. Hearing this, the retainers of Sandui shouted in panic: "No way? How could my lord do this?" A middle-aged man with a sharp chin shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, you know, the original lord's troops have followed the previous lord and died in battle, and now the lord's direct troops have no It doesn't exist, if you don't ask us for soldiers, who will you ask for it? " A middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance said very puzzled: "The new lord's fief is three cities. Don't the other two cities have the original city defense forces?" Hearing this, the other two groups of retainers sighed at the same time: "The troops directly under the former lord on our side also died in battle with the former lord. Except for a few patrol boats, there are no direct troops. . " After looking at the people around him, the fat man said in a low voice: "Why don't we protest collectively, our soldiers are all trained at our own expense, and they are just being asked by the lord." Go, isn't it..." Seeing that everyone looked at him in a bit of embarrassment, he couldn't help but continued: "Anyway, what the lord wants is to establish his direct troops, we just need to help the lord complete this task. I believe that the newcomer will not make things difficult for us, right?After all, the lord still needs us to rule this area. " Hearing this, the retainers all nodded in agreement, as long as the lord can not let his soldiers, other things are easy to talk about. At this time, among the retainers in Haicheng, a young voice resounded throughout the political hall: "My lords, it seems that everyone has forgotten that although we are the immediate family of the new lord in name, Minister, but in fact the lord doesn't know us at all, don't forget, the family rules stipulate that the lord can fire his immediate retainers.If he expels us all, our fiefs, Soldiers, property, etc., disappeared immediately. " It was Peng Wenfeng of the patrol who said this. Although these retainers also have their own territories, they are not conferred by the head of the Tang family, but by their original lord, so Tang Long, who has become their new lord, of course has the right to receive them. Back to the fief. All the retainers jumped in their hearts, that's right, their own future is still very bleak, and they are actually planning to plot against a lord who can control their lives, isn't this courting death? Seeing the pensive expressions on the faces of the retainers, the fat man couldn't help arguing: "Fire us? Fire us, how will my lord manage this area?" Peng Wenfeng sneered and said, "Didn't you read the mansion newspaper? My lord got this fief after destroying sixteen enemy ships, and it is said that my lord's battleship is 2650 Meters, 1,780 meters wide, 1,180 meters thick, with 3,000 guns, with such a warship, is it afraid that there will be no retainers?Even if the lord does not use the soldiers on the battleship , Aren't there a lot of people in these three cities who are willing to become the lord's retainers?Why worry about no one managing the fief? " Hearing this, all the retainers fell silent. Everyone knew about such a huge battleship, not to mention that the whole family didn't have one, even the entire Wuchao galaxy probably didn't have many ships. For the lord who owns such a warship, one can imagine that his military feats will definitely become greater and greater in the future, and the rewards will also become more and more generous. If the Tang family occupies other planets, I'm afraid the lord's fief will be a planet. The vassals who were all looking out for their own interests immediately changed their minds and began to decide that if the lord proposed to establish a direct army, he would hand over all the soldiers under his command so that A good impression of the lord.In this way, when the lord divides the seals in the future, he will definitely think of himself first! Just as the retainers began to think about how to impress Tang Long, they suddenly noticed that the surroundings had turned dark, and the quiet soldiers outside began to commotion. Not knowing what was going on, they immediately ran out of the city hall, looked up at the sky, and were all stunned, because a huge battleship was floating above the city hall, and the dense The dense barrels are moving up, down, left, and right irregularly. After receiving the report that Tang Long had driven the battleship into the territory, Tang Nawen was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he smiled and muttered: "It's still too young to threaten my family with force." minister. "As he said, he waved his hand to let the defense officer back down, and ignored the matter.