Taking Su Ruoyan and Ed, Li Huailin returned to the main city of Sovata City, his territory. When he returned here, Su Ruoyan here first proposed to see the current development of urban commerce.

"Sure enough, many shops are closed." Looking at the situation on the street, Su Ruoyan shook her head slightly. The business development of Sovata City is not very optimistic now, and small and medium-sized stores are very difficult to develop. Some shop owners who cannot continue to operate have chosen to close their doors or directly change to the region to operate. The two chambers of commerce under Li Huailin took advantage of this period to develop on a large scale in Li Huailin's territory.

"Well, the problem is very serious?" Li Huailin asked.

"Nonsense, it's all the problems you caused." Su Ruoyan said here.

"Ahem." Li Huailin had no choice. If he didn't do this, his loyalty would be completely unable to suppress him. Now he has already loyalty to the people. If he collects less taxes, he can't bear it at all. Soon these civilians will rebel because their lives are too good, and it is simply an official who forces the people to rebel.

As he was talking, a loud scolding came from the commercial street next to him, attracting the attention of Li Huailin and the others.

"What did you say? I'm giving you your things to give you face. Do you dare to ask me for money?" A man here shouted loudly, sounding fierce and terrifying as if he was about to hit someone.

Li Huailin turned around and found that the guards who were cursing were actually wearing the armor of his Duke's mansion. There were four people in total. They were surrounded by a small vendor, who seemed to be selling fruits and other things. The guards here were holding a fruit in a game like an apple, surrounding the vendor begging for mercy on the ground, and it seemed that they were just asking for trouble. The civilians around were watching there, but no one dared to go up and talk.

"Brother, please give me a way out. You come here every few days to get things. Our small business can't maintain it at all." The stall owner here really knelt down for the four people, and said while begging for mercy.

"Hmph, you are ignorant, so you have to ask me why? Ask the vendors nearby. Think about whether you have forgotten to do something?" The guard here reminded.

In fact, the guards here are charging "protection fees" to the vendors, but the vendors did not give it to them, so they came to cause trouble for this guy every few days, hoping that he would "realize" earlier.

"My man, it's not that I don't know, it's because I can't afford it. I almost have no place to eat my own food, so I really can't survive." said the vendor here.

"I care whether you can survive..." The guards here just wanted to kick the vendor, but suddenly he saw Li Huailin walking towards him.

"Recruit... Lord Lord." The soldiers here were panicked and almost fell to the ground in fear. They quickly fought and saluted Li Huailin.

"Lord Lord!" The other three people also immediately saluted, all of whom were so scared that they were killed. Why did they see it at this time? I still have a way out? I don't know how I will be punished.

"You are... that... Marcel's subordinate?" Li Huailin asked suddenly.

"Uh...yes, Lord Lord." Several people here thought about it and answered honestly. They were the subordinates of Marcel, the previous group of thieves. After Marcel arrived, Li Huailin asked them to be the city guards. Although Minister of Interior Gerte strongly opposed it, there was no way. Who made Li Huailin the lord?

"Oh, is that?" Li Huailin nodded, looking at the guards very nervous, because Marcel had just arrived here, which means he had just come to join him. Although he was the leader of Chengwei, his status was not very stable. Now that he was caught by the lord, would he say that Marcel was dereliction of duty and drove him away, and he was gone? They couldn't make it anymore. So these city guards were all looking at Li Huailin very nervously.

"It's done well." Suddenly, Li Huailin smiled with satisfaction, and then patted the shoulders of the several city guards who were stunned.

"Ha?" Not only did the two guards not reacted, but even the vendor kneeling beside him did not react. Didn't you come to help me?

Of course, Li Huailin was quite satisfied. He originally asked these city guards to help him suppress Minzhong. If they didn't make trouble, how could they suppress Minzhong? Now that they saw that these people were doing well, their strategy was still feasible.

"Thank you... Lord, thank you for your praise." Although I don't know what happened, since Li Huailin praised him, the city guards here could only return the gift and thank you immediately. As long as Li Huailin is not angry, nothing else matters.

"But..." Li Huailin said again.

"What?" Hearing one, however, the guards here raised their hearts again.

"It's still not enough." Li Huailin looked at his Minzhong. It was now showing 84 points. Li Huailin still felt a little dissatisfied with the speed of improvement. "Did this guy not pay your protection fee?"

"This..." These city guards looked around and saw that the protection fee was a private matter. They didn't say it to the vendor because they didn't dare to say it explicitly, because other vendors gave it very consciously, but now Li Huailin asked them how to answer.

"Tmd I think about this question for so long, what do you want to die or what?" Li Huailin said immediately.

"Yes, Lord Lord." The city guard here saw Li Huailin a little angry and immediately replied, "On this street, he and the remaining two stall owners did not provide protection fees. We have been in trouble for them these days."

"Creating trouble? Are you called causing trouble?" Li Huailin said angrily, "You are still a thief. Why can't you handle this matter well? You don't pay the protection fee and dare to set up a stall in our city? Isn't this tm seeking death? How disgraceful is this to give you face, and that is, you don't give me face. Even the hawker dares not give me face. You just want to find his troubles and it's over?"

"Then... what does Lord Lord mean?" the city guard here asked carefully.

"Tmd is smashing the situation, beat me up, beat me to death." Li Huailin waved his hand and said.

"Ha?" The vendors here were stunned.

"Lord, do you really fight?" The city guards here asked again without believing it.

"Are you deaf? Do you want me to say it again?" Li Huailin asked.

"No, sir." The city guard here said quickly, then waved his hand, "Hear? Hit me, this guy didn't pay the protection fee and beat him to death."

Since it was the order of the lord, the city guards here naturally had no doubts. The four of them rushed up and kicked the vendor who was still stunned to the ground, and then started to fight hard.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Su Ruoyan here looked more and more wrong, and he quickly went up and said.

"A civilian, I don't obey if I don't teach a lesson." Li Huailin said.

"Nonsense, do this..." Before Su Ruoyan finished speaking, the civilians watching next to him suddenly knelt down for Li Huailin.

"Lord, you are so nice to us!" the civilians here shouted.

"I have worked so much recently. I thought the Lord had believed the rumors of some treacherous ministers and was ready to show kindness to us. Now I see that it is indeed a rumor. Lord Lord is still like that. Where can we find such a lord? Everyone said, "A civilian here in tears.

"Yes, yes, long live Lord!" the civilians here shouted.

"Long live Lord Lord."

Even Ed, who was here for the first time, nodded: "Well, I didn't expect that the Duke would manage the territory well." At the same time, the favorability also increased by 15 points.

"Ha?" Su Ruoyan couldn't even squeeze out the words she said just now, and she didn't know what was going on.

"By the way, I don't have time to do this." Li Huailin thought that it was not the time to sweep the people, and the war was still important there, so he quickly grabbed a city guard who was beating people and said, "Don't fight for it first, go back and notify all the ministers. I, Mashan, are going back and are preparing for a meeting."

"Yes, Lord Lord." The city guards here immediately ran back towards the Duke's Mansion.

"You guys, after you finish this, call all the remaining ones who do not pay the protection fee, and then arrest them all and parade. You must explain to everyone carefully that this is the outcome if you do not pay the protection fee." Li Huailin said again.

"Yes, Lord Lord." said several city guards here.

"..." Su Ruoyan here didn't know how to react, so she could only imitate Li Huailin to hold her forehead and remain speechless.

Surrounded by a group of touching civilians, Li Huailin returned to the Duke's Mansion. Several ministers had already received the news that they were waiting outside the Duke's Mansion, except for Military Minister Reg, because he had already set off with the troops. Now the deputy minister is temporarily appointed by Delamo, so he naturally also waited for Li Huailin at the door.

"Lord." Seeing Li Huailin come back, everyone here immediately saluted. Just after the salutation, the old people here saw Su Ruoyan behind Li Huailin, were a little stunned and then immediately saluted: "Madam, I have a blessing."

"Hello madam." This was the first time that Delamo saw Su Ruoyan. When he heard that this was the duchess, he immediately bowed.

"Oh, hello everyone." Seeing a few new faces, Su Ruoyan here nodded and said.

"Okay, have a meeting right away." Li Huailin waved his hand and said, "Gert, this is Master Ed. First, help me arrange a place for him, a quiet place, and I will talk about other things later."

"Yes, Lord Lord." Gerte nodded immediately, but after speaking, Gerte immediately asked, "Lord Lord Lord, if the wife is here, should you let the second wife come over to salute?"
Chapter completed!