The King of Knights in a Different World

That's the way it is said, but the king got these knights, did he mean to pay some ransom or something. When the knights heard these words, their faces were full of shame.

However, considering the domestic situation at that time, Lucifer did not simply reject them, but told them that France would still have a final payment every year, and he could use part of this money to compensate. This is what makes these guys stop.

Some time ago they just asked for 60,000 from France, Lucifer only took 10,000 of it, and let them share the other 50,000. In theory, they should be fine.

But now it seems that they have tasted the sweetness, and they are going to force the palace in the same way as before, and continue to swallow the final payment. To say that such a guy would waste money fighting wars, Lucifer thought it would be better to believe that pigs can climb trees.

"Wang, when did you get the gossip about this? Those people can't even keep this little secret? If that's the case and dare to propose this proposal, I really think they are very interested. Say, at least the skin is thick enough." Semiramis laughed.

"Based on their personalities and the current situation in this country, it is not difficult to infer this kind of information. The former king originally enacted this law for foreign wars, but it turned out to be a tool for them to collect money. The reason why Britain became what it is now , they cannot escape the blame.”

This country is not without national strength, but most of them will be used for private use. If you want not to lose the chain in the future, you must first solve these internal problems.

"The king really hates greed."

"No, on the contrary, I don't hate greed, I just hate stupidity. With so many people following me in this country, it may not be realistic to expect them to have unlimited loyalty to the country. But even greed, You have to understand something for me too. That is what can be moved and what cannot be moved."

"They seem to prefer the latter. I'm looking forward to it now, how do you clean up the current situation."

"Is there only war tax? Based on what I know about them, their appetite won't suddenly become so small." Lucifer continued along the previous topic.

If it was just a matter of the war tax, Lucifer felt that they had modified it. During the year, when Lucifer and Artoria chatted about this in private, even the upright knight Ji had the urge to draw her sword and chop those people down.

Of course, the key point Lucifer felt was that these guys wanted to get involved in the position of head of the Knights of the Imperial Guard. This position is currently held by girls. These people used the reason that the girl was too young, or even a woman, to say that she was not suitable, and they had to be replaced by someone they designated.

"Oh! I forgot, and there was the matter that they wanted their children to enter the Knights of the Round Table."

"The Knights of the Round Table have their own assessment standards, and if they have been met, I welcome them to join at any time. In other words, I have no reason to reject the application of an outstanding knight."

The current Knights of the Round Table does not have more than 100 people like in history, but there are only about 30 people at present, but the number will increase. Interestingly, the members of this order were otherwise powerful figures.

For example, Gawain and Lancelot are the chief and deputy commanders of the Royal City Guard, and Tristan is the general of the guerrilla army. Arturia is the commander of the Imperial Guard. Kelar is the leader of the nascent Thundergun Knights. There are many more like this.

Lucifer controls the round table, and the round table controls other armies. In this way, he firmly grasped the military power of the royal family. *

no.55 Watch me lose weight for you

His approach also gave others the illusion that as long as they joined the round table, they could hold important positions.

"It's because they can't reach it that they want to enter through other methods. After all, the members of the round table are all new aristocrats and commoner knights, and many people in this knight order have held key positions. They naturally Will be delusional."

"They stretched their hands long enough. Is there anything else? Let's talk about everything else. During this period of time, I'm busy with inspections and college affairs, and they should have poured a lot of bitterness on you. Just take advantage of this time , complain to me one by one.”

"Haha! Wang, am I such a fragile person in your heart?"

"Before you were my prime minister, you were a woman first."

"Your gentlemanly demeanor is quite heart-warming. Apart from the previous two, the most protested is your tax reduction policy for commercial activities in the royal territory. They said that you took away all the merchants that belonged to them. ...Of course, there are some guys who deliberately say that the harvest in their territory is not good, and the taxes paid this year must be reduced. Anyway, it is almost related to money."

Semiramis' words not only made Lucifer laugh, but even she herself felt a little funny. In fact, her approach to the western territory is very similar to Lucifer's New Deal. It also relies on reducing the taxes of individual merchants to attract more merchants.

Compared with their slow-flowing approach, most of the other nobles just grabbed a few sheep and squeezed them to death. Taxes are collected when entering the city, taxes are collected when leaving the city, taxes are collected when buying things, and taxes are also collected when selling. In comparison, Lucifer's policies are like angels, and at the same time there are dedicated personnel to ensure fairness. It goes without saying which side the businessman will choose.

It is worth mentioning that some minor nobles on the side of the royal family tried similar methods after seeing the effect of Lucifer's strategy, but these minor nobles were all warned by those old nobles without exception. Many of them were even attacked.

These little nobles were forced to have no choice but to give up their territory to the royal family, and then came to Lucifer's side to become officials. After all, these people only bullied the weak, and they didn't dare to challenge Lucifer. However, this also caused protests from these old nobles.

"Protest to me as the king? This group of people is really hopeless. The little nobles who were beaten up by them and offered land to me with various excuses did not protest. They still have the face to come and say this." Thinking of this, Lucy Phil couldn't help laughing.

"I feel the same way."

Amidst the laughter, Lucifer took out a stack of documents from the drawer. He sorted it out, and handed it to Semiramis.

"Mira, sort out these laws and regulations, and tomorrow's imperial meeting will depend on our cooperation."

"Another bad idea? Let me see... um... if that's the case... are you sure you want to do this?" Mira's expression gradually became serious.

The content of these decrees is also very simple, that is, the land will be nationalized, and at the same time, the five titles currently held by Duke Bo Zinan will be reduced to fifteen. Each original title is divided into one, two, and three levels, such as first-level duke and second-level duke.

And everyone who inherits the title of the previous generation will automatically drop one level.

Each place is divided into counties by the country, and nobles no longer have local autonomy, but are managed by people sent by the country. The honorary territory of the nobility is retained, but they can no longer interfere in local affairs, and the due taxes are uniformly collected and distributed by the state.

This approach is similar to that of the Han Dynasty, but in this era it undoubtedly cut off the root of the nobles' survival. If placed in an era of peace, the resistance to such reforms would be very high, but fortunately, it is now a time of war.

"This is the backhand I told you about before." Lucifer said seriously.

"King, as Prime Minister, I have to remind you that I am also a noble, and one of the biggest nobles in this kingdom." Semiramis did not answer directly at this moment, but smiled slightly.

There are not only four dukes in this country, there are a total of nine dukes, but the other five are not as famous as them.

"Do you really care about that kind of thing? Well, let's say you care. You are my prime minister. Once these laws are implemented, you will become a real existence under one person and above ten thousand people. How? It seems better than you maintaining that territory by yourself now, and dealing with those old guys." Lucifer also smiled.

After getting along for a year, Lucifer almost understood what kind of people the four of them were. Especially Semiramis, perhaps the only one among the four Grand Dukes who would never object to this proposal.

Put all the power in one king, if Wang is wise, it will undoubtedly bring the whole country to the peak of light and glory.

Even if you don't talk about these, it should be in terms of power. Although Lucifer canceled the real power of the nobles, he gave Semiramis more power. Just like now, those old aristocrats will show her face here, and there are five other grand dukes like them.

But once the reform is completed, she, the prime minister, will truly live under Lucifer.

"Well! That's right! I need to discuss it with the other three." Semiramis did not answer immediately, but was going to discuss it with the other three Grand Dukes.

After all, this is a big event. If you don't ventilate in advance, it will be difficult to cooperate afterwards. Judging from the content of this decree, there will definitely be rebellions within Britain in the coming year. This also requires the three of them to prepare in advance.

"No problem! After the restructuring, each of you will have a job in it. Believe me, it is definitely much bigger than what you can currently control."

"Aren't you worried that they will be cornered and take the lead in rebellion?"

"If they rebel, it just proves that the existence of the nobles is the source of the country's turmoil. As a king, I have the right and the obligation to eradicate them. If they don't rebel, then their harm can be minimized. Besides, you forgot about us Is there the current inheritance bill?" Lucifer smiled and said a fatal situation.

This is the benefit of having righteousness. If they do something, it proves that they have a problem and they have to solve it themselves. If they don't do it, they will never have the chance to do it in the future. To put it simply, whether or not martial arts will be abolished.

"Oh! Interesting, this way, we don't need to do anything at all, and they will be in chaos. Civil strife often means crime, and the king will have the righteousness to send troops to stop it. No matter what they choose, they will lose their current everything."

"To put it simply, checkmate!" Lucifer took out a chess piece and placed it on the chessboard on the table.

Yes, the current situation has been decided from the beginning. Because of the existence of the Tweet Order, many sons of those nobles have already begun to look forward to their future lives. After all, you see, originally they could not inherit anything, but suddenly the king told them that they could inherit some territories, and of course they thought it was theirs.

At this time, if the patriarchs of these nobles rebel, these sons may disagree first. After all, let's not talk about whether they can succeed, even if they succeed, if the previous decree is abolished, they will immediately have nothing.

A decree a year ago had caused internal problems among these nobles, and now Lucifer just detonated this problem in advance. *

no.56 Another year (seeking tickets, flowers)

Time flies by, another year. During this year, apart from the fact that the established academy was gradually on the right track, what Lucifer did the most was to lead troops to suppress the rebellion.

There were seven rebellions in one year, all but the most violent of the first. The other times were just farces, and even the last time, before Lucifer's army arrived, they fought among themselves and then surrendered.

The first rebellion was led by three dukes, who were also leaders of the old aristocracy. Including many members of the old nobles, a total of more than 100,000 troops have been assembled. But in fact, most of them are just captured civilians, of which there are only more than 50,000 troops belonging to them.

Lucifer first used countermeasures to make them suspicious of each other, and then deliberately interviewed one of them. This directly made them doubt their own people. After killing each other, Duke Allen finally killed the other two and swallowed their soldiers, preparing for a decisive battle with Lucifer.

As for the result, needless to say, Lucifer used the undercover agent he had left in advance and held up the righteousness of the king, and directly made those captured soldiers turn against him on the spot, taking advantage of the chaos to get rid of Alan. So far, this The massive rebellion was directly disintegrated.

All relevant personnel, according to their crimes, were killed and exiled to labor camps. At this point, Wang's reputation has been pushed to the top. The legend of the undefeated king gradually spread in the country, and at the same time, the lower classes and common people who were liberated because of Lucifer's new policy also began to sing praises of Lucifer.

On the horse on the British Southern Road, Lucifer couldn't help but feel that this country still had many advantages of its own before. At least many people would put down their weapons directly after seeing their leader was killed, which saved Lucifer a lot of effort in countering the rebellion, and also minimized the damage caused by the rebellion.

After one year, the promoted reform has basically been implemented, and the next step is to ensure its completion. For this reason, Lucifer also set up a court for supervision. And in order to determine the effect of the new policy, Lucifer will lead the knights to inspect various places from time to time.

He has already gone to three places in the north, east and west. After the inspection, he found that the north and west were the most receptive to the New Deal, while the east was relatively poor. Among them, especially the west, was originally an area with relatively developed commerce, and Lucifer's New Deal undoubtedly brought them prosperity.

These people are also the group that supports Lucifer the most.

At this time, Lucifer couldn't help but feel that it was great to have a capable prime minister. If Semiramis hadn't been in the royal city, Lucifer would have had to prepare for a long time when he ran out to patrol like now.

The current Military Affairs Department is currently jointly led by three dukes and marshals. Of course, the highest leader is still Lucifer himself. Corresponding to this is the Financial Secretary. Lucifer's third division replaced the previous chaotic system.

In the south, with the reform of the military system, all the troops here were unified into the Southern Legion, led by Marshal St. George, and there was no problem with the private soldiers of the nobles in the past. After Lucifer came to Dragonscale Fortress, he routinely inspected everything here.

This is where he became famous. Coming again, the difference from before is that this time someone has been out of the city to welcome his arrival. After staying here for two days, Lucifer set off for White Rock Fortress.

After two years, White Rock Fortress has been rebuilt and is stronger than before. This fortress is now not so much a defensive stronghold as a transit station and rear. Because there is a small fortress being established on the farther bank of the Rhine, which is a newly established stronghold to defend against the French.

Although the two countries have now reached a truce, everyone knows that once the truce time passes, the two countries will start fighting again.

When Lucifer came to the newly built Brilliant Fortress, he found that Siegfried was in charge of the fortress's supervisor. After the inspection, Lucifer let the knights rest here, and he took Artoria to leave temporarily for a walk outside.

Although the knights were a little worried about this decision, considering that Lucifer is currently known as the strongest knight in Britain, and Artoria, who defeated Gawain before the first half of the year and became the chief of the round table, they don't think so either. Will there be any security issues.

Interestingly, the current Artoria and the other three grand dukes are called the Four Horsemen of the King by others. Compared to two years ago, she has indeed matured a lot.

Walking along the avenue, they came to a hillside covered with flowers. Although the flowers here are just wild flowers that can be seen everywhere, they seem to symbolize the new life of this country. Along the way, they also saw some farmers who were busy farming. The eyes these people looked at these two strange knights were no longer the horror they used to be, but sincere respect.

They sat together on the turf, looking at the scenery in front of them. A small town can be seen at the end of the avenue not far away.

"Time flies. Under Wang's leadership, this country has really become completely different from before. I can see hope in their eyes now." At this moment, Lucy, who was leaning on Artoria, On Phil's shoulders, she didn't have her hair curled up like before. The golden hair was spread out, giving her a little more girlish air.

Since getting the scabbard, her body has been stuck in two years ago, and maybe it will stay forever. She didn't regret it, and she didn't mean to be much distressed by it.

"I just gave them direction to work toward."

In the past, this country had all kinds of taxes, and the nobles would steal from time to time. Ordinary people had to work hard for it, but it was difficult to survive like this. Since Lucifer became the king, this situation has disappeared.

The civilians can not only have enough food and clothing, but also work less intensively than before. Some people can even accumulate some money to send their children to school.

Even though the new decree is only over a year old, many people have already started referring to Lucifer as a virtuous king. Although most of the time it is still titled as the King of Knights.

Arturia also understood this. During the inspection during this period, she saw a lot. She once said to Merlin that everyone was smiling happily, as long as that was enough. Now, what was once a dream has become a reality. And she became one of them.

"Before, everyone has been living in the shadow of war. Because of this, the hope in front of us is rare. If there is no more war from now on, everyone's smiles will continue to be maintained."

"If that day really comes, I think I will be much more relaxed. It's a pity that the countries next to me won't watch the show just because I don't do it."

"As long as there is a king, this country will not disappear. We all firmly believe that."

"Even though I've heard too many words like this, I still find these words very sweet when they come out of your mouth, Leah. Speaking of which, it's been a long time since we walked alone together like this." During the words, Lucifer He turned his face to look at the girl beside him. *

no.57 Being in love is a kind of talent (asking for tickets, asking for flowers)

No matter how many times you look at the girl's profile that catches your eyes, you won't get tired of it.

As if feeling Lucifer's gaze, Artoria's face gradually turned red. Even though their bodies and minds had met frankly and there was no secret, but when facing Lucifer's eyes, she would still lower her head unconsciously, and a girl's unique expression would appear on her face.

In the past, Gao Wen and the others would tease him with this expression, and then..., then Gao Wen lost his position as the head of the round table. That was also the first time that the other round tables saw the strength of Arturia, the right hand of the king.

"If the master wishes, I can walk down with you at any time."

"Then let's go! Go and have a look at this newly recovered land!" Without continuing to tease the girl in front of him, Lucifer took her hand and walked towards the avenue down the hillside.

When they walked down the hillside, a magical light flashed on their bodies, and the silver armor turned into magic and disappeared into the air, replaced by the couple casual clothes that they would wear together when secretly dating.

While walking, they saw some French and British people communicating normally. This scene surprised Leah somewhat, and there was more of a smile on her face.

"The boundary between the French and the British on the border is not as clear as in the royal city."

"This is probably because the border has always been in an area where wars are concentrated. In many cases, the ruler may change in a few days. Although war is terrible, it can also speed up the integration of culture and nation in a certain sense." Lucifer Er calmly described a certain possibility.

In war, it may even be the people on the frontier who are the first to fuse with each other. Although they endured the pain of the war, they also learned the wisdom of living in the war. Just like in Wangcheng, French people, even French businessmen, will be treated with prejudice.

But here, people from two countries can become friends. As the living environment changes, people will change accordingly.

"But this heavy price is also borne by everyone."

"If possible, Leah would prefer to complete the integration in a peaceful way."

"After two years of getting along with Lucille, I gradually understand that the gentle way seems beautiful, but it may never be realistic."

Although the girl is a real knight with the virtues of a knight, she is not a saint in the traditional sense, and she has never been naive.

And her innocence that she still maintained after going through the purgatory of war is what Lucifer likes most.

"Don't think too much, some things will only give you a headache. You are my sword, as long as you fight for me, as for the people and the country, that is my scope. This is not decided from a long time ago Something?" While speaking, Lucifer couldn't help but strengthen his grip on the girl's hand.

He looked at the young knight beside him, and Leah was also looking at him at this time. When the four eyes looked at each other, they all saw each other's inner voice.

"Well. I always think that the luckiest thing in my life is meeting Lucille. I have always thought so from before to now."

"Maybe you should use the word happiness."

"Yes, happiness."

For a moment, an invisible silence permeated them. The smell of the soil in the breeze, the familiar touch between the fingers, the repeated walks, the usual conversations, the scenery everywhere, I should have been used to it, but everything in front of me is so clear and different .

After a while, Lucifer gradually woke up from the fairy tale-like atmosphere.