"Hey, have you heard that something big happened in the palace last night!"
"I have some gossip. It is said that a group of thugs from the Syndicate attacked the palace and killed the visiting imperial envoys."
"Hey! Not only that, my uncle is a member of the Knights. Let me tell you, the palace last night was tragic. What are the imperial emissaries? Almost all the nobles and royal families in attendance were killed in our Illinois. Those gangs of thugs were completely slaughtered! Even the old king died! That day... tsk tsk, according to my uncle, there was really a river of blood!"
"You put it this way, when I got up in the middle of the night last night, I seemed to actually see some bright light in the sky in the direction of the King's Tower. I, I thought I was sleepy and hallucinating."
"Then, what should we do? Are we in Illinois doomed? Are the syndicate thugs going to kill us next?" A resident who seemed to have come from out of town was trembling after hearing this.
The previous informant shook his head at this time, but continued with a bit of excitement:
"You are overthinking this. It is said that the gang of robbers from the Syndicate specializes in killing nobles and big landowners. Not only will they not harm us commoners, but they will also make profits for us!"
"Huh? Looking for profit?"
More and more people gathered in the early morning. In fact, everyone did not care much about the drastic changes in the palace because it was too far away from them. Moreover, under the dual control of Liao Yu and the eldest princess, the bloodshed that night was limited to the palace and not the palace. spread to any other place.
For the people in the royal city, if the eldest princess had not deliberately released the news, even the common people at the bottom would not have noticed it and would have known nothing about the changes.
Of course it's different now.
Everyone was originally concerned about how to "make profits", but the first words of this "information guide" disappointed many people.
"The gang of thugs from the Syndicate said that there will be no more nobles in Illinois in the future! They will kill every one of them!"
It can be seen that this "newsletter" is a civilian intellectual, so he speaks very excitedly. He has long been disgusted with the aristocracy that has been marked on his life since birth, and now he is announcing this to everyone with great enthusiasm. good news.
However, when it comes to the ears of the public...
"So, there won't be any noble men anymore? Then who will give us jobs and fields? Where's the benefit? We can't even afford to eat. Damn it! These hateful Syndicates!"
"That's right, I still owe the noble master several months of house payment. Now that the master is gone, who should I pay my money to now? Will they treat me as a gangster and throw me into prison?"
"It's over! My little daughter finally managed to squeeze her way into the mansion of a noble master. She has not been a servant for a day, and now she is coming back. What should I do? Without the noble master, who will take care of her? She!"
Seeing that most civilians don't seem to understand it, it's no wonder they have it. The aristocracy has lasted for hundreds of years, and under this system, very few people can go to school and acquire knowledge.
So "Xinwentong" quickly added and explained:
"Everyone, don't worry. The gangsters of the Syndicate also said that the property and fields of the nobles will be distributed fairly to everyone! According to the number of heads in each household, everyone will have a share!"
"And you, yes, you don't have to pay back the house payment just now! You can apply to the new official, and the house will be yours directly!"
"You, you, you, yes, the one who said you can't support your daughter. Now that the eldest princess of Illinois has taken office, we will be given money soon, and a large number of jobs will be provided. Your daughter will not need you by then. She can afford it herself!”
Many people still don't believe it.
Changing perceptions is not that simple.
Everyone is even eager for the nobles to come back and "rescue" them again.
It was not until the next few days that the favor was truly delivered to them. To put it simply, gold bars were really distributed in the village.
At this time, everyone came back to their senses.
Begin to realize that the nobles are not the masters who save them.
Instead, they have been squeezing and depriving the vampires of their labor.
Seventy percent of Illinois' wealth is concentrated among the nobility and royal families.
In accordance with Liao Yu's word "fairness", the eldest princess began to return a large amount of these resources and money to society and transfer them to the hands of the people at the bottom, including fields, houses, food and clothing, education, medical care, etc.
Of course, Yuffie also has his own changes and policies. Whether it is fields or houses, they are not given away, but rented to civilians at very low prices.
The difference between this and giving away is that these resources are still under the unified political power of Yuffie, which is equivalent to the royal power always controlling this "fair" social distribution, preventing the emergence of another form of "nobility".
But the drawbacks of this policy are also obvious. Once the ministers and officials under the eldest princess become corrupt and have evil thoughts, the entire system will quickly collapse.
Unless there is someone extremely powerful who can keep an eye on the officials all the time.
A certain minister's residence.
It didn't take long. On the third day, someone had already had a wrong idea. The minister was nominally enforcing the fair distribution of the eldest princess, but in fact, the civilians who were now assigned were all forced by him in the name of "kickbacks" , deducted the money and put it into his own pocket.
Of course, he didn't dare to be too greedy. Each civilian would only deduct 30%, and the remaining 70% would be distributed to them. No one would notice such a small move.
However.
In the middle of the night, a group of mercenary adventurers came to the mansion. Luna, with a face full of disgust, used a spell to hang the maggot minister, and then followed the captain of the sea tiger to the next official position.
Under the minister's dead body, a shadow flickered, and the shadow demon slowly left, going to monitor the next high-level human being.
Of course, Liao Yu's control of Illinois will not be based solely on one word.
Liao Yu also had to choose and use the operations that the demon clan should have back then, such as using the shadow demon clan to become the eyes of the demon clan among humans.
Except for Yuffie, no one knows about the existence of demons. The fear comes from the unknown. When officials with evil intentions die one after another, no matter how greedy the person is, they can still distinguish between life and money.
Even later, countless ministers and officials spontaneously asked Yuffie, the new queen of Illinois, for charitable donations. They wanted to donate all their wealth, respond to Yuffie's policies, and contribute to society.
It is not ruled out that there are really good-hearted people among them, but more importantly, it is because they want to sleep peacefully more than donating money. No one wants to be labeled as a noble by the group of syndicate "thugs" the next day. And the name of the landlord, after waking up, my head has moved.
A few days later, when Wilsey, wearing a cloak, walked onto the street again, the streets of the royal city were now much busier than before.
More and more people have money in their hands, new jobs, and smiles called "happiness" and "joy" on their faces.
Why.
This is not the city that was ruled by demons in history and in her memory.
The place invaded by the demons should be in a mess, full of suffering, and only destruction.
Not so in Illinois.
even
Wilsey unknowingly returned to the Royal Academy, the starting point of all her "dreams". This was her first contact with human society and the place where she first met Professor Liao Yu.
As intellectuals in the royal city, all the Royal Academy are elites. The professors are actually very resistant to the eldest princess. They believe that distributing wealth and resources to ignorant people at the bottom is wasteful and wasteful.
Large-scale currency dispersion will cause serious damage to Illinois' economic system and trigger inflation.
Until the Grand Princess immediately introduced a new policy called "Compulsory Education". From then on, all Illinois citizens, regardless of region or household registration, will be able to enjoy education, and everyone will be eligible to learn magic.
Some simple spells are actually not complicated, but they can greatly help productivity. For example, the zero-level dew spell is used for farming and watering, and the fire cluster spell is used for smelting and forging.
The fight against local tyrants to divide their land is just a temporary carnival. What can really make the common people of Illinois live a good life and make Illinois strong is not bottomless money distribution, but also the improvement of productivity. It still requires a technological revolution.
In fact, many countries know this, but why they still don't use it is because it violates the "Non-Proliferation of Magic" treaty issued by the empire. This treaty stipulates that civilians, except non-nobles, are not allowed to learn magic.
Queen Yuffie has made it clear that Illinois also wants to follow the Empire's footsteps.
However, the villains and robbers of the Syndicate are too rampant and terrifying.
Not only did they murder the imperial emissary, but they also massacred all the nobles and royal families of Illinois. Illinois, whose vitality was severely damaged, had no choice but to use this method to restore its vitality. Everything was just self-defense.
No one has any doubts about this.
The notorious Syndicate, a desert basin filled with war and chaos. If the people in the world are least afraid of the Empire, they are probably these desperadoes.
But this set of external rhetoric can deceive others, and Wei Erxi knows it in her heart.
There are no villains from the Syndicate.
They are clearly demons.
Therefore, it is Professor Liao Yu who is supporting Princess Yuffie. He even said that Wilsey has a very strong intuition that the new policies of Illinois are not just relying on Yuffie alone. Liao Yu is also behind it. The shadow of the professor is there.
Could it be
Could it be that I was the one at fault?
Wilsey recalled that when she was at the meeting, she tried to protect those nobles and royal families, but now it seems that these people are really dead, which is the best help to Illinois.
No.
No matter what, lives should not be taken away so easily, and they should be handed over to a fair trial.
Now Wilsey came to a dark alley.
Not far in front of her, a mother and daughter were retreating in fear. A group of civilians surrounded them. Judging from the mother's appearance, although her clothes had become rudimentary, her supple skin was... It was a once wealthy family with aristocratic upkeep.
"It's them! Earl William's relatives! They exploited us so much!"
"What's the point of being an earl? The nobles are gone long ago. Hmph, that bastard William died well. What a pity for such a beautiful wife and daughter."
"How can it be called a pity? Aren't we here? Madam, just pay off the debt of your noble husband!"
The few grinning commoners who were saying this were about to swarm over and bully this mother and daughter who had lost their husbands, plummeted overnight, and lost all their wealth.
Until the emerald green magic arrow shot at them, they were startled. When they saw that Wilshey was a magician, they cursed and ran away.
"Thank you. Thank you, sir. Thank you, thank you."
The mother and daughter thanked Wilsey repeatedly, and finally left confused and helpless while trembling with each other in sobs.
But Wilsey could only clenched her fists on the spot, unable to do anything.
If she could have helped Professor Liao Yu more in this regard and successfully persuaded the professor to use gentler methods, she might have been able to get more people to a relatively good ending.
Wilsey has already seen that perhaps Professor Liao Yu is leading the demons to take another path, but this road is very different from the demons in the past. Wilsey can fully imagine the obstacles that Liao Yu will face in the future. .
she.
Want to help the professor!
The hatred between the elves and the demons does not necessarily mean fighting. If the demons can be transformed and educated, why not be another greater victory for the elves?
Can.
Versi, who was looking forward to such a future, finally lowered her head in despair. Like an abandoned puppy, she wrapped herself up tightly. The collar of her former owner - the only thing Liao Yu gave to Versi, that A cloak.
Without her strength, everything is nonsense.
She could only look at Professor Liao Yu, who was getting closer and closer to her.
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared at the entrance of the alley in front of Wilsey.
"Dear Miss Wilsey, I am impressed by your noble sense of justice as an elf. I think we all need each other now. In this case, we might as well."
"How about a collaboration?"
The deep voice, the pale green eyes, and the bony, bandaged hands stretched out towards her.
Wei Erxi's pupils immediately tightened and her whole body tensed up.
With such iconic features, how could the elf not recognize this figure?
The sixth apostle of the demon clan.
Evil, Ancient Lordan.
(End of chapter)
