I am reborn as a lord in Rome

"Look at what you said, I didn't mean that at all. Woolley smiled wryly and shook his head.

"Don't deny Woolley, that's what you mean. Lady Leah smiled and said, " Okay, let's get down to business, you're attending a meeting of nobles for the first time, I'm afraid I don't know what that means, the rest is just that, the last day is the highlight, lo and behold, that's the time for us to pay, I want you to help, it's not big, that is, when calculating the payment amount, put Lyndor Manor under your name, as a rule, you only need to pay one, so even if you add Grindor Manor, there will be no additional payment, so that Grindor Manor can be saved, how about it?"

"Is this okay? Is there a precedent?" asked Woolley, frowning.

"Why not, if you hadn't voted against Bunney, I wouldn't have bothered you, I had told him everything, but now it's okay, he can't help anymore. Lady Leah told a little lie with a frank face.

"As long as there is a precedent, I can promise you. Woolley nodded, "But can you be more detailed?" Lady

Leah looked at Woolley for a while, sighed and shook her head: "Woolley, you really think about it, Gauguin is capable and loyal, but he is really not suitable to be your first butler, anyway, you are not short of money, hire a good housekeeper from a big city-state, you can worry a lot less, believe me, your affairs will be more and more, really."

Woolley pondered for a moment and nodded.

After three more days of the Seneca city-state council of nobles in the storm, the "main event" of what Lady Leah called it was staged.

"Citizens. Archon Anthony's expression was serious, and his voice was loud, "Today is the last day of the meeting, and as a rule, I have to read out the order for the collection of territories, but before that, I have to announce another thing. As we all know, the city-state of Seneca has only had the Conservative Guard, not a garrison, but why is that? Because a part of the Third Legion is stationed in the fortress of Red Valley Bay, which is only more than 140 miles away from Seneca, they are the best barrier ...... Seneca."

"However, from next year's New Year, the garrison in the fortress of Red Valley Bay will be reduced by ninety, that is, at that time, there will be at most 1,000 soldiers in it, and such a force is not enough to guard this pass at all times, so the Senate and the Supreme Council of Nobles decided to transfer 6,000 of the officers and men of the Third Army to Seneca in Seneca, that is, soon, Seneca City will have two more lieutenants, of course, these garrisons will not only defend Seneca, but also assist the tribune Aesop to hunt down thieves and protect everyone's property, of course, their military pay will also be paid by Seneca City。

"So, from next year, the administrative expenses of the Seneca city-state will increase. Now I read out the decree of the conquest of the territories issued by the Senate, the Council of the Supreme Nobles—the citizens of the city-state of Seneca, under the light of the god Amun...... "

The consul Antony read a decree of conscription in a low voice, but almost no one listened to what he said, and all of them were calculating, speculating on how much more gold they would have to pay, or, speculating on the true intentions of the Third Legion to garrison Seneca, and of course, there were those who began to make friends with the garrison, although it was too early.

After reading the territorial solicitation order, Anthony shook the brass bell, and when the venue returned to quiet, he smiled slightly and asked, "If you have any questions, you can ask them now." A

nobleman directly opposite Woolley raised his hand, and then, with a dark face, looked at Anthony: " Your Excellency, even if we increase the garrison, we don't need to increase our quota by fifty percent, according to the standard you announced, in the next two years, the amount I need to pay will reach 8,000 gold coins, this figure is too exaggerated, I can't accept it, besides, after paying the levy fee, the regular taxes cannot be reduced, Archon, in a few years like this, I'm afraid I won't even be qualified to enter the council hall!"

After listening, Anthony smiled undiminishedly, neither explaining nor appeased, but turned his gaze to the others: "Is there anything else, please?"

Another nobleman at the stone table raised his hand, and then, he slowly stood up: "Your Excellency, I just want to know how long the garrison will be stationed in

Seneca City?" This time, Anthony gave an explanation: "According to the arrangement of the Senate and the Supreme Council of Nobles, the Seneca city-state will have a permanent garrison from next year. A

sigh rang out from behind Woolley, and the nobleman who asked the question sat back in his chair with a disappointed expression.

After a slight hesitation, Woolley raised his hand: "Lord Archon, I don't know which standard I belong to, you know, I'm here for the first time this year, and I don't understand anything.

Woolley's words provoked some restrained snickering.

Anthony was stunned for a moment, and then gave the answer with a smile: " Citizen of Woolledindo, if you really don't know the standard, I can tell you unequivocally that since you have the qualifications to sit at the round table, it means that you have at least reached the third level standard, that is, you can choose to pay three percent of the property for the next two years, or you can choose to pay a fixed amount of four thousand five hundred gold coins according to the third level standard, by the way, you don't need to be too honest, how to pay is beneficial to you, you can just pay how to pay.

Anthony's reminder to Woolley also provoked some laughter.

The third level of the standard?3 percent? Wu Lai sighed and shook his head, saying in his heart that this big exploiting class is not soft on the small exploiting class's "knife", no wonder many nobles are bright and arrogant in front of them, but they are stingy in the back, and it turns out that there is still this big money waiting for expenses.

After recalling the content of the solicitation order, Woolley can basically affirm one thing - Glyndor Manor should be in the category of the fifth level standard, that is, in the past two years, Glyndo needs to pay a collection fee of one hundred and twenty gold coins.

While thinking about it, several more nobles raised their hands to ask questions, and one of them got up and made an explanation, which meant that so-and-so manor was included in his collection quota, and Anthony readily agreed and instructed the scribe to make a record.

At the same time, Woolley also discovered that only the nobles at the stone table were qualified to ask, question, or make some kind of explanation, and the ordinary nobles did not even have the right to ask questions or object.

He must have felt the unfairness of the solicitation order back then, and perhaps, he was angry and sad about it. Woolley sighed in his heart, and the "he" in his heart was naturally his alcoholic father Simon.

"Any more questions?" asked Anthony again, in a good mood, for the nobles did not resist much of an increase in the amount of the levy.

"Yes. Woolley raised his hand a second time, and then, standing up.

Anthony laughed and nodded, "Say it, Seneca is the youngest but most potential citizen. "

Two things. A smile also appeared on the corner of Woolley's mouth, "First of all, Lord Archon must also know that the White Stone Building and the Glyndor Manor are the same, so since I have paid the third-level standard collection quota, the Glyndor Manor can not be paid, right?"

Anthony nodded.

"Second, I don't have that much money. As soon as Woolley's words were uttered, there was an uproar in the room, and many people guessed what Woolley meant, knowing that no one had ever said such a thing at the previous aristocratic meetings, and this was a simple refusal?

Wu Lai glanced at the nobles at the stone table with a smile, and then said, "Lord Archon, I am telling the truth, I really can't get four thousand five hundred gold coins, everyone knows that my mansion is a little too big, and I accidentally spent almost all the money on hand. "

Woolly Greendo. Anthony frowned, and he could smell the offended smell of his authority being offended from everyone's expressions and snickering.

"Don't get me wrong, Lord Archon. The smile on Wu Lai's face was even stronger, "I can't get four thousand five hundred gold coins, but I have a compromise solution, and it won't be bad to keep half a silver coin." That's right, I just calculated, four thousand five hundred gold coins, which is equivalent to twenty-three sets' I don't have any cash for the price of the God-given vehicles, and I am willing to have an extra set, so I will use the market price of 4,800 gold coins to cover the collection of 4,500 gold coins, and I have suffered a small loss, but I can barely accept it, the Archon does not need to look at me like this, you should know very well that it is indeed worth so much, of course, the God-given vehicles alone are not easy to sell, and I happen to have a few friends' carpentry workshops that specialize in making this kind of magical carriages, exquisite skills and extraordinary quality, so I will give another suggestion to the Archons, simply let me transfer these twenty-four sets of God-given vehicles to them, at most a few days, Lord Archon can collect twenty-four magical carriages, what do you think?"

As soon as Wu Lai's words fell, the nobles of the current family who gave Wu Lai's "God-given chariots" had already understood it, and immediately stood up one after another to make generous statements, and first cried poorly, and then said that they would use the magic carriage to offset the collection money.

Anthony was called a blockage in his heart, he naturally knew that Wu Lai and his eight "next families" would be short of money, and if he had to say so, he couldn't just want to exchange the gold coins paid by Huang Cancan for a carriage that paid the cost and profits. But he couldn't let it out, because those carriages were really so popular, and they were really worth so much money.

In the end, Anthony reluctantly agreed, and when he subconsciously glanced at the initiator Woolley, he found that the "culprit" was smiling at him sincerely.

He's a scoundrel. Anthony thought to himself.

"If there are no other questions, I declare ......," Anthony said aloud as he finished collecting his emotions.

"Wait, Lord Archon!" a voice interrupted Anthony coldly.

Anthony frowned, Dorjee had already stood up with a smile, first nodded at Woolley, then glanced at everyone, and finally, his gaze fell on Anthony's face: "Lord Consul, I have something I want to talk about here." "

Say it. Anthony nodded angrily.

"Thank you. After thanking Dorjee, his face turned pale, and he said loudly, "Citizens, as usual, next year, three of the citizens of the Seneca city-state will be selected and sent to study at the Assyrian Civic College. Merciful and convinced, I believe that the citizens of Wool Gringor are the best candidates to study in the city of Seneca, and therefore, I am here to express my attitude, and I recommend the citizens of Wool Ringeldo to study at the Assyrian Civic College.

Anthony was a little stunned, and said that these three places are used to balance the relationship, why are you just here to express your attitude?"

"I agree!" Someone at the stone table began to raise their hands, needless to say, they were those "next families" of Woolley.

Soon, more than sixty percent of the nobles in the hall raised their hands in agreement, although not necessarily all of them were in the same mind as the elated Lady Leah, but at least they showed their attitudes.

Anthony didn't expect such an outcome, and was about to glare at Dorjee, but the guy had already sat back in his chair, and was chatting happily with his neighbor, so he didn't look at him at all.

Wu Lai didn't expect Dorjee to perform such a play, and after being stunned, he lowered his voice and asked his neighbor: "What does the Civic Academy mean?"

The neighbor glanced at him: "Pull it down, Woolly Green, your expression tells me that you are showing off." "

Show off?" Woolley felt a little dazed.