Chapter 138 (2/2)

The fourth level were ordinary civilians They didn’t have any rights and just were farmers like in other territories

However, froive some special incentives to the population They could attend military acadeovernencies and so on

To promote from one level to another the person had to contribute some kind of value to the Lion territory

Captain Hui and Housekeeper Hong didn’t understand Xiao Yu’s intentions at the start so they didn’t block his proposal However, Xiao Yu was gradually giving authority to civilians based on their level They found that soe back the syste time

The privileges and authority given by Xiao Yu didn’t go against the status and interests of the nobles He was trying to solve of lack of officials within the territory Anyone could ih meritorious deeds They could do it by military accomplishments, donate food to the territory, or materials, create inventions, teach apprentices and so on In short, Xiao Yu was encouraging , inventions and production

Xiao Yu’s policies improved the efficiency in the unprecedentedto their lord so they weren’t willing to work hard But now, the food was theirs so they had to work hard not to die Xiao Yu irain donated thee it for h meritorious service points then their children could enter Military Acadeencies Xiao Yu was able to accu a penny Food was the most critical material for any war All the emperors of the China had used this trick to rule the country Firstly get grain then beco!

Xiao Yu began to expand step by step as the territory got stable and population increased

They had checkpoints throughout the junctions of roars atchtowers The merchants that went to or came back from the Western Cloud Eainst the Lion territory by paying taxes

In addition, he establish a small town called Luca not far away from Lion city It was on the trade route He set up hotels, bars, and facilities that adventurers and merchants could use to resupply themselves So Caravans with powerful backings even dared to threaten the from those caravans who refused to pay taxes After several times, no one dared to make trouble

They found out that Xiao Yu didn’t care where those caravans were going or who their backers were Gradually, they came to understand that northas a remote location It was impossible for any territory to come to attack Xiao Yu In short, Xiao Yu was the overlord of the territory and he was the one who careat benefits to the territory

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Carrie and his father Solomon had tried to kill hiet back at theive them In the past the number of troops he had was relatively se warfare There were tens of thousands of people in Carrie’s territory That hy Xiao Yu hadn’t launched war yet

However, the situation had changed and Xiao Yu was e that he had planned for a long time