"Now, there is a piece of wood here. Whoever can move the wood from the baron's mansion to the south gate of the city will be rewarded with fifty silver coins!" Seeing that there was no response from the stunned crowd below, Rayshui repeated his offer.
"Fifty silver coins, my goodness!"
"Oh, heavens... This must be a trap. The nobleman will surely play tricks during the transportation process, causing us to fail the task and demand even more silver coins from us!"
It's no wonder they were suspicious, after all, moving wood is such a simple task, usually not even worth fifty silver coins! The previous Baron Oulton had them working for free. Even the legitimate labor charges in the market were at most one copper coin.
The difference between one copper coin and fifty silver coins is not a small one.
Having fifty silver coins would make one quite wealthy in East Tower City.
Because of this, the breathing of some people became more rapid.
"If you think fifty silver coins are too little, then I'll offer one gold coin instead." Rayshui said in a very calm tone, as if money was nothing to him.
Rayshui never thought that he would use the same method as Shang Yang and the plot would be the same as Shang Yang's.
At first, no one dared to come forward, but after raising the price, someone couldn't resist.
The ratio of silver coins to gold coins is 1000:1.
Rayshui increased the reward by 20 times!
Moving a piece of wood for one gold coin?
In the words of netizens from his previous life, it would be like saying, "I can move wood until he goes bankrupt."
"I'll do it!"
Great rewards attract brave men!
But to Rayshui's surprise, the brave man was not a young and strong man, but an old man with white beard, thin body, and wrinkled cheeks.
"Old Pick, don't be impulsive!"
"Think about it, you have a newly born son!"
"I'm sorry, everyone, this is my last choice." Old Pick sighed and then said.
Old Jack had a child in his old age and was very happy, but his family could not even make ends meet... They were about to starve to death.
For the past few years, the people in the city had been barely surviving by helping each other, but today's harvest was not good, and Old Jack didn't want to burden others any longer.
"My Lord Baron, I would like to help!" Cain kneeled down on one knee, looked at Rayshui with both eyes, and spoke.
With Old Jack's current condition, it would be difficult for him to move the wood, let alone make it halfway.
"I haven't set a limit on the number of people who can help. Anyone who wants to go can go." Rayshui said.
Cain nodded and then ran to Old Jack's side.
"Cain the Hunter too..."
"Damn it... if only..."
Cain was a popular hunter who usually hunted outside the city to support the people of East Tower City.
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With Cain's help, Old Jack didn't take long to move the wood to the south of the city.
"Alice, you go give it to them." Rayshui put on his white gloves, took a gold coin from his pocket, and handed it to the blonde female knight Alice beside him.
"Alright." Alice took the gold coin and walked towards Old Jack and Cain.
Alice was now somewhat impressed with the young nobleman in front of her.
He was magnanimous and not bothered by minor details.
Although he spent a gold coin, he didn't even blink an eye.
She hadn't even saved up one gold coin in her entire life.
Of course, what Alice admired even more was the wisdom of the young nobleman.
He gained everyone's trust at the price of one gold coin.
If the other nobles knew they could gain trust with such a small price, they probably wouldn't do it either.
One gold coin? To be given to two commoners?
In the eyes of the nobles, only someone with a problem in their head would do such a thing.
The trust of the common people had no use in their eyes, as the commoners were nothing but playthings for them.
Lord Rayshui... he really is different from other nobles.
Alice's eyes were filled with admiration.
"This is your reward." Alice extends her pale hand and hands a gold coin to Old Jack.
"My goodness!"
"It's actually real! The...oh, no! The kind Baron Sir actually gave Old Jack Khan a gold coin!"
People were struck by the thought.
They began to re-examine the handsome and young baron before them.
A man of his word!
The best nobleman in the world!
"Alright, now, I have an announcement to make." Rayshui claps his hands twice, attracting their attention.
"......"
The common people, who used to interrupt Rayshui when he spoke, are now like well-behaved children, silently and obediently watching Rayshui, waiting for his speech.
This is the simplicity of the people. They quickly forget the previous gloom when someone treats them well.
"Yesterday, I inherited the barony and became the lord of East Tower City. I think there are many unreasonable taxes in East Tower City, so I plan to abolish them."
"Starting from today, the marriage tax is abolished!"
"Starting from today, the single tax is abolished!"
"Starting from today, the birth tax is abolished!"
"………."
"The proportion of harvested grain will also be changed! From the original 90% for the baron's mansion and 10% for the people of East Tower City, it will be changed to 40% for the baron's mansion and 60% for the people of East Tower City!"
