Please abide by the Basic Law

Chapter 126

The lathe and steel were indeed a pleasant surprise. Cecil had to face the reality after he was happy. He found Burton. year role.

"Your Majesty." Burton saluted Cecil respectfully, without that sticky salute again.

Cecil stood there in silence for a few minutes with a sullen face, and said, "So, we won't be a family anymore?"

Burton seemed not expecting such an opening statement, blinked and said, "I don't understand what you mean."

"You used to regard me as a family member, friend, comrade-in-arms and comrade, but now, I am just a puppet, or some kind of tool you put out?" Cecil was full of anger and grievance, "How can you do this?"

Burton seemed to want to laugh: "You just came over and questioned me like this?"

"Why not?" Cecil spread his hands, "I'm still the old me, you pushed me away, don't you think I'm a piece of dough, you can knead it however you want?"

"We didn't think so, you are now a..."

"Oh—forget it, what king? What king?" Cecil yelled flatly. "I've killed three... no, two kings, one One is missing, one is dead, and the other wants to borrow land from me to rebuild the city wall! What is a king! Don’t use the title of king to pressure me, I don’t fucking care!”

Burton's smile didn't change a bit, as if he had practiced countless times: "Then what do you care about?"

"Care about my friends, my comrades-in-arms, my comrades!" Cecil was no longer reasoning, but venting, "Ox has always been mean, Russell is always eccentric, Moyer is lazy and I know He's actually a brutal devil, and O'Casey is as rigid as a clock, and I care about them! We built Moon City together, and built it all! Moon City needs a scapegoat, ok, I quit, I don't know magic , I will take the blame for the least loss, but you guys actually come to play this game with me? What do you think of me?"

"The matter has come to this, what are you going to do?" Burton asked.

"Let's negotiate." Cecil said with a heavy breath.

Burton seemed a little surprised: "I thought you would quit."

"It's not a child." Cecil sighed, "Whoever quits, I used to be like this, changing jobs every now and then, but people have to grow up."

Burton smiled slightly: "It's reasonable."

When he walked into the meeting room again and saw those familiar faces, Cecil felt a sense of strangeness, and when Langdon stood behind him, the feeling of strangeness became even heavier.There was an extra round table and six chairs in the room. He stood up and stood beside Langdon.

Langdon seemed to want to say something, but after a moment of hesitation, he closed his mouth.

"Your Majesty?" Burton asked.

"If I am a king, then I have the right to choose how to treat my knights, right?" Cecil said indifferently, "If I am not a king, it doesn't matter if I sit or stand."

This argument has been tacitly accepted.

"It seems that you have learned to use power." Russell smiled a little reluctantly, "It's a good thing, Cecil."

Hearing Russell speak so peacefully for the first time, Cecil was still a little surprised. He looked at the comrade-in-arms, only to find that his face was tired.

"An extra chair is nothing special." Burton snapped his fingers, and a wooden chair appeared behind Langdon out of nowhere. "Sit down, Your Majesty, and tell me what do you want to talk to us about?"

"What do you think of me?" Cecil followed Langdon after he sat down. "A partner?"

"You are……"

"Don't fool me with the king's words again, it will appear that you are not sincere."

Burton smiled very "ladylike": "Actually, I don't know what you want to be so aggressive? Our support for you will not change in the future."

"You have to remove all the knights." Cecil frowned, "Those who fought with me, we built a city here from scratch, and it would be impossible without the support of the Gay Knights thing. Now you leave as soon as you say, and you say it has never changed?"

"This is the process..." Burton said, "You have the potential of a royal knight and a super-legendary mage, what else is there to be dissatisfied with?"

Cecil stared at Burton for a while, then turned to the others: "I want to ask your opinion first, do you want to stay? If you don't want to, I won't force anyone."

After a moment's silence, Oakes said, "You look a little different."

Cecil's momentum was interrupted, and he said aggrievedly, "What?"

"Your face looks younger now that you have expressions." Oakes laughed, eliciting titters in the room.

Cecil pouted: "Isn't it good to be young? It's good to be young. Old cows like to eat tender grass."

The atmosphere became much more relaxed, and Langdon's eyes softened.

"With all due respect, Your Majesty the King." Burton broke the harmonious atmosphere, "You talk about negotiating, but in fact you have no leverage. Your words are empty threats and complaints. What's the point? In fact, we took the knights away as a matter of course."

"I know." Cecil couldn't help but sighed again, "So, I became that one person fighting alone again, with nothing, and came here with empty hands."

Burton's smile gradually disappeared: "So?"

Cecil said word by word: "Barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes. Legally, I am the ruler of Moon City, and you shouldn't get the slightest benefit from Moon City, right? I have the support of the people of High Court. , There are Ebo people, there are Serling people, legally I still have the right to rule the country of Lomasu volcano, and Princess Helen has promised to support me, just like you said, legally."

Cecil is not idle, idleness is meaningless, no matter how difficult the problem is, he has to solve it. He has contacted many people and consulted on some things. Without Langdon's help, he has to do everything by himself. It's useless to speculate and guess repeatedly.

With an extra hand on his shoulder, Langdon's voice sounded in Cecil's ear: "Your Majesty, we should have a calm talk."

"Come and talk to me when you don't tell me His Majesty." Cecil said without looking back.

"...Even in bed in the future?"

"The bed is the bed, and under the bed is under the bed." Cecil tried hard to stabilize his mind and not let his imagination wander wildly.

The silence lasted for a long time. Both sides had their cards on the table, and they had a considerable understanding of each other's strength. It was time for a result.

"The Gay Knights have never stationed many knights in other countries except the Royal Cavalry, let alone legion knights." Burton restrained his smile and said seriously, "This is the rule."

"Rules are meant to be broken." Cecil skillfully attacked the other's shield with his own spear, "Besides, who stipulated that a king can only have one king cavalry?"

This sentence made everyone startled.

"It's a ritual of loyalty..." Burton tried to avoid the subject.

"Forget it, we all know that this is a beauty trick, and it depends on whether the king accepts it or not!" Cecil said more and more smoothly, "A king who is as young as me, with such a good personality, and who is so familiar with you Who wouldn't want to come?"

The snickering sounded again, and Burton cleared his throat and looked around the room.

"Ox has decided to go to the front of the lava, and Russell has also agreed." Burton felt that it was time to make a quick decision, "The rest of you, what is your decision?"

"I hope you stay here. It's safer here." Oakes said to Russell first, "If I come back, I know where to find you."

Russell lowered his head and said "um", looked up at the ceiling, and sighed after a few minutes of silence: "I'll stay."

"I'll stay." Moyer lazily said, "There's no need to work here, and there are a lot of new food and things, which are quite interesting."

"I have to look at Moye." O'Casey said immediately, "Besides, there is indeed no rule that a king can only have one king cavalry."

Burton gave up his treatment: "Okay, you guys, anyway, the Templars are just random people, so you can take it if you want. Congratulations, Your Majesty King Cecil, you now have four kings. Riding. However, the other knights must all withdraw, absolutely not allowed to stay."

"Okay!" Cecil almost cheered and said, "Then can I order Wang Qi to accompany me?"

With his head clamped between two hands, Langdon's voice sounded above Cecil's head: "What are you talking about, dear Cecil."

Cecil shook hands and raised his head, kissed Langdon in a quick kiss, and made a V sign to Burton triumphantly.

"Peace and victory." Burton raised his eyebrows. "It's a good gesture. Now, your request has been fulfilled, and it's my turn." After attracting everyone's attention, he said calmly, "I request that Yuecheng It will increase to three cities within a year, become the largest economic complex in Luoyewan within three years, have its own defense force, and build ten cities the size of Moon City in five years, with a population of 50."

"Having a population of 50 is too much!" Langdon said immediately, "Crandal only has a population of 30!"

"You are not a magical country, 50 is not much at all." These days, Burton is not too idle to wander around, "As long as one of these conditions is not up to standard, I will immediately withdraw all the knights, including the king. Riding inside, those who refuse to obey orders will be regarded as leaving the regiment privately, and I think your Majesty should be very clear about what will happen after resigning from the regiment."

Compared to Langdon's frowning, Cecil was very calm: "Understood, I agree to this condition."

It was within Cecil's expectation that Burton would put forward conditions. What's more, he knew very well that there was no other way to go now. This was a one-way street, either development or destruction.

The day when the knights left was also clear in autumn, but Cecil felt that the sky was dark and the clouds were thin. Burton led a large number of handsome men in uniforms and stood in front of the temporary magic gate, walking with Cecil in a kindly manner. Face-to-face ceremony, at the same time: "Don't forget your identity, the one who really belongs to our group is not you."

Cecil froze for a moment, the hairs on the back of his neck stood up.

Burton walked away with great demeanor—wasting his hands at others when he left, like a star exiting—and took away Oakes and more than 200 other knights at the same time, which of course attracted the attention of the residents. Cecil immediately held the first residents meeting of Moon City.

It is really awkward to say that I am a king. In Cecil's mind, kings and emperors are representatives of backwardness, and they are systems that will inevitably be replaced. Besides, the fate of kings and emperors is always not so good...

After listening to Cecil's doubts, Langdon said, "Aren't you thinking too far? The main function of you becoming a king is to tell people that they don't have to worry about becoming wild people anymore. They are already citizens."

Sure enough, the reaction was one of cheering.

"Isn't it better to be a citizen than to be a stronghold of the Gay Knights?" Langdon smiled and said, "There is still a difference between being protected by a god of civilization and being a citizen. After all, people still want to live in a stable It is human nature in a society like this. You have been delaying in announcing this, and the residents will also be worried, especially those who come from the small country on the other side. They are betting on the future, and those who are willing to stand up during the war of gods will be desperate. , or very bold."

To put it bluntly, after arriving in a first-tier city, it is hard not to feel the desire to stay. Even if you finally return to your hometown, you have a reason to leave. In this world, the residents of those small countries opposite Luoye Bay are very hungry Dun, it is very likely that they died at a young age because of fighting with the "village" next door. They have no nostalgia for their homeland without seeing hope and future. They have no way to retreat. Once they leave, they may not be able to go back. Cheng Yemin is the worst situation.

Today they are "citizens" again, and a nation of abundance, vitality, jobs and income, which is almost bliss.

There is one thing that people don't quite understand, why is the name of the country "to be determined"?

"Fuck, isn't the name of the country 'to be determined'!" Cecil almost laughed angrily, "It means that the name of the country will be taken later, I can't think of it now."

"There's no country whose name can't be drawn." Moyer lazily leaned on the chair in the meeting room. Burton didn't take these with him when he left, which was his gift to the newly established country. Do your job."

"I'm still the lord of the city now, so don't care about these false names!" Cecil said angrily, "Let's call Yuecheng Yuecheng first, we are only such a city now, and there are many things to do!"

First of all, of course, completely repair Moon City.

There is no problem with the city wall, but the problem is the architecture and planning of the city. Taking this opportunity, Yuecheng re-planned the city's appearance, because the construction of the second ring road has finally started.While resuming production, the old workshop began to merge the surrounding buildings, which remained firmly. The walls were demolished and expanded into a large factory building, and the dilapidated buildings were all demolished.

The city walls of the Second Ring Road are not as good as the "beard" of the old man of the Great Wall. They are all made of bricks from brick kilns.The current wave of migrant workers has slowed down. On the one hand, the weather has turned cold, and many people are reluctant to go out, which is prone to problems on the road; The phenomenon of running to work has successfully allowed Cecil to kill the number of kings to four.

After the knights left, many industries urgently needed an influx of fresh people, such as regular picking of tea, saffron and wheat harvesting that required a large number of people to gather in a short period of time, brick kilns were always short of people, soap, paper, carriage workshops and new products, Steel, both require a lot of manpower.

Cecil couldn't sleep because of the lack of people all day long. Of course, it was also because of the cold.Langdon actually mentioned sleeping with him, but he refused, mainly because there was not a big enough bed... Sad!

All the hands were pulled into the wall-building work, without Cecil's promotion, everyone took the initiative to do this job, after all, they all understood what it meant.

The second ring road will be the main area for residences, culture, entertainment, and service industries. After Cecil was beaten in the face by carpenters, cementers, and construction workers, the five-story building was finally built.The pain involved is not something that can be understood by outsiders. It is just a staircase that has been tested back and forth several times. What can be done easily by magic, ordinary people have to spend a lot of time to study.

Cecil wanted a cement-integrated staircase with a long service life. Unfortunately, although bamboo barely replaced steel bars, the long drying period of Roman cement made this idea impossible to realize.Later, it was changed to Roman cement bricks, and it was found that there were not enough supports to wait for the stairs to take shape.

In the end, the carpenter couldn't stand it any longer. He made two long strips and a pile of wooden boards, and then screwed them with screws. After half a day, he successfully completed a staircase. After dividing the long strips and wooden boards into an assembly line, the stairs were no longer a problem.

This is the first time that screws in this world have been used in practice.

Since it is an outer ring, the length of the city wall is of course doubled. In order to close the ring before winter, the area of ​​the circled land must naturally be narrowed. In this way, multi-storey buildings must be more preferable.Originally Cecil's idea was to have a Roman cement brick frame structure plus wooden floors and walls, occasionally mixed with magic supplements, in order to complete the project as soon as possible, but the builder pointed at the ground and asked, "How can the wooden floor be raised?"

What the hell!

Cecil covered his face and said helplessly: "Then let's use bricks and rammed earth."

Most of these houses were built by Cecil to accommodate the employees of various workshops.There are also some wealthy people who rent land to build on their own, which is also allowed.

Yuecheng is now equivalent to a city where a large state-owned enterprise is located. Everything revolves around "state-owned enterprises owned by Cecil", which is not actually a healthy economic environment.

"We also have a five-story building!" The workers commented excitedly after the first building was completed.

Cecil asked curiously: "Is a tall building a good thing?"

"High places are always good, think about the sky is not affected by no fire, think about Cloud City, human beings are born with a yearning for the sky." Langdon said, "Besides, the highest place in Toto Port is only three floor, we have the fifth floor, which is something we can be proud of."

All the land belonged to Cecil, and suddenly he became such a big landowner. The first thing he thought of was: such a large area of ​​roads and sewer systems needs to be repaired, how much money it will cost!

In the eyes of the local aborigines, the tax rate of Yuecheng is basically equal to "nothing". At present, the biggest source of income is the sale of horse-drawn carriages. Since these workshops are "state-owned", Cecil spends all his income on infrastructure. Residents drive the development of service industry and entertainment industry.

Now, "Moon City Soap Opera" is no longer free. Cecil told the leader of the crew that he can run his own business or disband. He can give certain preferential policies, such as free rent for one year, but he has no energy for the time being. It's a mess.

The head of the production team hesitated for a while but agreed, but Cecil was not very optimistic. This guy once told him a few scripts during the cooperation period, but they were all very boring, and he obviously had no talent in this area.

Although many temporary expenses during the war of gods were cut, Cecil still felt that the money was not enough.

"No, you can no longer use the reserved magic coins as collateral!" Russell rejected Cecil's idea, "You must reserve the magic coins for hiring mages!"

Since Oakes decided to go to the front of the lava, Russell has been depressed, and his yin and yang are gone, and he seems to have lost his soul all day long.

Cecil also knew that this request might not be successful, so he just wanted to grind it out with a glimmer of hope. In the end, of course, he was sprayed in the face by Russell and left angrily.

I really want to collect taxes.

Cecil had this idea in his mind, the new service industry and entertainment industry should be able to collect a little tax, but will this tax shrink the industry?

I have no experience, and I don't understand these things!

When Cecil was so annoyed, he received an application from Mrs. Klass, and when the petite lady came in, he found that she was bringing another strong man with her.

"This is?" Cecil asked, staring at the strong man. Now that the knights have left, Langdon spends more time with him. The main reason is that he lacks a qualified and trusted bodyguard.

"Your Majesty, long time no see." A smile appeared on the "generous" cheeks of the strong man, "It's me, Little Biers."

Cecil's eyes widened instantly: "Have you succeeded in losing weight?"

"Yes, it can be said that he escaped from the brink of death." The strong man straightened his chest, and his face, which was squeezed so hard that he could not see his facial features, recovered, "What you said is actually true. After losing weight, I Those diseases are all gone!"

"That's not a disease..." Cecil was also a little relieved, "Are you here to say goodbye?"

"Actually not, I want to discuss something with you." Bills Jr. said enthusiastically, "Are you interested in letting us be your agent?"

Bills Jr.'s proposal was very ordinary: use his business channels in various places to distribute Cecil's products, no different from Mrs. Xiangqi, but his channels are not near Luoye Bay, but farther away in the southern mainland.

It was an attractive proposal, and Cecil replied that he would think about it and ended the meeting, but Mrs. Class stood still.

"Mrs. Class?"

I haven't seen her in nearly a year. This strong and strange lady is dark and fat, but her usual smiling face is now full of sadness.

"Riding... No, Your Majesty." Mrs. Klass whispered, "I want to ask you one thing."

"what?"

"Please save my hometown!"

Cecil was taken aback: "Ebo?"

"No, it's not Ebo. I married Ebo. It's my home country." Mrs. Klass was so anxious that tears came out, "My home country is being threatened by the dragon clan, and it has something to do with the dragon's heart!"