Tauren Overlord

"I told you long ago, there's nothing wrong with the above Meow Letter. The Alliance in the Sea of ​​Letters is really stupid!"

"What should we do then? Should we rely on the Southern Church?"

"What did you say, meow? Lunayuanbang was already finished, and now we are going to be finished too!"

The more desperate the moment, the more they need to look for hope in new directions.

Soon, these clever cat-ear merchants found a life-saving straw:

"What's over? Wasn't the governor of the empire defeated? And he was defeated by our people!"

"Yeah, didn't we sell the North to some minotaur? He seems to be very strong and beat up the governor of the empire?"

They didn't make the wrong choice in choosing this life-saving straw.

In this sparsely populated northern continent, there are few strong people. The Tauren Lord may be considered the strongest person in the northern continent.

But this still fails to dispel the panic of businessmen:

"He only defeated one of the governors of the empire. There are so many governors in the empire. Can he defeat them all?"

"Even if we can defeat him, we still don't know if the minotaur is on the same side as us."

"Yeah, how about we at least... first understand what the conditions are in the Empire, so that we can be prepared for the future?"

"Are you stupid? Look at how the Taimenian people were tortured after they surrendered?"

"That's right. There are so many people in Taimenia. Can we survive with just a few of them?"

Everyone was talking about it, and soon Anastasia, the Archbishop of the Northern Church and ruler of the New City Republic, began to feel uneasy.

If this country is really finished, she, the little girl, will probably not have a good ending.

She also thought of the Minotaur Overlord as a possible straw, and called her best friend Yuli to see if the situation could be salvaged.

After all, among the people she was familiar with, the one who had the most contact with Lu Heng was Yuli, the great merchant cat of the New City Republic.

As for the method of rescue, Yuli's advice to Anastasia was quite straightforward:

"The Tauren Lord is quite honest. Whether you give him more power or seduce him, as long as you show sincerity, he will be very easy to talk to!"

Anastasia shook her pink cat ears and felt that you are really my best friend. What kind of idea are you thinking of?

But she thought about it carefully and there seemed to be no better way, so she explained her ideas to Yuli and left the matter to her.

……

Soon, Lu Heng received an invitation from Yuli:

"Dear Tauren Lord, are you interested in coming to the new city?"

Recently, Lu Heng used different identities to promote all the girls who deserved to be promoted.

He finally had some free time, but who knows what kind of work Yuli found for him.

He replied lazily: "What's the matter?"

"The governors of our New City Republic have never been lifelong. They are all elected. So... are you interested in being elected?"

After hearing what Yuli said, Lu Heng was also quite surprised and exclaimed "Ah?"

Before Lu Heng could agree, Youli said the next sentence:

"We have decided. Welcome to our new city."

"As long as you are interested in becoming the new city ruler, the current ruler Anastasia can simply announce her abdication and hold early elections."

"Given your great achievements against the Empire, you are fully qualified to serve as the ruler of the New City Republic. The rest is mainly just a matter of going through the process."

Now that Yuli has made the invitation, Lu Heng has begun to seriously consider whether he is qualified to be the ruler of this republic.

First of all, the other party’s invitation is most likely sincere.

The New City Republic has just been betrayed by the Sea Alliance and is on the brink of life and death.

At this time, cooperating with a strong man who has actually defeated the empire is indeed better than the demise of the country.

There is another reason that Yuli didn't mention, which is that the head of state of the New City Republic does not have that much power.

At least compared to the emperor of the empire who has the final say, the New City Republic has much greater local decentralization, and even each city has its own laws.

If there were no major changes to the legal system of the New City Republic, even if Lu Heng became the ruler, it would be difficult for him to intervene in the internal affairs of each city.

So Lu Heng made a quick judgment. If he really agreed to let the cat girl Yuli go to the new city, there would be a high probability that there would be a chance for him to govern.

But that position is obviously not a position of power where one's words are final, and it might even be a big pot.

After all, after taking over the government, Lu Heng will be responsible for the defense of the entire New City Republic.

When it comes to fighting the empire, if we lose, we will be responsible, but if we want to win, we will easily encounter the problem of lack of cooperation from local troops.

There may even be some local troops that completely disobey orders...

This is the most annoying part about this position.

But on second thought, becoming the ruling party might not be an opportunity.

Because Lu Heng knew a major premise: the empire would never be peace-loving, it would definitely attack, it was just a matter of time.

Whether Lu Heng should govern or not is actually a choice between "believing that he can fight better" and "hoping that the current government can do better."

In this kind of choice, Lu Heng felt that there was an interesting idea: when making a choice, one should not only look at the benefits, but also look at the other side of the choice.

For example, if you choose to be the ruler of the New City Republic, the flip side is that when the Empire attacks, you will cooperate with the current ruler to fight against the Empire.

As for whether the current ruling party can coordinate the defense of various regions and ultimately ensure a better ending for Lu Heng's northern border, only God knows.

If you cannot accept this negative side, then you should shoulder the responsibility and govern yourself, then you don't have to worry about the problem of a government above giving blind orders.

As for the issue of local decentralization, the current New City Republic does have a strong tendency towards autonomy in each region and city.

This will undoubtedly affect the coordination and command of various war zones during wartime, but will there be any possibility of improvement after Lu Heng comes to power?

Even if it doesn't work, it won't be worse than before. What's more - how do you know if you don't try?

After thinking it through, Lu Heng had already made up his mind: "I am willing to go to Xincheng. Please give me a day or two to prepare."

"Don't be anxious. Our process will take some time anyway." Seeing Lu Heng agreed, Yuli finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, it was Lu Heng’s turn to take a deep breath.

When he first came into this world, he was just a poor guy being hunted by the nobles.

How come he suddenly seems to be the head of state?

The author says:

Author's words: Thanks to [盖了帽了] for the coin ww

262. New Town Past

Marshal Selron might have initially thought that "as long as Nargis launches an attack, everything will be fine", but he never expected that he would actually lose.

When the Golden Dragon Queen Aurelia tried to avoid the battle, she probably didn't expect that her assist would give Lu Heng the opportunity to become the ruler of the New City Republic.

The flapping of a butterfly's wings can sometimes really bring about a very different chain reaction.

In fact, even if they didn't give Lu Heng this opportunity, Lu Heng would find a time to have a good talk with the ruling group of Xincheng about cooperation.

The inland city of New Timinia is more suitable as an industrial base, while the new city is more suitable for expanding business than New Timinia.

The reason is simple, the new city is close to the sea.

Although it is not as easy to defend as the inland city of New Tymenia, merchants obviously prefer to visit port cities like New City.

If an economic structure with shops in front and factories in the back can be formed, it will undoubtedly be beneficial to both cities.

But in the next two days, Lu Heng also observed Xincheng more through the landing point vision and found that this business was indeed not so easy to take over.

Although Anastasia had conveyed through Yuli her intention to give up her power, the power to govern... seemed to be very limited.

Judging from the national concept of Lu Heng’s hometown, whether the Xincheng Republic exists as a country is a philosophical issue that can be discussed.

Due to the vast territory and sparse population, most of the country's provincial administrative units are a city with a few satellite towns at most.

As for the relationship between the capital and different cities, it can no longer be described as warlord separatism; they are simply independent kingdoms.

There are no direct local taxes in the country, only some indirect business taxes on transactions between the new city and other cities.

And the commercial tax rate is not high. In most cases, 10% is the maximum, and it will generally be lower.

As for transactions between other cities, Xincheng can neither manage them nor wants to manage them. The only thing it can do is to give full play to the subjective initiative of the market economy.

Of course, not collecting taxes also means a certain price, which is that the New City Republic has never had a unified army.

In addition to having no garrison, the new city will also not send any officials to the local area.

People from the Northern Church do go to local areas to preach, and missionaries to the city of New Taimenia are indeed on their way.

But they are not officials and cannot direct the mayors of each city to do things.

Each city is managed by its own lord, and the new city assumes that each city is the lord’s sacred and inviolable private property.

If the city lord wants to play the role of "this city is the common property of all citizens" in his own city, that's totally fine.

As long as the show can continue, or even if such a system is really established, the new city will not interfere rudely in the internal affairs of other cities.

From a certain perspective, this country is really a good place to conduct social experiments. Each city lord has a piece of land and can do whatever he wants.

The only behavior that New City cannot tolerate is the city lord's reign of terror, such as killing people for fun, or armed annexation within the New City Republic.

As for any natural disasters or thieves in the area, those are the business of each specific city lord. If you want to survive, you have to find a way yourself.

Anyway, as a new city in the central area, it doesn’t care about anything.

According to the people of Xincheng, the reason for forming this management system is to "use local decentralization to avoid strongman dictatorship."

But in Lu Heng's opinion, this kind of verbal explanation is mostly a derivative of the current situation of the New City Republic.

In the vast northern territory, in addition to large-scale nomadic groups like tree people, there are also various murderous gangs such as goblin bandits and human war gangs.

The main theme is that a city can be robbed at any time and anywhere, and each city is like an oasis surrounded by a violent sea of ​​sand, which makes management very difficult.

It is precisely because of these difficulties that the subsequent theoretical explanations are given.

Although Lu Heng also feels that this decentralized system has many flaws, it cannot be said that this system has no merits.

Centralization certainly has its advantages - but these advantages are often only particularly evident when you are the central authority yourself.

Lu Heng encountered a problem in Lunayuan State. He was not the only one who wanted to be the central leader.

A remnant of the Luna Academy in the southern continent has begun to proclaim itself as the new head of the national academy.

When Lu Heng was negotiating with them, he found that the other party wanted Lu Heng's local forces to obey their command, which made him feel awkward.

Theoretically, the head of the dean could regard Lu Heng, who did not obey his orders, as a rebel, but the Luna lord of the southern continent did not dare to do so.

This is the problem with centralization - if someone is the one being commanded, it may not be so comfortable.

Of course, the decentralized system also has obvious disadvantages. Each city fights on its own, which means that each city is isolated and helpless.

When Weibei City, the predecessor of New Taimenia City, was destroyed by the tree people, the other friendly cities of the New City Republic remained as still as a mountain.

Because the mayor of Weibei City at that time was having difficulty with capital turnover, he had neither the money to organize a strong city guard nor the money to hire compatriots from other surrounding provinces.

If there is no money, other city lords will think, why should they worry about other cities being destroyed by tree people?

Each city lord has limited troops. Wouldn’t it be a big loss to sacrifice one’s own troops for other city lords?

Anyway, if Lu Heng's hometown Argentina is compared with this kind of country, it has to be considered an extremely cruel and totalitarian country.

Of course, if we really want the army of the New City Republic to act in unison, it is not impossible.

The prerequisite is that there is a very wealthy city lord who hires the troops of other city lords, that is, using the local troops of his own country as mercenaries.

Looking at the entire New City Republic, the only one that has the financial resources to purchase local troops from all over the country to act together is New City, as a commercial center.

This great city is the capital of the country, isn't it? It has to pay for it.

As for how long such a country can survive under the iron hoof of the empire, only God knows.