Tauren Overlord

So did Anastasia give up this position because she didn't want to be the ruler of a fallen country?

It’s hard to say, after all, the new city is in a life-and-death crisis.

Externally, the Republic has been attacked by the Empire and is suspected of being abandoned by the Sea Alliance;

Internally, with the rise of the new city of Taimenia, it has become hard to say whether the new city is still the most powerful city in the entire republic.

The military advantage of Xincheng within the Republic is the foundation of the existence of Xincheng Republic.

Faced with internal and external troubles, the people of Xincheng were in panic.

Initially, only the wealthy areas knew about the recent bad news, but within two days it became known to the whole city.

Some rich people thought of running away, but they didn’t know where to run to;

However, not all the poor people who usually work as laborers want to share the suffering of the new city. Some of them even feel like gloating over its misfortune.

The New City Republic is certainly a republic, but a republic cannot be equated with the people being the masters of the country.

A republic in a narrow sense simply means that the country has no monarch and no numerical requirement for decision-makers.

Even in a country like the New City Republic, where state affairs are decided by more than 500 wealthy people, this system is at least technically a republic.

As the heart of the Republic, the gap between the rich and the poor in the new city has become quite wide.

The poor often live in unkempt wooden houses with cracked boards, leaning walls, leaking roofs and a shabby appearance.

They had to wear patched clothes and barely survive in such an environment.

However, wealthy businessmen built villas, which were not only large houses with several floors, but also had their own back gardens.

This difference is somewhat similar to the city of New Taimenia, where the poor can only live in very poor houses and may not even have a place to stand.

But in the eyes of a wealthy man whose wealth alone is equal to that of 3000 poor people, what does it matter if these poor people suffer?

Anyway, it won’t be his fault.

Although the New City Republic is a commercial country, they have an export-oriented economy.

Their main customers are foreign countries, especially in the Intermaritime Alliance, and even the Imperials are their important customers.

The foreign population is hundreds of times that of the New City Republic. As long as the merchants in New City serve them well, they can earn enough income.

As for the poor, as long as we maintain their minimum living needs and prevent them from causing trouble, we will have accomplished our mission.

This was of course not good enough, so here comes Lu Heng, with a dazzling purple light.

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263. New Town, New Policy

As soon as Lu Heng was teleported to the main street of the new city, he became the focus of everyone's attention.

First of all, in this city where minotaurs are rare, his huge body is particularly eye-catching.

What's more, the recent news about the Minotaur Overlord has been spreading among the citizens.

Everyone has heard that the Tauren Lord who serves as the Marquis of the North is probably the city's greatest hope for survival.

Even if they had never seen Lu Heng, they would pay special attention to the Minotaur.

The appearance of Lu Heng was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples.

Everyone's eyes involuntarily glanced at him, and passers-by standing in the distance also crowded towards Lu Heng.

But this action was actually somewhat unnecessary, because they were soon dragged by Lu Heng into the illusion he created.

These poor people from the new city suddenly found themselves on a series of high platforms, which in turn surrounded an open square.

The entire layout is like the ancient Roman Colosseum of Lu Heng.

But this time he is not going to broadcast a beast fight live, but a spiritual conversation with the people of Xincheng.

The people who were pulled in gradually recovered from their initial shock and began to listen to Lu Heng's voice.

"Ladies, gentlemen, and friends, I am Lucius, the Marquis of the North. You may also call me the Tauren Lord."

"First of all, I must sincerely tell you that the rumors you heard are true. The Sea Alliance did not keep its promise and went to war with the Empire."

"The Empire's second wave of offensive may arrive at any time."

"If we fail, we may not only be enslaved, but we may even be transformed into creatures like the magnetic horned demon..."

What Lu Heng said was all true. He had seen a lot of horrifying and bloody history from the memories of the Imperial Governor Nargis.

Those tough ones captured by the Empire, especially the dwarves who are full of indomitable spirit, are often brutally slaughtered.

The Empire's Whiplash would torture them half to death before resurrecting them as enslaved magnetic horns.

On the one hand, this achieved the extinction of the race, and on the other hand, it enhanced its own strength.

Dwarves are tough enough and are good materials for making magnetic horns, so they have become a frequent target in the production of magnetic horns.

Other races - including humans, cat people, goblins, etc., are also valued by the people of the Empire Headquarters, but they are not refined as much as dwarves.

But Lu Heng was not here to announce the death of a deceased person. He also wanted to bring hope to the people of Xincheng:

"You may have heard that it was me who defeated the Empire's Governor General Nargis."

"If other cities in the Republic, especially the new city, need protection, I am also willing to lend a helping hand."

Although the distance seemed far, everyone sitting on the stage could hear Lu Heng's voice, as if Lu Heng was speaking in their ears.

After hearing Lu Heng's promise, the people in Xincheng were greatly encouraged and saw hope of survival again.

At this moment, Lu Heng was not the ruler of the New City Republic, he was just an ordinary marquis.

But power is not determined by identity; it only comes from recognized strength.

The reason why Lu Heng was appreciated by the current ruler Anastasia was because he really defeated the Imperial Governor Nargis and demonstrated his strength.

Next, Lu Heng brought in another key figure—the current ruler Anastasia.

She is a pink cat - of course, it is not accurate to say pink, after all, she is wearing luxurious and decent clothes.

Unlike the poor lower-class people, Lu Heng arranged her to sit right in the center of the stage, obviously intending to have a good chat with her.

Although Anastasia, as the governor of the new city, had seen many big scenes, she was not used to speaking under the gaze of countless poor people.

In the parliament of the Republic, it is often only a few hundred wealthy people who can truly decide policies.

As for those big debtors below, they are actually very easy to take care of.

Of course, according to her own understanding, she is actually a philanthropist.

If the people were really hungry, she would sell them pancakes. If they had no money, she would let them owe her money first.

The winter is too cold, so she will organize civilians to build many stone warm houses in advance, and then rent them out to the public temporarily when the cold winter comes.

She really needs the people to survive, otherwise how could there be so many people to farm, make pancakes, and then build houses?

But after all this, the ones who work are the lower-class people, while the rulers like her are getting richer and richer.

The people who were responsible for farming, making pancakes and building houses, on the contrary, accumulated debts day by day and became huge debtors one by one.

Although this strange phenomenon is very mysterious, this is how the new city’s economic system works.

Who knew that the minotaur in front of him had the ability to "change the world" and make himself surrounded by poor people.

Even though she had realized that this was most likely some kind of illusion magic, she was still a little nervous because of the unfamiliarity.

But what surprised her even more was Lu Heng’s next words.

"I have made up my mind to fight the Empire together with you, but military means alone are not enough to resist the Empire's all-out attack."

"We must also improve our society so that we can have a higher fighting spirit to fight against the evil forces."

“New Town must make changes, especially in times of crisis. Only when the rich and the poor share the responsibility can we overcome the difficulties.”

Hearing this, Anastasia already felt something was wrong.

We invited you here in the hope that you would help deal with the enemies outside the city and the poor inside the city. What the hell is this "social reform" of yours?

Don’t spend all this time helping the poor people in the city to deal with the real “citizens” of the Republic.

"So, what are you going to do, Monsieur Marquis?"

Anastasia looked at Lu Heng beside her and asked quietly.

"The first thing is, of course, to give out money."

Lu Heng talked freely.

"Considering the special situation of the new city, we don't even need to distribute money. We can complete the random distribution of wealth by forgiving debts."

"Specifically, we can give every civilian a red blessing bag with a random debt relief amount."

"Now is not the time to worry about economic gains and losses. If the new city is finished, they will not pay back even if they owe a lot of money."

Lu Heng's voice also reached the ears of countless poor people.

They have long been overwhelmed by the high debts of the wealthy, and now they hear that there is a chance to be debt-free, and they are all overjoyed!

"God, I also want to forgive some of the debt, even if it's only half?"

People started talking about what they were thinking about in their dreams.

Even though they knew this would most likely not happen, it gave them an outlet to vent.

However, before they had time to be happy, they heard more exciting news - Lu Heng had new benefits.

“Some of our new city’s already good policies should be further developed.”

"For example, the big pancake policy in Xincheng has indeed saved many poor people from starvation, but eating too much big pancake will definitely lead to malnutrition."

"My idea is to wrap the right amount of vegetables and meat in the flatbread and cook it, so that it is much more nutritious."

"Since we can already make cheap pancakes, it shouldn't be a problem to switch to making food that includes noodles, vegetables, and meat."

"If there is a lack of manpower, we can mobilize the masses and let them work together to make this nutritious food."

After hearing what Lu Heng said, the poor people in the stands were even more shocked:

"Ah? We can actually eat meat."

And more people even exclaimed:

"How can there be such a good minotaur? Why aren't such people in power in the Republic?"

For a time, calls for "changing the ruling party" were heard one after another.

For Lu Heng, it is very important to establish good relations with these grassroots people.

Although Anastasia has stated that she will give up the ruling position, Lu Heng may not have only the option of accepting the gift.

The same scene, however, terrifies the current ruler Anastasia!

If he really does not intend to abdicate, will this minotaur directly launch a coup and rely on the grassroots people to seize the ruling position?

Judging from his strength, this is really possible.

In this power game, rather than waiting to be overthrown, it might be wise to give up the position voluntarily.

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Author's words: Thanks to [盖了帽了] for the coins, rewards and tickets for urging updates ww

264. War is coming

Since the cost of rejecting Lu Heng was already too great to bear, Anastasia had no choice but to confess: