The householder's heart was bleeding, his family members were crying and wailing, and his servants and slaves were in panic and fear.

Only the demolition team was responsible for tearing down walls and breaking down doors, while the hundred town guards were only responsible for arresting and stopping people.

When they caught a servant, they pushed him aside while cursing. When they caught a slave, they beat him a few times and then threw him out the door. As for the wives and the heads of households themselves, the town managers had no intention of taking any action. They would just send a few people to surround you tightly, and no matter how much you scream and gnash your teeth in the circle, I would remain motionless - this was the skill that Professor Baker taught the town managers, and it seems to be really effective now.

When Bill hurried to the scene, Baker was cursing and ordering people to retreat. After all, they had to give others time to move their things and leave. Forced demolition was okay, but it couldn't be done too drastically.

When Bill saw Baker, he was stunned for a moment, because Baker was being supported by two town guards. His left hand, which was covering his forehead, was smeared with blood, and his face and collar were spotted with bright red, and it was obvious that he was seriously injured.

The large ruins, the scattered broken furniture and the faint crying of the owner made Bill feel very uncomfortable. Especially when he thought about the courtesy of the little nobleman to him last night, Bill had the urge to knock Baker down and beat him up...

But in the end Bill didn't do anything. After all, things had already come to this point. It would be useless even if he beat Baker up twice. Besides, this guy was also a citizen and an official. He couldn't be beaten up just like that.

In the afternoon, another meeting was held in the executive residence. Bill, Ellett, Turles, Baker and citizen representatives from each family in Salt Marsh Town all attended the meeting, because Woolley had people notify them one by one and said that today's meeting was of great importance and they would regret it if they didn't come.

No one dared not to listen to this, so everyone came.

But except for those who stood on Wu Lai's side, all the people who came regretted it - Wu Lai was not holding a meeting at all, but taking advantage of the situation to curse people -

"Too much! The demolition and construction were announced at a meeting of all the residents of Yanhuan Town in order to revitalize Yanhuan Town. Don't you know how the residents have lived over the years? Don't you know what Yanhuan Town is like?"

"You must know that there are almost no places to grow crops around Saltmarsh Town. Why? There are thousands of acres of land, but they are all saline-alkali land. Even grass can't grow, so how can crops grow? How do the townspeople live? The meager salary from the salt field can only allow the townspeople to barely make ends meet, and this is based on the premise that the grain merchants are not unscrupulous and the production area of ​​Lunvington does not reduce production. If there is any mistake, the townspeople will go hungry!"

"In order to supplement their family income, some women became prostitutes and some townspeople secretly boiled salt at home and sold it. But despite the difficulties, they did not leave Salt Marsh Town. Why? Because they love this place. This is the land where they have lived for generations since their ancestors!"

"Because of their hard work here, you are where you are today!" Wu Lai slammed the table heavily, "But what have you done? You have destroyed their dreams and future time and time again!"

"Salt Marsh Town has been built, and the lives of the townspeople have become better. Will your lives get worse? I don't know what you are thinking. Are you all pig-headed? Do you think I can't do anything to you? Do you think that the construction of Salt Marsh Town cannot be done without the small piece of land you have? You are all so stupid and stupid!"

"I have said time and again that the construction of Salt Marsh Town is jointly supported by the Supreme Council and the Temple. In addition, there are also many citizens in Lunvington. Otherwise, how could the construction funds of 2 million gold coins be raised in just a few days? If you make things difficult for the construction of Salt Marsh Town, you are making things difficult for the Supreme Council, the Temple, and many citizens in Lunvington! I will just report this matter to the higher-ups and inform the citizens in Lunvington who raised money for me to build Salt Marsh Town. You ungrateful people will be skinned alive!"

"I'm discussing this with you because I think you're all part of Salt Marsh Town, and your ancestors have made contributions to this town, so I'm giving you some face. But how have you treated me? You've colluded with each other and are bent on sabotage. My patience is limited!"

"Whether you did it voluntarily or someone instigated you, I cannot forgive you, because you not only obstructed the normal construction of Salt Marsh Town, but also used violence to seriously injure the civilian tribune Baker. You are openly defying the Supreme Council and the Temple!"

"You guys want to play, so I'll play with you!" Wu Lai slammed his fist on the table. "From today on, the town's water trucks will no longer provide water to residents who refuse to obey the demolition. If you want, you can fetch it yourself! Didn't you say that the house is your private property? Fine! I won't touch your private property! The outside of the house is not your private property, right? I'll arrange for people to dig a ditch right away. Don't dig too deep. Ten cubits high and ten cubits wide will be enough. If you have the guts, just jump over the ditch every day to go out! When you get used to it, I'll build a wall, and then you can jump over the ditch and climb over the wall!"

"I will report the incident of the mob rioting and injuring Baker to Lunvington immediately. I will investigate thoroughly and find out the mastermind behind it!" Wu Lai's eyes turned cold, and he pointed at the guy whose house was half destroyed. "You! Baker was beaten in your house. I give you two hundred gold coins as medicine fee before dark tonight. If you dare not give it, I will arrest you and interrogate you first, and then hand you over to the Lunvington Noble Council for disposal!"

"Master Wu Lai..." The unlucky guy almost collapsed to the ground.

Wu Lai glanced at him and waved his hand: "Today's meeting is not to discuss anything with you! Instead, it is to give you an ultimatum! Those who are willing to obey the town's arrangements can stay for a while, and those who are not willing! You can leave after I announce the adjournment! But I reiterate one thing, whoever dares to go back on his word again, I will not only demolish his house, I will also convict him! I will confiscate his house! Adjourn the meeting!"

A bunch of small nobles looked at each other in bewilderment, thinking, this Wulaglindo is too evil, isn't he? He just issued the ultimatum and then adjourned the meeting. We haven't even discussed it yet and are being asked to make a decision. How can this be possible?

The young nobles quickly turned their eyes to Tours, only to find that Tours was lowering his head and "resting his eyes"...

Tours was extremely confused at the moment, with a lot of thoughts in his head. He was not resting his eyes at all, but was embarrassed and dared not look at the little nobles - he advocated refusing the demolition, because Job said that Wu Lai had borrowed more than 2 million gold coins to build Salt Marsh Town, and the interest alone was almost 200,000 gold coins a year. As long as he could delay Wu Lai's construction time and spread some rumors at the end of one year to instigate a run on the bank, Wu Lai would at least be ruined and end up in a miserable way.

Like Job, Tours did not believe that Woolley could make Saltmarsh Town generate an annual income of 200,000 gold coins without interfering with the salt fields, so he believed that Job's plan would succeed.

For Tours, right or wrong didn't matter, because he only recognized Job. If Job told him to go east, he would go east, and if Job told him to do anything, he would do it.

But judging by the current situation, it seems that this matter can no longer be done. Wu Lai can even openly resort to such despicable tricks as cutting off water and electricity. Tours has no doubt that Wu Lai will just talk and not do anything.

Forget it, whatever happens, I've tried my best anyway. While thinking this, Tours sighed in his heart, thinking that I'd better guard the salt field honestly. If I get involved in the affairs of the town too much, I'm afraid I'll get into trouble. These young citizens who have never seen the world are fence-sitters and can't stand Wu Lai's intimidation.

While Turles was busy with thoughts, Bill was not idle either. Compared with Turles, he was under less pressure because Job had obviously given the task of instigating the incident to Turles, and he was just a helper at best. Although he failed to stop it in time today due to his momentary negligence, then again, Wu Lai suddenly stopped him, obviously he already knew that he was going to stop it at the scene. If that was the case, it would be useless for him to go there.

Let's just get that done. Bill narrowed his eyes, pretending it had nothing to do with him, and ignored the looks of the little nobles around him...

"If everyone stays, it means they agree to the demolition, right?" Wu Lai asked, glancing coldly at the petty nobles.

No one said anything...

Wu Lai frowned. "What do you mean? You don't take my words seriously? Raise your hands if you agree! Get out of here right now if you don't agree!"

After a while, a young nobleman lowered his head and raised his hand unsteadily. Then, the second and third...

"Lord Wu Lai, two hundred gold coins for medical treatment is too much! Look, my place has been demolished into ruins and you..." The unlucky guy thought that since it was already like this, he might as well beg for sympathy, the more money he saved, the better. Unexpectedly, he was interrupted halfway through his words.

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It was Baker who interrupted him. He was probably the only one present who was overjoyed at the moment. Wu Lai said that he wanted the unlucky guy to compensate him with 200 gold coins for the medical expenses. This was obviously to help him get rich. But just when he thought that he should make it 50% with Wu Lai, this idiot actually wanted to bargain. How could this work? ! "No! Not even one silver coin less! If you dare to pay less, I will go to your house and beat you all up like this!" Baker pointed to his forehead. Although it was bandaged now, there were still bloodstains on his forehead and eyebrows - these conspicuous things must be kept. Whether it is to seek credit or blackmail, they are all sharp weapons!

Wu Lai smiled slightly and ignored the unfortunate guy. His sympathy was not excessive to such an extent.

"Since you've agreed, stay for dinner! If you don't eat, you're not giving me, Wu Laigelin, much face!" Wu Lai waved his hand, stood up and left...

There was no ulterior motive behind Wu Lai's hosting of a banquet to "entertain" the petty nobles. To put it bluntly, he just wanted to embarrass Turles and Bill again. Of course, he also wanted to let the petty nobles see who was the number one in Saltmarsh Town.

After the dinner, Ilett invited several petty nobles to his office. Although Turles and Bill knew that Wu Lai had specially arranged for Ilett to win over the people's hearts, they were helpless. On the one hand, the petty nobles were already disappointed in them, and it might be useless to say anything. On the other hand, Wu Lai was watching them covetously, and any rash action would obviously bring bad luck.

Wu Lai's dinner was over, but Guru's dinner had just begun. Although Guru was a little exhausted after these days, he was in very good spirits because he had completed half of the task Wu Lai had assigned to him, and he also had some idea about the remaining half.

In the next half month, six "teams" from the city of Lunvington will set out for Salt Marsh Town one after another, with a total number of more than 5,000 people. After they arrive in Salt Marsh Town, 3,000 of them will go to the construction site of the water diversion project, and the rest will stay in Salt Marsh Town to help with the construction.

These six "teams" that will contribute to the construction of Salt Marsh Town come from seventeen citizen families. They are either slaves or tenants of these citizen families. Of course, some carpenters and stonemasons are also included.

These seventeen citizen families all have more or less cooperative dealings with the Koch family, and Guru is the young master of the Koch family, so this matter went extremely smoothly. Tonight, they also sent important representatives to attend Guru's banquet. However, Guru's guests are not limited to these seventeen families. According to Wu Lai's instructions, Guru also invited the top five grain merchants in the city of Lunvington.

Whether in the Assyrian Citizens Academy or in Salt Marsh Town, Guru was willing to serve as Wu Lai's shadow, because he admired him, respected him, and followed him. But tonight, Guru played the role of the host very well. His elegant manners and decent conversation made the guests admire him. However, when the guests asked Guru why he was willing to serve as the financial officer of Salt Marsh Town, Guru smiled and replied -

"Because the Archon is my best friend, Wooleglindore."

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After dealing with the mischief of the little nobles, Wu Lai sped up the progress. With the active assistance of Elaite and Baker, not only did the demolition work progress smoothly, but the enthusiasm of the teams of all sizes, such as quarrying, moving, transporting water, cooking, and cleaning, was also unprecedentedly high, because not only was there a reward for each job, but the more you did, the more you got. In addition, the town also provided three meals a day. As long as you participated in the labor, you could eat for free with the work ticket issued by the foreman. You could eat but not take anything. You could eat as much as you could. If you exceeded the work quota, you would get extra food and wine rewards...

Nowadays, even the salt workers in the salt fields would sneak back during the night break to see if they could get some easy work to earn some money. They are no longer willing to drink or sleep in as soon as it gets dark like they did before.

Everybody was busy, and Wu Lai was naturally not idle either. Apart from anything else, it took him a lot of time every night just to look at the expense books, which made El, who served him, very distressed. He thought, in just a few days, the young master had lost a lot of weight. What would happen if this continued?