章 1271: The Wheels Of Change Will Turn!

Damn!

They had lost too much money recently.

That said, with Sirius's men stationed all across the place, no nobles were allowed to collect taxes in their territories anymore.

This meant that no city or town lords were allowed to collect tax as they deemed fit.

And you know, this move is one that several nobles liked.

Why? Because the nobles that were town or city lords always bullied other nobles in their territories too.

That is, just as the city lords collected taxes from the peasants, they also robbed the other nobles in their territories as well.

And in large cities, over 30 or 50 different noble households existed there. 

So can you imagine how much money the city lord or territory owner extorted out?

That's why many of these nobles residing in these areas had to lick the feet of the territory owners, praising them and wiping their asses just to be friends with them or be their henchmen.