Xiao Yan didn't care, and then lifted up his clothes again and saw a scabbed whip mark at a glance.

"Squeak..."

The little monkey was originally wary, but at this moment, he seemed to be frightened, screaming and quickly pressing down on his clothes to prevent him from seeing them.

Xiao Yan's pupils shrank slightly, "Isn't your tribe members with you?"

"Squeak..."

The little monkey didn't say anything, just squeaked, but his hands still held the clothes.

The three White Lizard tribe next to them also saw the shocking whip marks, and their expressions changed slightly, but then they seemed to have a look.

They were obviously not surprised. Someone used such torture on a child. What they cared about was the sentence Xiao Yan said later.

This Shadow Meizu was not with the tribe, but fell into the hands of some people for some unknown reason. When they saw the whip mark, they understood that the small Shadow Meizu's behavior of holding their things might have been forced.

Based on this inference, then what happened just now is probably accidental.

However, Lin Lin did not completely relax his vigilance.

This matter needs to be investigated back.

As for sympathy, let alone Lin Lin and Lin Xiao, even Lin Yu has no sympathy.

Such things are so common in this world, that is, there are many slaves and servants in their clan, and many of them are younger than this Xiaoyingmei.

However, Xiao Yan actually cared about these things, which made them feel strange.

Does this adult have anything to do with the Shadow Magnificent Clan?

Xiao Yan ignored them, but asked Xiaoyingmei again and said, "Let me follow me in the future?"

When the little monkey heard his words, he was slightly silent, neither expressing his agreement nor objection.

It's the default.

Obviously, in his opinion, he had no choice at all.

Instead, it depends on whether those people will snatch themselves back from this person.

And he obviously didn't think it was so lucky.

Even if those people cannot snatch themselves from this person, they are just changing their masters.

He even would rather not have such a change, at least he knew better about the original owner's character.

A strange master is not a lucky thing for the servant.

Xiao Yan didn't say much, but just touched his head, then stood up and held his hand, and said to Lin Lin and the other two: "Let's go, the market is quite prosperous. I just saw that there seemed to be a blacksmith shop there, let's customize some kitchen utensils first..."

"good."

Lin Lin and the other two had no objection, and they didn't understand why this adult was so obsessed with kitchen utensils and beds.

For a strong man, it is no big deal to not eat or sleep, right?

However, Lin Lin turned his head and said to Lin Xiao: "Master Lin Xiao, please mobilize a team of soldiers to come..."

"Your Highness, there is no need to be such trouble."

Xiao Yan interrupted him with a smile.

"But……"

Lin Lin looked at the Ying Meizu he was holding and said, "I'm afraid someone will disturb the Lord's Yaxiang."

Xiao Yan smiled slightly and said carelessly: "Your Highness's tribe should be competing with another tribe for control of this city, right?"

Lin Lin was stunned. Xiao Yan had said before that he didn't care, but he just asked, why did he mention it again?

But then nodded.

There is nothing to hide, everyone knows it.

Xiao Yan smiled again, "Since that's the case, why don't you get him such an important place in this market?"

"Well……"

Lin Lin and the other two were a little surprised, but they didn't expect that the adult's thinking would jump so fast.

“Does this matter?”

Lin Yu asked subconsciously: "And there are some lower ethnic groups here, what's the point?"

Now it was Xiao Yan's turn to be surprised, and turned his head and looked at the two of them with a chuckle and said, "Sorry, ask a rude question.

The nobles should not have the experience of controlling the city, right?”

The three white lizard tribes blushed when they said this, which was equivalent to saying, "Are you country bumpkins?"

But there was no way, and blushing could only admit, "That, yes, our white lizard tribe really has no experience in this area.

In the past, the ones who controlled the Lizard Mountain City were either the Fire Lizard clan or the Silver Lizard clan, because these two clans were the strongest..."

"Haha, no wonder."

Xiao Yan laughed and said, "It seems that not only you don't have it, but also your competitors..."

He paused slightly when he said this, and then asked Lin Yu with a smile, "Your Highness just said that this place is mixed with low-ranking groups, so it doesn't matter, right?"

Lin Yu's pretty face turned slightly red, "Is it... Could it be..."

Xiao Yan waved his hand, "I want to ask Your Highness, what do you value most in this city? What is your purpose in mastering this city?

Those people in this city need to value you, White Lizard tribe the most?"

"Of course..."

Lin Yu opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but after she opened her mouth, she found that she had no clue at all, and there seemed to be no systematic concept in her mind.

Xiao Yan smiled and looked at Lin Lin again.

The latter thought for a while and replied: "The most important thing is resources. Once you master the city, you can master more resources."

Lin Yu and Lin Xiao's eyes lit up, and they nodded quickly, "Yes, resources!"

"clever!"

Xiao Yan praised, "Although it is still very general, you can tell the point in one sentence. You must be the next patriarch of your clan.

Look at her appearance and you will know that there is probably no smarter among your brothers than you."

"snort!"

Lin Yu immediately snorted when he heard this, but then he smiled again and said with honor: "The Fourth Prince is smart, but unfortunately his father can't see it."

Lin Lin's face changed and he hurriedly said, "Don't talk nonsense."

Then he smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, I'm over the award!"

Xiao Yan waved his hand and refused to let him say more. Then he asked again: "We are just chatting in private, you don't need to explain to us.

Then I want to ask Your Highness, how do you obtain resources after you control the city?"

Lin Lin pondered again after hearing this, then respectfully bowed to Xiao Yan and said, "Please give me some advice."

"Haha, good!"

Xiao Yan smiled with appreciation and said, "There are three ways to obtain resources from a city. The first is to plunder. After mastering a city, you can take everything for yourself.

This is the fastest, but not long-term, and the benefits are the least and the harm is the greatest...

The other two methods are taxation and operation, among which taxation is generally divided into two types, one is called resource tax, including agriculture, mining, etc.

Another and most important one is called industrial and commercial tax…”

Lin Lin listened to the light in his eyes. He understood these things a little before, but he had never heard anyone tell him so clearly.
Chapter completed!