Objectively speaking, this kind of compromise can be regarded as an improvement for Zelas.

Politics is the art of compromise. In the past, he led the siege, killing and robbery without following the rules and without moral ethics. In the eyes of many people, he did not look like a new emperor, but rather like a large siege.

The emperor is indeed supreme, but the emperor definitely means not only destruction, but also the shattering of the order. To become an emperor, Zelas needs to establish a new order and make all Shurima people recognize this order.

Before, the Shi Lieyang Sect, which played the role of "order", was overbearing Zeras boldly handed over all the grassroots things to the bishops and priests of the Lieyang Sect, as if they wanted to turn Shurima into an underground kingdom of gods.

But unfortunately, as the conflicts broke out on the issue of slave training, the relationship between the two sides quickly dropped to freezing point. Although the cooperation continued, it was already apart from each other. Only when one side bowed its head, cooperation could continue smoothly.

Obviously, Zelas knew very well that he could not continue to retreat, so he gritted his teeth and wanted to win over some forces that could be used as power for his own use. Therefore, the Property Preservation Law was officially declared and Zelas finalized his basic foundation.

Although Zeras wanted to treat slaves and civilians as his basic base, it was almost impossible since he led the thieves to rise up - he could not represent the interests of civilians, nor could he represent the true interests of slaves at all.

After the Property Preservation Act, Zelas promulgated a series of laws and regulations, which were jointly formed into the Shurima Code.

As a written law, the Shurima Code is quite progressive. At least the law is engraved and made public, even the former Shurima Empire has not done so.

But if we consider the content of this code, it will be much more subtle.

Protect private property, stipulate social status based on the amount of private property, safeguard the power of employers, and form a city autonomous committee...

Rather than saying that this is a code, it is better to say that this is a peaceful coexistence agreement signed by Zelas and the nobles of the nobles - I protect your safety, and you help me manage the city, collect taxes, and mobilize materials.

Everyone... just get what you need.

From Zelas's perspective, his power could not control the Lieyang Sect very much, but he held these nobles in his hands and pinched them. If he really wanted to overturn the table, he would not suffer.

In this way, the two sides reached a series of cooperation plans and truly began to build an economy and try to restore trade and production in major cities.

But...what is that simple?

Because of the merciless robbery, there were not many noble merchants who could survive with Zelas. Everyone could easily form a monopoly in various cities.

Let’s take Nash Lame, the second city that once was Shurima, for example.

Before Zelas contributed to Nash Latin America, there were only names and surnames here. The number of registered foreign trade chambers was more than 30. There were more than one fleet of these chambers of commerce, and there were also three or five ships that were enough to support the Piltwolf route. They competed and cooperated with each other to meet the trade needs of Nash Latin America.

However, after the disaster of Zelas and the Sand Thieves, there are only four of these thirty trade chambers left.

After reaching a cooperation with Zelas, the four foreign trade chambers quickly held a closed-door meeting and then quickly reached an agreement on the division of foreign trade fields. The four chambers of commerce have completely achieved monopoly in their respective fields, including raw materials import, grain import, bulk professional import, and Hex product import.

Subsequently, with the support of Zelas, the Foreign Trade Chamber of Commerce opened rapidly. While the turnover soared, it also blocked the development prospects of other small foreign trade chambers...

The foreign trade industry is just a microcosm.

Within Zelas's sphere of influence, merchants who avoided the first wave of limelight took off one after another in the form of monopoly capital with the help of new policies. This did alleviate Zelas' embarrassment to a certain extent and allowed him to receive taxes in a real sense. But the problem is that behind this tax is the infinite exploitation of monopoly merchants on civilians.

Most of the civilians who remained in Nash Latin America had no slaves at home, and some well-off families had savings. The families generally had adult laborers with professional skills. They were the middle class in Nash Latin America, and because of the specialty of their professional skills, they could not leave the city.

Originally, they were very happy that Nash Latin America resumed economic production. When they liberated the slaves, they did not have much affection for Zelas, but now these people cheered for Zelas's actions.

In their opinion, the labor shortage is coming, and there will be an extremely broad development space in front of them.

However... as they resumed their work, these people were surprised to find that their work benefits had dropped sharply. They used to work enough to support the family's decent life, but now they can only barely achieve food and clothing!

What's going on?

They wanted to protest, but protests obviously would not be useful - monopoly merchants acted as if they could do it and would leave if they couldn't, and there was no room for negotiation.

Many people really chose to go on strike based on their personal savings, and then they were kicked open the door and plundered everything by the Sandshu City Defense Forces in the name of "destruction of work".

In this way, in order to maintain the basic living needs of the family, these former middle-class people quickly became slaves of the new era. As for those former slaves, they were placed at the highest point as political symbols for people to admire.

Zelas did liberate the slaves.

But unfortunately, this liberation was nothing more than "liberation for the sake of liberation". The slaves were not trained and had no real life skills. They could only occupy Zelas' financial resources in a short period of time as the face-saving project of the new emperor.

As for things like "when the financial conditions are improved, these slaves will be incorporated into the army for training"...

Not to mention whether Zelas' finances can improve, even if it is really possible, at that time, will these slaves raised like pigs really remember the "emperor's gift" and choose not to fight again?

Zelas himself knew exactly what the answer was, but he had no choice - he wanted to get rid of the interference and influence of the Lieyang Sect, which was his only solution at present.

As for whether there will be sequelae in the future...
Chapter completed!