Tang Qi Tan

The various taxes of the Kingdom of Sealand can be roughly divided into two categories, one is the taxes of the provinces and independent/directly subordinate cities, which are directly handed over to the kingdom treasury.Including head tax for urban citizens and land tax and commercial tax for villagers.One is the special products/donations offered to the royal family by the aristocratic territories.

The former is mainly composed of a huge system of tax officials and tax collectors at the four levels of kingdom provinces, counties, independent cities, and towns under the leadership of the Minister of Finance, who is the second seat of the State Council;However, in some special or disputed areas, additional taxpayers will be appointed.

However, in the eyes of the majority of the people in these places, these taxpayers are the cancerous tumors of the kingdom, and they are even more terrifying than those wolf-like tax collectors.Because they raised private soldiers in order to make extra profits, and even more unscrupulous in order to collect taxes.

On the other hand, if hundreds of thousands of aristocratic territories and knight fiefdoms in the kingdom fail to regularly contribute the corresponding special products and donations of the royal family, they will also be held accountable and pursued by the Cardinal Council of the Kingdom; and even ruled to confiscate the territories , sentenced to a series of punishments including deprivation of titles.

As a result, many middle- and lower-class aristocrats whose output could not keep up with rising prices, and even knights and fiefs who had fallen from their families, had to repay debts and build high debts; they were even forced to marry the emerging wealthy class to solve the financial crisis, and even Therefore, the family name and inheritance were lost in disguise.

Therefore, since the failure of the constitutional movement promoted by the royalist party in the capital, the abolished king who failed to flee repeatedly was also forced to abdicate; the senior officials of the southern provinces, the military governor of the Primorsky District, and the bishops of the diocese have mostly announced that they will no longer Accept any order from the new government of the capital.

As a local high-ranking official, he used the reason of expanding the city garrison and recruiting the local volunteers; justifiably, all the taxes that should have been handed over, together with the royal offering, were retained in the provincial capital for his own use; on the other hand, Many additional taxes were imposed on citizens and farmers.

However, when the accountant of the tax office fled from the provincial capital, he also thought about trying to make a last profit from the public treasury.However, when he led someone to pry open the vault in the provincial capital, he found that it had already been emptied, leaving only a few piles of centimes/copper coins scattered all over the floor.

Therefore, along with many officials and wealthy families in the provincial capital, he fled here for refuge all the way, and he also had some speculation in private; whether the treasury of the provincial capital was also secretly transferred to the local area.Therefore, he has already explored most of the corners of this monastery in private.

However, his wife and sister disappeared; and he was also drugged and immersed in a ritual of extreme sensory stimulation.It wasn't until more than half a year later that he, who was completely broken, was forcibly awakened from the pile of filth, and was forced to reconnect with reality.

However, this confession was an excellent reference object and exclusion method for Jiang Tian; then he stood up and found himself sitting on the shrine, and there were so many people present, no one even dared to raise any objections ; as if all this is a matter of course.

Then, Jiang Tian walked under the gorgeous zenith depicting the creation of the Creator, in an area filled with trophies of various colors, among the simply stacked weapons and armor.Selectively pulled out a huge moon blade ax from it, and then returned to the innermost altar of the great chapel.

The main altar of this cathedral obviously imitates the style of the oriental altar; that is, the model of the large altar that is several floors high in the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, the Eastern Empire.Precious walnut and cedar woods are used to create a stepped three-tiered platform.

Although as a large chapel for escapism, the main altar has no other overly luxurious decorations except for being extraordinarily tall; , but was blackened by the constant lights day and night all year round.

As a result, most of the three-story altar has lost its original wood texture and color after years of dripping and dripping wax.Except for a small inconspicuous corner, the place covered by the melting candle seems to be lighter and thinner.

The next moment, under the eyes of everyone, Jiang Tian suddenly slashed at the corner of this section with an ax; the "angel of death" Samuel, who was almost half a person tall, held a gall-painted spear and trampled on the three heads of hell. The dog's purgatory group sculpture; and cut it apart amidst a sound of exclamation.

However, following the easily cracked sacred sculpture, an obvious gap appeared at the corner of the altar; and then it turned into a gushing like spring water in the gap, gushing out yellow and white metallic luster; that was sealed inside. Gold and silver coins were scattered with such a crisp sound.

Now Jiang Tian finally knows that the taxes intercepted by the provinces over the years, as well as other royal gifts/donations; did not become military expenditures for expanding the city garrison and organizing local volunteers, but for stealing the sky from the upper class. After that, they were all transferred and stored here one after another.

And this stepped three-level altar has at least two floors of internal space, and it is conceivable how much it can accommodate.Now, all of this belongs to Jiang Tian, ​​who accidentally captured this place, and the Southern Freedom Army.At this moment, all the people cheered in unison.

Immediately, some people rushed forward, waving their weapons to further expand the gap; some deliberately rushed to the fountain of coins, and opened their arms to accept the baptism of money; some were like the legendary dragon who loves money , rolled into the coins on the ground...

Even the ascetic monk Andrew, who was the recorder, was no exception.I saw him walking involuntarily among the piles of money scattered all over the floor, kneeling on the ground, muttering repentance and praying to himself; while the charge captain Raphael was also blushing, his eyes fixed on the scattered money.

In contrast, the most calm one is the anomaly Jiang Tian.Therefore, most of the people in the chapel were almost venting their emotions, and calmed down a little; Jiang Tian then clasped the weapons in his hands, and used the ear-piercing sound to gather everyone's attention.

Immediately, he announced in public that all soldiers who participated in this operation would receive an extra share of fifty ecu; and those who performed well and made achievements would double the reward.So for a while, the chapel was once again overwhelmed by deafening cheers and praises.

Although he promised to go out at once, at least [-] ecu.However, the lessons of so many cases throughout the ages have made Jiang Tian understand better than others that in this kind of action involving a lot of money, the price of being stingy and stingy as a superior person will be extremely heavy.

So next, under the generous monetary incentives, the morale and motivation brought by the bonus, the soldiers who searched hard also brought another good news to Jiang Tian again.It seems that the hiding places of food and supplies collected and transported from cities across the province have also been found.

But it is not hidden in the monastery as the main building, but hidden under a tower on the side wall; because the opening of the stairs as an ordinary city square building is too big and too wide, it can not help but arouse suspicion.Plus finding deep ruts hidden in the weeds.

And just behind the upward spiral staircase that blocks the view, there is a spacious enough space and a hollow brick wall.After being forcibly smashed open with a tool, a natural tunnel inside was exposed, and not far along the tunnel, you came to a huge cave space.

After a while, Jiang Tian also led people into this place, which is located in a huge cave in the mountain.Inside this naturally formed cave, the temperature is obviously more than ten degrees lower than the outside world, and there is actually a faint sound of air flowing, making it extraordinarily cool, dry and ventilated.

Therefore, under the light of the lit torches, there are piles of grain sacks piled up like hills, and wine barrels like high walls; to the zenith; there was even bread and pie baked.

And all kinds of square and prototype dry cheeses were simply used as the foundation stones... So many food reserves, plus the money stored in the main altar; plus the dangerous location of the castle, indeed Enough for the owner to organize an army here.

However, when searching deep into the interior of the large cave, there was a sudden exclamation; it was a soldier who was attacked by an unknown creature hiding in the dark; the bloodied man was helped out by his companions.However, this instead aroused the same hatred among the Free Army soldiers who regarded it as their own.

Jiang Tian didn't even need to make another shot. After the white soldiers and strike squadrons who were quickly transferred in for reinforcements formed several fan-shaped encirclement nets to intercept; the attackers in the dark finally revealed their true bodies; A ghoul that is as sharp as a large dog.

Even if they were moving around like flying among the rocks and goods, trying to dodge the siege of the soldiers of the Free Army; in the end, they were still hard to resist. It's a scene of fragmented hatred.

However, on the remains of the ghouls that were eliminated, collars with metal plates were found one after another, and there were numbers in Latin numbers on them: the last number was XCV representing 96.Obviously, someone has been manufacturing and raising this low-level alien for a long time.

And as these ghouls caused damage to the interior of the cave, a hidden staircase on the upper stone wall was once again exposed from the cover of the cargo; On the smooth stairs, Jiang Tian found more small caves.

Most of them were empty, save for broken bones and dried excrement, and chains fastened to the walls.Only after searching to the innermost part, did they suddenly find a human-shaped blood demon. The moment they saw someone coming, they flew out from the corner unexpectedly.

It just fell to the ground after saving a certain distance.However, he was restrained by chains and shackles, and could only howl helplessly and furiously, leaving traces of saliva; obviously, this is what Ajax said, although he can still maintain his human form, only beasts are left Instinctive half-blood demon.

And in the corner cave where the half-blood demon, who was still wearing the tattered clothes in front of him, suddenly appeared; there was an exit sealed by a metal grid.It's just that it's different from the usual blackened, bluish or rusty steel fences, this piece of metal fence is as bright as new and silvery white.

This is a bit interesting.What kind of special existence is it that needs to be guarded by this half-blood demon and those ghouls hiding outside; at the same time, it is necessary to specially set up silver-coated fences and small gates; to prevent these aliens who only rely on instinct from harming others. What about the possible special existence inside?