I was regarded as a demon god by a witch

Chapter 23 Charm and Transit Tax

At the gate of the town of Cali, the inspector in charge of tax collection, that is, a slightly fat middle-aged man, reprimanded several soldiers around him: "Mr. Mayor is really feeding you for nothing."

"Are you working for the Lord of All? Are you loving priests!"

"Are you doing charity?"

"The group of small businessmen who passed by just now, you at least gave them a shilling less tax."

The inspector scolded casually regardless of his appearance: "I called you at the gate of the town because you are familiar with the prices of nearby crops and industries in the town, and because you are all active people, who knows that you are all like wooden people?" of."

"Do you know that if the taxes are good, we can make a fortune. Whose pockets will the extra money go into?"

"You stop doing charity."

"Look, there's another scammer here. Let me show you how to collect the transit tax."

The five soldiers guarding the town gate looked at each other in blank dismay.

A soldier looked annoyed. "But... my lord, it is a carriage, and it seems that there are only people sitting in it."

"People don't come to our town to do business, how can you charge them a transit tax?"

The transit tax is actually a commercial tax.

Making such a tax is actually an art.

Because if the commercial tax is too high, there will be no small and medium-sized businessmen willing to come to your town, and you will not get anything, and you will shoot yourself in the foot with a stone.

But if the real commercial tax is too low, far lower than that of nearby towns, then it is really taken advantage of.

It is simply paying the IQ tax to the Lord of all things.

However, travelers passing by generally do not need to pay transit tax, because travelers must consume food and lodging when they come to your town.

When people come to you, they have already contributed to the economy of your town.

Only a few very strange land lords and nobles would tax travelers passing through their territories.

In the end, he made his own territory useless and became a lonely wilderness, bypassed by all passers-by.

The Inspector gave the soldier a blank look. "According to the rules, you can't do anything well. If you dare to talk nonsense, you should leave this post and go to guard the public toilets in the town."

The soldier turned pale and didn't dare to speak.

The inspector said with a sneer to the other four soldiers, "It's the one with only one carriage that can collect the transit tax."

"How many people can sit in a carriage? I count them as five people at most."

"One of them is the maid driving the car, and has no fighting power."

"What I bully is this kind of weak and weak. Let's be more vicious and squeeze them. If they don't obey, we can even directly kill people and seize goods."

The soldiers had different expressions on their faces.

In this world without cameras and telephones, it is very simple to kill and seize goods and destroy corpses.

The nobles and soldiers who collect taxes, in fact, often suddenly act as robbers when there are few people.

Maid Alicia stopped the carriage at the gate of the town, and her young son looked at the soldiers with a little fear.

"Look at it, and learn from me." The inspector walked to the carriage, opened the curtain of the carriage, his eyes scanned the interior of the carriage, but his mouth moved first.

"Um……"

"Shipping peppers, I think you have to pay at least 10 shillings in tax."

The soldiers not far away felt really cruel after hearing this.

This is really a robbery.

It's obviously a bully.

Inside the carriage, the four people looked weird.

Heilang and Raleigh never imagined that one day they would be robbed when they entered the town gate.

It's normal, if they get off the carriage, they will look like elite fighters, who would dare to make things difficult?

The big witch looked at the inspector with a look of 'you have the courage to commit suicide'.

Ivita was stunned for a moment, where did the peppers come from in the carriage, and then he realized that someone was going to rob them.

To rob this wagon... fighters, witchers, witches and wizards?

? ?
After the inspector saw the people inside the carriage, his first reaction was, um, there were indeed only four people inside the carriage.

Including the maid driving outside the carriage, there are five people in total.

Sure enough, he guessed right, he is really an experienced middle-aged soldier.

The inspector directly ignored the child brought by Alicia.

In his eyes, boys under the age of seven are not human beings and can be ignored.

Then, the Inspector suddenly felt something was wrong.

As for people, there are indeed only five people.

That's what's a little bit wrong.

He saw that Lei Li was carrying a short sword, and his hands were full of calluses from the sword, his pupils suddenly shrank.

He saw an exaggerated two-handed sword on the back of the black wolf, a sharp dagger on his waist, wearing the characteristic leather armor of a witcher, and his mouth was opened wide.

When he saw the Hearthstone Witch, he almost cried out.

witch!

As for Ivita's shiny accessories, one can tell at a glance that his identity is not simple, and it makes this middle-aged soldier feel chills.

Witches, witchers!

They actually wanted to enter this small town with only over 2000 people!

Moreover, he actually got close to this dangerous carriage!
God!

Lord of all things, please bless me, I will definitely pay you some IQ tax every day from now on...

No, they donate money to the church every month.

The Inspector was trembling with fear. He wanted to open his mouth to call the five soldiers behind him for reinforcements, and he wanted the sentry to notify the city guard with their piccolos.

He opened his mouth, his tongue moved, and the sound was about to pass through his throat and come out.

Great Hearthstone Witch: "Your Majesty."

At this time, Iveta twirled the ring on the little finger of his right hand twice, and chanted the spell at the same time.

The square black jade on the ring was spinning, shining with a strange color.

The inspector subconsciously looked down at the ring on Ivita's hand, and then a strange color flashed across his eyes. The brown pupil was quickly polluted by the dark ink color, turning into a completely black pupil color, and then the pupil color returned to up brown.

The inspector's fat face struggled several times, and finally his expression became slightly dull.

The Hearthstone Witch congratulated Ivita, "Your Majesty, you have successfully used your first spell."

"Now that the charm technique has controlled his mind, he will act according to your will."

Ivita looked at the inspector. After using the ring, he knew that this magic item could only be used once a day.

But now the Inspector is really different, his expression is no longer fierce, and the fleshy face is even a little cute because of the dull expression.

This guy is like a dog caught in a leash by himself, and he has completely obeyed him.

It seems that I still have some vague spiritual connection with him, and I can give him some very vague orders.

But at the same time, he also found that this connection is relatively weak, as long as half a day passes, the effect of this spell will be automatically released.

At the same time, if this guy is suddenly stimulated by external force, he should also get rid of the state of being controlled by the mind.

In addition, his blank expression is too easy to be seen by others.

But it's enough.

Anyway, as long as they can get into town without trouble.

The inspector said blankly: "I have checked, there is no problem in the carriage, and there are no goods, and the people sitting here are all honorable gentlemen who cannot be offended."

"Open the town gate and let a few adults pass through."

The soldiers not far away were stunned, looked at each other in blank dismay, and didn't even open the door for a while, because the order was too strange.

A moment ago the Inspector had vowed to demonstrate his art of tax collection.

The next moment, his attitude changed drastically.

The Inspector turned and got out of the carriage, shouting angrily. "Hurry up and open the door!"

"Do you dare to refuse the command of the chief! Do you all want to guard the toilet?"

The soldiers hurried to open the door.

In the carriage, Hei Lang and Lei Li were amazed at the effect of the charm technique.

This spell is too strong!
Iveta suddenly thought that he was short of money.

Now that the inspector has been manipulated, it is time to make the best use of it and squeeze out all his value.

Under Ivita's instructions, the inspector opened the curtain of the carriage and said respectfully, "My lord, this is all the money I have on me—12 shillings and 8 pence."

"Please accept it."

Ivita took the cloth bag he handed over with a smile.

In this way, the carriage slowly drove into the open town gate. Not only did they not pay a penny after entering the town, but even the governor here gave them 12 shillings and 8 pence.

After the carriage left, the five soldiers looked at the inspector with the look that you are crazy.

Didn't you agree to teach them how to make black money?

Why are you still giving money to others, sir?

Are you paying an IQ tax to the Lord of Everything?

A soldier suddenly felt that the officer was probably insane, and he had to seize this golden opportunity.

If he didn't do something while the chief was insane, he would be inhuman.

He rubbed his hands and said, "My lord, my family is also short of money. Can you give me some money too?"

"You have given money to unrelated passers-by, and I am your confidant."

"You can't forget me..."

The Inspector widened his eyes, as if meeting this soldier for the first time, and took two steps back. "You want me to give you money? Did I hear you right?"

"How dare you ask me to give you money!"

"Are you crazy, or I have a problem with my ears. Who gave you the courage to ask me to give you money!"

"I didn't give money to passers-by at all."

"And you...go clean the toilet from now on!"

That soldier is going crazy, what's going on!
He wants to cry but has no tears. "No, no, no, my lord, a misunderstanding, this is a misunderstanding..."

What the soldier didn't know was that after entering the town, Ivita immediately dispelled the charm.

Because it has been kept in the state of charm, it is inevitable that people will not be noticed, so it is simply lifted.

After dispelling the charm technique, the inspector naturally regained his sanity instead of being demented.

(End of this chapter)