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Chapter 106 Mrs. Sissy's subordinates are all sixth children
For Hucaro City, Hardy has great expectations.

I want to make it a bustling city, and I don't plan to surpass Boris, but it won't be too far behind.

Everyone looked at Hardy, surprised at his youth.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that Hardy is still a teenager, about 16 years old.

But he is already a Viscount, and he has gained a great reputation.

When they knew that Hukaro City had a new owner, many people had already started to inquire about Hardy's news and information.

The more I inquired, the more intimidating I felt.

This is also the reason why Hardy was able to invite so many "gentry" here for a meeting at one time.

"I recently checked the financial statements for the past 16 years." Hardy glanced at the financial officer and continued: "I found a very interesting thing."

Everyone listened quietly.

"In the past 16 years, the population of Hukaro City has grown from about 15 to 24 now." Hardy glanced at several industry leaders: "However, the tax revenue of Hukaro City is still the same. The way it was 16 years ago, there is no progress. It doesn't make sense, the population has increased by [-], and the tax has not increased."

Originally, the atmosphere was relatively relaxed, but as this sentence fell to the ground, the atmosphere here became very heavy.

"I know, everyone loves money." Hardy said in a calm tone: "I like it too, without gold coins, almost nothing can be done. Before, it was Mrs. Sissy you owed, not me. So I don't plan to Pursue this further."

Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Especially the leaders in several industries.

It would definitely be heartbreaking for them to spit out all the taxes accumulated in the past 16 years.

"But in the future, I will strictly monitor your taxation situation, especially the two major industries of luxury goods and spice shops." Hardy looked at another person: "As for the monopoly of salt, the Lord's Mansion will take it back. "

"It's not fair." A middle-aged man stood up and shouted loudly: "This is the permission given to me by Miss Sissy, and you have no right to take it back, Viscount."

"As I said, it's not that I haven't done anything in the past month." Hardy sneered, "I've checked the records of the Lord's Mansion. It's a good thing to have money. It can at least guarantee that There is enough paper to record some important things."

The middle-aged man squinted his eyes and said: "Your Excellency, I respect you very much, but this is not a reason for you to disobey the Jeanne family, and I don't understand what you are talking about."

"Huso-Napp. Marrying a woman who is a distant relative of the Jeanne family, and using this as a stepping stone, successfully connected with the Jeanne family." Hardy looked at the middle-aged man, and smiled lightly: "Madame Sissy is 11 years old. At that time, I came to live in Hukaluo City, and when I was 12 years old, I entrusted you with the salt monopoly. And what you did was to pay only about two gold coins to the Lord's Mansion every month."

Everyone looked at Hu Suo Knapp in surprise.

And Hu Suo Knapp's face turned blue.

Hardy didn't get used to him, and continued: "It sounds a lot, but the profits generated by the salt monopoly are exaggerated. At that time, Hucaro City already had a population of 10,000+. Two gold coins per month , are you sending beggars away?"

Except for Hu Suo, everyone else showed expressions of watching a play.

"12-year-old Mrs. Sissy is still ignorant, and she doesn't have much understanding of common sense." Hardy clicked his tongue and continued: "She may think that the salt monopoly is not profitable, but anyone who has done a little research can Clearly, controlling a city, even the salt monopoly in this territory, how profitable is it, don’t you think so? The current richest man in Hucaro City, Mr. Knapp.”

There was a big uproar.

A well-dressed old man couldn't help sighing: "It turns out that Knapp is so black-hearted."

Hardy continued: "After Mrs. Sissy gets married and leaves Hukaro City, you don't even want to give those two gold coins to the Lord's Mansion anymore."

Hu Suo sat down angrily, but didn't dare to say anything more.

Hardy is not just a reckless boy, but behind him, there is an army supporting him.

And he is also substantial, the new owner of Hukaro City.

"You are a distant relative of Jeanna's family. I don't want to make things too tense. Now you have two choices." Hardy leaned back slightly, leaning on the back of the chair, and said, "One is to go to Boris by yourself, Xiang Qian Madam Qian repents. Second, I will have someone tie you up."

Hu Suo Nap gritted his teeth and asked, "Then what about the salt monopoly in Hukaro City...?"

"The lord's mansion will naturally have to be taken back." Hardy said in a calm tone: "There is no reason why a servant should be more profitable or richer than the master."

"If I don't..."

At this point, he couldn't go on, because he suddenly felt a burst of fear.

Fear from the heart.

suddenly.

Not only him, everyone present was affected, but in different degrees.

The weakened version of the halo of fear is naturally not as strong as that of Nightmare Knight, but it can also have a certain effect on ordinary people.

But the fear came and went quickly.

This salt monopoly, Hardy must take it back.

Recently, he not only checked records and materials in the Lord's Mansion, but also walked around the city to collect information.

Generally speaking, the law and order in Hukaro City is not bad.

Because there are no real nobles to 'rule' over their heads, they 'autonomous' quite well.

Edible salt is expensive.

It is at least 20.00% more expensive than the surrounding cities.

Now the taxation of the Lord's Mansion is not high, with a lot of expenses, the monthly net income is only between seven and eight gold coins.

This money is more than enough to live on, but it is far from enough to support an infantry army of 200 people and a knight order of more than [-] people.

After the salt monopoly is brought back, the military finances should be barely sufficient for expenditure.

The rest is to do a good job in taxation and prevent those businessmen from evading taxes. With more than 20 people, it is not difficult to raise an army of two to three hundred people.

At the same time, if the salt is monopolized by the Lord's Mansion, Hardy can set a relatively low price.

Let ordinary civilians also get certain benefits.

After all, salt is an indispensable "daily necessities" for human beings.

"Let's put aside the matter of salt." Hardy ignored Hu Suo-Napp, and continued: "We have another very important matter, which is about the appearance of the city."

Everyone felt that the atmosphere was much more relaxed, and then showed puzzled expressions.

Hardy continued: "I found out that our city of Hukaro doesn't have drainage channels. It rained a few days ago, and the whole city seemed to be soaked in water. That's all, the water surface is full of human and animal excrement , the whole city stinks, and then I heard that many poor people died of illness."

Everyone showed puzzled expressions. They didn't understand why the death of the poor had something to do with the rain!

Looking at the puzzled expressions of these people, Hardy sighed and said, "Don't you know that this is how the plague came?"

(End of this chapter)