Reincarnated Bamboo Rat Starts Extreme Survival

Chapter 204 God damn official organization

The strong man with the knife who was dragged to the sky, when he came to the iron and wooden cart, he stuck the big knife in his hand into the ground, and his expression changed at an astonishing speed.

"My lord, I don't think you look like you rarely walk on the road. I'm here to tell you that there is a road maintenance fee for our road. Don't get me wrong. Those who have the guts to collect this money, this is Huang Tan City's regulations, we, the workers, can't do anything about it..."

Acorn couldn't understand what this guy was saying, but he could feel that this guy didn't have an aggressive aura, but was extremely slick.

This stunned Acorn, who was about to shoot a demonstration against a big rock next to him, and he was a little at a loss for a while.

Bell, who was in the body of the acorn, was a little difficult to stretch.

Because he knew that the rapid face change of the person in front of him was specially made for him to see.

The establishment of checkpoints on this road was led by Huang Tan City in the distance and operated by an official organization.

Bell said in his heart, since your road is so rotten, you still have the nerve to charge me tolls. The whole stone road in Cangxing City is free for people to pass. In this way, the difference between the two cities will be widened at once.

However, this is exactly one of the dilemmas that Huangtan City is facing. They are a notoriously poor place, and they are also ranked at the bottom of the [-]th Cities Alliance.

A city like Cangxing City with relatively good surrounding resources is not doing too badly, and it is relatively easy to attract foreign investment. The happiness of residents is also one of the items that need to be paid attention to in urban construction and management.

But Huangtan City does not have this blessing. There are only two low-level dangerous lands around the city, and its own resource output is extremely limited. It also has to pay high taxes to the upper four cities. Half of the city's resource output has to be paid every year. It fell into the pocket of the upper four cities.

In this way, the remaining resources can't support any strong people at all, and there are many ways to generate income.

Not to mention, every year, high-level professionals choose to leave Huangtan City and go to the resource-rich eastern region to seek a living.

High-level professionals also need to make a living, and they consume more resources than low-level professionals. They stay in this place where resources are scarce, and there is no hope of continuing to become stronger.

In order to generate income for the city, the managers of Huangtan City can be said to be doing everything they can. Collecting tolls is just one of the various charging items. There are also all kinds of weird ways to collect money in the city. .

In this environment, the people are full of complaints, and violent coups will break out from time to time to drive out those in power.

But no matter how extravagant the newly appointed rulers were before they succeeded in gaining power, they will return to a situation similar to those of the previous tyrants shortly after taking power.

There are many reasons for this, such as the temptation of interests, such as collusion between officials and businessmen, and such as the uncleanness of the power grabbers themselves.

But the core oppression that caused this kind of problem has always come from the huge taxes of the upper four cities. No matter whether the newly appointed ruler really wants to change this city, when it comes to paying taxes, he will always become confused.

Years of managerial turmoil have also turned the development pattern here into a downright bad debt.

A certain city councilor proposed a ten-year cycle of agricultural development planning, intending to allocate urban resources to agricultural professionals, but before his plan was fully implemented, the tax pressure on the upper four cities had already begun. Let the city council reshuffle for a round.

Over the years, it's not that there have been excellent managers in Huangtan City who want to develop independently and get rid of the shackles of the upper four cities.

But these managers often step down faster than stupid people, often die inexplicably, and many disappear without reason in the blink of an eye.

It is very likely that people are still dealing with government affairs in the morning, and people appear in the stinky ditch outside Huangtan City in the afternoon.

The reason for this situation is very simple, no matter how much those outrageous guys who made stupid tricks cheated their own people, no matter how much oil and water they squeezed from the ordinary people in Huangtan City, the taxes they paid to the upper four cities would be enough. , even a lot more than the scheduled tax.

They knew that they would prepare big gifts for the inspection team who came, and they would go to the dignitaries in the four cities to make connections.

And these people who want to seek development can only pay the most basic taxes, so that the officials of the upper four cities will not make trouble for them, but those dignitaries and inspection teams who enjoy worship all the year round are not willing .

With the support of the inspection team and dignitary groups, the city council has been dominated by several big families all year round, taking turns to sit in the seat.

The complex interest structure here and the long-term chaotic environment made the residents of Huangtan City realize that the best choice is to leave this area.

But they can realize this, and the managers of Huangtan City must also be aware that the direct impact of the population loss is the reduction of the city's resource output, and the reduction of resource output. The tax pressure on the four cities will be even greater.

In Huangtan City, the best way to prevent population loss is not to give generous treatment to talents, but to cultivate a large number of official bandits outside the city, and let these bandits catch the refugees who escaped.

This method is economical and affordable. Although it cannot keep those high-level professionals, it can at least ensure that the basic productivity in the city can be maintained at a certain level.

And the treatment enjoyed by a large number of official bandits is much higher than that of residents in the city, and even higher than that of professionals of the same level in the surrounding areas. This allows the bandits to enjoy privileges and binds their interests with Huangtan City. .

The seemingly unremarkable road card tolls are actually an external manifestation of the abnormal urban management of Huangtan City.

Bell had already heard about these things when he was collecting information in Cangxing City, but he didn't expect to encounter them so soon.

"My lord, as long as you raise your hand and give a toll of one silver coin, our Huang Tancheng guarantees that you will not be disturbed along the way. Anyone who dares to block the road and rob, our Huangtancheng will Never die for him."

While Bell was thinking in his mind, the man blocking the road in front of him was still slapping his chest to make a guarantee, and he carried the official bandit's face to the extreme.

His meaning was also very simple, if you give money, you will give it, and there will be no troubles all the way to Huangtan City.

But if he didn't give money, he would have given it, but there are many bandits on the road from here to Huangtan City, who might be robbed by then.

These official bandits can also plunder the so-called "unruly" passers-by, and they have the official permission of Huangtan City, which can be regarded as the unique customs here.

(End of this chapter)