The wheels roll on the road paved with bluestone slabs, and the light carriage bumps from time to time.

“The roads in Flatlake Town are wide and flat, which is far less than Blinol City.” Tennes gripped the carriage’s handrails and said distressedly: “I like the prosperity of the capital, but I especially hate double-wheel carriages. "

The compliment of the former tax officer made Victor smile on his face, and he said in a deep voice: "I often dream of a city where the buildings on the street are neatly arranged and the roads extend in all directions. There are every ten meters. With two crystal street lamps, even if dark clouds cover the moon, the city will not fall into darkness. Her sewers are tangled and complicated, like a maze. There are more than several millions of residents in the city."

"A city of several millions of people... …I can’t imagine how long its city wall should be?” Tennes smiled.

"There is no city wall, no castle...Because monsters and beasts are kept in cages for the residents of the city to watch. Of course, they need to spend money to buy tickets for viewing."

"There is no city wall...the monster is locked in a cage..." Tennes murmured to himself, and suddenly said: "Your dream is a golden age city."

"No. I dreamed of the future. "Victor paused, tactfully said: "My friend, you can see that your marriage brings you troubles, not happiness."

Viscount Tennes was silent for a while, and sighed: "My current wife is not Mary, it's Susanna from Ludwig's house."

Victor's pointed ears suddenly stood up. He didn't want to inquire about other people's privacy, but the lord could not ignore the intelligence of the kingdom center. Even if the other party is only a small character, who can be sure that there is no article to do? Especially Tennes's marriage also involves the Ludwig family.

Finding an excuse for his gossip, Victor pretended to be surprised and asked: "How could this happen? Didn’t you and Mary have a marriage contract?"

"My marriage partner changed Humans, and I can only accept...this is the case." Tennes said helplessly.

Victor's curiosity has not been satisfied, he tentatively asked: "That...your newlywed wife is not as beautiful as Mary, or her family background is not as expected?"

"No No, Susanna’s beauty is impeccable. Her grandfather Pietra Ludwig Count is the younger brother of Lord Marquis, and he is also a noble silver Knight. Count is the county guard in Northern Kant, Susanna His father is his second son, and Susanna’s family owns a large hereditary feast."

Tennes saw Victor’s puzzled eyes with a trace of contempt, so she had to say: "Well... Susanna is a Knight "

"Knight promoted naturally, or with the help of energy potion?" Victor asked softly.

"She used the energy potion..." Tennes smiled bitterly and shook his head: "What difference does this make to me?"

The marriage between ordinary nobles and Knight is destined to be a tragedy. Especially the wife is a Dame.

Susanna ages much more slowly than Tennes. When the two give birth to a legal heir, she is no longer bound by marriage and can freely pursue a high-level Knight partner. Although Tennes will have many young and beautiful lovers throughout his life, his position in the family is ultimately weak.

In the final analysis, family relationships are related to the balance of power between husband and wife. If Tennes was a powerful and violent warrior like Nelson, his Knight wife would never ignore her husband's majesty.

Victor expressed sympathy for the future marriage life of Viscount Tennes, he gave a dry cough, and was comforted: "It seems that you are good enough to be favored by the Ludwig family...but this is a bit unfair to Mary... Of course, it’s not your fault...May Mary find a suitable partner as soon as possible."

"You don’t have to worry about Mary’s reputation." Tennes said blankly, "She married before I got married. I am a man, marrying my former colleague, the tax officer of the royal capital, Viscount Hawke Fisher. I guess he will patronize your Flatlake Town soon."

Victor expression congeals, groaning and said: "I remember that Miss Mary’s father is the fourth child of the Secretary of the Interior, and he serves as the tax collector of the kingdom? Mary’s marriage contract is actually the tax collector looking for a successor?"

"It is true So." Tennes said in his jaw.

"In other words, Viscount Hawke of the Fisher family robbed your wife and your future? This is really interesting." Victor asked with scorching eyes: "My friend, can you tell me this is Why?"

Tennes thought for a while, and whispered: "The church is testing the new Eleven Taxes in Randal. This news reached the Blinol cathedral. After our Highness Regent King visited Archbishop Lazarus, The Master of Taxation was asked to draft a new tax plan. Viscount Fisher preempted everyone and submitted a new tax document in a timely manner... I don’t need to elaborate on the rest."

Hearing this, Victor knew in his heart.

The field has been infested by wild beasts and monsters for a long time. The lord handed over the wild resources to the lord for disposal, and only symbolically accepted some offerings. The reason why the lord did this is of course limited by objective conditions, and it is also the purpose of tax avoidance by hiding wealth for the people. When the territory encounters a disaster, the lord has the right to collect materials from the people.

In the eyes of the resident priest, the wild resources in the territory are difficult to count, unpreserving, and are closely related to the livelihood of the people, and believers will actively donate part of the materials to the church. Therefore, the church simply did not collect the eleven tax on wild resources, and the royal tax official mainly collected annuity tax from the lord based on the eleven tax calculated by the church. They can only ignore the wild resources hidden by the lord.

It is a customary tradition that no taxes are imposed on wild resources.

An army of ants swept through Centaur Hills, where the beasts and monsters died and scattered. When the ant tide recedes, the stricken lord of course must seize the opportunity to expand the actual control area into the wild, and try to squeeze their living space before the monster returns.

According to Victor's plan, the York family built new water conservancy projects, opened terraces, migrants set up settlements, planted various cash crops, and turned the wild into cultivated land. The growth rate of territorial wealth is amazing, but wild resources have also become territorial products.

It seems reasonable for the church and the royal family to request a re-taxation of Centaur Hills.

The problem is that the York family does not have to pay annuity tax!

The York family guards Centaur Hills and acts as a barrier for the Gambis against the ant tide. The royal family exempted Centaur Hills from the annuity tax for 20 years, and the church exempted the eleven tax for 3 years as a support for the reconstruction of Centaur Hills.

A full four years after the ant plague, the York family began to pay eleven taxes, but they still have a 16-year annuity tax holiday.

In other words, the new tax draft of Kite Castle is only for the Randal Family.

The Viscount Tennes and Victor have a very good personal relationship. The coffee supplied by the Randal Family to Blinol City is exclusively sold by Tennes, and the two parties have a deep interest relationship.

In order to clear the obstacles, Prince Williams collected a new tax from Randal. He first instructed Viscount Fisher to draft a new tax plan and let him replace the position of tax officer in the capital of Tennes.

However, the 20% rate of the Kingdom Annuity Tax will not change. Although Victor is very painful, for the Gambis royal family, how much more annuity can a Randal collar collect?

Williams even gave away Sophia's millions of hidden gold. As for this little money, did he crack Victor's face?

Of course, he still leaves room for change.

Tennes, as a partner of the Randal Family, was not beaten to death by Kite Castle. Instead, he was promoted to chief clerk of the Ministry of the Interior and married Dame of Ludwig's family. Whether he is publicly promoted but secretly demoted or not, whether he will sleep on the floor in the future, at least his face is very beautiful. No one would dare to hit a person when he's down to Viscount Tennes Ludwig.

It is important that Tennes can continue to maintain a cooperative relationship with Viscount Randal. Yubao can also communicate and test informally with the Randal Family through his channels.

For example, this is the situation now.

What exactly does Williams Fei want to do?

Victor thought for a moment and laughed at himself: "didn't expect, Regent King's first sword actually pointed to me."

"You can't say that." Tennes said with a smile: "Now many lords have started to build streams and reservoirs, open up terraces, raise pigs to accumulate fat... Especially your neighbors, the Beria family and the Chebman family, their new farming and pig raising scale is not inferior to the other lords of Centaur Hills . After all, their territories are also affected by the baptism of the ant tide."

Victor was silent for a moment, and said: "But they still have a three-year tax holiday."

"New tax collection It's the trend of the kingdom... The Randal Family will probably set an example."

"So..." Victor turned his head and beckoned to Caligula.

Caligula, like Barbarian, eagerly ran over, and Tennes's cavalry guards were immediately pushed to the side of the road. The roads in the inner city of the capital are relatively narrow. In order to maintain their formation, they can only fall behind the carriage. Nelson's Swiftbird Qingqi naturally separated them some distance.

"Aka, are you tired from running?" Victor asked happily.

"Not tired." Caligula shook his head, and the fat on his cheeks swayed.

"Then follow."

"Oh."

Victor turned his head and asked in a low voice: "My friend, do you know the content of the new tax draft?"

"I have read...specific The method of implementation has not yet been determined." Tennes came over, whispered: "However, in the future, it may be collected on a quarterly basis. Tax officials are stationed in major cities...There is no Flatlake Town, but Wild Willow City is included."

"Wild Willow City? It's just a viscountry town..." Victor frowned.

"Now, who still treats Wild Willow City as a viscountry town?" Tennes laughed silently, and said, "That guy Fisher wants to imitate Flatlake Town's transaction tax in Wild Willow City. A trade tax is levied."

Victor's face sank as water and angrily said: "Damn! Wild Willow City is a low-tax free trade city. Does Fisher want to destroy it? The surrounding lord families will never Promise! And the lord's trade in Wild Willow City has paid annuities. Why should the kingdom levy trade taxes?"

"Don't get excited, my friend." Tennes said, "Wild Willow City is too much." It’s attractive. Its trade takes care of the lords of Centaur Hills, the lords of the south central region, the lords of the South, and even a small part of the lords of the east. However, there is no participation of the western, central and northern counties. Forget the Nimes family in the west, the central and northern regions. The kings are the territory of the Royal Family. You have to admit that Wild Willow City has robbed Clover Business Group’s business. Did you know that Clover Business Group obeys Marquis Sophia’s orders, but half of its profits have to be turned over Give it to Queen Your Majesty? And Queen Your Majesty has handed over the manpower placed in the Clover Business Group to Regent King."

"Wild Willow City's trade materials did pay annuities... For example, Marquis Sophia asked Clover Business Group to buy out the charcoal around the dark forest and leased a charcoal yard in Wild Willow City. Twenty percent of the charcoal belonged to the kingdom. What is the use of the charcoal for His Royal Highness? Marquis Sophia also The price of charcoal is very low and the profit is extremely meager. Could it be that His Highness Regent King is sitting and watching you profit from it?"

Victor has passed the "anger" out, and his expression is flat and nodded at the moment.

Williams will definitely implement a new tax, and there will definitely be difficulties.

Victor is very distressed when he pays taxes, and the cheapskate of Count Chebman is not allowed to jump. Kite Castle imposed a trade tax on Wild Willow City, which touched the interests of everyone. Everyone united to resist, and Williams couldn't resist it.

But if this problem can't be solved, what kind of Regent King will Williams be?

So, the trade tax in Wild Willow City is just a cover, and the real destination of Kite Castle is Raven Town.

Raven Town has Barbarian, who is doing business with Lord Dodo, and also making money from Glorious Knight and the Templar. Of course, Kite Castle wants to install nails in Raven Town.

The secret agent of the kingdom is not visible after all, and it is particularly easy to be pulled out by other forces. Tax officials are different. They can not only cover the eyes and ears of Kite Castle, but also monitor the material exchanges between Centaur Hills and Dodo.

Williams takes the interests of the kingdom as the overall interest. He backed down in Wild Willow City. The nails of Raven Town were there, the prestige of Regent King was preserved, and the breakthrough for the implementation of the new tax was also available, and it could still be sold. An adult favor to the Chebman family. The other lords held the mentality that watching the excitement is not too big, and would not say a word for Victor at all.

This is really a clever plan to disintegrate, kill four birds with one stone!

Victor couldn't help but admire Williams for his strategy, but he immediately thought of Raven Town because he was prepared for it.

Since Raven Town has opened its doors for business, everyone from all walks of life will come in. If Victor doesn't even have this kind of mind, is he still worthy to be a lord?

The eyes and ears of the kingdom are not in Raven Town, but in Randal. Victor’s core secrets are Alchemy Tower and Golden Group.

As for Raven Town, Victor considered the enclave as a bait when he was planning to establish the Two-headed Lizard Business Group. The lords of the York family will naturally be entangled with all influence in Raven Town.

Victor believes that his ingenuity has nothing to do with others. He adheres to the principle of stupid birds flying first and arranges in advance to wait for others to jump in, but he can also seize the opportunity.

However, the acting has to be full. You have to jump twice and you have to jump twice, and the benefits you need have to be... You retreat as you retreat, and I retreat as advance... I... What conditions should I make?

Victor was at a loss, but the wheels were rolling.

The Blue Amber Hotel is near.

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