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This made Wang Suyan feel a little embarrassed. She whispered to Tang Ansheng, "City Lord, after the previous City Lord left, this City Lord's Mansion has been empty."

"Without the city lord, the sect's salary has been reduced a lot. The original people have basically all left, leaving only these few people to guard."

To be more precise, only the city lord is the true disciple of the Huashen Sect, and the others are just minor details.

Now that the city lord is away and there is no salary, who will stay to work?

Those who stayed behind had no ability and no ambition, and lived on the meager salary they received from Wang Suyan every month.

In order to maintain the minimum operation of the City Lord's Mansion, Wang Suyan had to pay the money.

After listening to Wang Suyan's words, Tang Ansheng finally understood more clearly what this Faceless City was.

It turned out that because the city lord was gone, the City Lord's Mansion simply stopped taking care of things.

You have to know that in Xia Fan’s hometown, it doesn’t matter whether there is a city lord or not, because the city lord doesn’t care about anything at all. The person in charge is the local county magistrate.

But looking at the situation here, the county magistrate can forget about it, there is no such thing at all.

"Show me the bill." Tang Ansheng said.

"This..." The people below hesitated.

Wang Suyan immediately said, "What are you waiting for?"

Wang Suyan's power here is too great. As soon as she opens her mouth, those people dare not hesitate and do it immediately.

After a while, several thin booklets were presented.

Tang Ansheng looked through it and found that they were all unimportant matters, such as what tables and chairs were added to the City Lord's Mansion today, or what food was purchased.

"That's it?"

"Lord City Lord, all the bills are here. There is absolutely no mistake or omission." said an elderly man.

Tang Ansheng frowned, "What about taxes?"

The most critical tax is not available. What else can I say?

"Report to the city lord, there is no tax."

"No?"

This is a bit outrageous. How is it possible for a city to have no tax revenue?

Wang Suyan saw his doubts and said, "City Lord, the taxes are collected by the major families in the city themselves."

"The trading of rice, flour, oil, grain, medicinal materials, magic tools, and spirit stones, etc., are all planned and formulated by several major families."

"Snapped!"

Tang Ansheng slammed the table, and a loud noise echoed throughout the courtyard.

This startled the other seven people.

Wang Suyan also remained silent. In her opinion, it was natural for the city lord to be angry. After all, as the lord of a city, the most critical tax revenue was actually in the hands of others.

"But don't worry, City Lord. They don't have the guts to take all this for themselves. Every year, the taxes collected will be handed over by the Bai family to the tax collectors from the sect..."

Before Wang Suyan finished speaking, she heard Tang Ansheng say, "How dare you embezzle my money!"

"..."

and many more?

My money?

Isn’t this from the sect?

Wang Suyan thought the other party was angry because the city lord had no right to collect taxes, but she didn't expect that he was angry about this.

"Humph, of the taxes they hand over to the sect, nine out of ten will definitely be swallowed up, and the remaining one will definitely be taken away by another, leaving the majority."

Tang Ansheng said sadly: "What is left for the sect in the end is probably only a pitiful half, no, a quarter."

The practice of "li jian ti hu" (leaning on the sharp edge and kicking the bucket) is what tax collectors do in the mortal world when collecting taxes.

Generally speaking, when collecting rice, the people had to fill the hu with rice until it formed a point. Then the tax collectors would kick the rice and the rice would spill out. This spilled rice was called loss, and the people could not take it back.

Then the rice in the bushel was weighed and counted as the grain paid by the people.

How much can be kicked out depends on how hard the tax collector kicks.

"City Lord, these words..."

Wang Suyan waved her hand, signaling the others to go down, and then said, "It's best not to say these things outside. I'm afraid something bad will happen to the city lord."

Taxation is a big deal for the Huashen Sect. Even in a chaotic place like Wumian City, and even though the city lord is not around most of the time, the taxes must be paid every year.

If Tang Ansheng's statement is true, not to mention the major families, even the living Jindan ancestor of the Bai family will be skinned alive by the Huashen Sect and spend some time in the Sky Prison.

But precisely because of this, several major families also know the interests involved and will never allow others to slander in this regard.

"Well, they have committed a crime of murdering me, and they have already received their death sentence."

"..."

Wang Suyan suddenly felt that there was no need to worry about the city lord going insane or becoming mentally confused, because the new city lord was a lunatic.

They haven't even started to take any action yet, but you've already accused them of a crime. Even if the Huashen Sect is very domineering, they can't be so domineering.

Moreover, if you really want to force the other party into a desperate situation, you are just a small Qi training stage person, so I am afraid that you can be dealt with by just sending out a foundation building stage person.

Even though we can't let you die because of Huashen Sect, it won't be easy if I use any tricks on you.

"Captain Wang, you must immediately notify all the major families in the city that they must submit their tax bills to the City Lord's Mansion within three days."

Tang Ansheng continued, "And starting from three days later, all taxation matters will be handled by the City Lord's Mansion, and they don't have to worry about it anymore."

"..."

No, City Lord, are you crazy?

Wang Suyan was extremely shocked.

The tax rules of Faceless City have been in place for many years. With so many city lords in office, no one has ever dared to do so. At most, they choose to join and become a part of it.

Because if you really do that, you will be making enemies with the entire Faceless City, all the forces big and small.

I’m afraid he’ll go crazy the next day and be sent back to the sect.

Wang Suyan had a terrible headache. She felt that the fastest city lord in history was about to be born.

Moreover, if she continued to protect him, she might become possessed and mentally confused.

"Hmm? Captain Wang, are you in any trouble?" Tang Ansheng asked with a smile.

Wang Suyan's brain was working frantically. After thinking for a moment, she said, "City Lord, I think we need to think about this tax issue for a long time."

"Why?" Tang Ansheng asked.

Wang Suyan almost rolled her eyes. "This tax is paid by Wumian City every year. The tax collectors from the sect don't have any objections..."

"Okay." Tang Ansheng shouted, which scared Wang Suyan, but the next words made her even more worried.

"So they are colluding with each other. The tax collector in this sect must have taken a kickback!"

Oh my God!

Please stop talking.

Wang Suyan was very glad that she had driven everyone out just now, otherwise if this news got out, she wouldn’t know how the city lord became so obsessed.

"How can you slander the person who collects taxes in the sect?" Wang Suyan complained in her heart.

On paper you are the city lord, but in reality everyone knows that only those who have made mistakes will be sent here.

And the person who collects taxes must be a more powerful disciple in the sect. The two cannot be compared at all.

Wang Suyan originally thought that her Taoism was extremely strong, but in this short period of time, her defenses were broken several times in succession.

Because of this city lord.

"City Lord..."

"Alas, Captain Wang, I didn't expect you to care so much about the sect. I actually saw tears in your eyes. I guess you hate those people to the core."

Tang Ansheng sighed, "Don't worry, Captain Wang. You were alone before and didn't dare to be enemies with them. This is human nature. I don't blame you."

"Now that I am here, you are no longer alone. You can declare war on them without any worries. I will always be your strongest backer."

I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!

Wang Suyan felt like crying but had no tears.

Outsiders say that she is extremely proud and is not tempted by external things.

Well, she used to think so, but after meeting the city lord, she realized that she was wrong.

"City Lord, there is no rush to collect taxes... We should consider it in the long run, in the long run." Wang Suyan quickly wiped her eyes and tried to save the situation.

Tang Ansheng looked at her in surprise and said, "Great minds think alike. Captain Wang, I am very optimistic about you. You have the same idea as me."

"Same?"

"Well, I gave them three days. That's enough time for them to make long-term plans." Tang Ansheng said, "I have always been famous in the sect for my concern for humanity."

"Taxation is such a big deal. If it were an ordinary person, I'm afraid they would want to eat their flesh and sleep on their skin right away."

"But I am the only one willing to give them three days. I am truly a kind person."

Wang Suyan suddenly felt that this might be the reason why the other party was sent to the Faceless City?

"This is my money... No, it's the sect's money. Not a cent less. I hope Captain Wang will convey it to them word for word."

"This...ah...I...uh...ok." Wang Suyan thought of many words, but in the end only two words came out.

"Great, then shall we go for a walk in the city?"

Tang Ansheng walked forward and said, "I see that there are no prisons in this City Lord's Mansion, so I plan to choose a good location to build one."

"I estimate that many people will be imprisoned this time, so the cell cannot be small."

Tang Ansheng smiled and said, "Captain Wang, to be honest, I used to be an expert in guarding the Heavenly Prison. I am the best at this kind of thing."

"No need to worry!"

Chapter 34: Pioneers in Urban Planning

"City Lord, slow down."

Wang Suyan chased after him, shouting and thinking in her heart, you are just a young Qi training stage, can you please not seek your own death like that?

Didn’t you see that the city lords who were in the foundation-building stage didn’t start a war?

Don’t they want to, or are they unwilling to?

There is no way!

If you want to manage the Faceless City well, forget it if you don’t have the Jindan stage cultivation. At the very least you have to be at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

But let alone those in the Jindan stage, they are all elders in the Huashen Sect. How could they possibly come to such a remote place?

As for those at the peak of foundation building, they are basically working on breaking through to the golden elixir stage and have no time to take care of these things at all.

"What's wrong?" Tang Ansheng asked.

Wang Suyan sorted out her words and then said, "I think the city lord is still in the Qi training stage. I wonder what level he is at. Does he need a cave to practice?"

"For those of us who are cultivating immortals, we should focus on cultivation."

Wang Suyan thought that what she said was very tactful, secretly telling that you, as a city lord in the Qi training stage, should not worry about these trivial matters and just leave them to me.

But she never expected that Tang Ansheng seemed to have not understood at all, and said: "Not bad, your eyesight is quite good, I have reached the Great Perfection of Qi Training."

When Wang Suyan heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up and she said, "You have reached the Great Perfection of Qi Training, so you should really prepare for this breakthrough."

Both the tenth and thirteenth levels of Qi training can be called the great perfection of Qi training, but Wang Suyan thinks it should be the former, because the latter can be regarded as a genius in the Huashen Sect, and it is a sure thing that he will break through the foundation.

There is even a small chance of breaking through to the Golden Core stage, but the Huashen Sect will not allow such talents to come to such a place.

"It's just a small matter." Tang Ansheng waved his hand.

Seeing him do this, Wang Suyan could only use her trump card and said, "City Lord, Faceless City is close to the Lawless Land. There is some chaos in the city, and there are often unknown people walking around. I am afraid they will harm the City Lord."