bookpub Chapter 142 Celebration And Commendation Conference 1
Chapter 142 Celebration And Commendation Conference 1
In the human empire, every time a family tax is paid, the emperor will send a central tax collector.
In the end, the central tax collectors worked with local officials to record the family taxes paid by the common people, so as to ensure that the family taxes would not be double charged by local officials.
Caton is not very interested in such things that are completely useless.
"At that time, it will be up to you to complete the collection of the family tax with the central tax collector."
Caton gave a casual order to the tax officer beside him, and stopped paying attention to this matter.
Seeing this, the tax officer asked with some uncertainty: "My lord, the City of Winter has just experienced the winter of the year of God's punishment, and almost all the residents in the city have lost their deposits. Will the family tax continue to be collected?"
"Continue to accept," Caton replied without any emotion.
"But now they can't produce anything of value at all!" the tax official couldn't help but said.
After hearing this, Caton raised his head and glanced at the tax official. His sharp and ruthless eyes made the tax official shudder on the spot.
"Why, the family tax is a tax collected by the king. You don't let those common people pay it, but you want me, the city lord, to pay it?"
"No, I didn't mean that..."
The tax official was so scared that he almost fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Caton withdrew his gaze, and suddenly grinned, and at this moment, his mouth said something that seemed to freeze people into ice, "Since the common people can't afford the family tax, let them sell themselves as slaves. "
"Ah?" The tax officer was frightened again, and looked at Caton in disbelief.
He is one of Caton's confidantes, otherwise he would not be able to sit in the position of tax officer in Winter City. He thought he knew Caton, but he didn't expect the real Caton to be so ruthless.
That's thousands of civilians, and they are all going to be turned into slaves.
The tax officer could see clearly that Caton didn't hesitate at all when he made this decision.
For a moment, the tax officer looked at Caton with fear in his eyes.
Caton didn't care about the eyes of the tax officer. The human empire suffered a huge loss this winter, so there was no loss in Winter City?
On the contrary, the loss of Winter City this time is extremely astonishing. Apart from the destroyed city, what makes Caton really sad is the countless city guards and knights who died.
These city guards and knights are the foundation of his stagnation. He doesn't know how much time and money it will take to replenish the lost manpower.
Not only is the king short of money, he is short, a lot of money.
Since there is no way to bring him any benefits from the family tax, then turn those civilians who cannot pay the tax into slaves.
In this way, the oil and water in it will become bigger.
Thinking of this, Caton suddenly showed a happy smile.
The tax officer at the side looked at the cold smile on Caton's face, and he seemed to have seen Caton's plan, so he couldn't help reminding him.
"But Lord City Master, after Winter City has experienced the winter of the Year of God's Retribution and the tide of beasts at the same time, it is not bad if three out of ten civilians in the city can survive. There are not many civilians left in Winter City now. If civilians who can’t pay the tax are allowed to sell themselves as slaves, Cold Winter City may become an empty city.”
How could Caton have not considered the tax official's concerns.
While looking at the snow-covered civilian area outside the window, he said confidently: "Don't worry, I have received news that the river above the city of Chambord next door has condensed into ice because of the snow. In this winter, Those ice blocks hold back a horrific amount of water."
"As soon as the ice and snow melt, a terrifying mountain torrent will erupt above Chambord City, and the mountain torrent will completely submerge the entire Chambord City with countless ice blocks."
"Now Chambord City's lord, Ibi Baxton, is already thinking of ways to harvest the rich people in the city, and it is estimated that he will run away overnight soon."
"I let people secretly spread the story of the mountain torrent to the city. It won't take long for countless rich people and civilians to flee Chambord in horror, and finally pour into the city of Winter, which is the closest to Chambord."
"At that time, selling land and houses could allow us to make another fortune."
"But now these civilians remaining in the city will become our hindrance, wouldn't it be a good thing to turn them all into slaves?"
Carton said, suddenly covering his chest.
"Ahem..."
In the end, he still couldn't help coughing twice. Two and a half months had passed since the battle with the level 5 monster, but the wound on his body was still tingling.
"Damn monster."
Carton cursed, then glanced at the stunned tax officer, and said displeasedly: "What are you doing in a daze, don't think of a way to contact the slave trader, remember to wait until the slave trader arrives, and then discuss the family tax Announce it."
"Yes," the tax officer trembled, and left the study.
Along the way, he looked in the direction of the civilian area. He knew the people there, and he would soon be a grown-up.
...
"Master, the city gate has been built. Although the concrete is not completely dry, the gate has been installed."
Dozina found Li Fan who was clearing the farmland and brought him good news.
"Really?" Li Fan was overjoyed.
From the day when the construction of the city gate started, only three days later, the dwarves completed the construction of the entire tower-shaped city gate with their astonishing construction speed.
As long as the city gate is built, at least half of the valley will belong to Li Fan and the others.
After that, as long as those coming human mercenaries are driven away, this valley will be completely their territory.
"Let's go and have a look," Li Fan thought of this, immediately dropped the hoe and walked towards the city gate.
On the way, Li Fan meets Hui Yu who is preparing dinner.
Today's staple food is ordinary wild vegetable broth. After all, it is not a special day, so naturally it will not be particularly rich.
However, even ordinary wild vegetable broth is extremely delicious under Hui Yu's cooking skills, especially Hui Yu added Li Fan's high-quality salt and pepper to the broth, making the broth less fishy Flavor, and some more peppery flavors, directly double the deliciousness.
Seeing this, Li Fan exchanged more than a dozen catties of barbecue ingredients from the system mall, and said to Hui Yu, "Hui Yu, add an extra meal today, make it richer."
Hui Yu took the barbecue material and asked Li Fan curiously: "Master, is there anything worth celebrating today?"
"Of course," Li Fan said without stopping, "The city gate is finally built, and I'm going to hold a celebration and commendation meeting."
"Celebration and commendation meeting?" Hui Yu had heard about the celebration, but didn't know what a commendation meeting was, and immediately showed a puzzled expression.
It's a pity that Li Fan couldn't wait to walk towards the city gate at this time, and didn't have time to explain at all.