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"Dick, why do you have time to come here today?"

"What you say, I haven't seen you for a long time. Come and have a drink with you, haha!" Dick took out two large plates of dumplings and two bottles of spirit wine from the space bag. Dick was willing to chat with old Peter. He is old.

If you have a lot of knowledge, there will always be something you can benefit from.

Dick did not forget that he was still a guest elder in Trust City. He came here almost every month, at least to have a drink and chat with old Peter.

"Dick, some tribesmen in the outer jungle came to me and asked if it was okay to settle outside our city. I tried asking a few city lords in the outer city, but they all thought it was troublesome. Moreover, even if these tribesmen can

You can also collect taxes by growing crops in outer cities.

However, that thing is at best a first-class elixir and cannot be used as a cultivation resource. No matter how much tax you collect, it will have little meaning to cultivators."

Dick understood what Old Peter meant. For cultivators, only magic gold and vitality stones are valuable, while elixirs and magical beasts that can be used as medicine are valuable. Otherwise, Trust City and Thirteen Outer City are mainly for cultivators.

In order to concentrate on their cultivation, many of them do not bring their families with them.

No matter how poor those who come to the city to practice are, they can just pay taxes on low-level vitality stones to the government. Isn't it better than the green onions and wheat invented by Dick?

If there are more low-level cultivation resources, they can be exchanged for a certain proportion of intermediate cultivation resources. However, green onions and wheat are only of great significance to ordinary people. Practitioners just talk happily and do not have a sufficient promotion effect on cultivation.

Of course practitioners don't pay attention to it.

Don't look at Dick's salary for hiring ordinary people to farm for low-level vitality stones. In principle, the takeaway dumpling restaurant in Bay City only charges secular currency (gold coins, silver coins, copper coins, which are common currencies in all continents, prairie

It’s the same as the Snow people).

If a practitioner is in a good mood, the diners will throw you two low-level vitality stones to buy dumplings. Practitioners are busy most of the time. They eat some barbecue and then continue practicing or go hunting. The number of times they can eat dumplings is too limited. There are a lot of them.

If you make dumplings at home and eat them yourself, why do you charge tax?

Only two takeaway dumpling restaurants in Bay City can meet the demand. How much tax can these two takeaway dumpling restaurants pay? If they collect gold coins, it won't be much money. The tax on the city lord's mansion is almost nothing. So,

No outer city wants to attract too many ordinary people, even from outside the city.

There are so many ordinary people, and they have to manage, and they have to work hard. Too complicated affairs, which involve a lot of thoughts on cultivation, are almost thankless.

"Old Peter, what does the Lord of the City mean?"

"I didn't ask, but I asked several city lords in the outer city. After such a long time, it's impossible for the city lord not to know that if the city lord is happy, he won't let it go." Obviously, the city lord is not willing to worry too much.

Well, it’s too embarrassing to force the city lord below to implement it, isn’t it?

This is the mentality of common practitioners.

"Since these crops are suitable for growing in the ice and snow, why do the tribes in the outer jungle have to come here?" Dick asked.

"It's different. Dick, I've actually done some research. The yield per acre of those green onions, celery, wheat, etc. you produced in Thirteen Outer City is very different. Your Bay City and Trust City

Near the sea, the yield per mu is the largest. The yield per mu of the Thirteen Cities farthest from the sea is only about 20 to 30% of that of Bay City. When it comes to the outer jungle tribes farthest from the Arctic Sea, the yield is about one level."

Is the gap so big? In Old Peter's words, he mentioned the distance from the Arctic Sea. Is it related to the surrounding environment of the ocean? It is inevitable that there are differences in climate between areas near the sea and inland areas. However, because the Snow people live in

The area is very cold, and it doesn't appear to be cold at all times.

Of course, the huge difference in crop yields is not necessarily due to temperature differences; perhaps, the humidity conditions are different in areas near the sea; perhaps, the salt content in water vapor is different in areas near the sea. Dick has not studied this stuff,

Because it is a magical medicine, it must be different from the science of the previous life.

If the yield is only 20 to 30%, the harvest gap will be too big.

You know, Dick's agricultural tax outside the city is only 20%.

"Old Peter, I don't mind the trouble. Anyway, there are a lot of wilderness outside the city where crops can be grown. However, if it arouses the resentment of the city lord...Old Peter, you know, I am not a Snowman after all. It will cause misunderstandings from the higher-ups.

It’s troublesome.”

"I've been waiting for your words, haha...Dick, I knew you were an enlightened person." Old Peter stood up excitedly.

"Old Peter, don't get excited. Such a big thing is related to the Snow people's urban policy..."

"Don't worry, I understand! I'll go talk to the city lord about this matter and I'll make sure I won't cause you any trouble."

Why are there so many jungle tribes outside the Snow who are relatively poor? They only have one kind of food, sunflower melon. Don’t the upper echelons of cultivators know about this shortcoming? Isn’t it because the upper echelons of cultivators are helpless and Luo Xue has only been in the Arctic Sea for a few years? No

Have you also researched several crops suitable for planting in ice and snow?

There is a chain of discrimination problem. For cultivators, cultivation is the first priority. When you reach the level of a cultivator, if you hunt monsters, it is okay to hunt wild beasts for the last time, right? Cultivators have meat to eat, so they won’t

It doesn’t matter what other ordinary people eat.

In their hearts, cultivators also look down on ordinary people. Naturally, they don't have the time to study what ordinary people eat. What cultivators like to study most are resources that can promote cultivation.

You want to say that the upper-level cultivators don’t care about the life and death of the Snow people, that’s not true. Dick produced green onions, celery, and wheat, and the upper-level people of the Holy Island gave them big prizes. Therefore, the upper-level people of the Snow people also understand the crops.

Importance to the Snow race as a whole.

However, you know, you know, if you ask big shots like them to personally do things that concern ordinary people, they themselves are not willing to do so. Cultivators are so busy, and their own cultivation time is very tight, so how can they have time?

?

What's more, since cultivators are so superior, why would they be willing to live with a large number of ordinary people?

Soon, the city lord Gullit summoned Dick.

"Dick, I also know that you have good intentions. But, are you afraid that it will affect your practice?"

"Since you, Dick, don't worry about worldly affairs delaying your cultivation, what's the problem with placing some ordinary people outside the city? Don't worry, I, the Lord of Trust City, have issued an official document that expressly allows you to develop farming outside Bay City. You can use this part of the tax revenue.

You don’t have to hand over even a cent.”

"Dick, the City Lord's Mansion only guarantees the safety of the city. If there is a large-scale invasion by foreign enemies, such as the last vampire incident, you are unable to protect ordinary people outside the city. This is not your responsibility. Since they are willing to come here

Do you have to bear more risks if you cultivate more and gain more?"

Dick understood that Gurlitt was willing to let Dick do this and was willing to help Dick minimize disputes and troubles, which was quite interesting.

"Don't worry, City Lord, I promise not to cause trouble to Lord City Lord."