Mage with knife

The tax rate in Trust City is fixed, so the more farmers and fishermen harvest, the more their families will earn in proportion to their own retention.

The taxes on agriculture and fishery should be paid to the city lord, including various commercial taxes. The combined income from these taxes, you, the city lord, can be divided into up to 50% of the income here.

Therefore, no matter how much your city lord earns, you cannot increase the oppression on the bottom farmers and fishermen.

Farmers in the coastal areas of Trust City have relatively high yields per mu, and 80% of the crops they keep for themselves are harvested. Almost every family can have enough to eat or even have a lot left over. There are almost no poor farmers in Trust City, unless you are lazy.

Don't like to do it.

Why are the outer city lords of Bay City so rich? Bay City has a larger population than Trust City, more than 200,000 people. In this case, there will be more farmland for cultivation, and more taxes will be collected in proportion.

Trust City is at the end of the bay. Due to geographical restrictions, the coastal area is much smaller. Therefore, the agricultural population of 110,000 is already overwhelming. No matter how much there is, there will be no coastal cultivated land.

As for the city of Persia, the current taxes on farmers and fishermen have risen to 50% or even 60% to 70%. This is just barely enough to maintain the basic expenses of the city lord's palace. However, James also hired a lot of helpers? Why don't you give some?

Who will help you?

What should we do? We have to continue to raise taxes.

It's a waste to raise taxes, and most of the fishermen and farmers in the coastal areas have fled.

A letter of protest came from the city lord's palace in Persia, but Dick ignored it and threw it aside. What a stupid protest, you haven't managed it well yourself, what does it have to do with me?

Do you dare to call here and give it a try? There are so many chickens from Arctic Island. If you were a strong potential stock in Arctic Island, you wouldn't be sent to live in this city on the coast of the Arctic Sea, right?

Not only is James not a good person, he expelled Dynasty and Zhang Long, and Dick was certainly angry. When Gulit was here, through Gulit's acquaintance, Dynasty and Zhang Long were the guest elders in the Persian city.

The original lord of Persia City died in the battle with Dragon Palace. When James came, you drove away the Dynasty and Zhang Long? Damn it!

The elder Keqing and the two high-level cultivators in Persia City were not good people either. Seeing the Dynasty, Zhang Long was defeated by James, they did not help, and allowed the Dynasty and Zhang Long to be driven away. Dogs bite dogs, but they are willing to fight.

, you just have to fight it yourself.

You all think I’m easy to bully? The last time the city lord of Nerchinsk City, Loew, brought people to trouble him, he was defeated by Dick. This time, you, Persia City, have a condescending face again. Who do you really think you are? You’re paralyzed.

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Lord James of the Persian city really looked down on Dick, who was just a foreigner. James was angry that the Trust City had robbed his population, and he really wanted to challenge Dick, but was persuaded by one of his friends who also came from the Arctic.

"James, if you start a border battle, you have no chance of winning. Not to mention that Dick is too powerful. The little girl Luoxue next to him is also powerful and beneficial when fighting the Saint. Trust City doesn't need anything else at all.

When senior cultivators go out into battle, as long as Dick and Luo Xue take turns going into battle, it won't matter how many helpers you find."

"So evil? They couldn't kill a rubbish saint, right? I've heard that the Dark Knife organization is rich in those things." James is not stupid. The Dick trio killed a saint.

There was a lot of noise.

"Is it the trash saint? I feel it most clearly. With that saint's blow, I flew more than ten meters away. I killed an eighth-level warrior on the spot and seriously injured several others. The fighting spirit of the saint

Too powerful.

If a senior cultivator is not strong enough, he will not be able to withstand the aftermath of the fighting spirit. That Dick and Luo Xue can not only resist, but also fight back."

"Do I have to go back to Arctic Island to find friends for help?" James was unwilling to give in. This poor place itself didn't have much oil and water, and it had lost so many people.

Originally, James' original intention was to provoke Dick, or even find a chance to defeat Dick. It would be best if he could take the opportunity to get the position of the city lord of Trust City. Who doesn't know that Trust City is very fat?

Trading center, taxes are...

"James, you are thinking too much. Think of a way first, and the most important thing is to clean up the current mess. The civil strife in Persian City has been going on for such a long time, and the patience of the Holy Island is also limited."

The civil strife in Persia City has been going on for more than a month. The high-level fights have made it almost impossible for Persia City to function normally. Not only did most of the fishermen and farmers outside the city run away, but many cultivators in Persia City also ran out to seek refuge.

On one side is the city lord, and on the other is a local high-level cultivator from the Snow people who was a ground cannon. You can't afford to offend either side, right?

"James, in the border battle caused by Nerchinsk City, the traitors of the Dark Knife organization were mixed in... If the Dark Knife organization took advantage of your side, you would be in really big trouble. In any case, you

As the lord of the Persian city, you will always be the first responsible person."

Being reminded like this by his friend from Arctic, James started sweating on his head. Once this thing gets involved with the Dark Knife organization, it's going to be a big deal.

For example, even though Loew, the lord of Nerchinsk City, had obtained Dick's forgiveness, even when Dick showed his merits, he did not forget to say that Loew and others assisted him in capturing three spies of the Dark Knife organization.

However, Dick said it was useless. In fact, Adolf and several senior cultivators from the Dark Blade organization had sneaked into Nerchinsk City. Is your city lord Loew a fool? Who would believe you if you say you have no responsibility?

ah?

No, Loew was summoned by the Holy Island and has not returned yet. In the end, it is unclear how the Holy Island will deal with Loew.

While the lords of big cities enjoy huge rights and benefits, they also have to bear huge responsibilities and obligations.

In fact, Dick was also asked by Shengdao about this. Dick answered honestly that the reason why he judged Adolf to be a member of the Dark Knife organization was because Adolf had taken refuge with Liu Tiesheng when he was a child. Liu Tiesheng was a key criminal of the Dark Knife organization.

Snow people know it.

Even if Dick made this judgment, you can't say that Dick was wrong? What's more, the results of the facts proved that Dick's judgment was correct, and Adolf was really a member of the Dark Knife organization.

Being able to be given special escape magic props by the Dark Knife organization shows that Adolf is still quite an important figure in the Dark Knife organization.

In fact, Loew was quite unlucky. Trust City had recruited many high-level practitioners from the Snow Wind Continent and the Prairies. How could it be okay, but when it was his turn to recruit a few outsiders, something went wrong?

It is difficult for outsiders to gain the trust of the Snow people. Dick has been with the Snow people for many years and has experienced many events and even wars before he was truly recognized by the Snow people.

Now Loew always regrets that he should not have listened to the instigation of Adolf and others and had to focus on the fat man in Trust City.