Mountain and Forest Kingdom

The failure of war will not end in death.

The surviving farmers and knights will not have the good fortune of being recruited as before.

Most of these war prisoners will not be taken to the Ice Land, and many of them will end up dead.

The last time he fought with the church, Lawrence did not take prisoners.

This time is no exception.

Some wizards and knights were taken away for interrogation, and some were secretly taken elsewhere.

At this time, the great Crow Feather Prophet was inspecting Valkyrie.

The good news of victory ahead made Lawrence smile.

Although he always believed that he would definitely win, he sometimes worried about unexpected events.

Now that victory is a certainty, people are relieved and don't have to think about it all the time.

The Countess smiled and asked: "Master, it seems that good things have happened."

"We won the war with the coalition forces of the Southern Church. There were almost no casualties on our side, and there were five or six thousand people who died there, and several thousand people were captured."

Lawrence recounted a brilliant victory. He hated the people below deceiving him, and he also hated the barbarians exaggerating numbers and bragging.

So this time, sending more generals and staff is not for mutual supervision, but for counting an accurate number.

Win or lose is acceptable, but it must be clear.

If you lose, you can find the shortcomings, and if you win, you can also find what needs to be improved. The most feared thing is that no one cares if it is unclear.

The Countess said respectfully: "This is all your blessing. With you, the great man, in this land, we will be invincible!"

Lawrence's character doesn't like to say too much, so he quickly patched it up, "Victory and failure will make us grow."

"We can win easily now, not because we are so strong that we have no opponents, but because we have not yet encountered opponents as strong as us."

The Countess affirmed: "There will be no more powerful men than you. If there is, we will kill him!"

The Countess is not the kind of person who follows whoever is stronger.

Now everyone is used to being with Lawrence. Although the Countess has no children in these years, she has been training children who can fight for Lawrence.

Lawrence himself doesn't care whether a woman has children or not. This is the best destination for the Countess.

Especially after getting older, the Countess has been more supportive of Lawrence's rule.

She is not as good at fighting as before, but for Valkyrie, a land that advocates force, she is already a normal ruler in the eyes of young people.

No warrior thinks there is anything wrong with Valkyrie's ruler being a woman, and everyone has lived well over the years.

The Countess does not want a man stronger than Lawrence to appear. If there really is such a man, he must be their enemy!

Lawrence chatted with the Countess in the monastery, from the war to the internal affairs of the territory and the development in the next few years, and also talked about some things and talents that appeared in the territory.

It was time for dinner while chatting.

Lawrence and the Countess went to Beoff's house.

Beoff is the governor of Ice Harbor, a noble of the Kingdom of Stars, and the admiral of the navy of Ice Harbor.

In addition to Beoff's family and children, the banquet also included Sister Fuo, the Countess's men and many old friends of Lawrence.

For example, the Valkyrie barons who followed Lawrence in his early years.

There were also many other merchants and nobles who wanted to show up, but Lawrence didn't want to be assassinated, so he paid great attention to personal safety during the war.

Safety first.

For the current Star Country, as long as he could live safely, the rest would be solved by himself.

Lawrence thought so and did so.

After inspecting the potato harvesting work of Valkyrie, Lawrence returned to Oak City with the Countess.

The Countess was Lawrence's lover who had maintained a relationship for many years, and she was also a frequent visitor to Oak City.

Lawrence also gave her a hat, which was a fluffy hat that could protect the cheeks and ears, and it had a grassland style when worn.

Lawrence had too many women, so he had to visit them often after returning.

Fortunately, witches would not take the initiative if they did not give birth to children, and most elf women were also indifferent to that kind of thing.

Except for a few elves such as the Elf Queen, Lawrence mainly accompanied Sophia and Heidi who would take the initiative to stick to him.

The nineteenth year of the new calendar was coming soon, and it was snowing heavily outside.

This is basically the case this year. Both military and agriculture have basically started to rest.

Except for a small part of agriculture and military, the main development at this time is still business and industry.

The service industry is also steadily improving. After more and more rich people, some people find that they can earn more by being waiters than farming.

This strong contrast can easily change people's ideas of farming to support their families.

In the Oak Castle, Lawrence discussed government affairs with Heidi, Stellar, Losanda, Khalan, the Elf Queen, and Cassandra.

"My territory has grown for a generation. Some things must be determined in time, otherwise it will be difficult for my children and those who come after me to do these things."

Lawrence has the experience of another world. These historical experiences and political systems become more and more important in the later period.

Cassandra asked: "Is it about the conquest of the south?"

"No, that kind of thing doesn't matter." Lawrence said seriously: "I plan to levy inheritance tax."

Several witches showed expressions of incomprehension.

Salier asked for everyone: "What is this?"

"Inheritance tax." Lawrence repeated the pronunciation of the name of this thing, "It is a tax that my people have to pay to me, representing their legal inheritance rights to this land."

Cassandra did not wait for Salier to continue asking, "I still don't understand."

Lawrence knew that everyone would definitely not understand at first. If it was an outside noble, they would definitely oppose this.

But that's why he had to push it forward.

Otherwise, the people behind him couldn't move such a huge interest group.

This is not only a move against the nobles, but also a move against merchants, farmers and ordinary rich people.

This is something that must be done now!

Unless the descendants are desperate, they can't push this rule forward.

"Look, many people are my slaves. They can only stay in this God-given land and enjoy a rich and superior life by working for me."

"But their descendants are only their descendants. The gifts that God and I gave to their fathers are not for them."

"These people have grown up without permission to a certain extent."

"I let them live here, provide them with housing and land. These houses, land, job opportunities, and the qualification to continue to stay on this land are all my gifts."

"They cannot give my gifts to others privately."

"I allow their descendants and wives and friends to inherit the fruits of their hard work, but they have to pay taxes to me before I will recognize this transfer."

Lawrence carefully explained the understanding of inheritance tax to the witches around him.

If they don't accept it or understand it, it proves that this matter needs to be supplemented.

Sophia quickly figured it out.

"Okay!" Sophia said happily: "The inheritance tax is set at 90%! These are originally our things!"

Lawrence thinks it's too much, 60% is enough.

The implementation of inheritance tax is more important than conquering several countries in the south!