Mountain and Forest Kingdom

“Not everyone needs to pay inheritance tax.”

Lawrence does not want the estate tax to be considered a necessary tax.

Sofia was happy about being able to collect money. After hearing this, she quickly asked: "Why not collect them all? It's easier this way."

"That's the problem." Lawrence likes to discuss problems and prove what he wants to do several times to determine whether it is in line with the times.

Over the years, Lawrence humbly accepted many opinions, whether from maids or slaves, craftsmen or merchant slaves.

As long as others are willing to express their opinions and Lawrence has time, he is very willing to listen and express his understanding to others.

"We now have more than three million people. If all three million people have to pay taxes, we will need to support more tax officials and spend more management costs to collect taxes."

"Besides, many people only have food and the houses I gave them. They rent my land and houses to work for me."

"I also said I don't want some people to pay taxes."

"Those families who may only have one or two copper coins at home, if we go to them to collect taxes, we have to send people to the wilderness to spend more than half a day looking for them, and the negotiations will definitely be very time-consuming."

"My idea is that there is no need to pay inheritance tax on money below one hundred copper coins. Only towns with a population of more than 50,000 people need to pay inheritance tax on houses and land."

"The nobles' territorial castles, as well as the work of craftsmen and some local lords and governors, all need to pay inheritance tax, otherwise I will not recognize their legal status!"

Lawrence agreed with the outside noble lords and consuls to hand over power to the next generation.

This is human nature and cannot be avoided.

As long as he does well, if he doesn't do well, Lawrence will replace him.

If people have to be replaced every few years, then a group of people who have been working in the local area for a long time will ignore the officials who pass through the assembly line.

For Lawrence, who had long planned to enfeoff, it didn't matter what system was used in those places outside. The most important thing was to have someone who could speak and take care of things.

Without this person, it would be more difficult for the divided regions to obey the orders of the Kingdom of Stars.

It should be the early days of the feudal era. If those who are away from home feel that their families will fall from nobles to commoners if they die, then these people will definitely have mixed emotions.

Even ruthless barbarians hope that their descendants will live a good life and become nobles.

Lawrence has never experienced any absolutely equal system. For Lawrence, the power passed down by blood has always existed and is very common.

So Lawrence doesn't want to be so tired of challenging everyone's humanity and doing things where cunning rabbits will die and good dogs will be cooked.

Even if all the people under his command are replaced, the new nobles will still think that their children and grandchildren will be nobles for life.

Therefore, inheritance tax is already Lawrence’s biggest effort, and Lawrence doesn’t want to have to deal with it too much.

Stella asked: "Do craftsmen also need to pay inheritance tax?"

Lawrence nodded, "Yes, but you can also choose not to hand over the money and not enter the factory where his father and mother work."

Heidi thought about the industrial families in the City of Falls. "Farmers only pay taxes when they inherit land and houses. How do workers pay taxes when they inherit their jobs?"

Lawrence suggested: "It's enough to pay taxes based on salary. Two years of salary need to be paid. I will have to consider the details for a while."

Salil thinks this is not good, "Do workers have to pay taxes when they inherit their jobs? I think this is a bit bad. Such tiring work is not a good thing, and it is too miserable to have to pay to work."

Sariel and Stella are the moral upper limit among witches.

Lawrence explained: "You don't understand what's going on here. The workers don't earn a lot, and their living standards are much higher than those of farmers outside."

"Especially in the past few years, I have paid a lot of money and received three or four rewards every year. Apart from nobles and soldiers, these people are the easiest people to eat meat."

"If they don't like it, they can not inherit it, and all inheritance taxes can be rejected, so they don't have to pay taxes on things they don't need."

"Moreover." Lawrence changed his sitting posture and said with a smile: "Each family can only allow one child to enter the factory to work with one parent. The other children will find their own way without paying inheritance tax."

Lawrence planned to recruit some people from other groups as craftsmen so as not to block the flow routes.

If the children of craftsmen were allowed to become craftsmen, it would be easy for the men and women of this era to bring their extended families into factories and turn the factories into their family businesses.

In this way, most factories will soon be abandoned and become shoddy.

Salil looked at Heidi, "Are those workers willing to let their children become workers?"

Heidi nodded, "That's right. I often go to Ironforge. There are old people and young people working together."

"Working together doesn't mean you are willing to work." Salil defended seriously: "Many children help adults work in the fields, not because they like working. This is something I have understood since I was a child."

Heidi said calmly: "Your childhood seems unfortunate, I understand."

Lawrence didn't expect Heidi to be able to talk to Salil like this now.

"Heidi, Sariel is your sister and one of the few smart and hard-working women here. Your past childhood is a thing of the past, don't mention it again."

Heidi bowed her head respectfully, "Yes, Master."

Sariel explained at this time: "I have forgotten my childhood, but it doesn't feel like a big deal."

Lawrence changed the topic, "Let's continue with the inheritance tax. In addition to craftsmen, merchants who have assets here need to pay inheritance tax if they need heirs, which can be less."

"I will set the range based on the income of the past two years."

"Sariel, Sophia, Heidi, Cassandra, Catherine, and Emma, ​​come and help me."

Lawrence called out the names of several people.

Sariel thought of something, "Do Emma's children have to pay taxes too?"

Lawrence looked at Emma standing aside.

"Emma's children are different from the children outside. Tim and Clara have lived in our house since they were young, and then grew up with us little by little."

"Like Emma, ​​they have won my recognition with their own abilities and loyalty, and they don't need to pay inheritance tax like many children I don't know."

"Inheritance tax is too ugly, let's call it inheritance tax."

After discussing for more than ten minutes, Lawrence first realized that there was something wrong with the name.

For most people, they don't want to pay their inheritance tax to others.

Moreover, the estate tax can only be activated after death. Lawrence thinks that the inheritance tax is not only better, but also more acceptable.

"Inheritance tax doesn't sound good either. It's better to call it inheritance tax, right?"

Lawrence soon felt that inheritance tax was better.

Sariel said perfunctorily: "It doesn't matter what it's called. It's all tax anyway."

Lawrence didn't think so. Sometimes a change in the name can reduce a lot of trouble.

Khalan saw that the meeting was almost over, so he asked: "Do witches, warriors, and female guards also need this?"

Lawrence said: "Except for a few of us and a few witches, the rest are either farmers with little assets or free men who don't need to inherit. Otherwise, they have to pay taxes."

At this time, Losanda understood Lawrence's intentions in the early years.

"So you paid them salaries a long time ago and always rewarded them with some copper coins, just to take them back in the end, just like using fertilizer in the land and taking back wheat and vegetable leaves."

Lawrence didn't have this idea.

But the witches around him thought that Lawrence had planned it long ago after Losanda said this.

"Master is very wise! He is indeed a prophet!" Sophia, a beautiful blonde with big boobs, proudly raised her chest to praise the man who had done such a great thing.

Lawrence knew that he could not explain it clearly, and these witches did not understand this kindness.

Emma took the initiative to say, "I can also pay taxes. Tim does not need to be the head maid in the future. She can't do it well. She just needs to be the head chef in the kitchen. I am willing to pay taxes."

Lawrence nodded, "I will consider how much it will cost. It will definitely not exceed two years' salary, nor will it be less than three months' salary."

"Two years is also OK!" Emma is not short of money. She hopes to spend money in exchange for a stable guarantee.

Lawrence understands Emma's idea.

There will definitely not be a few people who have such simple ideas.

Most people will have the same idea as Emma.

In order to support their children and grandchildren to continue to stay in this rich land, and to prove their hard work for half a lifetime, most people will pay this tax.

This simple mentality is very easy to understand.

They are not stupider than people in the future society.

If there is no place to stand in this land where they have worked for most of their lives, their next generation will not only have to leave the city where they have devoted their lives, but also go back to the poor mountain village where they have long forgotten their betrayal. This is an extremely difficult shame for them to accept.

If they are Valkyrie nobles and warriors, or pirates from the Wave Island, it will be even more difficult to accept that their descendants have returned to the origin.

Paying the inheritance tax can make their descendants recognized, so rich people will pay it.

Even if they have no money, they can borrow some money from others, or work to earn some money and pay it to give their descendants a formal identity.

Lawrence did not rush to implement this inheritance tax, but first discussed it with people from all walks of life.

It is not enough to rely on the advice of witches alone, sometimes you have to listen to other people's opinions.

Seravan and Beoff had no objections. Taking advantage of the fact that there were fewer things to do in winter, Lawrence talked with the nobles who came to Oak City for pilgrimage from all over the country.

The mayor from Orange Town, Long Legs Hall, has a weak leg. Now he needs his son to support him when he walks, and he also has to use a cane.

Although the hard life in his youth had trained his spirit and body, the long-term bitter and cold life also made his body collapse very quickly after entering middle age.

"Merciful prophet, I am willing to pay this money for my children, so that even if I die tomorrow, I can rest assured."

Hall is willing to pay inheritance tax for his children.

Lawrence said: "I asked many nobles outside, and some great lords and town governors would give the king a sum of money when they inherited the territory."

"We are a place given by God, and we should not be worse than them." Lawrence said the words of death for money with a serious face.

However, this kind of words is indeed easier to be accepted by everyone.

Hall said excitedly: "That's right! Great prophet! Our Star Country is not a place where everyone can stay! The gift given to us by God should not be given to everyone!"

Lawrence has always been promoting that God loves everyone, especially the prophets.

No one would normally modify or explain the doctrine in front of him.

But Hall may be old and confused, and he didn't realize this problem at all, and directly said what he thought he understood.

Lawrence soon realized the problem.

Local protectionism has been born!

When the Land of Ice and the Kingdom of Stars are more powerful and rich than many places outside, this kind of thing is inevitable.

It's just that I haven't contacted many outsiders in recent years, and others will pretend in front of me, so I didn't notice this matter.

It's not a bad thing, people are such creatures.

Besides, I have been showing off my wealth and food for so many years. Isn't it intentional to bully and attack the poor?

Superior material life can attract talents, which is human nature.

People living in rich countries do look down on people in poor countries. Even if they hide it better, they will have that kind of superior feeling.

Only when there is an enemy country can you show patriotism.

If there are outsiders who look down on, they will naturally be reluctant to give up their local identity.

This group of people is the main taxpayer!

Lawrence found that this was the best time to collect inheritance tax.

There was no better place than the Star Country, and he had just won a beautiful victory, and the people were united.

The confident artisan nobles were willing to pay taxes and let their children become artisan nobles.

The inheritance tax was not collected from singles, nor from those who had no money and no job.

Those who needed to collect taxes were either nobles working in the city, or artisan merchants in various factories, workshops and shops.

These people gathered together in a large group, and they knew each other well. In addition, they were generally distributed in areas where the army was stationed, so it was convenient to pay taxes, and it was also easier to escort the taxes to Lawrence's vault.

There was no problem with collecting taxes. Lawrence was sure that he could implement this tax system at any time, and even throw it to the people who paid salaries in various factories to collect taxes.

The only problem was not the difficulty of collection, nor the reluctance of the people below to pay taxes, but that Lawrence needed a long time to determine the tax ratio for each profession and region.

Military merit and the number of times you have been on the battlefield can offset part of the tax, and those who have made great contributions to the country can also be exempted from tax by a few points, and some inventions can also offset the tax.

Lawrence needs all kinds of talents, but recruiting such talents is not only about giving them treatment, but also about providing convenience for their children and families, so that they are willing to move in with their families.

The inheritance tax cannot prevent the inheritance of bloodline identity, and may even increase the power of those pioneers.

But as long as the inheritance tax is implemented stably, most of the wealth can be harvested to prolong the life of the country.