Otherworld Management Manual

"...Zhang Feng?"

In a room named by Zhang Feng as a study in the castle, Caroline stood aside, pinching the corner of her clothes, with a hesitant tone.

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Feng put down the parchment about Hongye City's taxes in his hand, he was a little speechless in shock by such a messy tax.

"Well, I want to ask, do you still have that medicated soap..."

Caroline's ears were hot and she didn't dare to look directly into Zhang Feng's eyes.

"Medicated soap? For bathing?"

"Um."

Caroline hummed softly.

Zhang Feng pretended to take out the mountaineering bag next to him, and took out a bottle of shower gel.

"It's better for you to use this."

Zhang Feng briefly introduced how to use the shower gel.

"Oh."

Caroline snorted, and seeing Zhang Feng continued to look down at the parchment, she was about to leave silently.

"Wait a moment."

Zhang Feng suddenly made a sound, and Caroline paused.

"Our taxes are a bit too complicated!"

Zhang Feng shook his head helplessly.

"Huh? Taxes?"

Caroline didn't react for a while.

"Yes, I am going to change the taxes, and these messy taxes will be eliminated!"

Zhang Feng's tone was a little firm.

"Remove? But the main source of our Red Leaf City's City Lord's Mansion is tax revenue..."

Caroline was a little puzzled, after all, her thinking and Zhang Feng's modern thinking were quite different.

"Look at the toll tax, stay tax, birth tax, single tax, marriage tax, etc., it's all messed up! No wonder Hongye City is poor, you have to pay taxes for everything, so it's better not to do it Now, if it were me, I wouldn't be motivated anymore!"

Zhang Feng was a little upset. Thinking about it in another way, if he lived in such a world, he would die if he ate and ate every day.

"Then how do you want to change it?"

Although Caroline couldn't understand, Zhang Feng was in charge of Hongye City now, no matter what decision he made, she would fully support it.

"Only a few main taxes are left. The others are too complicated, and we can't collect much money at all. It not only wastes our manpower and material resources, but also increases the burden on the common people. The loss outweighs the gain."

Zhang Feng intends to transfer some of Blue Star's tax system over. The current tax is so unreasonable that even Zhang Feng doesn't know why these former lords came up with such a strange tax.

"Well, I listen to you."

Caroline looked a little surprised. She thought she was better to the common people, and she didn't give up on them in the most difficult time in Hongye City, but compared with Zhang Feng, she felt that she was still much worse.

She just wanted these civilians to survive, but Zhang Feng not only allowed them to survive, but also made them live better!

The thoughts of the two were judged in an instant.

Caroline felt sincerely happy for the people of Hongye City that Hongye City could welcome such a philanthropic city lord.

"Well, there is still this household registration system that needs to be revised. Starting tomorrow, the population of Hongye City will be registered to the exact person. Immigrant population will not be accepted for the time being..."

"Conscription also has to be put on the agenda. Tomorrow, let's make out the conditions first, and we'll talk about whether anyone comes..."

"The city hall also has to recruit people, and I don't know if there are any talents who are proficient in internal affairs. Let's improve the salary first..."

"The salt and sugar in our hands also need to be dealt with. Let's see when we can gather these big businessmen together and make money from ordinary people. They are the big heads..."

"There is also the most important issue of street sanitation. It is too dirty and messy. This must be rectified, severely rectified..."

"..."

It was a discussion, but in fact it was Zhang Feng who said it, and Caroline nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

It's not that she was perfunctory, but that she felt that what Zhang Feng said was right, and she had no angle to refute at all.

As soon as this chatterbox was opened, Zhang Feng felt that he had slowly entered the state of being a lord, but there were many things that needed to be changed in Hongye City, and he couldn't eat a fat man with one bite, so he could only write it down first, and gradually improve it later.

After talking for a while, seeing Caroline standing aside with confused eyes, Zhang Feng knew that he had talked too much, and it was difficult for her to digest for a while, so he changed the topic.

"What do you want for dinner?"

"Well, you're right!"

Zhang Feng: "..."

Caroline: "..."

"Forget it, just eat something."

Zhang Feng personally soaked two bowls of Laotan pickled cabbage noodles, and then added ham, marinated eggs, big chicken legs, and a box of canned hairtail to each bowl.

Oh yes, there is also a bottle of Fat House Happy Water.

"Hulu~ delicious!"

Caroline couldn't resist the unusually rich instant noodles.

Every time Zhang Feng sees Caroline eating, she finds it very strange. She eats about the same amount as a man, but she doesn't look too skinny, and she doesn't seem to gain weight.

But weight is a personal issue, and Zhang Feng is not ashamed to ask.

After eating and drinking enough, after Zhang Feng asked the servants to throw out the rubbish, Caroline's expression was a little awkward.

Zhang Feng naturally found out, and he asked strangely:

"Do you need anything else? Go ahead, if I have any."

"No, no, I, I..."

Caroline waved her hand quickly, her eyes flustered, but in the end she made up her mind and said.

"Well, which room are you going to sleep in at night?"

As soon as she asked this question, Caroline quickly lowered her head. If Zhang Feng observed carefully, he would find that Calorie's ears were all red, and those lake-like eyes were about to drip water.

But Zhang Feng obviously didn't notice.

He thought a little in his heart, it's not good to have too many houses, and he still has to worry about which room to sleep in every day!

"I just saw that there is a big room next to the study room, with plenty of light. I'll sleep here from now on. It's getting late, so you should go to bed early."

Zhang Feng was afraid of trouble, so there happened to be a good room next to the study, and it was away from the study, so it was convenient for him to work.

"……Oh."

Caroline bowed her head, her tone was flat, and she couldn't see her expression clearly when she lowered her head.

Looking at Caroline who bowed her head and left holding the shower gel, Zhang Feng rubbed her swollen temples.

"It always feels like something is missing..."

...

Early the next morning.

There was a group of people watching the bulletin board in Hongye City Square.

Those who are still here now know that the current situation in Hongye City is not optimistic. The reason why they didn't leave was either because they didn't have the money to travel far, or they were waiting for the last business opportunity.

When they heard that a new city lord was taking office, they all set their sights on the new city lord. Some people were full of expectations for the new city lord, but most of them still had no confidence.

Today I heard that there is a new city lord's decree on the bulletin board. No matter what mood they have, everyone will come to watch it, although most of them cannot read.

"Huh? New tax law!"

An old man couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw the words on the bulletin board.

"What? Is there another tax increase!"

"We can't live anymore, and we have to increase taxes! This new city owner..."

"It's over, I thought a good city lord would come, but now it seems..."

For a while, the crowd was agitated, but they were still restrained and did not insult the Lord City Lord, otherwise they would be caught insulting the nobles, but they would be imprisoned.

"Mr. Dobbin, read to me what's going on!"

Someone asked this old man for advice. His name was Dobin, and he was one of the few literate people in Hongye City.