The Extraordinary Earl

"Da da da."

At this time, the sound of fingers tapping on the table sounded. Lelouch and the officials turned to look at Luther.

Although Lelouch is the mayor of Pompeii, everyone knows that the only one who can truly make the final decision is the acting lord in front of him, the next generation of Pompeii Knights.

Moreover, the Pompeii family gradually became stronger because of Luther, and officials also trusted Luther very much.

"We can't let speculators do whatever they want, but we can't stop the middle class and rich people who really want to live in Pompeii. Let's make a law."

"Pompei welcomes everyone to come and develop in Pompeii, but every house in Pompeii must be occupied by people, whether they live in it themselves or servants can live in it temporarily. If the house is purchased, If no one moves in within a month and the stay does not exceed eight months in a year, a tax of 50% of the house price will be levied.”

Luther said.

The officials thought about it and found that this method was indeed feasible. First of all, this will not stop the middle class and wealthy people who want to really live in Pompeii.

Living there for eight months a year is not too difficult.

Secondly, speculators can also get houses, but they must hire people to live in the houses. If they are servants in their own homes, they will bring consumption.

If people were employed to live in Pompeii, that would bring jobs.

If this is not possible, 50% of the price of the house will be levied as a retaliatory tax.

The most important thing is that in a land with a lord, the lord can specify the law. What Luther said now was law, and even the king could not overrule it.

"Okay, I will issue an announcement and announce this law. But Luther, this only temporarily solves the matter. More importantly, we need more manufacturing and create jobs. You have to think about it carefully. ”

The mayor took action and reminded Luther.

"knew."

Luther rubbed his temples, feeling a little tired.

Alas, it is not easy to develop a city.

There is no such thing as a newspaper in this world, but this does not prevent the government from issuing announcements. Notice boards were designed on many streets in Pompeii.

Under Lelouch's initiative, this law was officially promulgated, and many city hall employees were dispatched to post it on various bulletin boards.

This incident caused some excitement.

"Damn it, wouldn't my house be bought for nothing?"

There was a crowd crowding in front of a notice board. One of them, a very well-dressed middle-aged man with a red head and nose, threw away the handkerchief in his hand and stamped his feet bitterly.

His name is Albus, a noble from Silver Wing. He has no other abilities. He just inherited an inheritance from his parents and relied on a little cleverness to specialize in speculative business.

This time, he took a fancy to the future potential of Pompeii and bought two villas in the center of Pompeii, planning to wait for the appreciation in value.

Waiting for the storm in that hot spring resort.

But obviously this speculation was unsuccessful. At least Pompeii's town hall wasn't that easy to deal with.

In order to purchase these two villas, Albus not only spent money but also paid some taxes. What Albus faced was that he could either sell these two villas and lose tax revenue in vain.

Or hire someone to help him take care of the villa.

No matter what choice Albus makes, he still needs to continue to pay for Pompeii. The hot spring resort storm still needs to wait for more than ten months, and it may also be stillborn.

"I'll sell one and keep the other." Albus made the decision bitterly, feeling a lot of resentment towards the word Pompeii.

There are many speculators like Albus. These people either retreated or chose to wait and see. Whatever they did, they contributed to the development of Pompeii.

House prices in Pompeii have also been stabilized.

There is also a part of the middle class that really wants to develop in Pompeii, which is quite exciting.

The Alner family is one of them.

The Arner family came in a carriage, accompanied by a coachman, five male and female servants, and a servant's child.

The Arner family were not nobles, they were just wealthy commoners, the middle class.

The male head of the family, Arna, was originally a small businessman in Sparta City. He ran an ancestral antique shop and the business was not bad.

However, following the brutal style of Marquis Parker, Arna also became one of the people who fled the city of Sparta. The destination of his escape was Pompeii, which had become increasingly prosperous recently.

"The Pompeii family was really resolute. They prevented the rise in housing prices." Arna is a middle-aged man with a very ordinary appearance, but his clothes are very decent, which suits his middle-class status.

"I plan to buy a house first and then see if there are any antique shops in the city. If there aren't any, we will go back to the old business. If there is already an antique shop, then I want to find a job in the city hall."

Alna said to his wife.

"You just decide."

Arna's wife said.

Pompeii successfully prevented an action that would cause great harm to Pompeii and also made his voice heard.

Pompeii's voice will be the only voice in the city.

Pompeii was the lord here.

please remember.

Guys with ulterior motives.

But just like Lelouch said, if Luther doesn't do something, Pompeii will gradually die. It would be good if it can survive the hot spring storm.

It would be bad if it doesn't last.

So Luther found his partners.

Luther was in a small meeting room in a private villa in Pompeii. Luther sat in the main seat, his face extremely serious. There were three people sitting below, namely Amanda, Alice, and Mr. Solon.

This Mr. Sauron is Lipton, a kinsman of Sauron, who is a person sent by six families to supervise the financial operations of the Orange Group.

It can also be regarded as a representative of six families.

I heard that he was a very shrewd businessman before that.

Amanda, Mr. Soren has been staying quietly in Pompeii, and also goes to work in the Orange Group's office regularly. There is only Miss Alice, the beautiful eldest daughter of the baron.

It had disappeared for a long time and had only recently returned to Pompeii.

At this moment, she seemed a little tired from the journey. She yawned lazily, looked at Luther with blurred eyes and said, "Luther, why did you bring us here?"

"Didn't you say you want to take a share of the metropolitan development process? Now is the time for you to contribute."

Luther said to the partners seriously.

He seems to be a greedy poisonous snake that wants to suck up every gold coin of his partners.