"Triple tax...... Three years ahead of schedule?" Amanda's chubby face twitched violently.

How much he wanted the baron in front of him to retract that sentence, but ...... After being silent for a long time, he probably calculated in his heart and said, "My lord, pay three times the tax, and collect it for three years at a time, and you can calculate that there will be about 300,000 gold coins...... My lord, is this 300,000 gold coins enough?"

"Enough," said Baron Hydvi in a deep voice. "If there's no one in between, that's enough. ”

"You did this, Lord Baron......"

"I'm supposed to suffer some infamy. Baron Hajvi interrupted him and said, "For more than ten years, I have been so happy to continue to engage in some inexplicable construction, but the family's treasury has become more and more empty. All this is not in line with the proper behavior of an aristocracy. ”

"My lord, it would have been a great thing that you have expanded two small cities into two medium-sized cities, and that you have also exempted the town of peace from taxes for three years. You are definitely one of the greatest patriarchs of our family!"

"Huh...... It still seems vulnerable in the face of reality. In the end, you don't have to exploit the common people in your territory. I am no different from the essence of other nobles. All the revenge before being granted the title of nobility turned into a pipe dream, and after becoming a hereditary baron, the title slowly corrupted the soul of the person. Now, I understand why the royal palace exploits the entire continent every year, because the more power there is, the more greedy humanity becomes. ”

"No, you are fundamentally different from them, you have built two medium-sized cities, and this credit can never be erased. No baron ever owns the domain of two medium-sized cities, not even an earl. ”

"And then, if I can't satisfy the appetite of the royal family, and the conditions of the northern ruffians, they can come up with countless reasons to strip me of my hereditary title. Well, perhaps they don't even bother to think of reasons, and how is a little baron worth spending so much time thinking about them?" said Baron Hydwick self-deprecatingly, "and the root of everything is human greed. Our House of Arker has been on this continent for twice as many years, and we cannot be cut off by my generation. I've decided to tear back the mask of hypocrisy and get ready for the invective that arrives at home. ”

Triple tax is almost the limit of ordinary families, and they have to pay three years at once! This may directly force many people to die!

Amanda had a prediction in his heart, he knew that the common people in the town of peace who could pay so many taxes at one time would definitely not be able to reach even half of it! He also knew that Baron Hajvi's tax order was mainly aimed at those two medium-sized cities. After all, ten peace towns are not as good as a medium-sized city.

He now only prayed that after the announcement was issued, it would not cause a large-scale riot in the peaceful town.

Amanda remembered the military order for conscription at this time, since the other party had issued a military order to herself, the level must be extremely high, and she had to obey it. But after so many years of peace, who wants to join the army and fight. "Lord Baron," Amanda asked. "North of the Endless Wall, are there really orcs?"

Lying flat on the bed, Baron Hygivi's face showed a look of remembrance, and he blinked his eyes twice before hesitatingly saying, "Actually, I'm in charge of logistics and haven't walked out of the Endless Wall, so I don't know if there are any orcs at all." What I do know is that every day there will be orders from the superiors, and there will be a large number of cavalry and soldiers pouring into the Endless Forest. And they did come back with injuries. Due to the gag order issued by the superiors, no one is allowed to tell the matter of the Endless Forest, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law. Sometimes, hundreds of people go out in the morning, and in the evening, until a few days later, they don't come back......"

Amanda was cold, "Actually, there really are orcs!" he directly defined.

Baron Hydgwick was lost in thought.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside. The aristocratic lady, who was blowing the autumn breeze by the window, immediately went to open the door.

A Kingdom guard stroked her breast, and then made her way to Baron Haijvi's bedside. "Your Excellency," he said, stroking his breast, "the royal court has sent someone." ”

"What did the royal court send for?" asked Baron Hydwick, "who is here?" ”

"It's a ceremonial officer. A ceremonial officer named Nukis. Now he is in the meeting room. ”

......

With the help of the Kingdom Guards, Baron Hajvi arrived in the drawing room.

"Your Excellency, it's really a disappointment. Hajvi gave a chest stroking to the ceremonial officer sitting on the couch. The ceremonial officer wore a golden hat and was dressed in white, and his face seemed to be rubbed with a woman's fat powder, and it was also white beyond common sense. He was fat, and his tall hat didn't cover his head at all, but only stuck in a corner, which was ridiculous to the rest of the world. But no one dared to laugh, because the ceremonial officer was above the title, and even more so than the title!

In fact, ceremonial officials did not have any real power, but they did have the right to report and were specifically responsible for reporting nobles. Such power directly makes them under one person and above ten thousand!

They are the eyes of the king, the ears of the king, who are responsible for inspecting the nobles everywhere.

Sometimes, even the Prime Minister of the Kingdom had to be inspected by the ceremonial officer! Therefore, he, a little baron, had to keep his posture very low. Even if the other party doesn't even look at him now, he has to greet him with a smile.

I have to say that Baron Hydgwick's face was a little pale at this time, but compared to the ceremonial officer who rubbed some kind of fat powder, it was still a little worse.

After more than ten seconds of drying for Baron Hygvi, the ceremonial officer took a sip of the tea on the table before standing up and giving Baron Hygivi a chest salute.

Amanda and Baron Haijvi's immediate bodyguards stared at each other, this hostess is such a guy who sets up the lamp?" Haijiwei couldn't feel the emotions of his subordinates, and ordered them directly.

In the meeting room, only Haijiwei and the ceremonial officer were left.

"You may be seated, Lord Baron Hygivi. ”

To Baron Haijvi's ears, the voice of the ceremonial officer was a little sharp. He hurriedly said: "Master of Ceremonies, you have come all the way from the palace, you must be a little tired now, I will let you take you to rest first." ”

"No," the ceremonial officer refused, his chubby face expressionless, his mouth open showing jagged teeth, like the broken teeth of an undeveloped baby. "Lord Baron Haijvi, you should know what I'm here for. There was a delay on the way, otherwise I should have been here two days ago. ”

It's a good thing you delayed a bit, otherwise you would have had to look for me in the ice cellar two days ago. "That's a misfortune," said Baron Hajvi, "and I beg the Hostess, to make it clear that I have had too much to do lately. ”

"Gold coins. Still with that expressionless face, his tiny teeth fluttered, and he spat out two words: "Presumably your Excellency has received the raven from the palace, which I sent before I set off, my lord, I have given you a week to prepare, I don't know what you are going to do." The palace is in a hurry. ”

"Your Excellency, please give me two more days, and after two days, I will be able to return with a full load. ”

"Hehe...... "Hehe," the ceremonial officer chuckled, he was a typical smile, "I prefer the word 'full loaded', but why should I wait two days? I can't stay in such a remote town for two days, your dry air in the north is going to tear my skin apart! Well, well, I need a day off, forget it today, so tomorrow, you have a whole day to prepare, and the next morning I want to see what I want!" he said and was about to get up.

"My lord!" Baron Hajvi called to him, and asked meaningfully, "why did the palace come from the ravens twice?" May I ask if the letters carried by these two ravens were written by you, my lord?"

After ......saying this, the fat body of the ceremonial officer was unconsciously stunned, and he quickly said vaguely: "What is the difference between one and two?

"My lord, there is a big difference here," said Baron Hydvi unrelentingly, "and now that horse thieves are rampant, what if any horse thief imitates the handwriting of the adults?" ”

"Are you threatening me?" the hostess's voice immediately sharpened tenfold.

"Lord of Ceremonies, horse thieves do exist, and they dare to rob money during the day, which is very rampant, this is a kind reminder. Baron Haijvi looked at the white-faced fat man in front of him with a tendency to have a seizure, and then continued: "Since the palace uses two ravens to transmit messages separately, then I think it would be better for us to transport the gold coins in two parts." ”

"Two deliveries?" said the corner of the ceremonial officer's lips, "This is not a bad idea. ”

In fact, the conversation between two people contains a lot of information.

Within a week, Baron Hydgwick received two ravens who had come to ask for the gold coins, one two days after his return, and the other while the auction was being held.

Not to mention that the palace released the ravens twice, it was very strange.

Judging from the handwriting of the letter alone, Baron Hydgwick could tell that it was written by a man, and the ceremonial officer himself admitted that he had written both letters. Since the ceremonial officer had set out from the palace for this place a week earlier, is it possible to infer that the second letter was sent by the ceremonial lord on the way?

This is intriguing, and one situation is that the ceremonial officer can also receive the king's order to release the ravens on the road. And in the second case, he is making his own assertions!

Baron Haijwick prefers to believe that this is the second case! It is not difficult to understand that having such an identity as a ceremonial officer is enough to deceive and conceal the superior. It's normal for the halfway card to ask you for some gold.

After some verbal temptation just now, he could almost conclude that this white-faced fat man was playing with power!

If Baron Hydgvi had enough gold coins, who would be willing to offend such a villain, a certain benefit fee should be paid.

But now Baron Hajvi can't even open the pot in his own house, and one more gold coin means that one more family in his territory can't open the pot. Thinking of this, where is he willing to let this ceremonial lion open his mouth. He finally said the phrase "two shipments", which also left room for both sides. That means that I already know your little ninety-nine, so you should be less greedy, and everyone will be convenient for this.

"Well, the palace has already completed half of this disaster relief, and there may not be so many gold coins needed, so I will make a claim to reduce the amount of 200,000 gold coins for Baron Haijivi!" In order to eliminate the embarrassment of the lie being exposed, the ceremonial officer began to talk non-stop, "After all, you northerners are still very poor, and after coming here, I think you need disaster relief even more." I remember that two months ago, when I came to Heping Town, I really encountered a thief, and they were so poor that they even snatched my hat! Guess what, they actually wore my hat and went directly to the mayor's house to pretend to be an etiquette officer to teach etiquette to children, and they almost killed me. I remember the first time I came to the Mayor's Castle, the group of children singing some big black feet song......"