Hearing Braye ask himself a question, Tsepes immediately said the lines that had been prepared in advance.

"I'm going to ask Arthur to accompany Mr. Musman on a trip, I don't know what the envoy thinks."

"Arthur? This kid can be trusted. But what about your correspondence with Miss Gina? ”

Count Sandria, inclined to the Ottoman Empire, Arthur, as his second son, does not make people suspicious.

As for Arthur's identity as a messenger, Cepes naturally had a statement.

"Miss Gina, we are on our way to the capital, and after the coronation ceremony, our marriage will also be on the agenda."

Cepes will even consider the time of delivering the letter, and this kind of critical issue will be arranged in advance.

Blajevivi nodded, "The Viscount's daughter, her status is a little low, but since you like it, it can't be considered a problem."

In that case, then leave the work to Arthur, and have him called now. ”

Arthur stayed at the Palace of Curteau, and was not invited to the previous banquet because of his lack of status.

Of course, beef ramen must be indispensable to him, he was in his room, eating two large bowls of noodles, waiting for Cepes's call.

Soon, the waiter who delivered the news knocked on Arthur's door.

In less than ten minutes, he appeared in the banquet hall.

He bowed, and with Braye's permission, he took a seat at a seat below the banquet table.

"Arthur, this is the tax collector of the Ottoman Empire, Mr. Mussman.

I intend for you to cooperate with him to complete this year's tax collection work, do you have any questions? ”

"I have no problem, I will follow the arrangements of the adults, and I will do my best to do the work assigned to me."

After arranging the lines with Arthur, Tsepes looked at Bula and Mussman and said:

"Do you have anything to ask, two adults?"

Musman didn't speak, he didn't care, who cooperated with him, because that didn't matter.

In his position as an Ottoman tax collector, it was enough to get the taxes that belonged to the Sultan, and he brought an assistant with him, all for the sake of saving face for the ruler of Wallachia.

On the other side, Braye asked with a smile:

"Arthur, what are your plans in terms of manpower?"

The cavalry led by Musman was only responsible for the security work, and the manpower such as coachmen and porters was basically in charge of the deputies.

"I'm going to ask for some people with my family, and if I don't have enough, I'll seconded some people from my cousin.

In short, since I have been entrusted with the task, I will do my best to do it well, and there will be no shortage of manpower. ”

At this moment, Arthur's cousin was rushing back to Wallachia with a team of elite Swiss mercenaries.

When the Ottoman tax collector began to return south after collecting the taxes from the north, he would definitely be able to take the mercenaries with him.

Because of this, Arthur's words are quite confident.

"Okay, it's a good guy worth cultivating."

Braye complimented Arthur, turned to Musman, and said:

"In the next tax work, let this young man cooperate with you, and I wish you a happy cooperation."

Braye raised his glasses, as did Cepes and Mussman, and the trio's glasses clattered together with a crisp sound.

Things are arranged, and from tomorrow Arthur will have a new title, Tax Adjutant.

Of all the subordinate officials in the direct domain, this tax adjutant was the most unpopular, and he was subjected to a great deal of curses and abuse every year.

Because this position, specifically referring to the deputy of the Ottoman tax collector, was a shameless bastard who helped the Ottomans to oppress their own people.

If Arthur had been killed a month earlier, he would not have accepted the position.

And now, he got up and bent down, not only accepting the work calmly, but also with a flattering smile on his face.

is close to Zhu Zhe Chi, close to Mo is black, and it has been less than a month since he came into contact with Cepesh, and a young man with an upright personality has the potential to be the best supporting actor.

The next day, instead of leading the group immediately, Musman gave Arthur a few days to gather his men.

The principality is divided into fiefdoms, and the barons and viscounts are easy to do, because the territory is small, and within two or three days, all the taxes can be collected.

It is not easy for a nobleman with a larger territory to get the tax paid within half a month.

Therefore, Musman is not in a hurry to set off, and he can take advantage of this time to let his chef learn how to make beef ramen.

Seven days later, the Ottoman tax collection marched to the northern part of the principality.

Tax work is as simple as you think.

At each lord's territory, Arthur, the tax aide-de-camp, read out the orders issued by Cepes.

Then, the lord will take the tax that has been prepared long ago and order people to move it out of the warehouse.

The taxes paid to the Ottomans were generally mainly gold and silver, and occasionally large livestock such as horses.

As for grain, the Ottomans didn't want it, so every harvest season, big lords or big merchants could make a lot of money on the peasants.

They will push the price of grain to an outrageous price, and rob money reasonably and legally, and even some small lords will be squeezed.

The Ottomans collected taxes in two names, the Jiziya tax and the tribute.

The jiziya tax is levied on healthy men over the age of sixteen and under the age of forty-five.

The total population of Wallachia, just over a million people, is about 300,000 people who need Najizia taxes.

Each of the 300,000 people had to pay five silver Gross coins.

1,500,000 silver coins, converted into Ducat, is a whopping 75,000 coins.

Tribute, as the name suggests, is an annual protection fee paid by a vassal state to the suzerain.

All Wallachians over the age of fourteen, men and women, as long as they are not beggars, are required to pay two silver coins per year.

The aristocracy has to pay more money, which will increase in turn according to their own property.

Basically, every year, the tribute can be levied, and the property is worth at least 80,000 gold coins.

Together, the Ottomans took 155,000 gold coins with them in Wallachia every year.

There is no doubt that this is a huge amount of money, and the Ottoman Empire has made itself stronger through ruthless oppression.

Before, it might have been possible, but after Tsepes came into this world, he would never allow it, and this kind of thing continued to happen.

In a blink of an eye, more than 20 days passed, and the feudal lords of the northern territories obediently paid the money, and Musman returned to Targoviste with a lot of money.

And here, more than 30 tax officials sent out before have also completed their tasks.

All the taxes of the direct territories have been concentrated in the capital, and Musman and his party, as long as they bring their share belonging to the Sultan, can continue to the south.

However, Mussman always felt that the beef ramen made by his chef was not as delicious as the chef of the Cepes court.

So at the gracious invitation of Cepes, he decided to rest for a day and continue the next day.

On this very day, Arthur's cousin, with one hundred and twenty coolies, joined the team to deliver the taxes.

No one doubts this, after all, there are still a lot of taxes to be transported in the future, and there is no problem with increasing manpower.

The tax collectors continued on their way, and Cepes, who was at the Palace of Curthea, began to prepare for the coronation.

He drew up a list of all the nobles in the principality, all of whom were named.

He instructed the clerk to write invitations to the list of people one by one, inviting them to come to the Palace of Curtea on New Year's Day.

Finally, he called Vladis to him, signed a letter, and gave it to his little brother.

His mother, Maria Mushat, it was time to return home.