"I'm just asking, Lord Marbrey, and I'm not reluctant to answer if it's inconvenient to answer. Because I am not the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Kingdom. Locke was still smiling, but no one in the room would think that Locke was talking casually.

Redpass looked at Mabray with some concern, as Mabre's brother, he knew how Nanhai Town had persevered all these years.

"It's not an adult, you don't say that I'm going to report to you on the tax situation over the years. It's just that you've just arrived, and I didn't have time to explain in detail. As he spoke, Mabray walked over to the desk against the wall, and without much further along, he picked up a piece of paper from the table, turned to Locke, and handed it to him.

"My lord, this is the tax situation of Nanhai Town over the years."

Locke took the piece of paper without politeness and looked at it.

It has been four years since the incident in the royal city of Lordaeron, and the tax situation in these four years is certainly not a piece of paper that can be written in a few sentences.

Mabre simply made a list of tax revenues and expenditures for each year from four years ago to the present. Perhaps because he was worried that it was too complicated for Locke to understand, it was much simplified.

As one of the few seaport towns in Lordaeron, Nanhai Town has always been one of the main shipping routes of the Southern Kingdom at that time, and the prosperity of maritime trade has made the town's tax revenue far exceed that of other regions many times.

At the very least, what Locke saw was that the tax revenue of Nanhai Town that year was 10,000 gold coins, which still did not include the construction of Nanhai Town and the expenses of all employees of the city hall. This employee includes the mayor of the town, members of the council, and members of the sheriff and garrison.

In the second year, not only did the tax not shrink significantly, but even reached 12,000 gold coins. Locke figured that it might be that the merchant had discovered the problem that the more war-torn the area, the more valuable the items were, right? Or maybe a large number of people are concentrated in Nanhai Town, and they travel to the Storm Kingdom through here, and the flow of people drives the tax revenue of Nanhai Town.

By the third year, taxes began to fall back to 8,000 gold coins. At this point, Locke has the impression that he crossed over at the end of the first year, and the next year he was in the large civil construction town of Iwa, when the port of Iva was only a small fishing port, and the expansion work was going on. It was not until the third year that the port of Iva began to be fully expanded, and it was in that year that the trade routes of Iva began to be fully opened.

So seeing that there was only a little more than 6,000 gold coins in the fourth year, Locke was not surprised at all. Because most of the trade dividends brought by the war were sucked by Eva.

In fact, Locke was quite surprised that Nanhai Town could receive so much tax, and in the end he could only attribute this situation to the excessive concentration of population here. Just like Eva, there are so many people gathered that it is a truth that everyone's daily consumption is providing taxes.

Since the tax is not yet in the month of payment, the tax for the fifth year, that is, this year, has not yet been collected. But if nothing else, this year is likely to be less than last year, and a significant reduction is not out of the question.

"The vast majority of Nanhai's tax revenue comes from the port's commodity tax and local transaction tax, and a small part comes from the deed tax and the tax on land crops. Local livestock transactions are included in the transaction tax, and since most of the land in Nanhai Town is in the hands of the Abraham family, the land tax accounts for only about 4% of the total tax revenue. ”

"Lord Harvey, you still need to send a professional financial officer to check the specific income." Looking at Locke's satisfied smile, Marbray pushed his glasses and smiled, "All the taxes are in the treasury of Nanhai Town, and the Goblin Bank will take care of it for us. Well, hate to admit it though. But the goblins protecting the money gave us a lot more peace of mind. ”

"Also, that's what I want to tell you. Over the years, in order to protect Nanhai Town, I have used a lot of taxes to purchase military supplies and pay military salaries for the militia recruited by Nanhai Town and the army of the alliance here, I hope you can understand. ”

Satisfied! How could Locke not be satisfied! With so much money for no reason, how could Locke be dissatisfied?

At first, Locke just asked casually, how did he expect that Mabray would keep all the money? In Ambermere, I have not heard of any such tax money.

Now Locke vaguely understood why the Valley of the Hearth in Tyran, the Hand of Tyr in General Abydis, and the Chapel of the Light's Wish never mentioned the matter of gold coins, but only asked for food.

The feeling is that they have all these years of taxes in their hands! It's really bad enough, I knew to ask them for money for food!

Wait, if that's the case, then other cities and towns that have not been affected by natural disasters should have tax revenues? In that case, shouldn't I have stepped into the foreground earlier?

"Your Excellency, you should understand that the money was handed over to the kingdom—" Marbret paused, he didn't continue, he should have said everything, it was up to Locke to do it.

Turn over Lordaeron? What's the difference between that and handing it over to me? Who doesn't know that I now represent Lordaeron?

Although there was a noble council, the council here was not like the council of later generations. In the past, all the taxes paid to Lordaeron were handed over to the royal family, and the noble council did not have access to the kingdom's finances.

Naturally, Locke would not do anything special, and make a kingdom treasury separate from the royal treasury.

Isn't that looking for something to do?

Locke nodded, folded the letter and handed it to Mabrai, who smiled and said, "I have authorization from the Council of Nobles, Lord Mabre. You don't need to worry. ”

"After a while, I will arrange for the financial staff to check and withdraw the taxes, and you are ready."

"Anytime," said Mabre, who bowed slightly, with a smile, "as long as this money is withdrawn, I won't have to live in fear all day." Honestly, I'm afraid that one day I'll open my eyes and see those goblins running away with our tax dollars. ”

"Hahaha!"

Locke and the others laughed along, as the tension of money vanished for everyone.

"Lord Mabray, I notice that your title is not a real title? Is it? ”

Unlike other nobles, Mabrai did not wear anything like a coat of arms belonging to his family and similar rings. But the title Lord is not called casually, and there should be some reason for others to call him Lord.

In the explanation of the etiquette teacher and Locke, the old man specifically mentioned it. Lord is a generic term for a nobleman with a title, and it is a word with respect. It is also sometimes used as an honorific title for a person who has a corresponding status but does not have a title, and also for the son of a certain title. But here, Locke feels like it should be the second type.

In fact, someone else can also call Lord Locke. It's really because Locke's knighthood can't be on the stage, and calling him a lord can not only save Locke's face, but also make everyone not think about Locke's past identity.

However, Locke prefers to be called Lord, because Lord and Lord actually mean the same thing. It's just that there are multiple explanations.

The reason why Locke brought up this issue is because the words Lord and Lord are not called by ordinary people.

People from commoner families have to be called lord when facing nobles, and Lord so-and-so and Lord so-and-so are not what they can call. If you call it out, it's not impossible that you will have to eat a whip or be beaten to death for it.

Because only those who come from noble families can call other nobles lords or lords.

This is a hierarchical society, and both the lower and upper classes are consciously or unconsciously asserting this authority. This is also a reflection of class, which is why Locke asks about the history of Marbre, after all, there is not much introduction in the game.

"My father, York Mabrai, was one of King Terenas's guards," said Mabrai casually, spreading his hands, "and he was knighted by the king, but the heir to the title was not mine. ”

Oh, that's understandable.

Although knighthood is the lowest rank, it is the lowest rank of nobility. But no matter how you say it, it's also noble, and it's not wrong to call Lord Sheng. And this is also because in Lordaeron, if in other human kingdoms, Sir has a small castle and several villages as his fiefdom.

Speaking of which, King Terenus is too powerful. Taking advantage of the end of the Second War and the liquidation of the Second War, most of the nobles who fled their territories without resisting the orc attack were confiscated.

Otherwise, Locke's centralization of power now is not much resisted, and the nobles are only testing Locke's bottom line, whether they will be divided in the future.

"Before the tax money reaches Eva, the wanted notice should start as soon as possible, at least we have the money on hand." Locke said casually, turning his head to look at Mabray with a smile, "I agree with what you said, increase the bounty to 10 credits. ”

"It's a great way to motivate everyone here." It's worth it to do so so for the frontier to be able to stabilize quickly! After thinking about it, Locke continued, "Anyone who catches the minor boss level among them will be rewarded with 15 silver coins, and the big boss will be rewarded with 50 silver coins. As for catching the Alterac nobles who are causing trouble, the rewards range from 1 to 100 gold! ”

"100 gold coins?" Redpass spoke in surprise, he was obviously tempted, and he touched the thick black beard on his chin to say something to Locke.

"Commander Redpass, the Alliance's forces can't do this." Locke smiled and dismissed Redpass, but he continued, "Keeping the people here safe is exactly what we soldiers should do. However, in order to keep the soldiers of the Alliance army motivated, I can also give them some silver coins to reward them for their bravery. ”

"Also, the Alliance has protected our Lordaeron land for so many years. As a token of gratitude, on behalf of Lordaeron, I will provide the Alliance forces here, your salaries, and all logistical expenses. How about going on a grade according to our Scarlet Crusaders in the future? ”

"Is this true? Master Harvey!? You're not kidding me, are you? ”

Locke nodded affirmatively, and Redpass looked at Locke with joy, "There is no money and logistics to support, and my soldiers have not changed their uniforms for a long time." ”

"However, you have to cooperate with the military operations of our Crusaders, so that the command of the Alliance army will not say anything, right?" Locke asked deliberately.

"When the aristocratic lords let us still collect shells on the beach to eat crabs, we were already disappointed in them!" Redpass said with some anger, "If it weren't for the help of Marbray and the Hillsbrads, we would have starved to death!" ”

"Now, you're talking about Lord Harvey. The Alliance has been away from us for a long time, and we need to make a change in due time! ”

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