Chapter 295: A Powerful New Tax Bill
Normally, with Verina's character, the guy who dared to run into the muzzle of the gun when the bill had just been implemented and was worried that no one would bring it to Liwei, would definitely have killed the wrong guy and not let it go. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
But this time things were a little too sensitive.
Earlier, what Dane didn't expect, Verina had already figured out.
She has been in Shawan Port for more than three months, although most of her energy is focused on fighting against Ma Long's forces that have not yet perished, but after all, she is in charge of Shawan Port, the intricate power map in this port city, she must understand it before she can fight Ma Long.
Led by the three giants, the following basket of local businessmen are the main body, plus some businessmen who do cross-air trade business, such a composition model of the General Affairs Office and the commercial guild, Verina has long been clear.
And right now, although the four businessmen who were caught were not members of the three giant chambers of commerce, nor were they listed deacons of the General Affairs Office, without exception, the backers behind them were inextricably linked to the big businessmen in the three giant chambers of commerce.
In this way, things get very delicate.
Verina was keenly aware that most of these were the four chess pieces thrown out by the General Affairs Office as a test for herself.
The three major chambers of commerce are not easy to offend, and Verina knows it. She can't really force these four people to their deaths, in that way, without knowing what the three major chambers of commerce have behind her, things will become very passive.
But let those four people go with a little symbolic punishment? That's even more unlikely!
In that case, the tax hike bill would become a complete joke!
Of course, now Verina can still put these four people under house arrest for the time being, and she can even directly pull out the guards of the caravan who beat people out for trial, and then execute them by the most brutal means to use them to shock. But in the end, this is only a stopgap measure, and it cannot solve the root of the matter.
Obviously, the first move made by the General Affairs Office in this turmoil over Shawan Port made Verina, who has always been resolute, a little undecided.
So, she first ordered the death of the guards who directly wounded the tax officer, and kept the four merchants under house arrest. At the same time, he informed Dane of the news in the fastest way, hoping to get the next step.
The instructions sent back from Komya Island were quickly delivered to Verina, but a few brief words from Dane almost didn't make Verina feel embarrassed:
"There are two main principles for Commander Verina to handle matters related to Shawan Port on his own."
"The first point is that we must not have a direct and head-on conflict with the three major chambers of commerce, and we must not break with them."
"The second point is to show our tough attitude and show our determination to completely control the entire port."
Verina's lieutenant, Paran also saw Dane's reply. This young man, who had also performed well in the battle to guard the North Gate, was also speechless for such an irresponsible order from his lord.
"Lord Dain, this is a ...... It's going to make us die of embarrassment! There must be no head-on conflict, and a tough attitude must be ...... Hell, what the hell are we going to do with those four merchants? ”
When Paran complained, Verina was already thinking.
After thinking for a while, Verina made a decision: "Heavy punishment!" Dispose of all their property in Shawan Harbor and permanently deport all four of them. ”
"How can this work?!" Paran exclaimed, "Didn't Lord Dain say that we should not clash head-on with the General Affairs Office?" In this way, it doesn't matter if the four merchants are forced to die, if the three chambers of commerce are provoked, then the matter will not end well. ”
"Hmph......" Verina said, "I don't believe they'll really dare to turn against us?" ”
"But doesn't that go against the lord's request not to clash head-on?"
"What was violated? These four businessmen, no matter what kind of background they have, they are not official members of the three major chambers of commerce, even if they are destroyed, what can they do? This is a test of the General Affairs and Communications Office for us, and if we don't show toughness this time, those guys from the General Affairs and Communications Office will be even more aggressive in the future. The tone made them press up step by step, so it was better for us to directly make the attitude absolute. ”
"Okay." Paran nodded and said, "Then follow what you say." ”
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On June 27, the Shawan Harbor Garrison Battalion, which represents Dane's will, made a big move. Verina announced that the garrison battalion and the port guard will be merged into one from today, and will be under the jurisdiction of the Sindelare's southern garrison corps, and the third wing of the garrison corps -- the Shawan Port Wing will be established, and will take over the responsibilities of public security, daily military defense, and port order maintenance in Shawan Harbor.
This is something that people have thought about for a long time. At one time, the two military forces of Shawan Harbor, the Harbor Guard and the Garrison Battalion, were almost completely duplicated in many functions. However, due to the fact that the two warlords were fighting in Shawan Port, these two teams were supposed to maintain law and order in the city, and their most important energy was to confront the opposing party.
And now, Dane is alone in charge of Shawan Harbor, and it is not necessary to continue to maintain two teams.
It's just that what people didn't expect was that Verina directly established a Shawan Port Wing and included it in the formation of her own garrison corps.
This means that the strength of the garrison under the direct leadership of Verina will reach 4,500 men if it is fully strengthened.
Even with 4,500 miscellaneous soldiers, the combat effectiveness of this legion cannot be underestimated. At least, some of the small warlords around, let alone messing with Dane, even if it's Verina, they can't afford to mess with it.
And when people were not able to completely digest the news, on the afternoon of the establishment of the Third Wing, a round of big moves was set off.
First of all, there was the seizure of all the property of the four tax-resistant merchants in Shawan Harbor. Not only that, but also posted a penalty decision on the four people on the dock to 'confiscate all their property'.
At the same time, the newly established Third Wing directly dispatched 600 soldiers from two brigades to the wharf to rectify the phenomenon of non-cooperation with the new tax bill. Palan, who was promoted to the wing captain of the Shawan Port Wing, sat directly at the dock and handled this work.
And most importantly, Parland has been publicly given supreme enforcement powers – anyone who dares to challenge a new tax bill has the power to do whatever it takes.
The so-called any means, of course, include killing on the spot! (To be continued.) )