Any human activity is economically oriented from a macro point of view.

It is precisely because of economic development that there will be classes, landlords, and in this way, there will be aristocrats and emperors who rule the entire country.

As a royal family, in addition to the dignity of status, the most important thing is to ensure that one's wealth is abundant.

A destitute royal family with no title might be able to survive and be loved by the people of its realm to the bare minimum. But such a royal family will fall immediately when it encounters the invasion of other countries, after all, those peasants will not completely give up their lives to protect you because you are a royal family, or even sacrifice their own lives.

Therefore, taxation is one of the basic assets of a country.

Perhaps for some countries, taxes are not the main source of finance. But definitely a fundamental component.

To put it bluntly, everything is a matter of gold coins. If you have money, it's easy to discuss, but if you don't have money, no matter what kind of royal family you are, even if you are a demon or a god, you can't have any impact on any human activity in the world.

Since the beginning of October, Arrow has been carefully calculating the income of his guild's wealth every day.

After two months of operation, he was already convinced that his income was pitifully small just by relying on Pelican Town's mission to work. Although it is generally possible to maintain a non-loss-making operation, it is impossible to earn 1,000 gold coins at this rate of earning money at the Holy Night Festival three years later.

These days, he is also worried, for fear that some big man will follow the traces of the iron wolf to find trouble here to find them.

But he also had some hope that someone would come, because the nuggets that Merlin had taken away were unquestionable in Merlin...... Or rather, some of the great masters behind the True Eye must have already begun to plan some kind of action. Whether you can successfully catch the free ride of these actions is the key to your own development!

It's a pity that no one has come these days, whether good or bad, and everything seems to be peaceful, as if no one cares about the iron wolf at all, and no one cares about the gold at all.

As he did his business, Arrow looked up at the sky outside.

Or...... Organize another adventure into the mine yourself?

No sooner had the thought come to Arrow's head than it was snuffed out by his sanity.

The Mines are still a bit of a high level for Merfolk Song, at least, if you can go to the nearest big city and craft some swords and spears......

Forget it, don't want to.

Arrow raised the ledger in his hand again, checked it up and down again, and then nodded, closed it, and walked out the door.

The weather has started to cool, and as the temperature drops, there are significantly fewer stalls in the central square.

If you really want to sell something, the first month of autumn is enough to sell a lot of things, and the next thing that greets Pelican Town is a quiet winter. So the reduction of stalls is also expected.

Across the square, down the street to Mayor Round Cheese's mansion, Arrow gently knocks on the door. When the mayor saw through the window that it was Arrow, he immediately ran over and opened the door.

"Boss, business is booming!"

Arrow had a smile on his face, and the round cheese was naturally a smile as well.

"Hahaha! Business is booming, everyone is doing business! President Arrow, I'm preparing meals for your students this month! ”

Of course, Arrow could hear the subtext in this, and then he raised his money bag and shook it, and said with a smile: "Of course, this is not?" I'm here to deliver the food money, too. ”

With money, it's naturally easy to say anything.

Round Cheese happily ushered Arrow into the living room, and his wife handed Arrow a cup of tea.

"Yes, this is the food for the students in October. You see, one person has one iron coin a day, thirty days, forty people, a total of 1 gold and 2 silver. ”

Arrow took a gold coin and two silver coins out of his pocket and placed them in front of the round cheese, and the mayor of the town simply smiled and nodded his head repeatedly, and the two hands that were still slightly stained with flour quickly pulled the three coins into his arms, and weighed them lightly, and smiled even more happily.

"Oh, for the sake of education in Pelican Town, that's how it should be! Have you had lunch? Why don't you have lunch and then go! Quick, dear! Let's hurry up and prepare lunch! ”

Arrow is also not polite, at this time too polite is to see the outside: "Then I might as well be respectful." ”

When the mayor's wife went to Zhang Luo for lunch, Arrow took out the account book in his arms and spread it in front of the round cheese, and said: "Mayor Town, this is the revenue situation of our mermaid song since its establishment, according to the tax law, we should pay fifteen percent of all work income, but since the guild is in the initial stage, it can reduce taxes by five points, so ......"

"Oh, don't tell me that!"

When it comes to numbers, the still smiling face of Round Cheese suddenly becomes difficult to look at.

The mayor said with a sad face: "I, the mayor of the town, although I say that I do my best for our town, I know everyone in our town and know the family situation of every family. As long as we are the townspeople of Pelican Town, as long as something happens to someone's house, I will do my best to help everyone. ”

"But, this is the time when I have the most headache every year...... It's really hard to calculate taxes! Hey, Arrow, look over there, come here, I'll show you. ”

Round Cheese couldn't help but take Arrow's hand, dragged him to the office, pointed to the pile of papers on the table, and said with a sad face: "Look, these are the bills and taxes in the town this year." I won't talk about the tavern of the little spirits, let's just talk about the tailor shop in Pudding, the tool shop of the long stick, there are so many account books in these two shops, I have to calculate the accounts inside, and I also have to calculate the tax exemption amount and taxes, these days it really makes my head almost explode! ”

Looking at so many ledgers on the desktop, let's be honest...... Arrow was very happy.

Looking at the sad face of the round cheese now, Arrow was even happier as if he was singing loudly while taking a bath in the spacious bathroom!

Unclear accounts? Accounts are in disarray? That's great!

The more this is the case, doesn't it mean that it is easier for one's money laundering account to be fooled?

Therefore, although Arrow's heart was already happy, there was still a very embarrassed expression on his face: "That's it...... But boss, my ledger ...... What to do? Don't you have to do the math? ”

Round cheese waved his hand and said impatiently, "What are you accounting?" I believe you, pay as much tax as you say. I don't know my own cheese shop. At this time, I really hope that a high-achieving student can come to help settle the accounts......"

Speaking of which, round cheese's eyes suddenly lit up! The flour-stained hands immediately grabbed Arrow's hands, and his eyes glowed golden, and he said, "That's right! I heard you're a graduate of Old Tengshu Academy, right? It's the old Tengshu Academy in our capital, Hanhai City, right?! ”

"Huh? Ah, yes......"

"Great! Since he is a top student of Lao Tengshu, he must be very good at calculating accounts! Brother Arrow, can you help you settle these accounts? I'm really a headache to watch! I really don't have the energy to do a good accounting! If you can, hopefully you'll be able to settle the accounts of our entire town in the next few days! Because it was during this time that the tax collector was about to come to check the accounts, and I didn't want to give the tax collector the impression that I was not very competent as the mayor of the town! ”

Arrow was slightly stunned: "What's the mayor?" Did you calculate your accounts very clearly before? ”

Round Cheese shook his head very confidently: "No, it's always been a mess." So I get scolded by the tax collector almost every year. ”

The mayor looked left and right, and after confirming that there was no one around, he came over and whispered: "No matter how I say it, I am also a town mayor, but every time I am scolded, I can't lift my neck, and I am always told that I can resign and not do such things...... You think, I'm a person, and I don't have any other hobbies, it's just this face problem...... I wish I could have a little bit of it. I also hope that one day I will not be scolded like a grandson by the tax collector......"

If you don't want to be scolded, then check the accounts and calculate well. It's not a complicated job, it's just a matter of patience, care and time. If he is a tax collector and sees such a confused account every time he comes to collect taxes, then Arrow will probably want to curse people too.

As the leader of the Adventurer's Guild, Airo had no reason to refuse the commission, so he smiled and said, "Okay, in that case, I'll take over your commission, Mayor Town." Let me think about it, although this commission is not dangerous, it will take a lot of time, and the tax officer should be there in a few days, right? Time is of the essence...... So in terms of fees......"

Eloby made a gesture of money, and the expression on Round Cheese's face suddenly darkened a little. From this point of view, Arrow felt that the mayor of the town was quite similar to himself - he valued money so much.

"Hmm...... How much do you want? ”

Arrow thought for a moment, "How much time would it take you to sort this out yourself?" ”

Round cheese blackened face: "My own words...... I can't get it in ten days and half a month......"

Arrow smiled: "So let's do it, 5 copper coins a day, how about helping you get it in a week?" ”

The mayor's expression was as if he was going to swallow all these bills, and he looked incredulous: "5 copper coins a day?!" I said, President Arrow, everyone is a part of the town, and they can discuss with each other, do you charge me that much? It's going to be 3 silver and 5 bronze in a week! ”

Arrow shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "No way, I'm the guild leader, and it's always a little more expensive to ask the guild leader to serve in person." ”

Round cheese immediately shook his head like a rattle: "This is not good, too expensive, too expensive!" I've seen the quest fees in your guild, and there is nothing life-threatening to charge up to 1 silver coin, right? And you actually count it for me on a day-by-day basis? It's too expensive! If it's really going to be that expensive, then I'd rather be scolded by the tax collector again. One silver coin, I will give you a maximum of one silver coin, can you help? ”

Arrow smiled and put the ledger in his hand on the mayor's desk: "Then, let's ask the mayor to help calculate the accounts of our guild, and the taxes, I'll put it here first." ”