The magnates of Coldwind City are going to have a hard time.

The Arad family, the Lehman family, the Minoan family, or the chiefs of the wizarding order, such as Rao and Piero.

The city is like a storm in a teacup, and no one is convinced of money and power.

But somebody has to clean things up.

Finally put Victor. Hugo invited the person in charge of finance, but this uncle's method of collecting taxes is really special - whoever trades a lot collects more taxes.

The 'Harmony Chamber of Commerce' has the largest volume of trade, so half of Coldwind's tax revenue comes from His Excellency Hugo himself. He accepted it without hesitation.

After collecting taxes, the uncle demanded that one-third of the tax revenue must be used for urban construction. Two-thirds are allocated to the Parliament.

It is said that His Excellency Hugo has already contributed more money, but the council of the city still quarrels about this distribution ratio. But no one can do anything but accept it.

The 'Harmony Chamber of Commerce' made the tax public, all the accounts were traceable, and the tax collected in the first month was more than 30,000 gold coins.

This figure greatly shocked the various magnates of the council, which meant that the monthly trade volume of Coldwind City exceeded 300,000 gold coins.

No one has ever counted in detail in the past, and it is impossible to count them. But there is always an estimate in the hearts of the magnates that the previous trade volume will definitely not exceed 100,000 gold coins.

This only shows that the 'Harmony Chamber of Commerce' has greatly promoted the circulation of commodities and increased the volume of trade.

In this regard, the elites want to evade taxes. However, the 'Harmony Chamber of Commerce' is like a net, with logistics and technical advantages, it can provide faster, more convenient and better services.

Even the bookkeeping is more professional.

No one can live without it.

In order to pay stipends to the wizarding group and knights, the Longlegs family spends fifteen thousand gold coins every month. 5,000 more for various public services.

In order to maintain this expense, Coldwind mainly collects agricultural taxes, mine taxes, and poll taxes, and oppresses the poor and merchants at the bottom.

In the past, the average monthly tax never exceeded 25,000 gold coins, and the cost of collecting taxes was particularly high. Sometimes the year is bad, and the long-legged family has to lose money.

Now that His Excellency Hugo is here to collect taxes, he can easily collect 30,000 gold coins. Half of it was provided by himself.

The magnates of the parliament did not know what to make of this. They wanted to argue, but they didn't know how to say anything.

You can't scold yourself for being incompetent in the past.

His Excellency Hugo is in charge of the purse strings and immediately demands a reform of the existing policies in Coldwind City.

First of all, cut the moon.

The nobles and wizards no longer enjoy the free gifts. If you want money, you have to earn it yourself, either in public office, in business, or in land.

This cut, the parliament boiled over, and it was almost Victor. Hugo was once again knocked off the stage. No one wants to be quiet even if Speaker Arad knocks the table to pieces.

Second, amend the law to give more power to the poor at the bottom, encourage population circulation, and establish basic health care and social security.

No, no, no!

Hearing that the poor should be treated as human beings, the hall of Winter was full of the hustle and bustle of the councillors. No one listened to Deputy Speaker Hugo's detailed statement at all, they only knew that they were unhappy.

Thirdly, the formation of a unified military force and the reorganization of the city management system.

Parliamentarians are urging that whatever power or system they have, they must be in their hands. All key positions must be filled by them. Otherwise, it will not be approved.

Finally, the city was built on a large scale. Roads, houses, sewers, repairs that should be repaired, demolished that should be demolished, and roads that should be passed. Otherwise, Coldwind City will soon become a large slum.

The parliamentarians are again clamoring and shouting, only asking for their own roads and infrastructure to be repaired, and it has nothing to do with the lives of other families.

Stupid, selfish, short-sighted, one by one the self-proclaimed noble fellows sit in the halls of winter, dressed in the most gorgeous clothes, but quarrel like shrews.

Zhou Qingfeng stood on the stage and announced the plan unhurriedly, throwing cups under the stage, spitting, and chairs, all kinds of human inferiority were undoubtedly revealed.

In a noisy environment, he only continued his preaching: "I'm not here to ask for your approval for anything. I just want to spend a sum of money so that you don't get in my way. ”

With a snap of his fingers, Todd carried a large box in the middle of the hall. The lid of the case was opened, revealing a silver gleaming platinum coin.

"That's 20,000 in taxes last month. I've given it to you. As for my policy, I enforce it myself. After Zhou Qingfeng finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Todd dropped the cash box and laughed with Zhou Qingfeng.

The originally noisy Winter Hall was instantly quiet, and more than a hundred pairs of eyes were staring at the platinum coins placed on the central ground, greedy and unscrupulous.

Old Arad held a hammer in his hand, quickly jumped up to the rostrum, knocked twice, and shouted: "I declare in my capacity as Speaker that this money ......"

Boom......

The eyes of more than a hundred pairs of powerful councilors in the city were all fixed on old Arad. Everyone was eyeing each other, as if as long as they heard unsatisfactory words, they would immediately kill each other.

Old Arad has been gloomy and cunning all his life, and he shuddered when he was stared at by so many people. The words that came to his lips were unspoken, "How do you think this money should be spent?" ”

After arguing for a few months, everyone knows very well that the contradictions are too deep, and no one can convince everyone at all. There was opposition to this money given to anyone, and it was another infighting.

But everyone gathered in the Winter Hall to avoid infighting.

"I now feel that I can support His Excellency Hugo's proposal to rebuild the urban management system." There was a loud voice in the hall, it was the Lehman family's councilor.

Everyone frowned, thinking left and right.

"The bill to renovate the city's public facilities is also possible. Every time it rains, it waterlogs, and it also affects us. On the other side, the patriarch of the Minos family also relented.

"If everybody doesn't want a monthly salary, I think it's acceptable to save this money." Rao, the chief of plastic energy, said.

The powerful bigwigs spoke, and the remaining parliamentarians looked left and right.

20,000 gold coins, anyone who dares to swallow it privately, will immediately become a public enemy. But if you simply divide the spoils, it will not do the whole group any good.

What is needed now is a compromise. Even a little bit is fine.

The noisy parliamentarians had to calm down and echo in turn. If you can really spend 20,000 gold coins in the public domain, it will be good for everyone.

But once the money was handed over, it would never return to Zhou Qingfeng's hands, and the parliament selected a few of the weakest members to keep the money.

As for how to spend it, it was another endless quarrel.

There are still dozens of seats in the corner of the Winter Hall. The alchemist Jason sits in the middle of it with a group of low-ranking nobles. They only have the right to observe, not to speak.

When Zhou Qingfeng threw out 20,000 platinum coins, Jason sighed in his heart. He slowly stood up and chased after the former.

Again, again!

Such scenes are so familiar that they can only be reciprocated with a wry smile.

When it comes to dividing and co-opting, Jason has never seen anyone more than Victor. Hugo is more skilled. Money, power, knowledge, the new lord always offered an exchange that was hard to refuse.

Whenever you think you have taken advantage, but in the end it is just a wedding dress for His Excellency Hugo.

After the Longlegs were forced to leave Coldwind City, Lord Hugo went to build his own territory. Jason once thought that he would not make trouble, but now he realizes that this kid is better than anyone else.

The Arad family was not strong enough to convince the public, and they failed to gain control of the whole city for half a year. The magnates in the city have not solved anything from the initial quarrel to infighting.

Victor. Hugo had no interest in these chaos, and stayed outside the city to engage in construction, and by the way, he watched the fire from the other side and did business with all parties in the city.

The reason why the infighting in the city is serious is that the trade of the 'Harmonious Chamber of Commerce' has greatly activated the consumption power of the elites.

Many of them increased in strength like guns for guns, and then they fought even more inextricably.

The attrition of the infighting was too tragic, and each family had a blood feud between them, but they had to sit down and negotiate.

When the parliament was formed, Zhou Qingfeng jumped out and became the vice chairman of Cold Wind City, holding the financial power in his hands.

Jason chased after him outside the Winter Hall, sighing again, "No one can escape." ”

Zhou Qingfeng had already stepped on the back of the 'Swift Shadow', turned his head to see Jason approaching, and said with a smile: "You can't stand those idiots anymore?" ”

Jason smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency Hugo, those guys are not your opponents at all. Sooner or later, they will have to pay for their stupidity. ”