Chapter 297: Tax Increase
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Cheng Yang's plan is the construction of a fortress that Tan Chao said before. ^_^ Books, Books, Hair, Omega Ξ©. QΠΌsHu.CoΠΌ^_^
The learning conditions for the fortress blueprint are level 7 quarrying skills and level 5 carving skills, and with the light bonus of the earth, there are people in the territory of Luofeng Town who can immediately meet this condition.
Li Wanshan also saw the change in the attributes of the territory at this time, and his expression was also full of ecstasy.
Cheng Yang said: "Lao Li, the brilliance of this land is very powerful! With that, some of our plans are going to have to change. I'm afraid I'm afraid that the infrastructure I promised you will be delayed a little bit, and we will restart it after a few fortresses have been built. β
Li Wanshan was immediately depressed, which indicated that his previous sycophants had been patted in vain. However, he also knew that this was something that was beneficial to the territory, so after being depressed for a while, he let this matter go.
At the moment, he smiled and said: "Lord, I am not a person who messes around, just do it according to your arrangement, lord." β
Cheng Yang immediately said: "Okay, Lao Li, you ask someone to inform Yu Kai, I remember that there is a level 4 carver in his army, you go and transfer it, and this carver will be directly managed by the Military Academy in the future." β
Li Wanshan frowned slightly, and said: "Lord, this only one carver is included in the direct management of the Military Academy, which is a bit inconsistent in the system, right?" Do you think there is a need to set up a department under the Military Academy to manage personnel in this area? β
Cheng Yang felt that Li Wanshan's construction was indeed reasonable, and after thinking about it, he said: "Okay, for the time being, a logistics department will be set up under the Military Academy, which will be responsible for the full-time deputy career management in the army and the transfer of all military-related resources." It's just that this candidate is not sure now. β
Li Wanshan didn't speak again at this time, he was the leader of the Government Affairs Yuan, and he was concerned about the affairs of the Military Yuan. Naturally, you have to avoid suspicion.
Fortunately, the establishment of a department is not a one-time thing, and there is no need to rush it.
Li Wanshan immediately arranged for someone to find Yu Kai, and then the two of them continued to chat, and the content of their conversation was still related to the current situation in the territory.
"Lord, from the point of view of your subordinates. We should now raise taxes. Li Wanshan suddenly said.
Cheng Yang was stunned and asked, "Why is this?" β
Li Wanshan said: "Lord, our territory now has a total population of about three million, and in addition to those who serve in the territory or are employed by the territory, there are still two and a half million. As a result, the largest source of revenue for the realm is taxes. Every day, these mercenaries pay more than 5 million in poll tax, and more than 300,000 in other transaction taxes. Leave those two aside. At present, the psionic income of the main legion in the territory cannot be fully guaranteed to be used by itself, and the other benefits add up to less than two million. And in terms of expenditure, whether it is the purchase of raw materials every day, the expenditure on salaries, or the subsidy of the army, each item is more than one million. One of the most expensive is the purchase of raw materials, for which the province spends more than 3 million psionas per day. There are also nearly three million points of military subsidies. As a result, the psionic energy of the territory is still relatively scarce. β
Cheng Yang said: "This is normal, now which territory is not in short supply of spiritual energy, we can have more than seven million spiritual energy points every day, which is completely arrogant." It is estimated that other territories, after knowing our situation, will directly envy to death. Moreover, other territories have not been able to implement such a flexible tax system until now, if we raise taxes. Isn't it invisibly driving the people to other forces? β
Li Wanshan shook his head and said, "Lord, you are wrong, our territory has advantages that other territories do not have. So not to mention a little bit of a tax increase, even if the tax is increased by four or five times, there will be people who will continue to join in. What's more, the subordinates only want to double the poll tax. β
Cheng Yang suddenly fell into deep thought, the territory of Luofeng Town did have advantages that other territories did not have. Especially in Luofeng Town itself, the attribute bonus of the professional statue is not comparable to any territory, plus the territory attribute of Luofeng Town. This advantage is vividly embodied.
In addition, there is a very significant advantage. That is Cheng Yang's own attributes. With Cheng Yang's current strength level, he can already make all the fighters in the territory have an 18% cultivation speed bonus. Moreover, this bonus is a bonus on top of the total cultivation multiple. The effect can be more significant than the sum of absolute numbers such as private houses.
Li Wanshan continued: "Lord, think about it, just the bonus in your attribute in terms of cultivation speed can make the warriors in the territory save a lot of psionic energy every day. Therefore, our current tax revenue is not as much as the spiritual value of these savings, so the tax increase will not cause others to resent it. β
Cheng Yang thought for a while and said, "How are you going to raise taxes?" β
Li Wanshan said: "This is what my subordinates think, in the past, the poll tax in our territory increased exponentially based on the change in the strength rank of the warriors. At present, most of the mercenaries in our territory are at the mid-level apprentice level, so each mercenary basically pays 2 psionic points every day. According to this rule, after reaching the high-level apprentice level, these mercenaries should pay 4 psionic points per day. The subordinates feel that the later our territory is, the more attractive it will be to the fighters, so the two-fold growth rate is too low, and it should be determined to be triple. β
This Lao Li is really ruthless, a one-time tax increase is 50%, and the further you go, the higher this proportion is, which is equivalent to a high-level apprentice level who needs to pay 9 psionic points, which is more than double the original.
In fact, the daily income of the warfighters in the territory is still good, especially when the warfighters enter the intermediate apprentice level, they can form a team to enter the trial hall and clear the trial dungeon. Although the monster killed in the trial dungeon is only one-third of the normal situation, it is better than no one competing for the monster, and the income is stable.
Now the two dungeons in the Hall of Trials can provide each fighter with a steady income of about 10 points per day, and the time it takes is very low, it only takes less than an hour. This is also because the entry dungeon is a team of five people, and after the strength of the fighters is raised to the high-level apprentice level, the number of people in the team can be reduced or entered alone, and the daily income will be multiplied.
Of course, in fact, there is another place in Luofeng Town's territory to obtain stable dìng psionic benefits, and that is the lava cave leveling map. However, the current activities in the lava cave are basically the main army or garrison of Luofeng Town, after all, the monsters in the lava cave are relatively strong, and the general warriors are still in a certain danger inside.
It is precisely because the army of Luofeng Town has been active in it for a long time without the task of clearing the wasteland, it can basically meet the average daily spiritual energy income of more than 300 points per person. Otherwise, in order to satisfy the cultivation speed of all army members at four times, the territory would have to give more subsidies to these people.
The benefits of tax increases are self-evident, as they can accumulate more territorial wealth, allow the territory's armies to gain faster strength, and expand more armies.
Just when Cheng Yang was hesitating whether he should raise taxes, Yu Kai came back with a warrior.
He was leading the team to kill monsters in the lava cave before, and when he heard that Cheng Yang had returned to the territory and needed a fourth-level carver, he immediately didn't think about it, and handed over the task of killing monsters to the deputy capital, and then he came back with this lucky fourth-level carver.
"Lord, you've been gone for seven or eight days, and I miss you." Yu Kai said with a smile.
Cheng Yang glared at him and said, "You guy, you probably want me to bring one or two beauties back, right?" β
Yu Kai drooped his face and said, "Lord, you can't expose people's shortcomings!" Don't talk about this, I brought it to you, the fourth-level carver Xuanli. β
"Xuanli has seen the lord." Xuan Li said with a little excitement.
In fact, Xuanli was also the first group of people to join the territory of Luofeng Town, otherwise he would not have become a fourth-level carver now. However, his talent in combat is not very good, so he has not received much importance in the army, although he is an old man, but now he is only a squadron leader. And the fighters who changed jobs at the same time as him are now at least captains.
Cheng Yang said with a smile: "Xuanli, I called you over this time to prepare to make some adjustments to your personnel. In the future you will no longer serve in the army and specialize in life occupations, do you have any opinions? β
Xuanli also knew that he was called over this time because he was a fourth-level carver, and he also thought that this incident might be related to life and career, but he didn't expect that the lord would directly let him out of the army sequence, which couldn't help but make Xuanli a little apprehensive.
But he was also a smart man, and he knew that since it was arranged by the lord, it was best for him to obey, so he immediately said: "It's all up to the lord's orders." β
Cheng Yang looked at Xuanli, and directly handed Xuanli the drawing that recorded the fortress construction technology to Xuanli, and then said: "In the future, you will be the only person in our territory who has the fortress construction technology, and you will directly belong to the management of the Military Academy, and the treatment will be equivalent to that of the battalion commander." In the future, after your sub-class level increases, you will be promoted accordingly. β
Xuanli was overjoyed in his heart, this was simply a step to the sky for him.
"Thank you, lord, for cultivating." Xuanli suppressed the excitement in his heart and said gratefully to Cheng Yang.
Cheng Yang said: "Okay, let's do it well in the future." I'll give you a sub-class upgrade first, and then you can learn the art of building forts. β
After finishing speaking, Cheng Yang walked to the altar and used the quota of upgrading the level 3 deputy skill level to Xuanli's quarrying, and at the same time increased Xuanli's carving skill level by 1. In this way, Xuanli also met the conditions for learning fortress construction techniques.
With excitement, Xuanli used the scroll. After seeing that there was an extra fortress construction technique in his deputy, Xuanli couldn't help but say to Cheng Yang excitedly: "Lord, it's successful." (To be continued)