"In addition, the commercial tax is different for each lord, so it cannot be calculated for the time being!"

Tax officer Fa Shanxing said to Xiao Wen.

"Then I can collect 1,232 gold coins in taxes every year, excluding the business tax!" Chauvin asked.

"Yes lord", because the commercial tax is the big income of the territory, and the commercial tax set by the previous lord is 10 tax 4.

"10 tax 4, is the commercial tax very high, so in the future, the commercial tax of our territory will be changed to 10 tax 3."

"I hope that the low commercial tax can attract a large number of business groups, which will bring good development to our territory and improve the quality of life and living environment of the townspeople."

Hearing Xiao Wen's words, Fashan Xing was excited, "Lord Lord, if it is changed to 10 tax 3, then there will definitely be many chambers of commerce, come to our Senmu Ling, after all, although it will be farther to take our trade route, but the businessmen are unprofitable and can't afford to be early, they will definitely take a detour to our Ling, and then under their drive, our Senmu Ling will definitely get better and better, and the more Fashan Xing talks, the more excited he becomes!"

"Haha, okay, then you can spread the news first, and let those caravans know about our current business tax first", Xiao Wen said to Fashan Xing with a smile.

At this time, Olaf, the mayor of Senmu Town, suddenly stood up and said with a smile on his face, "My lord, let's go into the town first, we have sent someone to clean and maintain your castle."

In every territory, there will be a castle, which is a symbol of status, and if you are a territorial nobleman and do not have a castle, you will be teased by other nobles.

Therefore, there is also a castle in the forest wood collar, which was cultivated by the previous lord, and it has been more than 30 years now.

"Alright, then Olaf you lead the way!", Chauvin re-boarded the carriage and said to Mayor Olaf.

The splendid carriage and cavalry squadron moved again, and under the awe-inspiring gaze of the militiamen armed with improvised weapons and the leaders of Mori Mu, the convoy passed through the crowd, entered the town gate, and headed for the town

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After entering the town, Xiao Wen stood in the carriage and looked at the neatly lined houses on both sides of the road and the well-dressed people of the Mori Wood Collar who seemed to be living well.

It seems that although the forest has been under the shadow of war in the past few years, people's living standards are still good, at least they can eat well.

Of course, there are also disadvantages, that is, the population is too small, and there are still many people who are afraid of war, so they drag their families to leave the place where they grew up.

The town of Moriki is not very big, so it will be there quickly

Now, in front of the castle bluestone fort where Xiao Wen will live in the future, is this the baron castle of Senmu Ling! Xiao Wen looked at the castle in front of him in surprise, which was made of large stones with a blue light.

The castle wall in front of you is nearly 13 meters high, about 5 meters higher than the wall of Senmu Town, and some places are still on the outer wall of the castle, specially set up sharp protrusions to prevent the enemy from attacking, blocking the enemy's large siege equipment, such as siege ladders, etc., can make the castle's garrison more solid.

At the same time, there are more than six arrow towers around the castle, and the lord can send archers or crossbowmen to settle in at the end of the day, so as to deal more damage to the enemy.

Chauvin looked at the castle in front of him, very happy, turned to the butler Kade and the cavalry squadron leader Slanka and said:

"This is simply a war fortress, it seems that the previous lord of Qingguang Castle must have been awarded military merits or spent a long time in the army, otherwise the castle would never be built like this."

"Your Excellency is right, the last lord was Lord Branway, and this is one of his castles, and sometimes he will come to live there, so the castle was built by him!", said Mayor Olaf to Chauvin.

"Belleway?"

"Are you talking about Blanway: Marquis Ricky?, the one who died in the civil strife of the Kara Empire, the Marquis of the Kara Empire, a famous general?"

Chauvin asked Olaf in surprise.

"Yes, Lord Lord, when Senmu Town still belonged to the Kara Empire three years ago, it was one of the fiefs of the famous imperial general "Belanway: Marquis Ricky", in fact, the entire Eastern County Territory at that time was Berlanway: Marquis Ricky's, but Lord Marquis died unexpectedly, Karamanda, the imperial capital of the Kara Empire."

"After receiving the news of the death of the Marquis of Blanway: Ricky, his eldest son, Earl Marty: Ricky, took most of the soldiers of the Eastern County Command to Karamanda, the imperial capital of the Kara Empire, to avenge his father, the Marquis of Blanway: Marquis Ricky."

"It's a pity that on the Manka Plain, not far from Karamanda, the imperial capital of the Kara Empire, it was wiped out by the current Kara Emperor Kara X."

And Mart: Count Ricky, the rightful heir to the Eastern County and commander of the vengeful army, also lost his sight after the Battle of the Manca Plains, and his life and death were mysterious.

Our Duchy of Emma was also sent to the Duchy after Marte: Count Ricky took most of the soldiers and horses of the East County Collar and was defeated and disappeared, and sent troops to bring the East County into the Duchy of Rule.

I see!Xiao Wen sighed

The invincible generals on the battlefield did not die on the battlefield, but died in the struggle for power and profit within the empire.

Let's go inside the castle and take a look, Chauvin said and took the lead towards the castle.

As soon as Chauvin entered the castle gates, the first thing he saw was two statues of warriors armed with giant swords or spears on each side of the road.

Xiao Wen continued to move forward and found that in addition to the statue, there were also tall and thick Wu Tong trees planted on both sides of the avenue, and after seeing the Wu Tong tree, Xiao Wen knew that the land in Senmu Town was still good, because the plane tree was a light-loving plant. Prefers warm climates and is not cold-tolerant. Suitable for growing in fertile, moist sandy loam soils.

And the growth is fast, the life is long, can live for more than 100 years, and the leaves, flowers, roots and seeds can be used in medicine, and the seeds can also be fried and squeezed for oil. There is still a strong resistance to a variety of toxic gases, Xiao Wen feels that these stout plane trees are at least more than 20 years old, and it seems that there will be a shortage of oil in the future, and they can still squeeze some oil.

Of course, this is a joke for the time being, because the Goku tree is also known as the Acacia tree, and it seems that these Gokuchi trees in the castle may also have some stories.

When Xiao Wen entered the hall, he saw a hall made of glaucomite stone, and there was a large stone table carved from stone in the hall, and on both sides of the stone table, there were two rows of carved chairs made of Wutong wood, and some ordinary decorations were also hung on the wall, this should be the meeting hall, Xiao Wen thought.

Behind the council hall is a small three-story building made of glaucomite, and there is a hidden cellar under the small building.

On either side of the small building were built, several two-story or one-story houses, and in some places further afield, there were some guest rooms, etc., and Chauvin also found independent wells and grain depots for storing grain, and for weapons storage.

Because it is a granary, it can store the grain that 5,000 people eat for half a year. Of course, it's all empty now.

Just like Xiao Wen, he took the butler Kade and the others, and finally finished looking at the entire castle after an hour.