A temporary orderly came out of the kitchen with a tea tray and clumsily placed black tea on the coffee table, he was a young man who came out of the village of Wall, and came to the cavalry camp to serve in the army.

When he first came out of the village of Wall, he didn't even know how to ride a horse.

It is now possible to sit upright on horseback and charge at the target with a knight's spear in hand.

It's just that riding still takes a lot of time to practice before you can become more proficient.

A group of young people like them who came out of the village of Vol had a blind admiration for Surdak.

Surdak instructed him, "You go and ask Andrew to find someone to count the number of mercenaries in the prison, and President Barkley needs to determine the total amount of the fine." ”

The young cavalryman hurriedly straightened up and saluted Surdak, turned around and walked out of the small building.

The wrinkles on President Barkley's face were almost huddled together, and he said to Surdak with a bitter face:

"I'm going to prepare the fine."

President Barkley also stood up and hurried out of the small building with the young horseman......

……

The expressions of several people sitting on the sofa in the living room were a little unnatural.

Josh. Baron Golding sat there without saying a word, the expression on his face was very cold, suppressing the anger in his heart, he felt that Surdak did not greet him at the first time, which was the greatest disrespect to him.

Lady Luna, on the other side of the couch, tried to calm herself, she crossed her fingers on her knees, her eyelids lowered and looked at the tips of her shoes, she couldn't even find a topic to talk about in the face of Baron Golding.

The tax collector sat beside Mrs. Luna, occasionally wiping the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief.

Although it wasn't very hot in the room, he just felt a little weak in his heart, and his eyes looked at the tailor shop and bakery owner in the corner, and found that they were not as good as himself, and his heart was a little calmer.

At noon today, the tax collector of Batra heard that the cavalry of the garrison had seized the trading house, and he knew that something was wrong, and he wanted to hide far away, but he was still invited by Commander Surdak.

Both Baron Surdak and Baron Golding are people he can't afford to mess with.

He wished he could have a bottle of invisibility potion for him to drink now, so that he could disappear for a while in this somewhat tense living room.

The eyes of the tailor shop owner and the bakery owner were on Surdak.

When the tailor shop owner found out that Commander Surdak was the tenant of the day, he regretted that he had not rented the small building directly to the lady for free, although she had done some remedies later, and it was likely that in some way the commander was not satisfied.

The bakery owner also discovered that the Commander in front of him was the same person who had gone to his bakery last night to inquire about the price of wheat cakes.

He pondered whether he had said anything wrong the previous night, and found that the Commander had only paid attention to the price of wheat bread and bread for a moment, and had not said anything else.

He couldn't figure out what the commander was looking for him: 'Is it to put yourself in charge of cooking the daily wheat cakes that the cavalry eat?' ’

……

Surdak sat in front of the sofa, still not looking at Baron Golding.

He took a sip of hot tea from his teacup before he said to Lady Luna:

"Lady Luna, how much does the city guard brigade owe for armaments?"

Lady Luna raised her head, looked at Surdak in surprise, hesitated for a few seconds, then stole another glance at Baron Golding, squeezed a stiff smile on her face, and then said:

"If all the payments are added up several times, it will be about one thousand one hundred and fifty gold coins."

Surdak was secretly taken aback, but he didn't expect Mayor Marco to owe more than a thousand gold coins back and forth.

"It seems that the financial hole left by Mayor Marco is quite large, so let's do it, this part of the fine goes to the treasury of the town hall." Surdak said to Lady Luna again: "Also, I want to use this money to repay some of the money owed by the City Guard Brigade to the trading firms, Lady Luna, is there any difficulty on the town hall side?" ”

Lady Luna immediately said, "Commander Surdak, there is no problem. ”

She didn't care about the fine, and since Commander Surdak wanted to fill it in the big hole, she had no reason to stop it.

Surdak nodded and said:

"It just so happened that Josh, the owner of the trading house. Baron Goldin is also here, and I will have to ask the trading house for a receipt later, and I would like this to happen a few more times, so that perhaps the fine alone will pay off the money owed by the city guard brigade for armaments and supplies. ”

After saying that, Surdak set his eyes on Baron Golding.

Josh. Baron Golding's nose was crooked.

President Barkley said that the mercenary union should be responsible for paying the fine, but the employment contract signed between the trading firm and the mercenary union clearly stated that all the expenses incurred by the mercenaries during the battle for the mercenary firm were fully borne by the trading firm, so in the end, the trader firm paid for it.

Now this fine will be used to make up for the armaments and supplies of the city's defense brigade.

The money went around in a big circle, and in the end, although the money still fell back into his pocket, such a toss made Baron Golding feel very unhappy anyway.

He was not a good-natured person, and when he saw Surdak say this, he immediately said with a cold face:

"The total amount owed by the city guard brigade to the trading houses for armaments and supplies is actually one thousand one hundred and fifty-three gold coins."

He touched the cane at his side, stared at him sharply, and said, "Commander Surdak, you don't usually have any contact with financial work, and you probably don't know that fifty gold coins are only enough to pay the interest on the material payment, and the total amount of money will not increase cumulatively. ”

After speaking, there was a hint of ridicule at the corner of his mouth, and he said: "Of course, I don't usually care much about interest or anything, but I prefer that the town hall can make up the arrears and pay them off at once." ”

"Baron Golding, if that's what you think, then I have another plan......" Surdak flipped to the second page of the parchment in his hand.

Both the tailor shop owner and the bakery owner thought they couldn't interject and wanted to sit in a more private position.

Surdak looked up at the bakery owner and asked him, "How much wheat flour do you think you can consume a day if all the bread and baked wheat cakes in the town were served by the bakery?" ”

"Do those aborigines count?" The bakery owner asked cautiously.

"Of course, I mean everyone." Surdak said.

"That's about 60 sacks of wheat flour...... But Lord Commander, you must know that the natives don't buy my baked wheat cakes, and not all of the remaining immigrants eat wheat cakes every day, in fact, the bakery only consumes about six sacks of wheat flour a day, although sometimes more. The bakery owner said quickly.

Obviously, these data are firmly in the mind of the bakery owner.

Surdak then asked the bakery, "If the town hall buys wheat flour and sells it to the bakery for one copper coin per pound, can you make a cheap enough baked wheat cake, I mean the largest one in your shop, and the price should not exceed two copper plates?" ”

"Commander, of course!" The bakery owner didn't think about it, so he replied cheerfully.

He asked the tailor shop owner how much it cost to have ordinary cotton clothes that could allow the townspeople to survive the winter, and when the tailor shop owner told the data, Surdak nodded slightly.

Baron Golding was no longer interested in listening, he had come to unseal the trading house, and by the way, to bring back Anthony's manager and the attendants of the trading house.

Who knew that Surdak didn't pay much attention to him all night, and the few words of conversation between the two were also cynical and very unpleasant.

He clenched his fists and coughed twice to his lips, ready to say something.

But Surdak looked up and said to everyone:

"I've been thinking about overhauling the tax issues in the town of Dodan lately, and since you happen to be here, I'd like to let you know in advance that all shops in the town need to pay their taxes in full."

Tailor shop and bakery owners pay taxes every month and don't see anything wrong with the news.

But Baron Goldin stopped until Surdak said this, and his face froze slightly.

Unexpectedly, Surdak happened to look at him at this time, with a smile in his eyes and a friendly nod.

Surdak turned to the tax officer of Batra and asked:

"Take Wilkes Trading Company as an example, by the way, Batra Tax Officer, what is the annual transaction volume of Wilkes Trading Company? How much tax should I pay? ”

The tax collector of Batra glanced at Baron Golding and said unceremoniously: "The amount of transactions made by the trading house in Dodan Town every year is about 1,000 magic crystals, and the tax is paid at the rate of five percent, which is three hundred and fifty gold coins when converted into alloy coins. ”

Baron Golding did not expect that Batra usually looked submissive, and his estimate of the annual transaction volume of the trading house was very accurate, and this figure was exactly the trading volume of the trading house last year. Because most of them are magic materials, the added value is very high, and the market of magic materials continued to rise last year, and his net profit was almost half of the transaction amount.

Surdak went on to say to the tax collector of Batra:

"Since the money owed by the City Guard Brigade to the trading house for armaments and materials has only been owed in the past few years, then you can calculate the taxes owed by the trading firm in the past three years, and how much tax the previous trading firm owes was the matter of the former mayor of Dodan Town, and I will not pursue it too much, but I need to make up the full amount of the taxes from the trading firm in the past three years, and I will not add interest to Baron Golding, as long as the material money owed by the City Defense Guard Brigade is filled."

He paused for a moment and added: "In addition, the taxes of the trading houses this year must also be paid before the end of the year." ”

"Besides, since Wilkes Trading House wants to do business in Dodan Town, then it must do things according to my rules."

"Starting next year, the taxes of the trading houses will be paid quarterly, and every big business will have to be reported to the tax officer of Batra."

"Twenty percent of the tax is converted into whole wheat flour each quarter, and the price of these wheat flours is calculated based on the average price of wheat flour in Wilkes City for that month. Ten percent of the quarterly tax is converted into cotton fabric, and the price of this distribution material is also calculated according to the average price of cloth in Wilkes City for that month. ”

After Surdak said this, his eyes were fixed on Baron Golding.

Baron Goldin's eyes were about to pop out, and he stood up angrily, and said angrily to Surdak:

"How is this possible, Wilkes Trading House is not a charity, how is it possible to provide the town of Dodan with grain and cloth at an average price, and we don't make money? In addition, as a nobleman of the Grimm Empire, my estate has the right not to pay taxes, and these taxes are not for me to take out a copper plate! ”

The owner of the tailor shop and the owner of the bakery were also stunned, they didn't expect Surdak to have such an idea.

Surdak said without flinching:

"Baron Golding, your business is the Warcraft materials in the Invercargill Warcraft Forest, not food and cloth, whether you want to do this or not, if you don't agree, the seal will always be attached to the door of the trading house."

Baron Golding's face turned pale with anger, his hands trembled, and he stood up angrily and pointed at Surdak and said:

"I hope you will speak so hard in half a month!"

After saying that, he didn't even say goodbye, and walked out of the door angrily.

……

The president of the mercenary guild, Buckley, happened to be outside the small building, and he jumped off his horse with great skill.

I didn't feel much surprised to see Baron Golding come out angrily, but I just approached Baron Golding and asked him in a low voice, "Why are you in a hurry to leave!" ”

Seeing that Baron Golding's face turned pale with anger, he couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart, and said with a smile on his lips:

"How......? You had a falling out with the guy inside? ”

Seeing that Baron Goldin ignored him, he directly led ten followers and hurried to the gate of the garrison camp.

His magic caravan was parked just outside the camp.

"I'll go back to you......"

When President Barkley saw that Baron Golding was in such a bad mood that he was not even in the mood to say hello, he knew that something very wonderful must have happened in his absence.

He carried a money bag and let the smile on his face be curbed before entering the door, and then walked in.

Surdak was talking to the bakery owner and the tailor shop owner about the price of the scone padded coat, and President Buckley was not very interested in this, so he did not listen carefully.

Instead, Lady Luna and Tax Officer Batra are lost in thought, with mixed expressions on their faces that are somewhat intriguing.

When Surdak saw President Barkley walk in, he also felt that he couldn't say much today, and that these things still needed to be digested by everyone.

So he stood up, clapped his hands, and said:

"Well, I also have a preliminary idea about this matter, and when it comes to implementation, it needs to be supported by the finances of Duodan Town, no matter what, it is still necessary to establish a complete tax system before it can be implemented."

"So that's all for today......"

Lady Luna, the tax collector of Batra, the tailor shop owner, and the bakery owner all stood up and took their leave.

"Lady Luna, please wait a minute."

Surdak called out to Lady Luna.

Lady Luna had an inquiring look on her face.

Surdak set his eyes on President Buckley.

President Barkley did not hesitate, and directly opened the money bag, and stacked the gold coins inside neatly on the coffee table, and a full fifty gold coins were laid out.

Surdak put the gold coins back into the bag, tightened the mouth of the bag, handed it to Lady Luna, and said:

"This part of the fine still has to be paid to the town, it's too late today, and tomorrow you have the clerk give President Buckley a receipt."

Then he said to President Buckley: "President Buckley, come with me!" ”