Not long after I woke up the next day, I heard a knock on the door.

Reagan had long since mastered his daily routines and knew that this was the time when he woke up.

After following Reagan's housekeeper down, after a while, Reagan served a very delicately presented breakfast, but the taste was really average, perhaps because Claire was not used to eating the cuisine here, or because of the gap between coming to this other world from a food country.

Because the maid has not yet been recruited, this breakfast has to be made by Reagan's butler, and Reagan, as a housekeeper, can be said to be proficient in various skills of living in the castle.

"Is the Governor here?"

"Young Master, I'll let him wait in the living room early in the morning, and you can meet him after eating."

"No, let him come over now." Claire tossed a piece of cut meat into her mouth.

"Yes."

After a while, Reagan walked in with a middle-aged man, who was not wearing very neat clothes, and even a little dirty and messy.

However, after glancing at the other party's fingers, Claire sneered, there was not even a little mud in the nails, and if it was dirty, it would mean that it was due to her duties and her family was poor?

Frank couldn't help but tighten his heart when he heard Claire's sneer, he had heard about yesterday's incident, this new viscount killed the knight captain on the first day, it was a silver-level knight, and he was just an ordinary person who hadn't even cultivated his fighting spirit.

Frightened, he immediately knelt down on one knee and greeted in a trembling tone: "Lord Viscount Gui'an, my name is Frank, I have been managing the taxes of the Viscount County all these years, you can ask me anything you want." ”

Claire didn't speak, slowly eating the breakfast on the plate, but it brought Frank a boundless sense of fear, and the feeling of the unknown was simply terrible.

After about five or six minutes, Claire's breakfast was almost finished, and Frank was still on one knee, beads of sweat the size of beans on his face from fear.

"Let's go, let's go to the conference hall." Claire walked out of the restaurant.

Reagan followed, and Frank finally dared to stand up at this time, if he still had a desire to hide it when he first came, now he didn't dare to hide it at all, this Viscount, who was only a teenager, was not as free to fool as he imagined.

Claire sat in the main seat, listening to Frank's report below, although her face was still smiling, but her heart was numb.

Good guy, it doesn't matter if you have to pay money when you go to the city, you need to pay taxes when you marry a daughter-in-law and have children, is this an otherworldly version of family planning? There is also the fact that the original half-year tax has been made into a monthly tax, and the tax paid has not been reduced, but has directly increased by six times, and there are all kinds of strange taxes, anyway, they are changing the law to oppress the civilians below.

After the general report, Frank below was already sweating profusely, but he didn't forget to defend himself: "Lord Viscount, these are the decrees issued by the first two administrative officials, and they have nothing to do with me. ”

Claire eased her nerves, waved her hand and said, "Let's go down, get rid of all those miscellaneous taxes, leave only the most recent basic taxes, and then change the half-yearly tax to a once-a-year tax." ”

Frank walked out of the Viscount's Mansion trembling, not even having the courage to look back, and by the time he reacted, he already found that his back was soaked with sweat.

"Young Master, don't you have a powerful magic weapon? , why don't you give him ......" Reagan made a neck wiping motion on his neck with an outstretched knife.

If there is no corruption among the governors, Reagan is 10,000 unbelievers, and the first two administrations he said were not his father and grandfather? Still has nothing to do with him? It's the most important, okay.

Claire lowered her head on the soft sofa, looked at the ceiling and said lightly: "It's still used, don't worry." By the way, when recruiting a clerk in this recruitment, it is necessary to be able to read and count. ”

"Yes!" Reagan bowed.

……

Claire's order was quickly carried out, thanks to Dean, who had given his life yesterday, otherwise the magistrate would have to delay the matter and become the first to give his life for the viscount.

At the gates of the city, hundreds of civilians surrounded the place, looking at the two newly posted notices above.

"What's written on this?"

"Isn't it going to be a tax hike again, if the tax is raised again, our family can't even afford to eat."

"Hurry up and find a literate person to see, there are too many taxes now, if it is really a tax increase, even if our ancestors live here, we will have to move elsewhere."

"Who's to say it's not, these nobles simply eat people and don't spit out bones, and my poor sister was starved to death when the tax was raised." Someone said indignantly.

For a time, the city gates were bustling, all accusing the nobles of evil deeds.

"Come on, I've brought Uncle Robin, he's been in the big city before, and he's able to read and write." A thirteen or fourteen-year-old child pulled a middle-aged man with his sleeves rolled up and broke into the crowd.

Everyone has made a way, for Uncle Robin, a person who can read, they still respect it from the bottom of their hearts, and usually Uncle Robin will not rely on his literacy to feel superior.

Robin walked to the two announcements posted in front of the city wall with a wry smile on his face, he had been working hard at home, and he was suddenly pulled over.

"Uncle Robin, look at it, is there going to be a tax hike again?"

Hearing the word tax increase, Robin's expression immediately became serious, "Don't worry, wait for me to put on my glasses and take a look." ”

After taking out his glasses from his arms, Robin squinted his eyes and looked at the announcement carefully, and then his expression became extremely exaggerated, his mouth opened wide, and his eyes widened, looking like he had seen a ghost.

"It's over, even Uncle Robin was scared like this by this tax increase."

"Then what can we do, there is no food at home, my mother is sick again, and my income is missing, and now there is a tax increase, and we can't live." A girl fell to her knees and cried, she was so young that the shops in the city did not hire such an inexperienced female worker as her.

"Alas, poor Yuna."

"Alas, this nobleman, I am completely disappointed in Nafu City."

Everyone kept sighing, at this moment, there are already many people who plan to leave Nafu City and go to other noble territories to beg for a living, at least they can live, right?

"Uncle Robin, what the hell is written on it?" The little boy reached out and tugged at the corner of Robin's coat.

At this time, Robin recovered from the shock, slowly looked back at the crowd, and took a deep breath, what was written on it was really something he had never seen in his life.

"Don't be afraid of what I'm going to say."

"We've been taxed many times, we won't be afraid, Uncle Robin, just say it."

"It's a tax cut!"

"Isn't it just a tax cut, what's the big deal."

“？！”

"Uncle Robin, you say it again, what?!"

"Tax cuts! The Viscount returned to his territory from the royal capital, and then relieved most of our taxes! Robin raised his arms and shouted, tears welling up in his eyes, such things as tax cuts he had never seen in his life, and he had never heard of them.

"What!" The crowd was shocked, "Is this true?" Your Lord is back, and you're going to give us a tax cut?! ”

The commoners who have lived here for decades have hardly seen their lords, and it is only when they hear from the older generation that they remember that they still have a lord in the royal capital.

"It's true!" Robin's tone was excited, and he carefully informed everyone of the tax laws promulgated by Claire one by one.

All of a sudden, the crowd fell into ecstasy, cheering one by one, and some even danced in the street.

"Great, you don't have to pay to enter the city gate in the future!"

"You don't need to marry a daughter-in-law!"

"You don't need to grow tall when the wheat grows!"

"I'm going back to the village and telling everyone the good news!"

"That's right! I'm going to tell my father, who works in the fields, too! ”

"Wait a minute, everyone!" Robin stopped the crowd again.

"What's wrong?" Everyone looked back, thinking that Uncle Robin had missed something.

"There's another announcement I haven't said yet, this is the Viscount's announcement to recruit maids and clerks, so let's talk to the people in the village when you go back."

The crowd that had already run out for a distance gathered again, "Uncle Robin, tell me more about the treatment and requirements of that recruitment." ”

Robin was also very happy at this time, and told them about the treatment and requirements in the recruitment announcement one by one.

"There are still 400 copper coins for food and shelter?! If it weren't for mine, I would have wanted to go. ”

"If you can read and do arithmetic, you can go there."

"Then forget it, those words are crooked like ghost drawings, who can recognize them."

"Ahh Yuna, who had cried before, screamed, covered her nose and cried, "Uncle Robin, can I go to the Viscount's Mansion as a maid?" ”

Robin walked over and touched the little head of Yuna who was crying, this poor Yuna was his neighbor, it can be said that he had grown up watching her, and he couldn't help but feel distressed to see her like this.

Gently stroked her head and comforted softly: "You are also eligible at your age, you can try to apply." ”

"Can I really?" Yuna's face was stained with tears, and she looked pitiful.

"Of course, Lord Viscount is so kind-hearted, and you are already very diligent, you must be able to." Everyone encouraged them.

At this time, I don't know who suddenly shouted loudly: "Praise the Viscount!" ”

The rest of the people also chimed in one after another: "Praise the Viscount! ”

"May the Lord protect you forever!"

"You are our light in the night!"

"Your good name will spread all over the world!"