Sophia was not as surprised as Aloque when she heard him say this, after all, a magician like Joseph was usually very wealthy. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Especially like some middle and high-level magicians, it can be described as having a lot of money. An average mid-level magician probably has more property than a small family's entire estate.

After all, for a group like magicians, who have transcended the definition of the world, the so-called money does not mean much to them. What kind of magic equipment, magic props, magic crystals and other things, everything is quite valuable, as for precious metals such as gold and silver, in their eyes, the value is very ordinary.

If it is a profession that burns money on the mainland of Ceylon, the soldiers may only rank second, and the first is naturally the magicians. Therefore, all magicians on the mainland, as long as they have a little ability, will be short of money.

As for high-level magicians like Kayi, they can sell some magic items casually in exchange for a huge amount of money, and they are still priceless. This situation is understandable, after all, money is easy to earn, but magicians are far more scarce and precious than money, take the magic guild as an example, it costs a huge amount of money every year to attract magicians, such an organization is even much richer than many provinces in the empire.

However, this José became a magician at a young age and had a lot of wealth, which surprised Sophia. As smart as she could naturally see, Qiao Se would definitely not only have more than 200,000 gold coins, and judging by his reaction, I am afraid that at least he could take out more than 200,000 gold coins without much effort.

Thinking of this, Sophia's eyes looked at Jose a little more differently.

"Alright, my young lady, may I tell you about your plan now?" Jonse smiled slightly, and his gaze couldn't help but fall on the face of the little girl who looked to be in her teens.

"The first thing to do, of course, is to inform that Commander Gray, and you can send someone to tell him that you have agreed to his request to raise Sadland's taxes. As for the tax revenues, most of them are allocated to the military spending, except for some of the normal expenses of the county. ”

Hearing Sophia say this, Jose couldn't help frowning, and Alok on the side asked even more puzzled: "Miss Sophia, didn't you just say that the first step in stabilizing Sadland is to stabilize the finances, if you agree to Gray's demand for taxation, won't it still put pressure on the residents of Sadland?"

"Of course, we have to agree to Commander Gray's request, but the premise is that this idea of raising taxes is put forward by Commander Gray, and it is proposed by the Northwest Army!" Sophia's eyes showed a hint of cunning, and then said with a faint smile: "Lord Jose, you can inform the Northwest Army of this news later today, and then immediately issue a notice saying that the Northwest Army has decided to double the tax revenue of each town under the county town of Sadland with the consent of the county warden in order to raise military expenses, so as to expand military resources." ”

"You mean, in the name of the Northwest Army, raise taxes so that these people under the city of Sadland will have an aversion to the Northwest Army?"

"Of course, this is only the first step, and immediately after the proclamation is issued, you will issue another proclamation, in the name of your Governor of Sadrand, that you will exempt the towns and villages of Sadrand from paying taxes for one year. And in the name of your Viscount of Sadland, distribute farming, farming tools, cattle and horses to the subjects of your fiefdom, encourage spring ploughing, and attract the homeless to return.

The second is the affairs of the army, and it is best for you to personally go to the barracks in the next few days, announce in public the fact that the spring ploughing of Sadland is unable to pay taxes, and then express your willingness to distribute the military pay and materials needed for half a year to the county garrison army in the city of Sadland in the name of your Governor of Sadland!"

Joseph's eyes lit up at this time, and Alok muttered: "Let the Northwest Army bear the notoriety of taxation and disturbing the people, and then let Lord Chase's tax exemption and benefit the people in his personal name." The inhabitants of the county have long been annoyed by the invasion of the Northwest Army, and now your actions will definitely make many people grateful to you, and at the same time, they will also become more and more disgusted with the Northwest Army...... It's a very old and spicy note!"

José glanced at Alok with a smile, shook his head a little strangely and said: "I think it's more than that, the bad guys let the Northwest Army do it, let's be good guys, although we spend money, we also buy people's hearts, this is not the most important thing."

If, in a few days, I tell these soldiers in public that I am willing to personally allocate their salaries and materials, I am afraid that even those soldiers of the Northwest Army will have a good impression of me, the new county warden!"

When Joseph said this, he couldn't help but look at this girl with a complicated expression, but he didn't expect this guy to look young, and his mind was quite old and cunning! This method is undoubtedly the most effective, not only can he quickly establish his prestige in Sadrand County, but more importantly, while governing the county, he can take the opportunity to suppress the momentum of the Northwest Army...... This Sophia is really not simple!

Later that day, a sign was erected at the gate of the county town of Sadland, saying that in order to raise the military expenses of the garrison of the flag regiment under the command of Gray in the county, the tax revenue of the county town in the spring quarter was doubled, and the county towns under the county town were ordered to complete the collection work after ten days. If it is a town that cannot pay within the regular period, it will be punished according to the imperial military law, and it will not be tolerated!

At the same time as such a notice was posted, the written documents sent by Jose to the various towns had also been sent, and he even made a special greeting to Gray, which roughly meant that his attitude was really bad a few days ago, and the issue of military spending in the Northwest Army was the first priority in the county of Sudland, and he had agreed to the request for collecting taxes, and in order to show his sincerity, the collection of taxes could be handled by Gray with full authority, and he would never interfere in it.

It is conceivable that after such a notice was posted, the people in the city of Sadrand County were immediately indignant, and after many people saw such a notice, it was not difficult to think of the intrusion of the Northwest Army on them these days, and this notice was deliberately written by Sophia, and secretly pointed the finger at the Northwest Army in the city, which naturally caused dissatisfaction among the people in the city.

On the night the notice was posted, a lot of protesters gathered outside the barracks of the Northwest Army, and after Gray learned about it, he naturally felt that Jose was in charge. But the matter has reached this level, he naturally can't stop talking anymore, and simply ordered those Northwest Army under the banner regiment to close the camp gate and not negotiate with those people.

However, those Northwest Army are all local soldiers in the Northwest, naturally most of them are from this river valley corridor, and many of them are from the county of Sadland, after learning of this situation, the military spirit is naturally uncontrollably shaken.

But soon things changed, because among the troublemakers, I don't know who took the lead, and they actually set a fire at the entrance of the barracks!