At this time, tens of thousands of people had gathered at the bottom of the round platform, and the windows of the surrounding houses were also full of people, all of whom wanted to see Princess Felicia.

When Felicia came out, the crowd immediately erupted in warm applause, one after another, refusing to stop.

Surin also walked out at this time, waving his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, but it was useless, so he had to signal Felicia.

Then Felicia stretched out her hand to signal the crowd to be quiet, and the people below immediately became silent, and Surin was able to proceed, and he now had to make a cameo appearance himself.

"Men and ladies, welcome to the first day of the stamp duty"

After talking a lot, Su Lin waved his hand to the people below, only to see those people walking up with a roll of parchment, and then opening it and placing it on the wooden shelf.

The moment the huge parchment was opened, there was an immediate exclamation from the people below, only to see a huge portrait of Felicia painted on the parchment, exactly like a real person, and a stamped head, next to which was written the basic contents of stamp duty.

At this time, Su Lin began to introduce again: "What is stamp duty, it is your contract, the guarantee of the contract, a chapter and a copper coin, you can't be fooled, you can't be deceived." ”

As soon as the words fell, the people below began to laugh, amused by Su Lin's words.

At this time, in a room, Lance and Angel were watching everything outside together, watching Surin jump around on the stage like a clown, and they couldn't help but make disdainful sounds.

"Now let him dance happily, and soon he won't be able to jump. Lance said with a grim grin, he could already imagine the horse without anyone going up.

Angel's face was also very jealous at this time, why could she, an orthodox princess, be no better than a wild girl in the countryside, looking at the huge portrait of Felicia, her eyes were about to erupt with fire.

When Surin announced the official start of the event, the people below were all you look at me, I look at you, and there was no intention of coming up.

But he is not in a hurry, after all, this needs to be signed by a contract, and not everyone can use it.

Lance watched Surin stand alone on the stage, and when no one went up, the smile on his face became stronger and stronger.

But before he could be happy, he saw Wales go up first, and take out a blank piece of parchment, on which Felicia had first stamped and then written on it with a quill pen.

When he had done all this, Wales took the parchment and walked around the stage, and the people below immediately cheered.

"Princess Felicia's own stamp, as well as her signature, I am really envious. ”

"No, I'm going to get a stamp, not just a copper coin! ”

Then Felicia stamped the ten people, and after signing their names, they also walked off the stage satisfied.

But as soon as they went down, people immediately surrounded them, wanting to see what was written on it, and those bosses were also extremely proud to show these people, and at the same time secretly said in their hearts: This thousand gold coins are really worth it.

With these bosses taking the lead, the people below who are ready to stamp are also swarmed around, after all, with the guarantee of the state, they will feel more or less at ease, and they don't have to worry about others defaulting on their debts.

Surin kept the guards in order while protecting Felicia, mainly to prevent her from being eaten by others.

Although the person in the back, Felicia, just stamped it and didn't need to sign it, but those people didn't care at all, and some even took out a piece of cloth and gave a copper coin to cover, and Su Lin could only sigh that these were all Felicia's true fans!

At this time, Lance's face was extremely gloomy, everything he had planned had no effect, and he snorted coldly and turned away.

It wasn't until the evening that the event was over, and then they went directly to the next room to stamp the money, and then they returned to the dormitory with the copper coins they had collected today.

The first thing to do is to count the money! Looking at the copper coins that look like a small mountain, Felicia's face is also very happy, and the smile has never dissipated, after all, today is directly tired of the day, and only she knows the taste.

Felicia asked a few maids to count the money, and she lay on the bed to receive a full body massage from Surin, and asked Surin, "Do you want me to take off my clothes?" ”

"No, that's fine. ”

For such a very tempting request, Su Lin decisively refused, if she really took off her clothes, it would be herself who suffered, and now she has zero resistance to her.

After a few hours, the maid came up and reported, "Your Royal Highness, the total number of gold coins is three thousand and sixty gold coins. ”

After getting this reply, Su Lin was also satisfied, after all, this is only a regional tax, and it cannot represent the entire city, and it will be more tax to open a few more stamp points in the future, plus the gold coins of about 17,000 that he got from those merchants before, the total amount is just 20,000.

Then he and Felicia went to report the matter to Anthony, and when they arrived, they found that Lance was there, and when they saw his gloomy face, they knew that nothing good happened.

When Anthony saw the two of them coming, he asked directly, "Surin, how was today's harvest?"

"Your Majesty, the King of China, has earned a total of 20,000 gold coins today. Su Lin replied honestly.

"Twenty thousand, isn't it?" Anthony seemed to have some food, and his face darkened.

Seeing this, Lance immediately interjected: "Father, I have received the news that his accurate harvest today is three thousand and sixty gold coins, and the rest of the gold coins are for those merchants. ”

Hearing this, Anthony also looked at Su Lin, ready to see how he explained, after all, he had promised to make up for the financial loopholes, that is, more than 500,000 gold coins.

Su Lin replied without changing his face: "Your Majesty, what the prince said is not wrong, this time the tax is only more than 3,000 gold coins, but this is only this day's collection, stamp duty is different from other taxes, it is collected once a year, it can be collected every day, there will be about 100,000 gold coins a month, I believe that in February next year, the 500,000 gold coins loophole will be filled." ”

"And this is only a part of the city, if it spreads to other cities, I believe that the tax will be even more. ”

Anthony immediately laughed when he heard this explanation: "Haha, I forgot that this is just a day's income, yes, Su Lin, you have done this very well, I will give you a title according to the promise, as for what title and fief it is, it will be determined later." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Su Lin hurriedly packed his luggage.

Later, Surin handed over the tax work to Anthony, and he could be regarded as gaining a foothold in the family.

Lance lost his temper as soon as he returned to his lodgings, throwing all sorts of things everywhere, and finally sat down in his chair panting.

An Qi also walked in at this time, and said with a smile: "Big brother, why do you have to be so angry! ”

Hearing that she was still laughing, Lance also said unhappily: "Aren't you angry when you see that beggar actually being knighted." ”

"I was angry at first, but then I wasn't, do you know why?" asked Angel with a smile, now she was very happy, never before.

"Sister, do you have any solution? Tell my brother quickly, otherwise I won't be able to swallow this breath in my heart." Lance hurriedly asked.

Then Angel sat down beside him, looked at him and said, "Big brother, Prince Kaili will come in a few days, what do you think he will do if he sees the woman he likes actually following a beggar?"

Lance immediately continued: "He will definitely not stop like this, who doesn't know that he is scheming! ”

Su Lin was standing at the window looking at the moon in the sky outside at this time, and now his fate was still in the hands of others, and he understood why people yearn for freedom, and those who are not free are also lifeless.

He also had this plan in his heart, it was best to be a lord, and it was best to stay away from the control area of this royal power, so that he could feel free.

While he was in a daze, Felicia also came over with two wine glasses, handed one to Surin, and then stood beside him and asked, "Do you like life here?"

"I don't like it. Surin shook his head in denial.

"I don't like it either, I lived in the countryside until I was eighteen years old, where there were vast meadows, and I was free to run and frolic on them every day."

Felicia sighed as she spoke, then drank the wine from her glass.

Su Lin turned his head sideways and saw that her face was full of loneliness, and he also understood how she was feeling now, and couldn't help but sigh: "At the same time, the end of the world has fallen into people!"

Hearing this, Felicia also looked at Su Lin: "I don't understand this, but I vaguely understand what I am talking about." ”

At this time, Su Lin brought another wine jug and filled it for her, and the two continued to chat.

After a while, the two of them were already a little drunk, Su Lin looked at the shallow mark on Felicia's face, and couldn't help touching it with his hand, and asked softly at the same time: "It must be painful!"

"This was left to me by an orc general, but he was cut in half by me, and when I went into battle, I was not afraid at all when I looked at the countless ugly orcs, do you know why? ”

"By the way, Surin, do you like power? I suddenly realized that I can't give you anything but power. ”

Hearing this, Su Lin also smiled and said softly: "I don't like it or not, but I know that those who can't control power will eventually be destroyed by power." ”

Felicia gave Surin a deep look, then fell asleep leaning against her chest.

Surin slowly put her on the bed, covered her with a quilt, and kissed her on the forehead, and now he realized that they were actually a kind of person, a kind of person who longed for freedom.

Seeing Felicia asleep, there was also a trace of sadness on his face, and he also secretly swore in his heart: I will definitely take you out of here and live the life you want to live.