When Charles said this, he couldn't help but blush, and shouted loudly without care. The tone and expression of the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info are not at all like a subordinate talking to a commander, and it really looks like the hard temper of a soldier.

Seeing him like this, Jose didn't speak, just shook his head deliberately and said, "According to what you say, the tax regulation of the county town of Sadland and the towns under its rule is actually decided by the commander of a county town?"

Imperial law stipulates that the minimum level of local taxation also needs to be demarcated by the provincial governor's office, and I, a lord of the county town of Sadland, and the viscount of the empire does not have such power, and he Gray can actually control the tax revenue of the empire?!

Charles was so provoked by him, he simply didn't care about anything, and directly opened his mouth and said: "He, Gray, is the henchman of General Lonkedor, and he was originally a descendant of the Northwest Army, sitting in Sadland with 8,000 troops, almost two full of banner regiments, what he said is nothing, how can we, the nominal imperial officials, dare to compare with him? Only a noble lord from the imperial capital like an adult would really think that he could obey any laws of the empire in the northwest!"

When Jose heard him say this, he calmed down, and his face showed a somewhat strange look: "Oh, listening to Lord Charles, it seems that in this city of Saddland, he Gray is not only in charge of the military and politics of Saddland, but even the finance and taxes are also decided by him!"

As far as I know, the Empire's tax budgets are set quarterly in provinces, counties, and towns. Even if he Gray filled in the budget of the last quarter into the military spending, then there is no surplus in the budget of this spring quarter?"

"Spring?" said Charles, his face becoming a little complicated, but now that he had already spoken, he didn't have too many worries. Although he was a military financial officer, he had also spent many years in Sadland, and he always knew something about officialdom.

Looking at the appearance of this new Lord of Sadland County now, I am afraid that he will definitely not wear the same pants as the Northwest Army. Otherwise, he wouldn't have carried Gray and the Northwest Army in the city on his back, but deliberately left them behind. Just thinking of this, Charles could almost vaguely guess the mind of this county guard, and listening to the question he deliberately asked himself just now, it was obvious that he wanted to use his own mouth to say about the Northwest Army's seizure of power and expansion of the army!

Thinking of this, Charles simply took a heart, and regardless of any sensitivity or insensitivity, he said directly to Jose: "You don't know, the spring quarter has always been the quarter with the least budget in the empire, first, because of the spring ploughing, the farmers need grain and farming tools, and there is no money and grain leftover. In addition, in the city, a part of the budget for the previous year's tax payment will be left for use at the beginning of the spring of the next year, so the spring budget is not operational at all.

Moreover, because of the military spending, Commander Gray has ordered the allocation of taxes in the towns and villages under the county town. Originally, the people's livelihood withered after the war, and now they imposed heavy taxes at the beginning of the spring, which naturally caused the whole Sadrand County to be disheartened. Many poor people even abandoned their land and homes because they could not pay taxes, and had to flee to Kannai with their families.

As a result, the whole of Sadland is like this, not only is the financial hole in the county getting bigger and bigger, but even the subordinate towns are difficult to sustain. Hmph, these stupid hollowing out the people's power, and only those brainless guys in the Northwest Army can do such a thing!"

"Hmph, it's really a group of fools...... "Joseph snorted unceremoniously, and then sighed helplessly: "But it is the Northwest Army that is stupid, and it is the people of the empire who suffer under Lao Tzu's rule, and more than 50 villages in the six cities and four towns of the entire Sadrand County!"

"So, my lord, it's not that I, Charles, are shirking responsibility for the financial corruption in this Sadrand town!" said Charles, who couldn't help but be very annoyed, "You understand all these truths, but when I told that guy Gray this, he didn't pay any attention to it. He, the commander of the Northwest Army with military power in his hands, put pressure on me, what can Lao Tzu do?

I've also thought about not being angry with those bears in such a position, but if Lao Tzu leaves it alone, I don't know what this Sadrand county town will be like if it is messed up with those guys! I, Charr, have also been in the position of treasurer of Sadrand County for seven or eight years, and among the four counties in the valley corridor, Sadrand was the richest.

It can be said that all the achievements in Sadrand at that time were achieved by me and Gould, as well as the former county keeper, with an unknown amount of effort. Now even if the Northwest Army is here, after a toss here, I, Shire, still don't want to leave this county town behind!"

When Charles said this, he was obviously a burly northwestern man, but the corners of his eyes couldn't help but turn a little red: "I have lived in Sadland for so many years, and this is no longer simply the place where I work, but also Lao Tzu's home! My family lives here, my two sons and daughters were born here, and there are old brothers like Gould here, Lao Tzu will die in Sadland! Those Northwest troops will never be allowed to come to Lao Tzu's house!"

"That's good!" José looked at Charles with blazing eyes, and then glanced at everyone: "I, José, consider myself young and have shallow qualifications, but since I have become the county guard of this city and the lord of a county, then Sadrand will be my home in the future! You are all old men in the government affairs of the Sadland army in the past, if you can trust me Jose, then wait and see, Lord Charles, I, José, promise you today that I will make Sadrand ten times richer and more prosperous than before!"

When the fat man heard him say this, he also grinned, and hurriedly reassured: "Haha, old Charles, you guy is really still the same, so stubborn and excited, how can Lord Jose not know your difficulties? I, Gould, assure you, as long as you tell the difficulties in your heart, Lord Joseph will naturally find a way to solve them!"

What the hell is the Northwest Army, I think when Lao Tzu was in Sadland to lead the army, he Gray didn't know where he was, and now it's only been a few days, he dares to bully our brothers in Sadland City like this, damn, this account Lao Tzu will have to settle with him sooner or later!"

The fat man deliberately scolded a few words, and then comforted Charles: "Old Charles, since you have already said all the words that have taken out your heart today, I, Gould, will not say anything pretentious to you." After the meeting adjourned tonight, Lao Tzu is still waiting to go to your house for a drink! What grievances do you have to tell me brother, damn it, the Northwest Army is a fart!"