The city-state will levy the product once a quarter, and the product will be levied from the landlord, and you will pay the grain if you grow it, and you will pay the handicrafts for the dry workshop

The amount of the levy is called the production index, which is about 90% of the average output of the region.

If you don't pay enough three times, and you don't have a title, you die.

If you pay more, you can get a knighthood, but after removing the wages paid to tenant farmers and workers, there is not much left.

It can be seen that the landlords are so miserable that most of them can't make up a knight until they die, and what is even more insulting is that the expropriation officials are held by mortals.

The landlords are either wizards or knights, they are all transcendents, where are they not high, but now they have to pay taxes to mortals!

Combined with the knowledge of the earth, Roman roughly guessed the reason, in order to increase happiness, increase the birth rate, and obtain enough sacrifices, mortals must have enough resources for survival.

However, if the technology is backward and the productivity of mortals is low, if they are self-sufficient, it will inevitably lead to the differentiation between the rich and the poor, leading to involution and reducing the fertility rate.

Therefore, they were simply raised as pigs, and the products collected from the landlords were all provided to mortals for welfare, so that the two classes of mortals and transcendents were antagonized.

The levies are mortals, and they will expropriate materials to their deaths for their own sake, which is determined by the class position, and is not subject to the will of man.

The grain that Roman grows, and the linen garments that Joss produces, are all rationed and made to mortals.

Exploit wizards, feed mortals, increase the population, tighten the legal net, increase criminals, and finally obtain sacrifices.

And once the transcendent resists, it is the most delicious sacrifice, if the mortal life essence is black bread, then the transcendent is the cream cake.

With absolute strength, the king even expects the transcendent to rebel...

"Bang!"

In the midst of his thoughts, the door of the warehouse was kicked open, and the levy officer walked in haughtily.

He came to collect grain, looked around, saw the mountains of grain, a little surprised, then showed greed, and finally returned to indifference, and said lightly:

"According to the first paragraph of Article 25 of the Code of Expropriation: the farmer shall pay the grain according to the production quota! This year's production indicators are..."

Then without waiting for Roman to reply, he directly waved his hand and ordered the little brother behind him to come in and move the grain.

The amount he quoted was almost ninety percent of Roman's output and more than three times the real indicator, which was clearly a robbery.

So, a shining blade struck the ground, stopping the retinue carrying the grain, and they did not dare to advance, for fear that the wizard would run away and kill them all.

Only the collector was proud and undaunted.

Roman sneered: "Do you know what the crime is to tamper with production indicators without authorization?" ”

The tax collector's face changed, and he said coldly: "Do you want to resist taxes? Do you know the consequences! ”

Roman said quietly: "The production indicators I learned are not this number, what?" Seeing my bumper harvest, you want to take the opportunity to blackmail? ”

The conspiracy was exposed, and the tax collector did not show weakness, and sneered: "If you have an opinion, you can appeal to the city hall!" But the grain must now be levied! Otherwise, you're breaking the law! ”

He bullied Roman for the first time, he didn't know the law, in fact, he didn't complain at all, and the so-called violation of the law was just to scare people.

Through this hand, he took advantage of many wizards, and even noble witches slept with a few, think about it... Gee.

Then he found that Joss was also good-looking, and his heart was fluttering for a while.

However, through the chip, Roman has long been familiar with the law, and he smiled and said:

"Taxed immediately? Where do you get your power? According to Article 25, paragraph 3 of the Expropriation Law, in the event of a conflict, you should report it to your superiors and the law enforcement team, and they will arbitrate! ”

Unexpectedly, Roman actually understood the law, the collection officer's face turned pale, he knew that he was not reasonable, and violated the work regulations, and the arbitration would not only lose, but also be held accountable.

So he put away his lofty expression, showed a businesslike attitude, and said lightly:

"It was just a slip of the tongue, but the production indicator is actually... Turn it in! ”

Soon, the grain handed in was counted, and the tax collector was about to leave, when Roman stopped him:

"Wait a minute, according to the code, you can upgrade your title by paying more grain, and if I pay all the food here, how many levels of knighthood can I upgrade?"

With a knighthood, you can leave the city-state and enter the black market in exchange for cultivation resources.

Knowing that Roman was proficient in the code, the tax collector did not dare to show favoritism, and said with a stiff expression:

"You have just joined the city-state, you have no title, if you turn it all in, you can get a second-class title!"

Roman smiled faintly: "I also heard that the title can offset crimes, you say... Is it feasible for me to exchange my knighthood for the life of a levy officer? ”

The levy officer was instantly frightened, and his voice trembled: "You... You can't do that, and if you do, your title will be reset to zero! ”

Roman sneered: "It's just clearing, that's easy to do... Three months later, I will have another harvest, and I will be promoted again! ”

The levy officer was dumbfounded, how could he ever encounter such a thing, the title represents privilege, rare and precious, and will hardly be used to commit a legal crime.

But Roman used it like this, and the tax collector was in a hurry, so he ran away, and as long as he ran away, Roman failed to murder, and he had to give up.

But he forgot that Roman was a wizard, and he didn't run a few steps when the blade flashed, and the levyer's head fell to the ground.

The entourage was silent, and here, killing people with witchcraft was rare, just like the shooting in the country in the previous life, there was an extreme sense of unreality.

At this moment, the law could no longer protect them, and they finally felt the fear of being dominated by sorcerers.

Looking around, Roman laughed loudly: "The tax collector is a first-class lord, according to the city-state code, the second-class lord kills him, the title is emptied, now continue to collect grain!" ”

Under the threat of death, the rest did not dare to slack off, quickly registered Roman, and then left in disgrace.

Looking at the back of the collector, Joss was surprised: "It turns out that the law can still be used like this, but it is always a pity to spend the title." ”

Roman shook his head and said: "This is a necessary investment, and you will have to deal with this group of people often in the future, and you must give enough deterrence to ensure the benefits!" ”

"And the third-level title can only contact the black market, the second-level title is useless for the time being, according to the code, the title can be transferred and sold, you wait to transfer me a knight, we are all first-class lords."

Joss looked worried: "But will this offend the collector to death?" ”

Roman looked disdainful: "They are just dogs and people, relying on the code and the king level to do evil, as long as they are familiar with the code and understand the king, it is easy to clean up." ”

"The kings want to get supplies and increase the population, so they set up knighthood privileges as an incentive, and if we harvest and hand in food, the king and the law will protect us, not the collectors who fill their own pockets!"

"Whether it is a mortal, an Eater of Extremes, or a wizard, they all have their own desires and principles, as long as they are perceived, they can be from a high vantage point, and they can use their strength to gain benefits!"

Joss didn't understand, but was shocked.

The Academy Alliance is the law of the jungle, and everything relies on fists to speak, which is not useful for Roman, but it is especially applicable in the free city-states with strict rules.

Of course, only Roman can use it, because only he has such a high level of productivity and can be knighted so easily.

Soon, the second wave of collectors arrived, ordered to collect Josie's linen clothes, and perhaps they were especially polite when they learned of the plight of their predecessors.

In the end, Joss relied on the extra linen clothes to successfully obtain the second class, which was then transferred to the first class of Roman.

At this point, Roman and Joss both have first-class knights, and they are one step closer to the third-class lords who can touch the black market.

Titles are rare, taxes are high, whether it is a mortal or a wizard, those who have a knighthood are one in a hundred, Roman and Joss just came in March, and they both obtained the knighthood, such a speed, it is even more rare.

After the news spread, it caused a lot of speculation, some people thought that Roman had mastered the witchcraft to increase the harvest, and others thought that Roman improved the crop genes...

One thing is certain, though, and that is that Roman can manipulate a large number of puppets and work efficiently, which makes them particularly hot-eyed.

Tenant farmers are needed in the fields, workers are needed in the workshops, a considerable part of the output is turned into wages, and together with the high production targets, there is little surplus value left each year.

And in order to ensure happiness, the city-state also has disgusting labor laws, what an eight-hour working day, weekends and weekends, high temperature subsidies... It's just not too disgusting.

It is very difficult for wizards to accumulate this surplus labor to exchange for knighthoods.

If it can be replaced by a puppet, it will undoubtedly save a lot of costs.

And just then, they learned that Roman needed essentia crystals...