The reason why Richard formulated the low tax policy was to promote the development of productive forces and to hide wealth from the people.

Only when the people live a prosperous life and have savings can they have the ability to consume and have a market.

Whether the development of a territory is good or not, whether there is a market or not is fundamental.

Otherwise, the brown sugar, liquor, and steel products produced will not be sold.

Without a consumer market, how can you make a profit?

Although the goods in Haaland's territory have a certain monopoly, many of them are unique goods, such as hemostatic ointments, brown sugar, and so on.

But the market is under the control of outsiders, and if they block you, they can immediately expel you.

The Dawn Plane is not a free-trade Earth, and local protectionism is rampant here. As long as they can produce goods, even if the goods outside are of good quality and cheap, the lords will use violent means to prohibit the flow of gold coins.

The control of the market in the hands of outsiders is very dangerous for a territory.

Only by cultivating the market can we gain a firm foothold and promote the progress of industry.

Today, the main income of Haaland's territory actually depends on the sale of various commodities, and it does not rely heavily on taxes.

Richard believed that releasing water to raise fish and cultivating markets would be of great benefit to the economic development of the territory, so he enacted a lighter tax policy.

Richard had the economic knowledge of his previous life and knew that there were many ways to collect taxes. Raising taxes directly is the most stupid method, and it is easy to arouse the resentment of the people.

The best way is to diversify tax sources and add new taxes, such as customs duties, real estate taxes, business taxes, and so on.

If there are 100,000 families in Haaland's territory, the property tax alone can collect tens of thousands of gold coins every year, which is enough to expand the territory by 1,000 people.

In addition, the territory can also engage in material monopoly, and earn profits from the people through the monopoly of salt, steel, and brown sugar.

When there is a shortage of money, a 10% increase in the price of salt, brown sugar and other materials can also greatly increase fiscal revenue.

Discussed with Rogge on tax policy, and added new taxes this year. Richard decided to deploy manpower to deal with the competition in the liquor market.

Forts of the Black River and Fort Flames Richard would send additional men to attack Viscount Cisse's liquor sellers.

Since Viscount Cisse dared to send someone to steal his winemaking process, Richard certainly wouldn't let him have a good time.

Although Richard could not start a war and punish the Viscount of Cisse.

But it is still feasible to send people on a small scale to attack important people and important targets in the Viscount of Cisse.

If Richard did not retaliate, he would probably be despised by the hereditary nobility nearby. There will also be more and more commercial espionage of all kinds, and the pressure on the intelligence services will become heavier.

There will also be more and more people who touch the interests of the Haaland family.

In order to ensure the foolproof operation, Richard and Sophia personally took charge. Although they did not personally participate in the attack, they hid behind the attackers to ensure the success of the operation.

In this attack on the Viscount of Cisse, Richard carefully selected sixty men.

These sixty people are basically from the three squadrons of the first, second, and Warcraft cavalry, and the number of professionals exceeds twenty, and the rest are all high-level warrior cadets.

The soldiers who participated in the operation all carried enchanted armor, including ten pieces of brute force armor, ten pieces of light spirit armor, thirty pieces of snake scale armor, and ten pieces of monster skin armor.

The Light Spirit Armor is Richard's latest enchanted armor, and this armor is made in the same way as the Brute Force Armor.

can unleash a light spirit magic by draining the warrior's fighting power. However, the cost of manufacturing light spirit armor is two percent higher than that of brute force armor.

In the armies of Haaland's domain, the number of brute force armor has increased to thirty, and the number of light armor is also ten.

The brute force armor combined with the light armor has improved the combat effectiveness of the first squadron.

Although there were only sixty people, the raiding party was the elite of Haaland's territory.

The officers who led the team were mainly two, namely Losster and Jennings.

Because according to Richard's observations, these two men were the most loyal to him.

Lluster believed in chivalry, and once he swore allegiance to Richard, he basically did not change masters. Jennings' loyalty to Richard was also heartfelt because of his special experience.

It was a serious crime to send someone to attack a noble lord, and once someone seized the handle and sued the noble council, Richard would be in great trouble.

Therefore, in this operation, it is necessary to choose the most loyal people to the territory.

In order to prevent the mission from failing, Richard and Sophia also bring a Starlight Necklace to ensure that the mission will be successful.

Sixty people disguised as mercenaries, through Soros's old connections, received a task to escort a caravan and infiltrated the viscount of Cisse.

Richard and Sophie disguised themselves as a traveling aristocratic couple, followed by several escorts, following the caravan.

The weapons, equipment, and alchemy bombs of the operation were hidden in the Starlight Bottle on Richard's body.

The Viscount of Cisse is very close to the Flame Castle, and about six kilometers west from the Flame Castle, you will enter the Viscount of Cisse.

The Cisse family has been promoted to viscount for more than thirty years, and the previous generation of Viscount Cisse was a powerful eighth-order golden knight.

It's just that this old viscount, who lived to be one hundred and sixteen years old, died of illness seven or eight years ago.

The current Viscount of Cisse is his grandson, Boy Cisse, who is sixty years old and a knight of the sixth order.

Boy was not originally the first heir to the Cisse family, but because of his strength, he was supported by most of the members of the Cisse family, but forced several of his uncles and brothers to give up the inheritance and become the second viscount.

The succession of titles among the nobility is often bloody.

Although the succession is important, its own strength and influence are far more important than the succession.

For example, if William is old, he must hand over the territory to Ron to inherit, and other members of the Harland family, the officers in the territory will not agree.

If it is not handled well, it will be a bloody conflict, Ron will die in the whole family, and the accidental death of the elderly William is a very probable thing.

When a person dies, he naturally has no right of inheritance, and in many cases, the inheritance of nobles is determined by internal conspiracy and killing.

The shrewd and capable nobles will take care of this kind of matter while they are alive, forcing the sons who are higher in the succession order to give up their inheritance rights, and making the most capable children the first heirs.

Nobles who are old and frail and faint in their old age often do not handle their heirs well, and bloody conflicts will inevitably break out when they inherit the title.

The northern Xinjiang region is better, because of the strong pressure of the orcs, many times there will be no infighting. The nobles of the south, every succession to the title, is almost accompanied by swords, intrigues, and bloody killings.

Even the Grant royal family, every succession to the throne is often accompanied by intrigue and war.

The Duke of Breenne has been in charge for many years, and he has enough prestige to suppress the contradictions, and no serious infighting has broken out.

After coming to Fort Flame, Richard did not look for his old comrades in the Eighth Brigade.

Seven years have passed, and Richard's old partner Diarra has become a fourth-order warrior, serving as the deputy captain of the Eighth Brigade.

Richard's old subordinate Dida also became a third-order professional and served as the leader of the first squadron of the Eighth Brigade.

Ron still served in the 8th Squadron, and his professional rank was also promoted to the second rank, serving as the Squadron Leader of the 7th Squadron.

Although he has often written letters to some old friends over the years, the relationship has been maintained very well. But this operation was an attack on the Viscount of Cisse, which was legally dishonorable, and Richard certainly would not reveal his whereabouts in Flame Castle. Leave the handle.

The Cisse family has been in Gascoigne for hundreds of years, and because of all kinds of contradictions, they have offended many people.

Even if they are attacked, as long as they are not caught, it is estimated that it will be difficult to find out for a while. Even if it is found out and there is an object of suspicion, there is still no use without evidence.

(End of chapter)