The county of Kerja was extremely important in the Empire of St. Koras, because most of the cities in the county were coastal, so the trade volume was huge, the production was also extremely rich, and the taxes paid were also unmatched by other counties.

As the capital of the county of Kerya, the city of Les Harbour plays an important role, and one of them is taxation. The tax rate in Keya County is actually not high, and even in some aspects it is still at the lower middle level, which is also the cleverness of the Keya County Tax Bureau, the rich have the tax law of the rich, and the poor also have the tax law of the poor.

After more than 40 years of working in the Les Harbour City Tax Office, Bhattith finally mixed up with the position of regional chief tax officer, and the oil and water of this position completely depends on the number of rich people in the area under his jurisdiction. Unfortunately, Battis did not have a strong relationship between the top and bottom, so he was eventually assigned to the first island chain in the west.

The first island chain in the west is nearly 2,000 kilometers away from the city of Les Harbour and consists of more than a dozen small islands, because it is far away from the capital, so this first island chain is almost undefended, and the nearest naval base is more than 800 kilometers away from the first island chain. So these dozen or so islands are basically isolated from the rest of the world.

Battis, holding up the document in his hand, was worried about the fact that the empire was about to enter the war season, so this year's taxes should be delivered and settled ahead of schedule, and this work should be completed by the end of the month.

Bhattis's heart complained bitterly, the first island chain in the west, if it is called 'the poorest in the empire', it is completely impossible to find fault, so the annual tax is always collected after the fish season, because the inhabitants of these dozen or so small islands have no other income except for selling fish, and now there are still three months before the fish season, how can they collect it?

But after thinking about it, Battis decided to give it a try, after all, it didn't think about the fish season or anything, and those cold tax collectors couldn't see anything else in their eyes except money.

"Someone!" Battis, tossing the papers on the table, then called out, "Get Moredo!"

"Yes, sir!" a soldier outside replied.

After a short time, I heard heavy footsteps coming to the door.

"Moredo asks to see you!"

Battiss hurriedly walked to the door, opened the door and said, "Moredo, do you know the documents from yesterday?"

Moredo was a tall and mighty general, with a face full of anger, a pair of triangular eyes, and a black beard like a steel needle, looking like a fierce man.

"Lord Battis, I wanted to come to you to discuss, but this tax is not easy to collect before the fishing season. ”

Battiss let Moredo in, then poured him a glass of wine and handed it to him, saying, "It's a bit tricky here, the fishermen don't have a harvest before the fishing season, but the top is urgent, so we have to go ahead of time." ”

Moredo sneered and said: "My lord, you have not been here for a long time, I don't know the methods of these people, these fishermen look poor, but they all have some savings, sometimes the money is like water in a sponge, it will not come out if you don't squeeze it." ”

Battis frowned and said, "What does the general mean is to forcibly conscript? ”

Moredo said to himself: "This old fox!" is really cunning to put the charge of forced conscription on my head, and if something happens in the future, he can clean himself up.

"My lord, I am just a centurion, although I have a little military power in hand, but since I am on an errand in the tax bureau, I still have to obey your lordship's orders! My lord, you only need to give an order, and the order says that I will wait to go to the forced levy, and immediately lead the men and horses, that is, to rob, and to rob these taxes enough! My lord, what do you think?"

Battiss sneered in his heart: It is really not easy to deal with! But helplessly, if he hesitates any longer, the tax will not be even, and the chief tax officer of his own region will come to an end.

Thinking of this, Bhattith said with a smile on his face: "This matter is simple, I will write an order, but general, you must collect all the taxes, otherwise you and I will not have good fruit to eat......"

Moredo hummed, turned and walked out of the house, and when he got out of the door, he suddenly turned his head and glared viciously, muttering a few times as if to curse.

Before noon that day, Moredo received an order from Battis, who pondered for a moment, and then said to his adjutant Russell, "Order eighty men to come with me." ”

Russell said, "My lord, where are we going first?"

Moredo said: "Let's go to the farthest island of Minsk first, and then slowly go back, and we can collect it all in one trip." ”

"Yes, my lord, I'm going to get some troops!"

Russell's efficiency was remarkably high, and just after noon, eighty sturdy warriors and a medium-sized sailing ship were ready.

Moredo led the group aboard the ship, and after three full days, finally landed at the dock in Minsk.

Moredo actually doesn't like to come here the most, because the people here are really poor, Minsk is not like some island villages, which produce a little more and don't have to keep an eye on the fish season, while here there really doesn't have any side jobs or other production, and it is completely dependent on the fish season to get some meager income and pay taxes.

Moredo knew that even if he turned this village upside down, he might not be able to collect the tax money, so he had already made up his mind that the missing part here would be shared equally by the other island villages, and the total amount would be a lot anyway, and he really didn't want to waste time in this place where birds don't.

Having made up his mind, Moredo called his men to shout from house to house, and if they were afraid, they might be able to force out some money.

Abu and Aunt Mei looked at each other, and wondered in their hearts, didn't the annual tax come after the fish season? Why did it come so early this year? They didn't have a single copper coin.

But Bart didn't take it seriously, he tilted his head and asked, "Sister Abu, who's shouting outside?"

Abu's face changed color for a while, and he said in a low voice: "Brother Bart, they are tax collectors sent by the tax bureau, and they are here to collect taxes. ”

Bart was puzzled: "What do you mean by collecting taxes?"

Abu was about to explain to him, when he heard the footsteps outside reach the door, and then with a "bang!!click!!", Aunt Mei's courtyard door was kicked to pieces.

"May Shasa, do you live here?" was the lieutenant Russell, who rushed into the courtyard and shouted.

Then, the dozens of people hula hula broke into the courtyard, fortunately, Aunt Mei's yard was big enough, otherwise even these many people would not be able to fit it.

Aunt Mei trembled and said, "This adult...... I...... I'm Mae Sasa......"

Russell nodded, "As of now, the taxes owed by Mee Shasa are eighty-nine silver coins and thirty-three copper coins. Take it out, sir, we don't have time to wait for you, go quickly!!"

Aunt Mei's face changed: "My lord...... Didn't I collect it after the fish season had passed? I don't have a single copper coin, so I beg the adults to come a few months later, and I will definitely prepare the tax ......."

How could Russell listen to this, he immediately took out the whip from his waist and put it in his hand, stared at Aunt Mei viciously and said: "Bastard!! How can you bargain for the state taxes! If you can't pay the taxes today, hehe, don't blame the lord for being ruthless!!"

With that, Russell shook the whip and whipped it on the wooden frame beside Aunt Mei, only to hear a loud bang, and the wooden frame shattered in response.

Aunt Mei was already trembling with fright, and she couldn't say a whole sentence in her mouth.

Seeing this, Abu hurriedly ran to Aunt Mei and Russell and said, "This lord, Aunt Mei really has no money, please let her go, when the fish season is over, we will definitely pay the tax exactly a penny, my lord...... Please......"

Russell, though not as ruthless as Moredo, is by no means a fuel-efficient lamp. When he heard Abu's plea, he immediately sneered and said, "Stinky girl, you are the evil seed born to the widow in the south of the village......, right?" It's called Abu, isn't it?"

Abu's face changed, and tears instantly appeared in his eyes: "Your Excellency...... Be...... It's ...... me."

Russell looked at the list in his hand and said, "Abu, you are the only one left in your family, so the tax is less, only thirty-six silver coins and twenty copper coins, you should hurry up and prepare!"

Abu said: "My lord, before the fish season, where did you tell us to get the money......?

Russell was bored by hearing this, and the long whip in his hand shook and went straight to Abu's face and pulled it. When he was out, he waited, waiting for the crisp sound to come, and then a long bloody streak appeared on Abu's face.

But after waiting for a while, there was no sound at all, Russell opened his eyes and looked, but he was angry, and it turned out that the other end of the whip was caught by a tall young man.

Russell was furious, and said while roaring: "The Imperial troops are here, you dare to hinder us from doing official business!

Abu only felt a flower in front of her, it turned out to be Bart flashed to her, she thought that the whip was drawn, but she didn't expect to be saved by Bart, and a sweetness immediately appeared in her heart, especially Bart's tall back, Abu only felt that he was extremely safe.

Russell used a few blows of fighting energy, but the whip was like taking root in the opponent's hands, and he couldn't move for half a minute.

Russell shouted angrily: "Bastard, what are you waiting for, don't catch this bastard boy and that bastard for me!!"

When the soldiers behind him heard this, they immediately drew their swords and killed Abu and Bart in the name of Abu and Barth.

Bart had no choice but to let go, Russell used too much force, and immediately took a few steps backwards and fell on his back. When Russell got up, he was even more annoyed and angry, and immediately shouted: "Violent tax resistance! Kill, kill me!!"

Bart threw Abu behind him and slammed his left fist right into the nose of a soldier in front of him.

In the second round, I only heard a "poof" sound, and the soldier's head was blown to pieces, and a headless corpse fell to the ground, and everyone else was stupid, where had they seen such a thing?

Russell was also dumbfounded, this tall young man didn't expect to be a master, this punch was amazingly powerful, otherwise how could he shatter his head with one blow!

"You...... You...... You...... How dare you kill the officials!!This is a rebellion!!Quick!Go to the docks and inform Lord Moredo!!You want your lordship to come quickly!!There are murderers here!!

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