readx;? With the passage of time, the people living in the Star City slowly appeared, the number of city defense patrols in the city was much smaller than before, and the business on the streets was much more bleak than before, the noble vehicles that could be seen on the streets were becoming fewer and fewer, and even the most lively taverns were much more depressed than before. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

However, the people in and around the city don't care too much about this, they don't understand the reason, so they just live their own lives, and there is one thing that makes people feel particularly happy, that is, the newly appointed lord, when he built a new central administrative area of the province, did not collect the money they had left, and unlike the previous lords, he began to collect various miscellaneous taxes such as poll tax, which is enough to be called good news for the people.

Not to mention anything else, at least now people with families can use the remaining money to subsidize their families, and then do some small business, Star City is a port city, almost all of them are the doorway to do business, of course, only smart people can see it, and if you can't see it, you either work hard or work hard.

Now the city defense army has also begun to patrol the city, they have a fixed patrol route, but day by day it is a little farther and farther, sometimes a few hundred meters, sometimes two or three miles, after they go once, basically there will be no beasts, monsters hurt people, and the city lord of the star city has subsequently issued an order, the people in the city and outside the city can open up the wasteland on their own, according to the degree of land to decide how much land they own, the lord of the land income does not collect any taxes this year, and in the second year it began to be formally collected, the tax is two thirty taxes one, one is according to the minimum income per mu to levy one-thirtieth of the provincial reserve grain per muThe other is that the lord army can build houses for the farmers in the early stage of the wasteland, and it will take shape in three days, and the cost will be paid one-thirtieth of the construction cost for life, which is not high, and the ordinary family of three is completely affordable.

After all, these taxes are only collected from the second year, and they can use them for free for a year, of course, these houses are registered, and it is not impossible to change them if you want to change them, but these taxes must be paid in the same year, and the rest of the taxes have nothing to do with ordinary farming people.

Many people are baffled by these strange tax names, but they know that some taxes are completely affordable by themselves, and if there are really no other taxes, then I am afraid that life will be very abundant, but at the same time, these people who live by farming are still more concerned about the last tax, the war tax.

It was a tax they had never heard of, but it didn't stop them from understanding it, because right next to the announcement, there was a special commentator sent from New Crescent City.

The so-called war tax is a tax levied on all residents of the Crescent Province when there is a war or war, and the proportion of this tax is a very staggering one-tenth, and it is levied at most twice a year, and it is not within the scope of collection in the first year, except for the nobles.

As soon as the words of "except for the nobles" came out, all the people watching around immediately felt a lot more comfortable, after all, this kind of tax will not be added to themselves, although it is said that in the first year, the lord began to start a foreign war, and the announcement clearly pointed out that the pacification of bandits and unstable factors in the province except for the dispatch of a private army of less than 30,000 people, it is not considered a war, this is the obligation and responsibility of the lord's private army, not power.

When this announcement about the payment of taxes was posted all over the streets and alleys of towns and villages throughout the Crescent Moon Province, the entire Crescent Moon Province fell into an unprecedented boil.

Every announcement is the same, and those who don't understand it are remembered in their hearts under the explanation of the narrator sent by New Crescent City, of course, more happy people are slaves, because there are also clear terms related to slaves in the announcement, except for the slaves that can be kept by various nobles, limited to ten years, all slaves who enter the Crescent Moon Province can be free through two paths, and enjoy the treatment of civilians or soldiers.

The first way is to reclaim the land, if a slave can reclaim fifty acres of land, then he can get a free body, and get a tenth of the land, that is, five acres, with a free body, they can have the right to be treated equally, they can pursue the life they want according to their preferences, and live a stable life in the province of the Crescent Moon.

The second way is to join the army, to exchange military merits for freedom, and to get the treatment of soldiers, this treatment is much better than civilians, and can even be called small nobles, after retirement, soldiers can directly get the appointment of the Crescent Province, become an officer, or an official of some local administrations in the territory, of course, military merit is not so easy to obtain, but in any case, even if it is a slave, he has his own way out.

Although there is some resistance to giving slaves a way out, more people know that the private army of Lord Ghost and Ugly is composed of slaves, and it is these slave armies that drive away those invaders and subdue those bandits who have been bothering the people, so that the people can understand, after all, they are all busy cultivating the land now, and how can they have time to pay attention to those things related to slaves and nobles.

The common people were very happy, but the nobles and merchants were a little uncomfortable, because the new lord not only made a proclamation about the payment of taxes, but also showed his means of economic regulation through proclamation.

First, a place called the Exchange was established, which was a bazaar, Auction in one of the new organizations, in the exchange, all transactions will be given a transaction notarial certificate, every transaction is the same, in this exchange, fairness, justice is what it pays the most attention to, in fact, they do not have a special view on this exchange, for businessmen, the so-called transaction does not need such a trading place, every transaction over the limit has to be charged, this is not necessary, but they have to come, thinking that in this exchange, gathered all the mercenary groups in the Star City。

It's also strange to say, these mercenary groups are all after taking over the business of Yingfeng Building, all of them gave up the task of the mercenary hall to come to this exchange to squat, which makes those merchants who are in the mercenary hall very puzzling, but there is no mercenary escort, and they themselves are not escorted to the strength, on the second day of the establishment of the exchange, the entire business of the Star City is in chaos, and the goods that have been loaded on the car have to be unloaded again, many cargo ships are parked on the shore of the wharf, the laborers in charge of handling and the crew on the ship are playing haha with each other, and the captains are looking at the wrecked ship on the water with a sad and fearful face, and then reject all merchants who do not have an exchange method to trade notarization.

There was no business to wait, but there was only one life, and the merchants, who were usually very proud, but now very flattering, tried their best to get no other way, and when they also saw the sunken ship, they were collectively silent.

This kind of thing is not a secret in the Star City, a bold captain after the announcement, against the wind, directly received a large order of business, after the transfer of goods, regardless of the warning of the soldiers on the shore, went to himself, as a result, as soon as the ship arrived at the port, a fireball suddenly fell from the sky, just a moment, the sailboat full of goods was punched out of a hole that penetrated the bottom of the ship, and the discerning person knew at a casual glance that the keel of the ship was broken in two, and there was no possibility of repairing it at all, and the unlucky captain and other equally unlucky merchants never appeared from the water again。

Above the harbor, everyone saw only a slender figure flashing, and only the sharp-eyed person appeared, with a pair of pointed ears under the cloak of that figure.

Subsequently, a proclamation was posted in a conspicuous position by a short, lean middle-aged man with a full beard, on which the ship that had just been accidented, the merchant, the reason for the sinking, and the punishment measures, such an iron-blooded wrist and system made all the merchants shudder, but this situation of no work in the fleet was quickly broken.

The merchant is Yingfeng Building, and their destination is the Binis Empire, as for what goods to buy, it is unknown, but the middle-aged man named Cooper, who is holding a notary transaction on the exchange, and then Cooper boarded the ship with a group of his men, and left the port in the sight of many merchants.

On the other hand, Yingfeng Building has put out a moving notice in the exchange, hoping that someone can undertake the handling of Yingfeng Building's related industries, before the Star City's status as the economic center of the Crescent Moon Province was not recognized, and the young lord had issued a fundraising announcement, in fact, there were few donors, but everyone knew that Yingfeng Building had donated a large amount of money, and no one knew why, but today, Yingfeng Building took out a notice stamped with the seal of the lord of New Crescent City, officially informing Yingfeng Building that it could obtain a piece of land with a large area at the lowest rental price in the most central prosperous area of New Crescent City, and on the whole, I'm afraid it's about three times that of Star City.

These two things made those merchants understand that if they did not obey, then the Star City on which they relied for survival would also be doomed, with the notarization of the exchange, the caravan would be escorted by the provincial lord's private army patrol, and those who did not have it would have to risk going on the road alone, and it would inevitably end up being empty of people and goods.

Because no mercenary will take on the escort task they propose, even the price several times higher than usual is a result.

In fact, everyone knows that even if they don't accept this rule, they have to obey it, and the rookie lord who has absolute power and strength in the province is too mysterious and terrifying, if you want to live, it's better to be obedient.

After all, they already had Black Storm as a reference, and they didn't have the strength to compete with this lord.

I heard that the heads of these members of the Black Storm were cut off, and then made into human head wine cups, and they were sold to the Binis Empire!

PS: I moved yesterday, so I'm sorry everyone.