As time went by, the people living in Zhongxing City gradually discovered that the number of city defense patrols in the city was much less than before, and the business on the street was much worse than before, and there were fewer aristocratic vehicles on the street, and even the most lively taverns became much more depressed than before.

However, the people in Zhongxing City and around the city did not care much about this. They couldn't understand the reason, so they just live their own life. There was another thing that made people feel particularly happy. That is, when the newly appointed lord built a new provincial central administrative district, they did not collect the only money they saved, and they did not start collecting various miscellaneous taxes such as the capitol tax, like those lords before. This is enough good news for the people.

Not to mention anything else, at least now people with families can use the remaining money to subsidize their family income and then do some small business. Zhongxingcheng is a port city, and almost all are ways to do business. Of course, only smart people can see it, but those who cannot see it either work hard or work hard.

Now the city defense force has also begun to patrol the city. They have a fixed patrol route, but they are a little further apart every day, sometimes a few hundred meters, sometimes two or three miles. After they walk once, there will be basically no incidents of wild beasts and monsters hurting people. The city lord of Zhongxing City issued an order that the people in and outside the city can open up land by themselves, and determine the amount of land owned by their own land according to the degree of land reclaiming. The lords will not collect any taxes this year, but will only start to be formally collected in the second year. The tax is two thirty taxes per mu. One is to collect one-thirty per mu of grain reserves per mu according to the minimum harvest per mu. The other is that the lord's troops can build houses for farmers in the early stage of land reclaiming. It will take three days to form one-thirty of the construction cost for the lifetime. This cost is not high, and an ordinary family of three can fully afford it.

After all, these taxes are collected only in the second year, and they can use them for free for one year. Of course, these houses are registered, so it is not impossible to change them again, but these have to be paid in the past year. The remaining taxes have almost nothing to do with ordinary people who farm.

These strange tax names make many people confused, but they know that they can bear all the taxes themselves, and if there are really no other taxes, they may have a lot of life. But at the same time, these people who rely on farming to make a living are still more concerned about the last tax, the war tax.

This tax was something they had never heard of, but it did not stop them from understanding, because next to the announcement, there was a commentator specially sent from New Crescent Moon City.

The so-called war tax is a tax that is imposed on all residents of the crescent province when encountering or launching a war. The proportion of this tax is an astonishing one-tenth, and it is levied at most twice a year. It is not within the scope of the collection in the first year, except for the nobles.

When the words "except for the nobles" were expressed, all the people around him felt much more comfortable. After all, this tax would not be added to him. Although the lord began to launch a foreign war in the first year, the announcement clearly pointed out that the quelling of bandits and instability factors in the province, except for the dispatch of private troops within 30,000, is not considered a war. This is the obligation and responsibility of the lord's private troops, not power.

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

Every announcement is the same. Those who don’t understand it are remembered in their hearts with the explanation of the commentators sent by the New Century City. Of course, more people who are happy are slaves, because the announcement also clearly has relevant terms for slaves. Except for the slaves that each noble can retain, for ten years, all slaves entering the Century Province can gain freedom through two roads and enjoy the treatment of civilians or soldiers.

The first road is to reclaim land. If a slave can reclaim 50 acres of land, then he can gain freedom and obtain one-tenth of land, that is, five acres. With freedom, 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 crescent province.

The second way is to join the army, exchange military merits for freedom, and obtain the treatment of soldiers. This treatment is much better than that of civilians, and can even be called a small noble. After retirement, soldiers can directly be appointed by the crescent moon province and become officers, or some local administrative officials in the territory. Of course, military merit is not so easy to obtain, but no matter what, even slaves have their own way out.

Although they are somewhat resistant to the issue of giving slaves a way out, more people know that the private army of Lord Gui Chou is slaves, and these slave army drove away the invaders and conquered the bandits that have been bothering the people. In this way, the people can understand it. After all, they are busy reclaiming land now, so how can they have time to pay attention to the matters related to slaves and nobles?

The ordinary people were very happy, but the nobles and merchants felt a little uncomfortable, because in addition to publishing announcements about taxes, the newly appointed lord also showed his economic regulation methods through the announcement.

First of all, a place called an exchange was established. It is a new type of organization integrating markets and auctions. In the exchange, all transactions will be given a trading notarization, and every transaction is the same. In this exchange, fairness and justice are what it pays most. In fact, they do not have a special opinion on this exchange. For merchants, the so-called transaction does not require such a trading place. Each transaction exceeding the limit will be charged. This is an unnecessary thing, but they have to come and think that all the mercenaries in Zhongxingcheng gathered in this exchange.

It is strange to say that these mercenary groups abandoned the mission of the mercenary hall after taking over the business of Yingfenglou. This made it very puzzled for the merchants who issued tasks in the mercenary hall. However, without mercenary escorts, they themselves did not have the ability to escort. On the second day of the establishment of the exchange, the entire Star City business was in chaos, and the goods already loaded on the truck had to be unloaded again. Many freight ships were parked on the shore of the dock. The laborers in charge of transport and the crew on the ship were fighting each other. The captains looked at the sank on the water with a look of sorrow and fear, and then refused all the merchants who had no exchange to trade notarization.

There is no business to wait, but there is only one life. The merchants who are usually arrogant but now are very flattering have tried their best, but still have no other way. When they also saw the wreck of the ship, they were collectively silent.

This kind of thing is not a secret in Zhongxing City. After the announcement was issued, a brave captain committed a crime against the wind and took on a big business. After the cargo was filled, he set sail directly regardless of the warnings of soldiers on the shore. As a result, as soon as the ship arrived at the port, a fireball suddenly fell from the sky. In just a moment, the sailboat filled with goods was punched into the bottom of the ship. A discerning person could tell at a glance that the keel of the ship was broken by one blow and there was no possibility of repair. The unlucky captain and the same unlucky merchant never appeared from the water again.

On the port, everyone saw a slender figure flashing by, and only the sharp-eyed people discovered that there were a pair of pointed ears under the cloak of the figure.

Then, an announcement was posted on a conspicuous position by a short and thin middle-aged man with a beard, which read the ship, merchants who had just been killed, the reasons for the sinking, and the measures of punishment. Such iron-blooded wrists and systems made all merchants shudder, but this kind of fleet without work was quickly broken.

The merchants were Yingfenglou, and their destination was the Binis Empire. It is unknown what goods to buy, but the middle-aged man named Cooper was indeed holding a transaction notarization of the exchange. Then Cooper took his men to board the ship and left the port in the sight of many merchants.

On the other hand, Yingfenglou posted a transportation notice on the exchange, hoping that someone could undertake the transportation of Yingfenglou-related industries. Previously, Zhongxingcheng's position as the economic center in the crescent moon province was not recognized, and the young lord issued a donation announcement. In fact, there were very few people who donated. However, everyone knew that Yingfenglou had donated a large sum of money, and no one knew why. But today, Yingfenglou took out a notice that the seal of the lord of the new crescent moon city was officially notified that Yingfenglou could obtain a large area of ​​land at the lowest rent price in the bustling area of ​​the center of the new crescent moon city. Overall, it was probably about three times that of Zhongxingcheng.

Both of these things made the merchants understand that if they did not obey, the Star City on which they depended for their survival would also be unable to escape the misfortune. With the notarization of the exchange, the caravans would receive contact escorts from the provincial lord's private army patrol, while those without them would have to risk going on the road alone, and in the end they would inevitably be left alone.

Because no mercenaries would take over the escort mission they proposed, even a few times higher than usual price is the same.

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

After all, Black Storm has already learned from it, and they do not have the strength to compete with this lord.

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