After a long period of experience in government affairs, "Chelsea", a tool person, has grown into an... excellent tool person. Although she is called a secretary, she has always exercised the rights of an acting lord. With the help of a large team of staff, she reports to the police every day.
He issued countless decrees to govern the entire Taidong Province in an orderly manner.
Thanks to this, Luo Jie could easily retreat to the second line. In addition to his routine inspections of the barracks every day, the rest of the time was spent tirelessly cutting up the dead [Fire Insect].
After all, the fire cannot be contained in the paper. As Hai Qingcheng's stall gets bigger and bigger, the intentions behind his various actions will become more and more obvious.
Once his plan is exposed, the first one to be ushered in will be the crusade of "Esdeath".
In a sense, this Ice Queen is more difficult to deal with than the empire's ultimate weapon, the Supreme Throne.
If he cannot defeat "Esdeath", let alone overthrow the empire, all his previous efforts will be in vain.
And the only key that allows him to leapfrog against "Esdeath" is this [Fire Insect].
To be precise, it is the 30,000 chance of [Andra's Explosive Flame].
Snapped!
The bedroom window was violently pushed open, and a blond lion girl jumped into the room from the window, unceremoniously grabbed a bottle of expensive red wine on the table, and drank a few gulps as if drinking water.
"Lord Nightmare, you are really leisurely. You vowed to overthrow the empire at first, but now you are hiding in your room cutting bugs for fun... It's better now. If you don't attack the empire, they will attack you first."
"Leone" has been living in the slums since he was a child. He is very familiar with the so-called "underground forces" in each city. After joining Haiqing City, he was put in charge of the secret intelligence department, specializing in dealing with the three religions and nine factions in the city. Many news even
It can be obtained faster and more accurately than those on the surface.
Since she said that, she must have meant something.
"Oh? What happened?"
Luo Jie raised his head unexpectedly, but the movement of his hands still did not stop. After repeating it tens of thousands of times over the past few months, he had developed muscle memory and could make no mistakes even with his eyes closed.
"Leone" sat on Luo Jie's desk with a bottle of wine, crossed her long and toned legs, and sneered: "Maybe the empire thinks that pigs can be fattened and killed, so they actually sent a tax to Haiqing City.
official."
"Tax officer? Is he finally here..."
According to the laws of the empire, the enfeoffed territory has a high degree of autonomy. As long as taxes are paid in full and on time, the imperial capital will not interfere in any affairs within the territory.
However, there is a special clause in the imperial law, that is, during times of emergency, the imperial capital has the right to allocate a certain amount of temporary taxes to each territory, such as disaster relief taxes, war taxes, etc.
This was originally a provision for emergencies, but after the power of the country was single-handedly controlled by Minister "Ernest", it was often used to exploit local areas or attack dissidents.
Now, the big stick has finally been swung over his head.
But what makes Luo Jie feel strange is that logically speaking, the fat man "Ernest" still needs the force of "Esdeath" to contain General "Bud", another powerful figure in the military in the DPRK, even if he is coveted
The rich man in Haiqing City shouldn't be so ugly and take action directly. Isn't he afraid of breaking up with "Esdeath"?
unless……
"Who is the tax collector sent by the imperial capital?"
"Sheela, the minister's son."
really.
Luo Jie had felt that something was wrong before. With the shrewdness of the fat man "Ernest", he would never do something stupid like offending "Esdeath", but if it were his naughty kid who didn't know the heights of the world, he wouldn't do it.
That makes sense.
"Sheila", the biological son of the minister "Ernest", the imperial equipment user of the Space Imperial Equipment [Dimensional Phalanx·Shangri-La].
This son has aimed to surpass his father "Onest" since he was a child, but he did not learn his father "Onest's" scheming and government. He only learned his father "Onest's" violence and believed in the supremacy of violence.
Anyone who disobeys him will be brutally killed.
Although he has a standard villain design, "Sheila" is not a playboy in the conventional sense. He has traveled around the country for many years and learned from the strengths of many families to develop good martial arts, and he has also subdued several wild Teigu users.
He founded the infamous "Wild Hound" for his own use. From a certain perspective, he is a rare talent among villains.
It's a pity that this son's personality is too arrogant. He relies on the power of his father "Ernest" to do whatever he wants. Even the "Hunter" doesn't pay attention to it, and cruelly kills the wife and daughter of "Porus" who died in the battle.
He was humiliated to death in front of the grave, literally pressing "Esdeath"'s face to the ground and rubbing it.
It seems that this idiot was lucky enough to die early at the hands of the green-haired "Lubbock" who attacked at night. Otherwise, with "Esdeath"'s extremely defensive character, he would definitely have a fate worse than death.
Well?
Speaking of "Sheela", Luo Jie suddenly remembered something very important.
"Leone, there is a mission for you to bring the wife and daughter of the former captain of the Burning Force "Porus" to Haiqing City and settle them down. Well, in the name of my other identity."
"Oh? Widow... I didn't expect you to be so lucky?"
Luo Jie smiled casually and ignored "Leone's" prank.
In this world, "Porus" died at his hands, and both emotional and logical reasons should be taken to take care of the other person's surviving family members to avoid repeating the horrific tragedy in the original work.
[Your reputation increases. If you maintain this reputation, you can obtain the title "Boss Cao" after the mission ends.]
Damn it?
Looking at the prompts that suddenly popped up in the visual projection, Luo Jie suddenly felt helpless to complain.
The title of this system is too casual...can this old joke be picked up?
"Lord Night Dire."
The door opened, and "Chelsea", a tool worker in smart professional attire, walked in from the outside holding a stack of documents. She was stunned for a moment when she saw "Leone" sitting on the table, and then put the pile of documents away.
In front of Luo Jie.
"These are matters that need to be dealt with urgently recently. Please review and sign them as soon as possible."
Luo Jie directly picked up the pen and signed his name one by one without looking at it.
"Chelsea" sighed with a complicated expression. She was still not used to Luo Jie's unconditional trust in her. It seemed that this man had never put this prosperous and prosperous territory in his eyes.
"Lord Dire, do you know about the tax collector sent by the empire?" "Chelsea" mentioned this matter again after putting away the document, her expression looking worried.
"Oh, Leonai just reported." Luo Jie nodded.
"Then...how to deal with it?"
If it was an internal matter, "Chelsea" wouldn't need to come to ask for instructions at all, but the issue of the empire coming to collect taxes was too high a concern, and the tax amount was so high that she couldn't accept it, so she had to ask Luo Jie for his opinion.