Howson felt very bad. He took his soldiers to hunt in the forest and brought back two deer and a wild boar. The harvest was very impressive.
But what made him unhappy was something else.
There is a tax for hunting, but when it comes time to pay the tax, some of his subordinates cannot afford to pay the tax.
Howson knows why. As the king's tax collector, Howson is undoubtedly an honest person. He only collects the filial piety and customs that everyone has, and will not change the law like other tax collectors.
Exploiting civilians.
For example, he didn't feel very happy doing something that everyone was accustomed to doing, like increasing taxes by 10%, so he didn't do it.
However, because he was relatively proficient in other matters, and did not do anything special, he was also very good at fighting, and his wife had a good background, so his colleagues pretended not to notice.
However, such a thing obviously cannot be regarded as a particularly happy thing.
But what he saw next caused his blood pressure to rise sharply. He couldn't help but slam his hand on the table, and roared out as if he wanted to kill someone.
"What's wrong with you?"
While his wife was preparing the venison and preparing to make a delicious barbecue to reward her husband, she looked at her roaring husband in confusion and asked.
She could clearly see that her husband was so angry that his veins were popping out. Although she didn't know what news made him so angry, she was also a little angry when she saw him so angry.
I'm angry why he doesn't take care of his body so much.
Howson closed his eyes. He really didn't want to speak now, but since his wife asked, he had to speak. This was their agreement.
He had only sworn an oath to his wife in his life, and one of the oaths he had sworn was to always answer her questions.
"The noble gentlemen are raising taxes again."
He looked at the official document in his hand with a deep sadness in his tone.
"People will definitely starve to death this year."
"Didn't you say before that the king doesn't plan to raise taxes?"
Putting down the official document, Howson tightened his grip on his sword. As a tax collector, to be honest, kindness is a negative quality, but there is no way, he is such a person.
"Yes, but the noble council passed it by force, and they also sent Marshal Windsor to lead his soldiers to die in Stranglethorn Valley. And we must also collect food from everyone before next month."
His wife was silent and couldn't help but sigh.
"Looking at the bright side, this is to fight the goblins after all."
This sentence silenced Howson. He also heard about the goblin robbery, but what to say?
"Then why don't they deal with the orcs! They are stronger and a greater threat!"
Howson hammered the table angrily again, looking very dissatisfied.
"Of course it's because the orcs have become stronger."
His wife rolled her eyes at him, touched her belly, then thought for a moment, and picked up the two letters sent from her hometown and her father.
One of these two letters was obtained from Lagertha, a distant cousin of mine. She described in detail all the changes in the tax town, and she was also the mayor of Mr. Li Ke.
So if they really want to take refuge with the other party, they are not incapable of doing so.
At least my distant cousin is indeed a good person and she won't lie to others.
And the most important thing is that she is pregnant again. If this continues, there will definitely be chaos here. She is very worried about the safety of herself and her child.
So she thought about it.
"If that doesn't work, you can apply to be transferred to the Wild West. The master there only charges 30% tax, so you don't have to feel so miserable all day long."
But Howson took a deep breath.
"What will happen to those people if I leave?"
Many people survived because of his strict implementation of tax policies. Once he leaves, the new tax official will not be as polite as him.
Those people will die.
His wife chuckled.
"Honey, don't you understand?"
"What?"
Howson was a little confused.
"People will choose the place that suits them best. You just need to spread the news that you are leaving here, and leave the rest to them. The most you can do is prepare more food rations."
His wife couldn't help laughing, her husband was as honest as ever.
"you mean……"
"They will follow on their own. Believe me, many people should have wanted to go to the Westfall for a long time, just because there is no one to escort them, and they don't dare to believe it. But if you prepare to leave in a big way, they will believe it.
, because you believe it, so they also believe it.”
"I don't quite understand...but I listen to you."
Hauersen trusts his wife's judgment very much.
And the most important thing is——
He also longed for a place where he only had to pay a 30% tax. He knew the farmers very well and knew that even if it was a 30% tax, many people would not want to pay it. They would even excuse themselves by saying, "You are so kind, so you can't be any more kind."
tax, so he wanted to help Li Ke.
He didn't want to see a kind lord like Li Ke disappointed because of these bad things. He just couldn't do this because of his family.
But now that his wife has said this, he may be able to get what he wants.
However, just when Mr. Howson was thinking about his future, the goblins were now furious.
"Son of a bitch!"
Kauzier banged the table angrily. This guy who would become a foreman in the future is now the general manager in charge of the Stormwind Kingdom's business.
But after all, there is little money in the Kingdom of Stormwind, so they usually cooperate with those nobles and do smuggling business.
However, what he never expected was that these nobles would actually sell them!
Kauzier knows exactly what these bastards want to do!
Settlement!
He also helped them with their grain reselling business, otherwise how could those nobles' plans go so smoothly, but now these human bastards are ready to pull off some tricks!
As a goblin, he was tricked by those nobles!
And most importantly, these bastards are even prepared to pay to kill them!
And he was using the money he helped earn!
As a goblin, if he is tricked by humans and cannot take revenge, he will never be able to stand out in the goblin circle for the rest of his life!
"We absolutely cannot sit still and wait for death! Absolutely!"
He kept thinking about the solution, and finally, looking at the map and his battleships, he came up with a solution.
"Didn't you say we robbed you?"
There was a cruel look in his eyes. He looked at the smuggling fleet of the nobles, and the smile on his face was unusually sinister in the eyes of the nobles.
"Then I'll really go plunder!"
Since the business in Stranglethorn Valley can't continue, let's make a fortune and leave!
