Lin Qi rubbed his temples with his thumbs as he had a headache. For so many years in the Black Abyss Divine Prison, he had never spent a single copper. Of course, this was also related to the fact that the Black Abyss Divine Prison had no place to spend money. (
"") However, he has not spent a penny for several years in a row, which makes him more conservative in his attitude towards money.
With a slight cough, Lin Qi sat next to Bilibili and took the taxation instructions from the chubby tax officer.
A very detailed taxation list listed hundreds of situations that required taxation. Lin Qi frowned and turned over the taxation instructions, then threw it on the ground and looked at the tax officer with some hesitation: "
Under what circumstances can it be exempted from tax?”
The tax collector was stunned. He took a few steps back and looked carefully at the four centaurs that were staring at him with hot breath. The magic armor on the abyss centaurs was very exquisite. They stopped to rest.
At that moment, their breastplates automatically slid to both sides, exposing their sweaty chests and rapidly beating muscles.
Obviously, the tax collector wisely judged the gap in combat power between himself and the four centaurs. With just one punch, he would be smashed into meat pies, so he simply took a few steps back.
The commander of the Harlan Empire at this level, a middle-aged knight with lower-level strength than the Heavenly Rank, walked up slowly and stood vigilantly beside the tax collector.
"Your Excellency, the nobles of our Haran Empire are tax-free; the nobles of the Haran Empire's allied countries, such as the nobles of the Gallic Empire and the Vias Commercial Federation, with hereditary barons and above, are exempt from tax, while the nobles with hereditary barons and below can be exempted from half of the tax.
taxes!”
After coughing slightly, the middle-aged knight said solemnly: "If you are a noble from these countries, please show your identity certificate."
Lin Qi looked at this celestial knight with some annoyance. Identity certificate? Everyone on and off this carriage is a gangster. Where can I find any identification? Looking at this middle-aged knight with a lower celestial rank, Lin Qi tilted his head and suddenly felt something in his heart.
I had some not-so-kind thoughts.《》
How weak!
At the border checkpoint of the dignified Haran Empire, there is only one celestial knight and ten status knights stationed there. Less than half of the other soldiers are of human level, and the remaining more than a thousand soldiers are actually just ordinary sergeants. And Heiyuan
There is no way to compare with the Divine Prison. The weakest shop owners in the Black Abyss Market, those gray goblins all have the combat power of mid-level or above!
Lin Qi suddenly discovered that he had been raised in the Black Abyss Divine Prison to have too high a vision and a very demanding appetite. It was indeed a gathering place for heretics, and a place like the Black Abyss Divine Prison would indeed make people mentally unbalanced.
With a slight cough, Lin Qi carefully calculated whether these two levels should be completely destroyed for some gold coins. Just as Lin Qi was thinking about these bad thoughts, the young man walked out of the carriage tremblingly.
He came out and slowly handed an identity certificate made of parchment rolls and a gold medal to the middle-aged knight.
"Yun Qing, the hereditary earl of the Vias Commercial Federation, the owner of the Mazo City State, this is my identity certificate!" The old man Qing narrowed his eyes, and a thin voice floated into Lin Qi's ears: "
I am a real noble of the Vias Commercial Federation, so don’t think of those cruel ideas. Lin Qi, Lin Qi, this is not the Black Abyss Divine Prison, don’t always think about using violence to solve problems!"
Lin Qi tilted his head and looked at the young man with squinted eyes: "What is my condition called? Psychological stress disorder?"
The old man Qing nodded and patted Lin Qi gently: "Soldiers who have gone through life and death on the battlefield often have your situation. After enjoying it for a few years in a normal environment, this situation will be improved. Be careful, don't
You can easily hurt someone. There is a difference between here and there!"
The Heavenly Knight carefully checked the identity certificate and token of the young man, then respectfully performed a knight's salute to the young man, and returned these things to the young man. With an order from the latest chapter of the Holy Church, the border between the two countries
The gate of the checkpoint opened at the same time. Bilibili winked at the fat tax collector and smiled a few times, then waved his riding whip and drove the centaur forward at lightning speed.
"Are you still the hereditary earl of the Vias Commercial Federation?" Lin Qi looked at the young man in surprise. He sat next to Bilibili, opened his clothes, and let the oncoming strong wind blow on his strong chest. The strong wind
Whistling, it filled Lin Qi's mouth, giving Lin Qi the pleasure of drinking strong alcohol.
The old man laughed. He casually took out a dozen parchment rolls and a dozen gold medals from the ring, and showed them to Lin Qi one by one. From the lowly honorary knight to the high-status hereditary marquis.
, the young man actually holds more than a dozen noble titles in the Vias Commercial Federation.
Stuffing these things back into the ring, the young man said calmly: "Lin Qi, you have looted so much private property in the Holy Realm, and you have also looted the evil ghosts in the Fifth Abyss until they can only eat porridge. Your net worth is better than mine.
But it’s hundreds of times richer!”
Smiling softly, the old man turned around and opened the carriage door: "Do you remember what I told you? The Vyas Commercial Federation is a place where money can buy everything. As long as you have money, hereditary dukes and hereditary princes
They dare to sell titles, even the position of Supreme Co-Consul with the highest status. If you can afford the money, you can become the Supreme Consul of the Vias Commercial Federation!"
"Nobles are worthless, but having the status of a noble will make things easier for you!" The young man gave Lin Qi a hard kick on the butt: "When you have time, go to the House of Nobles of the Vias Commercial Federation to buy some nobles.
Titles, preferably ancient noble titles with severed bloodlines, buy the most expensive ones, you have money anyway! Unlike me, I don’t have that many gold coins, the highest I can afford is the title of hereditary marquis, and that’s a
False title!"
Lin Qi was stunned. He bared his teeth and looked at the young man: "But the earl title you just showed, and the Mazuo City State in your name?"
The young man spread his hands: "If you can afford the corresponding territory, you are a real noble with real title. If you cannot afford the corresponding territory, you are an empty noble with only a false title. The city-state of Mazo is Vias
The lowest level city-state in the Commercial Federation, known as a city-state, is actually a large town and a dozen small villages. When I bought it, the total population there was less than 20,000. Fifteen years ago, the total population was just over 100,000!
"
Helplessly shrugging his shoulders, the young man said calmly: "At that time, the Vias Commercial Federation was in financial crisis, so the land was sold very cheaply. I originally just wanted to buy a short hereditary earl title, but the land was so cheap at that time.
I bought all the land within a fifty-mile radius of Mazuo City, and I even had a private army of five hundred people there!"
With a chuckle, the young man walked into the carriage.
Lin Qi looked at Alda and then at Bilibili. The eyes of the two guys with demon blood were both shining.
Alda took out his space ring and counted all his net worth. His eyes were red, and he kept mumbling such bastard topics as "the right of the first night, the right of the first night". It was very funny.
Obviously, he also wants to buy a territory and then vigorously implement the first night right system in his territory.
And Bilibili's saliva flowed down. He thought of many, many things, but no matter what he thought of, he could only think about it. Lin Qi had not paid him a salary in the past few years. This little boy
The devil is a poor man with no money.
Glancing at Alda and Bilibili who were lost in fantasy, Lin Qi twisted his mouth.
"Vias Commercial Federation? I like this place! I like this place so much!"
After being stunned for a while, Lin Qi suddenly rushed into the carriage, pulled the young man who was holding a book and studying it carefully and shouted: "Does the supreme governor of the Vias Commercial Federation have the right to declare war? Hey, if
I have become the supreme governor of the Vyas Commercial Federation, can I declare war at will?"
The old man Qing dropped his book and glanced at Lin Qi helplessly.
"The Vyas Commercial Federation does not have a standing army belonging to the federation. All armies are private armies of major families and city-states. As the supreme governor, you can expand your private armed forces at will. You can support 100,000 people.
You have an army of 100,000; if you can afford one million, then it is one million. If you want to declare a war order to a certain force, you have to see if people from other families support you, otherwise..."
The old man Qing spread his hands: "You can choose to go it alone! If you can arm three to five million regular troops, you can attack anyone you want, but those big families may sell you out immediately! Lin Qi, you have to study hard.
Learn more about the Vyas Commercial Federation!"
Lin Qi just smiled weirdly and returned to the carriage where he was sitting with satisfaction.
As long as you have money, can you expand your armed forces at will? Uncle Lin Qi is not short of money now. Lin Qi, who has plundered the entire Fifth Abyss and more than 300 holy realms, is short of money the most now! Vyas
What is the population of the Commercial Federation? How large an army can it support?
Lin Qi seemed to see some extremely wonderful prospects, and he kept laughing.
Yun Tan turned his head to look at Lin Qi, and then shook his head vigorously: "Sir, you shouldn't tell him this. I feel that the Vias Commercial Federation is going to be unlucky, and this will cause the family to suffer losses along with it! You
You know, Lin Qi now has enough gold coins to destroy the entire Vyas Commercial Federation."
The young man smiled slightly and murmured softly: "Isn't that good enough? Destroy this loose federation and then establish a centralized empire. Isn't that good enough?"
Yun narrowed his eyes thoughtfully and nodded slightly.
Three days later, the racing carriage stopped on a small hill. Looking from here, a majestic harbor city was in sight.