"Batra, he is my nephew Likini, and he attended your family's dance last time. Why is it difficult for you to issue a tax-free approval slip?" Mrs. Luna asked the tax officer Batra.
"It's certainly not difficult for me to write an approval note, but I have to be responsible to the Duodan Town Tax Bureau, and I have to be worthy of Miss Hathaway's trust."
Tax officer Batra refused righteously.
"Okay, let's see!" the young man roared viciously again.
Surdak found that this Batra tax collector actually had some backbone, and his impression of him instantly improved a lot.
On the contrary, he was a little disappointed with Mrs. Luna. After all, she could not escape the fetters of family ties.
He was still hesitating whether to go in now and settle the matter. Before he could enter Mrs. Luna's office, he saw a young man wearing black noble clothes with gold trim walking angrily from the room.
come out.
A follower behind him was chasing after him in a panic, and he happened to meet Suldak in the corridor. The young man strode downstairs angrily and ignored Suldak.
The attendant glanced at Surdak warily, without saying anything, and quickly passed by.
Suldak discovered that this young man should be the owner of the magic caravan in the yard downstairs. He should have been the one who made the magic caravan turn around in the downtown area of Long Street, causing congestion on the street for a long time.
Suldak originally wanted to promote Mrs. Luna to deputy mayor to handle the daily affairs of the town, but now he has some hesitations in his heart.
Just as he was about to walk into the office, he heard a low voice coming from the office: "It seems like your nephew Likini has gone away, Luna."
"Hey, he has been spoiled by my brother since he was a child. Now he learns to help the family, and he always takes advantage of opportunities. He thinks that he is the smartest one, and it is natural for everyone to serve him." Mrs. Luna's voice contained a hint of laughter.
With a hint of melancholy, he then said:
"I hope he can make some progress this time..."
The sound of chairs moving was heard in the room, and then Tax Collector Batra said:
"This time I have completely offended your nephew. Aren't you afraid that he will hate you?"
Mrs. Luna laughed softly:
"That's why I pushed this matter onto you. Don't worry, their hands can't reach that far. This is Duodan Town."
Tax collector Batra's laughter was a little rough, and he asked:
"How about I act a little more fierce and do it more thoroughly?"
Mrs. Luna quickly said: "He is stern but has a soft heart. Don't scare him. Don't worry. He is much less courageous than he appears. He will pay taxes obediently. Just make it a habit."
Tax collector Batra asked in a lower voice:
"Okay... I heard that the guy from the military camp is going to take over as the mayor?"
Mrs. Luna agreed: "Well, the letter of appointment has been sent over. I haven't been able to see him in the past few days. I heard that the army camp is clearing out ghost-striped red ants and is about to cross the border of Nantu Town...
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Tax officer Batra then said: "A lot of caravans have come to the town recently, and most of the adventure groups and mercenary groups have entered the hills and mountains to hunt. This month's tax revenue will increase a lot."
Suldak stood in the corridor, deliberately making a "DuangDuangDuang" sound on the floor with his long leather boots.
As expected, the conversation in Mrs. Luna's office stopped.
Surdak relaxed his pace and walked into Mrs. Luna's office. He happened to see Mrs. Luna and Tax Officer Batra sitting at the desk. Mrs. Luna's assistant was walking out of the inner room holding a tea cup.
Mrs. Luna neatly tied up her long hair, wore a dignified dress, and sat in front of her desk.
Seeing Suldak striding in from outside, he quickly stood up and said:
"Commander Surdak..."
Tax Officer Batra also stood up with Mrs. Luna and said with a smile:
"Perhaps it would be more appropriate for us to call him the mayor in the future."
Mrs. Luna came out and asked Surdak:
"Mayor, I have had your office ready. Do you officially take office today?"
With that said, he took the initiative to walk to the front.
The assistant took out a bunch of keys from the wall first, followed Mrs. Luna into the corridor, and opened the door to the innermost room. The interior was indeed very clean.
Surdak walked in and walked around the room before saying:
"Oh, that's right! But from now on, Mrs. Luna will still handle the daily affairs of the town. My main focus will still be on the garrison. In addition, I will promote some new plans in Duodan Town..."
He walked to the white gray wall of the room, took out a sketched map on parchment from his arms, and nailed the map to the wall with leather nails.
The lines on the map are a bit messy, and some of the streets are drawn crookedly, but the most valuable thing is that every building in the town is drawn on it. This was done by Nika after finding some older children of the aboriginal people in the town for a week.
, the latest version of the town map that was just drawn.
Suldak has asked Lance to help him redraw it. Every magician is a master of cartography, and their most unique advantage is that they can fly into the air on magic harpoons to get a bird's eye view of the town.
Pointing at the sketched map of Dodan Town, he said to Tax Officer Batra and Mrs. Luna:
"I plan to enclose a piece of land along the river and build a riverside wooden house right here to alleviate the serious shortage of residential areas in the town."
Seeing that Surdak spoke so solemnly, the Batra tax officer also carefully looked at the map.
In addition to being ugly, this map actually has all the streets, houses, and rivers that should be there. Even courtyards and some trees, chicken coops, duck sheds, etc., all the messy things that can be drawn are drawn on it, so the lines are
It would be so messy.
Tax collector Batra knows much more about Dodan Town than Surdak does.
Seeing that the area Surdak was referring to was the river on the south side of the town, he frowned and said:
"This place is close to the aboriginal gathering area. The security here is usually chaotic. There are also several leather workshops and leather cooking rooms built here..."
Suldak is also aware of these situations. "The leather workshops along the river need to be relocated to the lower reaches of the town. The aboriginal gathering areas also need to participate in the reconstruction and reconstruction. The simple shacks built along the river must be demolished.
Give them some relocation compensation."
Seeing that Tax Officer Batra and Mrs. Luna were a little confused, they said:
"Oh, just demolish their houses, give them some money to move out, and, by the way, build them a new residence in another part of the town. The river here is considered a riverside landscape belt, and a higher-end one should be built.
A wooden house on stilts.”
Tax Officer Batra and Mrs. Luna looked at each other, their eyes full of confusion, 'Do I need to pay money to let those indigenous people leave?'
But since Mayor Suldak said so, they should just do it.
Surdak reached out and drew a long oval by the river on the parchment map, and said: "This is it. Since we have abundant wood resources here and it is so convenient to build wooden houses, we must make full use of the advantages of this river.
Build a wooden house, which can be sold or rented, and the ownership belongs to the town..."
Tax officer Batra found it even more difficult to understand Surdak's decision. He thought to himself: Mayor Surdak doesn't run a lumberyard, so he doesn't want any benefits at all?
In fact, Surdak is just a preliminary plan.
There were originally dirt roads near the river in the town. They just needed to be slightly flattened and widened, and some pebbles could be paved in the first place.
It is not difficult to dismantle the shacks built by the aboriginal people near the river. The foundations of these houses have been leveled. As long as the land is re-planned and the timber with grooves on both sides of the lumber yard is transported in, building riverside wooden houses is actually simpler than using earth and stone.
Much more.
Many preliminary processes are done directly in the lumber yard. Building a wooden house is actually more like assembling large wedge-shaped building blocks.
This parchment town map of Surdak actually has some other buildings added to it.
For example, Selena wants to build a temple of the Dark Goddess on the edge of the town next to the aboriginal living area...
Well, if this matter were brought up in normal times, Suldak would definitely delay it. Building a wooden church is not difficult, but it involves some religious issues of the residents of the town.
Many immigrants from the empire believe in the Statue of Liberty. Although the Statue of Liberty has abandoned everyone now, the habits of so many years are not easy to change. When encountering certain things, everyone is still used to saying the following sentence: Oh, here is the Statue of Liberty.
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When building the Temple of the Dark Goddess in the town of Dodan, it is difficult not to attract the attention of this group of imperial immigrants. Once they know that this is a temple of the Dark Goddess, they will inevitably be labeled as a pagan.
Although the high priests and priests in the Statue of Liberty Temple have gradually withdrawn, there are still many people who are willing to be dogs for the Statue of Liberty.
Selena had an extremely subtle and perfect opportunity last night, so...Suldak had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.
In order to avoid being verbally attacked and slandered by believers in the Statue of Liberty, Surdak chose to build the Temple of the Dark Goddess on the edge of a square between the aboriginal gathering area and the imperial immigrant gathering area, and the temple opened in both directions.
The east gate is open to the indigenous people, and the west gate is open to the imperial immigrants.
This temple will not be publicly called the Temple of the Dark Goddess. It will be publicly said that it is the Temple of the Twin Goddess, which is dedicated to the Goddess of Night and the Goddess of Dawn.
The two temples are not connected.
The imperial immigrants face the goddess of dawn on one side, while the aborigines face the goddess of night on one side, so that the two sides can be separated...
However, the budget for building such a double temple may be a bit high. Suldak felt that at this time, it was necessary to meet with the nobles in the town.