Suldak sat up straight, looked at Viscount Dalton with a calm expression and said:
"If you come to me and just confess to me, then there is no need. The security team and the tax office will punish you accordingly."
He pulled out an execution document from a pile of signed documents on the table, pushed it in front of Viscount Dalton, pointed to the words on it, and continued:
"The cooked leather workshop will be closed down and the land will be taken back to the town without compensation."
Viscount Dalton's pupils shrank, he placed the parchment execution document in front of him, lowered his head and read it carefully.
Surdak added: "The caravan that evaded taxes will be sentenced to pay a fine, and the main person responsible will also spend six months in prison. If the fine cannot be paid, the prison time will be doubled."
Viscount Dalton's face became a little ugly, and the arrogant expression on his face seemed a little distorted.
He put his hands on the table, leaned forward, and asked Suldak in a hateful voice: "Are you... targeting the Dalton family? I will go to the Wilkes City House of Representatives to file a complaint against you."
Suldak leaned on the chair, raised an index finger and shook it from side to side, and said to Viscount Dalton:
"I'm not targeting any one person, but all the privileged people who don't do things according to the regulations. I need to let them know that now... I have the final say in Duodan Town."
Suldak's gaze became extremely firm. He met Viscount Dalton's gaze and said without flinching:
"If you are not used to living in Dodan Town, please leave here, even if you go back to your ranch, or Wilkes City, or any small town, but if you want to live in Dodan Town, there are some
The rules and systems must be based on mine. If you can't do it, I don't mind telling you how to do it..."
Viscount Dalton's face was ashen, and he seemed to have struggled with his thoughts before shouting out the door.
A young nobleman walked in from the door, it was his second son Derek Dalton.
It was him who Suldak saw the day he went to the leather workshop. Later, he ran to the military camp, but Suldak ignored him at that time.
Viscount Dalton stared at his son with a gloomy face, but his voice was very gentle, and he asked: "The mayor thinks that you instigated those businessmen to evade taxes when buying leather from the leather workshop. Is that right?"
Derek was slightly startled. This was the first thing his father asked. It seemed that he and the mayor had not been able to reach an agreement in private.
He quickly said: "Father, the cooked leather workshop has been sold to Bill. The transaction contract was completed just yesterday. This matter has nothing to do with me."
Viscount Dalton closed his eyes and squeezed out a sentence from his throat. The hoarse voice sounded dry and bitter: "This matter really has nothing to do with you?"
"Yes." Derek lowered his head, not daring to look into Suldak's eyes.
"Go and call Bill in..." When Viscount Dalton said this, he opened his eyes almost at the same time. He almost said this through gritted teeth.
Suldak felt like he was sitting in the mayor's office, just like an audience, watching Viscount Dalton's wonderful performance alone.
The Viscount has a high status and is used to being domineering in the small town.
A young man wearing breeches, a vest, and a ponytail on the back of his head walked into Suldak's office.
"Are you Bill?" Suldak asked him.
"Yes," the young man named Bill said calmly.
Suldak met him in the leather workshop, where he was indeed the person in charge at that time.
At this time, Suldak asked him directly: "Derek Dalton sold the leather workshop to you?"
"Yes, I bought it. Yesterday I organized local businessmen to trade leather. In order to avoid paying taxes, I scheduled the trade to be by the Dodan River at night." Bill sighed as he spoke, his voice getting louder and louder.
Low.
"So... you are the owner of the leather workshop now?" Suldak asked again.
Bill didn't understand the meaning of Suldak's repeated questions, but he still answered honestly: "Yes, I am."
"Are you a noble?" Surdak asked him.
Because he didn't see any badges on his chest, neither representing his family nor his title.
"I'm not a noble, I'm a knight officially conferred by the Green Empire." Bill answered honestly.
Suldak felt that he might have forgotten all about chivalry a long time ago.
However, for a knight who is officially canonized by the Green Empire, even if they break the law, even if the evidence is conclusive, they can be exempted from punishment as long as they are willing to pay a fine.
But this prerequisite is that the victim must not be a noble.
Tax evasion like this can hardly be considered a crime in many places.
Surdak casually flipped through a thick codex on the table, raised his head and said to Bill:
"You will accept the punishment from the Duodan Town Tax Office. As a knight, you can pay a ransom in exchange for your exemption from punishment."
At this time, Bill lowered his head and thought seriously before saying, "I am willing to serve my sentence..."
This choice was somewhat unexpected by Viscount Dalton, who looked at Bill in surprise.
Bill no longer avoided his gaze, raised his head to meet his eyes, and looked back seriously...
At this moment, something seemed to be broken between them.
"In this case, someone comes and takes him down."
Surdak wondered if he had drunk a secondary invisibility potion, otherwise why would he be so invisible in his office...
After all, Viscount Dalton is a nobleman, and he has a large pasture in the south of Dodan Town. There are many guards in the manor, so he can be regarded as a noble lord.
Such a nobleman must have his own social circle in Duodan Town as long as he is not too withdrawn.
By doing this, Surdak was standing on the opposite side of these nobles, and at least it would not leave a good impression in the eyes of many local nobles.
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Almost everyone in the town hall saw Viscount Dalton leaving angrily with his son, obviously getting into trouble in front of the trusted mayor.
Only then did Surdak call Mrs. Luna and Tax Collector Batra to instruct them on the follow-up work of building the riverside wooden house.
The land by the river has almost been leveled, and a large amount of wood has now been transported to the site. Now it is necessary for craftsmen to bring their manpower into the site to prepare to start building wooden houses.
But Suldak simply didn't know what to say about the existing wooden house styles.
The wooden houses built by people here are completely square wooden boxes. The difference is that this one is bigger and that one is smaller.
After being built, the inside of the wooden house was separated by wooden boards. All wooden houses had no aesthetic value at all.
Suldak believes that after food and clothing are solved, the improvement of people's living standards is mainly reflected in their perception of beauty, so these riverside wooden houses must be made more refined.
He had some thoughts in his heart, but he was not good at painting and could not express what he was thinking.
As a result, he began to look forward to it.
I hope that Baron Martino will draw those buildings more beautifully even if he is just talking on paper...
Mrs. Luna is in charge of the riverside cabin, and Selena is in charge of the Twin Goddess Temple.
After explaining this, Suldak hurried to the military camp because the transfer order from the military headquarters was passed.
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As soon as Suldak entered the military camp, the herald handed a transfer order into his hands, then got on his horse and rushed to the next town.
This transfer order clearly ordered the reinforcements here to evacuate Dodan Town within three days and return to their original camp.
After receiving the order from above, Adams and Gallatin smiled bitterly at each other. They were indeed a little depressed. They had just started harvesting wheat, and they were immediately notified to end the reinforcement trip. It is estimated that these soldiers would make a lot less money.
money.
The only time to be thankful was that Adams finally redeemed the only magic pattern construction suit before evacuating, and it was also a primary strength type.
The magical properties of the magic pattern structure are very consistent with Adams' characteristics.
As the reinforcements began to prepare to evacuate Dodan Town, the military camp once again experienced a large wave of exchanges.
Although businessman Malacom had shipped the third batch of merit reward items to Dodan Town a few days ago, in the face of a large number of garrison soldiers, he still could not meet the needs of all the soldiers.
Many soldiers who reinforced Dodan Town were unable to exchange for the magic weapons they had, let alone the magic pattern constructs alone. There were only a few pieces in total, and only first-level warriors could use them.
Items such as magic scrolls and magic rune boards are not best-selling items for redemption.
For these reinforcement soldiers who were about to leave Dodan Town, Surdak repeatedly emphasized only one sentence, that is, before leaving, all merit points must be exchanged for rewards.
Because these merit points cannot be circulated among various battalions, if you leave without redeeming them, it will be very difficult to redeem them later...
It doesn't matter if you don't have a single magic pattern structure or magic weapon! This time, Suldak took out boxes of magic crystals and gold coins. The golden Green Empire gold coins are hard currency wherever they go, while the magic crystals are in the magic market.
It is the main currency in circulation and can be exchanged for these to maintain their value better than magic weapons. However, the disadvantage is that these achievements cannot be converted into corresponding combat power in time.
The night before eight hundred reinforcements left Dodan Town, Suldak took out nearly forty thousand gold coins to even out the achievements of these soldiers.
When leaving Duodan Town, almost every soldier had a heavy purse on his waist, and the smiles on his face were filled with expectations for a better life tomorrow.
In addition to the large amount of money exchanged by these reinforcement soldiers, the young warriors of the tribe who had just joined the Archer Battalion also received a living allowance this time.
Although it was not much, only one or two gold coins, for these young indigenous warriors, it was a considerable amount of wealth.
After the indigenous soldiers got the gold coins, they began to buy some cheap daily necessities in Dodan Town. This made them feel the strong purchasing power of merit points. Almost everyone carried a bag of food back to the military camp. They were ready to directly
Store them in the military camp and carry them back when you have the chance to go home.
Of course, Surdak has been in close contact with many indigenous tribes in the hills and mountains recently. Not only does he want to get young tribesmen to join the cavalry battalion, but more importantly, the business of magic herbs.
Magical herbs are now completely a seller's market in the Green Empire, and you don't have to worry about selling as much as you have.
The young natives who exchanged the gold coins sent the supplies they bought to the tribe's temporary shelter. This made other tribal warriors who did not participate in the garrison a little excited, so Surdak once again recruited troops from the indigenous tribes and formed a brand new army.
Heavy infantry battalion and replenish the archer battalion to full strength.
The total number of people in the garrison camp in Duodan Town quickly expanded to 2,000 in just one week after the reinforcements left.