From Xiao Zhen Changkong's point of view, once Guanghui Village and Jingtian Guild signed a non-infringement agreement, even if Ling Chen secretly cheated Chen Cang and secretly went to the city lord's mansion to obtain unlimited expansion rights, he would not be able to threaten Jingtian Guild in the future.
What's more, even signing such an agreement makes it clear that they have no intention of competing for the control of the main city. The possibility of going to the city lord's mansion to find a way to obtain unlimited expansion rights is slim.
The two parties reached a tacit understanding and soon reached an agreement. One was the patron saint of Guanghui Village, and the other was the president of Jingtian Guild. The two formally agreed to cooperate.
What happened next was all about the details. Xiao Zhen Changkong summoned the top leaders of the Jingtian Guild, and Ling Chen also contacted You Qingwuyi, asking them to finalize the details first, and then rush to the negotiation location at the agreed time.
Early the next morning, both parties formally sat down at the negotiation table. With both parties feeling that it was no longer necessary and sincere cooperation, it took only two or three hours to finalize the deal. There were not many small details.
There is only one big one. Whether it is this cooperation or the non-aggression agreement, whoever breaks the contract must pay huge sums of tens of millions of gold coins.
In the afternoon of that day, Ling Chen rushed to the location of the evil-eliminating army.
The headquarters of the Evil Suppressing Army is located on Jinhan Mountain, the largest mountain in Yuhan City. It stretches for thousands of miles, and you can almost see the camps of the Evil Suppressing Army.
Ling Chen continued to advance towards the mountain through the perimeter of each garrison. When he reached the top of the mountain, a huge mountain stronghold came into view.
This village was originally the headquarters of the largest Qingshi Village in Jinhan Mountain. There were over 100,000 bandits in the village. Now it was captured by the Evil Suppressing Army and used as the base camp of the Evil Suppressing Army.
The other military bases only have a few defensive lines on the outside. The base camp is more strict, with three floors inside and three floors outside. The stronghold begins to be fortified three or four miles away. As soon as Ling Chen stepped in, there was a group of knights with bows on the facade.
Flashed out from among the rocks.
"Stop, this is the station of the evil-eliminating army. No one is allowed to enter." The leader of the team raised the long bow in his hand. Although he did not string the bow, his expression was solemn.
"I'm here to see Descartes, the leader of the evil-suppressing army. Please let me know and tell my old friend Sunset Star to see you." Ling Chen replied politely.
The team leader was distracted for a moment, looked at Ling Chen up and down, and whispered a few words to a knight archer beside him. The knight archer immediately turned around and left.
The remaining arch knights did not dare to slack off, and kept a close eye on Ling Chen, guarding against him suddenly coming in.
Ling Chen stood still and waited patiently for more than an hour. Finally, a team of more than ten people appeared behind the bow knight team. When these ten people quickly approached, the leader was a man with a Chinese character face, a dark face, and a body.
Wearing a set of black armor, he looks very impressive.
Seeing Ling Chen, the big man's already brisk pace immediately accelerated and he almost ran all the way to the front.
Feeling vaguely familiar, Ling Chen suddenly realized that this big man must be Descartes.
"Sir Adventurer, it's really you!"
The person who came was none other than Descartes. He came all the way to Ling Chen. Excitement and ecstasy appeared on his face, as if he had seen a great benefactor. In fact, it was Ling Chen who killed the village chief and his son and saved the entire world.
Liwa Village, and did not receive any reward.
"It's me! Descartes, I can't believe that you have become the leader of the evil-eating army." Ling Chen nodded and tried to be as affectionate as possible.
"It's just good luck. And everyone supports me. Sir adventurer, please follow me into the village." Descartes was excited. He waved to the people following him and said, "Notify me and let the kitchen prepare a sumptuous dinner.
In addition to setting up defenses, all officers at the level of captain must be present."
"Yes!" Several people agreed and took the lead in returning to the village to make preparations.
Ling Chen didn't say much. The more respect Descartes had, the more promising he was. Although he was a player, he wasn't too interested in the food in the game, but it didn't hurt to have a meal.
"Adventurer-sama, please!"
Descartes made an appeal to the cottage.
Ling Chen nodded and strode forward, while Descartes quickly walked a few steps to lead the way.
After entering the village unimpeded, there were numerous patrols along the way. After walking for more than half an hour, the two of them arrived at the main lobby of the village.
Entering inside, candles as white as snow danced with fiery red light on the candlesticks. These lights gathered together and lit up the entire lobby even brighter than outside.
At Descartes's insistence, Ling Chen came to the front seat and sat down. He did not directly state his intention, but asked Descartes about his experience over the past year.
Descartes started from when Ling Chen left Liwa Village, went to the main city to raise taxes and sent troops to encircle Liwa Village because of the village chief and his son's affairs, and then led the whole village to resist together, and accidentally obtained this skill book, which greatly increased his strength.
The Slow General Anti-Evil Army grew stronger. By the time General Descartes slowly finished recounting his experience of more than a year, the dinner party had been prepared, and the captain and officers above had also arrived.
Descartes gave an order, and long tables were placed in the spacious lobby. One after another, not exquisite, but rich and rich wines and dishes were served continuously.
The two chatted while eating, and Ling Chen had to entertain the captain and leader of the evil-suppressing army from time to time. The meal lasted for more than three hours, and he didn't stop until nightfall.
Descartes can become the leader of the evil-eating army, so he is naturally not bad at intelligence. When Ling Chen came to his door, he knew that he had something to discuss. Seeing that Ling Chen was not too anxious, he did not want to have no choice but to refuse to affect Ling Chen's mood because the matter exceeded his bottom line. Therefore,
He never took the initiative to inquire. After the dinner, seeing that Ling Chen seemed to be planning to discuss his intention, he immediately introduced him to his study.
There are not rows of bookshelves in the study, but rows of weapon racks. On the racks, various broadswords are dazzling under the candlelight, emitting a frightening light. When Descartes closed the door,
After taking seats at both ends of the desk, Ling Chen went straight to the topic: "Descartes, I came to Jinhan Mountain to see you this time. I believe you must have guessed what my purpose is, right?"
Descartes nodded slowly.
"I recently got news that in half a month, Jingtian Guild, the largest guild in Yuhan City, will officially declare war on the main city. What do you think?" Ling Chen asked.
"Jingtian Guild declares war on the main city?" Descartes frowned slightly: "Although the Adventurer's Guild is powerful, it should not be strong enough to attack the main city. Is this Jingtian Guild too hasty?
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Ling Chen smiled and shook his head: "Jingtian Guild has received the support of most adventurers. There are a large number of powerful adventurers who are willing to join Jingtian Guild at any time to participate in attacking the main city. With this strength, it is not difficult to win the main city."
"If a large number of powerful adventurers are willing to join the Jingtian Guild, there will indeed be a chance to capture the main city, drive Oliver out of the distance or even kill him." Descartes couldn't help but nodded, thought about it, and said seriously: "
To be honest with you, Sir Adventurer, I have always had an attitude of neither supporting nor opposing the Adventurer Guild’s opposition to Oliver. After all, the Adventurer’s Guild is hostile to the main city purely for profit, and cannot feel the suffering of the people.
If they take the main city, they may not be the second Oliver."
"You can rest assured on this. The president of the Jingtian Guild, Xiao Zhen Changkong, has decided that after taking over the control of the main city, the various taxes on the people will be reduced by 90% to only 10% of the original amount."
Chen opened his mouth and said.
"Really?" Descartes said in surprise: "After the Jingtian Guild took over the rule of the main city, the taxes were only 10% of the original?"
"It's absolutely true!" Ling Chen nodded. He had never asked Xiao Zhen Changkong how he would tax the NPC people after he took over the rule of the main city. He had accidentally seen a post about taxes on the forum before.
, this post combines data, information and various surveys to conclude that the most appropriate tax rate is 5% of the income of all people under the jurisdiction of the main city. Beyond this ratio, the increase in people's favorability towards the main city will be
Slow down, and if it is too high, it will even reduce the favorability. If the tax rate is lower than this ratio, although the favorability will increase faster, it will easily cause a lot of negative impacts that are no less serious than the tax increase.
Five percent is almost exactly the 10 percent tax rate when Oliver was in power.
For the NPC city owner, all the players' taxes are collected by the system, and only the people's taxes are collected into the main city warehouse, so the people's taxes are the largest part. For the player city owners, it is just the opposite. The player guild takes the main city.
After that, all the players' taxes will belong to the main city. The people just farm and open some small shops, and the taxes are only a small amount. The players will monopolize the pharmaceuticals, equipment and other industries, and the taxes are far higher than the people's taxes.
In order to increase the favorability of the people and ensure that there will be a steady stream of NPC soldiers in the future, it is no problem even if the player city owner refuses to accept or even transfers money. Therefore, no matter who takes control of the main city, as long as their head is not broken, it is impossible to loot NPCs.
The common people will only continue to reduce their burden. The same is naturally true for Jingtian Guild. Even if there may be some discrepancies in the post, the discrepancy will never be too big. It can be seen from other main cities where the player guild has taken over the rule. Basically,
The tax on players remains unchanged, while the tax on NPC people has dropped significantly. In order to be ahead of other main cities, several main cities are even trying to tax exemptions and investing a large amount of gold coins to encourage NPC people to open up wasteland and produce.
"If the Jingtian Guild really wants to reduce taxes to the level they were during Oliver's time after taking over the main city..." Descartes suddenly stood up: "I am willing to lead the evil-eating army to help the Jingtian Guild."
Ling Chen smiled and pressed his hand: "Don't worry, you don't need the help of the Evil Slayer Army."
"Don't you need help from the Evil Slayer Army?"
Descartes was a little confused. He thought that Ling Chen's purpose was to persuade the evil army to help the Jingtian Guild. It was for Ling Chen's sake, plus he really had no intention of ruling the main city, and the Jingtian Guild had taken over the main city.
It would be a great thing for him to be able to significantly reduce taxes after his rule, so he was not willing to send troops to help without confirming the authenticity of the news.
As a result, Ling Chen's tone showed that this was not his intention.
Ling Chen nodded. He had already made up his mind to make the Evil Slayer Army a part of Guanghui Village. How could he allow the Evil Slayer Army to participate in the Jingtian Guild's city battle and suffer unreasonable losses? Anyway, the agreement with the Jingtian Guild only ensured that the Evil Slayer Army would not
It's just a surprise attack from behind, so there's no need to waste your own profits and give the Jingtian Guild a generous gift.
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