Chapter 79 Uninvited guests arriving late at night!
"Are you the owner of the casino?"
In the Lord's Mansion, Mu Chen put his hands on the table, squinted his eyes at a frightened middle-aged man standing opposite, and said casually.
Next to him was the cute and cute little Jasmine. She was wearing a water-blue magic robe, which completely covered her alluring body, revealing only a pair of smooth, snow-white calves.
She tried her best to do what she should do as a maid, helping Mu Chen beat his back and relax her body and mind. Looking at the lord who inadvertently showed a comfortable look, little Jasmine was also very happy.
But the third person here was not happy anymore. The middle-aged man wiped his sweat, bowed his waist, and said with a humble expression and a look of fear.
"Dear Lord, the Casino of All Nations is indeed run by villains..."
He didn't understand why the lord specifically called him, a small casino owner, to come here, and his attitude seemed a little unhappy.
It's so pitiful that he has never seen the lord in his life, let alone offended him...
"The name of Casino of All Nations is quite grand."
Mu Chen said casually, while glancing at the humble man in front of him, thinking about how to solve his bankruptcy crisis.
If he doesn't come up with a solution, Mu Chen definitely has reason to believe that all his gold coins will go into the opponent's pocket, and not a single one will be left!
So this time he made up his mind to attack the casino.
However, direct robbery would definitely not work. It would not be consistent with the image of a benevolent lord that he had just established, and it would also easily cause panic and dissatisfaction among other merchants in the city.
"Have you brought the ledger?"
Mu Chen pondered for a moment and suddenly asked.
The middle-aged man quickly took out a dossier from his arms and presented it with both hands raised.
Jasmine stopped what she was doing and stepped forward to take the dossier. She looked around to make sure it was correct before passing it to Mu Chen.
Mu Chen opened it and looked at it, and couldn't help being shocked.
"Good guy, I still underestimated the income of the casino too much before..."
I saw that it was clearly recorded in the account book that the income of Wanguo Casino last month was well documented.
Perhaps because Mucheng was newly built and was full of waste, the casino business was not very good at the beginning. However, as the business gradually improved, it improved and the daily income began to increase.
The most exaggerated times were some time ago, when I received 500 gold coins, 800 gold coins and 700 gold coins respectively!
Such a huge transaction record of gold coins appeared in this ledger, which was generally kept in silver coins.
You don’t need to think about it to know who lost to the casino...
Mu Chen's face darkened, and he secretly complained about someone's gambling luck, which was like being cursed.
He is truly a big fat sheep.
The total revenue of Wanguo Casino last month reached 8,000 gold coins!
This was before Mucheng had yet to settle down. This month, Mucheng has gradually settled down. People have relaxed their minds and worked hard, and their lives are getting better day by day.
I'm afraid the casino business will get better and better in the days to come!
Even making money every day is not enough to describe it.
Mu Chen saw it with hot eyes. To be honest, even the income of their Lord's Mansion was not as good as that of Wanguo Casino.
This is not an exaggeration, but a fact.
Because Mucheng was newly built in the past few months, 800,000 people had just moved here, and all kinds of jobs were unstable. In order to appease the people, Muchen did not collect any taxes.
The income of the Lord's Mansion is basically zero, or even negative, because he has to spend a lot of gold coins every day to build Mucheng and subsidize the people...
If it weren't for the large amount of gold and silver treasures collected from other territories when they unified the Misty Plains, Mu Chen would have gone bankrupt long ago.
"It seems it's time to put the new tax law on the Mu Territory on the agenda..."
Mu Chen flipped through the account books of Wanguo Casino, looking at the exaggerated revenue records, his heart became increasingly hot, and he murmured secretly.
Taxation is the main source of income for a territory. All construction in the territory requires money, such as territory expansion, reclamation of farmland, opening of various public facilities such as academies and schools, as well as military pay for soldiers, etc., which all require a lot of money.
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And where does this money come from? Is it just relying on the inheritance that Mu Chen collected from other territories?
That is definitely not enough. The most important and long-term source of territory finance is taxation!
Citizens in every territory have the obligation to pay taxes in accordance with the law.
Only when the territory becomes stronger can the interests and lives of the people be truly protected. This is a mutually reinforcing thing and something that everyone should consciously do.
When Mu Zhiling was newly built, Mu Chen, in line with benevolent governance, did not collect taxes immediately and basically paid for it himself.
After all, they had just experienced a major migration, and the residents themselves were already exhausted. Who could bear the heavy tax levy?
But now everything is on track, people have got rid of the initial confusion, started to use their own efforts to build their own homes, and their lives are getting better and better.
It is necessary and capable to contribute to the territory.
Mu Chen had already had an idea in his mind, and now that he saw the account books of Wanguo Casino, he made up his mind even more.
However, how to do it specifically, how much tax should be collected, who should be taxed less, who should be taxed again, and various issues need to be carefully considered...
After all, in the ancient Chinese dynasty, there were too many experiences and lessons to tell Mu Chen about the consequences of excessively exaggerated and severe taxes.
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At night, just when Mu Chen dismissed the casino owner and began to think carefully about the implementation of the new tax law in Mu's Territory.
On the other side, several uninvited guests from the Skyfire Territory gradually approached the Mu Territory.
"Whoosh!"
A black shadow shuttled through the city. His movement was extremely elegant, like a ghost. The city guards could not even see the shadow.
This black shadow's eyes were sharp as it scanned the entire city. The moonlight at night reflected this man's cold face and his eagle-like pupils!
"I didn't expect that there would be such a huge city in this misty plain. Is this the work of the so-called Mu Territory?"
The black shadow is none other than a shadow assassin sent by the Skyfire Leader to investigate the true situation in the Misty Plains and investigate the enemy's situation.
Their shadow group received the order from Lord Skyfire and rushed to the Misty Plain in batches, but unexpectedly found that the original situation of separatism among the heroes here had long been broken.
Mu Zhi Ling!
It became the only territory here, and it was they who defeated the Gray Eagle Territory and unified the entire Misty Plains.
The Shadow Assassin knew in his heart that the Territory of Mu was probably the main target of this exploration operation, so relying on his powerful stealth assassination ability, he broke into Mu City alone, hoping to find opportunities to investigate information.
And the process did not disappoint him. Along the way, no one could detect his infiltration. Even in the inner city where the so-called lord lived, he could come and go as he pleased.
"Hmph, after all, it's just an inconspicuous small border territory. How did you find out about my perfect infiltration?"
The shadow assassin landed lightly on the top of the Mucheng Lord's Mansion without making any movement, just like a feather.
He sneered secretly in his heart and looked quite conceited, feeling that no one could discover him.
But when he straightened up and looked up, he suddenly saw a pair of blood-red eyes.