Chapter 3680: Becoming an Official

"Uh!! I still don't understand!" Xia Tian shook his head. He really didn't know what the use of being an official was.

"The Lu family's official position is useless outside the Lianyun Mountains, but as long as it is still in the Lianyun Mountains, then this official position is too useful. Even the smallest official position in the Lu family is respected. Apart from other things, the Lu family's official positions can be divided from the first grade to the ninth grade, with the first grade being the highest and the ninth grade being the lowest. But even if it is a ninth-grade person, if he goes to the city below, the major families will come out to welcome him and invite him to dinner. When the eighth-grade official comes, those major families will even run up to curry favor with him. As for the seventh-grade official, even the city lord's mansion must entertain him." Lu Fengxian explained.

Although he didn't say much.

But Xia Tian basically understood it. In short, in one sentence, within the jurisdiction of the Lu family, the Lu family's official position is the most powerful, and everyone in the entire Lianyun Mountains must recognize it.

"Let me tell you this, if the general of the Lu family goes to any mountain gate, even those three sects and three schools must entertain him well." Lu Fengxian said again.

"Now that you put it that way, it's really awesome." Xia Tian said.

"I applied for a seventh-rank official for you." Lu Fengxian said.

"So high!!" Xia Tian was also stunned. He thought that being an official must be a step-by-step process. It is impossible to ascend to heaven in one step. From the lowest ninth rank, it must be considered remarkable.

"If it is the mayor of other cities who apply, the highest is a ninth rank, and it also requires merits. To put it bluntly, it is to send money up, because once you become a ninth-rank official, you will have a salary, and it will be convenient to do things in the future. For example, at this F-level city gathering, everyone will look at the strength of your city, such as the size of the city, whether there are any special products, and how good the performance is; the second thing to look at is whether there are officials in your city. If there are officials, they will definitely be looked up to. It can be said that this is a symbol of status." Lu Fengxian said.

In a place like Tianyuan Continent.

Identity is a very important thing.

With an identity, you can do anything. Of course, you must have money, but usually, as long as you have an identity, you are equivalent to having money.

"It sounds good." Xia Tian said.

"That's natural. I specially asked the national teacher to get you such a position this time. Of course, in order to get you this position, our Luoshi City will start paying taxes this year." Lu Fengxian said.

Obviously, if you want to get a reward, you must pay.

If you want to get the name of an official position, you must show the corresponding performance.

Although Lu Fengxian has reported the situation of Luoshi City, it has not been confirmed after all. At that time, the Lu family will also specially get a special commissioner to come here to investigate the actual situation. This special commissioner will record the situation here and report it.

If someone is found to have made a false report, the end will be very cruel.

So generally speaking, when those special commissioners come, they must be worshipped like living ancestors.

Delicious food and drink are sent, and money must be given to them.

Of course, Xia Tian also understood that if he didn't have the identity of Lu Fengxian, he would definitely not have the possibility of getting the seventh-rank official.

No matter how unpopular Lu Fengxian was in the family, he was still the eldest son of the Lu family.

No one could replace this identity.

According to the previous tradition, the eldest son must be the heir of the head of the family in the future.

But Lu Fengxian couldn't practice, and his realm had been stuck at the first level of the Yuan level and had not changed, so he was also excluded.

Normally, the Lu family has many masters, so they naturally don't care about one or two masters, but if the patriarch of such a large family is only at the first level of the Yuan level, then he will be laughed at when he goes out, and even people will think that your Lu family has no ability, otherwise you can use various resources to cultivate a waste to a master of the sixth level of the Yuan level.

"How much do you need to pay?" Xia Tian asked.

"Our Luoshi City is now in the growth period, so the tax is temporarily very low, even lower than the requirements above, so this price difference must be made up by us." Lu Fengxian said.

"How much?" Xia Tian asked again.

"Let's put it this way. The Lu family gives eight tax points to the lower levels, which means that the commercial tax must reach eight points. However, we are under the jurisdiction of Shenying City in Guichuan District, so the tax task given to us by Shenying City is ten points. Other cities generally increase the tax to twelve or thirteen points, and some cities even increase it to twenty points, but it is rare. After all, such high taxes are not affordable for ordinary cities unless they have abundant resources." Lu Fengxian explained.

His meaning is very simple.

Each level must share some money.

This can also be regarded as management rights.

"The current tax point for normal people in Luoshi City is six points, and the tax point for soldiers is five points. As for those who have made contributions, the tax is only four points, so we have to pay six points of tax to Shenying City." Lu Fengxian said.

"Isn't it that we can decide how much tax we want?" Xia Tian asked puzzled.

"Of course not. After we pay the money, Shenying City will send people to check. And don't think that we are still in the development stage. In fact, when the two of us started to develop Luoshi City, there were already spies from Shenying City here. So if you dare to evade taxes, the end is very simple, and the whole clan will be destroyed!!" Lu Fengxian said.

Tax evasion is the most terrible thing on the Tianyuan Continent.

Because the people above live on these taxes.

"Oh, how much tax do we need to pay in Luoshi City this year?" Xia Tian asked.

"Seven hundred thousand!!" Lu Fengxian said.

"So much!!" Xia Tian was stunned.

"In fact, this is already very good. Many of your opinions are very far-sighted. I didn't quite understand it at the beginning. Now think about it, there are really many benefits. You just started to control the price of goods, which made our taxes much lower. And although the business is prosperous, to put it bluntly, those are private transactions. Although private transactions are prohibited in normal cities, our Luoshi City is different. From today on, there will be no private transactions in the future, but who can control the private transactions in the past?" Lu Fengxian smiled slightly.

"Oh!!" Xia Tian nodded. Seven hundred thousand coins really hurt.

"In fact, your official rank is still not high. If you can be above the fourth rank, then our city does not need to pay ten points at all, but only eight points. Shenying City will definitely not earn two points from us." Lu Fengxian said.

"Then how can I become a fourth-rank official?"