Chapter 193 Special Operation 1

Richard formulated a low tax policy to promote the development of productivity and to keep wealth in the hands of the people.

Only when the people are rich and have savings can they have consumption capacity and a market.

Whether a territory develops well or not depends on whether there is a market.

Otherwise, the brown sugar, white wine, and steel products produced cannot be sold.

Without a consumer market, how can you make a profit?

Although the goods in the Harland territory have a certain monopoly, many of them are unique goods, such as hemostatic ointment, brown sugar, etc.

But the market is controlled by outsiders. Once they block you, they can immediately expel you.

The Dawn Plane is not the Earth where free trade prevails. Local protectionism here is extremely serious. As long as the goods can be produced by themselves, even if the goods outside are good quality and cheap, the lords will use violent means to prohibit the outflow of gold coins.

It is very dangerous for a territory to be controlled by outsiders.

Only by cultivating the market can it gain a foothold and promote industrial progress.

Nowadays, the main income of the Harland territory is actually from the sale of various goods, and it does not rely heavily on taxes.

Richard believes that releasing water to raise fish and cultivating the market will greatly benefit the economic development of the territory, so he will formulate a lighter tax policy.

Richard has the economic common sense of his previous life and knows that there are many ways to collect taxes. Directly increasing taxes is the dumbest way, which can easily cause the disgust of the people in the territory.

The best way is to enrich the tax source and add new taxes, such as tariffs, property taxes, business taxes, etc.

If there are 100,000 households in the Haland territory, the property tax alone can collect tens of thousands of gold coins each year, which is enough for the territory to expand its army by 1,000 people.

In addition, the territory can also engage in material monopoly, and make profits from the people in the territory through salt, steel, and brown sugar monopoly.

When there is a shortage of money, salt, brown sugar and other materials can increase the price by 10%, which can also greatly increase fiscal revenue.

After discussing the tax policy with Rogge, new taxes were added this year. Richard decided to transfer manpower to cope with the competition in the liquor market.

Richard will send more people to Black River Fort and Flame Fort to attack Viscount Sisse who sells liquor.

Since Viscount Xisai dared to send people to steal his wine-making process, Richard would certainly not let him off easily.

Although Richard could not start a war to punish Viscount Xisai.

But it was still feasible to send people to attack important figures and important targets in Viscount Xisai on a small scale.

If Richard did not launch a retaliatory action, he would probably be despised by the nearby hereditary nobles. There would be more and more commercial spies, and the pressure on the intelligence department would become heavier and heavier.

There would be more and more people who would touch the interests of the Harland family.

In order to ensure that the action was foolproof, Richard and Sofia were in charge in person. Although they would not personally participate in the attack, they hid behind the attackers to ensure the success of the action.

For this attack on Viscount Xisai, Richard carefully selected sixty people.

These sixty people basically came from the first, second, and Warcraft Cavalry squadrons. The number of professionals exceeded twenty, and the rest were high-level warrior students.

The soldiers participating in the action all carried enchanted armor, including ten pieces of brute force armor, ten pieces of light armor, thirty pieces of snake scale armor, and ten pieces of Warcraft leather armor.

Light armor is Richard's latest enchanted armor. The manufacturing idea of ​​this armor is the same as that of brute force armor.

Both can release a light magic by consuming the warrior's fighting spirit. However, the cost of manufacturing light armor is 20% higher than that of brute force armor.

In the army of Harland Territory, the number of brute force armor has increased to 30, and the number of light armor is also 10.

The combination of brute force armor and light armor has improved the combat effectiveness of the first squadron.

Although there are only 60 people, the assault team is the elite of Harland Territory.

The officers leading the team are mainly two people, Lost and Jennings.

Because according to Richard's observation, these two people are the most loyal to him.

Lost believes in the spirit of chivalry. Once he swears allegiance to Richard, he will basically not change his master. Jennings is also loyal to Richard from the heart because of his special experience.

Sending people to attack noble lords is a serious crime. Once someone catches the handle and reports it to the noble parliament, Richard will also encounter great trouble.

Therefore, for this operation, the most loyal people to the territory must be selected.

In order to prevent the mission from failing, Richard and Sophia also brought the Starlight Necklace to ensure that the mission would be successful.

Sixty people disguised themselves as mercenaries, and through Soros's old relationship, they received a mission to escort a caravan and sneaked into the Viscount Xisai Territory.

Richard and Sophie disguised themselves as a traveling noble couple, followed by several guards, and followed the caravan.

The weapons, equipment, and alchemical bombs for the operation were all hidden in the Starlight Bottle on Richard.

The Viscount Xisai Territory is very close to the Flame Castle. About six kilometers west of the Flame Castle, you will enter the territory of the Viscount Xisai.

The Xisai family has been promoted to Viscount for more than 30 years. The previous generation of Viscount Xisai was a powerful eighth-level gold knight.

However, the old Viscount, who lived to be 116 years old, died of illness seven or eight years ago.

The current Viscount Xisai is his grandson, Boy Xisai, who is sixty years old and a sixth-level knight.

Boyi was not the first heir of the Cisse family, but because he was the most powerful, he was supported by most members of the Cisse family, and forced his uncles and brothers to give up their inheritance rights and become the second viscount.

The inheritance of titles among nobles is often bloody.

Although the order of succession is important, one's own strength and influence are far more important than the order of succession.

For example, if William must hand over the territory to Ron when he is old, other members of the Harland family and officers in the territory will not agree.

If it is not handled properly, it will be a bloody conflict. Ron's whole family will die, and it is very likely that William will die in an accident in his old age.

When a person dies, he naturally loses the right of inheritance. In many cases, the inheritance of nobles is determined by internal conspiracies and killings.

A shrewd and capable noble will handle this matter well while he is alive, forcing the son who is ahead in the order of succession to give up the right of inheritance and designate the most capable child as the first heir.

Aristocrats who are old and weak and confused in their later years often do not handle the heirs well, and bloody conflicts will inevitably break out when inheriting the title.

The northern border area is better, because of the strong pressure from the orcs, internal fighting will not break out in many cases. For the nobles in the south, every inheritance of the title is almost accompanied by swords, conspiracies, and bloody killings.

Even the Grant royal family, every succession to the throne is often accompanied by conspiracy and war.

Fortunately, the Duke of Brener has been in charge for these years. He has enough prestige to suppress conflicts and no serious internal strife has broken out.

After arriving at the Flame Castle, Richard did not look for his old comrades in the Eighth Brigade.

Seven years have passed, and Richard's old partner Diarra has become a fourth-level warrior and serves as the deputy captain of the Eighth Brigade.

Richard's old subordinate Dida has also become a third-level professional and served as the captain of the first squadron of the Eighth Brigade.

Ron is still serving in the Eighth Brigade, and his professional level has also been upgraded to the second level, serving as the captain of the seventh squadron.

Although he has often communicated with some old friends through letters over the years, the relationship has been maintained very well. However, this action is to attack the Viscount Sisse's territory, which is dishonorable from a legal point of view. Richard will certainly not expose his whereabouts in the Flame Castle. Leave a handle.

The Sisse family has been in the Gascoigne Province for hundreds of years, and has offended many people because of various conflicts.

Even if it is attacked, as long as the handle is not caught, it will be difficult to find out for a while. Even if you investigate thoroughly and have a suspect, it is still useless without evidence.