Chapter 1612 Only a Country Has a Family
Although the opinions of the traders seem to be different, in fact they all deliberately hope to reduce taxes.
In fact, the taxes in Dasai City are already very low, but the businessmen are very profit-oriented and greedy. They always think that it would be better if they could be lower, even lower. It would be better if they could be exempted from taxes. That would be a good city lord throughout the ages!
If you really do this, you will become a stupid city lord who will never be forgotten.
Without taxes, traders would naturally be happy and free. How would the country run?
If the country cannot run well, it is not far from being destroyed.
Naturally, you traders will not be affected at all. At worst, you can drag your family with your bed and bed rolls and continue doing business in another mountain.
High-ranking officials and dignitaries in Cyber City can be reached, but the royal family and nobles cannot!
Once the country is gone, they are just fish on the chopping board, and others can cut them how they want.
After the officials present listened, there was no indignant attitude, but some people asked leisurely: "How much of these people's opinions and opinions are the opinions of the tribe?"
Prime Minister Lesta shook his head and said: "There is no one. Most of them are traders from the former Airui City who fled here."
"Hmph" snorted, and another dignitary sneered: "It seems that the taxes collected from them are too low. It needs to be mentioned. Your Majesty, I suggest that the taxes of the merchants in the original Airui City be raised to the same level as those in Airui City." Taxes are equal.”
"No," Prime Minister Lesta said, "This will hurt the hearts of those traders who agree with us!"
"So what?" The politician rolled his eyes and said: "Dasi City is the world of my orcs, and it's not the world of those traders and lackeys. If you break their hearts, the most you can do is let those guys pack their bags. Leave, no matter where they go, they will be full of complaints and resentment. It is better to drive these people away, and avoid negative energy infecting our people."
"It's a bit extreme." On the other side, another political figure shook his head and said: "You are in charge of education, you have an upright heart, and you never complain. This is a great good thing for the education industry, but your set of ideas is not applicable to Business traders, all traders in this world, value nothing more than two things, one is fame, the other is profit. But in the final analysis, their reputation only exists for profit, so the essence of a trader is profit, righteousness As the saying goes, "Only those who are profitable will stay, and those who are unprofitable will turn around and leave." Don't underestimate this common proverb. In fact, its meaning is very deep and complicated, such as this time When traders report their public opinions, have you ever thought about why those reported are all foreign traders? Why are the reasons reported all tax issues? In fact, our national taxes are adjusted according to the regional economic level, and the tax share is very low. , except for a few truly greedy ones, it is possible that the city lords of some towns secretly increased taxes, or simply took pleasure in bullying foreign traders, these are not impossible to happen."
At this point, he sighed and said earnestly: "Don't think that your own people will definitely have no problems. Many times, the people who may really trick you are your own people."
Everyone was silent, even the extremist was silent.
This dignitary, who seemed to be about the same age as the Beastman King, had a comprehensive perspective on issues.
The orc king looked around and saw no one said anything, so he said: "In that case, set up an investigation team to investigate the locations of the vendors one by one according to the reported locations. If our own people do not do well, we will immediately impose heavy fines as punishment. If the vendors are greedy, If the demand is excessive, then the tax rate should be raised to the same level as the tax in the merchant's original place of residence. The first time will be fined three months, and if it is committed again, the fine will be one year. Those who fail to change after repeated admonitions will be deported."
The waiter wrote them down one by one, and then walked out quickly.
The public voice and public opinion of the foreign traders was temporarily resolved, but the public voice and public opinion of the border nomads came again.
This time the public opinion is different from that of foreign traders, but what is even more troubling is that foreign adventurers sometimes carry out sneak attacks on them, rob cattle and sheep, plunder property, abuse women, etc., which makes them unbearable to disturb. , the depression is unspeakable.
They also reported it to the city lord of the town where they belonged, and the city lord also strengthened manpower to guard the surrounding areas and increased patrols, hoping to reduce the losses of the herdsmen.
However, those foreign adventurers were like field mice, clustered in the east and west, their whereabouts were unpredictable, and they were good at guerrillas, disturbing the nomadic residents and the adventurer team that protected the residents.
In desperation, the city lords of several towns personally reported the matter one by one, awaiting the Holy Judgment.
Naturally, the Beastman King will not judge these city lords for their incompetence. After all, the frontier manpower is limited and the pressure is high. It is not easy to do what is now.
But we cannot give up those nomadic peoples. On the one hand, they are our own people, and we have the obligation to protect them. On the other hand, giving up on them will lead to instability in the people's hearts and fear of mutiny.
For a country, mutiny is the most deadly poison.
The Beastman King frowned in deep thought, and on his rough and sunny face, there was a hint of gloominess that did not match his temperament.
"Xiaoyi" he raised his head and looked at me for the first time: "If it were you, what would you do?"
My eyes twitched, why: "You asked me this out of the blue, and I don't know how to answer you."
"Then tell me what you are thinking now," the orc king said, "Say whatever comes to mind. It doesn't matter if you don't say it well."
After a slight hesitation, I said: "Speaking of which, I have only encountered something like this once, when I jointly suppressed bandits with foreign adventurers, so I don't have any detailed plans or feasible suggestions, but I have One point of view is to mobilize all the power that can be mobilized and spare no effort to kill all the intruders. It is best to make the other party feel the pain in one go. Only when it hurts will they be afraid and will they worry. If there is no pain, they will never regret it. "
"I agree with what he said." The old Duke stood up and said, "We must spare no effort and mobilize all the forces we can to kill all the invaders, leaving no one behind, and seek justice for the innocent residents who were persecuted by the invaders!"
Seeing the old Duke's reaction so fiercely, the Beastman King smiled bitterly and said, "Sit down first, don't get excited, don't hurt your body."
The old Duke slowly leaned back, plopped back into his chair, and let out a breath.
Seeing that the old Duke sat back safely in his seat, the Orc King just breathed a sigh of relief and said: "You have just heard that the intruders are quite cunning. They often use guerrilla tactics to commit crimes everywhere. They are not easy to round up and are laborious. Over time, I am afraid that they will Adventurers guarding the frontier pose a considerable burden."
"It is an honor to share the country's worries!" The old Duke said righteously: "Only when you have a country can you have a family, and when you have a family can you be happy. I don't need to say this, everyone knows it."
"What you said is true," the Beastman King said with a bitter smile, "but can you guarantee that every citizen will follow the meaning of this sentence?"