"It seems you noticed this problem too." Servini nodded at Xu Yi. "That shows how serious it has become. We can't put it off any longer."
"Put it off?" Xu Yi frowned slightly. "Why? Is changing this going to be difficult?"
When he had seen the congestion at the gates outside Anvilmar City earlier, Xu Yi had thought of abolishing the city entry tax.
But after entering the city, before he even had a chance to meet Stille, a servant sent by the Royal Palace had found him and informed him that Her Majesty the Queen wished to see him immediately.
Xu Yi happened to have many matters whose general direction he needed to settle with Servini as soon as possible, so he had Liss, Linda, and Anise escort Freya to meet Stille at the agreed location, while he followed the servant into the palace to see Servini.
As soon as he met Servini, Xu Yi described what he had seen at the city gates, then proposed abolishing the plainly outdated city entry tax.
Servini wholeheartedly agreed with his proposal, but now she seemed to have run into some difficulty.
"Of course." Servini spread her hands, looking rather helpless. "The city gate tax has always been an important source of revenue for the kingdom's major cities. Naturally, trying to abolish it all at once would draw a great deal of opposition."
Xu Yi's brow furrowed further, his expression puzzled.
"What age are we living in? There are still cities relying on the city entry tax as their main source of tax revenue?"
Servini rolled her eyes at Xu Yi. "Do you think everywhere is like Bunta City, with annual tax revenue exceeding two million gold coins, so it doesn't need to worry about a mere city entry tax? Let me