"Residents of Feili Village, please come out! There are new policies coming!"
In the night, a knight riding Gale Wolf was standing at the entrance of Feili Village holding a large roll of paper and shouting, and behind him was a large number of transport carriages.
After that shout covered the entire Feili Village, the villagers inside walked out with tired faces. They were sleeping soundly, and some killer woke them up. But listening to those words, the knights from the city must have had to get up again.
Several people nearby were still discussing in low voices, "Isn't this damn Earl going to increase taxes again? My family doesn't have much food left now."
"Whose family is not the same? My family doesn't have much money left."
"This is the fourth additional tax increase this year. They say they are going to fight with the neighboring lords. I don't understand. What good will fighting do to us? We fight every day."
"Forget it, just accept it. What can we do?"
After everyone sighed, their mood became depressed for a while. Finally, the group of people walked to the entrance of the village and looked at the knight riding a wolf. They were still a little unfamiliar. They had never seen this knight before.
But it doesn't matter, it's still the same anyway, so what's the change? Let's tell them how much tax increase is announced as soon as possible, so they can go to sleep.
Owen took a look at the villagers here, and after making sure that most of them were here, he took out another piece of gorgeous paper with gold edges.
After eating the Magic Fruit given to him by Claire during the retest, Owen successfully advanced to Silver Knight. But even though he was already Silver Knight, he still felt a little nervous. This was his first time working for Lord Claire, so he must not screw it up.
"The first thing to announce is that Count Evan's Territory has now become the territory of Tulip Duchy, and you will be citizens of Tulip Duchy from now on."
Owen After the announcement, the villagers below did not react much. To them, it made no difference at all. Many people even had no idea what the principality was and what it represented.
At most, they just looked at each other in confusion. Although they didn't understand, it was still good news. At least they weren't here to make them pay any fees.
After the announcement, Owen saw that their reaction was not very big, so he added, "Duke Tulip, which is Lord Claire, the lord of Griffin County."
"Now a new tax policy has been announced, and these policies are common in the principality!" It stands to reason that the taxes of the counties below the principality are set by the local lords themselves, and have little to do with the duke above.
But it's a pity that Claire has very strong control over the five newly acquired territories. If these people are disobedient, then just change them and listen to yourself. That's why Owen can say that these policies are common in the principality.
tax?!
As soon as they heard these two words, everyone present cheered up again. The previous principality had little to do with them, but the taxation was closely related to them.
The people below stared at Owen's mouth with their eyes wide open, feeling a little nervous. They didn't want to hear any news about tax increases from Owen's mouth. Although they knew that the chance was slim, they still had a little hope in their hearts.
"Except for the most basic taxes, all other taxes are exempted, such as seed tax, harvest tax, etc. In addition..." Owen read out the relevant policies one by one. The villagers below were dumbfounded when they heard these words. Some even pinched their own thighs to see if they were dreaming.
Owen After finishing the reading, he nodded to the villagers below, "This is the new policy. If you have any questions, you can ask me here."
Everyone was still in a state of extreme shock. After reacting, they all turned their attention to the village chief of their own village.
The village chief also felt a little pressure, walked out from the crowd, looked at Owen and said with a trembling tone:
"My Lord Knight, is everything you said true? Have you really reduced that much tax?"
Owen nodded, "Yes, this has been written into the laws of the principality and will be implemented from now on." This is not a big deal in Owen's opinion. These are the most basic. Now there are subsidies for farming in Griffin Territory, and the subsidies are much higher than the tax.
The gray-bearded village chief burst into tears immediately. This was the first time in his life that he had encountered such a thing. The new Duke was such a good man!
"Thank you! Thank you!" The old man with the gray beard knelt down immediately.
"You don't need to thank me. If you want to thank me, just thank Lord Claire. He formulated these policies, and I only implemented them."
"I understand, then please thank Lord Claire on behalf of all the members of our Feili Village!" the village chief said gratefully.
"I will convey it." Owen nodded and continued, "Is everyone in your village here? There is one more thing to do next."
The village chief glanced back and said, "Everyone is here. Sir, what else can you do?"
"The next step is to return the taxes you have paid this year."
"Huh?" The villagers above were once again shocked.
Owen took out the large roll of paper placed on Gale Wolf's back and read out.
"There are two ways of return: food and currency. You can choose as you like."
"The first one is the Oak family. After excluding basic taxes, they will return one hundred and twenty-one Silver Coins. If you want food, you can tell the person who recorded it and he will exchange it for you. Of course, you can also choose half the money and half the goods."
After the crowd fell silent for a while, a dark and muscular man was pushed out.
The dark-skinned man stayed there for a few seconds, then tentatively walked towards the cargo team behind Owen, and finally got back a bag of Gold Coins. All the villagers present were excited.
This is real, not fake! I really have money to take!
Owen also withdrew his gaze from Oak, put the paper back in his hand, and continued, "The second one is..."
After more than half an hour, almost all the tax returns to this village had been returned. This didn't cost Claire money, it was all spent from the treasury of these original territories.
It's like spending other people's money to do things for yourself. Claire likes it best. The other five lords are not interesting either. Money is just an external possession. It is their honor to be able to help the Duke with things. A small amount of money is nothing!
When Owen was about to leave, the villagers of Feili Village spontaneously surrounded Owen with expressions of gratitude and excitement.
"Lord Knight, you must thank the Duke for us!"
"This is a specialty of our village. If you don't mind it, take some back to the Duke and treat it as our kindness."
"Does the Duke belong to Griffin County? We will go there to take a look when we have time in the future."
It was also the first time for Owen to experience firsthand how beneficial these policies are to people, so that these villagers responded so greatly. They also understood the greatness of Lord Claire and responded to the villagers' words one by one.
"One more thing, there is a new city called Mermaid Port on the seaside of Griffin Territory. If any of you want to go out and work hard, you can consider working there. The salary is not bad." Owen said. This is also one of the messages Regan asked the knights to convey.
"Got it!"
"I'll let my boy go there and try his luck."