Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 1391 Taxes are fiercer than tigers

When Lin Sanjiu slowly opened her eyes, someone was leaning in front of her nose, staring at her without blinking.

There were many white eyeballs on that person's face, each with a little black floating, and they were close to her face, as if they were still rising and falling with breathing.

When she was terrified, she also realized that they could not belong to the same person——before the look of shock climbed onto her cheeks, she hurriedly suppressed her expression, and stopped in time on the verge of gasping for air. car.

... She accidentally fell asleep.

Lin Sanjiu stood up slowly as expressionless as possible, watched the elephant trunk sweep twice, and finally backed away.She used to think that the appearance of an elephant was very gentle and stable, but now seeing that huge gray leather face full of human eyes, she just felt her stomach constrict.

Looking back, she found that the gift bag was leaning on the side, and she had fallen asleep due to exhaustion.Not far behind the elephant, three or two companions were also awake, looking at her with tired faces.The elephant was so close to her just now, but they could only watch and could not say anything.Fortunately, after a few hours, they have figured out a rule: as long as they do not "know" the existence of elephants, then elephants will not harm people.

She glanced at the clock.Only four hours had passed since the start of farming and searching, but no one expected that after the game really started, they would be so tired—the farmers all felt the heavy burden of plowing the farmland with their own hands; , It also seemed to have really gone on a long journey, and a lot of physical strength was consumed.Even Han Suiping, who had been recuperating, seemed to have endured the loss of physical strength brought about by the passage of time. Tortured by endless pain in his chest, he finally fell asleep.

The three people who were sent to search were all resting at the other end of the room. Among them, Lu Hua was leaning against the concrete trough, shaking his head little by little, as if he was about to fall asleep.Siba'an was sitting under a wall, panting slightly, the strands of blond hair hanging from his forehead were darkened by sweat.He walked the same distance as the other two, and the degree of fatigue and strenuousness seemed to be the same. It seemed that the room would not spare him just because of his extraordinary combat power.

"Didn't find the exit?" Lin Sanjiu couldn't help asking, knowing that they would not have such good luck.At present, one-third of the floor and an arm-high wall have been scratched with white marks by them with sharp objects such as the tip of a knife.

Sparan shook his head.He was obviously too tired to speak, so he paused, but still comforted her in a hoarse voice: "With me here, I can go out."

Lin Sanjiu sighed and nodded.She turned around and yelled "gift bag", Ji Shanqing was still asleep; when she wanted to yell again, she couldn't bear it anymore.How could this child have been so tired, she really wanted him to sleep a little longer - but as long as the peasants do not work for a moment, the fields will not produce for a moment.

"Houster, Nuyue," she simply woke up the other two farmers first, "wake up, it's time to work."

Although it is already one o'clock in the afternoon, the actual farming time of the farmers was less than four hours, so each person only got three food balls. After deducting the tax that they do not know how much they will have to pay, they will not even have their basic survival for tomorrow. There is no guarantee, and there is really no luxury to continue to nap.

After the gift bag was finally awakened by Lin Sanjiu's soft voice, he rubbed his eyes and picked up the little hoe again.Everyone took a break just now, which was already a lot of time wasted. After talking a few words now, they all resumed their work.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the farm tools in the gift bag first broke down.

Lu Hua avoided the elephant and moved halfway across the room, and her face turned pale from exhaustion. It seems that it is impossible to go back and continue searching within today.But even though she was tired, when she took over the agricultural tools, her expression was not heavy at all, on the contrary, she seemed a little brisk; while making repairs with small toy-like tools, she asked: "You haven't paid taxes yet, can't you?" pay me?"

"We can agree on a price," Ji Shanqing replied, "I will pay you after paying the tax. How much do you charge?"

Lu Hua lowered her head and thought for a while without saying a word.When she opened her mouth, she hesitated and said, "... 200 calories."

So far, each farmer has only obtained four food balls in total, and even the data body gift pack that has always wanted to have whatever it has, has been reluctant to hear it. "half?"

"That's what I think," Lu Hua hurriedly argued, "It took you four hours of work before the first farm tool damage occurred. If the chance of damage only occurs once every four hours, then you work eight hours a day. In one hour, I can only repair farm tools twice... The minimum is 300 calories, and I have to pay taxes. Add it all together, isn't four balls a day the most basic? Calculated in this way, the minimum fee for each charge is also It's two balls."

"Or you don't need to charge any fees. We will directly provide you with food balls every day, so you don't have to pay taxes..." Horst suddenly interrupted.

"No, this is tax evasion." Jiansheng raised a hand and waved at them through the elephant: "I still want to deduct it from you."

"You can also collect a little less tax on purpose, and we will share the saved food balls." Nuyue also joined the conversation, looked at Sibaan, and said, "I know...you need to have an inspection. Only, if the inspector can spare the taxman, we'll only have to hand over the bare minimum of food balls—what's the matter?"

Sibaan lowered his eyelids, just shook his head lightly, and said, "No."

"why?"

"You are supervised by the tax collector, the tax collector is supervised by me, everyone is supervised..." He said in a low voice, "Don't you understand?"

Everyone fell silent together.If it is the elephant itself that supervises the inspector... this method is naturally impossible.

Lu Hua's request is indeed reasonable, and this is the only way to do it now.Fortunately, the time for repairing farm tools was very short, so Ji Shanqing didn't have to go back to continue farming.After working for a while, Chao Jiansheng asked, "When will you come over to collect taxes?"

The sooner the taxes are collected, the earlier they can eat food balls to replenish their energy.When each food ball is produced, it is wrapped in paper with 100 calories written on it; because they have not paid taxes, they can't even open the paper package, but it cuts off the people who steal before tax or resist tax. The idea of ​​handing over.

Jian Sheng had learned the lesson of Lu Hua just now, and was slowly approaching the farmland while searching - the tax collector had to go to the trough at the other end of the room to pay the tax after collecting the tax. It is a formidable challenge.At this time, he raised his head when he heard the words, smiled bitterly and said, "I think it's better for me to wait until after five o'clock."

It sounds like he can decide when to collect taxes.

Just as Lin Sanjiu thought of this, Ji Shanqing suddenly took a breath and asked loudly, "Isn't it 20.00% five?"

She was still wondering what it was 20.00% At five o'clock, Jian Sheng nodded in embarrassment, and squeezed out of a small gap beside the elephant's legs without looking sideways, panting when he spoke: "You... you are so I guessed it soon."

"What's going on?" she asked over her shoulder.

"Sister, we started farming after nine o'clock," Ji Shanqing replied with a calm face, "by five o'clock, each person's output happens to be eight food balls. Naturally, we hope Pay taxes when there is output, so that you can replenish your physical strength immediately; but due to the limited physical strength of the tax collector, he cannot frequently run into the tax point. He must decide the appropriate time to collect taxes according to the situation of both parties ..."

When he said this, he sighed.

"Eight of us, each of us needs 3 food balls per day to survive, that is to say, the four farmers have to produce a minimum of 24 food balls in total. Taking this into consideration, the tax collector must ensure that we still have the minimum survival after collecting taxes. The limited food balls will not starve to death before the next tax collection. In other words, the output during this period is actually taxes from the time we have cultivated for six hours to the earliest tax collection time he decides. He came to collect the tax when we produced 32 balls, explaining that the tax is eight balls, which is exactly 25% of everyone’s income.”

Several farmers silently calculated their accounts in their hearts, and Horst was the first to call out: "Is this tax collection or slave extraction?"

I was so tired that I couldn't refute or explain, I just panted and said, "I can't help it either."

"However, this is because we are companions, and we agreed that the food balls will be shared..." Ji Shanqing frowned, and said: "If it were a group of strangers, the tax collector would not be able to expect the farmers to provide him with food balls .So...where does the tax collector's daily income come from? Is it from the tax revenue?"

Jian Sheng took a look at him, and seemed to be convinced by his quick thinking. "The manual forbids me to disclose information," he smiled feebly, "I think you know almost everything."

Ji Shanqing sighed. "You and the inspector must be able to get a share of the tax. It's better than having the peasants pay you all after the tax..."

The rest of the farmers looked at each other and were speechless.After they each took out two food balls, Ji Shanqing handed two more to Lu Hua; Jiansheng immediately took out a tax collector's tool and cut half of one of Lu Hua's food balls. Taxes trudged back again.

In addition to the needs for survival, it is also necessary to ensure that everyone consumes enough calories for work; calculating the number of food balls that everyone needs to consume, the farmers know that today's work is far from done.

During this time, Sibaan kept tapping on the other side of the room, looking for an exit; until Jiansheng was about to reach the edge of the cement trough, he strode over, opened Jiansheng's backpack and checked it. Watch him dump all eight and a half food balls into the concrete trough.

Just as Lin Sanjiu vaguely expected, the elephant turned around and walked slowly towards the cement trough as if it had heard the signal, and it was obvious at a glance that it was eager to eat.

Everyone stopped and stared at it.Amidst the elephant's heavy footsteps, Ji Shanqing quietly approached her and called her in a low voice: "Sister."

"what happened?"

Tiredness fell on his face like dust, and even his clear eyes were dimmed.

"I'm afraid this game will evolve very... ugly."

　I have a hunch that it's going to get stuck again in a plot that makes me bleed... You see, the update time is getting later and later... How many catties are you going to gain on Mid-Autumn Festival?What's the plan?
　
(End of this chapter)