Hearthstone Farm Lord

Chapter 22 Four Good News (recommendation ticket requested)

"That's a good question!"

Sean glanced at Windsor with satisfaction:
"Next I want to tell you the second good news, this good news is:

In my own name, I will hire one of the four major mercenary regiments in Jorn City to be stationed in River Beach Town for a long time.

Among the four major mercenary regiments, there are many strong men above the Bronze rank, and they are definitely much stronger than the previous militia teams.

With the help of the four major mercenary groups, I believe everyone's safety can be guaranteed. "

Hearing Xiao En's words, the cheers that had been lowered in the open space became enthusiastic again.

"Really? That's great!"

"Yon's four major mercenary regiments, I heard from Tom next door that their regiment leaders are all silver-ranked powerhouses!"

"With the presence of a powerful mercenary group, we no longer have to be afraid of jackals!"

"It's not just the mercenary group, I also brought you the third piece of good news!" Sean said loudly while waving gestures to signal everyone to be quiet.

There is a third piece of good news! ?
Seeing that Xiao En still had something to say, the refugees all suppressed their excitement and urge to speak, and the open space gradually became quiet.

After Xiao En waited for everyone's voice to be quieter, he said loudly:

"The third piece of good news is also the most important, from today to this time next year, residents who originally belonged to Hetan Town will be exempted from all taxes!
That is to say, the harvest of grain planted in the next year and the income of artisans operating shops will not need to pay a tax of one copper coin to the lord.

Not only that, next year’s tax will also be reduced by half of the original rate! "

When Sean announced the third piece of good news, there was no sound in the open space, and everyone stared at Sean dumbfounded.

No taxes for a whole year?This is not a dream, is it? !

When it comes to paying taxes, in the past few years, farmers have to pay one-tenth of the harvested grain to the lord, plus miscellaneous taxes such as grain grinding tax and slaughter tax, a farmer has to use almost one-third food to pay taxes.

Faced with natural disasters such as jackal attacks, the residents of River Beach Town also wondered if the lord would reduce their taxes a little to tide them over.

In fact, not to mention tax cuts, as long as there is no tax increase, they can accept it!

After all, Hetan Town was attacked, and it made sense for the lord to increase taxes in order to ensure his own income (some lords have actually done this before raising taxes during natural disasters).

This is why most young people do not want to stay in refugee camps but go to the city, mainly because they are afraid that the new lord will increase taxes.

But what I didn't expect was that the current new lord actually exempted them from all taxes for a whole year, and the taxes in the second year would be halved. This is a good thing they dare not even dream of!

. . . . . .

"Exemption from all taxes for a whole year?" An uncle farmer's voice trembled a little.

"This tax exemption is too much!" Another farmer said in disbelief.

"Since the lord has said so, there should be no falsehood!"

"Impossible! This must be fake! It must be that I haven't woken up yet!"

Seeing the surprised and unbelievable faces of the residents of River Beach Town in front of him, Sean continued: "As the lord, what I said must come into effect. In the next year, I will not collect a dollar from everyone. food.

Not only that, but I also want to tell you the fourth good news! "

And the fourth piece of good news?All the refugees present opened their mouths in surprise.

Originally, the third good news was too good to be true, but I didn't expect that there would be a fourth one!

Many people present have already begun to doubt whether they are really in a dream, and some people with bad hearts have already covered their hearts.

"The fourth piece of good news is:
The residents who originally belonged to Hetan Town have been harvesting the first batch of grain for more than three months (spring plowing is usually planted with wheat in mid-April, and the harvest can be harvested in mid-July), so the food is provided by me for free, don’t worry, I will not let any of the people go hungry. "

After Xiao En announced, he stepped aside, leaving the rest for the refugees to digest.

The refugees in River Beach Town couldn't believe it at first, but after gradually accepting the reality, many of them knelt down to Xiao En and worshiped like a god of light.

Several people wept loudly, as if they wanted to vent their grievances during this period of time with their crying.

Crying is contagious, and soon, the entire open space is filled with crying people.

It's just that compared to when they were attacked by jackals a few days ago, now they shed more tears of joy.

. . . . . .

Apart from the crying residents of River Beach Town, Henry, the housekeeper behind Sean, had the fastest facial expression change.

Butler Henry remained calm when Sean announced the first two pieces of good news.

But after Sean announced the tax exemption for one year and the tax cut in half for the second year, Henry's face suddenly turned green and white.

However, His Royal Highness Sean is his new master after all, and the housekeeper Henry is too embarrassed to go against his will.

When Sean announced that he would provide all refugees with free food for three months, Henry finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Your Highness Sean, this is not acceptable!" Henry hurriedly leaned into Sean's ear and said anxiously.

"Why not?" Sean looked at Henry.

"This tax reduction is too big! According to the normal situation, if the tax is reduced by half in the first year, it is very worthy of farmers.

Besides, if we don't collect taxes for a whole year, what will happen to the castle's expenses?Ten thousand gold coins is not enough to cover the castle's annual expenses.

And we have to provide food for the people for three months. This. This. "

Butler Henry didn't say anything further here. What he actually wanted to say was that providing free food to the people of the territory for three months was something a normal person would do?
The attack on Hetan Town is the responsibility of all the citizens, why should the lord alone bear the loss?
Moreover, Sean is still the newly appointed lord, so he doesn't have to be responsible for the wolf man invasion at all, let alone provide free food to the people!
Just now, the housekeeper Henry felt that his new owner was very mature, so why did he look more and more like an overly kind-hearted sand now?
. . . . . .

Sean naturally understood what Henry meant, but unlike Henry, he took a much longer-term view than Henry.

Sean smiled, and said to Henry: "You don't understand, what we have to do now is to restore the population size of River Beach Town as soon as possible, and these preferential policies will easily attract the residents who belonged to River Beach Town to come back.

Do you want me to rule a river beach 'town' or a river beach 'village'? "

"But... These discounts are too generous!" Henry still didn't understand.

"I have thought about these preferential benefits many times." Xiao En explained, "In order to prevent people who want to take advantage of the loopholes, I have stipulated that only residents who originally belonged to River Beach Town can enjoy these preferential policies.

As for your question that [-] gold coins are not enough to spend, I want to tell you that money is not saved, but earned. "

(End of this chapter)