Interstellar: Start as a cleaner

Chapter 844 Why is it so difficult to do something?

After hearing the intention of the lord's wife, the mayor immediately knelt on the ground.

Others around him quickly knelt on the ground: "Thank you, the merciful lord, and thank you, the merciful and noble lord's wife."

Ning Xue was a little confused by this incident, because all the people who came to greet her knelt down. The whole street and the small square were filled with people kneeling in darkness, although the people behind them didn't know why they were kneeling. But if the mayor kneels down, others must also kneel down.

Bai Lu gently pulled Ning Xue. To be honest, Bai Lu was a little uncomfortable with this action.

But now I have to be a good housekeeper.

"Get up, this is a gift from the lord." Ning Xue certainly knew that Bart exempted these people from taxes, which meant that they had to pay less money.

Bart's territory only has about tens of thousands of people, and the annual tax revenue is tens of millions, which means that one person has to pay thousands of dollars in taxes.

And there is no industry here, just some fishing industry, so the income of people here is still not high.

Some people ask why artificial fishing is still used in the interstellar era. Is it not possible to use mechanized fishing?

Of course, Bart can buy an automatic fishing boat, but these tens of thousands of people will face unemployment.

It is impossible for Bart to buy an automatic fishing boat and support tens of thousands of people at the same time.

Because there is a population limit in the noble territory, that is to say, how many civilians each level of nobles must have. If the population is less than this number, the noble title will be deprived or reduced.

In fact, to a certain extent, this is the protection of civilians. If there were no such restrictions, many nobles would not be willing to raise civilians, because in the interstellar era, civilians actually meant a drag.

Of course, you can't raise people for free. As the saying goes, if you really keep raising people, problems will arise.

If you really do this, believe it or not, Bart will end up unhappy in the end, because people are always greedy and lazy. When they get used to getting free things, they will want more free things.

Many aristocratic territories in the Shuilan Empire also reject intelligent equipment, mainly to provide jobs for the civilians in the territories.

Of course, there are also economic accounts, such as the automatic fishing boat that Bart spent hundreds of millions or hundreds of millions to buy, which is equivalent to giving money to other companies.

The subsequent maintenance and technical upgrades of the automatic fishing boats will continue to cost money.

A per capita tax of several thousand yuan is not much, but it adds up to a large expense for the entire family.

"Praise the merciful lord!" The mayor first took the lead in singing praises to Bart.

Other civilians also hurriedly said all kinds of good things.

Then Ning Xue distributed some daily necessities to women and children.

"Praise be to the gracious lady!"

"Praise the kind and noble lady!" These women and children praised Ning Xue one after another after getting the things.

Ning Xue was a little embarrassed. After all, no one had ever praised herself like this. Some praised herself for being beautiful, some praised herself for being a genius, but no one praised herself for being noble.

Bai Lu looked at the happy Ning Xue and felt relieved. His identity as a housekeeper depended entirely on the mistress of the territory.

To be honest, I still like Bailu like Ning Xue very much. If she were replaced by a scheming hostess, it would be difficult for me to get along with her.

"It's a blessing to have a wife like Ning Xue with Bart's reputation!" Bai Lu sometimes murmured in his heart.

Ning Xue was very happy today because she received a lot of beautiful words and saw the clear eyes and childish words of the children who received the supplies.

I felt very satisfied. Although Ning Xue was a commoner, she was completely different from these commoners.

Because Ning Xue is accurately considered a new aristocratic family.

Ning Xue checked the public facilities in the town again, and then promised to provide living allowances to the children attending the schools in the town, and to issue new school uniforms every year.

"Madam, that's enough!" Seeing that Ning Xue wanted to say more, Bai Lu quickly reminded her in a low voice.

"Don't give too much at one time. Give it again next time." Bai Lu explained in a low voice when he saw Ning Xue's confused eyes.

Ning Xue nodded. She originally wanted to upgrade the hardware of schools and other public facilities, but now it seems she has to wait until next time.

"Madam, as a manager, you must be kind, but you must also have authority. If you give too much at one time, it will give the other party the illusion that you are too talkative." On the way back, Bai Lu whispered Explain to Ning Xue.

"Madam must have encountered a class before when she was studying. If you want to manage it well, you must have certain methods."

"What's more, most of the civilians in the town don't have much education."

Ning Xue is also a smart person. She nodded when she heard this: "Thank you!"

Ning Xue wanted to ask Bailu what he did before, but it was hard to ask.

After returning to the manor, Ning Xue wanted to share today's events with Bart, but she didn't expect Bart to go to the laboratory again.

At this time, Yang Bo had returned to March Star and was preparing to take the initiative.

Yang Bo took a careful look at the list of villains. The number one in the Water Blue Empire was Duke Teck. He liked to torture and kill slaves. According to incomplete statistics, he probably killed more than 2,000 people, including women and children. This time he also came to Devin Star. This guy is also a hereditary duke.

Ranked second is the royal steward, but this guy has retired a few days ago and has not come to Devin Star.

Ranked third is a general named Hou Zhongping. This guy has changed his wife four times. It is said that each wife and her maid died miserably, but there is no evidence.

Yang Bo carefully investigated this Hou Zhongping and found that he was actually a new nobleman, a lieutenant general, and he happened to be in Dewen Star this time.

"Let's get these two goals first!"

Then Yang Bo found out that there were indeed anti-government armed forces in the Shuilan Empire, and the anti-government armed forces in the Shuilan Empire were very powerful. Last year, more than 30 nobles suffered terrorist attacks by anti-government armed forces. More than half of these 30 nobles were attacked by liquid biological bombs, and the rest died in various strange ways. Some were killed by anti-government armed forces in their own territories.

Some were poisoned, some were directly assassinated.

On the Alliance side, this anti-government armed force is called the Highland Freedom Armed Forces!

In the Aqualan Empire, this anti-government armed force is called the Highland Terrorist Organization.

This rebel force dates back to the era of its home planet. The Highlanders were originally an ethnic minority and wanted to seek autonomy. They were eventually suppressed by the Aqualan Empire and finally integrated into the Aqualan Empire. However, this organization has been resisting for so many years.

Of course, the fact that this organization has been able to resist for so many years must be inseparable from foreign forces, and maybe also the domestic forces in the Shuilan Empire.

"Then let's use the name of this organization to do things, but first we have to see if these two people are worthy of their name."

"If they are really evil people, then they will be ruthless, because these two people must have a lot of accomplices."

Suddenly Yang Bo remembered something and kept it in his heart.

After Yang Bo arrived at Devin Star the next day, he first logged into the platform of the Free Mercenary Union. After a search, it turned out that there was a reward from Duke Tek, but Yang Bo thought about it and decided not to do it, because he still had the identity of a free mercenary. Very useful.

"How do we know the whereabouts of this guy Tek?" Then Yang Bo had a headache again.

"It seems that an intelligence organization will also be established on Devin Star."

"I just don't know anyone who has a relatively covert intelligence organization trying to control their leader."

Yang Bo would definitely not let the housekeeper or the like know about this matter.

"Bart!" Yang Bo was thinking in his mind that Ning Xue actually took the initiative to make tea for him.

"What's the matter?"

"Thank you on behalf of the people in the territory!"

"Are you stupid? You are also the owner of the territory, and I am not the owner of the territory?"

Ning Xue originally wanted to share yesterday's joy with Bart, but when she heard Bart say this, she angrily dropped a sentence: "You really are!"

Because Ning Xue didn't know what to say next.

Yang Bo chuckled in his heart, he naturally knew what Ning Xue was thinking, but Bart's character would definitely not say nice things so easily.

"It seems that Fatty Allen is looking for death. This guy is well-informed in Devon."

"I want to do something by myself, but why is it so difficult? I just happened to take White and the three of them to Paradise Island to have some fun."

Yang Bo used his identity as Bart to ask Allen out for a night of fun, but the fat man wanted to go now.

"You're finally willing to go out and play. Don't you know I've been so depressed during this time?"

"Amanda is having trouble with you?"

"It's just her B-level small body that makes me so panicked. After all, she is my real wife. There is no way she can ignore her like she does outside!"

"Then go on your own. Did you **** say bad things about me in front of Amanda again?"

"You have the nerve to say that there is no money in the membership card!"

"I'm really impressed with you, why don't you give me a penny?"

"You are such a rich guy. Come out quickly. Paradise Island has been very lively recently. There are a lot of guys outside!"

"What's the excitement?"

"Let's talk about it when we come, there will be more!"

Yang Bo took White and three others with him, and then met Allen.

"The boss is taking his employees out to have fun, why don't you take me with you this time?" After Allen got on the speedster and saw White behind the seat, the three of them said hello first, and then complained about Bart.

"If you don't want to, open the door and get out."

"Drive quickly and stop talking nonsense."

"Which **** took the initiative to talk nonsense?"

"Paradise Island has been very lively recently. The noble council is meeting, and some guys are jealous inside, and some people who have conflicts directly go to the ring!"

Allen started talking a lot of gossip, and Yang Bo heard the gossip about Duke Tek.

"The Crimson Federation has shipped another batch of mutants. Duke Teck has said that this time he will round them all up."

“And Duke Teck’s arch-enemy, Duke Marton, also said that he only paid one dollar more than Teck!”

"Both sides were almost going to fight in the ring!"

Hearing this, Yang Bo asked: "I heard that this Tektronix has a bad reputation?"

"This guy is a psychopath. It is said that this guy's superpower is a bit weird and can affect his own nerves. I don't know exactly what happened. Anyway, this guy has a bad reputation. It is said that he paid more than 200 fines last year. That means more than 200 people died.”

"This is the real **** of TMD. We usually fight in a small way." Yang Bo was a little worried when he heard this. What if the skills given by Tek affected his spirit?

"There's nothing you can do about it, who lets someone else be the Duke?" Allen shrugged.

(End of chapter)