Tales of the Reincarnated Lord

Chapter 572 Invitation and Murder

Lorist looked at the crowded Royal Avenue and asked the Duke of Kenmes strangely: "Didn’t you say that His Majesty will levy 30% of the Chamber of Commerce's resident tax? The Chamber of Commerce is gone, why are there still trading houses everywhere? Shop?"

The Duke of Kenmez laughed: "You are wrong, Locke, the resident tax does not refer to these commercial stores, but to those chambers of commerce that set the headquarters of the chambers of commerce in the Imperial Capital. Your Majesty the King must pay from these chambers of commerce. A tax of 30% of the total annual sales was collected, which forced those chambers of commerce to move their locations to Vandenus City.

As for the commercial shops set up on this royal avenue, there is a territorial nobleman behind them, and their tax revenue is also 10% consumption tax, no other taxes. After all, His Majesty the King can’t directly reach out to pay out of the pockets of his subordinates’ nobles. Isn’t it a respect for our King to pay a 10% consumption tax?

What's more, His Majesty the King often asks us businesses to offer a sum of money to show their loyalty to the Christian family. If it weren’t for the Royal Avenue, the busiest and busiest avenue in the capital, it is indeed profitable to open a commercial store here, so if you can barely endure His Majesty’s continuous exploitation, you should just throw away a few bones to the wild dogs. Just a few mouthfuls of the broth to eliminate the disaster. "

Lorist shook his head. He had to say that His Royal Highness had a deep prejudice against merchants. Just like a traditional territorial nobleman, his impression of merchants was probably rich, and he always felt that merchants were in their own power. Doing business within the scope to make money is just like changing the way to pay out of your own pocket. So I always want to search for some money from the merchant to make up for my loss.

The result of this was the merchant's dissatisfaction and contempt for the Second Highness, thinking that he was a greedy king and a vampire lying on the merchant. It is difficult for Lorist to imagine that the 30% resident tax was derived from how the Second Royal Highness slapped his forehead. This almost drove all the chambers of commerce established in the Imperial Capital from the Imperial Capital, even the original annual% Ten resident tax is gone.

To be so stupid as to be considered brain-dead, Lorist once again confirmed that the business knowledge of the Second Highness was still at the most basic stage when he watched the merchants do business and traded cash on the spot, and then he went up to collect taxes. This level is really scumbag, no wonder the so-called resident tax will come up with a small loss. Therefore, the more money is needed, the less money on hand is a normal behavior for the Second Highness.

The carriage finally stopped in front of a shop where the lintel was engraved with the four gold-cut letters of Xueyan Commercial. With the preferences and temperament of the Duke of Kenmez, these five connected shops are naturally decorated very gorgeous and luxurious. However, this snow salt firm is a large grocery store. Most of its main products are snow salt produced in the Norton family territory, glassware, snowflake paper, etc., of course, there are also some trendy and **** products that the Duke of Kenmes himself has asked for processing. Women's clothing.

Lorester, Duke Kenmez and Tiger Rose got out of the carriage and entered the shop. While the Duke of Kenmes and the managers in the firm were chattering, Lorist took a look at the entire snow salt firm, and had to help the Duke of Kenmes to manage such a messy general merchandise business so that it could earn more than 100 a year. Wan Jinford’s business talent clicked a thumbs up.

The Duke of Kenmes quickly finished talking with the firm's steward, and then took Lorist and Tiger Rose to the back of the shop. Behind the shop is a large yard with two entrances. The Duke of Kenmes said that this is the dormitory for the firm’s material warehouse and the firm’s guards on duty at night. At present, the Xueyan Chamber of Commerce in the Imperial Bank’s guards are 18 silver. A swordsman with a fighting spirit level is enough to protect the material warehouses and businesses in the yard at night.

"Safety at night?" Tiger Rose wondered why Duke Kenmes emphasized this.

"Yes," the Duke of Kenmes nodded. He said that at the end of last year, three Royal Avenue firms were looted by a group of thieves in the middle of the night. , Has not solved the case so far.

The only fortunate thing is that these thieves didn't kill anyone. They ransacked the firm after knocking out the security guards of the firm, and swaggered to transport all the valuables stored in the warehouse with a carriage. His Royal Highness has dismissed two police officers in charge of order and public security in the imperial capital for these three cases, and the day when the third official in charge of these three cases will step down does not seem to be far away, because he has not been found yet. Clues to any thieves.

After Duke Kenmes heard the news, he immediately sent these additional silver guards to the imperial capital, which made the Xueyan Trading Company safe and sound.

"It's stupid, obviously those thieves have left the imperial capital after they succeeded, how can they still be captured in the city now..." Tiger Ross commented.

The Duke of Kenmes nodded: "I think it should be the case. The three stolen firms were not large in scale, and their defenses at night were very lax. Perhaps they did not expect that thieves would beat them in the imperial capital, which has always been in good order. Idea, that's why it's bad luck."

"What is the scope of business of those three firms?" Lorist asked.

"The Le Mans firm deals in gems and jade articles. The Pistachio firm deals in gold and silver utensils, and the White Rose firm deals in high-end crystal jewelry..." Duke Kenmes flashed his inspiration: "I see, those thieves are obviously It was just asking for money, so I made the idea of ​​those three firms. Those three firms are all expensive and easy-to-realize properties..."

The Duke of Kenmes was still walking back, turning the path next to the warehouse. In front of him was a large courtyard with a small side door open. After entering the small door, I found that this is a very luxuriously decorated mansion.

"This is where I stay every time I go to the imperial capital. The main entrance over there leads to the avenue of the noble district. But usually I never come from the Xueyan Commercial Company. This time I will show you the way. "The Duke of Kenmes said to Tiger Rose: "How about we hold a welcome ball here to celebrate your promotion to the Great Swordsman? I will find you a few good partners. You can live in the evening. here……"

Tiger Rose grinned very happy: "Okay, you have the final say."

Lorist was very upset, as the sword master of the country must meet his status in every move. Obviously, he couldn't come and mess around with such a dance held by the Duke of Kenmes in the evening, especially it was not convenient for him to drag his family.

"You can bring Tiger Rose here to recognize the two people in the house. Why do you have to come with you?" Lorist complained that Duke Kenmes was wasting his leisure time reading.

"Don't forget that your Norton family still holds 10% of the dividends in the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce. As one of the proprietors, you can't even know where your business is in the imperial capital, right?" Duke Kenmes replied.

Well, this is justified and reasonable, Lorester was speechless for a while.

Then the Duke of Kenmes began to instruct his servants to prepare the various matters of the evening ball, and at the same time introduced and selected the noble ladies and ladies who came to the ball. The two discussed vigorously, but Lorist was bored. So he said hello and went back to the shop of Xueyan Trading Company in front.

The flow of people in the shop is not bad, bustling with people coming in and going out from time to time. However, Lorester found that there are still many people watching, and few people actually buy goods. After watching for a while, Lorist walked out of the shop, standing on the steps in front of the shop, watching the crowds and street scenes on the lively Royal Avenue.

If I knew that this was the case, I shouldn't have agreed to this guy Kenmes. This would make Lorist feel a little regretful, thinking about whether or not to call the carriage to send him back.

Huh? What's going on over there, it seems that something has happened, the crowd surrounded a lot, as if there was some excitement to watch. Lorist came with interest, and walked to the crowd not far away.

"Several respectable and beautiful ladies, my host sincerely invites you to participate in his evening dance. Please accept this invitation and these gifts. Lord Earl will be very pleased to welcome the ladies. ..."

This is probably another nobleman's trick of hunting beauty. It seems to be similar to the Duke of Kenmes's temperament, and it is also used to hold a ball to hook up women. But Lorist looked into the crowd and got angry. With both hands divided, the crowd in front rushed to both sides like waves, revealing a path in the middle.

Standing in the middle of the crowd was the four concubines of Princess Silvia and Lorist, in addition to four other guards with large and small gift bags. Well, their hands are also full of packages. The four guards were standing in front of Princess Silvia and the others with an angry face, and their eyes were fiery looking at a middle-aged man in front of a polite steward, and two behind him holding gift bags. servant.

This seems to be an invitation from the middle-aged steward to give Princess Silvia and the others what prom, but Princess Silvia and the others ignored it. They wanted to leave but were blocked by the onlookers. And the middle-aged manager took this opportunity to respectfully offer the invitation with his hands above his head, as if you wouldn't accept it and I would not be able to afford it, so it was deadlocked.

Lorist walked in along the gap separating the crowd of onlookers. He took the invitation from the middle-aged steward and tore it to pieces without looking at it. Then he waved his hand to the four guards who were preparing to salute. "Okay, what do you do if you hang so much on your body."

"Locke, why are you here?" Princess Silvia and the four maids became active all at once, gathered around and began to show off what good things they bought.

Headache, these five prodigal ladies. Lorist asked, "What about the children?"

"Playing in the sand and pool in front, my godmother and Pat looked at them, it's okay." Princess Silvia said: "By the way, Locke, I just bought you a new style of deerskin. The cloak is very soft, and the style is very beautiful, or if we go to the store, you can try it on first, okay..."

"You, how dare you tear up my master's invitation, you, are you insulting our Lord Earl?" A hoarse voice sounded from the side, and the middle-aged manager who gave the invitation just now was blushing. Lorist was glared with anger in his eyes.

"Fuck off!" Lorist whispered: "I will disappear from my eyes as soon as I have some patience, otherwise I don't mind destroying your **** Count and the whole family!"

"Bold!" What Lorist didn't expect was that the middle-aged steward accused himself with a louder chirp: "How dare you say such a rebellious thing in public, do you want to rebel and rebel! You know our family? Who is the Lord Earl? You dare to kill our Lord Earl and his family. So many people have heard what you said. Wait until you enter the cell and be deprived of your title from the confiscated territory!"

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Lorist really didn't expect this honest-faced middle-aged steward to be a sharp-mouthed person. He grabbed his own words and came to the scene to play, describing himself as a rebellious generation. He also kept saying that he was going to be taken into a cell, confiscated and deprived of his title. This is really not ordinary arrogance...

"Hehe, I really don't understand who the Lord Earl of your family is. Killing his family is to rebel and rebel? It makes no sense!" Lorist sneered.

"Of course, the owner of my house is the Lord Earl of Wixus. As everyone knows, his father is our King. You said that killing his family is not trying to rebel and rebellion. What is that?" The middle-aged steward said triumphantly. Want to see Lorist’s full face of regret, the next step should be to beg him for mercy and let go of what he said this time because of negligence...

"Hehe, who I thought it was, but an illegitimate child, do you think your Lord Earl represents the Christen royal family? I don't know the heights of the sky and the earth, forgive you again, get out!" Lorist waved his hand lightly, just The elephant is catching a fly.

"What's the matter with you? How can you get entangled by such people?" Lorist turned around and asked Princess Silvia and the others.

"His Royal Highness, we don't know. We just went into the shop to pick things. This man suddenly ran out and said that his Lord Earl wanted to invite us to the ball. We ignored him, he has been pestering us for a long time..." Gary whispered to Lorister.

"You, how dare you be so rude! It's a heinous crime to dare to slander the Christen royal family..." The middle-aged steward still accuses Lorist of the crime.

"His Royal Highness, we are here, what's the matter?" Pat brought a dozen guards into the crowd rampage, and a guard who accompanied Princess Silvia and the others ran to report.

"It's nothing, cut me off this person." Lorist pointed to the middle-aged steward. As a sword master, this is not good. Lorester felt that if he was going to kill the middle-aged steward, it was a kind of flattery to him. He even bothered a sword master to do it himself. The middle-aged steward was really lucky for eight lifetimes. what! Fortunately Pat and the others are here.

"Yes, Your Highness." Pat pulled out his sword and walked towards the middle-aged steward with a grinning face...

"You guys, do you dare to attack in public..." The middle-aged steward suddenly realized that he seemed to have hit the iron plate with a kick, and turned around to sneak. Unfortunately, the crowd was crowded and he had no way to escape.

Pat strode forward, grabbing the middle-aged steward’s chest with his left hand, turning his wrist to the ground, and then raised the long sword in his right hand.

This is going to be true~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The middle-aged steward who is accustomed to the ground trembles: "Spare..."

"Stop! Who would dare to commit a crime in the imperial capital!" A loud shout came from outside the crowd, as if a team of patrolmen rushed over, but they were blocked from the periphery of the crowd of onlookers.

Pat had never heard of it, and of course he ignored the patrols in front of him. He would ignore other people's shouts if Lorist didn't call to stop. The sword light flashed, and the middle-aged steward on the ground separated his head and body, and the blood spurting from his neck stained a large area of ​​the street...

Shocks and exclamations sounded, and the crowd of onlookers retreated like a low tide. None of them could have imagined that they would actually kill. This would be frightened by the beheading scene and they would flee back, finally turning the patrols outside the crowd into Forefront.

The head of the patrol was a shaved man. He saw the corpses on the ground and said furiously: "Grab them, and those who resist will kill them!"

More than a dozen police officers blew the bamboo whistle in their mouths, brandishing long swords and various weapons, and rushed towards Lorist and others...

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