People in Terra, governing a weird little country

Ernst pointed at Enchiodis and said,

"The Shivaash family will voluntarily pay 50% of this mixed tax, and the remaining 50% will be borne by the Bruntao family and the Perlochi family. How about that?"

"I accept." Actor Perlochi said immediately.

"Well, although it's a little unfair, I agree." Enchiodis frowned slightly, but still nodded.

Latatos wanted to say something after hearing this, but Actor glared at her fiercely, so she shut her mouth and agreed dejectedly:

"I accept."

Ernst nodded with satisfaction.

This is the window. If this plan was proposed at the beginning, Latatos and Actor would definitely not accept it. But once Ensiotis proposed a series of taxes such as land tax, food tax, luxury goods tax, etc., they would feel that this plan was not so disgusting and unacceptable.

On the contrary, they have to thank themselves.

After the meeting, Enciodis found Ernst, who was about to leave for a meal, and asked:

"You know what to do?"

"I know, I know. I will return all your money and I will take the remaining money from the two families." Ernst replied, "But you don't think that we don't have to pay taxes on the trade between our Shivaash family and your Kalan, do you?"

Enthyodis was startled: "What do you mean?"

Ernst patted his chest, and Cheese Snow Leopard showed an innocent smile:

"They are them. We are all civilized people who have learned foreign tax systems. Kalan trade must also be operated legally, right? When the time comes, commercial taxes, customs duties, consumption taxes, mining taxes... Don't worry about the lack of manpower. I will come to your door in person to urge you to pay."

"Can I choose to pay a mixed tax?" Enchiodis asked with a dark face.

Ernst smiled but said nothing.

This is revenge for my little stove that's still crying under the cliff, brother!

..............

Evening. Chairman's office, Kalan Trading headquarters, Tukarim.

Nosis Edwards, who had just been reinstated, looked at Enchiodis, who had returned to the office a step later than him, and asked:

"How about it?"

"You lose." Enchiodis said, "This time it's three months."

Nosis looked incredible:

"You must be joking. I bet on you to win! Didn't you guys agree that I would return all your money to you?"

Enchiodis rubbed his temple, looking helpless:

"Yes, so he won't take that money from me, he will tax the Shivaaishi and Kalan trade according to the normal tax process."

"You agreed to give it to him? You didn't resist?" Nosis couldn't believe it.

Enchiodis glanced at him and said nothing more, but just shouted: "Matterhorn, Weiss, please ask Mr. Nosis to leave. It's time for him to take another unpaid vacation."

"Enthyodius, are you *ancient Kjerag swearing* deliberately trying to trick me?"

Looking at Nosis who was being dragged out of the chairman's office while cursing, Enthiotis turned his office chair and cast his gaze towards the lonely night sky of Kjerag and the starry sky.

How could he deliberately trick Nosis? He is not the kind of person who would voluntarily admit defeat.

It's just a by-product.

In the final analysis, his competition with Ernst was also a competition "within the rules". Ernst obtained the right to levy taxes according to normal procedures. Since he did not object to this matter at the three-tribe meeting, he would not regret it afterwards. He would not even think of "armed resistance" against Ernst who levied taxes on him according to normal procedures and rules.

That would not be healthy competition, but civil strife.

He sighed softly.

This time, he lost because he slightly underestimated his younger brother's evil intentions and shamelessness.

I'll find a way to get it back next time!

Fifty-eighth Palm: Dai Finn: I'm in my rebellious phase! (3500)

Kjerag, Tukarim, Kjerag Government Office (it is finally going to be renovated!)

After seeing off Nasti, the civil engineering witch who came to discuss how to renovate the government office building, Ernst finally had some free time to have a good chat with the girl who stayed in Kjerag.

Daphne Windermere, the daughter of Grand Duke Victoria Windermere, would probably have been the first heir to the title if the Duke of Windermere and Mr. Kent had not implemented the idea of ​​​​calling for a second child in the other world.

Although the girl looked young and still looked childish, to some extent, she was already a real big shot, even bigger than Ernst.

The Duchy of Windermere governs several counties and is a grand dukedom with more than ten high-speed warships. In Victoria's long history, successive Dukes of Windermere have been responsible for guarding Victoria's northeastern border. Their martial virtues are so abundant that Ernst can describe them with this metaphor.

When the Colombian War of Independence was so difficult, the enemy they faced was just a border grand duke of Victoria, and his strength was obviously not as good as Windermere.

Therefore, when Ernst looked at Daphne sitting quietly on the fur sofa, he always felt a strange sense of disharmony.

What a contrast between an innocent child and the duke's heir who can make things happen with a wave of his hand.

"Mr. Ernst, do you like children very much?"

Delphine's sudden teasing pulled Ernst back from his trance. Ernst awkwardly turned away his gaze from Delphine and asked:

"How can you contaminate people's innocence out of thin air?"

"Really?" Daphne looked skeptical. "Dad and Mom decided to keep me here, so I listened to them. But I haven't been idle these days. I have asked around a few people in your government."

As she spoke, she pursed her lips, looking incredulous at the result.

"It's hard to imagine that if you didn't have some special hobbies, you would set up such a government and leave it there without doing anything."

She was not just saying this. She had really visited several of Ernst's government ministers one by one in the past few days. The results were surprisingly terrible.

Except for Ms. Holhaiya, who was a conservative in her actions but talked a lot, she could never see through him. Whether it was Minister of Engineering Lola, Minister of Finance Joyce, or the receptionist Hinterlaya, they all had feelings of gratitude and admiration for Ernst.

According to the intelligence methods her mother taught her, as long as Ernst wanted to use this kind of emotion, these sisters could be completely PUA by him and even told clearly what underwear they would wear tomorrow. Even Dai Feien thought that she could have sex with them!

Although it was the first time that Dai Feien used the intelligence officer knowledge and skills taught by her mother in actual combat, she firmly believed that her mother's words were always correct.

As for that Ms. Holhaiya, well...is she really just a personal secretary?

Every time Dai Feien tried to test her, he even felt like his little thoughts were seen through when he saw her.

In my father's words, this is called the difference in rank. Unless you rush in and attack her face to face, you will never be able to find out her true strength.

Well, this is what her father taught her. He said that he had rushed into Windermere's headquarters and confessed his love to his mother in the same way.

Apart from these people, is there someone who has been overlooked?

Yes, Daphne himself was also confused about this matter. His mother had trained him to be an intelligence officer since he was a child, but his father had repeatedly warned him before he left, not to have anything to do with Miss "Vina Victoria". If possible, it would be best not to communicate with her at all, not to meet her once.

This is really strange. Why?

Dai Finn didn't understand Kent's good intentions at all, and it was obvious that Kent also ignored the restless heart of a girl who was in her rebellious period.

Why are you so careful about me contacting Miss Vina? Is there some secret about her?

What a coincidence, Dad, have you forgotten what intelligence agents do?

Isn't it just about finding out secrets?

Look, I'm quietly digging out all of Vina's secrets, and when you come back to pick me up, I'll give you a big surprise!

He had made up his mind. This was the reason why, at this moment, even though the sky outside was unusually clear and the cold wind was gradually dying down, Dai Finn was still sitting obediently, even quietly, in Ernst's office!

"Mr. Ernst, you don't want me to tell anyone about your interest in children, do you?"

Ernst couldn't help but take a second look at the little film kid who was shaking his black socks on the sofa with an evil cat smile.

Where did you learn the Eastern culture without any guidance?

Also, do you know that, generally speaking, the condition for launching this kind of threat is that you are a yellow-haired person, or my boss, the kind who pays me a salary?

Do you think I would be afraid of you just because you are a little girl?

"Ms. Daphne, we have something to discuss. If you spread rumors about me like this, you will be held legally responsible in Kjerag."

Ernst was really scared.

Although Daphne was not his boss, she still paid Ernst a salary in Victorian gold pounds, which was tens of millions.

If you say this without paying me, then you are a little female ghost. If you say this after paying me, even if you are an old female ghost, the ghost of Empress Dowager Cixi, I will just bear it with a knife over my head!

Moreover, he was really afraid that this little girl, Dai Feien, was not careful with her words and would spread the rumors everywhere.

Kjerag now has only one law, and that law is Yelagund's oracle. Yelagund's oracle says that Ernst is the Son of God, so rounding off, Ernst is Yelagund's biological son, the Son of the Law.

It was no big deal for Dai Finn to say this in front of Ernst, but if people outside heard it, his fellow villagers would be very upset.

They could really tie up Daifen and throw her in front of Ernst, letting Daifen experience the feeling of being severely humiliated as a female ghost and being judged by a righteous adult.

If I break it, Windermere will not let me off. That little stove will be gone.

Dafen didn't know that he had just escaped a disaster because of Ernst's love for the stove. He also blamed his father for not telling his knowledgeable daughter that Ernst's sexual orientation was "machine" before he left. She still maintained a smug attitude, even narrowed her eyes, and said slowly:

"Okay then. But let's make a deal, let me shut up. This is conditional."

Ernst nodded.It's okay, I will give your father more money according to your conditions.

She crossed her arms and asked, "I'm actually very curious, Mr. Ernst, who are the people on your staff?"

Ernst was stunned. He didn't expect that Dai Feien would be interested in this. He felt that there was no need to hide anything, so he answered straightforwardly:

"Hintlea used to be a competitive knight. Joyce is a college graduate who studied computer science and is currently self-studying accounting. Lola is the only university PhD holder and the only university student from a civilian background in Kjerag. Holhaiya said she used to work for a charity foundation but changed jobs because of harassment and workplace bullying from her boss."

"As for Vina."

Ernst paused when he said this, because Vina's identity was indeed a little difficult to say.

You say she is a gangster, but gangsters obviously don't have such high quality and knowledge. But if you say she is the illegitimate daughter or young wife of a nobleman, this is just a guess without any basis. If you say it out loud, it will not only bring bad reputation to Vina, but Dafen probably won't accept such nonsense.

After some consideration, Ernst replied:

"She's from Londinium. Maybe her ancestors had some background, but not so much now. She was wandering in Londinium at the time and saw the job posting so she came here to apply."

"The impoverished nobles of Londinium."

Dai Feien nodded, already having some guesses in his mind.

Although when she was born, Victoria's last king, Frederick III, had been hanged on the gallows for a long time, and she was unable to witness the grand spectacle of the circus performance of drying the lion's head, this important historical event was something that every child of the Grand Duke would know.

After the death of the king, the royalist nobles were quickly liquidated by the parliamentary party and the grand dukes behind them. Even the family of the "noble Duke of Cumberland" was also scattered, and their family assets were almost completely divided up. Not to mention the smaller and weaker royalist nobles.

Miss Vina's family must be one of them.

No wonder my dad doesn’t let me have contact with her.

Victoria's nobles are still extremely wary of the remnants of the Royalists. As the daughter of the Duke of Windermere, if she is found to have connections with a Royalist noble, it will have a huge negative impact on her and her family's reputation.

However, this is rational thinking from the perspective of the Duke's daughter.

From a purely emotional point of view, after knowing (what she thought) Vina's life experience, she actually developed some affection for this elder sister who was so poor that she had to wander the streets of Londinium, and was even so pitiful that she came to Kjerag to find a job, and did not become a vassal of any grand duke.

Pretty gutsy, isn't it?

Delphine had seen many nobles around his mother who had only suffered a small loss of property, or simply thought they were lagging behind others, and would immediately come to Windermere to seek shelter and help.

Compared with their bloated and bloated faces who were crying and telling their sufferings in the warm room and begging for their mother's mercy, Miss Vina, who was working in the cold in a small office without even a stove and supporting herself, was even more dazzling.

Although I can't help her openly, it should be okay to make friends with her in private and give her some help quietly, right?

Dai Feien thought so. When her father came to pick her up in the spring of next year, she would discuss with her parents whether to help Miss Vina's family and make it a vassal of Windermere.

Having a noble like Vina as a vassal is better than those drunken guys surrounding my parents!

He did what he said. Dai Finn touched the postcards he had collected from his travels with his father, walked out of Ernst's office, and headed towards the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which was on the same floor, or to be more precise, in the cubicle.

From my father’s experience, when you feel that there is a gap in rank between you and your opponent, the best way to break the deadlock and find opportunities is to “rush forward”!

"Ms. Vina, I'm Daphne."

"I just found out there's a Victorian in Ernst's government. How about we become friends?"

PS: After playing the new main story, I was stunned. The blood demon fought with the devil to the edge of the universe, and the road was wiped out and entered the turbulence of time and space. The doctor was even more heavyweight, jumping into the battleship to save my rabbit, I thought it was a success, but he threw a stone backhand and broke his arm, which made me laugh again.

Of course, besides the mercenary trio who looked very comfortable, the happiest person seemed to be the traitor!

PS: A new book by my friend PY seems to be about porridge and peaches.