Blessed by abundance, be a Terran curse

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Chapter 74: Tribute to the legendary tax collector!

A few days later, Londinium's "cleansing the court" was perfectly resolved, and the rest of the king uncle was left to other dukes to deal with.

If the other dukes had any foresight, they would have completely eradicated King Aslan's last chance of a comeback.

Because in these people's minds: I am not Aslan anyway, it doesn't matter who becomes the king.

But for some reason, until the dust settled, Victoria's beast master never showed up.

Only about a month later, the lion actually sent Prince Victoria back.

Huangcao really didn't understand this move. Maybe the lion really thought that King Aslan, who had lost power, could still overthrow him?

After Huang Cao finished his work, he tried to find the lion more than once, but to no avail.

If I can’t find it, then I won’t look for it anymore. I’ll just continue to erode this country.

"Most of these new nobles are the eldest sons of the Duke's family, and they will inherit the throne sooner or later."

After a series of observations and evidence collection, Huang Cao had to say that Victoria's nobles were really fierce.

He placed all his heirs in Londinium.

What if we get wiped out in one fell swoop and there's no one left to inherit the family business?

But this is easy to understand. After all, the dukes have a large number of troops under their command. If the king does not have something to restrain them, some accidents may really happen.

Placing the dukes' heirs in the most prosperous capital of Victoria will allow King Aslan to better monitor their every move.

Even if he has to take action later, he has to consider the safety of his heirs.

However, no one expected that under Huang Cao's manipulation, these duke heirs would spontaneously form a force that could not be ignored and kick the king over with one foot.

"By the way, since Duke Windermere no longer cares about the borders of Kazdel, his station is currently my territory after all."

"So let's cause some trouble for Leithania and transfer Windermere's troops to Leithania's side."

"Then again, where did the Cumberland family go?"

Huang Cao remembered that in the original plot there seemed to be a family called Cumberland who strongly supported King Aslan, and the first Steam Knight also came from this family.

According to information, due to historical reasons and loyalty, many Steam Knight drivers come from this family.

Even the future duke of this family died with the last King Aslan.

But why, even though he had caused such a big stir in Londinium, this family still hadn't made a clear statement?

Could it be that he is preparing to give me a big blow?

It is very likely that other dukes will have to kill this family.

However, the number of dukes in Victoria now seems to be not eight. In the next hundred years, there seems to be another Duke of Wellington who was born in Tara.

The original plot did not describe in detail how Wellington became the Duke. According to the current timeline, this modern god of war was either not born or was just born.

"Write a secret letter for me to the Duke of Cumberland, telling him to behave himself if he wants King Aslan alive."

"Do you want a human or Victoria? Choose one for yourself."

Huang Cao gave the order to Shi Huaiya without any hesitation, and at the same time wrote a letter to hint to other dukes to deal with King Aslan's uncle as soon as possible.

Because dealing with this guy is also to warn the Duke of Cumberland to tell his steam knights not to act rashly.

"Understood, Mr. Speaker."

Shi Huaiya did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and carried out Huang Cao's orders unwaveringly like a perfect tool.

It took this tycoon less than five years to easily take over the ancient country of Victoria.

This time I really followed the right person!

Huang Cao thought that he did not do much in this matter. If anyone was to blame, it was the contemporary King Aslan who encountered this scourge and tore the conflict between the two sides apart in advance.

Next, Huang Cao still has a lot to do in order to appease the other dukes who stayed out of this matter.

The first thing is to divide the spoils... no, it should be said that it is to reward according to merit, and continue to reap the benefits in this country.

So in the next few days, the nobles who suddenly realized the situation flocked to Londinium because of the important matter of dividing the spoils.

Not long after, an unconventional reward and reward meeting was held under the "organization" of King Aslan.

Huang Cao placed his hands on the Lion King's shoulders and watched him read the contents of the edict word by word.

All the clauses and contents in the edict were beneficial to the nobles present, and did not even affect their reputation.

Huang Cao knew that these dukes who came to attend the meeting might look down on him. After all, most of the nobles who thought they were superior were arrogant.

But as mentioned earlier, many members of the House of Commons are heirs of these dukes.

These members are very convinced of me, so when this generation of nobles grows old, won’t the next generation all be my people?

And there is no need to worry that the parliamentarians will not be able to inherit the status of these dukes.

The prestige and achievements accumulated from the coup alone are enough for his parliamentarians to gain the favor of the Dukes.

Just look down on it if you want, as long as it doesn’t interfere with your tax payment.

When it comes to fleecing the poor, Huang Cao has achieved perfection.

Because King Aslan's decree of enfeoffment completely avoided these dukes when distributing land, and distributed all the land to the dukes' heirs.

Because when the coup happened, the dukes were still outside fighting with the armies of other countries.

So when the news reached them, these people even thought that their house had been robbed, although for the Cumberland family it was indeed robbed.

And most people subconsciously think that giving it to their sons and daughters is the same as giving it to themselves.

So the dukes all expressed no objection and were very satisfied.

Especially their successors looked at Huang Cao with unparalleled admiration.

In Victoria, not every noble had his own fiefdom.

The land owned by the dukes was indeed vast, but there was only a small area available for development.

You can't let your own bloodline lead people to open up the wasteland. This is not the Yan Kingdom of ancient times.

Therefore, before his death, the Duke's children basically did not have their own fiefdoms and all lived in the same castle.

And even if he dies, the heir to the dukedom will, in most cases, have to give some land to his other brothers and sisters.

More importantly, after this wave of operations, the tax can finally be collected!

As a great contributor to this incident, Huang Cao not only became the Duke of Protectorate but also the Minister of Finance in charge of the king's taxes.

The dukes might not pay taxes on time after obtaining these lands, or might even not pay them at all.

However, the legislators who actually received land knew to whom the taxes would be paid, so they would pay them on time. This tactic is called indirect taxation.

With his prestige, Huang Cao could easily concentrate all the tax revenue in his own hands.

The tax rate is not high, only fifteen percentage points of the territory's total revenue.

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Chapter 75: Theresa, who is so poor that she wants to sell her pants.

Needless to say, the fertility of the land owned by King Aslan is extremely high.

The Speaker gave all of Victoria's most fertile land to himself. This act is simply great!

So can you be my Speaker for life?

I'm willing to do anything!

Huang Cao has taken the art of winning people's hearts to the extreme and has invested heavily in Victoria's future.

But just when Huang Cao was fighting wits and courage with Victoria and the dukes and making a fortune.

In the distant Kazdel, there is a demon king who is worried about money.

……

After spending several months in the library, Theresa finally completed her thinking evolution.

"Let's make money first."

Theresa, who hadn't had a good rest for several months, felt a little dizzy at this moment.

The weight loss was horrible.

You can laugh at Theresa's unrealistic ideals, but you can never deny the efforts she made to achieve them.

Theresa put forward her own ideas, and although her abilities were limited, she has been working hard towards them.

This power of action alone is enough to kill most of the inhuman monarchs on the land of Terra.

"I want to save money and reduce the military!"

After careful consideration, Theresa decided to make things difficult for the lords of the royal court.

Especially Dukare, it's time to move this lazy vampire to the front line.

He hides in the castle every day without seeing the sun, and sends his men to solve any problems.

It would be great if we could save these people and use them to develop industry and agriculture.

I will bear the infamy for you, the Lord of the Royal Court!

Ever since the last wave of Leithania's elite troops were wiped out, Theresa learned a lesson from the book.

Leithania is really rich. After sending away a wave of elite troops, they still have the spare capacity to station an army group on the border.

If Kazdel had suffered this kind of loss, Theresa might have fainted on the spot.

So how to make money is a problem.

It is impossible to achieve your ideal without a little economic foundation.

You can't make everyone follow you willingly just by talking, you also need gold, silver and other valuables to help you achieve this goal.

In the original plot, Theresa, who has developed for so long, is actually considered a small wealthy woman.

Otherwise, they would not be able to afford the funds to purchase Rhodes Island, because this landship was dug out by Rem Billiton and should belong to this country.

Even if Kal'tsit could prove that the ship belonged to her, it was impossible for her to do so without paying a penny.

So I had no choice but to pay money to buy my father back.

But where does the money come from?

Borrowing money from other countries...you have to be able to pay it back first.

Not to mention whether they can pay it back, even being able to borrow is a problem, because Kazdel's international reputation is basically zero.

After all, there is no precedent for lending money to the Demon King, and who knows whether you, the demon, will pay it back.

What if when you are about to pay it back, he suddenly says: This is the money borrowed by the previous demon king, and my current demon king does not recognize it.

After all, there is a reason for this, because the rules for the Demon King's succession since the end of the Tikaz era are no longer that the son or daughter succeeds the father after his death.

Therefore, the previous demon king and the next demon king often have no blood relationship, which is a good reason not to return the favor.

After reading books, Theresa also understood how expensive it was to build a complete industrial chain in Kazdel.

As for why Kazdel has books on economic development, it can be attributed to the summary of the Demon King in the previous rounds.

Although some demons do not do practical things, some demons also want to develop people's livelihood peacefully, although they will suddenly start fighting after only a little development.

If you don’t have money, go earn it! I export everything I can export!

No one knew the original plot for over a hundred years.

How did this brother and sister pick up garbage? They actually created a moving city.

Although the ancestor was in some pain from the burns, he managed to get through it.

So let me take stock of what I have to sell.

Antique? Sell it! Put a label on it, saying it was once used by the Demon King.

The door panel from the Demon King's Palace? Sold it too! Sold it for a bit more, after all, it holds a lot of history. Just think of it as having been touched by countless demon kings.

By labeling these worthless daily necessities as historical items, Theresa has engraved making money into her bones.