I, a minor character, fell into the Shura field of the heroine and the villain

She had only come into close contact with a few women to discover that they were no longer virgins. Furthermore, she had discovered remnants of Yang Qi from the same source in all of them, which must have been the Pure Yang Qi of the Pure Yang Saint Body.

So she judged his relationship with them.

"You, you know it." I didn't expect that the junior sister who is always smiling and cheerful on weekdays is so perceptive.

But in fact, this is not difficult to discover. As long as your cultivation is higher than the three women, you will definitely be able to see something at such a close distance if you pay attention.

"Don't be nervous. It's a certain era now. There are many more things to do in the world of immortal cultivation now. The relationship between master and disciple is nothing. I heard that a genius from a certain sect even attacked the ancestor of his own sect. Oh, that ancestor was a woman." Xun Qianran didn't act like a child at all when talking about these topics.

If the gender is not emphasized, people might mistakenly think that you are a troublemaker.

"Then what does junior sister think of my situation?" Now that she knew it, Zhao Kangping stopped pretending.

"What else can I say? Senior Brother is a man of passion, and he never disdains worldly common sense. But I still want to advise you to take care of your body. If you are too obsessed with women, even if you are a cultivator, you will eventually run out of energy."

Zhao Kangping was a little touched when he heard this, thinking that Junior Sister Loli was concerned about him. But she then said, "Brother, if you need some nourishing pills, you can come to me to refine them. I can give you a 22% discount for the sake of our past friendship."

Shit, I was almost so touched that I wanted to praise you, but after a few words you showed your true colors. You just wanted to make money from my spirit stones.

“…” Zhao Kangping was speechless for a moment.

"Goodbye. If you need anything, just contact me through the communication jade slip." After saying this, the loli sister waved at him and turned and left without waiting for his response.

……

Now Zhao Kangping is finally the official city lord.

After he returned to the City Lord's Mansion, he summoned Dongfang Jingrou and a group of staff.

At this moment, Zhao Kangping stood on the podium, and his staff sat in rows of chairs below. As for the housekeeper, she stood in front of them, facing them.

"I want to revise some laws in the city, starting with those related to taxation." Zhao Kangping said straight to the point.

"As far as I know, according to previous regulations, large families that reached a certain size were taxed as a whole. The tax rate was one-tenth of the family's income."

"However, many families underreport their income when paying taxes, so the actual taxes collected from them are far less than they should be."

"While some independent cultivators in the city toiled for rent, and their accumulated spirit stones were squeezed out by various exorbitant taxes, these masters lived a life of luxury."

"Do you think this is fair?"

Ever since Zhao Kangping learned that the big families in the city were finding ways to evade taxes, he has been filled with indignation.

These dozens of staff members all came from some small and medium-sized families in the city. They might not be top-notch in appearance, but each of them was smart and clever and had their own expertise.

However, these women are generally young and timid, and no one dares to speak first.

Dongfang Jingrou glanced at the man. She understood that he wanted everyone to speak actively and express their opinions or suggestions.

But the girls looked at each other one by one, and did not dare to say a word.

Dongfang Jingrou spoke first: "It's okay. The City Lord is asking you questions. Speak boldly and express your true thoughts. No one here will laugh at you."

Zhao Kangping learned from his senior sister that this staff was a gathering of talented individuals from all walks of life. Some were good at accounting, some were skilled in business, and some were eloquent. If they could be put to good use, it would definitely relieve a lot of the workload at the City Lord's Mansion.

Senior Sister also said that they were her gifts to him, and that his administrative team in Chuanliu City would start with them.

After the housekeeper said this, the crowd became agitated slightly.

Then a girl with a bun in the second row from the front raised her hand.

After the housekeeper gestured for her to stand up and speak, the girl squeezed to the front and said, "That's definitely not fair. Let me briefly introduce myself. My name is Xu Jiaojiao. During my great-grandfather's generation, my Xu family was an outer disciple of the Holy Land."

"He's still alive. He told me that back then, commoner monks like us had to become lackeys of the noble families if we wanted to make it in the Holy Land."

"But he was a relatively honest and decent person back then, and he wasn't one to flatter. So he suffered a lot of bullying, but he managed to hold on."

"I'm not very familiar with the current rules of the Holy Land. My great-grandfather said that in his time, the Holy Land had a rule that outer disciples who could establish their foundation before the age of fifty were eligible to enter the inner sect."

"But it's just a chance, because you still need to participate in an outer sect competition to determine the number of places selected for the inner sect every year."

"My great-grandfather didn't establish his foundation until he was forty-six, which was considered quite good for a commoner disciple. After all, he didn't have family support at the time, unlike those children from aristocratic families who had such a high starting point from the beginning."

"He said that the Outer Sect Competition was fair, but also unfair. What's fair is that everyone has to achieve a certain ranking in the competition to enter the Inner Sect. What's unfair is that the children of aristocratic families have been nurtured with abundant resources since childhood, and their foundation is much more solid than that of ordinary disciples. Therefore, it's difficult for ordinary disciples to stand out in such a competition unless they put in twice as much effort day and night."

At this point, Dongfang Jingrou suddenly interrupted, "Wait a minute, you're off topic. The city lord is asking you, is the city's taxation fair?"

"Oh, I know. I'm going to talk about taxes next."

"Then just get to the point briefly and concisely."

Dongfang Jingrou was afraid that she would go on to talk at length again, so she reminded her.

The girl smiled awkwardly and said, "Anyway, my great-grandfather participated in the outer sect competition for many years in a row, but he failed every time."

"He had no choice but to leave the holy land."

"But my great-grandfather learned some skills in making talismans in the Holy Land, and he works in the talisman-making workshop in the city."

"Later, because of his excellent craftsmanship, he was noticed by the shopkeeper, who married his daughter to him."

"Later, my great-grandfather inherited the talisman-making workshop. Our Xu family also made its fortune from this workshop."

"However, the talisman workshops of us civilian monks can only survive in the low-end market of first- and second-level talismans."

"My family said that the price of a third-level talisman is several times higher than that of a second-level talisman, and the profit is also greater."

"But if we, the commoner monks, want to make third-level talismans in our workshops, we have to pay an additional tax. After taking this tax into account, our profit is not much."

"However, the talisman-making industries under the control of those large aristocratic families do not have such restrictions. Therefore, they can also control the middle and upper-level talisman market."

Zhao Kangping didn't know about this situation before, but he found out after he made some intensive study of information about Chuanliu City a few days ago.

Now that there is an eyewitness who has shared his experience, he has a more intuitive feeling.

The tax the girl was referring to was called the Talisman Making Tax, but it only applied to civilians or monks from small families. The official explanation given by Chuanliu City was that it was to stabilize the market. Otherwise, everyone would want to make high-end talismans, leading to fierce competition within the industry. To avoid unnecessary, vicious competition, the city enacted this decree.

This is clearly malicious exorbitant taxes and levies. They are deliberately imposed to prevent the small family workshops from becoming bigger and stronger.

In fact, it is not just the talisman-making industry, similar situations also exist in other industries related to the cultivation of immortal arts.

"Everyone should know that there are huge problems with the tax system in Chuanliu City." Zhao Kangping said.

A new official has three things to do when he takes office, and his first one is to change the city’s tax system.

"I think the taxes paid to the aristocratic families are too low, while the taxes paid to the middle and lower classes are too high."

"This situation must change." Zhao Kangping felt that there were many flaws in Chuanliu City's tax system.

In short, the big families not only collected low taxes, but also didn't enforce them strictly. In fact, these big families were clearly evading taxes, yet the successive city lords hadn't once conducted a thorough investigation. It wasn't just turning a blind eye; it was simply knowing the situation and not taking it seriously.

Zhao Kangping expressed his initial thoughts: "We need to revise the city's tax laws. I want to completely abolish the harsh taxes on the middle and lower classes, and increase the tax rate on large families."

"But I still need to discuss the specific implementation plan with you. Does anyone have any good ideas?"

Zhao Kangping's attitude is humble, without any airs of a superior. His face is always filled with a warm and gentle smile, giving people a sense of affinity.

Because someone has already taken the lead in speaking, the people who come after have less psychological pressure.

This time, more people raised their hands.

Zhao Kangping randomly chose a girl with big breasts to talk to.

Having said that, the looks of these girls are probably above 80 points. Although not as good as the beauties around him, they are still more pleasing to the eye than some rough guys.

It was my senior sister who knew how to choose people, and she chose for him an all-female staff team.

The busty girl stood up and said, "I think we should raise the tax rate for aristocratic families to 20%. 10% is too little."

She sat down after she finished speaking. Her speech was much shorter than the previous one.

Zhao Kangping then asked several other people who raised their hands to speak.

Some say that taxes for the middle and lower classes should be reduced by a specific amount, while others say that miscellaneous taxes should be levied on large families under various pretexts.

These opinions were of no practical value to Zhao Kangping. Although he kept a smile on his face, he was shaking his head inwardly.

Until a round-faced girl said, "Lord City Lord, I think if you immediately increase taxes on those big families right after taking office, I'm afraid they will boycott you."

"Even though many of them have suffered significant losses recently, don't forget that their families have strong foundations. They won't be devastated by such a simple setback."

"If they mobilize the power of their family, they could do anything. They might even hire someone to assassinate you."

The girl's words made Zhao Kangping's eyes light up. He finally met someone who had a more profound perspective on things.

He became interested and asked, "So what do you mean?"

The round-faced girl knew the city lord had taken her words to heart, so she continued, "City lord, please first abolish the harsh taxes on small and medium-sized families and civilians. As for the taxes on the big families, don't rush into it."

"We can arrange a tax audit. Those families haven't been audited. Almost every one of them has evaded taxes, the only difference is the amount."

"My idea is to let them pay the taxes they owe first, and the tax increase can wait until next year."

Now it’s the end of the year, at least we can get through the new year first.

The round-faced girl's words gave Zhao Kangping a clear idea. He really shouldn't act too hastily, otherwise these people might do anything if they were pushed into a corner.

Before he became the official city lord, someone hired a killer to kill him.

In the end, their assassins all died here. Unfortunately, only the assassins were found to have a direct connection with the He family, while the other families were hidden in the background and were not uncovered.

But if the conflicts between him and these families become more serious in the future, they might hire someone to kill them again.

"Tax audit is indeed a solution, and it can be arranged at the beginning of next year." After having an idea, they can determine a direction and then discuss a more reasonable plan.

After this meeting, they came up with a general direction.

However, the preliminary plan is still a bit rough and needs to be polished repeatedly.

……

After the meeting, Zhao Kangping first went to greet Aunt Yun.

It was still far away, not yet at the yard where Aunt Yun was.

When he was about twenty steps away from the yard, he heard the voices of other women.

"Big Three, I won! Hey hey!" a woman shouted excitedly.

"Why are you winning again? You've won three times in a row. Are you cheating?" This was Aunt Yun's voice.

"Senior sister, you can't afford to lose. Can't you tell whether I'm cheating or not?" The woman's voice became increasingly high-pitched.

Zhao Kangping probably guessed who was having this conversation with Aunt Yun.

"Forget it, forget it. I don't want to play anymore. I'm just not lucky today."

"Don't be like this. I finally came here to play with Senior Sister. It's really disrespectful to me if you spoil the fun like this."

"How about this, let's switch positions. I think you'll have better luck in this position."

"Okay, I'll switch with you."

Soon after, the sound of mahjong tiles colliding could be heard from inside.

When Zhao Kangping walked in, he saw Aunt Yun playing mahjong with Qi Honglian, Zheng Luqing and Ji Miaoyan.

"Senior sister, your precious nephew is here." Qi Honglian was the first to see Zhao Kangping come in, and she said mischievously.

Chapter 358: Aunt Yun is a little weird today

They were actually playing mahjong, and it looked like they had been doing it for a while.

Nangong Ruyun looked in the direction of Zhao Kangping, and her beautiful eyes were filled with joy that could not be concealed.

"I don't want to play anymore." Fairy Nangong suddenly withdrew her hand that was pressing on the mahjong tiles. She sat down and stood up again.

Qi Honglian said in a slightly gloomy tone: "Haha, since my nephew is accompanying her, I, your junior sister, probably won't be needed anymore."

Nangong Ruyun rolled her eyes at her, then turned to Zhao Kangping and said, "Ignore her. She's just such a nagging person."

Zhao Kangping: "It's rare for Aunt Lian to come visit you, Aunt Yun can take this opportunity to spend more time with her."

However, Nangong Ruyun said, "What are you talking about? We've been together for hundreds of years. Don't I know what kind of person she is?"

They have a good relationship as sisters, so it’s okay for them to talk like this.

Qi Honglian didn't care. She smiled and said, "City Lord Zhao, you should accompany Senior Sister."

As she spoke, she began to clean up the mahjong table.

Zheng Luqing and Ji Miaoyan, standing by, both had expressions of relief. They didn't really want to play mahjong, but they had no choice but to be dragged along by their two elders.

So the two of them started to clean up the mahjong table together.

"Ping'er, are things in the city busy?"