Gold coin is justice

The cat immediately shook its paws: "No...nothing! I just saw someone forcefully pretend to be...Haha! It's interesting!"

Ai Luo was not in the mood to pay attention to the cat's sudden amusement because of something, so he snorted and returned to the bed.

But just when he closed his eyes and was about to go to sleep...

"Hey, the distribution of production materials...what the hell is it?"

The cat, staring at the big sapphire eyes at this time, raised a paw and gently pressed it on Ai Luo's forehead, and asked like a curious baby.

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Upon waking up, the entire Blood Yan Town also spent the night in peace.

Airo yawned and got up, slightly rubbed his sore neck because he was not sleeping well, and walked out of the room.

The members of the guild are also getting up one by one now, and there is nothing to freshen up in this seemingly poor village, so everyone just sorted out themselves briefly.

However, the three people known as the fool trio began to look at Ai Luo with very suspicious and resentful eyes.Especially the little girl Coco, who looked at Ai Luo with an expression that seemed to be completely disillusioned in her heart, was really angry and funny.

"Cocoa..."

"Huh!" Coco turned his head directly, with a look of ignorance, "The president's brother is a very kind and good person, not so cold-blooded and ruthless person! Humph!"

This girl seems to be too spoiled. When will I take a cane and draw two whips to see if it can solve the problem?

Ai Luo shook his hand, dreaming about how he felt when he held the whip in his hand.

After satisfying his imagination, he asked everyone to tidy up all the luggage, and he went downstairs and shouted: "Boss? Is the boss there? Do we have a ox cart that we have reserved?"

It's a pity that, just after coming downstairs, the scene that appeared before his eyes completely stunned Ai Luo.

The door of the inn was open, and the innkeeper was standing in front of the door now, holding a big broom in his hand and looking fierce!

His daughter Milk is now hiding in the corner of the hall on the first floor, covering her face, as if secretly sobbing.

But outside the gate, the brave young man who was beaten yesterday kneeled in front of the gate. The swelling on his face hadn't been removed yet, but he knelt there persistently.

"Have you heard me? You are not welcome on my side!"

"My father-in-law! Please let milk go with me! I will take her out of Blood Yan Town, and take her to a place where there is no such bastard! If you don't let me take her away, she will Will fall into the claws of that terrible magician!"

Obviously, the innkeeper has not changed the slightest because of the toughness and bravery of this boy.He is still holding a wooden stick in his hand, looking very alert.

In fact, from any angle, Airo has no reason to continue to intervene in this matter.

Yes, no matter from any angle.

This angle does not just represent the boss of a guild, a little girl who owes money with a large debt.Even as the most basic and common "human" identity, Airo feels that he should not intervene now, but should let this matter gradually fade, and let the innkeeper solve the problem himself, and then The song of the mermaid patted his butt and left now.

but……

Turning his head, Ai Luo saw the guild members who seemed to be outraged next to him.

Seeing the tension in Coco's eyes, she also watched Brad's fists squeeze.Even Suta, who has not had any emotional expressions, is now showing a little pity.

The expressions on the faces of these members fully told Airo that he, the president, may have countless reasons not to resolve this incident, but as a person who has lost the heart of justice, he did not take action. This is in itself A mistake!

Ugh……

Ideological problems need to be solved by thinking after all.

Even if the combat effectiveness of these members is ten times and a hundred times higher than their own guild leader, but there is a problem in their thinking, then the stronger the strength, the easier it is to go further and further on the wrong path.

As the president, Airo naturally needs to bring these members back when there is a problem with their thinking, so as to avoid more unfortunate incidents.

It is for this reason that Ai Luo could only sigh after all, walked forward, patted the innkeeper's shoulder lightly, smiled slightly, and said, "It seems that things are on your side. Isn't it complicated? Has the ox cart of our guild been rented? If it is not rented...Can you tell me what is going on now?"

The innkeeper turned his head, and after seeing Ai Luo's clean and beautiful face, the nervous expression on his face immediately relaxed.He breathed out a little, his left hand tightly grasped his daughter's hand, and after hesitating for a moment, he finally sipped at the boy kneeling at the door: "I tell you! There is no discussion about this matter! If you want to die, just die by yourself! Don't come to harm my daughter! Don't even think of harming our entire bloody swallow town!"

With that, the innkeeper pulled the girl around and walked into the hall.

Seeing his sweetheart kneeling outside the door, his body was covered with scars, but with such a firm will, a little sadness appeared on the girl's face.After being pulled back by her father, she once again covered her face and shrank into the corner, secretly sobbing.

As for her daughter’s current state, the innkeeper had no choice but to sigh, with a very decadent appearance. He sat down on a chair in the hall and put down his sticks, as if thinking of something sad, too. Secretly touched the tears he saw.

Ai Luo glanced at the boy who continued to kneel outside the door, smiled slightly, and sat down opposite the innkeeper.The other members quickly formed a circle behind Ai Luo, all looking forward to it, waiting for the next conversation.

"So... can you tell me from the beginning, what is going on?"

Airo's voice was very gentle, and listening to such a soft voice, the innkeeper slowly came over.He took a deep breath, then raised his head, wiped his red eyes, sobbed, and talked--

"The president of Song of Mermaid... Our town... Blood Yan Town... Actually it was not like this. More than a year ago, our town was like other towns. There were some people here. Living, although life is a bit poor, in general it is still a good life, with food and drink."

"But a year ago... things here suddenly changed."

"The mayor of our town... his name is Xian Hu Digong. He has been doing this job for a long, long time, probably... more than 20 years, right? Since the previous mayor died of illness, he He has always acted as the mayor of our town. And more importantly...Xian·Earthman, he is an affinity of earth magic elements. In other words, he is a magician."

Ai Luo nodded gently. After all, he passed this small town on the way to Pelican Town, and knew that the leader of this small town was an Earth Mage.

"The location of our Xueyan Town is relatively remote. Although it can be regarded as the only way on the national highway, our place is inherently short of water. All the towns before and after are relatively far away and there is no development."

"After Xian became the mayor of our town, he has always been thinking of ways to develop our town. However, although it is said to be development, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is to allow us to have a better place to grow. ."

"He is an affinity for earth elements, so every time the season changes and farming operations are needed, he will use his own magic power to reclaim our land. The land he reclaimed will be It has become very fertile, and only a small amount of water can be used to grow a lot of food. It is precisely because of his practice that our small town can barely survive."

After thinking about it for a while, Ai Luo suddenly asked: "Then how much is your tax?"

When it came to the issue of taxation, the hotel owner sighed helplessly and said, "A long time ago... the tax was about 15% of the income of the year. Ten% of it should be turned over to the national treasury, and the remaining 100 He took five out of five, and regarded it as his reward for reclaiming the land. I think back then, Xian often talked and laughed with us, and even drank and chatted with us, but gradually... alas... I don’t know when it started. , The tax revenue began to increase year by year, and last year's tax revenue has reached 50%..."

Ai Luo was not surprised at this point.

It can even be said that he sneered slightly at the fact that the magician was willing to charge only 15% of the tax at the beginning.

Collect 15%, turn over 10% of the treasury, and keep 5%...In other words, only after a small town has 17 assets for agricultural work, the magician’s The income is just the same as that of an ordinary farmer.

But the problem is that Xueyan Town is not a big town, and there are not many farmlands around it.Therefore, as a magician, his income in one year is probably not much more than that of a farmer.

With such a small income, coupled with the unique "power" of possessing powerful magic, over time, it is a strange thing that the psychology is not distorted.

Take Pelican Town as an example. Before Airo arrived, if the Mayor of Round Cheese really relied on taxes for his living, he would probably not make much money at all.For such a small amount of income, it is necessary to manage the small and small matters of the entire town, and also to make suggestions. It is impossible for ordinary people to have a good mentality.Thinking about it now, if it wasn't for that fat mayor's seat was hereditary, and the family also had an extra business income of his own, presumably he would not be able to do it for long.

And more importantly...Round Cheese is not a magician.And this fresh hoeer was an out-and-out magician.

"Fifty percent tax?! This is too much, right?!"

Coco couldn't listen anymore, so he frowned and jumped out and said--

"Our town's tax revenue is generally less than 20%. How can this earth magician have the courage to pay such a high tax?!"

Ai Luo stretched out his hand to stop this little girl, nodded slightly to the innkeeper, and smiled: "Please go on."

The innkeeper exhaled and continued: "That is more than a year ago...Let me think...It was the end of 1301, on the day of the Holy Eve Festival. As a magician, he seemed to have gone to the capital to participate in something. …A rally on the part of the magician? Then when he came back, he announced to us that the tax should be increased to 50%."

"You know, before this, our town’s taxes have reached 40%, but because of his magic power supply, even if it’s 40% taxes, our town can still bear it. ."

"But now it's raised to 50% all of a sudden! This tax is too high, and the people in our town find it unacceptable."

Seeing the innkeeper's anger now, Ai Luo felt a little bit of his own in his heart.

A tax rate of 50%... In fact, this tax rate can be regarded as a relatively normal tax rate for the entire Blue Bay Empire, no, even for most areas on the entire mainland.

For rulers, charging a tax rate of about 50 on the one hand can make their life comfortable, on the other hand, it can also ensure that people in their own territory will not starve to death.Of course, after collecting so many taxes, whether the deposits and savings of farmers will fall further, the lord will of course not care.

"What happened later? Did you fight?" Ai Luo asked his own question.

After a little hesitation, the innkeeper nodded after all.

He exhaled and said with a very embarrassed appearance: "After all, the 50% tax rate is a bit too high... Although such a tax is not unsustainable, and the mayor’s magic It can also make our crops grow better... But after hearing about such a high tax rate, we were still a little angry. So early last year, a group of young people went to the mayor to reason and demand that the tax be returned to 100%. Around thirty."

Brad showed a look of approval and smiled: "Very brave people! I admire them very much."

Ai Luo gave him a blank look and continued to face the innkeeper with a smile: "What about then?"

Innkeeper: "Later, they all died."

At that moment, Brad, who was still smiling just now, seemed to be in the hold method all of a sudden, the smile on his face was stiff, and his eyes looked a little dull.After a moment of silence, the big man's fist was clenched once again, his smile disappeared, and he turned into a slightly silent serious expression.

Ai Luo thought for a while, and put away the smile on his face: "What's next?"

The innkeeper sighed, with a little sadness on his face, and said: "Those young people want to go to the mayor to reason, and then... I don't know what kind of conflict they have with the mayor. Wait until One day after we got up, we saw that the five young people were all buried in the soil and had died... It was also from that time, no one dared to ask the mayor anymore."

"But this is not over yet."

"After killing the rebels, the mayor felt very angry, so in front of the people in our town, he announced to us that because of our disobedience and betrayal, he will not reclaim our crops. ."

"He did what he said. In the next planting season, he not only did not use his magic to help the crops in our small town to open up farmland, but also made our land even more barren. The plants that were planted were without exception, unexpectedly. There is no way to survive."

"For the whole year of last year, we did not collect pellets in Xueyan Town. But when the tax was paid in the second half of the year, the mayor did not have any intention to let us go. He still forced us to pay a 50% tax rate. If we refuse to pay taxes, he will personally demolish our house, smash the contents of our room, and take away the little savings we have left."

"After such a disturbance last year, some young and strong lads in our town couldn't bear it after all. They left and fleeed. Only some people who can't get away continue to live in this town. A life that may die anytime, anywhere..."

Having said that, the innkeeper glanced at his daughter in the corner again.At this moment, the girl was also surreptitiously looking at the kneeling teenager outside the door. After realizing her father's gaze, she quickly closed her gaze and continued to cover her face and cry.

After seeing the eyes of his sweetheart, the teenager outside the door became more determined, and he still knelt outside so strongly.

Ai Luo took a breath, then nodded gently: "Then boss... tell me the truth, what's your real idea...?"

The innkeeper's eyes suddenly dodged, but after a while, he seemed to have lost everything. He nodded slightly at Ai Luo, turned his head, and whispered in Ai Luo's ear: "To be honest, I really I don’t want my daughter to go with that poor boy. If marrying the mayor can let him help our town recover, then I...and I think it might not be bad..."

That's what it said, but when the boss's head retracted, Airo stared at his eyes again.

Obviously, the boss's eyes dodged once again.

For the town?

Ah, of course this is also a reason.

But another way of thinking, if your daughter marries the only mayor in this town who has magical powers, does it mean that you will also raise your class in one go?

Of course, looking at the little bit of anticipation in the dodging eyes of the innkeeper, Airo didn't expose it.After all, this kind of thinking is normal, and Ai Luo has no intention of being a moral guardian.

"So that's it, I understand."

Airo nodded slightly, and the smile on his face continued to emerge——

"Then boss, where is the bullock cart we reserved yesterday?"

The others were all a little surprised when they saw that their chairman wanted the bullock cart again after talking for so long.But the innkeeper smiled and said with a slightly relieved attitude: "My brother lived in the next town last night. He might be back today... But don't worry, I will pay for the accommodation today. I won’t count everyone, I’m really sorry."

Ai Luo didn't care either, he nodded and asked everyone to pack their things and return to the second floor to rest.Regardless of the expressions on the faces of so many members behind him, he went upstairs on his own, playing an exemplary role.

Of course, this matter cannot end in this way.

After all the members came to the second floor with all kinds of careful thoughts...

"Do you think I'm too cold-blooded, do you think I don't even think of a solution to such a simple relationship between good and evil?"

In the room, Coco was the most emotional.When Airo said these words, his eyes were also looking at the young necromancer, with a gentle smile in his eyes.

Coco bulged his cheeks, but did not speak.But the crisp tower next to it seemed a bit unbearable now. She took a step and said, "President, that... Although I have been in Song of Mermaid for a short time, I think our guild should be one too. ...A good guild? Although we have not heard the words of the mayor, if I really want me to demand myself with the moral standards of a paladin...I am afraid...There is really no way to just leave it alone. , Go to the capital as if nothing happened."

Ai Luo showed a nonchalant appearance. After thinking about it for a while, the smile on her face gradually eased, and she said, "Do you think, where is the most critical problem in this incident in Blood Yan Town? "

Margaux raised her hand, looked at her fingernails, and said with a relaxed expression: "Isn't that still necessary? Isn't it a magician relying on his magic power to oppress the people here~~~"

Ai Luo's eyes narrowed into a slit: "It's a pity, it's wrong~~~"

The corners of Margaux's mouth twitched suddenly, and she turned her head and looked at her president with a very unbelievable look.

Brad touched the back of his head, thought for a while, and said, "This... isn't Margaux right? Isn't it obvious? What's wrong with this?"

Now is not the time to continue to pretend, Ai Luo slowly said: "The real problem that happened in Blood Yan Town is not that a magician relies on his magic power to threaten the ordinary people here. It is a powerful production tool. The existence of the company uses its absolute advantage in production tools to force ordinary people who do not have enough production tools to accept its leadership and obey its words."