The Strongest Wizard Becomes a Countryside Guardsman After Taking an Arrow to the Knee

Hidden in the woods, the day after Valimier left. I woke up in the morning and went outside the cabin and it was cool.

The season is no longer autumn.

I was hoping it would cool down soon on a hot day, but I miss it when I try to cool it down.

As I breathed the cool air all over my chest, I saw the village chief coming.

"Good morning, Al. You're early today."

"Good morning, village chief. What's the matter, sir?

"Can I think of the devil as okay now?

"Yes, I disturbed you. I think you'll be all right now."

"Oh, my God."

Sigi Shoara, still clinging to me, rings fine.

When he saw it, the village chief loosened his mouth. Sigi must be cute.

I regularly brief the village chief on the situation. So the demon thing is not like coming all the way out early in the morning to ask.

This would be a confirmation just in case. No, it could be a prerequisite before we get down to business.

I decided to connect in public discourse until the village chief got to the bottom of it.

"Thanks to you, Shigi is growing fast."

"It is. Mr. Sigi, you're going to grow up."

"Ria."

The village chief is kind to Sigi. Sigi sounds happy too.

After doing so for a while, the village chief says with a serious face.

"By the way, Mr. Al"

That's the point.

"Tax season is here"

"Are you finally here"

"Yes."

The village chief nodded heavily.

I'm not very familiar with tax season. Because the adventurer's tax is basically deducted directly from the asking fee.

The form of collecting and collecting once a year is no match for an adventurer who dies soon.

Besides, adventurers who don't know when they're going to die quickly spend the money they get. So they collect it directly from the reward.

"I was an adventurer, so I don't really know how it works."

"Was it"

The village chief explains.

The basics are a third of the harvest. That includes both livestock production and agriculture.

And in addition to that, it's a residence tax. It is determined how much per person.

The levy is a village unit. The lord tells me how much to pay in the village.

Who in the village will share after that? That is to be decided in the village.

"How much was last year, by the way?

"Uh, that's about it"

The village chief showed me the books. It was pretty expensive.

Tax settings vary from lord to lord. The lord of the village of Murg seems quite elevated.

Even though it's a poor village, it's pretty much taken.

"Isn't it expensive?

"Yes. How much is the resident tax per capita like the king's capital?"

"That's terrible"

"Besides, a third of the harvest is also a bender."

"Isn't a third, a third?

"No, it's not."

The village chief explained to me with a serious look on his face.

When I say one-third of the harvest, I don't pay in kind. You will pay in cash.

And the problem is the mechanism for assessing that price.

Depending on the area of agricultural land, the yield is estimated on its own. And that's more than the actual harvest.

Besides, the quality is uniformly assessed as the finest product.

As a result, the quality is poor and we don't sell it, and the only thing we have to consume ourselves is taxed as the finest product.

Meat and the like are also determined as how much per cow. That amount is for one of the finest cows in good health.

Besides, it still does not distinguish between the share of own consumption and that sold.

On the contrary, even cows who died of disease and couldn't sell, they decide to sell them.

"Can't I explain it in a delivery note or something that actually shows the amount I got from selling it?

"Yes, you can't admit it at all"

The village chief nodded with a little remorse.

Might hide the harvest. I might deceive the cow I sold into death or illness.

They can't admit it by saying that.

"Is the actual tax amount something like 60% of the village's income"

"That's... that's tough"

As an adventurer, the tax that was deducted from the reward was 20%.

Pretty tough compared to that.

"Al is registered as a member of the village, so it's ok......"

"Are those the Vivi's?

"Yes, because Vivi and Cruz treat travellers..."

"I see."

That means the Vivis are not in the head of the Residence Tax.

The village chief used to say that the lord hates the Demons.

It would be risky to register Vivi as a resident of the Demonic Nation.

Besides, the Cruz are residents of the King's capital, which has a house in the King's capital. I pay taxes in Wang Du.

The laws of the kingdom do not require double payment even in the village of Murg. But explaining it is not very cumbersome.

"So when the Lord's inspection comes in, I want Mr. Vivi and his men to stay hidden."

"Okay."

Maybe adding more fields would also be a tax burden. Would it have been annoying?

I get worried and ask.

The village chief smiles and shakes his head.

"No, it's fine. Imo's field was originally low on taxes. Besides, it's only next year that taxes will be levied on the fields we've just opened."

"That's good. Safe."

I see the warehouse and the guard cabin. It is almost a mansion when it comes to huts.

"Is this building okay too?

"There's no taxes on buildings, so it's okay."

"That's good"

Anything the village chief says, it is the village that taxes are on the residents and the harvest.

And they say it's the town that taxes on residents and buildings. In other words, the village of Murg is a village, so there is no tax on the building.

"Remember, I don't know when you're coming to inspect"

That's what the village chief left.

Taxes are intelligent.

The fact that taxes are levied depending on the area of the field is a tough mechanism for the village of Murgh, who has laid off the land. In the meantime, crops that are made are automatically treated as the finest.

But there's a good side to it.

Isn't it possible to improve the land all you want with the magic team? No matter how much you increase production or improve quality, the tax will remain the same.

"Al. Isn't it early today?

"Vivi!"

I got a slightly louder voice. I surprised Vivi a little.

"Hey, what is it? Noisy."

"Land and cattle improvement. Come on, man!

"Ooh?

Vivi nodded properly.