The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

With the arrival of spring, the land in the north thaws and everything becomes extremely muddy.

The merchants were enthusiastic and planned to sell goods from the north to the south, and at the same time put the coins from the pockets of the southern nobles into their own pockets.

However, an imperial decree issued by the kingdom exploded in the north like spring thunder.

"Breaking news! The kingdom has launched a new business tax and personal tax system. Every worker must pay personal income tax!"

The wealthy North has long been targeted by the nobles living in the royal capital.

After a whole winter of discussion, the Council of Nobles resorted to their best methods of plunder.

Collect taxes reasonably.

The email sent directly from the kingdom was delivered to Grand Duke Feng as soon as possible. After just a glance at it, the calmness that Grand Duke Feng had cultivated with great difficulty was replaced by anger.

"What do those people think of the North? This is also the kingdom's land. They have no right to do this!"

Duke Feng’s roar was of no use. The tax officials came and treated everyone and every factory equally.

"Grand Duke Feng, the parliament requires the North to contribute more taxes."

After saying this, the tax officials rushed into every factory and took away all the liquid funds they could see.

These tax officials trained in the capital would even dismantle gears made of expensive metals to pay taxes for the factories.

All the workers were confused, all the merchants were confused, and all the northern nobles were confused.

No one expected that Wang would do this. It's too unreasonable!

Unfortunately, even if everyone objects, the taxes that should be collected still do not decrease.

On the contrary, as tax officials learned more about factories, their methods of collecting taxes became more and more brutal.

In order to make up for their losses, businessmen hurriedly sold off their factories.

For those that cannot be sold, they will try to make up the losses from the workers.

For a time, all the people in the North were grieving, and people took to the streets to confront the tax collectors from the royal capital.

Things got more and more serious and eventually bloodshed occurred.

Several angry workers beat up the tax collectors and were thrown into prison.

Soon after, angry citizens stormed the prison and released the workers inside.

The angry crowd hanged the tax collector from the royal capital on the city gate.

The corpse, still warm, swayed in the wind.

The North completely rebelled against the Kingdom.

Some people stood on the streets, shouting independence and freedom!

Everything happened so fast, so fast that it was hard to keep up.

Duke Feng had only stayed in his rented apartment for one day, and all these things had happened.

Several members of the advisory group surrounded Grand Duke Feng in fear and trepidation, talking at once about things that made Grand Duke Feng feel uneasy.

"Grand Duke, you are the highest person in charge of this land. You must step up and do something at a time like this!"

"No, those people are crazy. The Grand Duke is also from the capital. Do you want him to be hanged on the city gate as well?"

"No! Those tax collectors from the capital also took away the Grand Duke's taxes. The Grand Duke is also a victim and should stand with the people!"

The advisory group around Duke Feng was instantly divided into several factions.

They each held a different position and were arguing fiercely.

It was the first time that Duke Feng encountered such a chaotic situation, and he found that he was actually unable to stop it.

When Duke Feng first came here, he had the idea of ​​controlling the North in his mind.

Looking back now, my thoughts were so ridiculous.

"Sir! Someone is visiting!"

Duke Feng was worried about how to deal with the current situation when he heard his subordinates report that someone came to visit him.

"who is it?"

"…a bartender."

"Let him in!"

Led by the soldiers, the bartender entered the magnificent apartment.

When this apartment was first built, it was intended to defraud wealthy people from the south.

The brave man personally participated in the construction of this building. He even joked with the people around him at the time, betting that no fool would live here.

Now, the brave man is visiting Duke Feng who rents here as a visitor.

"Things change all the time... I am the brave Saint Xingyu, and I have come to pay my respects to Lord Feng."

The hero was wearing a bartender's outfit, but around his waist hung a dagger representing the goddess.

When Lord Feng saw him take out the sacred weapon, he knew that today's visit was extraordinary.

"What do you want to say to me?"

The hero took off the dagger and placed it on the desk between the two of them.

This means that the negotiations are witnessed by the goddess and they will not cheat to fool the other party.

"Your Excellency, do you understand the current prices?"

"…Of course, do you think that I, a great duke, know nothing about external things, just because I have everything I want?"

"Your Excellency, I'm not talking about the prices in the North, but the prices in the capital!"

When he said the word "royal capital", the hero stood up and supported the table with both hands.

His aggressive attitude made the guards around Grand Duke Feng very nervous.

Duke Feng raised his hand to suppress the impulsive guard, and also wanted to calm the hero down.

"I have heard of your name, hero, but you cannot use the name of a hero to speak nonsense!"

"I'm not talking nonsense. I'm telling the truth! Do you know that the black bread in the capital is now sold for fifty silver coins? Fifty silver coins!"

Fifty silver coins is not a big number, especially for someone like Grand Duke Feng.

But Duke Feng jumped up without regard for his manners, as if his tail had been stepped on.

"What did you say? Black bread, fifty silver coins?"

The brave man nodded solemnly. His expression was quite sad, so sad that it seemed a little artificial.

The brave man raised his hands above his head, using all his strength to make his face red.

"Your Excellency, please save the people of the capital. They are living in dire straits! Those nobles and ladies spend a year's income on afternoon tea, but they don't care about the lives of the common people. They just increase taxes for their own enjoyment!"

The news of the sudden increase in taxes in the North came from the South.

If the North rebels, what will happen to the South?

"No, I don't believe your data. I want to investigate it myself! When I left the capital, the situation wasn't this bad!"

Duke Feng knew that the high-quality products from the north had created a craze in the south.

Grand Duke Feng also knew that the tax system in the southern part of the kingdom was getting out of control.

But these things shouldn't have happened at the same time, nor should such a huge chaos have erupted in just two months.

Duke Feng felt that there was an element of human control here, and there must be a mastermind behind it!

Who is the mastermind behind the scenes?

Lee?

The brave man who knew part of the inside story was not afraid of Duke Feng's investigation because he would not be able to find out anything.

The history of the other world that the hero has been reading recently clearly states that everything is the torrent of the times, rolling forward, and no one can stop it!

"Your Excellency, I hope you can truly take the kingdom and the people living on its land to heart! In the name of light!"

The brave man raised his hands above his head, and a beam of holy light fell from the sky and landed directly on the brave man.