My Empire War Game

Slums, this is the area that most cities in this world actually have. Apart from being dirty and messy, this can be said to be a hotbed of crime, the darkest corner of the city.

Murder, robbery, smuggling, etc. are commonplace here. Even the church of the gods in the city rarely come here. There are dead people here almost every day. Even the priests of the Temple of Dawn, which is known for its kindness and benevolence, don’t care about these things. life and death of people.

However, things began to change with the arrival of the new king. The most obvious change was that many poor people were hired to work. Although the work was hard, they could have enough food and a salary, which gave many people Hope to live.

Can live who wants to die? The people in these slums burst out with a strong enthusiasm for work in an instant, and they were also grateful to Su Lun, the king who gave them hope. However, these changes in the slums have also made other people think differently.

Head, I've already found out. Those mud legs earn about ten coppers a day, women get eight, and even children get five. The man said excitedly.

I did the math. There are more than two hundred people on our guild site alone. If they are all adults, they can get two thousand copper nars a day, which is equivalent to two gold coins. Gnar, this month is sixty Gnar, which is not a small sum.

A look of greed flashed across the eyes of the fierce-looking strong man with a scar on his face, It seems that our King is really rich.

Scarface took out a small knife and played with it flexibly in his hand, and then said: Mouse, you order, all people who go to work must pay 80% of the safety fee every day when they come back. This matter will be handled by you. If someone If you dare to hide it privately and don't pay the money, then break one of his hands!

Don't worry, I promise that it will be done properly, and the money will not be less than a penny. The wretched man with a mouse mustache promised, patting his chest.

With the issuance of health regulations, the city of San Firto has changed at a speed visible to the naked eye. The impact of the war has gradually faded away, and the city has become more prosperous than before.

Boom, boom, boom! There was a knock on the door.

Come in. Su Lun said without looking up.

A burst of fragrance came, and Su Lun couldn't help sniffing his nose, looked up and said in surprise, Phyllis, why are you here?

I'll come and see you. Phyllis said wearing a lady's attire and holding a food box in her hand.

You've been living here for the past two days. Although state affairs are important, you should also pay attention to rest. This is the meat soup I asked someone to prepare for you. You should taste it first.

Okay! Smelling the tempting fragrance, Su Lun also felt the glutton in his stomach ready to move, picked up the meat soup and drank it.

Phyllis pursed her lips and smiled lightly, then picked up a handkerchief and gently wiped the rice from the corners of his lips: Don't drink it so fast, no one will grab it from you, if it's not enough, there's more here.

Enough. Su Lun patted his stomach and put down the bowl.

What have you been up to these two days? Phyllis asked while putting away the tableware.

Su Lun picked up the documents on the table and said, I'm busy making laws.

Make laws? Is there a problem with the previous laws? Phyllis looked at Su Lun with some doubts.

It's a big problem. Su Lun pouted and said, This law is too crude, and the punishment for crimes is also very low, and in many cases, following the above will not uphold justice at all.

In addition to these, these laws are also very vague on taxation issues. For nobles and wealthy businessmen, they are taxed less or directly exempted from taxes, but for those common people, they have to collect poll tax, toll tax, commodity tax, land tax, house tax, There are hundreds of types of city gate tax, salt tax, etc.”

It would be fine if these taxes were collected strictly according to the requirements, but I have checked the tax records over the years, and the tax revenues have been decreasing year by year. It is not necessary to guess that they were all embezzled by those officials in partnership.

And I asked someone to investigate the specific tax situation. It turned out that the state formulated a tax that charged one silver nar, and the tax officials below directly charged one and a half or even two silver nars. The taxes of ordinary people increased every year, but Tax revenues in the country are falling.

The final result is that the country did not collect enough taxes, but the common people paid excessive taxes. The country lost money, and the common people also lost money. Only those nobles and officials were full of food. Su Lun sneered and threw the documents on the table.

Hearing Su Lun's words, Phyllis was also a little anxious: Then what should we do? Shall we go directly to arrest the tax collector and those nobles and let them hand over the corrupt tax!

This can indeed solve the problem, but it won't do much for the people at the bottom. We arrest this group of people and replace them with others, which is likely to be the same as before. Su Lun continued.

A better way is to improve the law and strengthen the supervision of officials and nobles.

Then do as you said, and I support you. Phyllis walked up to her and hugged Su Lun and said.

Su Lun stroked Phyllis's hair gently: Don't worry, it will get better.

Compared with the Duchy of the North Wind, the Kingdom of Florence has existed for hundreds of years. Although it has a larger population and a wider territory, it is much worse than the Duchy of the North Wind in all aspects. Just talking about taxation, in Zhenbei City, no one dares to violate the regulations made by Su Lun, let alone embezzlement.

There are many successful experiences in Zhenbei City, among which the key is the prison built by Su Lun and the construction of spiritual civilization and ideological education twice a year. Officials at all levels have to go to the prison to receive ideological education every six months. Coupled with the various systems and supervisory personnel in Zhenbei City, basically no official dares to go one step further. Even if someone tried to do it, it would be quickly discovered.

Su Lun has given officials at all levels the right to report, and there is an office to receive reports in the city hall, and real-name reports are required. Even ordinary civilians can report officials to the city hall. Of course, if the report is verified, the whistleblower will be rewarded, but if it is a false accusation, the whistleblower will also be severely punished.

This kind of report was originally used to restrain officials, and Su Lun didn't want to turn this report into a tool for retaliation in the hands of some people. This system has been in operation in Zhenbei City for more than a year, and now it seems that the effect is very good.

There is also a prison in San Firto City, but this prison does not have the various attribute bonuses of the prison in Zhenbei City, so if Su Lun wants to operate according to Zhenbei City, he needs to rebuild a prison. Now that the decision has been made, the sooner the better, naturally, after Su Lun delineated the location of the prison, he asked people to build it according to the blueprint he gave.

The manpower is still recruited from the slums. The slums have huge human resources, and they are also very cheap. Since Su Lun and Phyllis took the throne, the city of San Ferto has been continuously under construction. Various construction projects have provided a large number of jobs in the city of San Fierto.

Once you have a job, you will naturally have income, and with income, you will consume, which will promote the city's commerce, and the materials needed for various projects will also be purchased from the market, and commercial activities will become more frequent. The city also became thriving. Now the prosperity of San Firto City has surpassed that before the war.

Seeing such a bustling scene, no one would have imagined that half a month ago, the city had just experienced a war.

In order to better control the city of San Firto, Su Lun also contacted Hathaway through the communication magic circle, and asked her to send a group of grassroots officials from the North Wind Principality here, as well as the domesticated falcons in Zhenbei City. Send a batch here too.

The official training school in Zhenbei City has never stopped training. In the past, due to lack of manpower, the training time for the first few batches was one month, but now it has been extended to six months, and the number of people trained in each batch has also increased to one hundred people. Recently, this group of grassroots officials is just about to complete their training, and they are all sent to San Firto City.

The cost of magic communication is high. Su Lun intends to build an Eagle's Nest in San Firto City and use falcons for communication. At the same time, in order to strengthen contact with Zhenbei City, Su Lun plans to build a teleportation circle. Of course, this teleportation circle can only be used Come for emergency communication.

The construction cost of the teleportation array is very high, and it takes a lot of mana to teleport. The teleportation array in Zhenbei City has an element pool to provide energy, but even so, frequent teleportation cannot be carried out. San Firto City is thousands of miles away from Zhenbei City. It consumes even more energy, and it is also necessary to build an element pool.

There was a sound of footsteps in the corridor, followed by a hasty knock on the door.

Come in! The sound of pushing the door sounded, and a servant hurried in.

Your Majesty, our staff who presided over the construction work were killed.

Su Lun raised his head suddenly: What did you say?

The attendant quickly said: It was the staff we sent out to build the city's infrastructure that were killed, their bodies beheaded, and discarded near the city gate!

Who did it! Su Lun's voice froze people like the cold wind blowing from the ice field.

The attendant swallowed: The initial suspicion is that the gang in the slum did it!

Gangsters? How do they have the guts to kill me? Su Lun's face was cold, and his eyes were full of anger.

It is said that it is for the salaries of those workers.

Those staff are in arrears of wages? Su Lun's expression became even uglier.

No, no, the wages of the workers were not in arrears. It was the gangsters who wanted to forcibly take away the wages of the workers. As a result, our staff went to argue with them.