Gold is Justice

"I didn't pay much attention to this matter at the time. I thought that a maid would probably want some jewelry. So I put this matter behind me." "About a week later, exactly Every time your majesty comes to visit my territory, I am of course very happy with your majesty's visit, so I accompany your majesty to play around. At the same time, I also introduced my daughter to your majesty."

"While chatting with His Majesty, I started joking with His Majesty. Um... roughly, it probably means that women have no other role except to help give birth to children and take care of the family. They don't make money, and they don't The way to do a lot of labor like a man. It also said that if you give a man a hundred gold coins, the man may only have fifty gold coins in three years, and it is possible to earn 120 gold coins from the hundred gold coins."

"But if you give these [-] gold coins to women, they will definitely spend all the money in these three years, and it is impossible to keep any little bit."

Meng Lang pinched his chin, while Jin Guo was talking, he glanced at Ariel beside him.At this moment, he couldn't help but chuckle, and said, "So, she heard this sentence?"

Jin Guo clapped his hands, laughed and said: "Yeah, it's just such a small joke, it really belongs to a small metaphor that is not important at all, and can be completely forgotten immediately after saying it. But I didn't expect this slave Would she be so serious, even seriously give up the comfortable life of the Duke’s Mansion instead of living in it, and go outside to work hard instead? Hehehe, I still don’t understand what she thinks. It seems that girls really can’t read Too many books, reading too much, the brain really becomes stupid."

Meng Lang turned to Ariel: "So that's the case, so, Ariel, did you make this agreement because of such a joke between the Duke and my father?"

Now, the crown prince is questioning a lowly maid.

This humble maid knew that she had to stand up and answer at this moment!

She had to raise her head... to face everyone here!

"Yes, Your Highness."

Finally, Ariel plucked up her courage and said——

"That day, when the master and His Majesty were chatting, I happened to be accompanying the eldest lady. I also know that what the master and His Majesty said may be just a joke, but to me, this may be a part of my life. Good opportunity. So I immediately proposed to the master that I hope to have 100 gold coins and three years. I also promised that after three years, I will be able to double the gold coins in my hand."

"Double?"

A little confusion appeared on Meng Lang's face.

In this regard, Ariel nodded without concealing it, and continued: "Yes. But your majesty and the master didn't believe me, and thought I was talking nonsense. Especially your majesty, even directly told me that if you want to make money, it is not only He can only earn two hundred gold coins, but requires me to earn a thousand gold coins in three years. He also said that if I can agree to this condition, His Majesty is willing to grant any of my wishes after I complete the agreement."

"Arbitrarily... a wish?"

Up to this point, Chao Tide, who had been just listening over there, couldn't help raising his head, and looked at the maid with a very surprised look.

At this point, the smile on Meng Lang's face also slowly disappeared.He turned his head and looked at Jin Guo next to him, to confirm whether his father had really made such a promise to the maid.

Jin Guo smiled and nodded slightly.But then he said: "Your Highness, don't worry, the wish has already been expressed, so there is no need to worry about what wish she will make now."

Tidal: "What wish did she make?!"

Meng Lang glanced at his younger brother, and couldn't help frowning when he saw his eager look, but he also asked, "So, what wish did she make?"

Jin Guo smiled and said: "It's nothing, she just hopes that His Majesty can amend the laws of our empire, specifically, to change the two articles of "Azure Code" Chapter 2No. And treat your belongings with bravery and kindness, protect your money, real estate, fields, children, women, slaves, etc., unless it is expropriated by Emperor Lanwan."

"She's asking that the words 'woman' and 'slave' be removed from this law, as well as other statutes in the code that include 'woman' and 'slave' in a man's property, and that's it."

After listening to Jin Guo's introduction, Meng Lang thought for a moment, then frowned, and said, "That's it? It's just that?"

"Well..."The Azure Code" is a law handed down from generation to generation by our royal family, and there are basically few changes. If this maid asks to change this article, it is not something that can be prevaricated by just saying this."

For Meng Lang's words, Jin Guo expressed his agreement.He continued to glance at Ariel from the corner of his eyes, and said with a smile: "As His Highness said, this request is simply a joke. I don't know what she is thinking, but she wants to make the wife not belong to the husband." , the daughter does not belong to the father?"

"Why, if a man's wife doesn't belong to this man, then who does this woman belong to? Does it belong to any man outside? Or is it that this maid hopes that all the daughters born to women in the future will belong to any random man from their family? The man passing by the door? This is even more ridiculous than the strange car just now."

Ariel bit her lips lightly, without saying a word, but the hands that were holding the skirt were now clenched even tighter.

Meng Lang nodded, and said slowly: "And then? Did my father agree to this condition?"

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Jin Guo smiled and said: "Hahaha, Your Highness, you don't have to worry about this. The wish that this maid said is completely a joke, and it is something that is impossible to pass. How could Your Highness be so casual? Just promise to come down?"

Obviously, Jin Guo didn't directly say that Emperor Lanwan rejected the wish.

And this way of avoiding pretending to be relaxed has already told Menglang very tactfully what the answer to his question is.

Regarding this, Meng Lang nodded slightly and began to think.

But at this time, Chao Chao over there said with a displeased face: "In other words, you don't want to belong to me? Hehe, then who do you want to belong to? Have you met any lovers in the past three years? Or before that? You already have a lover?"

Ariel raised her head slowly, without looking at Chao Tide at all, but said: "Your Highness, I have completed the agreement and came back. Although I also know that for Your Majesty and Master, this so-called agreement is just It's an innocuous joke. But to me, this is an extremely important matter. So... Please also fulfill your promise to me. If so... I will be satisfied."

Obviously, the current Ariel has lost her mind.

Her words even seemed a little impulsive, and she began to eagerly want to achieve her goal!

She also knows her impulsiveness now, and she also knows that she is a little anxious now.

But she also knew in her heart that this agreement might have been a joke to herself, the duke, and the emperor of the Blue Bay Empire at first, and it was a silly joke in her spare time.

But as time went by... from the moment they started sending sugar-coated wine to try their best to hinder her, Ariel also knew that they were serious.

These nobles are getting serious!

These lofty aristocrats, these big men with such a small slave who can easily crush themselves, will start to take it seriously because of such a promise in a joke, and start to try their best to fight against themselves!

They...don't admit defeat?

They also knew that if they couldn't beat this little slave within the rules they made, it would be a great shame, right?

Even though they could directly kill themselves after the agreement is over, this failure will still be deeply engraved in their minds and become a thorn in their hearts that will never be removed!

As long as they don't die... As long as they haven't used their own rules to completely defeat themselves, then this thorn of themselves will be stuck in their hearts forever!

Now, Ariel is also gambling.

She was betting on whether she would become the thorn.

If you are not...

Then, my hard work in the past three years has really become a joke, and it has dissipated so easily.

Chapter 29 Settlement

"Hehe, it's ridiculous. You are still using those crooked brains."

Jin Guo picked up her teacup, took another sip, and said slowly——

"It's a gamble to open your mouth and shut your mouth, but then again, did you really fulfill the gamble? Did you really earn a thousand gold coins? This point, hehe... It's still unknown."

Finally... things have progressed to this point!

Ariel exhaled deeply, and took out an account book from the pocket of her maid's apron.This was brought over when I was in contact with the members of Song of the Mermaid just now.She presented the ledger, raised her head and said—

"His Royal Highness, this is the account book of Mermaid Song for the past three years. It records all the financial transactions of Mermaid Song in the past three years, which is enough to prove that I have completed the bet."

After thinking about it for a while, Meng Lang finally decided to reach out, took the account book, and opened it to read two pages.

But after a few glances, he waved his hand and said, "Come here."

The door of the reception room opened and two soldiers entered.

Meng Lang exhaled, and said, "It's the New Year's Eve, the tax officials from all over the country should be in the city, right? Go and call the tax officer in charge of Pelican Town."

The soldiers left in response, and about half an hour later, the two soldiers reappeared in front of the reception room with a tax official.The tax official saluted the crown prince and the duke present, expressing his humility for such a small civil servant.

Meng Lang: "Are you the tax officer in charge of the border province?"

With a smile on his face, the tax official said quickly: "Return to Your Highness, that's right. I don't know if there is anything I can do for Your Highness?"

Meng Lang put the account book in his hand on the table, pushed it slightly towards the tax official, and said, "Look at it, and then check the accounts. See how much balance there is in Song of the Mermaid as of yesterday. "

"Song of the Mermaid?"

Hearing the name of the guild, the tax official was obviously taken aback.Doubt and nervousness appeared on his face. After a moment of hesitation, he immediately walked towards Menglang's desk.

When passing through the reception room, he also noticed the maid standing beside the entire reception room who didn't seem to come to serve or accompany her, and seemed a bit out of tune with the mood here.And when he took the account book and turned around to see the maid's face again...

"You... you?! Huh!"

At that moment, a frightened expression appeared on the tax official's face!

Regarding this, Ariel smiled slightly and nodded lightly, trying to show that she was calm and relaxed.Obviously, the tax collector's brain has been thrown into chaos.At such a time, the more relaxed and comfortable I am, the more the tax official will be afraid of me, so I think the funds will be more beneficial to me.

"I didn't expect it... I really didn't expect it..."

While speaking, the tax officer carried the account book and walked to the small table used to record the meeting content for the servants, and began to open the account book and calculate.

He calculated very carefully and carefully, as if he was afraid of missing any number.

After a series of records and calculations, the tax official nodded, came back to the front of Meng Lang, and said——

"Reporting to Your Highness, the accounts of Mermaid Song have been settled. These are the accounting records of Mermaid Song for the past two years, and I have also summarized them when I helped it with the settlement. Now, I will mainly report the accounts of the third year content."

After Meng Lang nodded, the tax official exhaled, picked up the record sheet in his hand, and said slowly——

"The accounting year of the Adventurer's Guild is from September 360st to August 1302th of the next year, with a total of 1303 days. But now, in accordance with the will of His Highness, it is required to calculate from September [-]st, [-] to [-] All income as of December [-]th."

“目前测算下来，人鱼之歌在上一年度加长版中的总计收入为1791金8铜2铁。而目前，人鱼之歌拥有的总现金流为1326金4银2铜5铁。”

It seems that the numbers above have succeeded?

"What about taxes and fees? If you add taxes and fees, how much is left?"

The Duke of Jin Guo on the side opened his mouth and asked with a relaxed face.

税务官微微一愣，继续说道：“人鱼之歌在1302年度的税费属于欠缴状态，所以需要加量之后扣除。1302年的欠缴税费为119金2银8铜1铁，因此，目前人鱼之歌的现金流为1207金1银4铜4铁。”

“然后，按照上一个计税年度来计算，人鱼之歌在1302年9月1日至1303年8月30日的总收入为……”

"Wait a minute, instead of simply calculating income for a tax year."

Jin Guo waved his hand and said——

"That would be too troublesome. Let's just calculate the tax until yesterday. It is also convenient to calculate in this way."

The tax official was slightly taken aback, then turned to look at the crown prince beside him.After getting a gentle nod from the Crown Prince, he exhaled, recalculated the numbers in his hand, and said again——

"Since this is the case, the total income will be calculated according to 1791 gold, 8 copper and 2 iron. Among them, the basic tax fee of the Adventurer's Guild is 15%. Then, there is the issue of tax increase and tax exemption."

He flipped through the account book in his hand, and said slowly——

"The tax reduction system for social idlers. Since Song of the Mermaid employs a total of six human employees, six social idlers have been reduced for the society. Each idler can reduce the tax by 1%, but the upper limit is 5%."

"Secondly, there was an additional tax increase for hiring childhood adventurers last year, but this year Mermaid Song no longer has any childhood adventurers, so this tax increase is exempt."

"Additional force tax reduction. Song of the Mermaid is stationed in Pelican Town. According to common sense, it can be regarded as a local armed force subject to the management and command of the empire. It should be able to reduce taxes. But this year, Song of the Mermaid left Pelican in September. Orchid Town, so this tax reduction policy cannot be used.”

"And because Song of the Mermaid's overall stay in Pelican Town this year has not been able to reach eight months, and cannot be attributed to a stable local armed force under the command of the empire's leadership, an additional 5% local protection tax is required. "

"As an adventurer's guild, Song of the Mermaid actively contacted the Flower Fairy Clan and made a certain contribution to our country's diplomatic cause. As an excellent guild, it can exempt from taxes ranging from 1% to 5%. The Flower Fairy Clan currently receives If your Highness and Your Majesty are received, then in terms of contribution, 3% tax can be exempted."

"In addition, as an adventurer's guild, Song of the Mermaid actively promotes the design and production of strange vehicles, and has gained widespread recognition. It can also be regarded as a positive contribution to the strength of our country, exempting 1% to 5 % tax. According to the effect, it is better to exempt the 1% tax at present.”

"Finally, it is the taxation of the prosperous town. Because Song of the Mermaid has not been stationed in Pelican Town for more than eight months, although the economy of Pelican Town seems to be thriving this year, legally, it cannot be connected with Song of the Mermaid. Get up. This tax deduction cannot be calculated.”

"To sum up, Song of the Mermaid's total tax in the previous tax year should be 11%. Calculated, Song of the Mermaid should have paid 197 gold and 2 copper in taxes last year."