Starting Today, I’ll Work as a City Lord

In the study room in Xiyang Castle.

An Li sat in front of the desk with a small wooden stick in her mouth, holding a water-based pen in her small hand, and was correcting the government affairs in the territory. As she wrote, she suddenly put down the pen and scratched the fox's ears annoyed.

"Anli? What's wrong?"

Nicole next to her put down her notepad and asked with concern, "Are you bothering those businessmen again?"

"Yeah!" An Li nodded, and said helplessly, "Those merchants feel like lunatics. They come to the City Lord's Mansion every day with their wallets in their hands to ask when the purchase restrictions can be lifted."

"Isn't this great? Having merchants come to buy our goods means that we have income. Didn't you always worry about the decline in sales in the big market?" Nicole was a little puzzled.

An Li frowned and pouted, "I thought so before, but then I realized something was wrong."

"Ah? Did something happen?" Nicole was a little worried. When the young master is away, nothing will happen.

"Those merchants, on the second day after the young master left Xiyang City, they cleared out all the goods in the big market." An Li opened the notepad, pointed to the things she recorded, and said seriously, "Those merchants are hoarding goods. , The next day, the goods in the big market were bought out again.”

"What's the problem with this...?"

Nicole is still a little confused, isn't it good that the goods are sold out? Many shops have also paid taxes. These days, the City Lord's Mansion has a large amount of coin income.

"Alas!" An Li sighed, her fox ears were limp, and she said weakly, "Of course there is a problem, a big problem."

An Li began to explain, "The price of goods in our big market is already very cheap. If merchants continue to hoard goods without limit like this, and they organize caravans to transport and sell the goods, then the existence of the big market will be weakened by most. Moreover, our Xiyang City will become the kind of sweatshop that the young master said."

Nicole understands that the biggest beneficiaries are those businessmen, and the City Lord's Mansion can only get a little income from hard work.

"Then what should we do? Do we want to raise the price?" Nicole shook her head halfway through speaking. If the price is raised, what will the civilians in Xiyang City do?

"I'm thinking, should those merchants also pay taxes? In this case, it will generate more income for the city lord's mansion, and more importantly, it will restrict the merchants from hoarding goods."

An Li grabbed the fox's ears, the big market must not be out of stock, otherwise the follow-up merchants will not be able to keep them.

"But, will they pay it?" Nicole worried, "I'm afraid it will be difficult to pay the tax, after all, they are all buyers."

"Oh... yes!" An Li shook her head, her expression full of despair, "If you ask me to go shopping and pay taxes, I'm afraid the other party will be beaten to death by Mina."

"..." Nicole rolled her eyes and asked softly, "Is there no other way?"

"I can't think of a way for the time being. I can only limit the purchases of merchants." An Li lay on the table. The work of the past few days let her know how difficult it is for the young master to be a nobleman.

No, it's not easy to be a nobleman in Xiyang City. Like noblemen in other territories, they eat, drink, play and sleep all day long.

"Don't worry! Today should be the day when the young master comes back, and the young master will definitely find a way."

Nicole comforted her softly, knowing that An Li was under too much pressure these days, and she was usually reluctant to eat the lollipops given by the young master, but now she ate one.

"Yes! The young master is back today." An Li became active when she heard this. She closed the notepad, shook the shoes on her feet, put her bare feet on the chair, and let out a long breath with her back against the chair. .

"Huh...Uncle Niu Ben has arranged for someone to pick up the young master, so let the young master worry about this matter!"

Nicole shook her head amusedly, her gray eyes were full of longing, and the absence of the backbone of the castle made the two of them a little nervous at ordinary times. After all, they had to manage such a large family business, and they were afraid that something might go wrong.

"The young master must be very tired after going out for five days. I'll go and get some food ready."

After finishing speaking, Nicole walked away with brisk steps. Recently, she was researching a new pastry. The kind of pastry that the young master mentioned was just short of a crucial step.

An Li sat for a while, picked up the notepad, and flipped through the notes of the young master's lecture to her. She frowned and looked, there were many uncommon words in it, such as dumping, anti-dumping, etc.

"The supply of goods can't be devoured by the market? How can we change it?" An Li's teeth broke the wooden stick, and she felt that her brain, which was very smart in the past, now feels so stupid to death.

"Forget it, don't think about it, and ask for advice when the young master comes back."

An Li threw away the notepad, stood up from the chair, and looked at the scene of Xiyang City outside the window.

The main avenue of Xiyang City, the wide street is full of gold. It is drying wheat. Every household is allocated an area to dry wheat. Take advantage of the scorching sun to dry the water and do the work before storage. .

An Li pinched her chin, imitating Liu Feng's tone, and said old-fashionedly, "When you see so much wheat, you will be at ease. Don't panic if you have surplus food at home."

"Hee hee hee……"

An Li was amused by herself, she leaned her hands by the window and looked at the neatly planned houses in the city. She thought there was only one such city in the world.

The wheat in the territory has been harvested for five days, and the first ones to dry have already entered the warehouse, and the commoners happily handed over 30% of the wheat tax.

"The young master is still too kind."

An Li said faintly. She thought of other noble territories. When the wheat harvest was bumper, the nobles collected 80% of the wheat tax and left 20% of the wheat for the commoners.

The better nobles would collect 60% to 70% of the tax, leaving only enough wheat to prevent the common people from starving to death. Those that don't exist, all go to work for the lords and nobles.

Liu Feng's place is the opposite, only 30% of the wheat tax is charged. If the common people have no place to store the wheat, they can also sell the wheat to the city lord's mansion.

Anli remembered that the young master had told her that the common people had to be rich, and that the common people had surplus food, so that Xiyang City would develop, the market would circulate, and as a result, more wealth would be created.

"well!"

All right! An Li still didn't understand, she only made excuses when the young master was too kind to let the common people go hungry.

"The young master doesn't know what time to get home. I haven't slept well these days."

An Li touched a pimple on her cheek, and said angrily, "There is a small bump at the critical moment, no, I have to deal with it, otherwise the young master will think me ugly if he sees it."

"But, how do I do it?" An Li pressed her fingers on the pimples on her cheeks and worried. At her age, it's time to love smug beauty, especially when Liu Feng is coming back.

Chapter 0154 alien version of rental housing.

"Clatter..."

The sound of breaking water and waves sounded, and the fleet finally arrived within the territory of Xiyang City, that is, the pier of Xiyang City.

Standing on the bow of the boat, Liu Feng looked at a small portion of the cement-built wharf not far away, and said with a chuckle, "The speed is quite fast."

If this wharf is fully built, it will be a T-shaped wharf, a super-large wharf that can dock thousands of large ships.

Of course, Liu Feng didn't want to make it all in one go, as long as it is enough for now, it can be built slowly in stages, and there is also a warehouse.

"Wow! What's that? Has the huge rock been flattened?" Tees exclaimed, pointing to the concrete floor in the direction of the pier.

People who don't know cement will definitely mistake it for stones when they see the cement solidified. Many people who come to Xiyang City now think that the houses they build are all made of stones.

No one explained this. The cement is already a first-class secret in Xiyang City. No one knows how the cement came out of the workshop.

"No!" Mina rolled her eyes, but didn't try to explain, she didn't understand too much, and she didn't understand it very well either.

"Oh!" Teess just needs to know the result, she is too lazy to think about the process, she is very excited and looking forward to it now, and is very curious about everything.

"Master, are there really orcs and humans living together in Xiyang City?" Diss is most concerned about this issue now.