Chapter 128 Beer Festival 4
In the Lord's Hall, Lin Muqiu was wiping his sweat with a towel.
Because of the beer festival, fireworks were set off everywhere in the town, and the air was already covered with a layer of heat. But when you enter the house, it is not cold at all, but a little hot.
The mist rose up and covered her forehead.
Outside the window, during a break in the center of the beer festival venue, Kedero's voice announcing various matters reached her ears:
"A new forum function has been added to the training room. Please pay attention."
"A number of new buildings have been added to the town. For details, please visit the forum in the training room to receive the results."
"Also, another piece of good news. Ankang City will be collecting everyone's useful inventions, compiling them, and awarding them. Everyone is welcome to participate."
“…”
Notices were issued one after another, and Lin Muqiu felt relieved.
The new buildings added in the fall were finally completed before winter, and everything is perfect.
It’s great that she doesn’t even have to issue the notice herself.
Until there were two knocks at the door:
"Master, Louis said that you should bring the account book to see him."
Lin Muqiu paused when he heard this.
Why are there always blind people who come to ruin her wonderful mood?
*
Colorful fireworks are blooming outside the window, heralding the successful opening of the beer festival.
Some fireworks drifted away softly like fireflies, some fired like machine guns, and some fireworks moved like a swarm of locusts, floating and scattering. Different fireworks fell in different directions, like a peacock spreading its feathers in all its splendor.
The more brilliant the fireworks outside were, the more devastated Louis was.
The rustling sound of flipping through account books was even louder than the sound of fireworks exploding.
Big drops of sweat kept falling from his and the tax collector's foreheads.
How is it possible that there is nothing wrong with this account book?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Lin Muqiu, who was standing aside, looked at the two of them and felt suspicious.
Aren’t they seriously ill?
Seeing that he had wrinkled the account book, Lin Muqiu looked at his pocket watch impatiently, "Your Majesty, time is money. If there is no problem with my account book, I will leave first."
Louis closed the account book with a snap and lowered his eyes in thought.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with the other party’s account books, but the lack of problems is the biggest problem.
Lin Muqiu used reasonable tax avoidance methods, so the amount in her account book was still negative. It was possible that he would have to pay some money.
Sure enough, the next second Lin Muqiu smiled gently, "Sir, you won't let me leave, do you want to support me?"
"Funding?" Louis scoffed. "You're so arrogant."
Lin Muqiu smiled. "According to mainland regulations, towns that are too poor to survive have reason to apply for assistance from His Majesty the King."
Too poor to sustain?
Louis' expression was complicated, and he felt more disgusted than if he had eaten a fly.
Shameless, so shameless!
But the account balance was actually negative, and he couldn't find any fault. It felt like a dumb person eating bitter herbs, unable to express his pain.
"Sir, if everything is fine, I'll leave first." Lin Muqiu reiterated.
Louis glanced at her and responded, “Yeah.”
Now that we have tested her attitude, there is really no point in keeping her.
After Lin Muqiu left, the tax officer immediately asked Louis, "Your Majesty, Ankang City is so big, are we going to let it pay only a small amount of taxes? Won't other towns follow suit?"
Seeing that His Majesty remained silent, the tax officer slapped his head and understood. "I understand, Your Majesty! I will send someone to revise the law right away!"
"Oh--"
The light voice fell on the tax collector's heart like a feather, making his hair stand on end.
Every time Your Majesty laughs like this, it’s fatal.
The tax collector suddenly knelt down, "Your Majesty, I was wrong!"
A sneer came from above:
"Yes, you are wrong."
"Because what I want is not the tax, but the entire Ankang City."
*
Lin Muqiu returned to the lord's hall and Augustine was already waiting for her.
As soon as she entered, she smiled and said, "The person you found did a good job of keeping the accounts. I'll give you a bonus later."
Augustine's eyebrows curved. He knew Lin Muqiu too well. She was willing to spend money, so the other party must have made more money for her.
Fortunately, he used to help his father with various affairs in the town of Oez, so he could help her.
He chuckled and said, "It seems like I saved you a lot of taxes."
Lin Muqiu remained silent, with two dimples on her cheeks.
In the semi-dark room, under the dim incandescent light, Augustine's cheeks flushed, like a raging fire burning through his skeletal limbs.
"What's wrong with you?" Lin Muqiu raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion.
"I..." Augustine was at a loss for words. After a long pause, he said lamely, "I, I'm just happy for you, sir. There was a time when Ankang Town was so poor it couldn't even pay taxes. Who would have thought that now there's so much money that they need to reasonably avoid taxes, especially since it saves a lot of money."
"You're right," Lin Muqiu smiled happily, "If I tell Kede Luo, he'll probably be happy for a long time."
"Yeah." Augustine smiled and looked up with affection, seeing the clusters of fireworks behind her suddenly rising and blooming in the sky.
Today’s fireworks are so beautiful.
Before he could sigh again, Lin Muqiu suddenly said, "By the way, starting today, the guard team will be expanded and training will be intensified."
Augustine suddenly stiffened his back, "Sir, what's wrong?"
Lin Muqiu smiled and said, “Louis won’t let it go.”
In the original book, the king is an absolute power-crazed maniac. The rapid development of Ankang Town must be a thorn in his eyes.
In fact, when she reclaimed the east, she could have guessed that this day would come sooner or later.
I can only say that the day she picked was pretty good.
Augustine was surprised at first, but after a moment of understanding, he said gently, "Don't worry, sir. No matter what, I will protect Ankang Town for you."
His voice was gentle, but his eyes were firm.
This made Lin Muqiu purse his lips and smile, "It doesn't matter, capture the leader first. As long as he really threatens Ankang Town, I will take the initiative this time."
In the past, she was reluctant to take the initiative to fight because Ankang Town was not strong enough and a war would inevitably hurt the townspeople. Now that she had the wind and electricity magic stones in her arms and was 100% sure of them, why should she refuse?
Augustine was stunned for a long time when he saw how confident she was.
After a while, he reacted.
It seems that he really doesn't need to worry, Lin Muqiu is always confident.
Maybe the beer festival organized by Lin Muqiu is also meant to lure His Majesty the King to come here on his own initiative!
After all, if a battle is necessary, it would be best to do so in winter, as Ankang Town has more complete winter supplies and a home-field advantage.
They were all smart people. Seeing Augustine thoughtful, Lin Muqiu understood and he understood too.
But she only smiled faintly. "You guessed right, but... it's best to fight in winter, and there's another important reason."
*
Simulate indoors.
Louis was in a good mood and began to learn about every aspect of Ankang Town.
At this moment, everything in Ankang Town no longer angered him, but instead aroused his greater ambition. Thinking that all this would soon be in his pocket, he was in a good mood.
He spent the money and typed it into the {forum} in the simulation room.
He was not very familiar with this function, and every time he tried a step, he would exclaim "wonderful".
This is definitely a miracle, a reward from God to him!
I clicked on it by accident, and saw densely packed small speakers with various information written throughout the entire page.
#When will the winter avalanche disaster strike?
#BeerFest store exploration results, which one will be the best staple food store?
During the beer festival, the town's buildings were updated: the Civilian College added a football stadium, table tennis hall, and track and field stadium, the zoo added more animal species, a theater, a ballet venue, new buildings, research institutes, science and technology exhibition halls, museums, various sculptures, greenhouses, breeding bases, dams, and lightning rods.
#Town residents have invented new things: bicycles, electric fans, film recorders, cameras, generators, textile machines, converters, cotton gins, etc. (click to expand)
Various topics made Louis more and more excited.
As expected, Ankang Town was like a treasure trove, even more luxurious and surprising than the beer festival in public. All of this was enough to make him excited.
In his eyes, Ankang Town was like a big fat sheep, just as it appeared in the account book - there were no private accounts, which meant that all the money was invested in the development of the town.
The things in Ankang City are at least fifty years ahead of the mainland.
More importantly...
The avalanche disaster is coming, and the city will be unable to take care of itself.
Because Ankang City is backed by mountains, it can obtain glacier meltwater in the summer, which is a good thing, but in the winter, it is a big disadvantage.
This is definitely a godsend opportunity for him.
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