"... Zhang Feng?"

In a room in the castle named study by Zhang Feng, Caroline stood aside, pinching the corner of her clothes, her tone a little hesitant.

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Feng put down the parchment scroll concerning Hongye City’s taxation. He was speechless with shock at the messy taxation.

"Well, I want to ask, do you still have that medicated soap..."

Caroline's ears felt hot and she didn't dare to look Zhang Feng in the eye.

"Medicinal soap? For bathing?"

However, weight is a personal matter, and Zhang Feng didn't feel comfortable asking.

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"Forget it, just eat something."

Zhang Feng planned to move some of the tax systems from Blue Star over here. The current taxes were too unreasonable. Even Zhang Feng didn’t know how these former lords came up with such bizarre taxes.

"These salt and sugar in my hands also need to be processed. Let's see when we can gather these big businessmen together. What's the point of making money from the common people? They are the big guys..."

Zhang Feng pretended to reach into the mountaineering bag next to him and took out a bottle of shower gel.

Caroline said "oh" and when she saw Zhang Feng continued to look down at the parchment scroll, she prepared to leave quietly.

"Conscription also needs to be put on the agenda. Let's do it tomorrow. Let's first state the conditions. We'll talk about it later if anyone comes..."

Caroline lowered her head and said "oh" in a flat tone, her expression could not be seen clearly as she lowered her head.

Caroline looked a little surprised. She thought she was better to the civilians and did not give up on them when Hongye City was in the most difficult times. But compared with Zhang Feng, she felt she was still far behind.

There was a crowd of people watching the bulletin board in Hongye City Square.

The next morning.

Caroline hummed softly.

"What? Are we going to increase taxes again?"

Zhang Feng suddenly spoke, and Caroline stopped in her tracks.

Today, we heard that there were the new city lord's decrees on the bulletin board. No matter what our mood was, everyone came to take a look, even though most people could not read.

…

"Yes, I plan to change the tax system. All these messed up taxes must be eliminated!"

Caroline couldn't resist the instant noodles with such a rich flavor.

When they heard that a new city lord had taken office, they all set their sights on the new city lord. Some people were full of expectations for the new city lord, but most of them still had no confidence.

Everyone who is still here knows that the current situation in Hongye City is not optimistic. The reason they have not left is either because they do not have the money to travel far away, or because they are waiting for the last business opportunity.

"Yeah, you're right!"

Zhang Feng always found it strange when he saw Caroline eating. Her appetite was almost the same as a man's, but she looked skinny and didn't seem to gain any weight.

"Do you need anything else? Just let me know if I have it."

"Our taxes are a bit too complicated!"

Zhang Feng naturally discovered it, and he asked curiously:

Caroline: “…”

"No, no, I, I..."

"Well, there is also the household registration system that needs to be revised. Starting tomorrow, the population of Hongye City will be registered accurately to the person. For the time being, no outsiders will be accepted..."

Zhang Feng's tone was somewhat firm.

Zhang Feng shook his head helplessly.

Caroline didn't react for a moment.

He thought to himself that having too many houses is not good, and he has to worry about which room to sleep in every day! "I just saw a big room next to the study, with plenty of light. I'll sleep there from now on. It's getting late, so you should go to bed early too."

"The most important issue is the sanitation of the streets. They are too dirty and messy. We must rectify this, and rectify it severely..."

It’s not that she was perfunctory, but she felt that everything Zhang Feng said was right and she had no angle to refute it.

Caroline was sincerely happy for the people of Hongye City that they could welcome such a philanthropic mayor.

“…”

"oh."

She just wanted these civilians to survive, but Zhang Feng not only wanted them to survive, but also wanted them to live a better life! The difference between the two people's thoughts was instantly determined.

An old man exclaimed when he saw the font on the notice board.

"So how would you like to change it?"

Zhang Feng briefly introduced how to use shower gel.

Caroline waved her hands quickly, her eyes a little flustered, but she finally made up her mind and spoke.

Oh yes, there is also a bottle of fat house happy water.

Looking at Caroline who was walking away with her head down while holding the shower gel, Zhang Feng rubbed his swollen temples.

"You'd better use this."

As soon as he started talking, Zhang Feng felt that he was slowly entering the state of being a lord. However, there were many things that needed to be changed in Hongye City, and he couldn't eat a fat man in one bite. He could only write them down and improve them step by step in the future.

"Ah? Taxes?"

"Um, which room are you going to rest in at night?"

“Hulu~ Delicious!”

"Remove it? But the main source of income for our Red Leaf City Lord's Mansion is taxation..."

After eating and drinking, Zhang Feng asked the servants to throw out the garbage. Caroline looked a little embarrassed.

“I always feel like I’m missing something…”

Zhang Feng: “…”

"Well, I'll do as you say."

Zhang Feng personally made two bowls of pickled cabbage noodles, and then added ham, braised eggs, chicken legs, and a box of canned hairtail fish to each bowl.

But Zhang Feng obviously didn't notice.

"Wait a moment."

Zhang Feng was afraid of trouble, so he decided to go to the study and found a good room next to it, which was close to the study and convenient for him to do his work.

As soon as this question was asked, Caroline lowered her head quickly. If Zhang Feng looked closely, he would find that Calorie's ears were red and her eyes, like lakes, seemed to be dripping with water.

"Um."

Caroline was a little confused. After all, there was a big difference between her and Zhang Feng’s modern thinking.

After talking for a while, seeing Caroline standing aside with a confused look in her eyes, Zhang Feng knew that he had said too much and she couldn't digest it for a while, so he changed the subject.

Although it was called a discussion, it was actually Zhang Feng who was talking, while Caroline was nodding like a chicken pecking at rice.

Although Caroline couldn't understand it, Zhang Feng was the one in charge of Hongye City now, and she would fully support whatever decision he made.

"Look at all this toll tax, stay tax, birth tax, single tax, wife tax, etc. It's all a mess! No wonder Hongye City is poor. If you have to collect taxes on everything, you might as well stop doing it. If it were me, I wouldn't be motivated either!"

"What would you like for dinner?"

"……oh."

"Huh? New tax law!"

"The City Hall also needs to recruit people. I don't know if there are any talents who are proficient in internal affairs. I will increase the salary first..."

"Only a few major taxes should be kept. The others are too complicated and we can't collect much money. It not only wastes our manpower and resources, but also increases the burden on the civilians. It's not worth it."

"We can barely survive on our own, and yet we're still raising taxes! This new city lord..."

"It's over. I thought a good city lord would come, but now it seems..."

For a moment, the crowd was excited, but they were still restrained and did not insult the city lord. Otherwise, if they were caught insulting the nobles, they would go to jail.

"Mr. Dobbin, what on earth are you thinking about?"

Someone asked the old man for advice. The old man's name was Dobin and he was one of the few literate people in Hongye City.