Chapter 1278 (1/2)

Hearing the word ”decree”, Ariel frowned immediately. Although she doesn't know what the law is, it's probably not a good thing from the current atmosphere.

Seeing that Ariel did not speak, but listened silently, the tax official took a slow breath and began to say——

”As the winner of the guild championship, President Ariel, have you met the crown prince? I wonder... Have you seen your majesty? ”

Ariel shook her head gently.

The tax official continued: ”when I left for marginal Province, Tianhong province and diliao province to collect taxes, I got a report of speeding up. The emperor of blue bay Empire, his majesty blue XII, died in Hanhai city on September 2, 1304. Your majesty, he... He walked peacefully. ”

Hearing the news, Ariel was a little stunned, and then estimated the time in her heart.

He died on September 2, and now it is only September 21. In just 19 days, the news can be spread from Hanhai city to this marginal Province, which is very fast.

In this regard, Ariel took a long breath, took off her hat on her head, held it in her arms and said, ”although I haven't seen his Highness the twelfth, I can feel the tenderness and kindness of his Highness the twelfth from my daily words. Your highness, he is a great monarch, for which I am deeply saddened. ”

Similarly, the tax official lowered his head and observed a moment of silence. The elf girl next to him and the two adventurers behind him who looked like guards now bowed their heads and observed a moment of silence.

After a minute of silence, the tax official got up and said, ”I believe the official documents should be transmitted to Pelican city in a short time. At that time, Pelican city may need to make some preparations to replace the decoration in the city. ”

Ariel nodded solemnly, ”thank you for your reminding. Is that one thing? ”

The tax official sighed and said“ If I can, I really want to say that it is such a thing. ”

”Due to the death of his Highness the twelfth, our crown prince has naturally become the next emperor of our blue bay Empire and his Highness the blue 13th. Of course, the accession of his highness blue XIII to the throne is a logical thing that everyone knows. No one will think there is any problem. But the problem is... The problem is... ”

After a little entanglement, the tax official raised his hand, patted his thigh and said——

”The problem is that less than three days after his Highness the twelfth died, his Highness the thirteenth signed a series of decrees. Among them, there is a decree about all adventurers' associations in the blue bay empire. ”

Ariel felt her heart thump suddenly, held her breath involuntarily, and stretched out her hand to slowly touch Napa in her arms.

”That is, the taxes related to the adventurers' guild are converted from the previous cumulative tax rate to a fixed tax rate. In other words, all adventurers' associations, regardless of their contribution to the town, whether they make profits or not, whether they solve many employment problems, and so on, will levy a 50% income tax rate for the previous year. ”

For a moment, Ariel thought she had heard wrong?

However, this feeling of surprise lasted only for a moment, and she immediately understood the reason. Instead, she quickly calmed down at that moment.

However, facing the tax official in front of her, Ariel let her face show a shocked and inexplicable expression, opened her mouth and stared: ”50%?”?! So high?! ”

When the tax official saw the surprised and inexplicable president of the adventurer Association in front of him, he shook his head helplessly and said, ”yes, I'm also surprised... How can the tax rate be suddenly raised to such a high level! President Ariel, have you heard anything before? Is there any trace before this

Facing the eyes of the tax official in front of her, Ariel felt that she still needed to be a little vigilant.

She frowned, touched her lips and said, ”well... There was a rumor that the crown prince... No, the current emperor wants to dissolve the adventurers guild as much as possible and take all its power back to the imperial army. This kind of news... Haven't you heard of it before, Mr. tax official? ”

The tax official breathed out slowly and said, ”there are some rumors about this kind of news in the market... In fact, everyone is generally nervous about this kind of thing. But... President Ariel, don't you really know such a thing? ”

Ariel thought for a moment and asked tentatively, ”I should know... What's the matter?”

The tax official patted his thigh and said, ”do you still need to say it? It's about you! ”

Ariel: ”me?”

Tax official: ”yes! You think you won the guild Championship last year! Everyone must have been surprised at first, but the battle was really wonderful. But later, it gradually spread that you were the mistress of the second prince of the Empire. If those guilds admired you for winning the game at first, they basically thought that your mermaid song should be determined to win. ”

Ariel frowned slightly and began to think about the problem.

Tax official: ”of course, you are determined to win. In fact, there is no problem. You think, during the guild championship competition, all kinds of news about your Majesty's intention to abolish the guild has been widely spread. If others win the guild championship, everyone will basically be regarded as a carnival before dissolution, and everyone is worried. ”

”However, later, the guild founded by you, the mistress of the second prince, won the championship. After the competition, your guild won the reward of your majesty today and was able to return here as a champion. After such a situation, people began to speculate that the rumor that the guild was to be dissolved was just a rumor? Because if you really want to dissolve the guild, how can you let the mermaid song, such a good publicity material leave so unharmed? As usual, you must say the mermaid song yourself, right? ”

Hearing this, Ariel smiled bitterly.

The tax official's guess is really accurate. Menglang Bilian, the emperor's majesty today, has really made such an opening to let Ariel announce the dissolution of the mermaid song immediately after winning the decisive victory, which can be regarded as a good start for other guilds and its various exemplary functions.

But later, due to the emergence of the element machine, the emperor needed Ariel's power to develop the element machine, and the development of the element machine certainly needed the power of the song of the knife Mermaid, so her guild was retained.

But now it seems that the emperor's idea of dissolving the guild still hasn't changed

”So everyone was relieved. After more than half a year, when everyone was ready to continue to live, his Majesty's decree was suddenly signed, which caught many guilds unprepared. It should be said that this round of Taxation this year can directly make some guilds with poor revenue go bankrupt immediately. It is also very possible. ”

”President Ariel, look at the current situation. I can guarantee that this year's tax collection will be very chaotic. On your side... Don't embarrass me... ”

Ariel thought about these problems silently in her heart. When the tax official in front of her finished all his words, she finally understood what he meant.