Chapter 22 (2/2)
It's not safe outside Ellington. Ordinary people will only die on the road if they leave here!
Hogg smoothed their edges and corners bit by bit and let them stay here and work for him.
But now, Donne's arrival has changed all this!
Ellington, it's safe!
No more mountain bandits, no more danger!
Now, they only hope that Donne can become a qualified Lord. As for other things, such as asking Donne to cut taxes, they can't even think of it.
Tax cuts?
Tax is the main source of the Lord's income. If the tax is reduced, what does the Lord rely on to earn gold coins? Maybe there will be more terrible means.
Therefore, they would rather accept the current heavy tax than other methods.
People came out of their hiding places, walked into the street one by one and looked at each other. Only then did they understand that everyone heard the same words.
”Long live Lord Donne! The gods protect Ellington!”
”Long live Lord Donne! Ellington will rise!”
I don't know who shouted first. These voices gradually merged into waves and gathered in the square.
People rushed to the square, hoping to see Donne. It seemed that only in this way could they be at ease.
So Donne stood there to be looked at, and it wasn't until dusk that everyone gradually dispersed.
”Hoo, I'm so tired.”
After returning to the Lord's house, don en suddenly lay on the sofa.
On earth, don Enke has never had such a remarkable experience.
”Lord, you scared me today.”
Fiona sat opposite Donne, but Donne regretted that the elegant sitting posture developed by the girl since childhood was completely impeccable.
”I was negligent. I should leave you some means of self-protection.”
Donne smiled and pondered for a while. Suddenly, a pile of scrolls appeared in his hand. He tossed and muttered: ”these are the scrolls of meteorite falling, these are the scrolls of prayer, these are the lava hell... The eternal frozen abyss...”
Listen to the spell name that pops out of Donne's mouth. Rao is Fiona, who already knows that Donne's strength is very strong, or is shocked.
She didn't know how many levels those spells were, but she felt very powerful just by listening to the name.
”I'm afraid... At least it's a spell above level 5?”
Fiona tried to think higher, but I'm afraid no matter how bold she guessed, she wouldn't think that these spells are nine level spells.
Yes, the pile in front of Donne is the magic scroll of the Ninth level magic, and even mixed with the scroll of several legendary magic. Even ordinary people can see the bright light overflowing from it.
”No... there's nothing for you.”
Donne threw it helplessly, and a pile of Hula scrolls fell to the ground, frightening Fiona next to her, subconsciously holding her head and jumping onto the sofa.
”Er...”
Donne looked at Fiona in amazement. It took Fiona a long time to recover and sat down again with a red face.
”If the scroll really breaks out, it's useless for you to hold your head and squat...”
Donne finished crying and laughing and put away the scrolls.
Fiona disguised her embarrassment and looked evasively: ”are you looking for something for me?”
Donne said carelessly, ”yes, I'll prepare some self-defense things for you, but there's no ready-made one now. If I find the materials, I'll get some for you.”
Fiona is speechless again. The magic scroll is a very popular thing. Although the high-level magic scroll can still be used only by magicians, the low-level magic scroll can be used even by ordinary people. Those mercenaries and adventurers are happy to prepare several for their needs.
However, there are not many magicians willing to make magic scrolls, and the success rate is not high, so the price of magic scrolls has been high.
Fiona was naturally surprised to see that Donne seemed to be able to do a lot at will.
”By the way, how about the statistics you made today?”
”I have a general impression.”
When Donne mentioned the business, Fiona perked up and said, ”Ellington's problems are bigger than expected.”
”Oh?”
”Due to years of exploitation by Hogg, the average monthly income of residents here is less than 50 silver coins and the disposable income is less than 10 silver coins. Do you know what this concept is?”
Seeing Donne shaking his head, Fiona continued, ”this belongs to the special poverty line in the whole empire! No wonder those guys shook their heads when they mentioned Ellington. No one wants to come.”
Fiona sighed that if she had known about Ellington earlier, she would not have chosen to pass here.
But if she hadn't chosen to pass here, she wouldn't have met Donne.
”In addition to per capita income, the grain output here is also very low. The land here is very fertile, but I don't know why the output is so low.”
Fiona's face was puzzled.
”It's not easy?”
Tang en shrugged: ”mountain bandits come every three or five times. How can they be in the mood to take care of the farmland? The harvest is naturally poor. I believe that after the mountain bandits are solved, the situation will be much better this year.”
Fiona was stunned: ”I neglected and forgot this... In addition, there is a very important place, that is, all kinds of taxes set by Hogg.”
Donne's spirit perked up: ”what do you say?”
Fiona said: ”in addition to the imperial basic tax, Hogg has formulated many private taxes. After calculating more than a dozen miscellaneous taxes, the tax rate of Ellington has reached 70%