Chapter 106: Door-to-door tax collection
The pile of gold coins like a mountain still did not make Meng Han clearly realize the huge impact brought by the new bathroom. Before the bathroom appeared, even the most noble nobles' homes always had such a small space.
It was filthy. At least Meng Han knew that in medieval Europe, Paris, the legendary fashion capital, was basically a huge garbage dump, a city flooded with feces. It was no exaggeration at all.
The world is a little better than that time, but the quality is limited. At most, it is at the level of the oldest rural villages. An open-air cesspool is a convenient place for people.
In the eyes of the aristocrats who have been pursuing elegance and taste, the emergence of new bathrooms is simply a revolution, a revolution about hygiene. Meng Han, who had been accustomed to these things in his previous life, did not expect the top-down impact at all.
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Two to three hundred flush toilets were simply not able to meet the needs of the huge aristocratic market in the Principality. While Viscount Francis's business was booming, he directly placed another order of the same amount with Meng Han, and the Viscount had already made a profit because of Meng Han's idea.
With a lot of money and a good mood, all orders were paid directly in full with gold coins, without even asking for a deposit.
For this reason, Meng Han had to take time to go to the quarry to help the workers who had expanded the scale to mine stones, and even made the final creations on the semi-finished toilets in order to manufacture high-end flush toilets. Daniel and Dennis are now quarries.
The supervisor of the quarry is also a manufacturer of high-end toilets. Every time, they always complete the previous process first, and then Meng Han solves the problem of the backwater bend.
"You are trapped in a cocoon, you are trapped in a cocoon!" Meng Han was able to get away from this kind of work after being busy for almost another month. After sighing, he immediately discovered that during this busy month, the orders actually increased a lot.
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"Well, things are rare and valuable! Mr. Donald." Meng Han had to invite Donald, Francis's butler who was stationed here, to the lord's mansion, and he began to talk about the truth in earnest. The dignified lord cannot stay in Cai Cai every day.
Do you want to work hard in a stone quarry? Although you can practice magic, this job is really boring.
"What do you mean, sir?" The butler assigned by Francis is a very discerning person. Before he came here, the Marquis and Viscount Francis told him at the same time not to treat Baron Antonio lightly because of his low title. Donald
The housekeeper naturally knew what kind of attitude he should use to get along with Meng Han.
"There are as many ordinary toilets as you want." Meng Han also knew that it was impossible to completely run out of stock, but he could control the shipment of high-end toilets: "But high-end toilets, since they are high-end, cannot be sold all over the street.
Yes, right? There are only a hundred of them every year, so that we can highlight the difference of high-end toilets, what do you think?"
"No problem, then we will do as you wish, sir." Butler Donald is a business veteran and naturally knows whether what Meng Han said makes sense. He immediately nodded in agreement without even asking His Excellency, Viscount Francis. The Viscount has given him full authority to handle the matter.
For matters here, just report the results in a timely manner.
Phew, Meng Han breathed a long sigh of relief. In this way, he only needs to help the quarrymen mine stones regularly, and does not have to spend too much time making toilets. As a lord, he can finally
I have some free time in the territory.
However, Meng Han still underestimated the sequelae of the booming business. After just two days of leisure, Grace came to report with a strange look: "Sir, there is a guy with a team of people, saying that he wants to
See you."
"Who?" Meng Han asked casually while pointing out the magic shield transformation skills of Demi and Diana.
"He said he was the tax collector of Stormwind City." Grace still had that weird look on her face, as if she was having a hard time understanding the tax collector's arrival.
"Tax officer?" Meng Han was stunned when he heard this, but then he immediately laughed. What else can a tax officer do when he comes here besides collecting taxes? But, doesn't he know that he has already paid in full?
Have you paid your taxes for the next ten years?
"Let's go meet our lovely tax collector." Meng Han held back his laughter and waved his hand: "Bring Qiao and Zhu with you, and also call Butler Donald."
Using a tiger's skin as a banner is something Meng Han has done many times. The same principle applies to calling Francis's butler. Behind Donald, standing is not only the Viscount Francis, but also the Marquis and the entire Marquis' family.
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Huangsha Town is under the jurisdiction of Stormwind City, but Meng Han has never visited any city lord since he took office. The only time he flattered his boss was when he went directly to the lord of the province, the Earl, and gave him a hand
It was just the sword of the elves. As for who the lord of Stormwind City was, Meng Han had no idea at all.
"Sir!" Seeing Meng Han appear, it seemed that the tax official already knew who the lord here was, and bowed directly to Meng Han like an elegant nobleman.
Meng Han was not rude and nodded slightly in response. He was a noble with a title and territory, so he did not need to be polite to these people who had no titles but only positions.
The city lord's tax collector is a shrewd and capable man in his thirties. This time, he even brought a group of the city lord's guards. If the errands arranged by the city lord cannot be successfully completed, at some point, the city lord will have to use
Some violent means.
"Tax officer, what's the matter here?" Meng Han looked at the other party with a smile, without any intention of introducing the people around him. Donald, the scheming butler, had already seen what Meng Han was up to, but he
But he didn't say anything, he just stood quietly. Anyway, he was just cooperating with Meng Han. Both the Marquis and the Viscount had wanted him to cooperate with Meng Han at some point, so what he had to do was,
That is to say, silent cooperation.
"Sir, this time I have been ordered by the city lord to collect taxes from Huangsha Town." The tax officer also looked at the calm-looking Meng Han with a smile, and said disapprovingly in his heart: "I'm just asking questions knowingly.
In addition to collecting taxes, what else can a tax official do?"
I'm going to criticize you, but whether it's the tax collector or the city lord, they are all extremely shocked by the changes in Huangsha Town in just one year. Who would have thought that in a cursed place, even a single stick would normally be
A place that couldn't even be tightened has changed so much in a short period of time?
The new bathroom has spread among the nobles. Everyone is jealous of the money-grabbing business that Viscount Francis has found. But they are jealous, but no one dares to do anything about it. Not to mention Francis.
The Viscount is a popular person in front of His Majesty the King, and he donated the bathroom not long ago, which made His Majesty the King very happy. Just the support behind it from the Marquis can make anyone who wants to use their brains think carefully.
However, the Viscount's manpower kept going back and forth between Huangsha Town and the capital, which was very surprising. Especially when the city lord of Stormwind City discovered that the most important toilet in the profitable bathroom business was actually Huangsha
After the production in the town, I was so surprised that day that I didn’t even finish my meal before jumping up and asking people to investigate again. I simply didn’t believe that there was such a good thing in Huangsha Town?
The results of the continuous investigations convinced the city lord that this new type of thing really appeared in his annexed territory. The excited city lord immediately called the tax officer. According to the incomplete statistics of the investigators, the new toilets installed in the capital alone
There are no less than a hundred of them, which also means that Huangsha Town has become a fragrant pastry, waiting for the city lord to easily pick it off.
"Taxes? What taxes?" Meng Han looked completely clueless, as if he still didn't understand what was happening in front of him.
"Sir, Huangsha Town is a subsidiary territory of Stormwind City, and it is obliged to pay taxes to Stormwind City." The tax officer still maintained a smiling expression. He had seen many such people, and he would eventually have to pay them.
Even a copper coin is indispensable: "My lord, this is stipulated by the law of the principality." Although the last sentence was said with a smile, the threat contained in it was already obvious.
"Oh? The law of the principality?" Meng Han seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then asked with interest: "The law stipulates how much tax should be paid in the dependent territory?"
"This is decided by the Lord of the City." The tax officer calmed down. Since Meng Han asked about the tax, he naturally wanted to bargain, and it was appropriate to leave him some soup: "The Lord of the City has ordered you to
Pay 80% of the territory’s income as taxes to Huangsha Town.”
"Eighty percent?" Meng Han's eyes seemed to pop out of his head as he looked at the tax collector with a malicious look on his face.
"Of course, sir." The tax officer was not nervous at all and explained to himself: "Huangsha Town has owed Stormwind City hundreds of years of taxes. You must make up for it from your future territory income. This is
The Lord’s order.”
"Is this also stipulated by the law of the principality?" Meng Han didn't seem to want to fall out, and asked as if he was dying.
"Of course, sir." The tax officer smiled more and more: "The lord has absolute power to rule over the territory. This is the law."
Chapter completed!