Chapter 1278

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.

Although, Ariel doesn't want to be difficult.

But now that the law has been signed, does Ariel really want to take half of the guild's business income directly to pay tax in order not to embarrass the tax official in front of her?

Ha, no matter what you think, it's impossible!

At the thought of this, Ariel still smiled on the surface, but the fist under the table was slowly squeezed.

Really... Really! Your Majesty the emperor!

Although Ariel also agrees that the current blue bay Empire needs reform, and many places need to be adjusted! Especially now, in the face of the continuous attack of the hunter Empire, the disaster years caused by the domestic drought, there are refugee groups formed by landless farmers everywhere, and riots among those villages... But in this case, directly cutting the knife on the head of the adventurer guild used to maintain local law and order to a certain extent, And still cut a 50% bite at a time

Is that really good?

That fierce wave · blue... Is it really crazy to want to make achievements when I just became an emperor? Or which irresponsible administrative bureaucrat put this irresponsible policy on his desk?

While thinking, Ariel let her face slowly show a little sad and embarrassed expression, so as to match the current atmosphere.

The tax official in front of him saw Ariel's face now. After thinking about it, he also said, "President Ariel, what do you think now... Yes?"

Ariel raised her head, frowned again, and said, "well... Tax official, I have to say, it's too sudden. Suddenly, I don't know what to do in a short time... You see, I've even counted the tax before, and many things have been prepared. Even the special tax has been taken out and waiting to be paid together... But now you suddenly tell me that the tax has been adjusted to 50%... The adjustment range is so large, I can't handle a lot of my work. "

The tax official nodded again and again, his face full of apology and said, "I know, I know! President Ariel, I know all this! Oh... It's really difficult to do... I also understand how you feel at a loss after suddenly getting this thing. This is really... Alas, that's why I'm in a hurry now. I just hope to inform the three guilds in marginal Province, Tianhong province and diliao province of these things as soon as possible, so I hurried here before October. I hope you haven't settled your accounts yet to avoid useless work. So... Alas, President Ariel, you are really excellent. I can only apologize for the useless work you caused... "

Sorry?

If only an apology can collect money, Ariel feels she can apologize to anyone she sees every second! The posture of apology should be as standard as possible, and as polite as possible! A world where you can just apologize without paying. That's really great! Now I apologize to you. Can you, the tax official, get away with your calculated taxes without taking money?!

Ariel held back her anger and continued to keep that gentle smile on her face. She tilted her head and said, "Mr. tax official, your matter is too... Amazing. So I may need some time to deal with it. Even the taxes need to be recalculated... Look, are you going to have a rest first? "

Seeing that Ariel did not refuse categorically, the tax official was obviously relieved. He nodded hurriedly and replied, "this is natural, this is of course. Recalculating taxes also takes time, which I understand. In addition, I have a little suggestion for you. "

Ariel was slightly stunned and said, "suggestions? What advice? "

The tax official paused for a moment, looked at the fairy girl next to him from the corner of his eye and said, "that is, you can calculate the tax slowly, or even a little slower. Even if you don't have to pay taxes to me, someone will naturally accept your taxes. "

Ariel became alert and smiled again. "What does that mean?"

Seeing Ariel laughing, the tax official laughed and said, "hahaha, soon you will know what it means. So... Well, President Ariel, I've told you that your mermaid song is over. In addition, there are taxes in Pelican city. I believe that if the tax of mermaid song needs to be adjusted, the tax of Pelican city also needs to be adjusted, right? I understand this very well, very well. "

What's understandable about this? Don't you just turn around and tell yourself that you can make false accounts here?

Only Ariel, who is also the president of the guild and the head of Pelican City, can do this.

In this regard, Ariel nodded gently, pretended not to know and smiled: "understand? Ah... Well, you understand. "

Speaking of this, Ariel raised her head and inadvertently glanced at the next window. After a little meditation, he said, "tax official, you just said that many guilds are on the verge of bankruptcy because of this tax adjustment? So... I want to ask, what is the current situation of the first guild in the blue bay Empire, the light of heaven guild? "

The tax official smiled, nodded and said, "Oh, President Ariel, you are really remote. Isn't this kind of thing clear? Don't worry, Lord Paladin guangzhongguang, President of the light of heaven, is well now. As for the guild... "

When the tax official paused, Ariel glanced at the next window again.

For Ariel herself, her action may be very small, but for the guards who came from the two adventurers, such a small action of an ordinary woman can't hide their eyes. One of them immediately turned his head and looked out of the window.

At that moment, Ariel felt her heart stop!

Fortunately, there was nothing beyond the window. The sun was shining outside and the pedestrians walked around the street. Nothing had changed.

Ariel quickly took the opportunity to rub her eyes. At the same time, she glanced hard at the window again and said, "sorry, there seems to be sand in her eyes... What did you say about the light of heaven guild?"

The tax official smiled. When the two guards turned around and continued to guard at ease, they said, "the light of heaven guild... Was dissolved long before your majesty ascended the throne and announced the decree last month."

Ariel frowned slightly and said, "dissolved?"

The tax official nodded and said sadly, "yes, it's dissolved. You see, the first guild of the blue bay empire was suddenly dissolved. The order to disband this time has made so many stops of the light of heaven in various cities and towns lose their sense of propriety. It took almost a month to finally manage it. "

"Alas... Not to mention that President Paladin guangzhongguang is really as sharp as a torch. Because their guild was dissolved long before the promulgation of the law, 50% of the tax was not collected on them this time. They still paid the tax according to the accumulated tax rate in the past and officially cancelled the light of heaven guild. "

Ariel tilted her head and thought about it, more or less understanding what it meant. Obviously, the tax official said these words not so much "exclamation" as direct roll call.

"So... How are the members of the light of heaven now?"

The tax official nodded and continued, "after the dissolution of the light of heaven, the president of the light in the light was silent for some time. After his majesty ascended the throne, he was granted the title of Baron and entered the guard system of the capital. At the same time, many former members of the light of heaven have also entered the ranks of the garrison. As soon as these adventurers turned around, their identity changed from free and loose mercenaries to Royal Pro guards. I don't know whether they can adapt to this identity change. "

Ariel listened and said, "Baron? Before, President guangzhongguang was the president of the first guild that controlled more than a thousand adventurers! There is only one Baron now?! "