ebookslot 0524: Is There Really No Need To Pay Taxes?
0524: Is There Really No Need To Pay Taxes?
Spring is in full bloom, and Beigang is full of greenery everywhere.
At noon, the port of Hailan City became lively. Apart from merchant ships, there were also some ships carrying refugees.
It has been more than half a month since Qiao Ji asked Takagi to guide the refugees to Beigang.
In Nanyuan, which is the closest to Beigang, the refugees from there have been arranged in advance and have already started working.
However, the refugees from Dongpu just arrived at Beigang by boat, and they are currently gathering at the port of Hailan City.
Agnelli is arranging for the knights to maintain order, so that the refugees line up to go to the open space outside the city.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
The refugees in Dongpu disembarked one after another, and they couldn't stand it after staying on the boat for more than half a month.
"This is Hailan City? It feels different from what I heard before. Didn't you say that Beigang is desolate?"
"My God, how does this look better than the super big city "960"?"
"Yeah, do you see those flat roads, and houses..."
When the refugees on the port saw the appearance of Hailan City, they were shocked one by one. They stood still and looked at the whole picture of Hailan City.
Under the urging of the knight, they walked slowly towards the left side of the port, where a field was temporarily cleared.
There were as many as 100,000 refugees from Dongpu, and there were hundreds of boats, and they went to Dongpu to pick them up one after another.
Today, there are 3,000 people in this group of refugees. They have been rubbing their shoulders and backs since they got off the boat.
"Finally I don't have to rest on the boat. If they didn't give me fish soup for seasickness, I would have died on the boat."
"Did you say that there is really a job for us in Beigang? Could it be that you tricked us into becoming slaves?"
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The refugees on the port chattered and chatted, and after half a month's journey by water, everyone was in a daze.
After staying in the port for a while, they were led to the open space by the knight arranged by Agnelli.
In the open space on the left side of the port.
In addition to the knights who maintained order, the patrol team in the city also arranged people to be on the scene.
At one end of the clearing were more than two dozen tables with lots of crusty wheat bread.
There are many large iron buckets beside the table. Inside the iron buckets are the wheat porridge that Qiao Ji asked to cook, and a lot of meat is added to the wheat porridge.
The refugees lined up neatly in the open space, and they have learned how to behave well in the past half a month.
After all, if it's queue jumping or making troubles, don't even think about eating, and it's still the kind of food that will be hungry all day.
When they were on the boat, everyone had to line up for three meals a day. Over time, they formed a conditioned reflex to the word queuing.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
While the refugees were whispering and discussing, Qiao Ji and the others came to the open space under the guard of the Dragon Shadow Knight Battalion.
Standing behind more than twenty tables, he calmly looked at the huge crowd in front of him, including men, women and children.
Shi Duo took a small step forward and shouted loudly, "Quiet."
As soon as the words fell, the refugees who were as noisy as the vegetable market began to quiet down, and all raised their eyes to look at Qiao Ji behind the table.
"I am Qiao Ji, the lord of Hailan City. In the days to come, you can settle down in Beigang. Any city or town in my territory is fine."
Qiao Ji paused for a moment, then raised his voice and shouted, "I will provide you with jobs, and I will use your hands in exchange for food, housing..."
His impassioned speech made the refugees stunned, and after realizing it, they whispered again.
"Is what Lord Marquis said true? Can we really live in Beigang?"
"If it's Hailan City, I would like it. It looks better than the city I stayed in before."
"Anyway, we have no way out, right? Our family is gone. I think we can trust Lord Marquis."
Qiao Ji raised his hand to press down, and when everyone's voices became quieter, he raised his voice and shouted, "I promise you, those who work well in the first month will get an increase in salary next month."
He didn't wait for everyone to speak, and continued to shout, "After the war is over, you can go back if you want, and I will arrange a fleet to take you back."
Qiao Ji started to paint a cake for everyone, but this is a cake that will come true, and everything will only wait for the end of the war.
"If you don't believe me, I'll give you three days to think about it, and then decide whether to stay and work in Beigang after you think it through."
Qiao Ji's deep heterochromatic pupils were full of determination, and he added, "The refugees from South Garden have already started working, you can inquire about it when you think about it..."
His speech made the refugees discuss again, and the discussion was even louder than the previous round...
"I decided to stay. Lord Marquis will definitely not lie. He is the hero of our empire. 17
"That's right, how could I have forgotten this, Lord Marquis is a warrior who drives away the green barbarians, I also decided to stay."
"Stay here and try it out, and if it's true, we'll earn coins again and go home when the war is over.
This time, the refugees began to feel excited, and the support from the crowd also played a role.
Qiao Ji heard the discussion of the refugees, and didn't say anything, but turned her face to Shi Ze and nodded slightly.
Shi Duo nodded knowingly, and ordered to the knights maintaining order, "It can be distributed."
"Yes." The knights nodded.
They shouted at the refugees, "Line up and come up one by one to get food."
The refugees were starving because they hadn't had lunch yet, and each of them lined up in more than 20 teams according to the knight's guidance.
One by one, they came forward to receive crusty wheat bread and a bowl of thick wheat porridge.
While collecting food, the refugees looked at Qiao Ji standing in the distance, and occasionally chatted with the person who distributed the food.
"If we stay in Beigang, what can we do?" A middle-aged man asked.
Not all of them have a skill, especially the elderly, women and children, most of them know nothing.
"There are many jobs to choose from. In the afternoon, there will be a registration form with various types of jobs written on it. You can choose by yourself. 0.0"
The person in charge of distributing food paused, and continued, "Also, if you cannot read, someone will read it to you."
"How much tax do you have to pay?" the middle-aged man asked worriedly.
His worries are not without reason. Everyone is afraid of hard-earned coins, and they have to pay two-thirds to the nobles, right?
"There is no need to pay taxes for the time being, but if you choose to settle in Beigang in the future, the tax policy will also be adjusted..." The person who distributed the food said patiently.
The middle-aged man was shocked when he heard this, and asked, "Is it true that you don't have to pay taxes?"
"Really." The food distribution person smiled and nodded.
This answer shocked the refugees again, and they couldn't believe it was true.
(3 more, self-dispute.).