Recently, Chen Xiaobei had spent more than 200 million merit points on Spirit Severing Talismans and Heavenly Dog Biscuits!
Coupled with the fact that he had peeped into the Heavenly Secret earlier, Chen Xiaobei's luck had dropped again!
Recently, Triple Realms Merit Points had become one of the things that Chen Xiaobei needed the most!
If he only used it, his merit points would be completely depleted sooner or later!
Now, the war was over and the internal situation was stable! The war between Beixuan Royal City and Giant Axe City had come to an end!
The Heavenly Path had also sent merit points to Chen Xiaobei to reward him for his contribution! Ding!
[You have ended the war. You have received 2 billion merit points!]
Ding! [You have protected the people. You have received 2 billion merit points!]
Ding! [Your current merit points are 7,615.5 million (Charm: 7,615.5 million; Luck: 7,615.5 million)!] Ding!
[Congratulations! You have been promoted to Second Emperor!]
Ending the war and protecting the innocent people from harm. These two contributions had earned Chen Xiaobei 4 billion merit points!
That was awesome!
"This is weird …"
Although Chen Xiaobei was happy, he had a question in his mind. "Brother Ying Zheng conquered the six kingdoms and unified the world. He became the ninth emperor! The number of people I've protected this time is far more than the number of people he had back then! Why am I the second emperor now? "
"Stopping the war is not measured by the number of people! It depends on whether you can protect the people and keep them away from war for a long time! "
Jiang Ziya explained. "You have stopped the war between Beixuan Royal City and Giant Axe City! But these two cities are still facing the threat of other wars! Not long after, there will be wars with other forces! "
"I understand now!"
Chen Xiaobei was smart enough to understand what Chen Xiaobei was trying to say. "What I am trying to stop right now is a war! After this war, there will be countless more wars! The people are still not completely safe! This kind of war is only temporary and incomplete!
You have to be like Brother Ying Zheng and completely unify the world so that there will be no more wars! This is considered a permanent war stop! A complete war stop! Only then can you get a huge amount of merit points! And become the ninth emperor! "
Obviously, the true meaning of unification was that there would be no more enemies in this part of the world, no more wars!
Without unification, there would be enemies and wars!
Because of that, Chen Xiaobei's action of stopping the battle was far inferior to Ying Zheng's! Naturally, the Three Realms Merit Points he obtained were also far from that!
Of course, Chen Xiaobei was very satisfied with the result.
After all, this battle wasn't difficult, and the rewards were huge! No matter what, Chen had gained a lot from this deal.
As for the merit points of the Three Realms, as the war continued, it would continue to rise!
Chen could slowly accumulate it. There was no need for him to become a fatty in one bite!
On top of that, Chen Xiaobei had only obtained merit points for stopping the war and protecting the people. If he could help the people to live in peace and work in peace for a long time, he would be rewarded with even more merit points!
"Mister Mundo!"
Chen stared at him and asked, "You know Great Axe City the best! Is there any way for the people to receive my gift as soon as possible and feel true happiness? "
"Tax cuts!"
Old Mundo said in a deep voice, "As the saying goes, harsh taxes are fiercer than tigers! When Midicio was still around, Giant Axe City implemented a 30: 70 tax! For every ten Spiritual Stones that the people earn, they have to hand over seven to the government!
As long as your majesty can reduce the tax, the people will immediately benefit from it and be grateful to you from the bottom of their hearts! With Midicio as a comparison, the people will definitely cherish your gift even more! "
Old Mundo suddenly hesitated. He quickly said in a low voice, "Of course, taxes are an important source of income for every major city! If your majesty does not have enough money, you can postpone the tax cuts until later! "
Cutting off someone's source of income was like killing their parents!
The reason why Old Mundo suddenly changed his words was because he was afraid that Chen Xiaobei would be unhappy!
After all, taxes were the most important source of income for the ruler of any major city. It was also the core lifeline of a powerful force!
The tax cut that Old Mundo suggested was definitely the best way to make the people feel happy and grateful to Chen Xiaobei!
But this method would definitely affect Chen Xiaobei's economic lifeline! To a ruler, this was a taboo!
"Mm, I don't plan to reduce the tax!" Chen Xiaobei said after thinking for a while.
Old Mundo nodded and said, "Your majesty has just started a war. It's reasonable that your finances are tight. Just pretend that I have never mentioned my tax cut proposal! Just think of another way! "
"There's no need for that!"
Chen Xiaobei shrugged and said, "I'm not going to reduce the tax. I'm going to exempt them from taxes!"
"Huh??? Exemption from taxes? "
Old Mundo's jaw dropped when he heard Chen Xiaobei's words. He could not believe what he just heard!
One should know that since ancient times, no matter how wise or benevolent a king was, the only thing they could do was to reduce taxes! It was impossible for them to be exempted from taxes!
Once the tax was waived, the dynasty would be cut off from the economic lifeline! Not to mention growing stronger! They would not even be able to feed the civil and military officials and the military servants!
"No! Absolutely not! Your majesty loves the people like his own children! This is the people's blessing! But there has to be a limit!
Let's not talk about other things. Just the monthly salary for the army is already an astronomical figure! Without taxes, what are millions of soldiers going to eat? What are the officials going to eat? Once their food supply is cut off, the Great Axe City will be in chaos! "
"What's the rush?
Chen laughed and said, "There are 4.5 billion high-grade Spiritual Stones in the treasury of Beixuan Kingdom! Just now, we seized another one billion! All of these can be used as salaries to maintain the expenses of the army and the officials! "
"This …"
Old Mundo was taken aback. "Every soldier's monthly salary is 5,000 medium-grade Spiritual Stones. That means 60,000 medium-grade Spiritual Stones a year! That's six high-grade Spiritual Stones!
Ten million soldiers! Sixty million a year! That's about 20 million a year for all the officials in the government! Coupled with the maintenance costs of the city, it's about 20 million a year!
Old Mundo said: "That is to say, at least 100 million high-grade spirit stones are needed to keep Giant Axe City running normally for a year! That's not a small amount! "
"Only 100 million?
Chen laughed and said, "This is really cheap! With my current wealth, I can keep the city safe for 55 years! "
Old Mundo said anxiously, "That's true! But what about 55 years later? Sooner or later, the city will be plunged into chaos! "
"Heh … I think you have lost your mind!
Chen laughed and said, "Let's not talk about fifty-five years! I only need five months to increase my wealth by ten times! Do you believe me? "
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