Chapter 9

Max didn't know what other people thought, and he didn't want to know. A monthly salary of 120 copper coins to be a clerk was extremely tempting.

He used to be a teacher in Sedona City, but most of the people in Sedona City don't even have enough to eat, so how would they have money to go to school?

Therefore, he lived extremely poorly, and now that there was a job with a monthly salary of 120 copper coins his heart was moved with joy.

Max squeezed out of the crowd, tidied his clothes, and went to the City Lord's Mansion. He wanted to be the first to apply for the job, so as to prevent others from taking his job.

Lucas was standing inside the castle gate. He watched the commotion the crowd was making and couldn't help but chuckle, "It's a good start."

He also saw Max walking by. A flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he brought him into the castle.

Lucas sat down in the main seat in the living room, looking at the nervous old man in front of him. He asked, "Are you here to apply to be a clerk?"

"Ye- yes," Max responded nervously. How could he not be nervous? The young man in front of him was the City Lord and only noble of Sedona City.

"Don't be nervous, sit!" Lucas waved his hand and waited until the other party sat down before asking, "The work of a clerk is to assist me in managing the matters of Sedona City and the territory."

"Yes!" Max quickly nodded.

"Tell me about the situation in Sedona City." Lucas said.

"Yes!" Max quickly stood up and respectfully told everything he knew.

The more Lucas listened, the more wrinkled his eyebrows became. This time it was so wrinkled that it could squeeze a fly to death. The words were appalling.

The entire Sedona City was basically a slum and refugee camp and what made them like this were the obnoxious taxes.

There were hundreds of unscrupulous taxes in Sedona City. The entrance tax, for example, required a person to pay a copper coin every time they entered the city.

This caused many people to move out of Sedona City to live, or only return once every few days. The residents would rather live in the wheat field than waste 1 copper coin.

And there was passing tax, childbirth tax, wheat toll tax, marrying wife tax… Anyway, several noble city lords changed the laws to exploit the people.

Max's whole body was now trembling. He looked at the displeased Lucas, and now regretted coming to apply for the position of a clerk.

If he was to be responsible for collecting taxes in the future, he would immediately quit his job. Otherwise, he would be scalded to death by his friends and neighbors.

Lucas regained his senses and looked at Max, who was full of sweat. He calmly said, "Starting today, remove all these miscellaneous taxes. Just leave a few basic taxes."

"Ah?" Max widened his eyes and looked at Lucas blankly. He suspected that he had been hearing things.

Lucas took out two rolls of sheepskin and quickly wrote on them. The first roll was a notice to remove those unscrupulous taxes; the other one was proof of Max's appointment as a clerk.

"Here, stick this roll of notice on the wooden board outside; you can come here to work starting tomorrow." Lucas handed the 2 rolls of sheepskin to Max and let him leave.

Lucas looked at the leaving Max and couldn't help but sigh. "These residents actually didn't resist with these kinds of unreasonable taxes, that old thing Carter is really lucky."

"You really are different from normal nobles."

The sudden female voice coming from his side made Lucas startled. He turned his head to look at Mina who was silently standing beside him.

"Can you make some sounds when you walk?" Lucas rolled his eyes.

"This is the instinct of the great cat warrior; it can't be changed." Mina said lightly.

"If a city lord can't feed the people under him, then he isn't a qualified city lord," Lucas said.

Mina remembered what Lucas said when they first met: In life, you can have nothing but you can't starve.

Mina was silent. Ever since she was a child, she had always eaten only one time a day. She agreed with this sentence the most.

"Why haven't you left?" Lucas asked curiously. He remembered that the catgirl was unfriendly to him at first, but now she was staying here?

"None of your business!" Mina wrinkled her nose and shook her ears, then turned her butt and walked away.

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Max, still at a loss, walked out of the City Lord's Mansion. When he came to the door and turned his head to look at it, he finally regained his senses. He looked at the rolls of sheepskin in his hands and a smile appeared on his old face.

The people outside also saw Max coming out of the City Lord's Mansion, and immediately surrounded him, and everyone began to ask questions.

"Mr. Max, how is it? Did that vampire noble also add more taxes."

"Yeah, what tax has been added? How else would it be possible to give such a high salary?"

"If it's too much, I'll have to move to another big city. Otherwise I won't be able to store wheat for winter this year."

The more Max listened, the more he felt that something was wrong. He couldn't help but raise his hand to hit the people in front of him a few times on the head. He shouted, "What nonsense are you saying? Do you not want to live?"

"Uh…"

Everyone was silent, and they all looked at the excited Max in surprise. Wasn't this old man the one who normally complained the hardest? Why did he change today?

"Cough cough…" Max waved the roll of sheepskin in his hand, and said, "The year has changed. A good city lord has come, and everyone will have good fortune."

"Ah???"

"Has Mr. Max been brought by the nobles?"

"It's very possible. After all, it is a monthly salary of 120 copper coins. If it was me, I would be bought as well. It can let a family live a lot more comfortably and can even add more salt to the dishes.