The Plan - I

Lucius looked at Gabriel and Lita for a moment before beginning to speak.

"As we know that Viscount Drew is going to leave our territory and that will result in our tax agreements on trade being terminated. And if those are terminated, most of the trade would come to a halt in our territory.

But Viscount Drew himself is going to let the Merchants operate without the tax for the time being. This would not only allow him to attract more merchants to his territory, he may even get them to build their branches there.

If he does that, even if he raises his tax in the future, he will keep it less than our territory, letting the merchants and other businessmen stay attached to his territory. We cannot lower our taxes as that would mean, draining our coffers.