C22 The arrival of the tax officer

The territory was filled with a festive atmosphere, and most of the merchants were selling some of the tight goods they needed for the new year celebrations.

Although there were fewer adventurers around, the few nearby villages all had more adventurers roaming around, buying New Year's goods.

As the tax on the Lord was not high, other than having a full meal, there were still some leftovers, so the commoners under the Yongfeng Ridge might be the ones with the best living conditions in the surrounding territories. As for the commoners in the other territories, excluding the high taxes, they would barely be able to eat their fill.

The commoners of the surrounding territories were all envious of the life of the Yongfeng Ridge, but there was no point in being envious. Everyone had their own identity plate to differentiate who came from that territory, and the crime of running away without permission was not small. Those without identity plate would be treated as slaves.

During this period, the tax official, who was the focus of all the higher-ups in the territory, brought several tens of elite cavalry soldiers and arrived at Yongfeng Ridge in a horse carriage.

The territory immediately became chaotic. Everyone curiously stood on both sides of the street as they watched the procession slowly walk in from outside the city gates ?

Zhao Fengnian was also surprised today that he did not lie down at home. Instead, he was pushed to the top of a tavern by the Aunt Lan, as he watched the tax official come in.

Actually, he was also very curious about what this tax collector was like. Previously, he did not pay much attention to this and did not have the mental strength to pay attention to it.

However, things were different now. He also wanted to see what this imperial official, who even his own father had to treat with respect, looked like.

The group in front was huge, with dozens of armored riders escorting two horse carriages. At the back of the group were a number of servants pulling three horse carriages filled with various goods.

In front of them, through the cracks in the shutters of the carriage, there could be seen waves of heat waves, which twisted the cold air. There were also bursts of feminine laughter and the laughter of men.

"Tsk tsk ?" "This is really enjoyable, beautiful women in censers and air conditioners ?"

Seeing this, Zhao Fengnian could not help but exclaim, the life of a tax official was too luxurious, and he was even a tax official in a small territory.

There were so many small territories like this in the empire. If the life of a tax official in a small territory was so extravagant, then the officials of the larger territory must have had more extravagance than this. Clearly, they had gotten a lot of profit from this!

"It seems like there really are a lot of rich people in this world!" Aunt Lan, let's go back, I'm tired. "

Zhao Fengnian, who was sighing with emotion again, seemed to feel cold. He shrunk his skinny body that was hidden in the fur coat as he spoke to the Aunt Lan behind him.

Aunt Lan had been taking care of Zhao Fengnian since young, so she was used to hearing Zhao Fengnian's strange words. She did not ask any further, and with the help of a servant, she carried Zhao Fengnian down the stairs and towards the back door of Lord's Manor.

Actually, Zhao Fengnian was not cold, with his current physique, although he felt cold, it would not affect his body in any way.

It wasn't that he couldn't bear to see the tax official's extravagant life go on. Although he was disgusted, in his previous life, there were many things that were even more extravagant and corrupt than this. He had long gotten used to it.

He just felt that there was no meaning, he just took a look and was not very curious about this tax official. The people in his previous life should not be much different from them, they were all the same kind of people.

If he had the time, he might as well go back and think about how to earn money and improve his own strength.