After returning to Orchid Town, Chen Xing took people to the mayor's mansion to report as soon as possible.
"Oh, okay, go get busy and don't disturb my work." In the study, Shade Sinclair was holding a paintbrush and painting on the canvas one stroke at a time. According to Xiao Wu, the mayor’s painting was of a boat and the sea, but it looked like a child’s graffiti. Looking closely, there is a palm print in the lower right corner, and I don't know who it belongs to.
After leaving the mayor's mansion, Chen Xing led his people back to the camp of Team 3 of Lanhua Town and quickly assigned rooms for them to settle down. Here, male and female team members are in separate camps. However, since the number of female members of the entire Orchid Town garrison is less than one-tenth of the total number, they are all concentrated in the dormitory building for female office workers in the town.
The next day, Chen Xing began to take over the territory of the third team.
There are six squads in the entire Orchid Town, responsible for six areas, and there is also a city defense force directly under the mayor of the town.
In fact, to put it bluntly, the city defense force is used for military purposes. It usually trains, patrols, and protects the safety of the town. As for Chen Xing's third team, it is managed internally. In addition to basic salaries, they are responsible for their own profits and losses. If placed in the social system before the catastrophe, the former was equivalent to the "regular army" and the latter was equivalent to the "local police".
Chen Xing's land can be roughly divided into three areas, namely the middle section of the commercial street, a community and two slums.
A commercial street is a place where shops are opened and businesses are opened, such as Aaliyah's gun shop and Dog King's motorcycle shop. Every month, Chen Xing collects commercial taxes from shop owners, then 70% of the tax is handed over to the town mayor, and 30% is retained as expenses for the team.
A community is a place where citizens live, usually the mayor's family, followers, or followers' families, etc. In short, he is a citizen of the Red Dragon Principality who is related to the mayor.
Slums are where refugees gather. The population is highly mobile and public security is not good. However, they are the largest in number and are the most important source of labor in edge towns. For example, there are many refugees in the mayor's mansion. After a certain number of years of service, or if they have made sufficient contributions, the town mayor will submit an application for them to join the principality where they are located and enjoy the rights of citizens of that country.
All in all, Chen Xing's daily job is to collect taxes and maintain order.
However, a dozen people are not enough to manage such a large place. At this time, he has to rely on his own management. Obtain more benefits and hire more "non-staff". In a sense, today's Chen Xing can be regarded as a miniature lord.
It's just that this "lord" can be removed with an order from the mayor, so there is no guarantee.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Chen Xing took the team members onto the street. After the staff was complete, the first thing he had to do was naturally collect taxes.
"Boss, how is business lately?" Chen Xing walked into Gou Wang's motorcycle shop and greeted with a smile.
"Come to collect taxes?" The Dog King looked at Chen Xing's epaulettes, then at the team members behind him, and asked with a frown.
"This is an order from above. We are just trying to make ends meet." Chen Xing said apologetically. The last time he came to buy a car, the other party gave him a loan. But one code is one code, and now the position is different, and the taxes that should be collected still have to be collected.
"How much?" Dog King asked angrily.
"Captain Ye, what is the monthly tax for this store?" Chen Xing turned to look at Ye Yang Bailiu and asked. Last night, he showed no mercy and asked three female team members to check the account books all night, and then calculated all the commercial taxes for the 22 stores in the site.
In addition to being short of funds, he also needs to declare his rights to the people in his territory through the act of collecting taxes.
"9 gold, 2 silver, 6 bronze and 8 miles." Ye Yang Bailiu opened his notepad, looked at it, and said expressionlessly.
"Why so many!" Dog King said in surprise.
"Wang Bo didn't come to collect last month, and now it's been another ten days, counting them together." Chen Xing said.
"You..." The Dog King opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything. He said somewhat unhappily, "The new official will take office three times, okay, you are the boss, you have the final say."
"Well, we're all old friends. I'll give you a discount, 9 gold and 2 silver, and forget the last bit." Chen Xing said with a smile.
"Thank you then." The dog king said with a smile. Although 6 coppers and 8 li is not much money, in business terms, no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, they are still meat.
The Dog King lowered his head and pressed the black watch. Just as he was about to transfer money to Chen Xing, the tall woman who had just spoken came up to him and waved the black watch on her wrist in front of him. The obvious intention was to let him transfer the money. The taxes are passed on to her.
"I am the vice-captain and accountant, just transfer the taxes to me." Ye Yang Bailiu said, his tone unquestionable.
"This..." The Dog King hesitated and looked at Chen Xing. The latter smiled awkwardly and nodded in agreement. However, he was muttering in his heart that Ye Yang Bailiu was really becoming more and more powerful, and he had to find a way to suppress her. Otherwise, the financial power would be in her hands, and he, the team leader, would be left out of the spotlight.
After coming out of the Dog King Motorcycle Shop, Chen Xing took people around in a circle, and all the shop owners paid their taxes honestly. Orchid Town is relatively peaceful, so the businessmen are relatively stable and willing to pay taxes to ensure safety.
Except for Aaliyah's gun shop, Chen Xing received more than 170 gold in taxes. After paying 70%, he still had more than 50 gold left, which was considered a good income.
After thinking again and again, Chen Xing asked Ye Yang Bailiu to take the people back first, and walked into the gun shop himself. The reason is very simple, there is no use in large numbers, and it will also irritate the devil girl. You know, last time at the underground water station, she killed people in seconds.
It is estimated that his team is not enough for her to kill in half a minute, so she still lowers her stance and convinces people with reason.
"Don't come to me asking for money. I haven't done any business this month, and I'm so poor that I'm going bankrupt." Aaliyah said with a frown as soon as she entered the door. Of course, it's all an act.
"If I go bankrupt, I will have no choice but to work as a wandering warbler. Every night, I have to sleep with the old man. Alas..." Aaliyah raised her eyelids slightly, looking pitiful, "Brother, you are a A good man. You can’t bear to see me living on the street and being bullied by old men, right?”
"I'm not here to ask you for money, I'm here to discuss business with you." Chen Xing said.
"Really?" Aaliyah opened her eyes wide, as if she didn't believe it.
"We usually..." Chen Xing glanced at her and hinted, "We always need to replenish some ammunition, right?"
"Hey, I happen to have some coffee here that just came from Dragonstone Town. Let's drink some together." Aaliyah's eyes were filled with water, and she twisted her waist to say hello.
I have to say that this devil girl is graceful and charming. Sometimes she is pure and lovely, like a girl next door, with red lips, white teeth, and beautiful eyes; sometimes she is as cold as frost and no strangers are allowed to enter, like a thousand-year glacier or a ten-thousand-year cold pool; sometimes she is vicious, cruel, and ruthless, like a murderous machine. The blinking machine makes people fearful; sometimes it is charming to the bone, and it is more experienced than the wandering warbler who has been working for ten years, as if it can part its legs at any time and let you pick.
However, the most surprising thing is not her unpredictability, but that when she switches between various forms, there is no disharmony at all, it is completely natural, as if she was born this way.
After a while, Aaliya ground the coffee, poured boiling water into it, and walked over with two steaming cups of coffee. The waist twists and turns, really looking at Yan Xing. Then he bent 70 degrees and lowered himself in front of Chen Xing. That flash of snow-white shock still captivates the soul.
"Captain Chen, please use it slowly." Aaliyah smiled softly, her eyes as charming as silk. There seemed to be a moisture in that voice, so moist that it made people feel numb all over.
Chen Xing couldn't help but think that if he imprisoned her, he would never get tired of playing with her for the rest of his life. She has all the demeanor and character that women in the world have, including the girl next door, the iceberg beauty, the powerful lady, and the poisonous woman.
