"Shh-"
Jiang Heng signaled Bao Yan to be silent, stepped lightly, hid behind the big rock, and looked carefully towards the source of the sound.
"Ding, ding, ding, ding -"
It's a goblin.
A tribe of goblins who look similar to Hattie.
a large amount.
And humans.
Not only humans, Jiang Heng even saw some half-orcs, half-giants,...
Without exception, they were all wearing shackles.
Very thin, eyes numb.
And those goblins were waving the whips in their hands, whipping the slaves.
Jiang Heng's movements were very gentle, and she saw an acquaintance among those humans.
The most valuable eldest son of the Lao Jiang family.
Jiang became his father, and Jiang prospered.
How miserable.
The middle-aged man with gray hair is thin and has many wounds on his body.
Jiang Heng didn't feel sorry for him at all. This man was not a good person.
Compared to him, those half-orcs and half-giants might be a little worse off.
"Howl——!!!"
With a long roar, Jiang Heng saw a skeleton centaur being choked by the goblins. He struggled hard, but to no avail.
The entire stone forest is under the control of goblins.
They have formed a very powerful [Kingdom].
Soldiers, civilians, slaves.
And [King].
Goblin Kingdom.
This is a territory.
Jiang Heng reacted immediately.
The goblin territory here is her enemy.
Her enemies may not only be the goblins of this tribe.
Although there is no other resident in the territory besides her.
However, a lot of things should be planned.
You can't wait for them to knock on the door before you start thinking about how to deal with it, right?
The sudden appearance of [Church] caused a great rout of mist creatures, making a lot of noise.
These goblins took the opportunity to capture a lot of new slaves. They were relatively far away, and they found no trace of Jiang Heng and Bao Yan.
It's a blessing among misfortunes.
It was impossible for Jiang Heng to wait for the evil god to save her every time she encountered danger.
If this was the case, the evil god would have to kill her first before the goblin could take action.
So many goblins are good tributes for the souls of Jiang Heng.
The sky was getting dark, and Jiang Heng knew that it was time for them to return to their territory.
She planned to let Hattie sneak into this goblin territory and become a spy.
But if she were to do this, she would probably become a multiple spy.
Therefore, we have to find a way to restrain her.
Jiang Heng, with violent flames, took advantage of the slave over there to wail in pain and writhe on the ground, and left quietly.
She had no extra sympathy for these slaves.
On the way back, Jiang Heng opened the chat channel and prepared to find some useful information on it.
This opening is really amazing.
Not only Jiang Xingwang was captured by the goblins, but also this [aboriginal] territory was capturing players.
The danger for players is really everywhere.
[Chen Qingqing: Woo hoo hoo - is there any kind person coming to save me? That old witch is preparing to test the medicine on me. 】
[Lin Dazhuang: Just be content, I don’t know where I will be transported to yet. 】
Jiang Heng wrote down the information on the chat channel, an area of 1,000 people.
Including her and the goblin's two territories, Jiang Heng has discovered three other aboriginal territories.
No other player territories have appeared yet.
Lord and adventurer are two completely different modes.
Those adventurers are really miserable.
Jiang Heng and Bao Yan rushed back to their territory before the monsters gathered.
[Adventurers appear in the territory, please set the tax and land entry fees in time. 】
As soon as he stepped into the territory, Jiang Heng received such a message.
So fast.
Jiang Heng quickly opened the territory's panel and set the taxes and land entry fees.
10% tax, land fee of 20 copper coins.
Not too high.
The 20 copper coins are just a [city entry fee] for entering the territory.
Jiang Heng's territory can't even be considered a village, so the title "land entry fee" is quite appropriate.
Those adventurers who want to stay overnight will need to pay an additional overnight fee.
Jiang Heng and Bao Yan came back from the rear of the territory, and the adventurers and dwarves were now gathered in the tavern.
She asked Baoyan to call Hattie to extract money from intelligent creatures, which was what she was best at.
Upon hearing Jiang Heng's call, Hattie immediately ran over.
"Great Master, do you have any instructions for summoning Hattie?"
Hattie smiled like a dog, humble and flattering, and crawled at Jiang Heng's feet.
"There are adventurers coming to the territory, right?"
Jiang Heng sat in the simple house and made himself a cup of tea.
"Yes Master."
"I have just finalized the taxes and land entry fees for the territory."
"10% tax, 20% land fee."
"What--!!!"
Hattie burst into a high-pitched scream of disbelief.
"Your Majesty Izzy, great master, you are truly the most generous and kind lord in the world!"
As he said this, Hattie's face was full of pain.
It was as if Jiang Heng had cut out her flesh by setting such a tax.
"Master, there is no need to be so generous when treating those bereaved dogs. What they are best at is pushing the envelope!!"
Hattie said angrily.
"They're always greedy!"
"Master, Hattie is your most loyal servant, Hattie will never deceive you!"
"Such low taxes and fees will make them greedy! Their ambition will slowly grow!"
"Then……!!"
Hattie gave an impassioned speech, spitting everywhere.
Jiang Heng blew the tea leaves and took a leisurely sip.
"So, what do you think should be done?"
"Master, Hattie thinks the tax should be raised to 90%!!!"
"The entry fee, overnight fee, carriage fee, and parking fee...are at least 10 silver coins!!"
Hattie made a splash.
Jiang Heng was speechless for a long time.
In terms of being a profiteer, she really can't compare to Hattie.
"If you charge such a high price, wouldn't they rather spend the night with monsters?"
How is it possible to take it out?
The adventurers who were drinking hot water in the tavern sneezed loudly.
The lord of this territory has not returned yet, so they can do nothing but boil water for themselves.
"What are the taxes in other territories?"
Jiang Heng asked while sending a message to Regian.
She also didn't forget to open the game chat channel to collect information.
Surprisingly, Hattie has a black heart, and the lords of other territories are not much different from her.
According to Regian, the taxes of all lords/kings/nobles in the New World will never be less than 50%.
Very scary numbers.
No wonder Hattie thought she was too generous.
Regarding the exploitation of these lords, Jiang Heng was noncommittal and followed the trend and raised the territory's tax to 50%.
As for the land fee, it has not been increased.
Mainly, if the player is poor, her territory is also poor.
There are no protective facilities or buildings at all.
