My Passive Skills Are Invincible
Chapter 148

Hearing this question, Mike thought for a moment before replying.

“Sarco City,” Mike pointed to a city on the map and said.

The king nodded without comment.

For the king, whether Mike chooses Sarco City or Venezuela City, that's good.

Because Mike can help him fight the Dwarves and Trolls.

Even though the odds were becoming quite low, he still had to be vigilant.

As Mike enters Sarco City, Victory City is no longer a border town, but an outback town.

From today on, Victory City can rest in peace and gradually recover from the previous defeat.

Therefore, the king was in a very good mood. He patted Mike on the shoulder and said, Well, I,

“Since you have already decided the city, when do you plan to occupy your post?”

Mike thought for a moment and nodded,

“Well, they'll clean up Sarco City tonight. We'd better go tomorrow.”

The two discussed the issue of dispatching officers before Mike left the meeting room.

The king said he would hand over management to Mike and would not be involved in it.

That's a signal too.

If the king intervenes with Mike's management, it may cause Mike to be unhappy. Because the initial intention of the city prize was to win Mike, that would be contradictory.

After leaving the meeting room, Mike did not directly leave the palace.

The king said that he would arrange a reliable general manager for him. This way, Mike would just need to tell the general manager about his idea, and the general manager would take care of other things.

Since this general manager was very important to the city's development, of course Mike had to meet him before leaving.

After waiting for about ten minutes, a woman in a proper official uniform walked over and bowed calmly.

“Halo, city lord. My name is Ella Jasmine. From now on, I will be your general manager.

“If you have any instruction, you can give it to me directly. I'll help you set up specific operations.”

Hearing this immediate self-introduction, Mike nodded in satisfaction.

“Good, Jasmine. Now, I want to hear what advice you have.”

Jasmine replied without hesitation,

“I'm glad you're willing to listen to my advice. This is my opinion.

“The most important thing in a city is actually its inhabitants. If there are no residents, this city is just a stacked pile of buildings.”

Hearing this, Mike nodded in agreement.

It can be seen that Jasmine is indeed reliable.

After getting a nod of approval from Mike, Jasmine continued,

“I think if we want to attract some human population to stay in Sarco City.

“Best way is to open some welfare policies so that civilians voluntarily want to move to Sarco City.”

Mike nodded.

“Alright, we will do as you say.”

“About welfare policy... Let me think, how about lowering taxes?”

Jasmine's eyes sparkled when she heard this.

In the past, he felt that all politicians were greedy. After all, if the city tax was lowered, the income of the city lord would also be reduced.

He did not expect the new city lord to reduce the taxes so decisively.

He asked expectantly,

“Then, how much tax do you think is more appropriate?”

“Light City tax revenue is 20%. This can be used as a reference.”

Mike said nothing and stretched out a finger.

Jasmine nodded, took out her notebook, and wrote it down. He whispered,

“Tax 10% huh? 10% is very low. This way, we can definitely pull—”

Before he could finish, Mike cut it off.

“I mean... how about 1%?”

The hand noting Jasmine immediately stopped.

He lifted his head in disbelief and looked at Mike. He asked hesitantly,

“Wait, I may have misheard. How much did you say?”

“1%,” reset Mike.

This figure made some of the palace maids nearby turn to look.

1% tax%?

How is this possible?

Does this city lord not like money?

The minds of the servants were very simple. They were only surprised that Mike was unwilling to accept the resident tax.

However, Jasmine knew better than the servants what this 1% meant.

Each city must provide 20% of its tax revenue to the state each year.

In other words, the city can only receive 0.8% of its tax revenue.

Not to mention the king might not believe that the city only demanded a 1% tax, so he might wonder if the city lord had pocketed a portion of the tax money.

Even if the king did not think so, 0.8% was obviously not enough.

This might even cause the Sarco City government to lose.

After all, many things require money.

Even city officials need to be paid.

How can 0.8% be enough?

His eyes moved slightly, and his emotions were a little complicated.

He admired that God Slayer was a good city lord to commoners.

However, he felt he had to explain the matter to the new city lord clearly.

Unfortunately, Mike had no intention of listening.

“Alright, it's done. Send someone to announce the matter in Light City, Hero City, and Victory City right now.

“Do not worry about the money. I know this might make me lose some gold coins, but I don't care.”

After saying that, Mike took out 100,000 gold coins and placed them in the palace hall.

“Take this money first. If there is something in Sarco City that needs money, just take it from this gold coin.

“If that's not enough, send someone to take it from the king. Tell him I asked for it. I'll return it later.

“That's it for now. I still have other things to do.”

After saying that, Mike went offline.

That's right, he just disappeared.

After playing the game all day, even though the sky was not yet dark, he was ready to go straight to sleep.

Looking at the gold coin box on the ground, Jasmine fell silent.

He had never seen ... a special city lord.

Sure enough, he's special.

To say that he was evil, he would rather spend his own money than get money from commoners.

However, if someone says that he is good .. After giving the money, he just leaves and does not care about anything else.

Jasmine rubbed her temples and sighed.

“Forget it, at least this is not the ruler of a city blinded by greed.

“As a general manager, I can only work a little harder.”

Thinking of this, Jasmine finally revealed a smile.

It was nice to have such a city lord.

He soon began arranging for people to do Sarco City publicity.

However, he really could not imagine the huge impact the news brought after it was announced.