THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 81: SUPPORT
After Myro finished saying this, Feld's figure appeared from the side of the stage and bowed respectfully "Thank you for the opportunity you gave me!".
Then Feld went up on stage and stood in front of everyone while Myro stepped back, after all, it's time for Feld to shine and show everyone here that he's the new mayor.
Feld stood up with a gentle smile on his face that made everyone think that he was a good person "Thank you for your concern. As Mr. Baron said, I am the new mayor of this Loth City, my name is Feld. I thank Mr. Baron who has given me this trust, besides I hope you all can give me support so that we can form Loth City for the better".
"It seems that I am wasting too much time than Mr. Baron's duty, therefore I will explain the distribution of food from Mr. Baron. Any child under the age of 10 can get a free meal 3 times a day as Mr. Baron said, they absolutely do not have to pay. Not only that, pregnant women or the elderly also get free food, at least for 5 months from now".
"While it is for healthy men and women who are young enough to work, food is only provided when they have done work such as opening new fields and starting to cultivate existing fields, we will continue to feed as long as it is time for you to harvest unless you do not work properly from the beginning. Surely cultivating the fields requires land, so we from the government open the lease of land without having to buy it. Don't worry, the land rent doesn't have to make you pay it directly, but we only take it out of tax after you've successfully harvested. Because of this, if you have a crop failure then we will not take anything".
"Tax for land rent is 20% of the harvest while for land that has been purchased then you only need to pay as much as 15%. Then land ownership is also limited to 10 hectares of land for each person that can be purchased, as long as there is more land than that it will be considered a crime and in the law. You can also do other things such as farms then the government will help the cost, but if you are planning to open a store then we can only say that you should have your own capital. Some government-owned stores can also be rented, but of course the store rental price must be paid from the beginning".
The residents became silent for a while before they started shouting, they were not angry because they had to work for food but rather they were happy, finally they were given the opportunity to have their own jobs and overcome the problem of hunger.
Moreover, Myro's terms were very easy, they didn't need to use any money from the start, Myro really gave them a good chance.
Not to mention the Myro tax is very light, whereas in other regions the tax can exceed 40% of the harvest, but Myro only takes 20% which can be said to be very light. After giving taxes to Myro and using those crops for their food, then there were still a lot of crops that could be sold.
"Everyone, I'm not done talking! I still have a few other things!", cried Feld who made everyone go back to silence "Of course some of you have no tools to help cultivate the fields or farms, he said, the government will also help with all of those problems! But it is not free, to use all the agricultural tools from the government, you have to pay 5% more tax".
"In addition there is another tax, namely the trade tax, every trade made both in Loth City, Vendes City and Rorec City will get a tax of 10%".
Myro who was behind smiled slightly hearing this, they did relieve the harvest tax but made a new tax, the trade tax.
As a large population does not make unnecessary buying and selling except for the needs of everyday life that is not expensive, this means the tax is getting smaller which makes them not mind.
While the more expensive the goods are purchased, the more expensive the tax, but only the rich can buy expensive goods, they will not object to taxes like this because they have a lot of money.
So this trade tax is a strategy that almost does not harm the poor and slightly harms the rich population, but the money generated is not small.
Therefore, trade taxes are a good way to get government finances, this also happens in the old Myro earth. More precisely, Myro applied this idea based on his knowledge of the earth as well as Ren and Feld's approval.
On earth, every time you make a purchase of even food, there will be taxes to be paid to the state.
Seeing that no one objected, except for a small percentage of wealthy people who felt their interests were harmed, especially by the rule everyone should only have 10 acres of land. People who have a lot of money often collect land because they can find labor to cultivate the land that will give them a profit, but with this new regulation on land restrictions that can be owned, they must release some of the land they have collected.
Feld did not care about the feeling, however, if one's land was more than the government land then it could threaten the government's position. Therefore, Myro and himself had planned from the beginning to limit it.
"There seems to be no objection, at noon, the announcement and the establishment of this new rule will take effect in Loth City, Vendes City and Rorec City so that you can all start working. Mr. Baron, I'm done announcing the new rules, thank you for the opportunity you gave me" Feld said bowing respectfully to Myro before stepping off the stage.
Along with Feld coming off the stage, everyone around was surrounded by hands because all Feld's words had just given them hope - hope to solve the food crisis in Loth City. The applause from these residents also showed that they supported Myro and Feld as the new leaders of Loth City, Vendes City and Rorec City.
Myro stepped forward and said, "I know that you all cannot wait to get to work, but I still have an important announcement to make so you still have to wait here for a while".
The friendly smile on Myro's face was instantly replaced with decisiveness, he shouted "This is the time to reveal all the crimes that have been committed to the Noem Family, the traitor to Azeroth Kingdom!".