Chapter 48 Five-year period

Five years are not long, but not short. However, the five-year tax exemption policy has brought earth-shaking changes to Tianlai City and also brought the city the opportunity to be reborn from the ashes.

Five years ago, Tianlai City had broken walls and houses everywhere, and lived without a place to block the wind and rain, and had no food to fill the stomach, and had no warmth. People with broken walls and broken arms everywhere, and were ragged clothes.

Five years later, the city was noisy and prosperous. The original broken walls have now become a city wall dozens of meters high. Under the vigorous energy of the earth-type magicians in the city, the city wall was raised and reinforced little by little, which forced Kong Ming to order the earth-type magicians not to increase and strengthen the city wall. If the earth-type magicians were allowed to continue, they even had the interest to build the city wall into the heaven.

Tianlai City may not be the most prosperous and wealthy city, but it is definitely the most unique city. There are all kinds of houses in the city, some are the shape of monsters, some are the shapes of wooden barrels, and some are the shapes of various insects and birds. Anyway, there are all the houses here that you can think of. There is a popular saying among the residents here, that is, there is no best, only the weirdest one.

Large and small pools were also dug in the city, and rockery was placed in the pools. After seeing the intoxicating environment in the library, people consciously expanded the square in the city and dug the pool to increase the interest of the city. All of this was done spontaneously by the residents, but they also solicited the opinions of the city lord.

After solving the problem of food and clothing, residents were full of respect for the city lord and were willing to contribute more to the development of the city. Residents consciously contributed to every part of the city and contributed every part of their strength to the city.

The output of grain has increased tenfold in five years. Due to the use of the magic array of light, the grain here actually grew much larger than that of other cities, like small trees.

Within five years, due to the development of Tianlai City and the tax-free policy, a large number of refugees were attracted to Tianlai City to settle down. The large number of refugees brought great growth to the city's population and greatly supplemented the manpower that the city lacked the most.

Kong Ming was very encouraged by refugees to come to Tianlai City to live, and even treated them equally with the original residents. The original residents of Tianlai City were also very enthusiastic about the new residents and even helped the new residents build houses. After all, the city has too few populations, and no one likes more neighbors and the city is more lively. Besides, the new residents will not bring any burden to the original residents, but will bring manpower and prosperity to the city.

Of course, there will inevitably be people with bad intentions among the refugees, and even spys sent by the empire and enemy countries. However, these people have been secretly monitored by the Hidden Ministry. All refugees and merchants entering Tianlai City are under the surveillance of the Hidden Ministry. Any abnormal movements in the Hidden Ministry will be found immediately.

Now the people of Tianlai City want to be like, Kong Ming is not afraid of these people playing tricks. The residents of Tianlai City have become dependent on the current urban policies and are extremely loyal to the lord.

At this time, the City Lord's Mansion in Tianlai City was holding an annual administrative meeting. The originally huge and empty City Lord's Mansion conference hall was already full of people.

Managers from various departments of Tianlai City gathered together, and there were many teenagers aged 15 or 16. They were all students of Tianlai City College, but they had already begun to make their mark in various departments.

Kong Ming was very happy to see these energetic young men. They are the backbone of Tianlai City's future and the hope of Tianlai City's future. These young men have been cultivated by Tianlai City themselves and have absolute loyalty to Tianlai City.

Huanqi has become more mature and sophisticated in a few years, but the cold expression on his face has not changed. He is whispering to Langdu at this time. Because Langdu was the leader of the mercenary corps before, he has a good understanding of personnel management and the situation in the mainland, he has now been appointed by Kong Ming as a personnel official in Tianlai City.

Mr. Uk and several magicians such as Olivia were also communicating. Most of the topics they talked about were about talent cultivation.

Sophid was also whispering to several officers under his jurisdiction. In recent years, many military talents have emerged in Tianlai City. However, there is no war now, so their talents can only be used to train soldiers.

Kong Ming knocked on the seat, and the discussion in the hall immediately calmed down. Everyone turned their heads and looked at Kong Ming intently, waiting for him to speak.

"Everyone, with your efforts, Tianlai City has developed a gratifying development in five years. It has become a paradise for the dreams of civilians, which is inseparable from your efforts and contributions. Here, on behalf of all the residents of Tianlai City, I would like to thank you for your selfless dedication and help to this city! Thank you!" Kong Ming stood up, respectfully bowed to everyone, and deeply.

Everyone in the hall immediately stood up in panic, half-kneeled on the ground, not daring to accept Kong Ming's courtesy.

"We are willing to go through fire and water for the city lord!" Everyone looked excited and expressed their determination to die for Tianlai City and Kong Ming in unison.

After Kong Ming respectfully gave a bow, his eyes flashed and he glanced at everyone. He said with joy and relief: "Okay, everyone should sit down! Let's discuss the development of Tianlai City in the next few years and the difficulties it will face."

Everyone sat down one by one, looked at Kong Ming attentively, and a divine light flashed in their eyes. A city lord saluted the civilians, which showed the city lord's love and respect for the civilians, and also showed the city lord's respect for the people, which made them respect the city lord even more.

Kong Ming's voice sank slightly and said, "Everyone must know that the empire's five-year tax exemption policy will expire next year, and the empire will restart taxes on Tianlai City from next year. Although with your efforts, Tianlai City has made great progress in five years, what policies should Tianlai City implement after tax recovery? I wonder if you have any good ideas? You can speak freely here, everyone is all their own people, and you can say anything you want to say here."

Everyone looked at each other, look at me, look at you, wait for someone to speak. Kong Ming swept across the faces of Olivia, Mr. Uk and others one by one, and seeing that they had no reaction, Kong Ming looked at Sophid again.

Sophid's eyes were turning there, obviously thinking about things. Kong Ming smiled slightly and said, "Sophide, tell me!"

Everyone immediately looked at Sophid, who looked at everyone's expectant expression and turned slightly red.

It was not a shy blush, but aroused his spirit. Sophid stood up excitedly and said, "City Lord, in the past five years, under the benevolent government of the city lord, the development of Tianlai City is obvious to all. The city lord not only helped the residents here get rid of hunger, but also let the residents of Tianlai City get rid of poverty. The current Tianlai City can be said to be the will of the people and the whole people are sincere. I believe that under the wisdom of the city lord, Tianlai City will have a more glorious tomorrow."

"Sophid, please tell me what you think about the development of Tianlai City. You don't need to praise me here." Kong Ming smiled and shook his head and said to Sophie.

Sophid pondered for a moment, looked at everyone, and said in a stern voice: "I don't think that is an important issue for the taxation of the empire. With the current situation of Tianlai City, even after tax, there is considerable funds. Now I personally think that Tianlai City should first determine its own tax policy. Since there was no tax trouble in the past, we Tianlaicheng has always implemented a tax-free policy for the people. But in the future, the empire will carry out taxation on Tianlai City, so Tianlai City should also start implementing taxes to cope with the empire's tax policies."

This proposal was immediately unanimously recognized by everyone, and everyone nodded.

Kong Ming looked at everyone, wondering if any of them had different opinions or any of them had different opinions on the tax affairs of Tianlai City.

A figure stood up. This man was not very old and was only sixteen years old. It was the bald egg that had transported stones with Kong Ming. At this time, he already had his own name. Alfa Saal Alfa has been studying at Tianlaicheng Academy. He also has a very high nature of politics and has his own unique insights into administration.

Seeing him stand up, Kong Ming looked at him with encouragement, hoping that he could have a unique insight. Because he is a civilian, he should have a deeper personal experience of the civilians' feelings.

Looking at Kong Ming's encouraging eyes, Alpha's expression became much more firm, and he said loudly: "I believe everyone knows that the residents of Tianlai City have lived without taxes for five years and have also liked this kind of tax-free life. If the policy is changed rashly, I believe that many residents will be resisting. So I hope everyone can carefully consider the situation of the residents."

Everyone was slightly stunned when they said something, and then they nodded.

Huanqi said in a deep voice: "What Alpha said is very reasonable, and the sudden change of policies in Tianlai City is very likely to cause incitement from those who are interested. I hope the city lord can consider it carefully!"

Kong Ming looked at Huanqi and Alpha and nodded. Although he had plans, what he hoped was to brainstorm and that the people here could have better suggestions. So Kong Ming just looked at everyone quietly and didn't say anything, hoping that someone could come up with a better solution.

Because yesterday sometimes I ran away my stomach again today, but I couldn’t write it all day and my mind was weak. I barely passed on a chapter, but I didn’t know what I wrote, and I was all blind. I’m sorry, I went to lie down!
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