At the moment, he could only smile and nod, and said: "I did have some problems with the capital turnover here, but please don't worry, there will definitely be no problems with this year's taxes. I will definitely pay them in full by then.

This tax."

Seeing such a determined look in the president's eyes, the tax officer's eyes couldn't help but show some admiration.

But admiration was due to admiration, and he still said with some sincerity: "President Arrow, I believe you. But according to my responsibilities, I still need to include you and your Mermaid Song in the list of non-performing assets. Until you can

Before the taxes are paid successfully, the banks in the entire Blue Bay Empire will not issue any loans to you and your guild. At the same time, the asset evaluation of your Mermaid Song will also be classified as D level. So during this period, you should not

Think about using financing, or finding someone else to take over your guild to revitalize the funds you have. If you are still unable to repay the tax by this year's settlement year, the empire will officially take over your Mermaid Kingdom in accordance with the law.

Song Guild. If you do anything that violates the laws of the empire..."

With a crash, the tax officer stood up from his seat. His originally smiling face was now covered with an absolute layer of frost——

"I, with the help of your guild, once captured a former guild leader who evaded taxes and then ran away. I don't hope that you will become the next one. Then, I will take my leave."

Arrow held his breath and watched the frost-faced tax collector slowly walk out of the door.

Although there is still a winter atmosphere outside, the moment he saw the tax officer leaving the guild completely without looking back, Ai Luo suddenly felt a sense of relaxation all over his body, as if he had escaped from hell.

Feeling dripping with sweat.

Really, those so-called fears before are all bullshit!

Is there anything more terrifying in this world than being burdened with a huge debt? Is there anything more terrifying than the eyes of tax officials who only have money in their minds when they face them?!

Arrow's mind is now full of that kind of terrifying thing. Now just closing his eyes, he feels that the tax collector will appear in front of him again!

"That... President Arrow?"

"Wow----!!!"

Caught off guard, the tax official stuck out his head and poked into the guild again. The sudden appearance of this guy's head really startled Airl, causing him to tremble all over.

"You...what are you doing?! Didn't I already tell you to apply for an extension?!"

It was obvious that Ai Luo was frightened now.

But the tax official had to smile and walked back into the guild with some apology: "Ah, of course. I know."

"Then why are you here? I don't have money to pay taxes now!"

"No, no, no, it's not about paying taxes. Speaking of which...I'm sorry, I just acted cool and left the harsh words and walked out. But after walking for a while, I suddenly remembered that there was something else I wanted to meet with Ai Luo.

After a long discussion, I just came back... Oops, look at my brain. Once the atmosphere gets heated, I don't care about anything! I ask you, the guild president, not to mind my repeated beating like a bird.

, just forget it easily."

Really, you will be scared to death!

Ai Luo covered his heart, and his mind was filled with the urge to call Napa out from behind and kill the tax collector immediately.

However, he still tried to contain his emotions, lest Napa inside would do anything bad to the children: "Then... what is it? Is it a commission? Do you have money to get it?"

The tax officer walked in, sat down in front of Ai Luo again, and said with a laugh: "President Ai Luo immediately thought about making money? This is a good thing! The empire needs you guild presidents who only think about making money. You can make money."

If it’s more, you’ll have to pay more taxes! But unfortunately, I’m really not here to make any entrustment, and I don’t have the money to pay you, President.”

In an instant, Ai Luo was spread out on the seat like a deflated rubber ball, and said listlessly: "Since there is nothing, please finish your sentence in three sentences. I still want to miss you."

119 gold, 2 silver, 8 bronze and 1 iron are taxed."

The tax official laughed, thought for a moment, and then raised a finger: "Some crazy beggars have appeared in Laohu City recently."

Then, he stretched out his second finger: "These beggars say they are all from Pelican Town."

Finally, he held up a third finger: "Then they said they found a lot of gold in Pelican Town."

In an instant, Airl's head, which was about to leave his body, suddenly came to his senses.

He suddenly got up from his paralyzed state, pressed his hands on the table, and leaned his whole body towards the tax officer in front of him: "What? What's going on?! What is going on?!"

The tax official smiled slightly and spread his hands: "Now, can I say more?"

No matter who the person in front of him is, as long as he has gold coins in his mouth, he is a good friend of Ai Luo! At that moment, the president quickly poured him another glass of water with a diligent look on his face and said with a smile:

"Where is it! Our Mermaid Song has always been a place where the tax collector can talk casually! Please explain in detail immediately!"

Seeing Ai Luo's current appearance, the tax official folded his arms and leaned on the chair, looking at him thoughtfully.

Ai Luo couldn't help but feel a little in his heart: "Excuse me... is there any problem?"

Tax officer: "Ah, there's no problem. I was just thinking, President Ai Luo is young and promising. Although there may have been some problems with the business this year... But you are quite handsome, and you should belong to the

The type that will be liked by little girls. I have a daughter who is about the same age as the little magician in your guild. Seeing that the president is so young and handsome, I am still thinking about whether I should introduce my daughter to you, the president.

Let’s get to know each other.”

Ai Luo half-opened his mouth, looking a little embarrassed.

"But, seeing the president's attitude of being so fond of money... it's really hard for me to convince myself to introduce my daughter to a 'motivated' young man like you. Alas, this is really

Difficult choice. It's as if I was sitting on the facade of a top-class restaurant with the most exquisite decoration, and ordered a portion of my favorite seafood tomato noodles in front of me. But the waiter in the restaurant told me that all the knives

There are no forks anymore, so I need to pick up these noodles with my hands to eat them. Can President Arrow understand this feeling of helplessness but itching in my heart?"

Ai Luo suppressed the anxiety in his heart and said seriously: "Please Mr. Tax Officer... tell me more about gold coins as soon as possible, thank you!"

Seeing that Ai Luo's eyes were completely filled with money-seeking colors, the tax official finally shook his head and sighed: "Oh... such a young guy, only looking for money all day long... Female

Isn't the child sweet to her? I don't see any signs of liking the little girl..."

"Tax·service·official·big·people!"

"Okay, okay, I'll explain it to you in detail now."

After taking a sip of water, the tax official began to speak slowly——

"About two months ago, um... that was when Mermaid Song began to leave Pelican Town. Some strange rumors began to spread in more than a dozen towns in the border province.

"

"These rumors did not attract many people's attention at first, but as time went by, these rumors began to become more and more intense, and they became more and more likely to cause panic among humans."

"The number of beggars has begun to increase, and the closer to your Pelican Town, the number of these beggars becomes more and more. For example, there are only one or two in the towns farther away, but they appear one after another in Lagoon City close to you.

There are three or four such beggars. And when I came to your town last time to do tax collection work, I heard from your mayor that there were five or six such beggars wandering around your town."

"These beggars all look very strange, and everyone's mentality seems abnormal. And they don't know why they are there, let alone where they come from."

"Viscount Norris investigated the beggars and compared them with the missing people in the nearest city, but found that none of these beggars matched the missing people. In other words, these beggars seemed to appear out of thin air.

Any sign."

"Then, there are these beggars who seem to be mentally disturbed. In their mutterings that have no idea what they are talking about, one or two topics about 'gold' will suddenly pop up every once in a while.

.And when others ask what the 'gold' is all about, every beggar will stretch out his hand and point in the direction of your Pelican Town."

"But if you ask these beggars where the gold is in Pelican Town, these beggars will point to the southeast, northwest, and all directions. But once you leave the town for about a day or two, they will point to you again.

The direction of this town. Do you think this is strange?"

Gold? Pelican Town? Rumor?

When Airl heard this incident, he felt a very surprising sense of familiarity.

Seeing Ai Luo suddenly stunned, the tax official couldn't help but become a little nervous, and asked: "President Ai Luo, what's wrong with you? You didn't think of something terrible, did you? This matter itself is
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