Six-Armed Serpent Demon

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Seeing such a heartwarming contract, it would be strange if they didn't rush to sign it. Little did they know that they were simply jumping straight from a tax-inclusive scheme into hell; once they signed, their lives were on a countdown.

Ivy Beatrice tossed Jarda a bottle of healing potion.

Jalda quickly picked it up and, with immense gratitude, gulped it down in one go. Any later, and he would have bled to death.

Ivy Beatrice pulled out an IOU and turned it over to show Jalda the extension agreement on the back of the IOU.

Ivy Beatrice asked, "And what's this extension agreement all about?"

"This is a new rule for the Connors family."

Jarda said, "They are also a tax farmer family, the weakest of the three. Back in the Red Dragon City-State era, the old patriarch of the Connoves was killed by the son of the Red Dragon. The young Zamin-Connoves, upon assuming the position, promulgated this rule of extending the covenant. Everyone praised him as the benevolent Zamin. Later, under Zamin-Connoves' leadership, they rose up, killed the son of the Red Dragon, overthrew the tyranny of the Northern Federation, and established the independent Republic of Dugin. The benevolent Zamin was unanimously elected Speaker of the National Assembly and concurrently Regent of the Republic."

Ivy Beatrice is simply beyond words.

Yes, by using the extension agreement to win over the people and overthrow the Red Dragon, once the Republic of Dukin was established, the parliament promulgated the "Tax Farmers' Loan Law," which was even more ruthless and exploitative than the Red Dragon era...

"Merciful Zamin," he was truly merciful.

Ivy Beatrice asked, "So you're all working for Zamin?"

Jalda nodded in agreement.

He told Ivy Beatrice that he was a retired soldier in the Connaughts family's private army. All private soldiers like him, after retiring, accepted Zamin's mission: to persuade more poor people to sign extension contracts.

Ivy Beatrice was stunned.

You can actually play it like this?

On one hand, there's the increasingly harsh "Tax Farmer Offset Law," and on the other hand, there's the warm and compassionate extension contract... Anyone would know which to choose.

This "merciful Zamin" is truly a damn talent.

Wait a moment…

Could this guy be the mastermind behind the downfall of the Canterbury Jaben family, with the aim of getting rid of the large number of tax farmer loan certificates held by the Canterbury Jaben family?

The Kanterijaben family, who were also tax farmers, must have held a large number of tax farmer loan certificates.

However, they certainly won't do anything like Zamin Connaught, such as extending their contracts.

While Zamin-Connoves won over the public by extending the contract, he also orchestrated the passage of the Tax Farmers' Debt Act in Parliament.

The other two tax farmer families amassed great wealth through the Tax Farmers' Debt Act. However, they inadvertently became a thorn in the side of the Republic's poor and were quietly isolated by Zamin-Connoves.

The next step is to eliminate these two tax farmer families one by one, and the Connors family will have complete control over Dugin's tax revenue.

More than that.

If this "merciful Zamin" were to obtain all the loan certificates from the two tax-farming families, and thus persuade all borrowers to sign extension agreements...

How many souls can that bastard Zaire collect...?

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