Chapter 516 Tax Reform 1

Hansel Abbott hummed a tune and walked briskly out of his office.

Just now, someone from the Lord's Mansion came to inform him that Earl Graman would call the heads of the various departments of the Administrative Council to a meeting.

Hansel has been in a very good mood recently.

Last month, Earl Gerd Rodney, the heir to the throne, came to Lake Heart Town to negotiate business with his current boss Paul Graman on behalf of the royal family. At the beginning, he asked Hansel to take the lead in introducing him. Fortunately, the two earls finally talked happily, and Gerd Rodney left a special letter to thank him. This made Hansel flattered, after all, Gerd Rodney was ranked high in the ranking of royal heirs.

As for why Earl Gerd wanted Hansel to introduce him, it was because Sir Hansel Abbott, in addition to his identity as the head of agriculture in the Arda Administrative Council, also had another identity - the royal representative stationed in the Northwest Bay.

Hansel was once deeply proud of this identity, but now he has slowly figured it out. The so-called Royal Commissioner was probably because when the Jingyao City Guards rebelled, the eldest princess, Catherine, had no place to place the noble children who ran from Jingyao to her army to "serve" voluntarily, so she created the title of Royal Commissioner and kicked these noble children to various parts of the country to make them look good.

Otherwise, why... why... has he not been paid a penny until now?

Otherwise, why did the head of the intelligence department who stayed in Jingyao, who was nominally the boss of the Royal Commissioners from all over the country, look at him every time he saw him and ignored him.

Alas, if he was really a talent favored by Princess Catherine, he would have been kept in the army at that time, such as his old classmate Matthew.

After the war to suppress the rebellion, Matthew was even directly favored by the Minister of Foreign Affairs with this qualification to help him get a coveted position.

And he was just blowing the wind in the northwest bay.

Thinking of this, Hansel felt a sense of blockage in his heart, and his steps were not very brisk. He shook his head hastily to shake these unpleasant memories out of his mind.

His mind returned to Earl Gerd Rodney. As the king's nephew, he was theoretically the second heir to the throne of His Majesty the King - second only to his father.

The current king of Aldo has only two daughters, and there has never been a precedent of a woman inheriting the throne in Aldo's history, so the crown is likely to fall on the head of His Majesty the King's younger brother, and Gerd is the eldest son of the King's younger brother. If nothing unexpected happens, the crown will most likely fall on Gerd's head in the end.

The reason why he is said to be the second heir is that if Gerd's father has any accidents, then the crown will fall directly on his head.

This should have been the case, but the existence of Princess Catherine changed the above procedures. When Hansel was still in the capital Jingyao, there were rumors that the king was very eager to let his outstanding eldest daughter inherit the throne.

Will the king change the tradition of hundreds of years for his daughter? If His Majesty the King has this plan, will the nobles accept his arrangement?

Hansel shook his head again, driving these thoughts out of his mind. Whether His Majesty the King had such an intention or not, whether the nobles thought so or not, it was not his turn as a lower-level noble who was exiled to the border area and had half "lowly" blood to speak.

Now he was no longer as eager to return to the capital Jingyao as before. In Lake Town, he was a respected head of the Administrative Council and one of the top officials appointed by the lord. If he returned to Jingyao, he would immediately return to his previous unbearable status and become the shame of the nobles of Aldo.

If it was when he first came more than four years ago, the scene of Alda would have made him feel a huge gap, but now Alda, no, even the entire Northwest Bay, has changed dramatically.

Yes, this is still the border of the kingdom, but it has become the "rich" border of the kingdom.

Look at this wide and straight avenue in front of you, which runs through the north and south of Lake Town. It is paved with smooth and flat stone slabs of the same size.

Except in the capital Jingyao, Hansel has never seen such a street in any other city in the kingdom. The streets of other cities are mostly made of soil, and the better ones are paved with a layer of gravel. When it rains, they become muddy and difficult to pass.

The sanitation is even worse. Almost all kinds of garbage can be seen on the streets of other cities, and there is even human and animal feces. Walking on the street, you have to endure or get used to those indescribable smells.

On the streets of Huxin Town, the State Council has set up a special agency to manage the sanitation of the streets, and spends money to hire people to clear them every day. At the same time, laws have been introduced to impose heavy penalties on those who destroy public health. Under various strong measures, it is no exaggeration to say that the sanitation of the streets in Huxin Town is the best in Aldo. In this regard, even the royal capital Jingyao can hardly compare.

On such a road, a lot of freight carriages form a river of endless flow. The traffic is so busy that the State Council has to formulate traffic rules that seem very complicated to outsiders. The Ministry of Public Security also sent people to stand guard at each intersection, using a set of unified and standardized gestures to instantly guide passing vehicles on how to pass.

The current Huxin Town is a prosperous city, and it is not a static prosperity, but a trend of increasing prosperity. The city has a strong manufacturing industry, and new factories and buildings are rising from the ground every day. Every day, people come from the surrounding areas and farther places to make a living.

Of course, the busy north-south main road is mainly concentrated in the new urban area on the south bank of Weiss Lake, while Huxin Town - the real Huxin Town, located on the small island surrounded by the lake - is still very empty.

Because of the special administrative district here, the original low-rise houses have been replaced by government office buildings, and the original residents have also been moved to the new urban area and compensated with beautiful buildings.

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After the scale of the Government Council became increasingly large, those important departments, such as the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce, etc., all had their own independent office areas or buildings.

For example, the Ministry of Agriculture, which Hansel was in charge of, worked in a three-story building, and the entire building belonged to their Ministry of Agriculture.

Because all departments are concentrated on a small island, the distance between each other is not far, and officials can stroll on the street after work and exchange work content with people across departments. It is really convenient.

I am sorry for not updating in time. I was busy last night. And in the early morning, the child had a fever again, which made me very busy.