Chapter 294: Still have the energy to rebel? Directly increase taxes by 100%
After the griffin was caught, the remaining griffin cubs were naturally taken away as well.

When Richard learned that the witches had captured a group of griffins, he gave them a book called "Magic Beast Taming - From Beginner to Mastery" and asked them to tame the griffins themselves.

Under the leadership of the witch, the Blood Knights cleared out most of the monsters in the Offa Empire. As a result, the demon hunters could no longer get work in the Offa Kingdom, and the impoverished demon hunters had to go to other countries.

Witch academies were built at a rapid pace, and witches began to screen qualified girls across the country and bring them to witch schools.

The actual rules are very strange. There are always some girls who will awaken and become witches. The probability of awakening is between one in a thousand and one in ten thousand. And the awakened witches are born with strong magic power.

But the wizards in this world are not like that. Their awakening probability is the same as that of witches, but their magic power is only one-fifth of that of witches. And after growing to a certain level, their magic power will no longer grow. Witches are completely different. There is no upper limit to their magic power increase.

As long as you have the right training method and meet the advanced conditions, you can continue to improve. I can only say, when will the wizards in this world no longer be discriminated against! When will the wizards stand up!

The Offa Empire did not station a large number of troops in various places. Most of the troops were near the capital, and the rest were mainly responsible for collecting taxes. Richard set a tax rate of 80%, which made many people dissatisfied.

Although the remaining food can fill their stomachs, everyone wants more, and human laziness is inevitable. Therefore, civilians and merchants everywhere are looking for various ways to evade taxes.

The tax collection method of this era was also very rudimentary, and there were many ways to evade taxes. When the tax officials came to collect taxes, many people took their people and fled to the mountains.

The tax collector had a lot of taxes to collect, and when he couldn't find anyone, he had to collect taxes from others first. Many people evaded taxes by playing hide-and-seek. Merchants also evaded taxes with various excuses, and they had more tricks.

More importantly, the surrounding countries were very excited after hearing that the Offa Empire collected 80% of taxes. Although they also collected high taxes, they used a progressive approach, boiling the frog in warm water, and collected them in multiple times.

The city gate tax point, firewood tax point, head tax point, field tax point, and other miscellaneous points, one by one. Although the final tax collection is high, it does not seem to be as harsh as the one-time collection of the Kingdom of Offa.

So these countries began to send some people to the Offa Empire to cause trouble, such as leading those tax evaders to become bandits, or providing weapons support to those restless people.

In short, these countries all hope that the Offa Empire will be in chaos. As long as the Offa Empire is in chaos, they will have a chance.

With the support of these countries, the Offa Empire soon fell into chaos, with bandits everywhere. Tax officials who collected taxes in various places were overwhelmed. After a month, they had not collected even half of the taxes.

Ultimately, the news can only be reported one level at a time.

In the second floor of the ruling hall of the capital Aisenlan, Ye Funi leisurely drank a cup of black tea and turned a page of the magic book. She had a lot more time during this period, and a lot of government affairs were assigned to her, giving her time to learn spells.

"That little bitch Avril is a shameless bitch. She drags her baby-faced, big-breasted sister to your tutoring every day. Sisters are not worth it!"

"Hmph, just wait. I will call Daisy back tomorrow. Then the three of us sisters will come together and see how you fight!"

Avril's unfair competition made Ye Funi feel full of crisis. The two sisters got several books from somewhere, such as "Detailed Explanation of the Related Spells of Transfiguration and Beast Transformation", "The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Combination of Shrinking, Grease and Moisturizing", "Subtle Use of Ice and Fire Elements", "Detailed Explanation of Thirty-six Kinds of Binding of Shadow Tentacles", and "Postures and Theoretical Practice of Riding Classes".

They occupied the president's time every day in the name of class discussion. They were just like a pair of bitches. Every time she wanted to borrow books, Avril said that the books were borrowed. Humph, don't think I don't know that you hid them.

No, I'm going to steal these books today!
"Lady Ye Funi!" Accompanied by a burst of hurried footsteps, the head of the tax bureau hurried over.

Ye Funi put down the book, took off her glasses, leaned back gracefully on the sofa, and asked calmly, "What happened?"

Charlotte, the head of the tax bureau, said anxiously, "Sir, this year's tax deadline is almost here, but only half of the national tax revenue has been collected, and the remaining tax revenue cannot be collected at all!"

"What's going on? Why can't we collect taxes?" Ye Funi's expression suddenly became serious.

Charlotte said, "Sir, although the taxes were high before, they were collected in multiple installments. The farmers did not pay all at once, but had to pay in installments. It was not a big deal if some of them were in arrears, but this time they were required to pay all at once. Those people did not have so much money, and many of them ran away."

Of course, there is another reason that Charlotte did not mention, which is that the tax collectors below can manipulate the tax collection. You should know that in the past, the tax collectors would share the tax revenue, which is also an unspoken rule.

After Richard founded the country, how could he possibly give a share to the tax officials? That was all my money! Without the benefits, these tax officials would naturally not care.

"News came from below that people from all over the country were fleeing, and many of them took the opportunity to become bandits."

"Didn't the garrisons in various places get deployed?" Ye Funi asked.

"We sent out, but most of these people are hiding in the mountains, and the army can't find them at all." Charlotte said.

"Many people fled to the mountains when the army arrived, and returned again when the army left. Some even became bandits. There were also many people in various places who were dissatisfied with the empire and fanned the flames. Many places even used the name of uprising."

"These damned untouchables!" Ye Funi's face suddenly turned gloomy.

Things have gotten out of control at this point, and a large number of witches must be dispatched, which requires Richard's authorization. Of course, this is not an excuse for Ye Funi to go to Richard to learn. At most, it is just two hours of study.

Ye Funi immediately went to find Richard in a hurry.

"What did you say? Tax evasion is happening all over the country, and some people are even rebelling?" Richard was very angry after seeing the document.

His tax rate was calculated based on the previous tax rates of the Kingdom of Aedirn. What kind of life did the people in the Kingdom of Aedirn live? They couldn't even get enough black bread. Now that he has fed them, they will rebel, right?

It turns out that they are well fed and now have the energy to rebel.

He seems easy to bully, he is a kind person, right?
"Starting today, the tax rate will be increased to 100%!" Richard said directly.

Ye Funi: ???

"Sir, did you say something wrong?" Ye Funi asked cautiously.

"That's right, 100%!" Richard said directly, "Send out a large army, send out all the troops, wipe out those who are rebelling, arrest all those who are evading taxes, set up concentration camps, and have the troops from all over the country supervise the farming, and all the output must be handed over!"

"Yes, sir!" Ye Funi said quickly.

Under Richard's order, the army stationed in Eisenland set out immediately to wipe out all the rebels in various places and send them to the incinerator. At the same time, those who evaded taxes were also arrested.

This time with the witch leading the team, those people had no way of escaping.

After Richard ordered the army to be dispersed to all parts of the country to quell the rebellion, the news was quickly passed back by spies from various countries.

The northern countries and the Kingdom of Nilfgaard became excited immediately after receiving the news.

"As expected, these witches have no idea how to govern a country. In just half a year, rebellions broke out everywhere, and they even dared to disperse their entire army across the country."

"It looks like they're going to be exhausted now!"

"Hurry up and pass the message to the other countries. Immediately launch the plan as agreed. This time, all the witches must be killed!"

"All these witches should be dispersed. We should concentrate our superior forces and use these weapons specially designed to deal with witches to kill all the witches in one fell swoop!"

The northern countries and the southern Kingdom of Nilfgaard had already agreed that now that the Offa Empire was in chaos and the army was exhausted, they immediately sent out a large army to launch an attack from all over the north and south.

These countries gathered most of their forces, adding up to more than 200,000 troops. These armies entered the Offa Empire on the same day. At this time, the Offa Empire's troops were scattered all over the place and had no defense against the invasion of the army.

The towns on the border surrendered without any resistance. The armies of various countries were advancing towards the capital of the Offa Empire, Eisenland.

The news that the continental countries united to besiege the Offa Empire was soon known to the witches. After learning that the entire continent was coming to attack, many witches were also frightened, but more witches who had seen Richard's power did not take these countries seriously at all.

Not to mention the 200,000 troops these countries have united. Even if the number is doubled, how can they deal with Your Majesty's Fiery Phoenix?

At that time, as long as the Fiery Phoenix spreads its wings and dives a few times, the 200,000-strong army will collapse.

Although all countries knew how powerful the Flame Phoenix was, they did not know the specific situation. The Zoroastrian wizards, saints, and wizard associations all swore that a powerful summon like the Flame Phoenix must have gathered the power of a large number of witches and paid a huge price to successfully summon it.

And it is very likely that it cannot last too long, otherwise the flaming phoenix would not have appeared only once and never again.

Obviously, the cost of summoning them once must be too high.

Now they have successfully dispersed these witches. As long as they seize the opportunity, they can divide and destroy these witches. Without the witches, this so-called Arctic Empire will be meat on the chopping board.

Now is the time to seize the opportunity to occupy all the major cities in the Offa Empire. Without these cities, towns all over the country are rebelling and they won't even be able to find food and supplies.

Without food, how can they maintain their army? By then, these armies that obey the witches will inevitably fall apart. Without the army, won't these witches be at their mercy?

Thinking of this, the northern countries and the King of Nilfgaard were all very proud.

Two hundred thousand witches are divided and surrounded. The advantage is mine! How can we lose?
A large number of troops were charging forward, and many witches tried to stop them. However, in order to quell the rebellion, these witches had led armies of less than a thousand people, so how could they be a match for these tens of thousands of elite troops?

Originally, some witches wanted to use the power of magic to defeat these armies, but those armies used the prepared magic-breaking crossbows to attack, and some witches were directly injured due to being caught off guard. If they had not been flying very high, the witches would have suffered heavy losses this time.

The witch was injured and naturally unable to resist the attack of the army, and many troops suffered heavy losses.

Richard was slightly stunned when he learned that the continental countries had come together to attack. What was going on? Were these people so eager to die?
"Order all witches not to stop those armies. Let them gather together first, and then block the retreat of the coalition forces to prevent them from escaping!"

Originally, Richard was planning to train more officials before unifying the continent, but since these people came to him, Richard naturally would not miss this opportunity.

As for how to manage the countries in the future, he planned to directly refer to the collective model. After the rebellion of the Offa Empire, he was too lazy to train those officials and directly used a simpler and more brutal method to deal with it.

Civilians from different countries were directly detained in concentration camps according to their regions, and then forced to work in the concentration camps. Those who disobeyed orders were burned in incinerators.

All the proceeds were collected by the state, and then he distributed the food uniformly.

In this way, there is no need to send people to collect taxes, all the income can be taken directly. At that time, it will only take the local army to supervise the labor.

We will fully implement militarized management. Yes, there are not enough management personnel, so we can select a few honest and obedient ones from these people to assist us.

Each concentration camp has a set of rules for what work to do and how much work to do. All that needs to be done is agreed upon in advance. If you do a good job, you will be rewarded. If you don't do a good job, you will be burned in the incinerator. They are asked to do whatever is needed. Mining also uses this model.

All problems solved perfectly.

As long as we are strong enough, these orders can be fully executed.

However, the next thing he needed to deal with was the armies of these countries. He didn't have to wait long. After just a few days, the armies of these countries quickly advanced here.

Seeing the densely packed army, Richard directly summoned the Flame Phoenix, and then directly ordered the Flame Phoenix to attack. The huge phoenix with a wingspan of dozens of meters descended from the sky with endless flames, and countless flames fell from the sky like a meteor shower.

The flaming phoenix flew rapidly, and it seemed as if fire was raining in the sky. A large number of troops were directly burned into charcoal, and the so-called bed crossbows could not even touch the tail of the flaming phoenix.

(End of this chapter)