Chapter 542 - 171. Green tea must be tasted
Aran, the capital of Cast Province, Duguli.
The trade representatives appointed by Liszt, who once extorted at Heaven Port along with the deceased archer Fisher and Nishi, have already arrived in Duguli.
As a city whose economic standing is in the top 5 and being the world’s art capital, financial activities are frequent and external speculative capitals require station points.
Although the "Lord’s Bill" has rendered all old nobles of Aran intellectually disabled, sovereignty remains while jurisdiction is transferred, the radiation power of the Royal Court is immense, but old nobles can still rely on land to establish privatized systems, earning money like printing cash.
Aran imposes terrifyingly escalated exit taxes on a ladder-system basis, and these lords need to strip the flesh from their bones before they can run away and return it to the Royal Court.
As long as local finances pay the taxes required by the constitution, the Royal Court won’t trouble you, but if any small actions are discovered, the Witch Hunting Secret Department, often called the mini Tax Army, specifically targets anti-imperialists; it’s not as simple as killing your whole family under joint liability.
Compared to the Tax Army, Stasi seems like new recruits, the game between anti-imperialists and the Royal Court is like a layer upon layer of espionage.
Under the guidance of Duguli’s lord, the city government has also set up many office locations for foreign companies, mainly for merchants west of the Narrow Sea, and the CBD is lined with office buildings.
With the cost higher than the glass curtain wall buildings, the dozens of floors are traditional brick-and-stone frames with vintage flying buttress columns.
Many foreign companies rent a floor for office use.
The route from Heaven Port to Kersuna Island to the Red Tree Bay Shore, by way of the Great Wetland into Duguli, has been completely opened up.