first wizarding world war.

Chapter 323 Tax Investigation Case (Another words updated today, I’ve worked so hard, please give me a monthly vote)

The Military Law Enforcement Department of the General Office of the Central Government will not stop investigating a matter simply because the knights they sent out were completely wiped out. Instead, they will only send out a second knight group, and while launching the second investigation, they will also investigate the details of the previous group's annihilation.

Reminded by the Count of Brittany, Charlotte was ready.

Ten days later, he faced the second investigation!
The law enforcement officer who led the Knights this time was indeed "impartial". After an investigation, he did not find that Charlotte had "sheltered" the wounded soldiers of the Black Phoenix Army. He wrote a report truthfully and submitted it to his superiors.

After the knights from the law enforcement department left, Charlotte thought it was over and breathed a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, a third group of knights from the Law Enforcement Department would soon be formed.

This time, he actually came to investigate the taxation issue in the South Seraf region.

This is a troublesome matter.

Especially the person leading the team, his name was Aarons Cook!

This 26th-grade, 4th-level general affairs director of the Logistics Department of the General Office of the Central Government, no more, no less, just one level lower than Charlotte, was temporarily transferred to the Law Enforcement Department for a good reason - because he was proficient in taxation.

Aarons Cook did not approach Charlotte directly. He traveled around the South Seraf region and soon obtained a large amount of first-hand evidence. This evidence showed that Charlotte had never levied taxes!

And the investigation report was handed directly to the Count of Brittany.

Charlotte didn't expect that this matter was not over yet! ?

Yannick Ore's methods are really too crude.

This is the method used by a proper noble. It won’t force people to riot, but it will make them suffer to the greatest extent possible.

Charlotte had to go to the Count of Brittany and explain the tax to Aarons Cook.

Charlotte met this "rival" in her own dark luxury.

God bless him, he had done nothing for Miss Sophia Galanold, and he had almost forgotten about the Rose of Strasbourg.

Well, he must certainly forget all about the rest of the ladies in the presence of the Count of Brittany.

This is basic courtesy.

Aarons Cook is a very handsome and well-mannered man. Charlotte never expected that this guy has a dark heart, but he looks like a decent human being.

Aarons Cook took out a notebook and said calmly, "Mr. Charlotte Mecklen, there is solid evidence that you did not collect taxes in the South Seraf region, but I still want to hear your opinion."

He bowed slightly to the Count of Brittany and said, "This is also what the Count meant."

Charlotte thought to herself, "Bullshit! Why would the Count of Brittany care about such a trivial matter?"

He suppressed his anger and said, "South Seraf is not my fiefdom. I have neither the obligation nor the power to collect taxes."

Aarons Cook smiled and said, "But you are the general affairs officer of Arcadia Port, Sedona City, Solvang City, Carmel Town, and Interlaken City in the South Seraf Region! In the absence of the nobles of the fiefdom, you have the obligation to collect taxes for the nobles, and also for the empire."

"It is true that the rest of the regions are not your responsibility or duty, but what about the taxes on these five cities?"

"And from the records, it seems that you were not in the South Seraf region for some time. Please explain this matter as well."

The Count of Brittany only had a smile on his face, and he had no intention of interrupting. Charlotte didn't know what the old Count was thinking, so she could only explain patiently: "The war in the South Seraf region has continued, and the population has dropped sharply, so it is impossible to collect taxes. I can't even find residents to collect taxes from in many cities. There are empty houses everywhere. No one knows where they ran away, or whether they all died in the war."

Charlotte was a math teacher after all, and she was in charge of the business of migrating residents of the South Seraf region to other cities. She immediately cited the populations of five cities and said, "Sedona currently has less than a thousand people, and Interlaken has only three residents. How do you want me to collect taxes?"

Aarons Cook said mercilessly: "These cities have experienced war, but Arcadia Port has not been affected by the war. This port city has at least 60,000 residents, but they still haven't paid a penny of tax."

Charlotte thought to herself, "I'm familiar with accounting!"

He made up a bunch of data and said, "Yes, Arcadia Port was not affected by the war and its economy remained good, but we fought at least three major battles in South Serafia. The one with Duke Joseph drew at least tens of thousands of ecu worth of supplies from Arcadia Port."

"The first Brittany Offensive also drew a huge amount of supplies from the Port of Arcadia!"

"In these two campaigns alone, the two sides launched more than 300 battles in total. The number of casualties among Fars soldiers exceeded 60,000, causing a 45% loss in the civilian population of the South Seraf region. The property losses were innumerable and could not be effectively counted. The amount of materials withdrawn from Arcadia Port was innumerable. These were originally temporary taxes. According to the relevant laws of the country, Arcadia Port must be exempted from taxes for at least 15 years during the battle."

"As for the Second Breton Offensive..."

The First Breton Offensive, named after Claire Breton!

This battle, named after the Count of Brittany, is also known as the Second Breton Offensive.

Charlotte said with a sad face: "Not to mention the loss of ordinary soldiers and civilians, we even lost a Saint."

Well, only one Saint fell.

It's that Kronlov Boll!

This guy was of a very high rank. His death even shocked the royal family and countless nobles. Otherwise, the Count of Brittany would not have rushed to South Seraf.

Veins popped up on Allens Cook's handsome face. He hadn't expected Charlotte to be so difficult to deal with. She could recite all kinds of statistics and give examples skillfully and without reservation.

Charlotte Mecklen was a clerk in the Central Government Office. She was familiar with all the rules and regulations and handled them quite skillfully.

The two sides argued fiercely in front of the Count of Brittany for a whole day, but still achieved no result.

Even though Charlotte was at the peak of the mid-level extraordinary level, she still felt miserable. This kind of argument was too exhausting.

Aarons Cook suddenly slapped his hands on the small table in the carriage and shouted, "Do you believe that I will go to Behemoth to investigate your tax issues?"

Charlotte took a deep breath, and the thought of killing this guy came to her mind. He had not been in charge of the South Seraf region for long, and nominally he was only the general affairs officer of five cities, but Behemoth was his hometown. He had done too many things in Silver Pigeon Castle and Mostar Castle. Although Charlotte had prepared a backup plan, it was obviously unable to withstand this kind of investigation.

The Count of Brittany had been silent all this time, but now he smiled and said, "Why don't I make a suggestion?"

Allens Cook said hurriedly: "Everything is up to the Count of Brittany!"

The Count of Brittany smiled and said, "It's just a suggestion, not an order."

"Charlotte! You pay three thousand crowns as a fine, and the matter is settled."

Charlotte nodded without hesitation. Although this matter was a bit disgusting, he would never contradict the Count of Brittany. As for the three thousand crowns? Charlotte must make sure that Allens Cook would get the money alive, but not die.

Aarons Cook smiled coldly and said, "Grand Duke Mesu's intention is to demote Charlotte Mecklen from the position of the fifth-level general secretary of the twenty-fifth grade to the third-level general secretary of the twenty-seventh grade, and let him pay the tax within a time limit!"

"And I have to return to Strasbourg to report on my duties. I can't lead the Knights of Favonius for the time being."

The Count of Brittany said calmly: "Then listen to what Archduchess Metsu says!"

Although he was insulted, the Count of Brittany was not angry at all. It was just that the way he looked at Aarons Cook was a bit like he was looking at someone dead.

The Count of Brittany had already written a private letter to the Archduchess of Messu and reached a tacit understanding, so he proposed to solve the problem with 3,000 Écu.

After all, Duchess Mesu wanted to strike a blow against Menilman in this matter. The situation of the Sumei family is not good now, and it is the right time to add insult to injury.

As for the Count of Brittany, he is the target of Duchess Mesu's wooing. This Count is not only the best fighter in the Fars Empire, but also a powerful Count. His private knights are full of extraordinary people, and even His Majesty the Emperor is unwilling to offend them easily.

But the opinions put forward by Aarons Cook were obviously inconsistent with those of Duchess Methu, and were 100% arbitrary.

Aarons Cook was not afraid either. He thought that he had the support of the Duchess of Metsu, so he was not very afraid of the Count of Brittany, let alone a mere Charlotte.

Charlotte smiled and followed the advice of the Count of Brittany, saying, "I respect the Count's opinion!" Aarons Cook felt that he had won a great victory, smiled and said, "That's it!"

"I suggested that the investigation of Behemoth be put on hold for the time being. After all, we are still at war and cannot always disrupt the front line."

There was a hint of threat in his words, that Behemoth's investigation was only temporarily put on hold, not abandoned.

Charlotte thought the matter was over.

Aarons Cook said, "Even if the tax investigation is closed, Mr. Mecklen, do you have an explanation for your long absence from South Seraf?"

Charlotte said in a deep voice: "If I wasn't in South Seraf, wouldn't Chloe, the leader of the Black Phoenix Army, call me?"

"Please use your brain!"

Aarons Cook was choked and said angrily: "Don't force me to restart the tax investigation. Please tell me your whereabouts honestly."

Charlotte replied disdainfully: "I'm in South Seraf!"

"Please don't raise suspicions without evidence."

Charlotte was very confident in his control over Yugoslavia and he didn't believe the other party could have any evidence.

Aarons Cook stared at Charlotte fiercely for a long time before saying, "I will continue to investigate this matter. There is one more thing I want to know. How did my good friend Yannick Ore die?"

Charlotte laughed in anger and said, "You ask me about this?"

"Why don't you ask the intelligence officer on the front line? He was ambushed by the Black Phoenix Army and annihilated by the Knights of Sueton. How do you need me to explain this?"

"I'm on the fucking front line, not a babysitter!"

Aarons Cook pounded the table with both hands and shouted, "I absolutely don't believe that Yannick Ore will die in battle! He is a high-level extraordinary! Do you know what a high-level extraordinary is?"

"You're a merchant's bastard!"

Charlotte stood up and was about to teach this guy a severe lesson. What is a bastard from a merchant family?

Charlotte must let him know what it means to be able to take action, so stop talking!

Let’s beat this guy up first.

If it comes to physical combat, Charlotte is not afraid of ordinary transcendents, but she is not a saint, right?
Aarons Cook was not to be outdone and shouted, "Do you really think that just because you were lucky enough to fight a few battles, you are a powerful person?"

"I want you to know that a merchant's son of a bitch has no right to sit with the nobles."

The Count of Brittany shouted, "That's enough! Go out and fight."

The two of them immediately rushed out of the dark luxury without bothering to issue a letter of challenge first.

Aarons Cook was going to meet the Count of Brittany, so he did not bring any weapons. Charlotte did not feel comfortable taking out the blood rose and the red and blue rattlesnake, so she also used her fists to fight with him.

It's no wonder that Aarons Cook is quite capable. If he didn't think he had extraordinary abilities, how could he have the courage to pursue the Strasbourg Rose?
Sofia Galanold could always be known for having too high a standard.

Relying on her agility and swift punches and kicks, Charlotte found a few flaws and slapped Aarons Cook a few times, but this guy was so strong in fighting spirit that he was not hurt at all. Even the Dark Erosion could not invade him. However, his face turned red and he was furious. He felt that this was a great shame and humiliation.

Charlotte knew that he was not good at fighting. His sword skills were mainly honed by Zeus, and his spear skills were mainly taught by Julian. No one taught him boxing skills, and he had no experience in actual combat, and he didn't even have any formal inheritance. But Aarons Cook had worked hard on unarmed martial arts before, so it would be very difficult to achieve any decent results if he continued fighting like this.

The two men fought fiercely for a while, and Charlotte retreated half a step. She was about to provoke the other party so that she could use weapons, but the Count of Brittany said, "That's enough!"

Charlotte stopped immediately!

Aarons Cook wanted to duel again, but after looking at the Count of Brittany, he could only give up and turned away. After returning to the camp of the Knights of the Law Enforcement Department, he immediately wrote a document and sent someone to send it back to Strasbourg.

Charlotte originally thought that his punishment would come soon, but he didn't expect to have to wait for half a month. Several battles were fought on the front line, but none of them had anything to do with him.

He did not wait for his punishment, and there was no movement from Strasbourg, even the originally mentioned fine of 3,000 ecus was not mentioned. Instead, he waited for the promotion document from Strasbourg. This time, he was finally promoted to the 24th grade first-level political participant.

Well, apart from the promotion of position, there is no change in the government status.

Charlotte knew very well that this was the work of the Count of Brittany.

It's just that the methods used by these great nobles are like moistening things silently, and there will be no open fighting at all.

Along with the promotion in her position, Charlotte also learned another piece of news. Because the battles in Felanden and South Seraf had been at a stalemate and no progress had been made, Fars planned to open up a third battlefield. This time the battlefield would not be on land, but on the sea.

The main force in this battle is Duchess Mesu's Northern Fleet.

And this time, Fars got the full support of Ingrima. The Ingrima Empire dispatched ten magic alchemy warships, a total of 300 warships, ready to fight a decisive battle with Byron on the sea.

This time, in terms of strength, the coalition forces of Fars and Ingrimmar have an absolute advantage. This is mainly because as an island country, Ingrimmar's navy has always been the focus of military development and has invested countless resources. In terms of naval strength alone, Ingrimmar's Royal Navy is the best in the New and Old Worlds.

And it is absolutely undisputed number one.

The second was briefly the Zimmerman pirate coalition, and now is the navy of the Fars Empire.

Because there are not many ports near the sea, the navy of Bairon has always been weak. Although it has received naval support from the Black Phoenix Dynasty, it is still far inferior to the Royal Navy Combined Fleet of Fars and Ingrima.

This time, Emperor Julius Axel VI of Fars was determined to win this naval battle and personally named it the Victory Offensive!
Because the commanders of the two most powerful fleets of the Imperial Navy are both women!
When Charlotte got this information, she became a little worried about Senior Menilman, but he really couldn't leave now. In the second Breton offensive, the intensity of the fighting between the two sides was far greater than the first time. It was difficult to find a city with inhabitants in the entire South Seraf region.

To use an old Chinese saying, it is: "Bones are exposed in the wild, and no rooster crows for a thousand miles."

The battle was so brutal that every time Charlotte thought about it, she wanted to convert to Buddhism!
Of course, there is no such religion in this world, only faith in the nine orthodox gods.

If South Seraf is a flesh mill, then in the entire South Seraf region, there is no living flesh and blood left to be devoured by this huge mill.

The next day, Count Brittany called Charlotte over and said solemnly, "Our battle with the Black Phoenix Dynasty has reached a point where neither side can continue."

"Unless Constantine and I have a duel, this battle will never change."

"But we will definitely not take action, otherwise the direction of the war will be unpredictable."

"So the Empire plans to draw some troops to join the navy, and use the advantages of our combined navy with Ingrima to completely destroy Byron's navy."

"This will turn the entire battle situation around!"

Charlotte asked, "Are you going to ask me to go to the Navy again?"

Brittany laughed and said, "How is that possible? You belonged to the local troops, and after you were transferred to the Knights, you were still in the army. There was no way you could be transferred to the navy."

"What's more, you don't have any knowledge of navigation, and you can't command a warship. If you go to the navy, you can only send warships."

"I mean, I'm leaving."

"Constantine will leave, too."

"The new commander of the South Seraf theater is..."

The Count of Brittany deliberately kept the secret.

(End of this chapter)