Star Tycoon

Chapter 178 Population Increase
"He's finally here! My dad!!"

Golden dumplings slowly descended from the night sky, like happy gold ingots.

"Offer 88,000!! If you can offer 88,000, I'll kowtow to you! My dad!"

Tian Ersan shouted excitedly and ran quickly to welcome the God of Wealth.

After catching the first dumpling that fell from the sky, Tian Ersan took a bite of the large dumpling, which looked like a gold ingot.

[You enjoyed the New Year's dumplings! Wishing you prosperity and good fortune!]

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Tian Ersan froze for 0.01 seconds, then shouted excitedly, "Fuck you! Hahahaha!"

Tian Ersan, who was about to go crazy, forgot about his surprise and quickly reached out to take the second dumpling.

[You enjoyed the New Year's dumplings! Wishing you prosperity and good fortune!]

Seeing the 666 copper coins that had just been deposited into his account, Tian Ersan excitedly accepted the third, fourth, and fifth coins!

……

[You enjoyed the New Year's dumplings! Wishing you prosperity and good fortune!]

188、288、666、888、1888、3888……8888，188888！

Tian Ersan ate the most dumplings with the numbers 666 and 288. When he received the eighteenth dumpling, the sky stopped falling dumplings, and it was 12:10 a.m.

Looking at the last dumpling in his hand, Tian Ersan carefully put it into his mouth.

is it you?
88 thousand 8888!

[You enjoyed the New Year's dumplings! Wishing you prosperity and good fortune!]

"Ahahahaha!"

"Ah ha ha ha ha ha!"

Tian Ersan looked at the new and old coins on his person and laughed heartily.

"507541!"

"I'll never have to worry about money again!!"

Tian Ersan waved his hand!
"Build five hundred farmhouses!"
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500000!

A golden beam of light shot straight up from Tian Ersan's body into the sky, transforming into countless streams that branched off and fell onto the open space near the original farmhouse, but maintaining a distance of over a thousand meters from it.

Before long, more than 3,000 people walked over from the dense farms, each with their families and smiles on their faces.

“My Lord!!”

Tian Ersan no longer has time to name everyone.

"Get to work! Build one... the new tax collector needs to work for two months, and build ten houses!"

One hundred houses would cost three hundred thousand, and Tian Ersan didn't have that much money left.

With the tax reduction, the newcomer's public support is reduced by 10!

The newly arrived 500 people quickly and miserably paid taxes for two months, at which point they could barely be considered law-abiding citizens.

Wang Bomin walked over and said, "My lord, each level-one building can only be constructed by one hundred people."

Tian Ersan laughed and said, "Then one hundred people will go to repair it, and the five hundred new people will go to repair the houses. We'll give priority to the city people to do the work, and the rest will gather resources!"

"Those with nothing to do, line up and come to me for your wheat!"

The crowd replied happily, "Yes! Thank you, my lord!"

Tian Ersan happily worked to provide extra meals for the villagers, and the houses were completed in no time.

This time, perhaps due to the Lunar New Year, ten houses provided fifty working people, as well as forty-two reserve workers.

Total tax revenue reached 2380!

That's 70,000 in taxes a month!
800,000 in taxes a year?
Wow~
Tian Ersan quickly realized that the 500,000 yuan he had just received was nothing, and there was no need to be so happy.

It wasn't pride, but a genuine calm that made me realize how ordinary joy was.

It's like spending money in a game to get past a level you couldn't pass before; once you've passed it, you're not as happy anymore.

Tian Ersan quickly walked out of the farmland.

"Okay, everyone go back and rest. It's alright."

Looking at such a large group of people, Tian Ersan realized that even after a whole day of work, he couldn't possibly store enough food for all three thousand people.

If it can't be done, then don't do it.

"Get to work! Build ten farmlands!"

"Build two warehouses! Two granaries!"

You don't have enough money.

You don't have enough money.

Tian Ersan looked at his balance: 896 copper coins

Silence. A profound, silent silence.

Tian Ersan suddenly remembered that it seemed none of his new or old employees paid taxes anymore...

“It’s only mid-February now. The original residents will have to wait until early April to pay their taxes, and the newcomers will also have to pay their taxes in mid-April.”

"Damn... I should have collected more earlier..."

Tian Ersan suddenly felt that he was not human. He had clearly agreed to act like a human being, so why did he have to collect taxes in advance?

Tax it if you want. We've already made a windfall of 500,000 today, why can't you let us off the hook with our savings?

But there are still more than forty days left. What if Yi Xiannong can't be paid his wages?

After much deliberation, Tian Ersan had no choice but to make a tough decision.

"Everyone! Taxes will be levied for two months!"

Copper coins +142800!

Public opinion -20!

The public opinion in the vicinity dropped to the sixties, and people's attitudes changed instantly!
"I don't want to swear!" A country girl frowned, her face full of anger. "How can you be so rude? If you keep doing this, I won't be polite!!"

More than three thousand people nearby stared at their lord, who had levied taxes twice, with displeased expressions.

Tian Ersan quickly smiled ingratiatingly and said, "I won't dare to do it again! This is the last time! The last time!"

The villagers quickly began to curse and criticize their inhuman lord.

Their words were so offensive that Tian Ersan quickly retreated back to the city and separated from them.

We still need to spend the 140,000 copper coins; we can't stop spending money just because it's hard to earn money or we're short on funds.

"Build fifty farmlands!" - 5000!

"Build five earthen fields!" - 1750!

"Build ten forest farms!" -5000!

"Build ten stone quarries!" -10000!

"Build ten iron ore fields!" -20000!

The copper coins quickly dwindled to just over 100,000.

Tian Ersan then arranged for city dwellers to build five warehouses and five granaries to prevent the resources from overflowing.

That leaves only 85,000.

Taxes have been collected up to June, and we need to set aside more than 10,000 yuan for Yi Xiannong's wages.

If we keep another 10,000 for emergencies, we'll have 65,000 to spend.

"No! It's still 85,000!"

Tian Ersan chose to continue increasing the population.

"Build 28 houses!"
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84000!

Tian Ersan once again obtained 28 families, 140 taxpayers, 924 taxes, 70 laborers, 50 soldiers, and a total population of 535.

Looking at the thousand-plus yuan on his person and the new taxpayer, Tian Ersan felt extremely tired.

I'm so tired...

"I've already spent too much money today, I need to calm down."

Tian Ersan's mind was in turmoil; he felt like he had spent nearly 880,000 yuan.

It was almost dawn outside, and Tian Ersan left this world that was also about to brighten.

There's not much to do until at least June; we'll have to rely on these new taxes.

Or wait until March and levy taxes for three months?

Tian Ersan left the space and pondered the benefits of levying taxes for three months.

If taxes are levied for two months, there will be money in hand for development, and the setting of restoring public morale will not be wasted. At the same time, everyone's tax interval will be unified.

At that moment, Tian Ersan's phone rang.

Tian Ersan went over and took a look.

These days, only whitelisted users can get through to the number. This time, the caller ID showed Bai Xiumei.

Tian Ersan had somewhat anticipated this, but he still answered the phone.

Bai Xiumei: "Is this General Manager Tian?"

Tian Ersan: "Hmm, is it about the old man?"

Bai Xiumei: "The old lady was in a bad mood just now and scolded you for a long time, so she won't visit you for the New Year this year."

"Okay." Tian Ersan humbly accepted the criticism.

(End of this chapter)