What? Settle for being an administrator and collecting taxes isn't enough?
Of course it can be done, but in a desolate place like Shalin, where the land is not even good for farming, how much tax can be collected?
If you solely rely on taxes to support yourself, you might end up living your whole life in a fortress full of sewage, unable to host a banquet for years, and not able to eat white bread and roast meat every day.
As an administrator, as a Small Noble, who would want that?
If you don't want that, naturally you would want to make a quick buck.
And now, perhaps karma has come calling. Many of their quick money-making methods have been investigated by the new Lord in recent days.
So, will they confess and be lenient, or resist and face severe punishment?
Resisting and facing severe punishment is obviously not a viable option, Mayer's situation is proof of that.
However, confessing and being lenient may not necessarily be the path of righteousness.
