Complex sentence: The Snake was once governor of some of the richest provinces in the homeland where he made an extremely fruitful living from under declaring the taxes he collected but, when the king found out, he had him posted here to the'new colonies'.
Split into simpler sentences: The Snake was once governor of some of the richest provinces in the homeland, where he made an extremely fruitful living by under-declaring the taxes he collected. When the king found out, he had the Snake posted to the'new colonies'.