Noise tax

Pill Tower had paid people to shout propaganda in Grand Xia. So LC comes up with a counter plan to bankrupt the PT: introducing a noise tax. "Let's do this: starting tomorrow, announce that there's a curfew at night. If they still want to shout, they'll have to pay a noise tax. The tax will be in accordance with a person's cultivation base. There's no need to take that much; just half is enough," said Long Chen.
"Even if it was higher, they'd continue shouting. Furthermore, the Pill Tower's people have plenty of money. Not making a killing off them would be a waste. Tell the guards to join, and tell them it's time for their families to get rich. We can't let the wealth go to others. Furthermore, it'll make it easier to control.
"Once more people join in, start raising the price. If they refuse to pay, have your people stop shouting, and since they're not allowed to shout, the others also won't be allowed to shout. If they don't accept the prices, the guards will beat up whoever shouts.
"As for the price, don't raise it too fast. Just raise it once every few hours, and only raise it by ten percent. Remember, don't be too evil!" said Long Chen.
== Effects ==
During the next little bit, the people funding the shouting encountered a great misfortune. The Grand Xia was collecting taxes, and whether people wanted to or not, they had to pay. Those shouters naturally refused for this tax to come out of their own pockets, so the price naturally rose.
Furthermore, not only was the price increasing, but even more and more people were joining in on the shouting. The amount of money required to pay them rose slowly, so the backers reduced the number of paid shouters to cut down their expenses.
As a result, all of those shouters protested, saying that they wouldn't shout if they didn't bring out enough money for everyone. They were extraordinarily united.
If those people didn't shout, they would have failed the mission that the Pill Tower gave them. As a result, those sects that had been ordered to carry out this mission gathered up their resources to pay them. A single sect would be unable to bear such a price.
But they were infuriated to find that more and more people were joining in on the shouting, and they couldn't refuse them. If they refused, the rest would all stop shouting in protest. And there were too many of them, and they refused to allow others to shout if they weren't.
There was no way the payers dared to use force against them within the Grand Xia. Either they brought out more and more money, or there would be no shouting. Eventually, there came a day when several million people were there to receive their pay, and every few hours, they would inflate the price. They didn't even shout that much. Most of the time, they were only coming to them for their pay, making the employers infuriated.
But this was the mission the Pill Tower gave them. If they failed at it, they would not only have failed at currying favor, but they would even be kicked away.
So those sects could only clench their teeth and bear the pain. They continued paying a huge amount of money each day. Inside, they prayed for Long Chen to hurry up and leave, or they'd end up bankrupt.
==References==
Category:Pill Tower
Category:Grand Xia Ancient Nation