Civitatis Ar, Plus!

Taxes and Collectors

“Thank you, Master,” I said, and drank some swallows of the beverage. It was a Ta wine, from the Ta grapes of the terraces of Cos. Such a small thing, in its way, bespoke the intimacy of the trade relations between Vonda and Cos. In the last year heavy import duties had been levied by the high council of Vonda against the wines of certain other cities, in particular against the Ka-la-nas of Ar. FIGHTING SLAVE OF GOR-, (14) Page 306

Some peasants were to one side. Every now and then, presumably at some joke, or recounted anecdote, perhaps one about some tax collector thrown in a well, they would laugh uproariously. MAGICIANS OF GOR-, (25) Page 35

"Who are you?" asked the officer, looking up.
"Auxiliaries, Captain," said I, "in the vicinity."
"See what carnage has been wrought here," said the officer, angrily.
"Looters?" I asked.
"Explain now," said the captain to the merchant, "what occurred. Control yourself. Be calm."
"I am sick!" wept the merchant.
"I am not of the physicians," said the officer. "I must have an account of this. There must be a report made."
"It was at the ninth Ahn," said the merchant, sitting on a stool.
"Yes?" said the officer.
"These fellows entered the shop," he said. "They claimed to be tax collectors."
"These fellows presented their credentials?" asked the captain.
"They are not tax collectors" said one of the guardsmen. "They are fellows come in from the camp, on passes. They are well known on the avenue. They pose as tax collectors, and then, in that guise, take what they wish."
"What did they want?" asked the captain of the merchant.
"Money," he said.
"You gave it to them?" asked the officer.
"I gave them what I had," he said, "but it was little enough. The collectors had come only five days earlier. They leave us destitute!" MAGICIANS OF GOR-, (25) Pages 175-176

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