To be honest, Byron is feeling quite numb right now.
Just when he was proud of Rhine Metal Company for tricking the Royalist Party out of military funds, the Royalist Party shifted the war expenses onto his shoulders?
The colonial tax you speak of is essentially my money, isn't it?!
Not only are they collecting tax, they are doing it all at once and collecting three years in advance!
A picture immediately pops into Byron's head: "The tax in Goose City is collected up to ninety years later, to Western Calendar 2010, the people have become paupers, with nothing left to squeeze."
This isn't some "honor" nonsense which doesn't matter to the pirate nation, this is all about heavy money.
"Boss, is there a possibility that although one or two years down the line things may be uncertain, three years from now the likelihood of this place belonging to you is quite slim.
