I, The Dragon Overlord Chapter 202 - Irresistible Temptation

“Lord Louie, sometimes you seem more like a wise philosopher than a dragon.”

The elf queen listened to Louie’s words and smiled coquettishly. Her pleasant bell-like voice spread in the air. Even the farmers who were not too far away were attracted to her divine voice and unconsciously looked over.

“Philosopher?”

Louie guffawed and shook his head without saying anything else.

Because it was a world where the Gods exist, the backward civilization hindered everyone from thinking about economics, or about how material wealth was created. Perhaps for the many people of this world, those gold and gems were the so-called wealth, but they did not know that these were only equivalents and not real wealth and money.

Moreover, they still remained the same now that the Gods had disappeared.

“It’s just that… Since you are collecting only a small amount of food as tax, this will be unfavorable to your rule. Are you planning to use the food found in another realm to support the city?”

As the queen of a country, the elf queen understood the importance of the state’s revenue and food reserves. As a result, she pointed out the flaws in Louie’s approach.

This was the reason why the lords and knights of other countries collect so much food as tax from the farmers. Other than acting as currency, there wasn’t a large production of crops in the world. If a farmer’s harvest were not collected in a large area, the foundation of one’s rule would be shaken.

The world of San Soliel was not a modern civilization. It had no machinery for large-scale sowing or planting. Even those poor countries in modern civilization did not have enough to eat, let alone this backward world that was in the Medieval Age.

“This is certainly not possible. Self-sufficiency is the key to sustaining a regime. I will one day become a God, or I might die on the way there. This city may also be handed over to my descendants.”

“As a God, how can I just help mortals solve the problems of food every time. What mortals need is to rely on their own efforts.”

The food that Louie had gath

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