Draiss nodded, having expected that the arranged would be the reason for their meeting, and brought out a copy of the agreement. "Less a tax, and more that I exchanged a price hike to encourage merchants to visit the smaller villages that have been suffering due to my teleport circle. Right now, I don't have enough data to show whether this hurts or helps me, but I plan to possibly adjust the price further, depending on what the long term results of this action are. Other than the merchants calling for my head, I mean.<br/><br/>And since you are getting about 30%, that is a three silver a head and six silver a cart now through the circle for you. So you get a bit more out of the merchants who have been bleeding the smaller towns dry before, and left them to rot once they found a cheaper path. A bit of karma there, if I might say so. And all I am getting from this so called 'tax' is a minimal amount of basic food stuffs, just to pad out the emergency stores.<br/><br/>Or is this less about the price adjustment, and more about getting the 'filthy human' out of a productive township for the 'true nobles?' Because I have heard what they plan to do if that happens, and I will not be amused about it. Especially since I cast that teleport circle that they plan to use to shaft the commoners."