Zennin Ossan, Umarekawattara SSS Rank Jinsei ga Kakutei Shita - Vol. 11 Ch. 127

[MangaDex]

 

[nathan67003]

Isn't salt a huge necessity for preservation? Isn't taxing salt highly then holding said preservation hostage? That's way different from how benevolent the empress' been portrayed so far...

 

[CountryMage]

Isn't salt a huge necessity for preservation? Isn't taxing salt highly then holding said preservation hostage? That's way different from how benevolent the empress' been portrayed so far...

Salt is a necessity, so the government needs to keep its flow regulated, and the Empress has been trying hard to look like a tyrant so that people won't miss her when she retires.