Black Iron Crown

　　 "Hey..." Rainer licked his lips. He wasn't expecting this kind of thing, but was so resistant to it.

Although he was envious of the right to save the night in this dark age in his previous life, he also dispelled the idea in this era. Although he wanted to try this kind of "sister-in-law" feeling at first, no one has always been there. If he took the initiative to send it to the door, he couldn't go to rob the girl.

　　, who mistakenly thought that there was no such custom here, he forgot about it, and now he knows that this "right to save the night" can only be done by the wealthy among the common people.

　　 Touched his head, Rainer felt that he didn't know enough about the state of the territory, and first sent the servant who sent the letter away, and asked the servant guarding the door to call Sir Cod over.

　　 "What's the matter with Lord Baron?" Sir Cod was originally looking at the property in the castle, when Lena suddenly called him over and was a little puzzled.

"Well... that's the case. Today, the old Levante sent two silver coins and ten lambs, hoping that I could help his son’s wife "baptize". I didn’t know this happened before, so I want to know. , What kind of rights do I have besides this baptism right on the territory, and what kind of taxes do the residents have to bear?" Leiner asked.

"Ah, that's the case!" Sir Cod smiled, cleared his throat and said: "In addition to the right to baptism, your residents also have to bear childbirth tax, marriage tax, sickness tax, meal tax, head tax, and Living tax!"

"These taxes make up the territories' annual income. Among them, the meal tax is the largest. They help you farm, and most of the income goes to you. And you give them the rest of the grain. They also need to pay you taxes for eating these things. of!"

"And the marriage tax, the childbirth tax is less. After all, everyone gets married only once, and the number of children is not many, so it is less. And the head tax and living tax are paid every year!" Sir Cod is meticulous. The tax items on the territory of Reiner popularization.

　　 I don’t know if I don’t listen. When I heard it, Lai’an didn’t know that there were so many taxes on his territory. If he crossed over and did not become a noble but a commoner, it would be a **** on earth.

　　With such a trace of luck in his heart, Leiner said in surprise: "So many taxes! Why are there so many taxes that need to be paid by residents? Don't they feel dissatisfied with it?"

After listening to Rainer, Sir Cod also appeared very surprised, and said quickly: "Why? The tax on our territory is already very light. In addition to these taxes, other lords also have drinking water tax, house tax, and firewood tax. As well as clothing tax, these are not available in our territory. If there are these taxes, the territory can collect at least two gold coins in tax each year!"

Rainer stared at Sir Cod’s face carefully, and he could see that he really believed that Fort Merland’s taxes were already very light, but it was true, although in Rainer’s eyes this was simply hell-like exorbitant taxes, but Compared to other territories, it is indeed much less.

　　 "Well..." Rainer nodded helplessly, and said, "I plan to cancel some tax items so that my citizens can feel my kindness!"

　　 "……"

　　Sir Cod didn't speak, but from his frowning brows, it could be seen that he was puzzled by what Rainer said.

　　 "Then, Lord Baron, do you want to cancel those tax items?"

　　 "Marriage tax, baptism right, living tax, meal tax, poll tax, sickness tax, and childbirth tax! All these taxes will be cancelled, and I will no longer allow these taxes to appear on my territory.

　　 "But!" Sir Cod said anxiously, "If you do this, our annual income will be reduced by at least two to three gold coins. Are you sure you want to do this?"

　　 He didn't say it explicitly, but anyone with a brain could hear that he opposed Leiner's order.

"Of course!" Reiner didn't care about Sir Cod's objection, and said: "These taxes must be cancelled. With these taxes, my citizens will always spend a lot of money to get married or have children. The number of my citizens There will never be more!"

"However, you sacrificed your rights to increase the number of residents. What is the point? The extra residents will not pay these taxes. Your wealth and income are still as much as before, but there are more people. , I'm afraid I can't see any benefit of this!" Although Sir Cod is calm and sophisticated, he is only a low-level nobleman in the final analysis.

Stupid thoughts have invaded his mind. Although he is usually called benevolent, it is not very different from the ideas of other nobles. It is useless to sacrifice residents who require too many tax items. Perhaps it is just more cannon fodder on the battlefield. They will occupy more land, but it will not bring them more income. In their view, this is a loss-making business.

　　Leiner simply doesn’t understand why this kind of thinking prevails among the bottom aristocrats of this era. Doesn’t this group of people understand the principle that population is strength? Even the most primitive tribal chiefs understand the truth. These people actually sneered at it~www.wuxiahere.com~ It is true that Lena's income will be reduced after the tax is abolished, but once the population increases, other benefits will appear one by one. .

The resources of troops are more abundant. Let alone the superstructure, the economic base determines the superstructure. With more people and more resources in hand, it will have a huge commercial effect. Commercial tax will replace these excessive tax items and re-send the due property. Lena's hands.

　　 At that time, the flow of population and the circulation of society would make productivity skyrocket. Commodities would make Reiner’s territory richer. The amount of money remained the same, but resources and goods could be improved.

Reiner doesn’t care about this small income now. As the population increases, a territory will become stronger and stronger. It is not uncommon for a territory lords who have been winning battles but eventually died out because of the declining population, but there are few summaries of them. Failure experience and change it.

　　 Now Rainer is just a little baron, but if there are 50,000 or 60,000 people in the territory of Fort Morand, he will immediately become one of the most powerful lords in the north. This is the role of population.

After exhausting my tongue and explaining to Sir Cod, Sir Cod reluctantly said: "Well... you are the owner of this land. You have the final say. I will notify everyone to exempt these things. Item tax item!"

　　 "Ah, yes!" Rainer stopped Sir Cod and said, "The knights have the same benevolence. They also have to cancel these tax items, just say it's my order!"

　　 "But..." Sir Cod hesitated. It was okay for Rainer to do this in his immediate territory, but it would be unreasonable to do so in the knights' benefice.

　　 "Will the knights be dissatisfied with this?" Although Sir Cod said it was an interrogative sentence, the affirmative meaning was self-evident.