Black Iron Crown

"Tsk..." Reiner licked his lips. He wasn't expecting this kind of thing, but he had some resistance to it.

Although in the previous life he was very envious of the power of this dark age, but in this era he also dispelled this idea. Although he wanted to try this feeling of "sex girl" at first, but no one has ever If he took the initiative to deliver it to his door, he couldn't go and grab the girl.

He mistakenly thought that there was no such custom here, so he forgot about it. Only now did he realize that this "great power" can only be achieved by the wealthy class among the common people.

Rubbing his head, Reiner felt that he didn't know enough about the situation in the territory, so he sent away the messenger servant first, and then asked the servant guarding the door to call Sir Corder over.

"What's the matter, Lord Baron?" Sir Corder was originally taking stock of the property in the castle, but he was a little puzzled when he was suddenly called over by Rainer.

"Well... that's how it is. Today old Levant sent two silver coins and ten lambs, hoping that I can help his son's wife to "baptize". I didn't know this before, so I want to know , What kind of rights do I have besides the right of baptism in the territory, and what kind of taxes should the residents bear?" Reiner asked.

"Ah, that's it!" Sir Corder 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, food tax, poll tax, and Living tax!"

"These taxes make up the annual income of the territory. Among them, the amount of food tax is the largest. They help you cultivate, and most of the proceeds belong to you, and you reward them with the rest of the food. They also need to pay taxes to you for eating these things. of!"

"As for the marriage tax, the childbirth tax is less. After all, everyone gets married only once and does not have many children, so it is less, while the poll tax and living tax are paid every year!" Sir Corder was meticulous. The tax items on the popular territory of Lena.

If you don't listen, you don't know. When you hear it, you are shocked. Lai'an doesn't know that there are so many taxes in his territory. If he crosses over and becomes a commoner instead of a nobleman, it will be a hell on earth.

With such a trace of luck in his heart, Reiner said in amazement: "So many taxes! Why are there so many taxes that residents need to pay? Don't they feel dissatisfied because of this?"

After listening to Reiner's words, Sir Corder also seemed very surprised, and quickly said: "How come? The tax on our territory is already very light. Other lords have drinking water tax, house tax, and firewood tax in addition to these taxes. As well as the clothing tax, these are not available in our territory, if there are these taxes, the territory can charge at least two more gold coins every year!"

Reiner stared carefully at Sir Corder's face, and it could be seen that he really thought that Fort Moreland's taxes were already very light, but it was true, although in Reiner's view, this was simply a hellish taxation, but Compared with other territories, it is indeed much less.

"Okay..." Reiner nodded helplessly, and said, "I plan to cancel some tax items, so that my subjects can feel my kindness even more!"

"..."

Sir Corder didn't speak, but it could be seen from his frowning that he was very puzzled by Reiner's words.

"So, my lord baron, do you want to abolish those tax items?"

"Marriage tax, baptismal rights, living tax, food tax, head tax, sickness tax, and childbirth tax! All these tax items must be cancelled, and I will no longer allow these tax items to appear on my territory.

"But!" Sir Corder 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 clearly, but anyone with a brain could tell that he had objections to Reiner's order.

"Of course!" Reiner didn't care about Sir Cord's objection,

Said: "These taxes must be cancelled. With these taxes, my subjects will always have to spend a lot of property to get married or have children. The number of my subjects will never increase!"

"However, you sacrificed your own rights to increase the number of residents. What's the point? The extra residents will not pay these taxes. Your wealth and income are still the same as before, but there are more people. , I’m afraid I can’t see the benefits of this!” Although Sir Corder was calm and experienced, he was just a low-level nobleman after all.

Ignorant thoughts have invaded his mind. Although he is usually called benevolent, his thoughts are not much different from other nobles. Sacrificing residents who pay too much tax has no effect. Maybe it is just more cannon fodder on the battlefield. The land they occupy will be more, but it will not bring them more income. In their view, this is a loss-making business.

Reiner simply doesn't understand why this kind of thinking is popular among the low-level nobles in this era. Doesn't this group of people understand the truth that population is strength? Even the most primitive tribal leaders understand the truth, these people actually sneered.

It is true that Reiner's income will decrease after the tax item is abolished, but once the population increases, other benefits will appear one by one.

Leaving aside more abundant military resources, the economic base determines the superstructure. If there are more people and more resources left in hand, it will produce a huge commercial effect. The commercial tax will replace these excessive tax items and send the due property to the Lena's hand.

At that time, the flow of population and social circulation will make productivity soar, and goods will make Leiner's territory richer. The amount of currency remains unchanged, but resources and goods can be improved.

Reiner doesn't care about this small amount of income. After the population increases, a territory will become stronger and stronger. It is not uncommon for the lords of the territory to win battles but die because of the decreasing population, but there are few summarizing them. Learn from failures and make changes.

Now Reiner is just a little baron, but if the territory of Fort Moreland suddenly has a population of 50,000 to 60,000, he will immediately become one of the most powerful lords in the northern border. This is the role of population.

After exhausting his explanations with Sir Cod, Sir Cod reluctantly said: "Okay...you are the owner of this land, and everything is up to you, and I will notify everyone to exempt them from these fees. tax item!"

"Ah, that's right!" Reiner stopped Sir Cord and said, "The same goes for the fiefs of the knights. They also have to cancel these tax items, just say it's my order!"

"But..." Sir Corder hesitated a bit. It was fine for Reiner to do this in his own territory, but it was a bit unreasonable to do it in the fiefdom of the knights.

"Will the knights be dissatisfied by this?" Although Sir Corder's words were interrogative, the affirmative meaning was self-evident.