Warring States Eagle

In a gourmet restaurant in Komachi near the port of Imari Bay in Matsuura, Hizen, Kyushu, the conversation between the two people at the next table caught Zheng Liang's attention.

"Hey, if I have squires by my side, why should I be afraid of those children?" It was obvious that this man had clashed with the Boy Scouts in his territory.

"You? Keep your voice down, you're already drunk." The person at the same table didn't expect the other party to say such a thing in public, so he quickly reminded him in a low voice.

"Although it is no longer as prestigious as before, compared with before, my income is obviously much higher than before." The person at the same table continued to persuade.

According to the law of the Luo family's territory, currently the Luo family only has one tax (since commerce has not yet developed, in order to encourage the development of commerce in the territory, the commercial tax is temporarily exempted), and that is the land income tax.The Luo family implements different taxation standards according to the different status levels of the citizens. After ten years of development, the current average taxation in the territory is five citizens and five citizens.After the lords hand over [-]% of their income as tax to the local cabinet, the cabinet then distributes [-]% of the local income as the income of the local lord to the lord (the daimyo collects [-]% of the income).

Although only [-]% of the tax revenue is paid, when the people live and work in peace and contentment, the agricultural technology is relatively developed, and there are a wide variety of crops, the income is actually more than that of the territory where the wealthy clan directly and completely controlled the same area and soil conditions. much.

But people's desires are infinite. Although they can get so much income for nothing without too much management, some wealthy families still hope to live a life of giving and taking.It is precisely because of the fear of such a situation that Luo's family law also clearly stipulates.If there is no immediate family member of the Hao family who holds a position in Luo's family.This wealthy family is not allowed to have the qualifications of 15 retainers.That is to say, this wealthy family is not allowed to have the power of generals.

At the beginning, Zhengliang made such a provision.In fact, these wealthy families are forced to automatically integrate into the management system of the Luo family and adapt to the new management system.Want to have more power?Then take the initiative to join the management system of the Luo family.

"Although there is no army under my command now, it also saves us from having to worry about feeding these troops. Besides, there are no other corvees here except for some temporary paid corvees. Compared with the previous It is much better for the Higo country to be recruited by the local daimyo and enshrined to the Otomo family." The person at the same table continued to persuade.

What this person said was very clear. In the past, although he could collect [-]% or even [-]% of the income of the territory according to his own wishes.However, as a small wealthy family, they have to divide a large part of these incomes, part of which is given to the local daimyo as annual salary, and part of which is given to the family of Otomo, the suzerain of the Hihou country.It is almost equivalent to suffering double exploitation, and even being forced to participate in those conscripts that are responsible for their own profits and losses (this kind of conscripts, military rations, weapons and other materials are prepared by the rich themselves).

In contrast, now in the territory of the Luo family, the [-]% of the income is not only more than the previous income, but also a real income, and there is no need to participate in the recruitment at the expense of oneself.Even if there is temporary corvee, it is paid.It's better than before anyway.The only downside.It may be because of the loss of absolute control over the territory, especially the loss of the right to form an army, and the restriction of the Luo family's laws, so that he can no longer be self-centered.

"Hmph, I just planned to take that kid's sister as a concubine. This poor boy even brought those so-called boy scouts to stop him, and even beat my subordinates. I really don't care about this lord. Ah." Even though the person at the same table persuaded him repeatedly, the whining guy might really be a little drunk, and he was still talking endlessly.

At this time, Zheng Liang's face was already very ugly, and the faces of Togo Heiji and others beside him also became gloomy.

"My lord..." Fei Duan, who was sitting on the other side of Zhengliang, suddenly asked in a low voice.Apparently he was asking Zhengliang if he was going to take action.As a side member who is responsible for interrogation and punishment by Zhengliang's side, it is obvious that Fei Duan can no longer listen to it.

"what?"

Before Zheng Liang could speak, a girl's exclamation came from the direction of the drunken maniac at the table behind him.Everyone turned their heads and saw that a maid in a gourmet restaurant was hiding in the arms of another maid with tears on her face, looking quite panicked.

"Hmph, why are you crying? It's your honor to be touched by my lord for a lowly pariah." The slightly drunk whiner said confidently.Apparently this man had just molested the maid from the gourmet restaurant who came to serve him.

As soon as this person said this, some people in the lobby who were filled with righteous indignation because they witnessed the scene just now lowered their heads.

Seeing this, Zheng Liang couldn't help but wryly smiled, unexpectedly encountered such a bloody plot here today!But he didn't immediately take action to deal with the matter, but continued to stand by and watch the show.

"Come on, take this guy down. This guy just violated the laws of the Luo family. Take him down and send him to the town." After everyone in the lobby fell silent for a while, someone suddenly shouted shouted.

Hearing this, Zheng Liang looked into the crowd and found a young man pointing at a slightly drunk middle-aged man angrily.

"You untouchable, how dare you be rude to me?" Seeing that the young man dared to point at him openly, the slightly drunk man immediately became angry.

"I'm not a pariah, but I'm a teacher here." Facing the accusation of the slightly drunk middle-aged man, the young man said confidently instead of being timid.

As soon as the young man said this, the people around immediately showed respect to the young man.As the teacher of the territory, he is responsible for the teaching work of all the scouts in the place where he works.Since ancient times, in the eyes of the people, learning cultural knowledge has been the exclusive property of rich people and lords. Now there is a teacher who can teach their children to learn cultural knowledge for free. Naturally, they are very fond of this teacher. Respectful.

At this time, Zheng Liang also knew the identity of this young man.According to the requirements of the territorial law, those who are about to graduate from Yuanfu in Luo's colleges in various places will be sent by the Cabinet to some local towns or villages to take charge of local teaching in the year before Yuanfu.Obviously, this young man is one of them.

"Everyone, there are no untouchables here. In the territory of the Luo family, there are only people with different identities according to their respective contributions to the territory. Here, these noble people who will only exploit us can no longer decide our life and death. Here, only the Luo family, only our lord Daimyo, Kyushu Eagle, Hizen Guardian Dazai, can decide our life and death, everyone, what are you waiting for, this person has violated the laws of the Luo family, take him down quickly ah."

(Thanks to "Green Mia, Seven Cups of Tea" for the reward.) (To be continued..)