Don't mess with that dragon

Chapter 719 Land Tax
Under the feudal aristocratic ruling system in the middle world, for the majority of serfs and peasants living under the rural system, the little noble lords who manage them on top are the biggest sky.

My noble knight, not my knight,

The same is true of serfs, by contrast.

The king entrusts the nobles and uses the nobles as agents to carry out feudal rule. This method is to completely hand over the administrative taxation rights of a certain place to the nobles, and let the vassals manage and rule the vast country on their behalf.

It is precisely because of this that many serfs in the countryside even only know the master who is in charge of their life and death, but do not know the existence of the king.

In the case of hereditary titles of nobility,

In the mountain village with closed information, the aristocrats on the top ruled the vast serfs under their command for generations. During this long time, they have already developed an extremely powerful prestige.

This,
It is also the reason why the Blue Dragon Kingdom did not immediately enter the vast hinterland of the countryside to carry out liquidation reforms after the destruction of the Three Kingdoms, but connived at the series of rebellions of the small nobles until they gathered together and then launched a thunder attack to wipe them out.

no doubt,

Against the backdrop of the powerful prestige of the serfs and civilians ruled by the minor aristocrats, once the Blue Dragon Kingdom official advances easily, it may be caught in the "ocean of people's war" and cause heavy losses to the kingdom.

The most threatening enemies are not those who have been exposed on the bright side,

It's the people who hide behind you and don't know when to stab you.

After exposing all the hostile old aristocratic classes, gather powerful military strength to crush the opponents in one fell swoop, and sweep these antiquated old aristocratic systems into the garbage dump of history.

And lost the leading rebels,
Although during this period of time, the feudal nobles who ruled the place have already finished spreading rumors about the Blue Dragon Kingdom, and used the prestige built up from generation to generation to make the people under their command resist and even hostile to the demonized Blue Dragon Kingdom.

however,
After losing the leadership of the nobles who fought against the leader, these headless people are also the easiest class to deal with.

Just like a scene that happened in an unnamed mountain village,
Just moving out the food in the noble castle and distributing the food for three days, the prestige that the original noble lord worked so hard to build collapsed completely.

Instead, the authority of the Blue Dragon Kingdom regime was erected in this remote area.

In the virtual fantasy network set up by Austin, the Blue Dragon Kingdom was able to train in batches, infuse qualified grassroots officials, and quickly divide and rule the newly occupied areas.

Under the powerful national power of the Blue Dragon Kingdom, grassroots officials with various management knowledge and current ruling ideas,

Little by little, a large number of villages in the newly occupied area were captured, the authority of the Blue Dragon Kingdom was established, and the power went to the countryside, completely controlling these areas.

During this process,

Things have not been all smooth sailing.

After the rebel army was defeated, the surviving small noble lords still did not give up. They colluded with the knights under their command to attack the officials sent to the grassroots by the Blue Dragon Kingdom, causing a lot of trouble for the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

Because of these sporadic rebellions, it is impossible for the Dragon Nest army to send troops to wipe them out. They can only rely on force such as police militias accompanying grassroots officials to fight.

Overall, it's not very troublesome.

Relying on advanced weapons, such as those bullets engraved with Qi-breaking alchemy runes, they can cause decent damage to knights who have truly cultivated fighting spirit.

On the whole, the remnants of the nobles who confronted the small area head-on were not the opponents of the militias.

The real trouble is that the opponent hides in the dark night, uses geographical advantages and other advantages to carry out harassment warfare, and even turns into the deep mountains, colludes with bandit forces in the mountains and forests, attacks convoys, villages, etc.
Because of the geographical advantage, although the grassroots militias of the Blue Dragon Kingdom can suppress the opponent in frontal combat by relying on powerful weapons, once the opponent turns into the forest, it will be difficult to make a difference.

therefore,

After the remnants of these small nobles were hit hard again, what survived has almost become a stubborn disease encountered by grassroots officials in various remote areas.

Even so,

But in the general situation, the transformation and digestion of the Blue Dragon Kingdom has been going on in a mighty way. A large number of villages are undergoing basic transformation. The problems encountered in the process cannot be reversed under this general trend.

Especially after the Blue Dragon Kingdom gained the basic trust of the villages at the grassroots level, and after all the territories and forests of the old nobles were brought back to the country,
Announced that in order to celebrate these regions joining the family of the Blue Dragon Kingdom, all taxes in all newly occupied regions will only be charged [-]%.

this move,

Immediately, it caused turbulent waves in the vast newly-occupied rural areas. Countless serfs at the bottom were full of disbelief,

You know, in the past, the land tax they had to pay to the lords reached more than [-]% to [-]% of the harvest. Every time they harvested, those lords in charge would stand by the field with their wolf-like police officers and collect the last [-]% of the newly harvested grain. Most of them were transported to the master's warehouse, leaving only [-] to [-] percent.

Even in the years of natural disasters, the land tax has never been lower than [-]%.

According to the legend, the land tax on certain dangerous frontiers is as low as [-] to [-] percent, but not to mention the dangers in those newly developed places, it is far less than the [-] percent land tax in the Blue Dragon Kingdom!

and,

According to the explanations of grassroots officials, this Narita tax already includes miscellaneous taxes such as poll tax.

That is,

This year's harvest, after turning over [-]% of the harvest, the remaining [-]% belongs to him!
How does this keep those serfs from going crazy?
The entire newly occupied area became extremely sensational because of the spread of this policy. In the newly established village government, farmers and serfs in the village often came forward to ask the grassroots officials of the Blue Dragon Kingdom. After the affirmative answer, they cheered loudly on the spot, cheering loudly, such as "Long live the Blue Dragon Kingdom" and "Long live His Royal Highness Austin".

If the Blue Dragon Kingdom had promulgated this policy from the very beginning, these poor conservative and oppressive people might not believe it under the propaganda of the nobles and lords at the top.

When a big pie comes down suddenly, maybe you will be suspicious.

However, with various policies, such as "celebrating the establishment of the village government" and distributing free food for three days to win the hearts of the people, the Blue Dragon Kingdom has completely established an indestructible prestige at the grassroots level.

It is precisely because of this that when the news was announced and confirmed from the official mouth, most of the serfs believed in the authenticity of this policy and cheered loudly.

　Two updates today, and more tomorrow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)