Old Sword Master

They first went to visit Mrs. Bazin, and gave his mother half a box of tea, half a box of olive oil and a box of private messages that little Bazin had consigned. Two work reports from Uncle Hei and Morty were also sent, and they accepted The hospitality of the Governor of Naples and Archbishop of Naples, shouted all day.

Spanish subjects often have tax cuts, but this does not delay the enjoyment of the nobles. Their income in the New World is enough to cover these expenses.

Then they rode donkeys to Rome by land.

Archbishop from Naples also went to Rome with Marado. The latter was the only prisoner of the Knights in the hospital rescued by Captain Bazin who was still alive, and the good doctor Qi Dan came back with the first Knight trainee.

But these Spaniards have horses, unlike the Duchess of Wurzburg and Duchess of Sinai who can only ride on donkeys.

The two queens met many tax officials who were announcing the emperor’s grace along the way.

“Because of God’s grace, Emperor Your Majesty has ordered that for areas affected by the crimson cold wave, this year’s summer tax is reduced by 1/4 and can be paid in silver. Like the gold and silver coins issued by Emperor Your Majesty, the Austrian silver issued by the Royal Highness Thaler can also pay taxes in accordance with the law.”

“The emperor is 10000 years old, and the warlock Imperial Family is 10000 years old!”

“I wish him a 10000 birthday!”

“10000 years old, 10000 years old, 10000 years old!”

When the emperor’s tax officials announced this decree in towns and villages, it caused long cheers every time, even if some tax officials did not speak Italian.

“How does the financial officer say it is always mixed with Latin. How can the old 100 surname understand it?” Liu Dayang, with a bandage on his arm, was very confused. “Isn’t this a chance for the translator’s priest and the mayor to get his hands on him?”

He was not seriously injured, but after trying hard, he got a mission to accompany the Duchess of Würzburg to Rome, which is equivalent to a half a month holiday.

“It takes only half a day to walk to Naples. It is easy to find the governor and the prosecutor, and there must be more than one person who knows Latin in this kind of village. Priests, lawyers, and more educated teachers of the Enlightenment can all speak Latin. There is no big problem. “The Duchess of Würzburg received a letter from Würzburg’s red-clothed Archbishop and Lit in Naples. Since reading the letter, she has been preoccupied, “On the contrary, the bureaucrats sent to the countryside must speak Italian. “

She often asked her maid and companions whether her expression was bitter enough, uncomfortable enough, and heartbroken enough.

“Will the collection of silver be a troublesome thing? Wouldn’t the farmers’ centralized sales of grain cause the price of grain to fall, and then increase the tax?” Liu Dayang continued to ask.

This is also the doubt of the Duchess of Sinai. She spent a lot of time fighting Duchy in Sinai, and her husband was worried about the management work. But in her simple understanding, this would inevitably cause great difficulties for the farmers.

However, Sinai Duchy is young. Her husband can repeatedly patrol the territory every day to listen to the people’s sentiments. Although she can’t figure out all kinds of right and wrong, but frequent patrols can still severely punish the ugly landlord and bully, but the Spanish kingdom has a vast territory. Speaking of the emperor, even if the Governor of Naples is impossible to have too close contact with the grassroots.

She actually didn’t want to leave Crete, but Wood said that it would take some time to prepare for the attacks on the coasts of Egypt and Syria. She had no effect on Crete for a while, so it’s better to go to Rome.

Wood prepared 30 bottles of the best quality olive oil for her, and a large box wrapped in 18th Layer silk (set tào) to Mrs. Bazin, who also came to Rome this time, but she was busy I made tranquilizers, so I set off one day later and rode over quickly, and she let the Duchess of Sinai take this thing with her, and went to Rome first.

It is said to be carried by the Duchess of Sinai. In fact, the Bazin family is in charge of the transportation work. It is harder to go by land than by sea (very tǐng).

This thing is heavy, the donkey can’t pull it at all, it’s still an apprentice of Mrs. Bazin who can handle it. It took 90 talers to buy 2 strong mules to drag it steadily.

“It is possible to pay silver. I did not say that you must pay silver.” The Duchess of Wurzburg’s voice slightly lowered. “But paying silver is a benefit for the residents of the Kingdom of Spain. In recent years, more and more silver has come from the New World. , The market transactions are very active, and the residents are relatively wealthy. They don’t need to sell grain together. It is much better to hand over the gold and silver to the tax officer than to hand over the grain to the tax officer. The latter is easy to find faults, while the former is only printed The emperor’s head is a genuine product. It is difficult for tax officials to find trouble. Not to mention the benefits of transportation. Sending a few carts of grain to pay taxes, not to mention self-employed farmers, even landlords with more than 100 acres of fertile land will have a headache. This is Great harm to the people.”

“So that’s how it is, gold and silver are really good things, the corrupted bureaucracy is too bad, when I was on the Danube…” Liu Dayang said here suddenly stopped.

The words of the Duchess of Würzburg made the Duchess of Sinai who was listening in the carriage change her senses. It seemed that she was not hearing it. She was a strong woman who knew how to govern the country.

“Yes, the most hateful sex!” The Duchess of Würzburg continued, her tone gradually becoming full of resentment, “Egypt didn’t have much silver, but in the past, I was killed by those corrupt officials when I was in Duchy in Lower Nile. I obviously only charge 60% of the grain tax, only 70% in the last year, but they bully the people in various ways. This wheat is moldy, and the other wheat is wormed, and then I have to receive 80% or even 80%. 5 Win the people but don’t make a living, the people thought it was me who was violating them! I asked them to reduce rent and interest, and they all perfunct me. I just hate not getting rid of these Egyptian slut sooner!”

The Duchess of Würzburg did not feel that 60% of the food tax was too much, and forgot that when she first went ashore on the Nile, she had only 3 people in her hand, and her armor was not complete. How could such a little strength not match the original local The noble manor cooperating, if it weren’t for this, it wouldn’t even be possible to scrape the land for 500 years.

Speaking of the burning place, the Duchess of Würzburg suddenly pointed to her chief maid in the carriage and said.

“And you, you are all rotten, and my heart is breaking. The Regency and red-clothed Archbishop gave me the Duchy of the Nile, but they made it like this.”

“I at first thought that the country’s greatest enemy is the Ottoman heretic, in fact, this greatest enemy is not outside, but inside!” Turn your own heart, lungs and intestines out, dry, wash, clean up!

“I haven’t closed my eyes since I came back from Naples. I always want to say something to everyone, but I have to have a head. After thinking about it, there are only 4 words. God is only.”

The Duchess of Würzburg has said this passage countless times from Naples to Rome, from 2 times a day at the very beginning to a dozen times a day later.

More and more bitter, uncomfortable, heartbroken, and even a little regrettable the day before entering Rome.

Liu Dayang and the Duchess of Sinai at first were dumbfounded, and Liu Dayang didn’t understand until later.

But after seeing Commander Bazin, the Duchess of Sinai understood a little bit.

“The really elected Pope Your Majesty is extremely sad about the demise of the Crusades. He believes that this is a failure that cannot be tolerated. The Cardinals also hope to restore the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean. They do not want to go back to the past that the Italian peninsula was often subjected to pirates. It’s the day of the attack.”

“We must select reliable candidates from the remnants of the Crusaders, and continue our efforts to recapture Holy Land.”

“It is estimated that the first phase of funding will exceed 300,000 talers. I have discussed with the Spanish red-clothed Archbishops the past few days, and you will receive our strong support.”

300,000 talers?

The Duchess of Sinai was stared wide-eyed, and Sinai Duchy was founded for 5 years, and the total amount of taxes received was less than 200,000 talers.

The total amount of aid from Dark Sun Church in Rome is only 30000 talers.

Now you can take out 300,000 talers at once? It’s really different for your own safety and the safety of others.

“Duchess, the emperor asks you to show your best performance. As long as you can get the support of the pope Your Majesty, your family’s property in Spain, no matter what you choose to dispose of, he will promise to support you, and those He will also fully consider the history and origins of the heretical accusations, and deal with them leniently and graciously.” Commander Bazin was very uncomfortable when he said this. He was a devout Dark Sun believer like most Spaniards and gave instructions to the Emperor. It’s just a faithful implementation, and it doesn’t support or understand. This ideological difference is very serious. Therefore, the Austrian side gave the Duchess of Wurzburg a very early reminder that the Spanish side, which has a much larger number of red-clothed Archbishops, was slow to respond until the last moment Decided not to support another Dark Sun believer candidate, and concentrated on supporting the Duchess of Sinai. “It doesn’t matter in Austria. Our main competitors are French nobles. They united with the branch of Dark Sun Church in Rome and wanted to promote Milan’s Medieval. The Qi family controls this money.”

The Medici family in Milan and the Medici family in Florence are both famous in the Dark Sun Church in Rome. The latter is also the lord of Duchy in Florence, but they are not close relatives. The common ancestor between them has not been traced back, neither was it 500 years ago. One family.

But they all use the same surname, and the family emblems are also Huang Di 6 Red Pills. Some heraldics believe that this shows that the Medici family started by selling medicine, and they are connected by this kind of vague family bond. Inside Dark Sun Church, they still collaborate frequently.