Lord Wants To Be An Emperor

“It’s okay, Mr. Gude is enough to come. I heard early on that Mr. Gude has his own set of methods for planting buds, so this time my goal is only you. As for Wood Village, I will let them submit to me by themselves.” Aslan said boldly.

Gude took a very unexpected look at Aslan, and then under Aslan’s leadership, he came to the wasteland that was being developed south of Merlot Town. Within a few days, this wasteland had opened up dozens of acres of land. And they are all planted with Fruit Trees. Based on Gude’s experience, we can make a preliminary estimate.

Once the 30 acres of buds are planted successfully, Gude has worked hard to plant this kind of grain with a yield of over ten thousand catties.

On the mountainside of Wood Village, there is a small piece of fruit tree, only half an acre of land, but every year it can bring him five-six thousand catties of fruit, which is also what he can pull out in Wood Village The reason for a team of people.

In the barren Merlot area, sometimes food is more valuable than Gold Coin.

Looking at the budding orchard in front of us, the wasteland is still being developed. It is estimated that at least hundreds of acres of land will be reclaimed, if all are planted into buds.

The output, Gude can’t even think about it, let alone Merlot Town, even if the Great Appetite Kings of Wood Village and Laining Village are added, there is no problem.

From one point, Gude has seen Aslan’s ambitions.

“How is it? Mr. Gude, my farm is not bad!” Aslan asked with a smile.

Gude watched the neat farmers and each bud neatly spaced, could not help but suck in a cold breath of air.

At that time, it took him three full years to discover that if the buds were planted too densely, it would affect the yield.

But here, the buds have been arranged neatly, which is definitely not a coincidence.

Looking at more and more fruit trees being planted, many residents of Merlot Town couldn’t help but be moved.

Especially those adults who are assigned to open up wasteland.

If they can be allocated an acre and a half acre, then they will no longer have to have a headache to fill their stomachs.

Today’s Cleveland Kingdom, so the land is owned by the kings and nobles. There is no private ownership of the land. It is equivalent to the well-field system of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period.

Assigned by the lord for civilian use. It is not allowed to buy, sell or transfer fields, and pay certain taxes, and the lord will force the civilians to farm collectively.

This is also the key reason why no lords in Merlot are willing to come.

There are wastelands everywhere, and there is simply not enough land for civilians to cultivate. In the kingdom, as long as the lord is in charge, he must pay taxes every year, and the amount of taxes depends on the size of the territory.

The entire territory of Merlot Town includes the entire Merlot area. The area of ​​this land is nothing compared to that of a duchy, but because there is not enough land for cultivation, it eventually becomes a small town.

In such a small town, after every Sir Lord comes, he can only scrape the ground and exploit the civilians, otherwise there is no way to deal with the tax for the next year.

If a lord is unable to complete the taxation of the territory for two consecutive years, he will be smashed to the end and demoted to a civilian.

Aslan stood on a protruding hill and shouted to the crowd who came by: “I believe everyone knows better than me, and three seasons a year, It’s well taken care of. It’s no problem to collect 20,000 to 30,000 catties a year.” Even if Aslan doesn’t say this, the people know very well, after all, their main food until now is the fruit.

“I hereby announce that every household can receive one mu of husk fruit field. For the lord’s allegiance to the family, they will receive an additional mu of land.”

They were a little excited, but they didn’t have too excited expressions, because the most important thing was the taxes they had to pay every year.

It may be because of Strange World, the food production is high, so the taxes are terribly high.

Like the main grain rice beads in other parts of the Cleveland Kingdom, the annual output is 5,000 catties per mu per season, and other grains are also between 3,000-6,000 catties. With such a high yield, the land tax is naturally high. Terrifying.

Lords near the royal capital have a land tax of up to two taxes and one tax, equivalent to one-half of the grain output.

Such a land tax has little effect on a family of five during the harvest period, but once natural and man-made calamities occur, coupled with the poll tax, the farmer will surely destroy the family.

Aslan has experienced these things in his life, and he has made these plans clear.

“In the name of my Aslan, all Merlot areas and people in the Lower Territory can enjoy five taxes and one treatment. At the same time, when there is excess food, City Lord Mansion will give priority to buying the excess food from each household. “Aslan’s words immediately caused a huge sensation.

One-fifth of the tax, for a year to produce 30,000 catties of grain and fruit, only six thousand catties of grain are required. There are still 24,000 catties left, enough for a family of five. People have a full stomach every day.

“Sir Lord, what about the head tax?” Someone has begun to accept the identity of Aslan and began to call the lord.

Aslan also considered this question for a long time, and finally said: “The poll tax will be 120 Copper Coin per person, but when there is no money, you can use grain as a mortgage. For example, the market price of this year’s buds is about One hundred catties of 40 copper, as long as you take out three hundred catties, you can get 120 Copper Coin.”

A family of five people only has 1,500 catties of buds. Although the price fluctuates, it is for the annual output of 20,000 catties. For families, it’s drizzling.

Aslan has opened two kingdoms in a row, low land tax, poll tax can be mortgaged with grain.

In the past, when the poll tax was levied every year, those nobles and merchants would work together to lower the price of grain. Even if this year’s harvest is big, in order to pay the poll tax, the grain has to be sold at a low price. How much food.

After just two policies were issued, Aslan gained the support of the entire Merlot Town.

Whether in Strange World or in that era.

The peasant family is the foundation of a country. As for the Knights and magicians who master the powerful military force and magic, who dares to pat his chest and say that he is not a peasant from the previous generations of the family.

Gude looked at the cheering residents of Merlot Town, he was a little dazed.

This lord is really different from the previous lord.

Although there are more than 500 people in the entire Merlot Town, there are actually less than 60 households. Before there was no land to divide, many families used to group together for warmth. This way, family power is generated over time. There are fields to divide, and many families start to become independent, just to get an extra mu of land.

In the end, a full 80 households were separated, except for a few bachelor widows or lone elderly people who were unified on a farm by Aslan, and worked collectively as tenants. After deducting the land tax and head tax, each person will be treated every year. You can also get three thousand catties of grain.