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Chapter 504 Productivity Upgrade

Cutting people's fortunes has never been smooth sailing.The slave traders were naturally very upset when they were accustomed to enjoying the tax-free treatment and suddenly had to levy taxes.

However, the lord has the right to tax, which is a common practice in the mainland.Even if there is support behind him, there is no way to interfere in the internal affairs of the Xueyue Land.

The five major families in the Northland even dare to charge 30.00% of the transit tax for bulk goods.Master Hudson only collects a slave tax of 30.00%, which is not high by any means.

If the arms can't hold the thighs, ordinary businessmen will bear it.Big deal, the next time you trade slaves, pick some slaves with high profits.

Anyway, everyone has multiple jobs. In addition to being slave traders, they also have the status of smugglers, pirates, and arms dealers.

It's all profiteering business, and the profit of slave trade has dropped a little, but it still doesn't affect everyone's fortune.

However, for several large slave traders who mainly engaged in slave trading and smuggled part-time, the current taxation would cause huge losses.

"What should we do now? Xueyue Ling suddenly imposed a slave tax, reducing such a large profit all at once. The task arranged by the family may not be completed this year!"

Erikon couldn't help complaining.

Every business in the Orc Empire can reap huge profits, but not everyone can do these businesses.

The nobles have the ability to organize the supply of goods, and naturally make a lot of money.

These smugglers with weaker backgrounds do not have such strong organizational and coordination skills behind them, and if they want to come in to get a piece of the pie, they can only get the goods from Master Hudson.

With one more middleman making the difference, profits will inevitably shrink.Of course, no matter how much it shrinks, the profits are still huge.

Seeing how much fun everyone is doing, you can tell that Hudson's hands are not black, and it hasn't affected everyone's fortune.

The only problem is that the same smuggling trade has different profits for different commodities.

It's time to test the background of the relationship again. The most sought-after and most profitable products are finally taken by the guy with the relationship.

They are all members of the aristocratic group, but their backgrounds are a bit embarrassing.

"Children of the nobles of the Northland", this noble status that they used to be proud of, although it has not been beaten by everyone, it is no longer welcome in the kingdom.

Even if they contacted the Northland nobles who served under Hudson through their personal connections, they only got an admission ticket.

Special treatment, that is purely a dream.There are so many great powers in the kingdom, but none of them can enjoy the treatment, so how can it be their turn?
Fortunately, several of them are active in the orc empire all year round, and they are clear in all kinds of business.

The pure smuggling trade cannot compete with those resource tycoons, so they simply specialize in the slave trade.Other transactions are just to earn some pocket money.

Relying on his rich experience and familiarity with the rules of the orc empire, he quickly made this business bigger and stronger.

One-fifth of the orc beauties in entertainment venues across the continent were sold by them.Colosseums all over the continent are also their customers.

It can be said that in the slave trade, the most profitable transactions were all done by them.

The high-end business is doing well, and the low-end has not been let go.Every time I enter the orc empire, I come back with a few ships of slaves.

In terms of the slave trade, it can be regarded as being understood by their brothers.In just over a year, hundreds of thousands of gold coins were collected.

For the family behind them, this business is already the most important source of income for the family.

Now that Hudson has a decree to directly take 30.00% of the sales, their profits are bound to shrink significantly.

"No way!
Marshal Hudson wants to collect taxes, and no one can stop him.Our business is too big, there is no way to avoid tax at all.

Unless the slave trader came back, he no longer entered Crescent Port, and traded directly at sea, or went to another port.

There is only a crescent port in the Near East, an island in the offshore where supplies can be docked, and it is also under the control of Marshal Hudson, and we cannot avoid it.

Even if it can be avoided, so many big nobles in the kingdom are paying taxes in a proper manner for their business. If we come out to be the first birds, you should be able to imagine the consequences! "

Casarosa replied angrily.

The rule that strength determines the right to speak applies everywhere.Their brothers have done such a big business, and they have long been envied.

If something outrageous happens again, competitors will report a wave of reports in minutes.Once confronted with Xue Yueling, the family behind them will not be able to protect them.

"Humph!

He is crossing the river and tearing down the bridge!
If it weren't for those of us who got up early and worked late to transport a large number of slaves to the Near East, how could the Snow Moon Territory develop so fast?
Now that he has bought enough slaves, he no longer needs these cheap labor, so he just..."

Before Erikon could finish complaining, Casarosa hurriedly interrupted: "Shut up, my stupid cousin!

If you are tired of living, you can jump into the sea by yourself, don't drag us to find death together.

If you can't hold back something in your heart, then think more about your wife and children in your family.Don't toss and lose your own life, and make them suffer along with it.

As for the family, they can only complain a few words at most.If they were really asked to come out and organize a series of tax resistance, they would immediately be discouraged! "

Money is important, but life is more important.Some things can be thought, but absolutely can not be said.

"Walls have ears" applies even on a boat.No one can guarantee that the subordinates are not greedy for wealth and status, and they will report them later.

If you report tax evasion in Crescent Port, you can directly share 50.00% of the tax evasion amount, and the Lord's Mansion also provides a lifetime safe asylum.

Although the Lord's Mansion didn't say what the charge was for criticizing Master Hudson behind his back, normal people knew that once someone stabbed him out, it would definitely be a big deal.

Even if Hudson doesn't care about it, it's impossible for his subordinates to let them go.Being targeted by Xueyue leaders in the Near East, that is the question of how to die.

"Casarosa, do you mean to wait for those families to come forward?"

Erikon asked uncertainly.

In the matter of tax resistance, if the background is not strong enough, it is absolutely impossible to take the lead, and it is even dangerous to participate.

"You really are an idiot!
The lord's right to tax was endowed by the gods.Whoever dares to provoke is a challenge to the entire aristocratic system.

Don't forget, our tax in the North is much higher than that of Xueyue Ling.Smashing Xueyue leader's pot is also smashing the kingdom's feudal lords!
Who dares to set this precedent?

Even if someone does something, it will only be done secretly.Whoever crosses the line on the bright side will die!

If you have the time, why not explore new routes and find a way to avoid Xue Yueling's sphere of influence. "

Casarosa rubbed his forehead and said.

He is really tired.Casarosa really couldn't figure out why his uncle Wise I gave birth to such a stupid son.

Everything else is fine. Whether it is doing business or dealing with people, everything can be arranged properly. Once you encounter political problems, your head will be flooded.

The situation in front of him is very obvious. Master Hudson has just issued a decree, and the bureaucrats of the Xueyue Territory are opening their eyes wide to improve their performance.

Whoever sends it up at this moment will not end well.No matter what the identity behind it is, now they all have a common identity "slave trader".

Although nobles like to buy slaves, it does not affect everyone's contempt for slave traders.In terms of status, they are lower than ordinary businessmen.

Going out with this identity is a despised existence.If they were really caught, the family behind them would never admit their identities, and they couldn't afford to lose that person!
In short, they are not allowed to participate in making troubles on the surface.We can only think of ways in secret to reduce losses.

Instead of expecting slave trader boycotts to be effective, it is better to expect the aristocrats in the Near East to come out to protest, which will have more weight.

It's just that this is even more unrealistic. The life and death of the nobles in the Near East are all in the hands of Master Hudson.How did the five major families of the Northland kill a group of small and medium nobles back then, Hudson can kill them now.

Cooperate well, we are still good friends.Jump out and fight against each other, and sooner or later an accident will happen on the battlefield.

……

As soon as the tax collection order came out, the work of the territorial anti-smuggling team suddenly became busy.

The slave traders did not dare to resist taxes on the surface, but secretly evading taxes was full of tricks.

For example: Arrange empty ships to enter the port to purchase supplies in advance, and slave ships to stop directly in the open sea.

Another example: take advantage of the cover of night, borrow a way from the undeveloped no-man's land, and avoid the eyeliner of the tax department.

There is also the use of magic potions to directly disguise the slaves as humans in an attempt to get away with it.

……

Various means of tax avoidance emerge in endlessly.As long as they can't think of it, there is nothing they can't do.

However, although tax collection is difficult, the slave trade has really begun to shrink.The cheap orc slaves who used to make a profit are now becoming less and less popular among slave traders.

Affected by the taxation, the price of orc slaves in the Near East has directly increased by [-]%, and the proper wool comes from the sheep.

The cost performance has been reduced, and the decline in trading volume is also inevitable.Fortunately, everyone already has a lot of slaves, and the labor shortage is not as severe as before.

At this stage, everyone is mainly engaged in animal husbandry. The construction of some noble castles that came over in the early stage has come to an end. In the later stage, there is no need for so much labor, and second-hand slaves have been resold in some areas.

Under pressure to promote the slave tax, Hudson originally thought that there would be a massacre, but he didn't expect it to end peacefully.

But it's normal to think about it. The slave traders who are blinded by their interests can't see the situation clearly, which doesn't mean that the people behind them can't see clearly either.

The high proportion of orc slaves will seriously affect the national defense security of the Near East.Now that the situation in the Orc Empire has changed, and Hudson is taking precautions in advance, it is impossible for the high-level officials of the kingdom not to support it.

The great nobles have all accepted the reality. Unless the others think their heads are in the way, they don't have the guts to come out and die.

Without any trouble, Hudson took back the scattered energy and put it back on the Near East defense.

Although we don't know what happened inside the Orc Empire, it is an indisputable fact that the civil war has cooled down.Even if Hudson instructed the intelligence agencies to secretly provoke conflicts, the two camps also chose to restrain themselves.

Under such weird changes, the Alliance of Seven Clans, which was secretly connected with the kingdom, showed extra enthusiasm and invited the kingdom to send troops many times.

Whether they wanted to use this to put pressure on the four royal families, or set up a trap, waiting for the kingdom's army to sneak in, no one could figure out.

Don't mix if you don't know, this is Hudson's consistent style.It doesn't matter if it's a stuffed pie or a stuffed trap, just don't touch it.

It is only two short years since the end of the Continental War, and the Alpha Kingdom can only breathe a sigh of relief, and it is far from the time when it can use its troops abroad.

Even if the kingdom is like this, the internal situation of the orc empire, which is backward in productivity and has broken out in civil war, is probably not much better.

The orc's loss to Hudson was unclear.Anyway, the number of imported slaves counted by Guangxueyue has already exceeded the 100 million mark.

Using this data as a template to infer backwards, the population lost by the Orc Empire is at least 800 million.

The actual loss of population will only be more. After all, these slaves are young men and women selected from prisoners of war. They may be kicked out if they are injured, do not conform to human aesthetics, or are not strong enough.

Zip training, large-scale military training, is constantly being staged on the land of the Near East.

In addition to the kingdom's standing army, a group of noble private troops were also included in the reserve and included in the training category.

However, this is just the beginning.A training plan for all soldiers has been taken out of the dusty cabinet.

"Now is not the time, the population in the Near East is too small. If there are a million young men, they can be converted into millions of soldiers immediately, and then we can truly stand firm!"

Hudson said to himself.

The number of new immigrants in the Near East is already a lot.In just two years, the local population has exceeded 57, and it is still dominated by young men and women.

There could have been more, but because of the massive import of orc slaves, the kingdom found that it was cheaper to recruit serfs to work on the front line than to use slaves directly.

The serfs suffered heavy casualties, and the noble lords behind them still protested.No matter how much the orc slaves lost, it was only an economic issue.

In the kingdom, it is not illegal to kill orc slaves, and the slave owner only needs to compensate the slave owner for the corresponding losses.

If there is a reason for the incident, even the loss can not be compensated.There is no law in the kingdom that can protect the safety of orc slaves.

As the core of the Near East, Xueyue Ling's development speed is even more rapid.

Half of the 57 population in the Near East live in Xueyue Territory, including 20 immigrants and [-] Kingdom garrisons.

It is too far from the expected million young soldiers.

"Jacob, why did the number of immigrants entering the Near East suddenly drop last month?"

Hudson asked concerned.

Logically speaking, the monthly influx of people into the Near East should be gradually increasing.After all, with the continuous improvement of infrastructure, more people can be accommodated.

Coupled with the fact that the Near East is in a period of rapid economic development, everyone has enough motivation to send immigrants to the Near East.

Even the most down-and-out little nobleman can find a way to get the population of Qian'er [-] by mobilizing his network of contacts.

With loans from the Near East Development Bank, they are fully capable of paying for resettlement.

"Your Excellency, the slowdown in immigration is mainly due to the decline in labor demand.

Perhaps due to our influence, noble lords everywhere have followed suit to develop animal husbandry, and their demand for labor is limited.

Due to cost considerations and the fact that they still have a large number of slaves, there is not much demand for immigration in the short term.

In fact, not only them, but even Xueyue Ling.It's just that we still have fisheries and salt industries, which absorb a lot of labor.

In order to increase jobs, the Ministry of Government Affairs has decided to develop the wool textile industry and meat processing industry, which is expected to increase thousands of jobs.

But this is still a drop in the bucket.In order to solve the employment problem, we also provided serf rental services to business travelers in the city.

Now that the water conservancy project has been basically completed, the next step is to wait for the planting of a large number of cash crops before developing the supporting processing industry. "

Jacob said with a look of embarrassment.

Sincerely, I have tried my best. In the agricultural era, only agriculture can accommodate a large amount of labor.

Other handicraft industries relying on agriculture have extremely limited labor force.

What can Xueyueling develop?
The answer is: a lot!

However, none of them are suitable at present, and what can be developed in the short term is still the primary processing industry relying on agriculture and animal husbandry.

It's not that Hudson can't produce good products, but that there is no matching market.Regardless of what is produced, once industrialized production is started, there will be overcapacity if you are not careful.

Traveling through the pre-industrial era originated from the cotton textile industry, and then superimposed the dividends of the age of great navigation. Now the situation is completely different. How to promote productivity upgrades, Hudson is also at a loss.

Following the study, turning the orc empire into a cotton field seems unreliable.Not to mention whether it can be planted, this proposal alone is very anti-human.

No matter how low the selling price was, these products were dispensable for a self-sufficient feudal aristocratic economy.

Without promoting the development of productivity, these troubles will indeed disappear.But how to defeat the orc empire has become a thorny problem.

With the current productivity of the Alpha Kingdom, no matter how extreme mobilization is, it still doesn't have the strength to completely defeat the orcs.

The overall national strength is not enough to support the expedition of the Kingdom's army, which determines the offensive and defensive trends of both sides, which cannot be changed by Hudson alone.

"In the name of the Near East Front Army Command, an announcement is made to the outside world:
Remind all the nobles and lords to control the ratio of orc slaves and vassals in the territory, and beware that when the orcs invade, these orc slaves will follow and make trouble.

According to the official recommendation, the number of orc slaves should not exceed half of the number of people in the land.Exceeded noble lords, please replenish the number of immigrants as soon as possible! "

Hudson ordered without changing his face.

On this issue, Xueyue Ling is the representative who has seriously exceeded the standard.The number of orc slaves is as many as 40.

If the population is supplemented according to this ratio, Hudson will need to supplement more than 50 people to fill this hole.

No kidding, he was really going to do it.If there are no jobs, create jobs.

The lack of mineral resources in Xueyue Territory does not mean that the entire Near East region lacks mineral resources.

As far as Hudson knows, in the past two years, aristocratic lords from all over the world have successively discovered various minerals such as gold mines, silver mines, copper mines, iron mines, and coal mines.

Regardless of whether the reserves are rich or not, at least there are mines.Where there are mines, there is a foundation for the development of corresponding industries.

Especially gold, silver and copper mines can be directly used to mint coins when they are mined.Not only do you not have to worry about sales, but you can also alleviate the kingdom's money shortage crisis.

(End of this chapter)