One Piece: In the Name of the Father

Chapter 113 The Great Court Meeting Five
The boring performance report in the territory directly under the royal family of the Songbai King lasted for a long time.

Finally this boring process was over, and the Dachaohui entered the second agenda, which was to distribute the titles of false nobles.

The aristocratic title of false aristocrats, the actual benefits, that is, the annual court will distribute some Baileys or treasures that match the title.

Many false nobles not only have this false noble title, most of the false nobles also hold official positions in the territory directly under the Songbai Kingdom, and receive monthly salaries from the kingdom.

The same is true for Matsurize. The Earl of Xiaohe has also developed for a year. The taxes that Matsurize usually collects from the territory are used for the salary payment of officials in the territory and the construction of the territory.

Like Xiaohe Territory, which is also a territory directly under the Pine and Cypress Kingdom, they are paid monthly, and they sometimes owe Baritu and others wages every month.

With such a financial situation, how could it be possible to subdue the people in the mountains? If the population increased, the Xiaohe collar would collapse.

This is also the reason why Matsurize wants to make the name of Xiaohe Dao, and rely on it to overcome the difficulties in front of him.

When the royal family of the Songbai King distributed the annual noble bonuses to the vain nobles, all the pioneering nobles, including Earl Matsurize of Xiaohe and Stewart, Earl of Megan, watched intently.

It is no longer as listless as before the kingdom officials reported their achievements.

This is all because of their own interests.

After all, the vain nobles and the pioneering nobles are the nobles of the Pine and Cypress Kingdom. The royal family pays the aristocratic bonuses to the vain nobles once a year, and the pioneering nobles also offer tribute to the royal family once a year.

And the relationship between the two is that if the title ranks between the false nobility and the pioneering nobles are equal, the pioneering nobles can contribute tributes of the same value according to the bonuses obtained by the virtual nobles.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this, neither too much nor too little, and it will definitely pass the grand court meeting of the Songbai King royal family. This year, especially for those pioneering nobles who have failed in pioneering and have tight funds, this process is particularly important.

The reason why Matsurize is also very concerned about this is that he wants to use the noble bonuses of Earl Tam and Earl Maris to speculate whether the tribute he prepared can be a blockbuster.

Another hour passed.

Matsurize was relieved, the rewards from the royal family that the two illustrious noble earls received were nothing more than the equivalent of 3000 to [-] million Baileys.

As for the small river knives prepared by Matsurize, each one is now sold for 9000 berry, and [-] small river knives are worth [-] million berry, which is close to the sky-high price of [-] million berry.

From this point of view, Matsurize has prepared too much, but at this point, Matsurize is not going to save any more, and all three thousand will be donated to the royal family according to the original plan.

Soon, it was time for their group of pioneering nobles to pay tribute.

The first one is of course Earl Megan Stewart who has the strongest strength and title. Some people who are jealous of Earl Megan call Earl Megan the one-armed Earl.

At this time, the queue of pioneering nobles was very noisy, and some pioneering nobles were still handing some Baileys to the attendants standing in the corner, asking to help deliver some news to their subordinates outside the hall.

This kind of action is after reading the rewards distributed by the virtual nobles, and guessing the quality and quantity of the tributes they need, and they want to increase or decrease.

Of course, Earl Stewart of Megan and Matsurize, Earl of Xiaohe, did not need to do this.

Earl Megan whispered to the royal attendant standing in the corner, and the attendant went out to inform Earl Megan's subordinates.

The tribute brought by the pioneering nobles does not need to enter the main hall, as long as the royal officials from the outside world check it correctly, they can report it in and announce it to everyone.

The tribute brought by Earl Meghan was very complicated, that is to say, there were many types and quantities.

Afterwards, the royal attendant led a person from Earl Megan to report to the crowd at the entrance of the main hall.

Just listen to that person.

"Earl Meghan led a thousand catties of royal pearls, a thousand catties of agate... ten famous knives..."

Matsurize found that Megan Ling had worked very hard and contributed a lot of things. The value added up was almost the same as the value of his [-] Xiaohe knives.

Only then did Matsurize feel relieved. Fortunately, he had brought three thousand Xiaohe knives, otherwise the blockbuster effect would not have been achieved.

Earl Megan's dedication is over, and the pioneering nobles are a little stunned. Why do you think, because Earl Megan set a precedent.

That is, the tribute contributed by pioneering nobles is about three times more than the rewards and bonuses of false nobles.

This is indeed difficult for many pioneering nobles. After all, many pioneering nobles failed to open up territories, and their financial resources are tight. Every cent of Bailey can't wait to spend two cents.

Originally, these pioneering nobles thought that they could prepare tributes according to the rewards and bonuses of the false nobles.

This time, it was really a pleasant surprise. All of them stared at Matsurize, the Earl of Xiaohe.

Many people breathed a sigh of relief, after all Earl Xiaohe's family background is notorious.

As the only earl in the pioneering aristocratic system, as long as Matsurize and Earl Meghan's tribute is not equal in value, they can still act according to the original plan.

But if Matsurizawa took out a tribute equal to the value of Earl Megan's tribute, then these remaining pioneering nobles would have to pay tribute according to this new rule.

Of course, most of these pioneering nobles at this time are very relieved. Some of them are still whispering, saying that Matsurize’s tribute this time will definitely not succeed, and will be reduced in title and territory. At least compared to the Xiaohe Territory, the Pine and Cypress Kingdom can take back the original Xiaohe Village.

It is doomed that these fantasies are always fantasies.

When Baritu stood outside the palace gate, he spoke loudly to everyone in the hall.

"The Earl of Xiaohe led the royal family to present [-] Baileys of the famous knife Xiaohe Dao, and a total of [-] famous swords Xiaohe Dao were presented to the royal family."

Baritu was also the first person who directly stated the value of the contribution. After all, many people did not know the reputation of Xiaohe Dao.

Everyone couldn't believe that Matsurizawa was able to present something worth 9000 million Baileys to the royal family.

As for the price of [-] Baileys for a small river knife, none of these people had any doubts, because if Baritu dared to say this, it must have been certified by royal officials.

On this Songbai Island, which was originally called Blacksmith Island, blacksmiths and even swordsmiths emerged in endlessly, and there were countless famous swords. Many people were tempted.

This effect is what Matsurizawa wants to achieve.

(End of this chapter)