One Piece: In the Name of the Father

Chapter 341
But in the county seat of Megan County, the gap between the rich and the poor is too wide.

At first, when Longyu and Yingsha were walking in the fields and villages outside the city, this side was not very obvious.

But in the county seat of Megan County, it was too obvious.

On the street, there are rich people and high-ranking officials surrounded by silk and satin, eight palanquins, and three tiers inside and outside. Not far from them, there are many thin and shabby clothes, with extreme hunger on their faces. Iron blue civilians.

Over the years, under the control of this group of old aristocratic forces headed by Kara, the world and people's lives in Megan County have become worse than when the Megan family was in charge.

The old nobles headed by Kara have harvested all the benefits that can be harvested in the territory of Megan County.

That's it, blatantly ignoring the existence of Dinis, and setting up the same name after another to collect taxes.

You must know that in the Bailong Kingdom, Matsurize has long regulated the taxation system. There are only two kinds of taxes in the whole country, one is agricultural tax and the other is commercial tax.

The agricultural tax is collected once a year, and the commercial tax, as long as you are self-sufficient and do not trade in markets or cities, will not be counted on your head.

Like the previous period of the Songbai Kingdom, the official and informal poll tax, city entry tax, etc., were all abolished in the White Dragon Kingdom.

It's not simply canceled in a simple sense, the White Dragon Kingdom still needs to develop, it wouldn't work without Bailey!

Instead, all taxes are unified in these two tax systems.

In general, the pressure on the common people has been greatly reduced, as if a mountain was originally carried on their shoulders, but now the White Dragon Kingdom has lifted it off for him.

But Longyu and Yingsha have traveled all the way, and from what they have seen and heard along the way, it can be said that within the territory of Megan County, it can be said that they have harvested the last Bailey and the last grain of rice in the pockets of ordinary people.

What is hateful is that the old aristocratic forces headed by Kara acted so recklessly, violated laws and regulations, and treated the kingdom as nothing. They still used the name of the kingdom to do these bad things.

Just like now, the scene happened in front of Longyu and Yingsha.

"Dangdangdang!"

The gong sounded.

A troop of soldiers swaggered across the street.

"His Majesty Matsurizawa has married No.30 as the princess!"

Arowana and Shadow Killer were stunned. How could they not know when it happened, and the No. 30 five princesses!
Just when the two of them didn't know why, they saw that group of soldiers started going from house to house, even the passers-by on the street were not spared, and they started to grab things and grab Bailey.

Pedestrians on the street avoided one after another, and colleagues were still muttering.

"Run, the princess tax is coming again."

It turns out that one of the main forces behind the exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes that are cleverly established on the boundaries of Megan County is the Princess Tax under the name of Matsurizawa.

Arowana was so angry that his whole body turned blue, and his skin was about to turn back into a murloc. If Shadow Killer hadn't grabbed him, the two of them would have been exposed.

Shadow Killer pulled Arowana to follow the flow of people and also avoided it.

Along the way, Arowana's complexion became more and more stinky, because they heard the common people in Meigen County, who had avoided the tax team together, scold Matsurize along the way.

"This pervert king, doesn't he know how to marry less concubines?"

"How do you think his more than 40 heirs came from? Marry more and have more children!"

These are all nice words, all kinds of foul language are added to Matsuri Ze, Arowana can't wait to fight with this group of ordinary people and reason with them.

Shadow Killer dragged Arowana, who was muttering something, to a remote corner.

Shadow Killer actually admires Longyu, and doesn't understand why he can be so loyal to His Majesty the King.

Shadow killing doesn't mean disloyalty, but loyalty to His Majesty the king. In his life, it is not the first. Of course, the first is his family, the family, the family first, and then the country.

And like Longyu, who is wholeheartedly loyal to His Majesty the King, and has already reached the level of giving up his family for the country, it should be said that he has given up his home for Matsurize alone.

In fact, this is not only the case with mixed races of human beings like Dragon Fish, it is also the case with most people who grew up in the Young Tiger Camp.

Based on this alone, even if Matsurize doesn't have so many heirs, no matter how loose the military and government affairs are, their family, that is, the rule of the royal family in the White Dragon Kingdom is deeply rooted and cannot be overthrown.

It is precisely because of this, coupled with Matsurize's own force and the children of the Matsurize family who have gradually grown up, that he is very loose in managing government affairs and the civil service system, and Baritu is in charge of everything.

This has also resulted in the current situation in Megan County.

And now that Matsurize, who knows the current situation in Megan County, is also thinking and reflecting on himself, he must strengthen the management of the civil service system in the future, so that he can no longer be the dominant one and cause irreparable losses.

Now Yingsha finally felt that he was superior to Longyu in terms of IQ. He persuaded Longyu for a long time before calming down Longyu's mood.

"Okay, needless to say, let's go, let's go to Dinisi's house."

No matter what, Dinis is still the Magistrate of Megan County in name, and the mansion is still very lively. His clan brothers and subordinates, people come and go inside and outside the mansion.

Dinis' clan brothers are the main force of the old aristocratic forces. Dinis' brothers hope that Dinis will completely fall to their side.

I hope that Dinis can win more rights for them from the old aristocratic forces after they are completely reversed.

Kara is an outsider, and his subordinates are all members of the Meghan family. How can he rest assured that in today's old aristocratic forces, Carla has recruited and promoted many old aristocrats who are not from the Meghan family.

And Kara also took a neutral attitude towards the recruiting of Dinis by the members of the Meghan family.

It's not that he is magnanimous, and he is not afraid that Dinis will come to fight for power with him, but he knows that facing the White Dragon Kingdom and Matsurize, it is always good to have more strength.

As night fell, Dinis's house was finally quiet. His group of family brothers only came to make trouble during the day, and they didn't have so much leisure time at night.

There were not many guards in Dinisi's house, and Dragon Fish and Shadow Killer had never felt so easy to sneak in.

Dinisi's mansion is not very big, because there are not many people living here, so Dinisi, his wife and children live here, and it is easy to find.

Dragon Fish and Shadow Killer found where Dinis was, and he was preparing to rest in the bedroom with his wife and children!

Just when Arowana and the others were about to show up, Dinis came out and headed elsewhere.

(End of this chapter)