Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire

"The most holy and benevolent Noah, your kindness is broader than the sky, your favor is longer than the mountains and rivers, may the earth always remember your name..."

The farmers' chants floated across the fields, and Tedder could clearly feel that the guy lying above him felt particularly happy amidst the chants.

"Noah!"

The young man spoke, his resolute face that became increasingly stable with the passage of time revealed confusion.

"Do you know the possible consequences of the promise you just made?"

"What consequences?"

Noah asked disapprovingly.

"You set a precedent, what do you want other slaves to do?"

Tedder had been among the lower classes. Although he had not fallen into the dust, he had also seen the evil of human nature at the lower classes. Therefore, the kindness and generosity of the golden dragon were not a good thing in his eyes.

"What should I do? As usual."

Noah replied without thinking,

"The three hundred slaves in my name, as long as they want to, can continue to farm on my land after getting rid of their slave status. They also only need to pay one-tenth of the output of the land as rent."

"But there are not only those three hundred slaves in the family's territory. You will make them jealous of everyone, which will lead to uncontrollable consequences."

"That's what you're talking about, tsk tsk. It seems like you didn't spend two years outside in vain."

Noah looked down at his humanoid mount and praised,

"For civilians, what they worry about is not the lack of resources, but the uneven distribution of resources. If only the farmers under my name can get this favor, it will naturally cause turmoil and even vicious incidents.

But all farmers on this land can enjoy the same benefits, and naturally there will be no situation you are worried about. "

"You mean?"

Tedder's face showed a look of disbelief.

“Convince your parents to issue a decree that all farmers must pay only tithes, so that no farmer will be jealous.

As for other confusing taxes such as poll tax, land tax, inheritance tax, road tax, market tax, seigniorage, etc., reduce them if you can, and abolish them if you can. You need to discuss the details with your mother. "

"this……"

The young man stopped unconsciously, frowning, thinking.

"What? Do you think this is bad?"

Noah stretched out his furry cat paws and brushed the messy hair on the young man's forehead.

"It's not bad, it's just..."

Tedder didn't know what to say.

"It's just that you haven't seen such low taxes in the territories of other nobles, right?"

"right."

In the eyes of young people, the taxes levied by the family on the common people in the territory are already very low. Common people only need to pay about one-third to half of their annual income, but Jin Long thinks it is still not enough.

"So in my eyes, those nobles who only exploit the common people are all rat maggots. Why, do you want to be such a maggot too?"

Noah scoffed.

"Of course not, I'm just thinking, what kind of changes will it bring to the family territory if such a tax is implemented?"

Tedder tried his best to think, but he could hardly find any examples in his memory that he could refer to.

"First let's talk about the worst result. If the Augustus family implements tithes throughout the territory, then the Augustus family's land tax revenue will plummet in a short period of time."

"In a short time?"

The young man grasped the key point.

"Of course, after the tithe is implemented, as long as other taxes are not increased, the population in the territory will definitely enter a stage of explosion. The desire for biological reproduction will inevitably explode with the enrichment of material conditions. This is a natural law."

Noah said seriously that the advancement of farming methods and the improvement of productivity are just the basic factors for population growth. In fact, there is another requirement, that is, the rulers should not be too greedy.

In some noble territories adjacent to the Augustus family, due to the influence of the Book of Noah, although there was no significant increase in food production, there was still some progress compared to before.

However, all this increased grain production was scrapped away by the tax collectors sent by the noble lords, and the lives of the common people remained as miserable as before, without any change.

If the people are not wealthy and have no food surplus at home, it is naturally impossible for the population to grow.

The converse is also true. Once a family is wealthy, no one needs to encourage marriage and childbirth. It is a natural result that there will be a group of wives and concubines, and a house full of children and grandchildren.

"Population explosion?!"

Tedder murmured to himself, and his eyes became brighter. He knew what was the biggest problem currently plaguing the family.

Although the territory of the Augustus family was many times larger than that of the count, the population did not grow with the expansion of the territory, and the problem in this regard became more serious.

After my father was promoted to legend, he scared away many monsters. After these monsters migrated, they left behind a lot of rich and fertile land. However, because there was no population to migrate to, they could only be occupied by some human-like intelligent species that were friendly to humans. go.

"Not only that, your family will also have an unparalleled attraction to refugees from other noble territories. Maybe within ten years, you will have to set up a special immigration officer for this purpose."

Noah said in a leisurely tone.

What he just said was not a whim, but a plan.

The main reason is that he no longer has any expectations for nobles other than the Augustus family. Counting on those maggots is a waste of emotion.

In contrast, it would be better to spend energy on the Augustus family. At least his adoptive parents, including the humanoid mount under him, will listen to his opinions and adopt them.

"What you said makes a lot of sense."

"Buying slaves to supplement the population is only a stopgap measure and cannot be regarded as a long-term solution. In contrast, improving the fertility willingness of the original people in the territory and attracting foreign populations to settle down actively is the kingly way."

"Let's go to my mother now!"

"No. It's not easy to go down the mountain. Who is going back now? You go if you want to go, I won't go."

Noah jumped down from the top of the young man's head. He turned around and looked at Taidel,

"I have explained it in detail enough. If you still can't convince your mother, then I can only question your ability."

"I'll accompany you first."

Taidel sighed helplessly and made a choice without thinking.

"Without me, you won't run far."

Although it was a question, the young man's tone was very sure, which made the golden cat's pupils shrink slightly.

"Are you underestimating the courage of the golden dragon?"

"I know how much you cherish your life."

"Tsk!"

The golden cat, whose fur was shining in the sun, jumped back on the young man's head again.

"Go to the river valley you often go to. You always eat the pearls there, but you haven't seen what the place of origin looks like."

"That's a bit far."

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, I have you."

Noah said nonchalantly. The smile on the young man's face didn't have time to bloom, and the next moment it froze on his face.

"Anyway, I'm not moving, riding you is enough."