Chapter 1112 The Confused Duke of Connaught (Part 2)

There are currently 36 vassals in the Britannia Empire.

Although these 36 vassals all have fiefs and have extremely high autonomy within each other's fiefs, not every vassal lives a prosperous life.

The living standards of more than half of the vassals are not even comparable to those of some businessmen with a little wealth.

There are two main reasons why the living standards of vassals are so different and there are so many poor vassals.

The first reason-the fiefdoms of some vassals are not rich.

Not all vassals owned such a vast and wealthy fiefdom like the Duke of Connaught.

The fiefdoms received by some vassals were small and poor.

The annual output of a very few vassals' fiefdoms is not even as good as half a month's output of the Duchy of Connaught.

If the fiefdom is barren, it will naturally lead to poverty among the vassals.

Of course, although these vassals with poor fiefdoms cannot live as luxurious a life as the Duke of Connaught, if they save some money, they can still achieve a superior living standard far above ordinary people. Life.

However - because of the existence of something, the vassals who were originally living a decent life became poor, and the already poor vassals became even poorer.

This kind of thing is also the second reason why the living standards of so many vassals are not as good as those of wealthy businessmen with a little wealth - they have to pay huge tributes to the central government every year.

As vassals of the Britannia Empire, although they have many rights, they also have quite a few obligations.

One of the major obligations that vassals have to bear is to pay tribute to the central government on a regular basis.

The Britannia Empire is one of the countries on the continent with the widest disparity in strength between the center and its vassals.

The total military strength of all the vassals in the Britannia Empire is only 20,000.

If the center of the Britannia Empire randomly sends one...half of the knights, they can easily defeat all the vassals in the country.

It is precisely because of the huge disparity in strength between the empire and its vassals that the Britannia Empire always changes its methods to "bully" these weak and bully vassals in the country.

For example - 5 years ago,

That is, at the round table meeting in 290 AD, the central government once again raised the tribute rate.

Increase the tribute rate from the original 40% to 45%.

"Tribute rate" - this is a terrifying word that makes the vassals of the Britannia Empire break into cold sweats just by hearing it.

Tribute rate - as the name suggests, it is the amount of tribute that vassals have to pay to the center of the Britannia Empire every year.

After the increase at the roundtable meeting five years ago, the current contribution rate has reached an astonishing 45%.

For every 100 British pounds earned, 45 British pounds must be handed over to the central government.

No haggling allowed.

There were some vassals in the Britannia Empire who concealed the true income of their territories and wanted to pay less to the central government.

For vassals who dared to challenge the authority of the central government, the central government of the Britannia Empire would never be merciful and would directly confiscate their fiefs, revoke their nobility status, and demote them to civilians.

It is precisely because there have been some fools in the country who dared to commit such suicides that there are now [only] 36 vassals left.

This extremely high tribute rate has made many vassals who originally lived a decent life poor.

Vassals, who were already poor, became even poorer.

Of all the vassals in the country, none of them had any objections to the central government's extremely high tribute rate.

Even the richest Duke of Connaught can't help but smile bitterly and sigh with helplessness when he thinks of the 45% tribute rate.

After all, for every 100 pounds of income, 45 pounds of it must be given to the central government unconditionally - this is not something that everyone can accept calmly.

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After defecating, Ron once again let out a moan full of pleasure, then got dressed and walked out of his exclusive toilet.

Ron couldn't help but let out a small sigh as he left his toilet.

If possible, Ron really wanted to stay in the toilet for a while longer.

After all, for Ron, who has this weird habit of defecating, his exclusive toilet, which is always full of fragrance, is like his haven.

But he couldn't do that, he couldn't stay in his toilet for too long now.

Because his eldest daughter and his younger brother were still in his room waiting for him to come back.

If the two of them were left waiting for him for too long, Ron would feel guilty.

Before returning to the room, he opened the door and saw Ron's eldest daughter, Bailis, and his younger brother, Nolid, who had been quietly waiting for his return in his room after he ran to the bathroom.

Beliss MacRudyll - Ron's eldest daughter.

Nolid Macrudil—Ron’s half-brother.

After seeing Ron come back, the two immediately gathered around and continued the conversation that had been interrupted because Ron ran out to use the toilet.

"Father!" Bolis, who had just turned 15 years old, shouted to Ron, "Don't listen to your uncle!"

"Balis!" Nolid shouted in a loud voice that was no less loud than Bailis, "How many times do I have to say it before you are willing to listen to me!"

"As long as you, uncle, agree to do your best to help the central government, then I will obey your uncle's words obediently!"

"Nonsense! Why should we try our best to help the central government?"

Looking at the two people who were arguing again, Ron sighed helplessly in his heart.

The eldest daughter quarreled with her own brother - Ron had seen this scene countless times in these days.

When the central government of the Britannia Empire conducted some formal exchanges with the vassals in the country, there was always an unwritten convention.

That is, the central government of the Britannia Empire would send out fast horses to report the news and formal envoys at the same time.

Because the fast horses were fewer in number, and they were all people with superb horsemanship, and they used the best horses, they would definitely arrive at the vassal who was going to carry out the exchange activities before the formal envoys.

After arriving, the fast horses would roughly inform the vassal of what the central government planned to communicate with him this time, and then let the vassal prepare and slowly wait for the arrival of the formal envoys.

This time, the central government borrowed troops from the Duke of Connaught, and continued this convention, sending fast horses and envoys at the same time.

The fast horses sent by the Central Government had successfully arrived at the Dukedom of Connaught three days ago, informing Ron and his friends that the Central Government intended to borrow troops from them.

Before waiting for the official envoys from the Central Government to arrive, Ron's eldest daughter, Berlis, and his younger brother, Norlid, had already had countless arguments about "lending troops to the Central Government".

Ron was caught between the two and was in a very difficult situation...

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