"What's going on with these children?" Li Feng frowned and came to a small village. Several children were huddled under a big tree, beating their heads to pieces for a piece of hard black bread. Even the girls became fierce.
Kulimu stood up and said: "They are all orphans. Their parents either died of cold and hunger or died in battle. Edward will not care about it, and the knights in the fief will not care about it. They rely on digging through garbage dumps or picking up black bread discarded by the castle every day.
Live your life.”
"Poor child, I was like that at first. Fortunately, I met Brother Kurimu and joined the thieves group." Lia couldn't help but sigh, and took out the food she had on her body and shared it, triggering a burst of looting.
"Don't rob, don't rob, everyone has a share." Leah tried hard to maintain order, her motherly heart burst out, but she was not like the decisive female thief she usually was. Lansa, Piccolo and others hurriedly stepped forward to help.
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Li Feng looked at Kulimu: "How many children like this are there in Lu Ke?"
"I haven't counted them carefully, but I inspected them all. I estimate there are more than forty."
"You go back and send people to collect them all. I will bring them back to Dia."
Kulimu bowed and bowed: "Yes~~"
In the evening, Lansha was drinking milk. Li Feng rubbed her big watermelon and asked, "My dear, let me give you a task. I think you are quite bored at home."
"Ah... Bah... Uh-huh... Just say it."
"When Kurimu finds all the orphans in Luke's territory, I want to divide these children into two groups. The boys will be given to Bic, who will train them in martial arts and loyalty from an early age. The girls will be given to you, and you will be responsible for training them.
Female spy."
Lanza was confused: "What is a female spy?"
"Female spy, that's..." Li Feng explained the concept, responsibilities, skills, etc. of spies in detail. After feeding Lansa, he picked up paper and pen, wrote a spy training manual and handed it to her.
Lansha was extremely interested in this matter. She sat on Li Feng and twisted her waist: "Dear, Piccolo's organization is called the Dark Guard, so what should my organization be called?"
Li Feng took a sip of grapes: "What do you think it should be called?"
"Dark Rose, what do you think?"
"very good."
"Come on, baby, let me feel your bravery."
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After dealing with the troublemaker, the territory under actual control has been expanded by half. Li Feng started to deal with the problem of food surplus in Dialand. This is also a very important part.
"Build arrow towers and bunkers at the castle and the entrances and exits of the two territories, replace wages with food at double the market price, and recruit the people of Luclen who have no food to eat to participate."
"At the same time, the armory and granary are expanded. The armory produces armor, crossbow beds, crossbow machines, heavy hammers, flower bones, sabers and other weapons and equipment in large quantities in accordance with the new army's tactics and systems. Food is also used instead of wages, and recruitment is exposed.
To lead the people to work."
"Sell all the farm girls and farm tools in the castle to the farmers in the two territories. At the same time, purchase a large amount of excess grain from the people. You can buy it with money or barter for things. Anyway, you can't let the grain stay in the hands of the farmers, otherwise
Next year, Dialing's grain output will not only not increase, but will actually decrease. After all, no one will work on the grain pile."
The introduction of some of the above emergency measures cheered the people of the two territories, especially the farmers in Dia Territory. Many people sold their old grains over the years to exchange for money.
If you have money, why don't you spend it?
Smith and Tom are very smart. They are not only involved in production but also in the entertainment industry. They have a brothel, a racecourse, a colorful house, a clothing store, a farmer's market, a furniture store, etc., and they have all the basic necessities, food, housing and transportation.
And it is still being upgraded.
However, as a result, Dialing Castle has accumulated nearly 10,000 tons of food, and various specialties have been continuously developed. The total population of the two territories is only more than 14,000, and they cannot consume these things at all.
Therefore, there is an urgent need for an external outlet to sell things quickly, especially food.
Commerce is currently the most direct and effective way.
Li Feng set his sights on the traveling merchants passing through Dialing.
Traveling merchants are the main group of merchants in this world. Their main business is to travel between various territories, sell various goods, and connect various closed territories to exchange what they have.
They are well-informed, have extensive activities, and have extensive connections. They focus on profit and operate in the form of a fleet. Although they are greedy, it must be said that the role they can play is very huge.
Because of this, even if there are life-and-death fights between territories, it will not prevent traveling merchants from entering and exiting freely, including the current Dia Territory and Luke Territory, but generally speaking, taxes are very heavy.
After all, the territory also needs to make money. The barons still treat their own farmers as nothing, and they slaughter passing merchants who are not engaged in production.
The commercial tax is 40%, and the unscrupulous ones can reach more than 50%. There are also toll tax, rest tax, landing tax, flower tax, meal tax, toilet tax... There are so many kinds, you can eat, drink, have sex, sleep, etc.
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When Li Feng learned about these taxes, he was simply amazed.
Take the landing tax as an example. It means that as long as the goods on the traveling merchant's carriage fall to the ground, you cannot pick them up because it has nothing to do with you anymore and it now belongs to the lord.
Flowering tax means that if you are active in the territory, you will always accidentally damage the floor and walls of the territory. As long as you leave a mark, it means flowers have bloomed, and you have to collect taxes. Well, it can be understood as losing money.
Needless to say there are other toll taxes, rest taxes, and meal taxes.
It’s just that the barons in this world have too much imagination and have taken blackmail to the extreme.
Based on this, Li Feng ordered people to post an investment notice at the entrance and exit of the main roads in the two territories.
1. Travel merchants with route skills only receive 10% business tax;
Second, we have a large amount of grain for sale. As long as you can eat it, you can have as much as you want. You are welcome to come and buy it. The more you buy, the more favorable the price.
3. Traveling merchants in transit areas are exempted from all miscellaneous taxes such as toll tax, labor tax, landing tax... and, except for food, all consumption activities incurred by traveling merchants in the destination will be settled at a 50% discount.
Fourth, be able to purchase gold, silver, copper, iron, sulfur, saltpeter and other materials in large quantities. If there is any, ship it over as soon as possible. The more the better.
5. Important information about each territory can be reported secretly to the skill steward, and the skill will reward you according to the importance.
The traveling merchants stood in front of the notice, deeply attracted by the five items above. The tax conditions above alone made it impossible for them to refuse. Thinking of the wealth of Dialland, they came without hesitation.
Sony is such a traveling merchant. His size is medium, with more than a dozen carriages and more than 20 transport teams armed with knives and sticks.