Chapter 865 I am really just practicing calligraphy
Chapter 865 I really just practice calligraphy
"Shields Town is a port city and belongs to the Kingdom of Gezi. Its special products are apples, oranges, bananas and fish. The land is suitable for farming, the climate is pleasant, there are wild beasts, and it is also suitable for hunting."
"Local civilians make a living by growing apples, oranges, bananas, fishing and farming. Very few people go to sea to go to other places. Basically, when merchant ships come, they exchange their own production materials for money, and then use the money to buy them and take them away on the merchant ships.
It is a self-circulating small economic ecology. It depends on the weather for food and will be destroyed if it encounters a storm. There is no education system. Literacy depends on tutoring. The medical system is terrible. Only doctors with poor quality can be found locally. Fortunately,
, their physical fitness is good.”
"The tax amount, the standard in Schell Town is 40%, but the specific situation depends on the tax officer's mood. He will rudely set an amount for a family that exceeds their actual amount, and then charge the so-called 40%, which will actually exceed this amount.
There’s a lot of credit.”
"Take my neighbor as an example. His family is a fisherman and makes a living by selling fish. His annual income is about 300,000 beli. The 40% quota is 120,000 beli. But this year the tax official levied a tax on him.
The family’s income was 200,000 beli, because the tax official believed that his family’s income was 500,000 beli. The neighbor tried to resist but to no avail, so he paid 200,000 beli.”
"But the kingdom has not provided protection. Shields Town is basically autonomous. If you encounter pirates, you can only run for your life. Once you encounter pirates, the lucky people will lose their savings, and the unlucky ones will lose their lives."
"I don't like it very much. - Rusilu Culuo, 1499 AD."
At that time, Kuro was three years old.
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Dressrosa, a certain conference hall in the palace, there are only three people in the conference hall at this time.
David, Cass, Wilbur.
Cass and Wilbur immediately called David after accepting the escort mission, and David invited them to come to Dressrosa to discuss the cause of justice.
Similarly, the kings are also in this place, but they are not in this conference hall at the moment.
This temporary meeting is their core meeting.
"Both!!"
David danced there and said: "The master conducted an investigation for justice and peace very early on, and this is the evidence! Look, the civilian ecology of Shields Town is no different from other places in the world.
They are even more violent! This is not in line with the master’s wish for peace. We should change it and make changes in the peaceful way that the master likes!”
Cass and Wilbur were sitting upright, with solemn expressions on their faces.
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G-3 Fortress, Office.
After reading the survey he wrote when he was three years old, Kuro shook his head and smiled.
"Eh? Are the taxes in Shieldstown so high?" Lida asked curiously.
"When have you ever been low? It's never been low in the whole world. Well, you've been floating on the sea since you were a child. What do you know?"
Qrow pulled the paper away, rummaged through the pile of parchment, and found the next one.
"Investigation Report on the Kingdom of Gezi".
"I couldn't defeat Uncle Ouji, so I followed him for a while, and I roughly know the details of the Kingdom of Gezi. There are ten islands in the Kingdom of Gezi. The main island, Gezi Island, is very large. Most of the citizens live here. The situation of the civilians is different from that of Gezi.
It is almost the same as the town of Gezi, which shows the current situation of the civilians in the entire Gezi Kingdom."
"This is a typical feudal capital kingdom. The king is the largest noble and controls the most abundant land and resources. The remaining nobles control the territory and merchant ships, collect taxes and production materials from the territory for trade, and the nobles will carefully treat themselves
Families carry out education, monopolize knowledge, and complete the rule of the upper class.”
"Occasionally, there are some conscientious nobles who will take care of the common people in their territory, but due to the characteristics of the times and class, all they can do is collect less taxes and provide limited medical care and education. Maybe they will open the granaries in times of famine, eh.
It makes people laugh that such a rich place would suffer from famine. However, most nobles do not care at all during times of famine and let the common people fend for themselves, so it is not surprising that there are so many pirates."
“I hate it.——Russiru Kulo, 1501 AD.”
At that time, Kuro was five years old.
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"This is what I hate!"
David shouted there: "But it's not too late to change from Dressrosa. I have already cleaned up the nobles. The remaining nobles need to follow our policies. Those who don't agree will be purged!!
"
"I agree with this!" Cass said excitedly: "Justice is to protect civilians. Our enemies are not only pirates, but all kinds of evil that cause harm to civilians! As long as it is evil, justice will not let it go.
!”
"Me too!" Wilbur yelled, scratching his neck.
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"Why are you writing this? Isn't the world like this?" Lida asked.
"I'm practicing calligraphy. I'm writing blindly. Can't you see that my handwriting is much more beautiful than when I was three years old?"
Qrow put aside the parchment that the five-year-old had written on and continued to rummage inside.
He didn't realize that Crowe behind him was already sweating coldly.
"East China Sea Survey Report".
"As I started practicing, I have traveled to most places in the East China Sea. What is certain is that the form of the East China Sea is exactly the same as that of the Kingdom of Gezi and Shields Town. Then I can boldly infer that the form of the world is like this, but it needs to be added
To emphasize, it is force."
"This is a world where blood, force, feudalism and capital combine to rule the upper class. Blood is the most important, because the Kingdom of Gezi was overthrown by the revolutionary army and replaced by a new king. That king is very conscientious, eh. Sher
The tax rate in Shields Town is still 40%, but there is no longer a random tax official to set the target, which makes Shields Town a lot easier, but it is also the limit of what this king can do."
"He can do this because he is a strong man himself and has gathered a group of strong men with conscience to work for him. However, he has his own problems. On the premise of having aristocratic legitimacy, he still cannot provide much to the common people.
There is no difference between a good life and less pressure. And there are many nobles who are secretly resisting because he is not a natural king."
"Bloodline is the most important thing, which is the consensus of the world. Secondly, force is intertwined with feudal capital. Those with strong force, such as the naval hero Garp, can ignore the rules but cannot change them."
"It seems that the Navy has been stationed in Shieldstown. Is it because of the Revolutionary Army? But I don't think I can go to the Navy branch in other places. It's fine in my hometown. I can go there when I am old enough."
"The revolutionary army? That's where its limitations are. It's still the same old thing at its core and cannot be changed."
"I despise it. -Russiello Cullo, 1506."
At that time, Kuro was ten years old.
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"Yes, blood!"
David said: "I have blood! There was natural legitimacy eight hundred years ago, and I have military force, so I am qualified to be the king, but I am still constrained. Not everyone in the country's nobles supports it."
I, but I married a noble daughter of the Dold family, integrated with them, and resolved this conflict. But those people are still obstacles, hindering our path to peace, and hindering us from fulfilling the master's wish!"
There was a loud snap, and David took out a piece of parchment with beautiful handwriting from his arms, which he copied personally.
"My master's wish for peace is clear. As long as we follow this, there will be no problem!"
That was the most precious thing and the most exciting thing for David. When he was cleaning up the master's house, he could write down the rest in his mind. But only this, he needed to copy it personally and regard it as more important than his own life.