Chapter 653, Taxes

() Chatted with his wife for a while. After dinner, it started to rain outside the passenger ship. The rain in early winter always brings a feeling of coldness that penetrates into the bone marrow. Ryan hugged his son Devin Hill to teach him how to read and write Talking, the little guy was very close to his father, he kissed his father on the face and then laughed straight, while Suria stayed beside the father and son, just watching Ryan and Devon Hill playing with each other tenderly, without saying a word, In fact, the female knight doesn't like her son getting too close to her. She hopes that Devinhill can kiss Ryan too, because she was influenced by the teaching and influence of chivalry since she was a child. Those in the powder pile will not become powerful knights in the future.

After playing for a while, Devinhill was sleepy and wanted to sleep, Sylvia took the initiative to take him away, and Ryan said to Suria: "Suria, take a rest first, I will go to the deck One turn."

"It's raining outside and you go out?" Su Liya said casually.

"I heard that rainy days are more suitable for hanging out!" Ryan said with a smile: "I saw Karad and Ah Fu chatting in the corridor, go out and have a look."

"Well, you go." Suria didn't say anything more, she signaled Ryan to go back early: "We'll talk about it later when Devonhill is asleep."

When Ryan came out of the room, it was cloudy and rainy. The sky above the Riker River was shrouded in clouds and fog. Hitting the ship's side and hull, the rain was not very heavy, but it was very dense. Ryan raised his head and looked at the gloomy sky, and walked outside along the corridor.

There are a large number of towns and outposts on both sides of the Riker River. There are many ships on the river, many of which are doused by the heavy rain and have to stop temporarily on the bank. Seeing Ryan coming out, the old guard who was standing guard at the gate saluted immediately : "Duke!"

"Thank you." Ryan patted the shoulders of the two old guards affirmatively: "Where's Bertrand?"

"Sir Bertrand is resting in his room." An old guard replied loudly.

"Well, nothing happened?" Ryan asked casually.

"Nothing." The old guard saluted again: "Except for the damn weather!"

"Haha~" Ryan smiled. He walked out along the corridor and out of the cabin. The cold wind outside was blowing, making Ryan's long black hair flying around in the air. When he walked up the corridor on the second floor At that time, I found Alfred and Karard standing here looking at the scenery, and the champion of the fairy in the lake immediately walked over: "Ah Fu, Karard, you are so interested, come out to see the scenery at this time ? Are you not afraid of being hit by a wave?"

"It's too stuffy in the cabin,

And it smells bad. "Kalad was wearing a dress of the Earl of Brittany, and the cold wind was blowing his brown hair non-stop. The Holy Grail Grand Knight shook his head helplessly: "The smell of copper stinks. "

"That's right, there are disgusting transactions everywhere." Alfred looked a little annoyed, he shook his head: "Just inside the cabin, the group of businessmen are sitting together, talking about gold coins, gold .”

This time Ryan returned to Britannia not only with his party and the army of knights brought by Karard, but also a large number of Nur merchants, and even many small nobles boarded the passenger ship to Britannia, and got After Ryan's promise, everyone is willing to go to Brittany to try their luck, especially Mousilon, the business opportunities contained in the rejuvenated and vibrant Knight Kingdom make these Nuer people feel like they smell blood. Uninvited like a shark.

And Ryan also expressed his welcome. He has no reason not to welcome these people. There are many ways to revive Musillon, and large investment is definitely the fastest one.

"Normal, profit-seeking is human nature, or the nature of businessmen." Ryan took a few steps, he reached out and stroked the railings that had been wet by rain, and said with a smile: "Just like the pursuit of glory is the nature of knights, the pursuit of Piety is as much a priest's nature."

"I know this." Callard took the initiative to speak. The strong man in the sanctuary walked to Ryan. The knight's quest for the Holy Grail is the same."

"Yes, I have no right to stop businessmen from pursuing their interests, just like I have no right to stop knights from pursuing the Holy Grail." Ryan closed his eyes and enjoyed the cool breeze blowing on his face: "In that case, what else do you have to worry about?" where?"

"I'm just a little displeased." Callard's tone was very hard. He moved two steps horizontally, and then walked quickly to Ryan's side: "Your Excellency Ryan, do you know what those businessmen are talking about?"

"What are you talking about?" Ryan asked.

"They were chatting, saying that this is good. There is no real tax in Brittany, only customs duty and city entry tax. Now they can make a lot of money!" Alfred said very depressed: " What a businessman! They chatted about the low taxes in Brittany, especially the little Sir Krupp, who was very excited and said that he could finally be freed from the high business taxes in Noor. "

"Hahaha! Did he also say that as long as conditions permit, he can even move the family's Ministry of Industry in Nur to Musilon?" Ryan couldn't stop laughing: "I dare say, if he really dares to do that, Then it will be a matter of time before Nur's gallows, and Emilia will not let him go."

"That's not true." Alfred couldn't help laughing, and shook his head after laughing: "So, Ryan, sometimes I wonder, are these rich people going too far? They They have made so much money, and there are so many poor people struggling with hunger, why can't they take the initiative to help the poor?"

"The rich donate less money to the church?" Ryan disagreed with this point, he shook his head: "Only the little Sir Krupp you mentioned, he has donated no less than five dollars to the Justice Church in the past ten years." Ten thousand gold marks, he and his father Krupp jointly donated another 25,000 gold marks for the Great Battle of Nur, we can’t ask for more from this point alone.”

Neither Alfred nor Carrad had anything to say about this, and the new Patriarch of the West Brittany Diocese could only spread his hands: "Well, maybe this little Sir Krupp is indeed generous, but he is not Not every businessman is like this. I have seen many businessmen in Nur who only care about making money and ignore people. I can’t say that they will be hanged like this. But..."

"Ha, Ah Fu, you have grown up." Ryan nodded, and he said with a smile: "I want to praise you for not rushing up to blow their dog's head."

"I'm already past the age of impulsiveness. If it was more than ten years ago, I was about the same as you when you arrived in Marienburg." Alfred shrugged: "The imperial law stipulates that citizens' property is sacred and free, I just want to say, Is there no way to cure these rich people? For example, to tax more? For example, to limit their excessive expansion?"

"I also think that these profiteers cannot make money too easily." Callard also agreed.

"Don't be funny, Ah Fu, Carrad." Ryan looked at the river water and the heavy rain in the Riker River, and sighed, "Imposing heavy taxes to the rich? In fact, the richer you are, the more difficult it is to collect taxes. For example , François is my father-in-law, Suria's father, everyone in Brittania knows that he and his Duchy of Wenford are the richest, he has several vineyards, and every year the wine trade alone The profit is more than 50,000 gold crowns, so, who of you dares to tell him that you have made too much money on wine, and we must tax you heavily?"

Francois is the great knight of the Holy Grail, rich and well-fed, noble blood, has a strong influence in the kingdom, and he also owns an elite unit "Quinalis Champion Knight Brotherhood" ", Alfred and Callard thought about it for a while, they could only shake their heads with wry smiles.

If this one is not handled well, it will be a war.

"The richer and more powerful the person, the more difficult it is to collect taxes. Alfred, you should have a deeper understanding of this." Ryan began to talk about the difference in the tax system. He looked at the cold rain in early winter: "Businessman Don't talk about heavy taxes with the nobles, even if it is an ordinary tax, they will either try to avoid taxes, or move the tax burden downwards. For example, if Emilia imposes heavy taxes on the Krupp family, then the end will be that the entire effort The price of goods in Seoul and the price of muskets and artillery have risen together."

Now Alfred and Callard's faces became serious, and they knew that Ryan had something to say.

There are generally three methods of taxing individuals, namely poll tax, proportional tax and excess progressive tax.

Poll tax seems to be the fairest, but in fact it is the most unfair and has many disadvantages. The poor are hit the hardest, while the rich are basically not affected, so I won't discuss it here.

Proportional tax would be better, it looks fair, but in fact it is not. For example, a poor peasant earns three gold crowns a year and can barely support his family. Ten kronors and a tithe would make him feel bad, but for a small nobleman with an annual income of three hundred kronors, a tax of thirty kronors might not be a big deal.

As for the thirty gold kroner tax alone, the tax official can actually collect fifteen gold kroner, which is not bad, because the stewards of the minor nobles will help with the accounting, and there are so many minor nobles who have ways to avoid the collection.

The last is the excessive progressive tax, which is very similar to the Chinese dynasty in Ryan's previous life, that is, the poor do not pay taxes, the middle class pay less taxes, and the rich pay more taxes. This kind of tax is actually unfair, but most people feel that This is the fairest.

However, the rich will not be willing to be slaughtered. They have many methods. For example, in Ryan’s previous life, a certain Superman Li transformed into Lord Li of Great Britain, and his nationality became a person from the Maple Leaf Country. Give yourself a one-dollar annual salary, which is farther away from the threshold than everyone else.

What's more ruthless is that France once imposed a 75% rich tax on the rich with an annual salary of more than 1 million euros. Is this tax heavy enough? The tax came out and won the support of 80% of the people. Many people were so happy to drink and celebrate. However, in the first year of the levy, prices soared by nearly 25%, and the poor suffered the most. The exodus has had a devastating effect on the entire country's economy, with the poor and middle class footing the bill in the end.

Talking far away, Ryan explained some of these issues a little bit, and Alfred and Callard were already in a cold sweat. Ryan finally concluded: "It is impossible for fairness and justice to reach an agreement on this issue. Furthermore, As you said, Afu, the sacred freedom of citizens’ finances is protected by the laws of the empire. Moreover, when merchants donate a lot of money to the church and ask for notarization, the church will also undertake the responsibility of protecting merchants. It is impossible for us to forcibly confiscate their funds. property?"

Alfred said helplessly and frantically: "Is there no way to make all the nobles and merchants obediently pay taxes normally?"

"Yes." Ryan still had a smile on his face. He looked down at the Holy Grail Knight Commander badge on his chest, then at Callard's, and said playfully: "At least in Brittania there is a kind of Not only do all the knights and nobles pay taxes, but they never dare to evade taxes, avoid taxes or play tricks. Everyone pays enough and often pays more, and this is why Brittany has stood for thousands of years. A core that, despite its problems and darkness, still stands."

Callard already understood, Earl Garrament nodded again and again: "That's right, no one dares not to pay this kind of tax."

"That is, what tax has such magical power?" Alfred asked curiously.

"That is……"

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