Chapter 683, Ready to Ascend the Throne

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The overall planning that Ryan said is actually very simple, that is, after he ascends the throne, he will send bureaucrats to clear the country's land, which ones are suitable for growing cash crops, which ones are suitable for growing food, and which ones are suitable for livestock and orchards. Ensure that there is enough arable land to grow food.

Of course, this power must wait until he becomes king.

"At the same time, I will also implement the permanent warehouse system and build storage warehouses across the country. When the market price of grain is low, I will increase the grain price appropriately for large purchases, and when the market grain price is high, I will appropriately lower the price for sale. Ryan went on to say: "Everyone must have noticed recently that the price of grain on the market is very high. Sell ​​some stockpiles to the Empire."

Grain Protection Price and Grain Reserve System After Ryan briefly described it, everyone understood that the issue of food is indeed an eternal topic. The previous subordination and private relationship between knights, nobles and serfs determined the surplus of grain produced by serfs. All belong to the nobles. In this case, food has little to do with the market, but with the reform of Ryan, the emergence of fixed tax and the conceivable contract system in the future mean the emergence of commodity grain and the rise of the commodity economy. So the old way Certainly no longer applicable, the food protection price and grain reserve system proposed by Ryan just solved this problem.

"As for other things, I will announce the abolition of the king's shield tax after I take the throne." Ryan calmly dropped another blockbuster in the entire conference room.

"Wait, Ryan, you want to abolish... the king's shield tax?!" François opened his mouth in surprise: "Ryan, do you know that as the King of Knights, the most important thing is to pay for the royal family's expenses and the Crow? Taxes on military expenses, you plan to abolish the shield tax?"

"It doesn't collect much tax in the first place, and it doesn't matter if it is abolished. Also, the abolition of the shield tax I said is only for food crops, cash crops, orchards, and animal husbandry is not included." Ryan said calmly: " To encourage food planting, some supportive policies must be given appropriately. Historically, the king’s shield tax has always been difficult to collect, and everyone must be aware of it.”

The dukes were a little embarrassed. The knights and nobles were like this. The tithes of the fairies in the lake have always been paid in full or even overpaid, but the king’s shield tax is all kinds of prevarications, false reports, omissions, and tricks. Ryan put this When the matter was brought up, it was not convenient for everyone to answer the question.

Francois felt that he was happy in vain. The main income of his Duchy of Wenford was various cash crops, especially wine. As for the shield tax reduction for food crops, it did not benefit him much at all.

The father-in-law thought of the benefits that Ryan's rise had brought him, so he could only admit it.

"In the future, we will have to unify tariffs and collect taxes in kind." Ryan continued: "But that will be a matter of later, and everything will be discussed after I take the throne. At present, I can only say so much. What I want to emphasize is that, Ladies and gentlemen, I have adopted many methods to guarantee your interests and compensate your losses, and please understand that the trend of the times and the course of history cannot be reversed."

"The empire on the opposite side of the mountain has completed its restructuring and has become the most powerful human country in the old world. We, Britannia, must also keep up, otherwise the end will be perish. Solve it from above,

It's better than overturning from below. The northern barbarians, chaotic demons, green-skin tribes, beastmen and undead covet the land given to us by the goddess all the time. Only by self-improvement, self-reform and self-innovation can we survive in this dark age Complete redemption. "

Several dukes nodded. This topic is a very sensitive one, so let's stop here.

"I also have a problem, Ryan, as you know, the Principality of Lyonnaise is very difficult now, and we have no ability to implement this policy." Now it's the turn of Duke Adehad, and the Duke of Lyonnasay also said anxiously: " Now the serfs certainly cannot afford the money to redeem them, and people in many places cannot eat enough or wear warm clothing, so how do we advance this reform?"

"Don't worry, Adehad, we all know the situation of Leonasse." Ryan hurriedly stopped Adehad from speaking: "As we all know, the specific conditions of different duchies are different. We have to adapt to local conditions and combine local characteristics. Force it, forcefully plunder their property from the serfs."

"That's right, Adehad, my suggestion to you is to reduce taxes, encourage serfs to go out to recover lost land, send troops to recover those unowned lands, and wipe out bandits and rebel serfs." Francois also nodded : "Don't think about buying serfs now, you have neither the conditions nor the foundation. You can't just see that we have gained a lot and want to follow up immediately."

"Okay, good, you've always been like this, it's always been like this, when I took over Lyonnaise, the treasury and the granary were empty enough to raise rats." Adehad said indignantly: "Now it's okay, I'll Here, watching what reforms you are doing, what redemption, everyone is getting soft, what about me? I can only watch! Francois, you want me to cut taxes? You want me to send troops? Where is the money? What about food? It’s easy to say!”

"...Okay, we all know the difficulties of Lyonnaise, and it's not that we haven't sent someone to help you." Lawn took the initiative to speak out, and the regent of the kingdom persuaded: "If Silruf is here, he won't In doing so, what you and your Principality need is to recuperate, not to forcefully follow our steps."

"..." Adehad sighed lightly, his voice full of powerlessness: "I hope that Leo will be able to regain its glory one day."

"Let's talk about this today." Ryan concluded the Duke's meeting: "Please go back and determine the amount of redemption according to the actual situation of your principality. You must be cautious about this number. Remember, the amount is set too low. It will make the serfs feel too easy, and your interests will be damaged. If the setting is too high, the serfs will not be able to afford so much money, which is tantamount to fooling them.”

The duke's meeting ended, and a grand banquet was held in the duke's castle of Ryan that day, and the dukes who came from afar were invited to a toast to celebrate the consensus reached to a certain extent. With their support, plus Hubald, the Duke of Carcassonne, and the support of the Dukes of Brittany finally surpassed half of the support. Coupled with the Church of the Fairy in the Lake headed by Morgiana, Ryan has been able to truly control the country after he ascended the throne. .

After the banquet, Ryan, who drank a few more glasses, sneaked into the Suria courtyard of the castle.

There was no snow at night, and the winter night was very quiet. There were many irises and tall pine trees growing in Suria’s courtyard. Ryan walked alone in the castle courtyard, looking up, the sky was full of stars, like pearls, Like handfuls of broken gold, scattered on the black jade plate, it is so peaceful and serene at this moment, the leaves are rustling.

Ryan suddenly felt tired.

Perhaps no one understands how difficult it is to carry out a top-down reform in this world, in this world where there are true gods and evil gods. It is very likely that the entire kingdom will be buried.

Aristocrats, churches, businessmen, wizards, Ryan has used all means to realize his ideals. Even so, he has spent more than ten years before he has a foundation for reform. Now he has to carefully promote these Compared with him being alone more than ten years ago, now he has a family, his own power, and a large group of subordinates. The expansion of his power also means that he has to act more cautiously and harder.

Cold, lonely, lonely, the faint magic lamp illuminates the stone-paved road in the courtyard, and there is a statue of Suria in the courtyard, as well as a statue of her favorite mount Richter, Ryan Walking slowly in front of the statue, seeing his wife's serious and beautiful figure holding a lance, she smiled warmly.

He now understands why many middle-aged men would give people a "greasy" feeling before. It is because these men have become tactful and sophisticated. Gu, there are friends who want to help, and there are too many things to stop them from being passionate, acting impulsively, resisting and escaping.

Middle-aged greasy men can only endure, humiliate, and swallow their anger. This is something that young people cannot tolerate and understand. After all, anyone can type on the keyboard, follow the booing, and follow the trend. Barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes, dare to bully me ? I will kill your whole family!

People's Wrath, Blood Splattered Five Steps is like this, this is a way of reading too many cool articles, without considering any consequences, just trying to be refreshing for a while, causing endless troubles, and irrational, but he is especially loved by everyone, because he does Doing what everyone wants to do but dare not do.

The old King Richard was very prosperous when he took office. He was still in his prime and liked to go into the mountains alone to hunt tigers. The first thing he did after he took the throne was to join forces with Imrik, the high elf prince of Caledor, to defeat the beastman frenzy near Krona. , Richard at the time was also so high-spirited and felt that he could do something for the kingdom, but when Ryan came to Britannia more than 20 years later, Richard had become the stubborn and refusing to change, People who suppress Ryan.

Have times changed? No, no, times have not changed.

So why?

you know.

Ryan has multiple identities, and he himself is the God's Choice champion hand-picked by the fairy in the lake. He has gone through untold hardships before finally taking the first step of reform. He really has to sigh: I am too difficult, I recently so much pressure.

Just as Ryan was looking at his wife's statue and thinking wildly, he felt footsteps coming from behind him: "Ryan, what's the matter, why did you come here, we are all looking for you."

It's Suria, today's female knight is wearing a classic black belted dress with ginger candy wood grain and brown fragrance, wrapped in black velvet pantyhose, a pair of slender and well-proportioned black silk legs, wearing a pair of knee-high high-heeled boots, tall and straight She has a good figure, a heroic demeanor, a faint smile on her delicate face and a gentleness like water, and her long shining golden curly hair falls down her shoulders.

Just like fourteen years ago, in the rose garden of Korona.

The Duchess approached from behind, she gently hugged Ryan from behind, and wrapped her arms around Ryan's neck tenderly: "Ryan, my husband, you have done well enough, my father was still praising me just now You, said that you have successfully accomplished something that he never dared to imagine. His Excellency Lawn also said that all they can do is to ease the contradictions and try to be as fair as possible. Only you have proposed a solution that can be accepted by everyone, you It is the miracle that the Lady bestowed on Britannia."

"You are amazing, my husband, I am so proud of you." Suria's voice was like a spring of water, flowing in Ryan's heart, nourishing his will, and the Duchess's sea-blue eyes were full of affection : "Don't push yourself too hard."

"Three to five generations." Ryan only felt that his chest was filled with Suria's love. He turned around and hugged his wife in his arms.

"Huh?" Su Liya obviously didn't understand.

"My reforms can only benefit three to five generations at most, and then the whole society will gradually fall silent again." Ryan sighed, he hugged his wife in the princess's arms, and the couple sat in the courtyard On the bench: "Just like the empire, the reforms of the savior Ludwig made the empire prosperous and ushered in the most glorious era, but one hundred and sixty years have passed, and wealth and land have gone through a short period of time. Circulation has returned to the hands of the nobles, and the newly reclaimed land cannot stop the plunder and expansion of the nobles. Whether it is Karl Franz or me, we can only suppress this trend by relying on royal power and personal prestige. It may change, only to reform again."

"Madam said, Ryan, there is no eternal kingship in this world." After hearing this, Suria didn't take it seriously: "You have done everything you can, and this is enough. You can bring the kingdom a century or two. Prosperity is already a great king."

"Hehehe, yes, but I really don't need to think about what will happen after three or five generations." Ryan suddenly thought of something, and nodded in approval: "Thank you, Suria, you once again enlightened me."

"I am your wife, thank you for what we say." Suria leaned on her husband's shoulder, and the female knight suddenly felt that she had owned the whole world.

This is happiness.

The husband and wife held each other for a few minutes. Seeing that Ryan had recovered from his fatigue and depression, Suria said in a low voice: "Ryan, you should have a good rest these days and get ready for your enthronement. Also, you too Take the time to visit Ms. Veronica and see how she is doing, she has been in retreat for almost a year."

Unexpectedly, it is reasonable that the relationship between Suria and Veronica is not bad, mainly because of Suria's generous and gentle character, and the result of Veronica's careful management. Since Teresa, who is not good at dealing with interpersonal relationships, often avoids Suria, Veronica has always been very good at maintaining the relationship with Suria, and from time to time she also tries to get some strange gifts for the Duchess. If the two sides meet Veronica, who is about to turn 40 this year, has always obediently called Suria, who is only in her early thirties, "sister" or "madame", so the relationship between the two has always been good.

Only Ryan knows that Veronica has a clear position for herself. If Ryan is a big tree in the sky, Veronica is a vine on the branch. She will not dare to lose Ryan's support and protection no matter what. The shrewd Jialan The witch knows how to protect her own interests. As long as Ryan is well served and Suria is made happy, she will be invincible and no one can touch her.

"In this way, I will go to see Veronica in a few days to see how she is doing." Ryan thought for a while and agreed: "As for Teresa and Aurora... Suria, I need you to do me a favor."

"you say."