Chapter 2349 Anti-Tax Movement

In the Midgard area, the "Westward Movement" that the colonists once had high hopes for was now delayed by the intensifying racial vendetta.

Many manor owners and developers who have purchased large tracts of land in the west have watched their properties being ravaged by the flames of war over the past year, and land prices have fallen again and again. Lobby influential friends in government and parliament to put pressure on Governor Nichols to take tougher measures against Aboriginal people.

Governor Nichols was forced to have no choice but to bite the bullet and ask for help from the mother country government, hoping that the imperial authorities would send an elite force to assist the Midgard army in eradicating the Aesir bandits.

Just three years ago, Marshal Sigmund led the Imperial Knights across the sea to the New World, and joined forces with the Midgard garrison and militia to repel the Fiends who were invading southward.

However, it is purely wishful thinking for the people of Midgard to expect the imperial authorities to send military aid again.

First of all, the enemy facing the Midgard colony today is no longer the regular army of Fiji, but the aborigines of the Asa tribe.

Since the end of the war in 1622, the imperial authorities have issued a decree in the name of His Majesty the Emperor, agreeing with the demarcation agreement signed by Governor Nichols and the Asa tribe, prohibiting the colonists from expanding west of the Vimur River.

The root cause of the resurgence of war in Midgard today is that the colonists openly disobeyed His Majesty's imperial edict, tore up the agreements reached with the aborigines, and colonized across borders.

Governor Nichols sought military assistance from the imperial government in order to support the colonial westward expansion, which was actually a slap in the face.

He can disregard his face, but the Imperial Cabinet and His Majesty the Emperor cannot treat the "1622 Edict" as toilet paper to wipe their ass, and send troops to support the Midgard colonists and plunder the land of the aborigines.

In addition to being impracticable in name, the imperial government was in fact unable to support the expansion of overseas colonies.

The troops on the expedition to the Far East had exhausted the strength and financial resources of the Ashan Empire, and there was really no spare power to cross the ocean and open up another battlefield.

As a veteran in the political arena, Sir Nichols didn't know that his pleading for help was of no avail?

In fact, he didn't expect assistance from his home country at all. He cried poor in the official document, just to show a gesture, implying that the Midgard colony is too busy to take care of itself, and it really can't squeeze out any oil. The imperial government can't help Midgard. Don't count on Take advantage of Midgard!

Facts have proved that Governor Nichols' "broken window strategy" of "wanting to open the window, first clamoring to tear down the roof" is indeed very effective.

Prime Minister Claude and his cabinet members have been receiving complaints and crying from Governor Nichols throughout the year. They feel that the colony under his rule has become so miserable, so they simply gave up apportioning military expenses in the Midgard colony and turned their attention to Alfheim in the south.

Compared with Midgard, the situation of the Alfheim colony is indeed much better.

First of all, in terms of geographical environment, the mild climate of Alfheim is obviously more suitable for the development of planting than the cold and dry Midgard.

The manor owners in the north are just doing small things. If we really want to talk about tens of thousands of acres of fertile land and a big family business, we still have to look at our slave owners in the south.

Alfheim also has a unique advantage. The relationship between the local colonists and the Asa aborigines is relatively friendly, and conflicts occasionally occur. It seemed insignificant.

The people of Alfheim occupy more than 2 million square miles of land with rich geomantic omens. In addition, the weather has been long and the weather has been good and the harvest has been bumper year after year. From the plantation owners to the owner farmers and the craftsmen in the villages and towns, the life of the local people is generally relatively affluent.

Since the Yalfheimers had two spare cash in their pockets, the imperial cabinet took it for granted that it was time for these loyal overseas subjects to contribute to the glorious cause of the mother country's recovery of lost land, so it issued a decree in an attempt to provide 100 Alfheim families with more than 1 mu of land are levied a land tax of 1 silver duga per mu.

If this decree can be implemented, then in 1625 alone, the imperial government will be able to obtain no less than 10 million gold duga tax revenue from the Alfheim colony, which will greatly ease the financial pressure.

Prime Minister Claude and his cabinet think that this tax is not too heavy. In fact, the land rent that the native residents of the empire need to pay is much heavier than the land tax of 1 silver coin per mu in this area.

However, I am sorry, Your Excellency the Prime Minister is purely self-indulgent, and the people of Alfheim do not think that they have the obligation to pay taxes to their mother country!

In fact, the people of the Alfheim colony were very angry at the decision of the mother cabinet. Under the call of the "Sons of Liberty", they resolutely resisted the collection of the so-called "land tax".

Sir John Norfolk, the current governor of Alfheim, as the spokesperson of the imperial government in the colonies, stood clearly on the side of the people under his rule in this turmoil.

When the parliamentary representatives protested one after another, Lord Norfolk himself signed the "petition" and sent the fiercely worded petition to the Imperial Cabinet without changing it, requesting the imperial decision-makers to cancel the petition. The idea of ​​a land tax in Alfheim so as not to spark more serious protests.

The position of the Governor of Norfolk angered Prime Minister Claude and his cabinet.

They don't understand how sensitive the colonial residents are to tax burdens, and they don't see the various consequences that the Governor of Norfolk is worried about. He himself was ambitious, trying to establish a small court in the colony and establish himself as king.

Thousands of miles of ocean impeded communication between the mother country and the colonies, distance created misunderstandings, and misunderstandings prompted a series of disastrously wrong decisions by the imperial authorities.

Just three weeks ago, with the support of His Majesty the Emperor, the Imperial Cabinet exempted Sir John Norfolk from the position of Governor on charges of "ineffectiveness in suppressing tax-resisting mobs", ordered him to return to the holy city of Ashan to report on his duties, and appointed a new The governor came to preside over the collection of taxes.

The new governor is Lord Edmund Fogle, the eldest son of Jacob Fogle, the most famous tax collector in the empire and the sole contractor of the "Indulgence Notes".

Lord Fogel's style of doing things is vigorous and decisive at best, and arrogant and rude at worst.

On the second day after receiving the letter of appointment, he impatiently left the port by boat to take up his post in the New World.

Edmund Fogel and his entourage had a total of more than 500 people on four magic steam ships, including a 300-member "Governor's Guard".

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