Chapter 1139

At present, there are 36 vassals in the British Empire.

Although the 36 vassals had fiefdoms and had high autonomy in each other's fiefdoms, not every vassal lived a rich life.

The living standard of more than half of the vassals is not even comparable to that of some businessmen with a little family wealth.

There are two main reasons for the great difference in the living standards of the vassals and the emergence of so many poor vassals.

The first reason - some vassals were not rich.

Not all vassals, like Duke Connaught, had such a vast and rich fiefdom.

Some of the fiefs were small and poor.

The output of a few vassals in a year is even less than that of the Duke of Connaught in half a month.

If the land is barren, it will naturally lead to the poverty of the vassal.

Of course, although these poor feudal vassals could not live as extravagant a life as Duke Connaught, if they saved some money, they could still live a better life than ordinary people.

However - because of the existence of something, the vassals who could have lived fairly became poor, and the vassals who were already very poor became even poorer.

This is also the second reason why the living standards of so many vassals are not as good as those of wealthy businessmen with a little wealth - they have to pay huge tribute to the central government every year.

As the vassals of the britannian Empire, although they had many rights, they also had quite a lot of obligations.

One of the great obligations of the feudal ministers is to pay tribute to the central government on a regular basis.

The britannian empire is one of the countries in the mainland with the greatest gap between the strength of the central government and the vassal.

The total military strength of all the feudal ministers in the British Empire was only 20000.

The central part of the britannian empire can easily wipe out all the vassals in the country by randomly sending one... Half of the Knights.

It is precisely because of the great gap between the power and the vassals that the British Empire always changed its methods to "bully" these weak and deceptive vassals in the country.

For example, five years ago, at the round table meeting in 290 of the imperial calendar, the central government raised the tribute rate again.

Increase the tribute rate from 40% to 45%.

"Tribute rate" - this is a terrible word that makes the vassals of the britannian Empire sweat when they hear it.

Tribute rate - as the name suggests, it is the amount of tribute paid by the vassals to the center of the britannian Empire every year.

After the increase at the round table five years ago, the current tribute rate has reached an amazing 45%.

For every 100 francs of income, 45 francs will be handed over to the central government.

No bargaining is allowed.

In Britannia, there were some feudal ministers who concealed the real income of their territory and wanted to pay less money to the central government.

For the vassals who dared to challenge the authority of the central government, the central government of the British Empire has never been soft hearted, directly confiscating the fief, revoking the aristocracy and demoting them to civilians.

It is precisely because there have been some fools in China who dared to do such a thing of death, so now there are only 36 vassals left.

This ultra-high tribute rate has made many vassals who originally lived fairly poor.

The already poor vassal became even poorer.

None of the vassals in China had any problem with the super high tribute rate of the central government.

Even the richest Duke of Connaught could not help smiling bitterly and sighing helplessly when he thought of the tribute rate of 45%.

After all, for every 100 francs of income, 45 francs must be unconditionally given to the central government - this kind of thing can not be accepted calmly by everyone.

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After defecation, Ron moaned again in a comfortable color, then dressed and walked out of his exclusive toilet.

Ron couldn't help sighing as he left his toilet.

Ron really wants to stay in the bathroom a little longer if he can.

After all, for Ron, who has this strange habit of defecation, his exclusive toilet, which is always full of fragrance, is like his harbor.

But he can't do that. He can't stay in his toilet for too long now.

Because his eldest daughter and his brother are still waiting for him in his room.

Ron would feel sorry if he had kept them waiting for him too long.

Before returning to the room, he pushed open the door, and Ron saw his eldest daughter, Boris, and his younger brother, nolid, who had been quietly waiting for him in his room after he ran to the bathroom.

Boris mcrudier - Ron's eldest daughter.

Nolid mcrudier - Ron's brother and mother.

After seeing Ron coming back, they immediately gathered around and continued the topic that Ron had been forced to interrupt because he ran out to the bathroom.

"Father!" Beth, who had just turned 15, shouted to Ron, "don't listen to your uncle!"

"Beth!" "How many times do you want me to say it before you listen to me?" cried norred in a loud voice that was not lost to Boris

"As long as you agree to help the central government, I will listen to my uncle!"

"Nonsense! Why should we try our best to help the central government? "

Looking at the two people who quarreled again in front of him, Ron sighed helplessly in his heart.

Ron has seen this picture of the eldest daughter struggling with her own brother many times these days.

There has always been an unwritten practice when the central government of the British Empire had some more formal exchanges with the domestic vassals.

That is, the center of the British Empire will send a messenger horse and an official envoy at the same time.

Because of the small number of fast horses and the fact that they are skilled horsemen and use the best horses, they will definitely arrive at the FengChen where the exchange activities are to be carried out one step ahead of the official envoys.

Upon arrival, the express horse will roughly inform the vassal of what the central government intends to communicate with him this time, and then let the vassal get ready and slowly wait for the arrival of the official envoy group.

The central government borrowed troops from Duke Connaught this time, which also continued this practice. At the same time, it sent express horses and envoys.

The express horse sent by the central government successfully arrived at the Duke of Connaught before the 3rd, informing Ron that the central government planned to borrow troops from them.

Before waiting for the official envoys of the central government to arrive, Ron's eldest daughter, Boris, and his younger brother, nolid, had started an unknown number of quarrels about "lending troops to the central government".

And Ron is sandwiched between them, which is also quite difficult