Santairiku Eiyuuki

Now three months had passed since Linasha was married, and it was June.

After all this time it became clear to the rest of the world that Lemuria and Kuroshi had entered into a marital relationship.

The trouble is the kingdom of Phallus.

Lemurian empire and black clashes, because pressure from both sides has intensified even further.

The troubled face of Sassan VIII came to mind and Erkühl felt very happy.

Friendship had also deepened, and bilateral transactions had also been revitalized.

It is the horse that Erkühr asked for in the black clash.

The horses raised by Black Clash, a nomadic tribe, are a range of famous horses, and I definitely wanted to get them from Erkühl, who is constantly enhancing his cavalry.

On the other hand, Kurokusha craved cereals such as wheat and some luxury items such as spices.

Black Clash, the champion of the meadow zone of the continent and a great empire spanning the east and west...

Spices and other spices originating in the islands of the South are difficult to come by.

It was of great significance that they could be obtained via the Lemurian Empire.

Conversely, many silks were to be imported into Lemuria without going through the Farse kingdom.

Well, these deals were made from the beginning...

This has become more and more enlivened.

But it doesn't mean it all went well.

Some voices were raising their voices saying that they had "sold my sister for the benefit of my country" and so on.

This comes from within and outside the Lemurian Empire.

It's hard not to be wrong, though.

Nevertheless, just because you have entered into a marital relationship doesn't mean we should pinch Farth quickly, etc.

Farth is still a mighty country.

Erkühl was focusing on his internal affairs, without moving the army in particular.

June is the harvest season for wheat.

The Lemurian Empire has an area of murder and an area of abundance because the climate varies completely from place to place.

This year, however, it became a relatively murderous crime across the country.

Elquille gave instructions to the Wheat Union (Guild) to increase wheat imports from the Taurica Peninsula in order to lower wheat prices.

He said he was discussing with ministers to increase the amount of wheat he distributes, considering other possibilities of starvation and death in the city...

A piece of news went into Elquille's ear.

Says unrest is occurring in the genus Mistle Länder.

Farmers dissatisfied with the petty works assemble and besiege the nobles' halls... insist that the petty works be lowered.

So far there have been no noble deaths, but some of those caught up in the unrest have been injured, which has also had a negative impact on circulation….

Elquille grinned when she heard it.

"Finally, I'm tired of waiting."

After giving instructions about the unrest, Erkühl had a tea party with Carolina, Renalier and Nia.

Chiffany pours tea into three cups.

"Well, as a matter of course...... normally nobility raises small pieces to make up for the land tax for what goes up. Somehow I raised the land tax in the name of integrating the head tax with the land tax. Then it's only natural for the nobles to argue that it makes sense to raise the royalties from the royalties because they are responsible for the royalties that the royalties have paid so far."

"Ha... well, you're absolutely right"

Hear Elquille's explanation...

I see, Carolina nodded.

The head tax was lowered, temporarily improving the lives of small writers.

And the dwarfs supported Erkühl.

But the nobles raised the small fee from around the following year, insisting, "We only pay for what you have not paid, but pay for it."

I am in a position to borrow, and the claim itself is never wrong...... I can't even complain about the dwarf because it is an orthodox thing considering why I raised the land tax.

The Lemurian Empire's small fee has gone up.

If we are going to raise it anyway, then naturally some aristocrats are going to raise it by more than the loss of land tax.

For peasants who have ever paid a headcount tax seriously, to the extent that it has gone up pramaizero or slightly...... from the peasants who were tax evaders, the burden will be increased at once.

In other words, the small writer was in distress.

Well, from Erkühl's point of view, it didn't matter if taxes were included, so I left it.

At first glance, it doesn't even look like the structure of a poor little writer being exploited with a virtuous nobleman.

But nobles are noble and desperate.

Nor is the nobility living in luxury trinity.

Debtless nobles are rare, and there are many of them who will have to let go of their land.

If, hypothetically, the nobles did not raise the small fee, more than a third of the noblemen would fall within twenty years.

From a nobleman's point of view, "Why do we have to pay even a small writer's tax?"

If you question the original, you can't even be seen as deserved by the peasants who continued to delude the head tax.

It doesn't mean which is worse unilaterally.

"But the important thing here... is that the unrest that broke out in the state of Mistle is not a rebellion. The spearhead of their anger is nobility, not me. Don't get me wrong here."

It is not a campaign for tax relief or debt write-offs, or for the people to unite against the country to combat religious oppression, against the Elquil.

It is some conflicting landlord aristocrats and petty writers who are taking part in this unrest.

It's an annoying mess from homemade farming, and it's other people from aristocrats and dwarfs who maintain a good relationship.

"Well I mean. If I arbitrate here, my authority will rise."

Elquille said with a Doya face.

But Renalier penetrates such an elquille.

"But don't you get me wrong that if you go wild, the demands will pass?

"Good question, Mr. Renalier."

Erkühr grins niggardly.

"Naturally, all masterminds are murderers. And fines are imposed on those who participate in the unrest. Well, it's in instalments so you can pay properly."

Whatever the reason, it's not a good reason to start a commotion.

As the monarch of the Lemurian Empire, it is only natural that order should prevail.

"By the way... I've been waiting, what does that mean? Sire."

Nia asked Erkühl.

Carolina and Renalier were just wondering too, so they both look at Elquille's face.

"Why… I wanted to enrich the lives of the dwarfs."

"That's a good gesture, so why don't you tell me what's really going on?

When Carolina said so, Elquille frowned that she was out of her mind.

"You're rude, what do you think people are? What's wrong with me wanting to raise the standard of living of my people? I'm a monarch, aren't I? Well… to be more precise, the aim is to revitalize the economy by raising the standard of living of small writers."

The Lemurian Empire is a nation where landowners, homemade farmers and dwarfs make up a balanced pyramid-type population, but it is true that the percentage of dwarfs is high either way.

By bottoming up their economic power, it is Elquille's aim to raise the national power of the entire Lemurian Empire.

In order to do this, we need to reduce the small fee while adding and subtracting to the extent that nobility is not in distress.

"I see, so... what exactly do you do?

Renalier asked.

This unrest was in a very limited area of the Mistle Länder, and naturally that will not enrich the entire empire's dwarfs.

"What caused this unrest in the first place? That lies in the fact that wheat was the murder throughout the empire. I looked into it and many of the aristocrats who had this unrest had fixed land prices… that is, the quantity of wheat to pay was predetermined. And did not make any reduction in the small fee."

There are many ways to pay for small pieces as well.

Gold and storage.

Fixed and yield systems.

In outdated places, there may also be labor costs.

I mean... you just have to mitigate the trivial crops of the disturbed dwarfs after putting them on a yield basis.

"Furthermore... it is underlying that the dwarf cannot be defied or challenged against the nobility. If you don't exercise directly like this, you won't accept it... the environment that makes you think so is the problem in the first place. Then the solution… is the setting up of a court to deal with the dispute between the landlord and the petty man where the objection is raised"

"But... no verdict of aristocratic superiority? I don't think a small writer can hire a good lawyer..."

Nia tilted her neck.

Regardless of economic power, there is a huge difference in connections between aristocrats and small writers.

The judges who give the trial are intelligent layers such as bureaucrats and nobles, naturally more people on the landlord's side than petty writers.

"That's why I'm going to ask for a convent. I'm familiar with farmland."

"I see!"

Nia floated a convincing color.

A convent is a group that refuses to even land.

For the sake of the small writers, even a small donation would be happy to cooperate.

I don't even accept bribes because the roots are even more serious.

Furthermore, I am very familiar with agricultural land, so I know what kind of vote to take.

And... there's also a lot of trust from the peasants.

"It's just a monastic meeting, and I'm planning to see a fraternal monk and other monastic monks."

It's just that the Brotherhood has its activities transferred primarily abroad, and the Holy Monastery is a group on the aristocratic side.

After all, it is the opening of the monastery that is appropriate.

"If you're thinking that specifically, shouldn't you have done it from the beginning? Sire."

"Well, so is that... because there's a backlash from the landlord. I knew for once, you wouldn't reflect unless you got scared, would you?

What a policy needs is an explanation of how it needs to be.

No matter how good a policy is, "Is there anything in the way as it is now?" You can't seem to be unable to answer that.

And... even if you are answered, you need to be well aware of the need once and for all to convince it.

Landlords in the genus Mistle State should have seen it pretty scary about this one.

And the landlords of the other regions must remember anxiety that tomorrow might be ours.

It's supposed to be a policy of suppressing nobility...

By putting it out at this time, it turns into a policy that, on the contrary, allays the concerns of the nobility.

"Monetary recast will surely increase prices. If you do, the economically vulnerable will be hit. I wanted to improve it now. I'm just glad it happened at this time."

Elquille nodded contentedly.

"Well... we have to do something about the urban poor later. This guy also tastes bad if he doesn't get his hands on it before it's re-cast..."

At the same time Elquille says so...

It sounded like a doozy run.

It's Todoris.

"Here, Your Majesty the Emperor... were you here! Forgive my disrespect!! It's an emergency alert!?

"What's up?

"Meh, the princess (Medium) has been defeated. And… Gregorius reigned as Pope (…) …"

Elquille just opened her eyes to this...

I stiffened my body.

That's...

It meant that Erkühl's, western and religious policies of the Lemurian Empire were pulled back.