Chapter 287 Rule! rule! Still **** rules!
The Kingdom of Gareth is a feudal aristocracy.
The old king divided the palace nobles and territorial nobles into feudal nobles. The palace nobles occupied the property of the city, while the territorial nobles owned fiefs outside the city. Within the fiefs, these nobles were the local emperors.
The army of 100,000 that Lily killed with 5,000 men was all formed by these nobles. The army is gone, but the nobles are still there.
There was no way Sag would allow these silverfish to steal his right to rule.
He captured an entire kingdom, not a single city.
"I understand." Lily nodded.
If Sage wanted it, she could make a plan, and there was no need to worry too much about supplies.
This place is a transportation thoroughfare. The end of the war will allow many people to pass here. It is impossible for those merchants to make money, and a large amount of materials will definitely flow in here.
As for money.
That's easy to handle, they are pirates.
"There are almost two thousand new guys, right?" Sager asked.
"Two thousand two hundred and thirteen." Lily replied.
"Use these people to deal with those nobles."
Sage smiled and said: "Those nobles who want to surrender must hand over all their governance rights, and the land must be taken back. All the land in this kingdom belongs to only one person, and that is me!"
Landlord Landlord is, of course, the owner of the land.
Minerals, farmland, buildings, they all belong to him!
The nobles in the territory are easy to deal with. After killing them, the land belongs to him. The people in the city are also easy to deal with. Anyway, he is a pirate. Now that he has captured the country, the entire country belongs to him.
And this still needs to be rebuilt, and that means Sager spends money to rebuild. Since the money has been spent, of course it belongs to him.
All property is nothing more than a change of owner, a change of one and only owner.
The action of wiping out the nobles is not that difficult. The people on the sea treat the nobles preferentially just out of respect for their bloodline, like kings. Even if they are so cruel that they don't care about the life and death of the civilians, and then they are just arrested by the civilians after they rebel. Then he just advised the king to be kind to the people.
Yes, it's that magical.
But Sag has no awe, he is still a pirate.
Except for Fort Augustine, other even larger towns have no walls, such as Flegel, a large town on the sub-island Timmaton, and Michel, a mountain town on the main island of Gareth. They are all large towns without walls.
As for the nobles, they themselves had consumed the warriors they had raised in the previous recruitment, and the little force they could squeeze out now could not stop Sager at all.
There was a lot of crying in the mountain city of Michelle.
Of course, it was limited to places where nobles lived. The pirates rushed in, carried out a large amount of materials and wealth, and dragged out the nobles living there.
The largest noble here is Niki Pokas, the family of Tihana.
Among the people who were dragged out, there was also a girl with silver hair. She raised her head stubbornly and stared at Lily standing in front, as if she wanted to remember her.
All around her were corpses.
"Kill." Lily waved her hand, with neither sadness nor joy in her eyes.
It had been half a month since the action was confirmed. Lily had killed all the territorial nobles from Fort Augustine to Michel, and this was just one of them.
"that."
Sifu, who followed behind him, endured it for half a month and couldn't bear it anymore. "Some nobles have done nothing. Can we just rob their wealth and let them become commoners? The boss also acquiesces."
Sif doesn't like nobles. In fact, he doesn't care, but he can't be too indifferent.
Even someone like him felt that what Lily had done was a bit radical.
"Sag is Sag. He doesn't have to care. He can deal with problems when he encounters them. But what we have to do is to prevent Sag from ever having access to these problems."
Lily glanced sideways at Sif and said coldly: "Maybe some people are innocent, but the right to rule has nothing to do with innocence."
She didn't want to kill anyone either.
She is a pirate, not a murderer.
But there are some things she must see clearly. Just like herself, the princess of Oykot is living outside, regardless of whether she has intentions or not, it is a signal in itself.
If she hadn't been the princess at that time, she wouldn't have even been wanted and would have been killed long ago, let alone meet Sage.
For the nobles, there is a possibility of such a comeback, even if it is slim, what she has to do is to completely kill this possibility.
"How these people live is not important to us, but it is important to us that these people die!"
Lily looked at the civilians who had closed their doors and windows in the distance and only peeked through a small gap.
"We just chose a side."
If Sag rules alone, he will not oppress the common people. On the contrary, these people will live better.
The price paid for a win-win situation is nothing more than the demise of the nobility.
"But this will damage our reputation." Sif pursed his lips.
The words were not finished, but the meaning was clear.
Originally, they were outsiders with no bloodline or right to rule. Sag was just a pirate. It was difficult to begin with. But now they had to kill so many nobles and not even surrender, so no one would recognize them.
"It doesn't matter. Sag doesn't need their allegiance, he just needs them to do things."
Lily said: "And...it's just not enough to kill. If you kill more, it will be fine."
"There is a great scholar who can interpret the scriptures for me!"
In the palace, Sage stood on the balcony, overlooking most of Augustine, and laughed.
Behind him stood Hawkins and the newly surrendered Misty. After Misty recovered, she originally wanted to resist, but Sage's words gave her away.
"The kingdom will not be worse than the nobles under my rule. They only need to pay taxes to me. You are also a commoner yourself, so why not follow me and take a closer look. If you still have ideas, I will not stop you."
But when Sage stretched out his hand, his words were filled with contempt for the nobles and his astonishing courage.
She didn't have to trust Sag, but she trusted Sif. They both knew each other. Although the guy was a bit promiscuous, he had a good eye for people. Since he had surrendered, Misty felt that she could take a look.
Because she herself is not very fond of nobles, the reason why she agreed to Tihanna is not only because she and Tihanna know each other, but the most important reason is that she believes that Tihanna will treat the country well after occupying the throne.
She is a standard civilian.
But now he was a little worried, and the blond man spoke out about his worries.
Killing too hard.
Telephone bugs would pass on information every day. Everyone knew Shichibukai Moria, and he was very famous. Now he was clearing out the nobles in Timaton. There were not that many nobles in the territory there, most of them were military family members, so the response was not great.
But the main island of Gareth is the headquarters of the territorial nobles. Every town and village is ruled by a noble. The news on the phone bug is surprising.
To put it bluntly, there was blood at Lily's feet every step of the way.
Not only did she feel it was inappropriate, but Hawkins was also worried that if no one acknowledged it, Sager's rule would be in vain.
Then he said those words.
Sager knew what Lily had done. He had said that the nobles could let them go if they surrendered, but Lily insisted on doing it and Sager wouldn't say anything.
He doesn't care about such things.
"Old Huo, do you know why Kaido didn't get the right to rule in Wano? He clearly supported a puppet, but he was still cursed." Sage turned around and asked.
Hawkins shook his head.
He didn't quite understand what Sage was talking about about great Confucianism and Buddhist scriptures, but he could probably understand the meaning.
As for Kaido
Who knows.
He knew Kaido was the Yonko.
"Because of fear."
Sage showed his white teeth and said, "The geographical conditions of Wano are the most suitable for governance. It is enough to kill all the people with the right to rule and then give normal treatment to the civilians."
"Obviously he has the strongest strength in the sea, but he still wants to support a puppet and let him destroy the country of Wano. As a result, the top is still alive, and the bottom is hostile, so he is destined to not get the right to rule."
"No matter how strong he is, he still respects the royal power and bloodline, and will not easily occupy the highest position. But I am different."
Sager looked ahead, gazing at the ruins of Augustine, "I'm never afraid."
Kaido should be unafraid, he can actually do everything Sag can do.
But he just didn't do it. Sage didn't know what he was doing, but he must have been afraid.
What he was afraid of was not his strength or resistance, but what he feared was rooted in his heart.
Sag is not afraid, just like the first day he was born, he was not afraid of anything.
"When I come here, it's just two words. Rule, rule, **** rule!"
Sager shouted: "Kill the nobles. For this place, everything is in a state of reconstruction. Those who are capable can break in here. It is up to them how much they get. I will give you a lot of treatment. The only thing I want is made."
He opened his hand and spoke boldly to the people who had begun to rebuild: "Submit my rule and be loyal to me, then you can get everything, wealth and status, I will give it to you personally! Hahahaha, hahahahaha! "
The overbearing color that soared into the sky swept into a black and red torrent, spreading forward without any scruples, covering the sky over the entire city. Those people raised their heads one after another. Some people were afraid, but there was something different in the eyes of some people. thought.
It took half a month to rebuild. Sag kept his word and gave money to do things. The money was enough to support the whole family, and it was even more than before Sag came.
Because the taxes paid are low.
Of course the landlords have to collect rent, but if it comes from people, it's like collecting taxes.
But unlike before, they had to pay a lot of taxes. In addition to the basic head tax and land tax, they had to pay forest land tax when buying firewood, because the forest belonged to the nobles, not them.
If you raise poultry, you have to pay livestock tax. Even if you don't have money, you still have to pay some eggs and poultry.
Commoners have no right to make bread, but they have to pay a market tax to buy bread. Those who want to make it by themselves, in addition to bringing their own food, must also pay a tax for the use of mills, a tax for the use of bakeries, and then another tax. Market tax.
Commoners under the nobility had to pay moving tax if they wanted to move to other places.
You have to pay a marriage tax when you get married, you have to pay an inheritance tax if you inherit a house after you die, and you have to pay a transport tax for transportation. Even the windows of the house have to be charged a window opening tax, or the windows must be sealed, but they are used after sealing. materials, you also have to pay a material tax.
That is to say, Fort Augustine is a transportation hub, business is developed, and the living standards of the civilians are very high. Even so, they are just barely surviving.
Those glamorous guys will always be what you can see, but what you can't see is the foundation like the vast ocean.
A bunch of bitter people!
Sage had no interest in Kuhaha, so he waved his hand and got rid of it all!
He also issued a decree in the city, as long as he recognized the land as his and then paid taxes based on the income.
Those with a salary of less than 50,000 beli only pay 5%, those with a salary not exceeding 100,000 beli only pay 7%, those with a salary not exceeding 200,000 beli pay 10%, those with a salary not exceeding 300,000 beli pay 20%, those exceeding this Count, he wants half.
Anyone who earns more than three million Baileys a year is considered a wealthy person.
As for industry, the city is being rebuilt now and there is no industry, but there are some things that need to be said first. Sage allows everyone to come here to do business, but the premise is that these industries must be recognized as belonging to him.
He does not need to participate in management, but when he has a request, these industries need to serve him as soon as possible.
And this kind of thing is commonplace for civilians.
They were meant to serve the nobles, and they were not dissatisfied at all. Instead, they were excited and ecstatic about Sager's tax exemption.
Without those heavy taxes, even though my home is now destroyed, I am earning more than before.
As for this person being a pirate now, some people no longer care.
Mr. Sa is good to them!
(End of chapter)
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