Chapter 745: "·Arrived in the capital"

It is impossible for people to think purely logically. Purely logical thinking should be a characteristic of God.
-Otto Weininger (Austrian philosopher)
The Marquis of Bedouin, with 10,000 standing soldiers and nearly 20,000 guards, led the army to five miles from Broyansong. The excitement that had been haunting him in the past few days finally disappeared.
At this time, the problem before the Marquis of Bedouin was not how to preserve his own safety, but how to honour the promises he had made to the aristocratic nobles; those high-profile promises that were on the rise were now to be taken with actual actions. To honor.
Ordinary barons and knights who are reluctant to be called nobles, they only need Bedouin to give them some small heads and they can be passed away; the remaining eight counts and 37 viscounts are not so easy to pass. .
The Viscount second only to the Earl is the backbone of the noble class of the Empire. They are numerous and not weak; the strength of a Viscount family is at least equal to more than three Baron families, which is not one plus one plus one equals three. simple.
The Viscounts who followed the Marquis of Bedouin, each Viscount contributed no less than one hundred soldiers; more importantly, these perennial reigning Viscounts had the baron and knight who belonged to them in the past. Unparalleled influence.
In other words, if the Marquis of Bedouin fulfilled his promises to the barons and knights, but not his promises to the barons; the angry barons were fully capable of persuading the barons and knights to stand together at the bedouin The opposite of the marquis.
The highest-ranking viscounts of the lower nobility have this ability, and the counts who belong to the higher nobility needless to say; before the Marquis Bernard, the elder brother of the Marquis of Bedouin, did not'death', Marquis of Bedouin himself Counts.
Even in the noble imperial capital, the number of high noble families will not exceed 300, of which more than 70% are relatively low-ranking earl families; even if the status of the imperial capital is higher than that of the local earl, the strength of the local earl No weaker than the Count of the Capital.
The local counts of the fiefs have the same money as the private soldiers, and they are like emperors in the provinces. In the face of such a group of truly powerful nobles, Bedouin promised them before they received their support. The promise is not small.
A Viscount’s enclave is normally about a medium-sized town, and an Earl’s enclave is a few towns of varying sizes; according to this standard, Bedouin needs sixty or seventy towns to fulfill his work. Out of the promise.
There is only one capital and Broyansong Province in three counties. There are fewer than eighty towns when they are full of people. They are all in the hands of Bai Feng’s confidant; Marquis Bedouin himself does not know how he should get from Bai Feng’s hands. Take away the ownership of these towns.
Although the Marquis of Bedouin has repeatedly expressed his indifference to Bai Feng in various public places and fully controlled the self-confidence of Buro Yangsong; however, the Marquis of Bedouin, who lacked the confidence, really did not dare to stay in the cloth directly with Bai Feng. Luo Yangsong's henchman started.
The deterrent force of nearly 300,000 elite troops under Bai Feng's army made the Marquis of Bedouin, who even borrowed even 10,000 standing soldiers, feel fear from the heart; he was afraid that if he was not careful, he would incur Bai Feng's thunder.
As for the support of Charlemagne, in the eyes of Marquis Bedouin, Charlemagne far away from the imperial capital simply could not have much influence on Bai Feng, who was holding the heavy soldiers; the last mutiny of the Legion of Fire was the most typical example.
Even the Fire Corps, which is the Royal Legion, will launch a mutiny against itself in desperation. Where can the standing legion under Bai Feng go? Thinking of this, Bedo was sad because of Marquis teeth!
No matter how entangled in the heart of the Marquis of Bedouin, the distance between him and Broyongsong County is still shortened little by little; by comparison, the nobles who follow the Marquis of Bedouin are in a cheerful look It seems that their glory and wealth are ahead.
Over time, Marquis Bedouin arrived in Broyansong with the dangling team behind him; among the cronies left by Bai Feng in the county, only the civil officer Hess and the finance officer Salah, stood Greet the arrival of Marquis Bedouin at the city gate.
Military Officer Moritz and Chief Officer Heinrich neither went to the city gate to greet the Marquis of Bedouin, nor did they deliberately do something to prevent Marquis of Bedouin from entering the city. They just passed their waves as usual. life.
In fact, this arrangement itself was the result of consultations between Heinrich and four others; if the four major officials went to greet the Marquis of Bedouin, it would be a bit too enthusiastic, and only one person was not respected enough. , Salah went to meet the scene.
"Viscount Salah, you are the financial officer of our province of Broyyangsong. Presumably you have a better understanding of the taxation situation in the province; can you tell me what the current tax rate of our province of Broyongsson is and can be collected every month? How much tax?"
The Marquis of Bedouin, who did not intend to meet all the powers of the province, deliberately showed an approachable approach; even, Salah, who had not received the prince of the empire, was also called the Viscount of Salah by intending to win him. .
This enticement of Chiguo Guo not only made Jeremy the nobles around Marquis Bedouin jealous, but also frowned slightly unconsciously; however, considering that Marquis Bedouin was the governor of the province, he was still one Fifty and ten answered:
"Your Excellency, General Bai Feng has set a three-year tax exemption policy after recovering Broyongsong; therefore, the province is now tax-free, and even our monthly salary is paid by General Bai Feng for us ."
"It is not easy for General Bai Feng to lead the army to recover Broyongsong. How can we let him pay the salaries of officials at all levels for our governor's office?" The stern-faced Marquis Bedouin said with a remark Road:
"The people's lives are not easy, and they are devastated by the orc army. It is appropriate to exempt them from the three-year tax; but the Sofia Chamber of Commerce is a private business organization. They should still pay a lot of taxes. Viscount Salah, what do you think? "
"This..." See that the Marquis of Bedouin placed the object of taxation on the Sofia Chamber of Commerce, and he refused to the well-understood Sharah, but also understood that it was difficult for him and others to fight against the determined Marquis of Bedouin.
Rather than breaking up with the Marquis of Bedouin on this matter, it is better to spend a little money to pass it over; after a little measurement, Salah responded: "His Governor, on the scale of the Sofia Chamber of Commerce, they should pay 5,000 a month Taxes on gold coins."
"Five thousand gold coins?" Marquis Bedouin was a little surprised in his heart. He had long known that the Sofia Chamber of Commerce was not small, but he did not expect that the Sofia Chamber of Commerce could pay 5,000 gold coins every month. This is not a small amount!
Marquis Bedouin, who had a lot of experience in collecting money, was also in the imperial capital for many years. How could he directly accept Salah's offer; after some pretentious thinking, Marquis Bedouin shook his head and refused:
"Viscount Salah, I know a little about the size of the Sofia Chamber of Commerce. Based on the operating status and distribution density of their chamber of commerce, there are really too few five thousand gold coins per month; so, you go to discuss with their person in charge and let them Pay 8,000 gold coins every month."
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