Black Iron’s Glory

The 419th Chamber

The western part of the port of Caubicus has a large shack of stone and wood structure. This is the parliamentary hall of the Tilsim directly under the jurisdiction of the Nikkan people. If there is a conflict between the Nekancan settlements directly under the jurisdiction, it will be called. The elders and chiefs of the various settlements negotiated in this parliamentary hall. The reason why the governors and the admirers of the former direct jurisdictions tolerated the Nikkan people to own the parliamentary hall was mainly because they were convenient for them to send labor and collect head tax.

"What you mean is that the Nikkan people who were directly under the jurisdiction of the government did not register. Every time the head tax is levied, it is sent to the tax collectors to inform the leaders and elders of the Nikkan people. How much to collect, let them themselves Are the various settlements distributed or replaced with various materials?"

Crowder got out of the carriage and looked at the rough and sloppy shed with great interest. He stood next to the old man who was sent by the governor and the admiral to lobby for the ambassador of King Hosback.

Except for Claude’s surprise, when the officers and men of the three territorial leaders who commanded the Thunder Army arrested the officials and local people who signed the affidavit of the loyalty to the great prince, the old man of the messenger did not sign because And survived the arrest.

Crowder was very strange. He thought that the old man of the messenger was the confidant of the governor of Tilsim. When he asked, he found that the old man was only a helper role. He was mixed with the governor’s side and only earned money to support his family.

He and the Governor are classmates in the middle school, but they have immigrated to the direct jurisdictions very early, and they are not very mixed. They can only rely on their own opinions to help people to earn money. Two years ago, he went to the dock area to find a job. He accidentally smashed the Governor’s carriage and almost stunned. Fortunately, the Governor recognized that this was a national school student who was relieved of a whip.

There is nothing to say, all of them graduated from a middle school, a thriving, a poor and poor, the Governor will be merciful, leaving him to run errands in the house. He clung to the governor's thigh for personal gain. Because this mouth is relatively neat, it is easy to listen to the heart, and the Governor gives him the task of convincing the rest of the theater.

As a result, he unfortunately ran into Claude, and smashed the big man, Gemi, and took off his teeth, and saw the vulnerable forces of the three directly-armed local garrisons. It was then tied to the march immediately, to the wall of the inner city of Port of Kobicus, and then to the messenger who gave Claude an ultimatum to the Governor and the Admiral.

After the governors and admirers of the three directly-administered tribes were arrested, the old man had no livelihood, and he ran straight to the Crowder with his own secrets. Crowder really lacks a character like a local snake. If the old man can talk, he will leave him for help. This time, the three directly-administered leaders of the Nekancan settlements and the leaders came to discuss the matter. Thanks to the old man running before and after running, he was busy and completed the month.

"Yes, the general, this is indeed the case." The old man replied very respectfully: "The kingdom's head tax collection is actually insignificant for the kingdom residents. A kingdom resident only pays one Sunar a year. However, these Nikkan people have to pay a Riazor every year. Because there is no population registration, the three direct jurisdictions are counted in the number of one million people, and the three direct-collected Nikkan people are required each year. To turn in a million rias or equivalent supplies..."

"How much do you say? One million rias?" Claude is simply stunned. This head tax has been turned tenfold. One million riasos is equivalent to 100,000 silver talers, 20,000 krona, these Nikan How can people pay this huge sum?

"No, I see that the income of the heads of the three directly-administered tax collectors in the tax registration is only about 2,000 Kronor. How many taxes are there?" Claude felt that the number was not reliable.

"General General, in fact, these Nikkan people are very wealthy, but you don't know. Otherwise, how can the garrisons in those places in the past years be so keen to sweep the settlements of the Nikkan people, mainly because they can earn extra money." The old man explained "The majority of the Nikkan people in the port of Caubicus are indeed poor ghosts. They haven’t had a meal, and they have a day off. The rich are the settled elders and chiefs who used their own settlements. Qing Zhuang took a lot of work in the dock area, and he took more than the working and youthful labor, so this head tax is on their heads...

On the surface, the elders and chiefs of these settlements pay one person a person to settle down once a year, but they can get three or four Sunar’s income from their own settlers every month. They have broken down. The settlements of the Nekancans, which are distributed throughout the territory, are more affluent than the settlements that are gathered outside the port of Caubicus. They have their own sites for hunting, grazing, collecting herbs and mining mineral resources. The former governor and admiral have always suspected that these Nikandians hold several small gold and silver mines in their hands, but unfortunately they can't find out.

The settlements of the Nikkan people in the previous year and last year took some gold and silver ore to serve as the head tax, valued at nearly 3,000 Krona. However, the tax collectors only mortgaged them two thousand gold krona. Both the Governor and the Admiral sent people to inquire about where the gold, silver ore came from, and the elders and chiefs of the Nekancans said that they were paying taxes, using supplies and indigenous Ataturian tribes in the Obumk Mountains. Exchanged. I heard that it is the Etat tribe in the Obenmuk Mountains, and the Governor and the Admiral have no interest.

In addition, regarding the head tax collected from these Nikkan people, the three direct jurisdictions actually pay about two thousand gold krona, which is also paid according to the head tax of a Sunar resident of the kingdom. The rest is divided into two. The big one is divided equally between the governor and the admiral of the three directly-administered leaders. Each of them can be divided into two thousand five hundred gold kronor a year, and the small ones are distributed to the officials who handle the following. People can earn more than a dozen gold krona according to their small positions, and they can be divided into dozens or even one hundred gold krona. ”

Crowder suddenly felt a little pity at this time. If these Nikkan people were sent to the Nikkanese country in the northern part of the port of Vibator, then there would be no such head tax. But think about the troubles caused by these Nikkan people, in order to leave the three million Nikkan people in the two thousand Jin Klang, it is better to send them out of the three direct jurisdictions. .

"Right, tie, what?" Claude pointed to the old man.

"General, my name is Zhakarasen." The old man was in tears, and the respected generals finally remembered calling my name. Although I only remember one word, I have made a lot of progress. I usually ask me to feed or who...

"Well, Zara Kassen, are the elders and leaders of the three nemesis of the Nekancans coming?" Crowder asked.

The old man replied very respectfully: "It is impossible for the generals, the elders and the chiefs of the three nemesis who are all under the jurisdiction of the Nekancans to come. We have only notified the settlement of twenty-seven settlements with more than 3,000 people. Leaders and elders. You don't know that there are hundreds of Nikancha people in the three directly-owned jurisdictions, all of which are less than a thousand and about a hundred. If the elders and leaders of these settlements come over, there will be no place at all.

In fact, we only need to inform the 27-year-old Nikancha settlements with more than 3,000 people. They will naturally help us to inform those small settlements who are vassal of them. Just as they allocate taxes, a large settlement is divided into five or six thousand gold krona, and they return it to their vassal settlement. Those tributary settlements, depending on the number of people, tens to hundreds of gold krona, will soon be able to collect taxes..."

"Since you said that the elders and leaders of the twenty-seven Nekancan settlements have arrived, let's go in." Crowd nodded.

"You first, Lord General, Chief Mike Jack has checked the surroundings and laid out the cordon." Zhakarasen's old man bowed his hand with respect and respect, and asked Crowder to go ahead.

Four guards were arranged in front of the big wooden door in the hall, and Claude came to rush to salute and open the big wooden door. The noisy voice suddenly came from inside.

The hall of the parliament is not as big as the outside, and it is likely that there are some small rooms inside. Claude felt that the hall was as big as two or three pubs and could barely accommodate nearly a hundred people. There is some dim in the hall. This is not good for the lighting performance of the building. There are several braziers in the middle. There are many people around the brazier. Some are talking loudly, some are grilling food, and the smell is a bit strange.

"General Claude is coming! Quiet!" Zarkarason's old man walked two steps forward and shouted loudly toward the elders and chiefs who were crowded with the Nekancan people.

The crowd calmed down and everyone’s eyes turned to Claude. The old man of Zaracarson didn't know where to pull the chair, wiped it with his own sleeve, and asked Crowder to sit down diligently.

Claude waved his hand and looked at the elders and chiefs of the Nekancan settlements. The light in the room was not so good, especially in the burning of the fire in the brazier. Claude felt that the face of these brown-red skinned Nikkan people looked almost the same, except for the beard. It is difficult to tell who is who.

"I am the deputy commander of the overseas territorial command zone, and the kingdom will be the clerk of Claude Han." Claude first introduced himself. The old man of Zakalasen said that the Nikkan people are very respectful of officials. The bigger they are, the more honest they are. Sure enough, Claude reported his position, and there was no whispering underneath.

"Now Mormari, Tilsim, and Atulas have been placed under the jurisdiction of our theater. That is to say, the Nikancha people in these three direct jurisdictions are subject to the control of our theater! Today, the elders and princes who have gathered the three largest members of the Nikkan people who are under the jurisdiction of the ruling party are here. There is something to inform you..."

"General general, do you want to collect taxes? If you collect more, just say it..." Someone asked below.

"Oh..." Claude was asked a little worried, and then annoyed, labor and capital looks like tax collection, and this is true!

"Bastard! Shut up, do you think that the general is to collect money from you? Raise your ears and listen to the general's speech. What is the mouth!" Zha Karasen's old man jumped up and pointed at the crowd. .

Claude looked at the old man of Zakalasen, and the old man quickly closed his mouth and closed his mouth.

"He is right. I am not here to collect taxes from you. The tax collection is not for me." Claude continued: "I want to tell you that in the northern part of our territory in the port of Vibatato In the mountains of the coastal zone, your fellow Nepalese people have established an independent country there. They are currently capturing the inland colonies of the Hicks Kingdom and occupying a large area..."

With the bang, the elders and leaders of the Nikkan people sitting together were almost jumping. The news was amazing. The Nikkan people always want to establish their own country, but they are directly under the jurisdiction of the country, they have no chance and no possibility to realize this wish.

Although the Nikkan people in the north have been building the country for a long time, it will be nearly two years. However, because of the separation of the theaters, the three directly-directed Nikkan people did not receive any news at all. Even the Nikkan people who led the miners in Amphitheat did not know the new independence of the northern part of the port of Vibatato. A Nikancan country.

This is mainly because the war zone did not take the Nikkan State as a matter of course. Claude originally encouraged the Nikkan people to launch armed riots to establish their own country only to add to the Hicks Kingdom. In addition, it is much better for the Nekka people to swallow the inland colonies of the Hicks Kingdom than to send troops to the raids. Because the area of ​​the inland colony of the Hicks Kingdom is four times larger than that of the overseas direct jurisdiction, it is basically a wilderness and a hilly area. There is really no way for the theater to consume its troops and time.

After capturing the colonial county of Vibator Port and making it the eighth overseas governor of the kingdom, the theater decided to make the Nikkan people in the north a barrier to overseas direct control. At the same time, the Nikkan people were allowed to capture the inland colonies of the Hicks Kingdom. Then the war zone will deal with the threat of the sea, which is very helpful and convenient for the security of the overseas jurisdiction.... ..

"General general, is this news true?" An old Nikkan, a white-bearded man, was very excited to ask Claude.

"This is the elder of the ostrich settlement. It is called Chali. They have more than 4,000 people who live in the riverbank on the west side of the town of Manledo." Zachalson’s old man introduced Claude to the side.

"Elder Tsari, this news is true." Claude said very kindly to this old Nikan: "You don't know that Cronwell's direct jurisdiction and the Beringer Ghana governor are not because of the war. The Nekancan settlement can still be there, so the news has been isolated from the north of the Dolly River.

But now the Nikkan people have already submitted requests for assistance to our theater and hope to transfer the settlements of the Nikkan people from overseas. They said that the Nikkan people they established were the hometown of all Nikancans, and that any Nikancan could get a free and happy life there.

Our theater has already agreed to their demands. In the next half month, their messengers will come here, hoping to convince you that the Nekancans will migrate to their country. When you have something to ask, you will ask the messenger directly, and our war zone will help you to move, and you can use the sea boat to transport you from the sea for free, which can reduce the itinerary by half. ”

Sometimes Claude really admired how his younger companion Bokal’s brain grew. He sent a hawk to the general of Albert Abrand, who was in the port of Vibatato, and asked about three million of the three directly-administered leaders. Will there be any bad influence when the Nikkan people are sent to the Nikancan country in the north? As a result, Eblon lost the matter to Bokal, who is doing arms deals with the Nikkan people.

Then Claude received a letter from Bokal's eagle, and opened a look at Claude's stunned. Bocker actually used the three million Nikkan people to do business, and exchanged a large amount from the Nikkan countries. Mineral resources and gold and silver reserves.

In the letter, Bokal explained why he did this. The total number of Nizkan people in the north was less than two million. When he attacked the inland colony of the Hicks Kingdom, he suffered nearly 10,000 deaths. After all, the inland colonies of the Hicks Kingdom are mostly mineral developers, and there are many evil and evil people who work here and the private guards of the nobles.

The newly established Nikkan people did not have any problems with the attack, but the Nikkan people who had just learned to hold the firearms still paid a lot of casualties. Even so far only occupying one-third of the area of ​​the inland colonies, there is a lack of stamina and there is no way to continue the attack. They are in great need of follow-up sources and more people, as well as weapons and ammunition equipment and food supply support.

Therefore, there was no problem in the talks between Bokal and Nikkan, and it was overwhelming to hear that the theater was willing to let the Nikkan people who were under the jurisdiction of the colony move to their country. The Bok Alpha machine claimed a large amount of mineral resources and gold and silver as a remuneration for the war zone to abandon these settlements of the Nikkan, while allowing the Nikhanda national messengers to convince the three direct-sponsored Nikancha people to gather north.