Utopia

So Padsefino Golson, who officially got the power of the kingdom, finally understood why the dark elves in the southeast would build granaries, that is to deal with the possible famine.

It is also a shame to say that Padsefino himself, like other noble lords, has been relying on collecting physical taxes to maintain income for a long time. And what is physical tax?

Food.

That's right, these nobles rely on collecting food from farmers to maintain their wealthy lives.

After all, not every farmer can pay salt.

And more importantly, if it weren't for these nobles who brought troops to the farmers from time to time to check, these farmers probably wouldn't pay taxes honestly.

Because... he didn't know why, not only the Golson Kingdom, but the people of the entire Kahn Empire had a resistance to paying taxes, and they all hoped that they could not pay or pay less.

But is this possible? Impossible!

If a country can't collect taxes, what else can it do?

For this reason, Padsefino himself also learned from other nobles and directly used force to collect taxes so that the people would honestly hand over the things hidden in their homes.

However, he can no longer do this now.

The war against the dark elves was a disastrous defeat, and tens of thousands of soldiers became the exploits of the dark elves within a day.

To put it bluntly, if the dark elves took this opportunity to march west, he would have no ability to stop them. He even has no troops to ensure domestic stability.

"Your Majesty, the dark elves have traders appearing in the border areas to trade again. The people in the border areas... they..."

"What? Merchants? Are our border people still willing to trade with them?"

"Your Majesty, in order to survive, the people took out all the valuables in their homes or the treasures that can be traded, and bought the food of the dark elves."

"Okay, okay. Even they come to get involved. Okay. Talk to the people of the Ascetic Church, I want to talk to them."

"Yes."

This is reality.

In order not to starve to death, the people can do anything. Like the one who was not sure if he was dead or not, when he was in the Principality of Akern, he was a drug lord who turned to drug trafficking under the pressure of famine.

Now let's change to other people. To be honest, the people in the southeastern border area know the tragic defeat of the Kingdom of Golson better than anyone else. Even without them, he doubted whether there were any survivors in the kingdom who could come back alive from the dark elves.

Of course, Padsefino calmed down and thought about it, and he suddenly realized a more serious problem.

Apart from himself, who would know about the tragic defeat of the Kingdom of Golson?

The dark elves in the southeast!

In other words, it is useless to shut up the mouths of his own people!

The dark elves can publicly display the dead and spoils of the Kingdom of Golson at any time, and publicly declare the serious military failure of the Kingdom of Golson.

So, in order not to starve to death and not to be invaded by the dark elves, the people in the border areas probably really took out all kinds of reluctant treasures in their homes for trading.

At the same time, if possible, Padsefino himself also hopes to have a good talk with the dark elves, after all, he has to admit defeat.

The dark elves can completely use the invasion of their territory as an excuse to openly launch a westward expedition to destroy the Kingdom of Golson.

So, admit defeat.

As a result, Padsefino's request finally received a response from the Kingdom of Negan in just seven days.

"Prime Minister, is this okay?"

"Your Majesty, our current priority development direction is in the south. We need to complete the things in the south as soon as possible."

"Are there any remaining rebels in the Principality of Akern?"

"Yes. But these guys are basically independent forces that have established themselves as kings. As long as they don't come out to cause trouble for us, we won't easily use force."

[To be honest, I have been using it recently, both Android and Apple are OK. ]

"No, I still suggest... destroying them."

As the Queen of the Kingdom of Negan, Leiting Winnie is still very wary of the human forces that are like bandits. After all, over time, these small forces will become a large tribe without any supervision, and even grow into a country.

"Yes. However, I still suggest that it would be better to sell them."

"Prime Minister, this is reselling slaves."

"Killing a native will not make much money. Forcing them to surrender by force and selling them collectively is the actual benefit we want to pursue."

The prime minister's words are very clear. As long as it is profitable for the country, what does it matter if you sell prisoners of war?

A bad reputation does not mean that the money in your pocket will not increase.

"Okay then. By the way... did you ask the Ministry of Finance to make a regulation prohibiting interest?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. In order to better promote the development of the national economy, the Ministry of Finance has asked some banks to try the policy of prohibiting interest."

"Prohibiting interest... How do banks make money?"

"Your Majesty, this is very simple. If I am just a civilian who takes money to the bank to deposit it, then when I get to the bank, the bank will regard my deposit as an investment, and the bank's income, or any money earned, will be divided with me."

"Well..."

"To go a step further, if I want to open a store, but the cost of buying a site is not enough and I need to borrow money from a bank, then the bank will buy the site for me, and I will only need to pay rent to the bank on a regular basis when I open a store in the future."

"It seems to be no different from interest..."

"Your Majesty, this matter will take more than a hundred years for domestic banks to implement it before we know whether it is good or not. The current head of the Ministry of Finance is quite anxious, and she hopes that the good policies she has come up with can be fully implemented. However, it is estimated that no more than one-third of the representatives in our Congress will agree with her idea."

"Well, that's fine. The Kingdom's domestic It would be better if banks could have more different business strategies to give people more choices. "

"Yes."

"There is one more. Regarding the bank... has the foreign exchange issue been fully implemented? The Kingdom of Golson has admitted defeat. I am waiting for good news from your Congress."

"Your Majesty, you can rest assured. Our kingdom has sufficient experience in how to deal with such issues, and we can definitely squeeze all the oil and water out of the Kingdom of Golson."

"No way out?"

"A salt tax and a trade tax. I have a plan myself, waiting for your approval, Your Majesty."

Obviously, the consequences of the Kingdom of Golson admitting defeat will be quite serious. For this reason, Padsefino himself had to endure...