Rise In Calradia - Chapter 447: : Prelude to reform

“Since then, I can no longer spend money as I like.”

Looking at the estimated expenditure figures in front of him, Byron couldn’t help but smiled wryly.

After returning to Rhodok, Byron’s title was changed to duke, and the lands that used to have messy ownership were now unified into a duchy, and all the vassals were transferred to Byron, still using Rhodok Gram name. Naturally, the capital of the Principality can no longer be placed in Fort Amira. Today’s Veluga has become Byron’s new administrative center, but he still decides to spend some time every year in Eastern Rhodok to train soldiers. The people are the most reliable.

With enough autonomy and the threat of war further reduced, Byron also began to plan the future development direction of his territory. Different from the past, his territory is a bit too big now. Although he doesn’t know how to calculate the land and area in detail, but according to the information at hand and his experience when marching in this area, the area he controls now will not be less than 100,000 square kilometers.

In the current Calradia, this is already quite a vast land, so that it is not a small difficulty for Byron to manage it.

There are very few things that the lord needs to do. The few important things related to the territory in the time schedule of an ordinary Swadian lord are all used to receive the representatives of the territory, village elders and consuls, and to judge the knights because of various trivial matters. disputes arising. Most of their time is spent on hunting, banquets, fun, and various exchanges between nobles.

But the lord can do many things, especially in the south. From the crops in the farmers’ fields, to the ledgers in the hands of the city guild merchants, to the laws and systems of the entire territory, Byron has many choices.

However, although these things that can be done are different, they all have one thing in common, that is, they need to spend money.

Byron made a lot of money in the war. Although King Graves had already made two-handed preparations and transferred most of his savings to his confidantes and even overseas, Byron still got full boxes of treasures and unseen treasures. marginal arable land. Of course he would not waste the land, and immediately began to improve it.

He first distributed the land to his soldiers, those retired veterans, the heroes who had followed him for a long time and made many achievements in battle, as well as the Nords and Vaegirs who came to the land, and the local tenant farmers who swore to serve him , they will all share a piece of their own field.

Of course, along with receiving the land, they also accepted military service to Byron and the mandatory four-year crop rotation, as well as being required to raise livestock and collect dung (known locally as the excrement tax).

Of course, they must also maintain hygiene. If they pollute water sources, participate in public gatherings covered in dirt, and dump dirt in places other than the designated garbage dumps in the market, they will be executed “dirty ghost punishment”, that is, they will be splashed in public. All in water.

Originally, Byron wanted to impose a dirty ghost tax, which would impose additional taxes on all those who could not maintain personal and family hygiene to avoid the plague, but this law was too much opposed and had too much room for maneuver, and it appeared many times during the trial period In addition, Byron himself knew that it was not easy to maintain hygiene in this era, so the dirty ghost tax was finally abolished by Byron and changed to water torture.

In addition, the mess left by the earthquake has not yet been repaired, and Byron just took this opportunity to improve urban planning and provide loans to local citizens and merchants whose houses were destroyed. Yatiman undertook the project, and Byron complied with the extravagant requirements, not only paying the full amount in advance, but also paying an extra sum to prevent overruns.

Of course, this is not for nothing. Byron and Yatiman have discussed this issue hundreds of times. If it weren’t for the generosity of Party A even surpassing the king, Yatiman wouldn’t be bothered to have a lot of wonderful ideas with him. The half-hearted explain the problems on those drawings.

Of course, as a lord who was born as a mercenary, Byron has always been willing to spend a lot of money on military expenses. He knows that there will be a period of peace in the future. To deal with him, and Byron himself needs time to digest the newly acquired large tracts of land, maintaining a large standing army will be a thankless task. Even Byron, when there were no battles to fight and not enough income, the military expenditures were all over his head.

Moreover, Byron’s military strength is far less than many people have guessed. Even if this lord summons Rhodok’s militia troops to join the battle, there are only about 2,000 troops that can be mobilized, and there are a large number of militiamen and peony servants among them. soldier. But an army of this size was already consuming his dinars at a terrifying rate.

That’s why he encouraged veterans to return to the fields and actively developed the militia system. Because both of them can bring reservists for military service, the former has to be called at any time, while the latter provides soldiers on a family basis.

Most importantly, because they planted Byron’s land and enjoyed low taxes, they couldn’t just protect their hometown like militias in other regions. They had to be ready to fight in foreign countries at any time, and their salaries were very low. Of course, Byron promised them rich rewards and spoils.

After that, Byron devoted his energies to the reform of administrative institutions. Whether it was Swadia or Rhodok, the scattered political rights made Byron feel uncomfortable. He has fully experienced the evil consequences of the dispersion of power (after all, he himself has benefited from the division of the kingdom), and he also understands that this feudal system has begun to fall behind the times.

The city’s economy is booming, and commercial trade is becoming more and more prosperous. Many knights are more willing to spend money to hire mercenaries to serve on their behalf than to serve as soldiers, and even pay dinars directly to avoid serving. Although this phenomenon is still an exception, according to Historically, this system is gradually disintegrating.

So, as the master of the principality, Byron began to greatly increase his own rights, endowing himself with the same authority as the king in the law, and formed his own government team.

The former teammates can now get a decent job under the command of the Duke. Manid began to manage the principality’s trade for Byron, stabilize the business routes, and formulate tariffs.

Jamila began to wander among the merchants and manor owners in the south, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com defended their basic rights, gained their support, and kept telling them the price of betrayal, maintaining the Duke and these local snakes and paying taxes Big family relationship. In addition, Byron retained the original parliamentary system of Rhodok, so as to give various political forces a place to vent, and give their own opinions by the way, and Jamila will always attend (supervise) in the parliament, representing the interests of the duke .

Fatis now holds important positions. He is not only the current highest military officer of Eastern Rhodoks, the foundation of Byron’s rule, but also Byron’s loyal military adviser. After Byron’s reforms, the troops everywhere will change from being scattered into a whole, serving the Duke and obeying his dispatches, and Fatis will be in charge of this difficult work.

As for Allen, Byron gave him a lot of land and woodlands, but this was not for him to use for recreation. He would provide Byron with ready-made troops at any time, and he would also flourish under Byron as an old aristocratic system. In order to attract more declining nobles and illegitimate children to join him.

As for the other teammates, they are also busy in their new positions. They will continue to expand the administrative system centered on themselves, and eventually establish a centralized government in this southern land that is tired of authority.

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