Chapter 54
When she became a queen, she had all kinds of things, Yi Tuan was signing all afternoon, all kinds of documents needed to be signed by him, he basically couldn't understand them, he needed Chester and Kane's translations, most of them were handover papers, half of Chester's power was handed over to him, as well as fiefdom property and so on.
"Are these for me?" Yi Tuan looked at the dense things listed on the paper jiàn, the whole person was a little bad, just getting married, he would get so much property, this seems to be no longer a text, this is a book, his property is so much that it has to be listed into a thick book!
"Of course it's all for you, don't make a fuss." Chester flipped through casually, "This is what a queen should have, otherwise how can she show the majesty of the royal family." ”
"What does a fiefdom do?" Yi Tuan didn't understand it very well, he had seen it when he was in school before, but he didn't know much about what kind of fiefdom lord was.
"Where to give you money." Chester explained, "Every year you will receive a large amount of tax revenue from your fiefdoms, and you may issue some decrees as you like without violating the laws and policies of the country, and the military government of these territories is within your personal jurisdiction and you are free to use if there are no special circumstances." ”
Chester talked a lot about the rights of Yi Tuan, although some of them have already been talked about by Synes and Ivey, but now the effect is obviously better with the example, Yi Tuan has his mouth open throughout the whole process, and he has to exclaim twice from time to time, he really got rich overnight! It's not ordinary rich, it's special, special, very rich! Walking on the street without bodyguards will definitely be robbed and kidnapped by the kind of rich!
The walking vault is talking about him now, it turns out that a queen can be rich enough to be like this, he used to hear about the richest and richest man, and those people's assets can't be compared with him now.
And it was the first time he knew that the Rodman Empire was so big!
In his hometown of Earth, humans are dancing happily once they go to the moon, let alone live on other planets, and the planets outside the solar system can basically only be seen in telescopes.
But this place is simply terrifying, there are countless planets inhabited by humans, the Rodman Empire is a huge empire that rules dozens of galaxies, no wonder his fief is counted by the number of planets, no wonder there is money, can he not have money in such a huge country, taxes or something, so many people, add up a lot.
In addition to gold, silver, jewelry, land, and various minerals, Yi Tuan found that there was a very special type of property.
Person!
Not ten or eight, the number of slaves under his name is recorded in millions!
He saw that when people were a little bad at the whole person, people were able to take property as their people. What about right?!
He had heard Chester say that many people would become slaves because of crime or some other reason, and although he was a little surprised at the time, he thought that maybe it was because the law was special here, but now he realized that the number of slaves was so large that he only had a small part of it.
There is a difference between humans and animals, how can they be divided and bought so casually.
"Why are there so many slaves?" Yi Tuan felt that this was too cruel.
"What?" Chester didn't care, "This is nothing compared to the number of civilians, the number of slaves has always been scarce, especially obedient and intelligent slaves, there is simply not enough, many good slaves will be auctioned in the auction house." ”
"That's not much? Where did they come from? Yi Tuan was shocked, the total population of slaves should be tens of millions or even billions, which is still scarce?
"The number of slaves is decreasing every year, and prices are rising, and good slaves are expensive, and ordinary civilians may not be able to afford them." Chester gave Yi Tuan popular science, "Slaves are mostly prisoners of war and ordinary people in the colonies, as well as their descendants, slaves can only marry slaves, and the children born are also slaves, but there are few masters who are willing to let slaves marry, because the cost of raising a child is too high, and it is cost-effective to waste many years in the middle, it is better to buy ready-made qualified slaves directly, and it is not a good thing for slaves to have private affairs, most of the slave traders who trade slaves also think so, they prefer to go to the desert star to buy people to sell, plus the war has decreased in recent decades, The number of slaves has shrunk dramatically, and of course they are scarce. ”
"......" = mouth = Yi Tuan was dumbfounded, do you really sell people like animals, it's terrible!" Belch...... I can understand the prisoners of war, what are the ordinary people of the colony? Will they all be slaves? "That's terrible, conquering a country, the local people have to become slaves?!
"Of course not, what do you think, isn't this forcing the other party to fight to the death." Chester said, "The prisoners of war were basically soldiers, as well as nobles and officials, and those who disobeyed were punished with death, those who obeyed were made slaves, and some of them became commoners. The ordinary people of the colony continued to be civilians if they did not resist, although they were second-class citizens, but if they were good, they had the opportunity to obtain the privileges of the Rodman Empire's own citizens, and those who resisted would be driven to a more inhospitable planet, where the living environment was relatively difficult, but their personal freedom would not be restricted. ”
"Aren't you a slave? I thought that those who resisted would be treated as slaves. Yi Tuanxin said that this system is not bad to the top, and if you don't arrest people, you just change places to live, which sounds like it's actually okay. It's good that the activists have this result.
But Chester quickly poured a basin of cold water on him, "Those who can resist are restless, what is the use of such a slave?" It will only make the master frightened, it is a factor of social instability, no one dares to buy it, they are not as beautiful as the pampered nobles, they are not as strong as the soldiers, they are restless, and they are not worth a single soka. ”
"Put them all in the desert star to live a hard life, after a long time, you will know that it is hard, lack of resources, harsh environment, and very unsafe, without the protection of the army, when you can't eat, you won't think about anything else, every year there are slave traders who go to the desert star to buy people, many people voluntarily sell themselves, just to eat and clothe themselves, and the slave traders negotiate terms and sign contracts, that is, slaves officially managed by the Rodman Empire, each of which will be registered, and every time it changes hands, there will be a record." Chester pointed to his neck, "They all have a special electronic lock around their necks, they can be shocked if they escape or make a mistake, and they can also be located, and they can only be unlocked by going to the Slave Administration, even their masters can't unlock and release people without permission, and it is very difficult for slaves to become civilians again, and there will be no one for decades." ”
Yi Tuan: = mouth = day, I thought it was to let the tiger return to the mountain, but I didn't think it was another way to torture people, most of such slaves were obedient, they voluntarily sold themselves, indicating that they had compromised with the cruel reality of life, their willpower was exhausted, and they were willing to become a trafficked object.
That's the cruelest and most terrible part.
"Last time you said that Minnie and Merry should be slaves, criminals are also one of the sources of slaves?" Yi Tuan was curious.
"Of course not, Rodman's own citizens are naturally punished by law for making mistakes, and there is no such thing as being a slave in the punishment, this is the prerogative of his own citizens, even if he dies, he will die with dignity, and it is the prerogative of the royal family to let them be slaves." Chester didn't think there was anything wrong with that.
Yi Tuan: "......" this evil privileged class!
"Wouldn't that be nice?" Yi Tuan is quite resistant to this system, "I'll make an analogy, just an analogy, don't be angry." ”
"You say, I'm not angry." Chester laughed.
"Isn't it terrible that if we were a defeated nation, we and our relatives and friends would also become slaves?" Yi Tuan asked Chester to put himself in Chester's shoes, "Even if it is for his own sake, this system should be gradually abolished, who can guarantee that he will never fail, and Rodman's soldiers may also become prisoners, what will happen to them?" ”
Chester chuckled, "Don't worry, the rule of the Joan of Arc will never waver, we are the chosen ones of God." ”
Yituan black line, feudal superstition is unacceptable, you are sick in the second middle school.
"And there are basically no slaves left in other countries, so there is no need to worry." Chester added.
"There are no slaves in other countries?!" Yi Tuan's eyes widened, only they Rodman had changed like this. Status!
"Among Rodman's neighbors, St. Byuatte is the largest, they are federal, hundreds of countries are united, they also have a royal family, but it is just an ornament, no power, it is just a symbol, it is a symbol, and it is important to pay attention to the people. The Lord is free, and naturally there are no slaves. Although there are also imperial systems in other countries, the power of the royal family will also be limited by a certain degree, and there are many civil wars for the throne, and there have even been ridiculous incidents of commoners becoming kings, but there are few wars with foreign countries, and there are very few natural slaves, and they cannot always use their own people as slaves, and the popular support rate will decline, and the royal power will be shaken. ”
"But none of these problems will happen in Rodman, we are special, and no one dares to covet the dominance of the Joan de Andermans." Chester looked proud.
Yi Tuan: ==It seems that Chester is really proud of his family background.