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Ever since the Hanseatic merchants were heavily taxed by Edward, merchants from all over London flocked to London like hungry tigers to compete for market share of the Hanseatic merchants.

As a result, the Hanseatic merchants had almost fallen from their dominance of the market, and could only firmly control the timber and fish trades, the rest of which had been completely overrun by the English merchants.

Edward was happy to see this happen, it was better for meat to rot in the pot than to be eaten by others, and besides, he collected a lot more taxes.

"Your Majesty, please let me give you an introduction to the achievements of the entire London City Council in the past few months!"

At this time, in the new building of the City of London, inside the mayor's office.

On the spacious and comfortable mayor's seat, a teenager sat at this time.

I saw that he had the curly golden hair of an Englishman at this time, dark blue and bright eyes, a straight nose, and skin like milk, and he was about five feet tall, only half a head lower than an ordinary adult.

He sat in a chair with a relaxed demeanor, and there was a fine woolen cushion under his buttocks, and it was very soft to sit on.

The young man's eyes wandered to the document in front of him, which was a record of London's financial situation for several months, recording the details of the finances.

And in front of him, the Mayor of London, William. Sersi was bending over, respectfully reporting to the young man.

He glanced at Edward, who was focused on the information, and the lower part of his nose was already covered with green beards, which were soft and soft, adding a lot of maturity to the young king, and after the events of Scotland, the king's prestige was not much different from that of Henry VIII in normal times.

At least, there are not many people in England who dare to compete with him, not even if Duke Edward is out of the mountains.

The best proof of this is that there has not been a single riot in the country since May, and the whole of England has been at peace.

Cleaning up the scattering of thoughts, Mayor William continued:

"From March to June, the council's revenue has doubled from £15,000 a month to £30,000 a month!"

"The tax paid to the Treasury has accumulated to sixty-five thousand pounds!"

Edward said with a light "grace" that according to the regulations of the city council when it was established, the city of London had to pay taxes to the Treasury every month, at a rate of 37 cents.

The Treasury Department, as an independent body of the Privy Council, was directly accountable to Edward, and the number said by the head was about the same.

From this it can be seen that Edward abolished the London Autonomous Council.

At present, almost sixty percent of the money and factories in the whole of England are concentrated in London, and controlling London is equivalent to controlling half of England.

Seeing that His Majesty the King was still buried in the information, Mayor William could only continue:

"At your request, the City of London has set up ninety-six hundred-household districts in the city of London, each of which shall have a mayor, a sheriff, a tax collector, and four clerks under it; There are a total of 8,000 districts, and every 12 100 districts form a 1,000-household district, and each 1,000-household district has a head of the district, a deputy head of the district, a chief magistrate, a deputy chief magistrate, a chief tax officer, a deputy chief tax officer, and 10 clerks under it! ”

"The same is true outside London, where there are one hundred and sixty-eight hundred-household districts and fourteen thousand-household districts, and a total of two hundred and sixty-four hundred-household districts and twenty-two thousand-household districts inside and outside London!"

According to the arrangement of Henry VII, the place is generally a hundred household districts - counties, such a setting.

According to China's administrative division, the hundred-household district is a village, and the county is a county, but the middle town or township does not.

The most important thing is that the 100 households and the county are parallel, which means that the county is not in charge of the 100 districts, and the two are directly responsible to the king.

As a result, the local hundred-household district was completely controlled by the local gentry, and the county lieutenant (still called the county lieutenant, the magistrate is easy to be confused with the magistrate) and the county magistrate in the county were still appointed by the king.

However, after the Baihu District has arranged it by itself, it directly submits the candidates to the king, and the king generally agrees directly and cannot directly manage it.

Therefore, Edward directly established the Thousand Households District as an intermediate hub between the county and the Hundred Households District, and as a bridge, playing the role of connecting the upper and lower levels.

Of course, this is just Edward's idea, but it needs to be experimented in London in the early stage, and if the run-in is okay, then it will be implemented nationwide.

Hearing this, Edward silently calculated in his heart, according to the calculation of five people per household, there are at least 130,000 people in London, which is a lot.

"So, my Excellency the Mayor, what is the total population of London?"

After Edward made a silent calculation, he raised his head, a little curious in his heart, and then asked softly.

For this question, in fact, Mayor William himself is quite interested, fortunately he has read it a few times, and the memory is quite solid.

"Your Majesty! After three months of rough calculations by the city government, there are more than 156,500 people living in London, half of whom are underage children. ”

Mayor William said in a surprised tone, with a shocked expression on his face.

150,000 people, if you count some omissions, 160,000 is still possible.

And at this time, there is no poll tax, and no one wants to deliberately conceal the figures, so this data is still credible.

Moreover, half of them were children, which is also consistent with Edward's mental memory.

150,000 people, which was only the population of a small county town in later generations, but in today's Europe, it is indeed a large city.

At this time, England had a population of only 3 million, and one-twentieth of them were in London, which was a huge pressure on the London City Council.

London needs to import hundreds of tonnes of grain every month to meet its needs.

And the pressure on law and order brought about by such a large population is also unparalleled.

At the end of the Middle Ages, greed and crime were the main themes of society, and in cities of 150,000 people, hundreds of corpses were pulled out of the city every morning by the corpse collectors, and many more lay in unattended corners, slowly stinking, rotting, and then eaten by rats, and finally rats multiplied and expanded in the city of London.

Eventually, there will be an outbreak of bubonic plague in the city of London, killing a large number of people.

"My Lord Mayor, I don't think there are enough police officers in London!" Edward said solemnly.

"Far from enough!" Edward's voice was a little stern, "I need five hundred police officers in London to make London function!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Although he didn't know why, Mayor William did so, "I will follow your instructions!" ”