"Very well, you will be my 'Roland' from now on, but not with a sword, but with a pen. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Gauvin, obviously excited and satisfied with the young monk's plan, raised his palm, put his fingers together and continued to exhort, "It's better to be like this, Roland. Bandinelli, let's do an experiment. You have to know that the test of truth is not by scholastic meditation, but by real experiments. I entrust you with the construction of the Confessional Hall throughout the western region for a period of three years. In the meantime, in order to paralyze your old boss, Lord Anselm, I will divide it into several bishoprics, and let his men come here to collect taxes, preach and build churches. When the time comes, I'd like to see if your synagogue or Anselm Catholic Church has the upper hand. Then Gawain waved his arm very decisively, "If you win, I will use the resources of the whole country to support you in the future, if you lose, I'm sorry I will abandon you, because I don't want the dispute to be a big civil war, then I will return to the Ecumenical Church of Rome in time and turn the rudder back, do you understand what I mean?" ”

"Yes, honorable Lord Patron, I'm glad you gave me this opportunity to test." Roland was ambitious.

Roland then went incognito, but carrying the seal, ring, and scepter given to him by Gawain, and rode his donkey in the direction of Lydia, who was known as "Lydia. The General Secretary of the Misia Congregation was responsible for the construction and expansion of all the synagogues in the area, just as the Holy Sister did in the Meritene and Sebastian districts.

When Roland left, Gawain lay down on a comfortable couch in his room, and sat in a circle chair with Sherman, the president of the Treasury, who was sitting in a circle chair in the country of Tarsus. Labor discussed the issue of fleet building.

"Now the two sailors' frontiers in Misia and Atalya have been successfully built, the docks and ports are ready, and the salaries of the sailors and the fleet have begun to be paid by the local sagefish estates and tariffs, but we need large row-oared sailing warships in addition to the skua longships and the sunfish offshore warships, but it costs a lot of money to make them. Venice, Hot Duck, Pisa, and Amalfi are all states that float on ships, and much of the money they make from all corners of the world is invested in the construction of ships. At present, the whole country supports nine regular brigades and regiments, five cavalry regiments, one professional artillery regiment and one professional engineering regiment, four or five border people's armies, and several county people's armies, and the total military strength is approaching 90,000. I will soon take Tripoli in the east, and I will have to have a fleet capable of fighting when I go west to conquer Rhodes and Crete! ”

Of course, Gawain also had an implicit goal, which was to be able to compete with maritime powers such as Venice or Fatima in Egypt in the latter's strategy, so that he could more effectively support his war on land.

After all, sunfish warships and skua ships were better suited to fight along the coast, and they could not be expected to cross the sea to attack Egypt.

Sherman also thought for a while, "What if the cost of building the fleet is turned into a special tax and put on the heads of the people?" ”

Before he finished speaking, Gawain waved his hand disagreeingly, "Although the Roman citizens of Tarsus are now much richer than in the past, they have also paid a lot for the country, not only digging out the soil under the bed, but also supporting the urine. It would be unbearable to have a special tax on the fleet. ”

"That can only be done in another way, to collect the wealth of the concentrated people to build a fleet." Sherman reminded.

"Hmm......" Gao Wen furrowed his brows, thought for a moment and said, "What do you think about the treasury bonds and synagogue annuities?" ”

"Treasury bonds, synagogue annuities?" Although Sherman had some eyebrows, he still couldn't react for a while.

Then Gawain told the Commander-in-Chief very clearly that the national debt is a debt borrowed by the state to all its subjects, but it must be repaid in installments and at a reasonable interest rate to attract the subjects, but in a short period of time the wealth scattered among the people should be quickly concentrated in the hands of the royal family, and it is the most ideal way to build ships, "Then the fleet must win in the war, so that we can expand the source of the tax of the territory and seize more booty to pay off the national debt, and even have a surplus." "The chief dean still understood it very quickly.

"That's right. If the defeat leads to the destruction of the fleet, it will really be a loss of money, and it will also bankrupt the country's credit. Gao Wen was not in a hurry, and gently pinched his forehead with his fingers, "In addition, the national debt can not only be internal but also external, we can also raise foreign debt...... Didn't Anna give trade concessions to the city-states of Rela, Pisa, and so on in Smyrna? We can make some new friends by handing it over, and immediately send my royal merchants, Zhao Zhao and Bill Leoni, to Italy to lobby, and rely on the Bank of Bari to raise 'funds for the construction of the fleet' from various city-states such as Amalfi, Mantua, Florence, Pisa, Lucca, etc., anyway, I can also guarantee their trade in Asia Minor, why not do it? ”

Sherman immediately said that the Treasury would do its best to manage the affairs of the domestic and foreign national debts, but "what about the synagogue annuity?" ”

Gawain then told him that in the year of the synagogue the towns of metal would raise their own money, "and that experiments could be carried out first in the cities of Tarsus, Seleucia, and Ikonium, that is, that the now wealthier soldiers, merchants, and peasants should pay a large sum of money to the local council, and appoint representatives of the people to supervise it, and that the money could be used for the repair of churches, roads, bridges, and the construction of new trade fairs, which were especially conducive to the development of small towns, and that the donors would have the right to settle in the towns and to run them cheaply, Become an honorary citizen and be able to serve as an elder in the council. And when they reach a certain age, the council will give him the same amount of money every year, for twenty or fifty years, and the total amount will exceed the amount of his original contribution, and if he dies and cannot be fully repaid, it will continue to be paid to his heirs. ”

The President of the Treasury reaffirmed his understanding, but he also expressed concern, saying, "As far as I can see, the national debt is still good, and this kind of synagogue pension system ...... Not all cities and market towns can maintain a healthy fiscal and tax system forever, so how to solve the problem if the gap in annuities is getting bigger and bigger? ”

Gawain looked at him with a little pity, and after a long time lowered his voice and replied, "Listen to my dear Law, we can't see anything after we die, and no one who has a system maker will be responsible for what will happen in a hundred years, and then future generations will naturally have the way of dealing with it, we just care about the present, that is, the speed of Tarsus needs a fleet - at the same time, you also have to spend a lot of effort and money, and bring in shipbuilding and naval warfare talents from Amalfi and other places, the sooner you form combat effectiveness, the better." In terms of diplomacy, I'll hold Venice first, and if I'm not mistaken, their envoys should be coming soon. ”