At a gourmet restaurant in a small machiko near the port of Imari Bay in Matsuura Army, Hizen Kuni, Kyushu, the conversation between the two at the next table caught Masarashi's attention.

"Well, if there are attendants by your side, why be afraid of those children?" It is clear that this man has clashed with the Boy Scouts in his territory.

"You? You keep quiet, you're already drunk. The person at the table with him didn't expect the other party to say such a thing in public, so he quickly reminded in a low voice.

"Although it is no longer as majestic as it used to be, compared to before, our income is obviously much higher than before." The people at the table continued to persuade.

According to the law of the Luo family's territory, at present, the Luo family has only one tax (because commerce has not yet developed, in order to encourage the development of commerce in the territory, commercial tax is temporarily exempted), that is, land income tax. The Luo family implements different tax standards according to the different status levels of the people, and after ten years of development, the average tax of the current territory is five gongs and five people. After the lords paid 50% of their income as a tax, the local cabinet distributed 10% of the local income to the lords (the daimyo received 40% of the income).

Although there is only 10% of the income from taxation, the income of the people living and working in peace and contentment, the relatively developed agricultural technology, and the variety of crops cultivated, is actually much more than the income of the territory under the direct and complete control of the same area and soil by the wealthy families themselves in the past.

But human desires are endless, and although it is possible to get so much income for nothing without too much management, some wealthy families still want to live that kind of life of taking and taking. It is precisely because of the fear of such a situation that the Luo family law is also clearly stipulated. If there is no one in the immediate family of the Hao family to hold a position in the Luo family. This wealthy family is not allowed to have the status of a retainer of fifteen people. That is, this wealthy family is not allowed to have the strength of military generals.

At the beginning, Masato made such a provision. In fact, it also forced these wealthy families to automatically integrate into the management system of the Luo family and adapt to the new management law. Want to have more power? Then take the initiative to join the management system of the Roche family.

"Although there are no troops under my command now, it also saves me from having to worry about feeding these troops, and besides, there is no other conscription here except for some temporary and sudden paid conscription. Compared to the previous situation in Higo Province, where you had to be recruited by local daimyo and worship the Otomo family, it was much better. The man at the table continued to persuade.

This person's words are very clear, although in the past, although in the territory can be levied according to one's own wishes, fifty percent, or even eighty percent of the income of the territory. However, as a small wealthy family, they also had to divide a large part of this income, part of which was given to the local daimyo as annual salaries, and part of it was given to the family of Kunitomo, the suzeraint of Higo Province. It is almost equivalent to being doubly exploited, and even forced to participate in those self-financing conscriptions (this kind of conscription, military rations, weapons and other materials are prepared by the wealthy families themselves).

In comparison, now in the Luo family's territory, this one-percent income is not only more than the previous income, but it is also a real income, and there is no need to participate in the recruitment at your own expense. Even if there is temporary conscription, it is paid. No matter how you compare, it's better than before. The only thing that is insufficient. It may be that he has lost absolute control over the territory, and he has lost the right to form a military force, and he is also limited by the law of the Luo family, and he cannot be self-centered.

"Hmph, I'm just planning to take that kid's sister as a concubine, this poor boy actually brought those so-called boy scouts to stop him, and even beat my men, I don't even take this lord in my eyes." Even though the people at the table tried to persuade him repeatedly, the whining guy might have been a little drunk and still chattering.

At this time, Masahiro's face was already very ugly, and Togo Heiji and the others next to him also looked gloomy.

"Lord ......," Fei Duan, who was sitting on the other side of Masashi, suddenly asked in a low voice. Apparently he was asking Masarashi if he was going to take action. As a close public who is specifically responsible for interrogation and punishment by Zhengliang's side, it is obvious that Fei Duan is a little unbearable.

"Huh?"

Before Zhengliang could speak, a girl's exclamation came from the direction of the drunken man at the table behind him. Everyone turned their heads to see that a maid in a gourmet house was hiding in the arms of another maid with tears on her face, looking quite panicked.

"Hmph, what are you crying about, a lowly pariah, it is your honor to be touched by Lord Ben." The whining man, who was a little drunk, said with a straight face. Obviously, this man was rude to the food house maid who came to serve him.

As soon as this person said this, some of the people in the lobby who were indignant because they had witnessed the scene immediately lowered their heads.

Seeing this, Zhengliang couldn't help but smile bitterly, he actually encountered such a bloody plot here today! But he didn't deal with the matter immediately, but continued to stand by and watch the play.

"Come on, take down this guy, this guy just violated the law of the Luo family. Take him down and send him to the town. Just as everyone in the lobby fell silent for a while, someone suddenly shouted.

When Masahiro heard this, he looked into the crowd and found that a young man was pointing at a slightly drunk middle-aged man very angrily.

"How dare you, a pariah, be rude to your subordinates?" Seeing that the young man dared to openly point at him, the slightly drunk man immediately became angry.

"I am not a pariah below, but a teacher here." Faced with the accusation of a slightly drunk middle-aged man, the young man was not timid, but said confidently.

As soon as the young man said this, the people around him immediately cast a look of respect for the young man. As the teacher of the territory, he is responsible for the teaching of all the Scouts in the area where he works. Since ancient times, in the eyes of the lords, the study of cultural knowledge has been the preserve of the rich and lords, and now there is a teacher who can teach their children to learn cultural knowledge for free, and they naturally respect this teacher.

And Zhengliang also knew the identity of this young man at this time. According to the requirements of the territorial law, a person who is about to graduate from the Yuan Service in the Luo Clan Academy in various places will be sent by the Interior Pavilion to some local towns or villages to be responsible for local teaching in the year before the Yuan Service. Clearly, this young man is one of them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are no untouchables here, and in the Luo family's territory, there are only people with different identities according to their respective contributions to the territory. Here, these noble people who only exploit us can no longer decide whether we live or die. Here, only the Luo family, only our lord Daimyo, the Eagle of Kyushu, and the Hizen Guardian Dazai Shaoji can decide our life and death, everyone, what are you waiting for, this person has violated the law of the Luo family, take it down quickly. ”

(Thanks to the tip of "Green Mia, Seven Cups of Tea".) (To be continued......)