It seems that Luo Ming's direct handing over the taxes to those local nobles is an act of redundancy.

But if you think carefully about the background of this era, you will find that this is a wonderful move, which saves money and effort for both sides.

What is the level of education of those guards when the aristocrats set up their own tax cards? In the face of large quantities of goods and so on, they cannot calculate how much they should collect according to the law, and in the end, when they actually enforce it, is it not just a matter of indiscriminate collection and even more extortion?

And don't look at the money received in this way, it seems that there is more, but in fact, it is impossible for all the money collected to fall into the hands of the nobles.

First of all, although the principality is a country that values education, it is impossible in most places to have a person who can calculate the accounts of each tax card to supervise the collection of taxes by soldiers and pay the full amount of taxes.

Even if he can really match such a person to settle accounts, there is no guarantee that he will not be in the same league as other people on the tax card, make false accounts together to fool his superiors, and then intercept a large part of the tax money to fill his own pocket.

There is even a situation where some people quietly come out to set up cards to cheat money without permission, and the noble lord himself can't get a penny.

In short, the result will evolve into extortion by the people below, and the nobles at the top can only get a part of the money, and he will have a share in the extra notoriety.

Merchants and civilians are also likely to avoid his tax card because of this wanton extortion, leaving his tax revenues shrinking.

And the plan proposed by Luo Ming can basically avoid these drawbacks.

The envoy inquired about the taxes that the nobles could receive from the caravan under normal circumstances, and then Luo Ming added 20% to that and directly signed a five-year agreement with them at this price, paying the five years of taxes in advance at one time, which was equivalent to buying out at a fixed price.

In this way, Luo Ming's caravan avoided all kinds of harsh taxes, and those nobles could quickly get more taxes than in the usual five years, and they also had a lot less trouble.

Another benefit for Luo Ming was that more caravans had expressed their willingness to attach themselves directly to him.

There are also some caravans, although they are not ready to go directly to him, but they are also willing to offer various benefits in exchange for being under his command and enjoying this tax-free privilege.

Of course, this kind of good thing is only limited to the trade road of Carlo Hill - Van Shee County - Brandon that Lockin has now opened.

In short, those tax cards, whether authorized by the lord or set up privately, did not legally have the right to collect taxes from Luo Ming's caravans.

If they don't listen to the dissuasion and want to force their way over to collect taxes, the caravan will go straight to the fight.

Generally speaking, a few people on the tax card can't beat a caravan with dozens of people at every turn, especially if there are retired or even serving soldiers in the caravan. And if there are more people on the tax card, then the tax received will not be enough to support them, so it is too uneconomical.

As for whether the tax card will make a big deal out of this...... The local nobles knew that Luo Ming and the royal family were behind the caravan, and he himself had already signed an agreement, and he would not condone them to make a big deal about the situation, so they could only suffer this loss.

After all, these guys who keep the tax card may be a dirt dog in the eyes of the nobles, while Luo Ming and the royal family are real big guys, who would offend the big guys for a few uninteresting earth dogs under their hands?