010 Extortion
"Director Kangdai, this lord is a nobleman. The soldier explained.
"Forgot the impersonator last time? It's been two times this year, and I don't remember it for long. After the inspector finished speaking, he glanced at Randall and the others.
"My name is Condé, and you have come to this city for commercial trade?"
"Crossing. Randall Road.
"Where are you going?" Condy.
"Someone asked me nonsense, your identity is not qualified to talk to the superiors, Lao Tzu wants to go home. Pu Yi'an interjected, yesterday he was too out of line, he was trying to find a medical clinic for a doctor to see and treat, he now has itchy lower body, he can't enter immediately, he is anxious and angry, he shakes the token, but Kang Dai ignores it.
"Don't be so hot, smuggling has been rampant recently, and there are even people who pretend to be nobles to evade taxes, so you need to ask in detail. Kang Dai said.
"Pu Yi'an, be quieter. Randall was polite to Condé and didn't want to be too aggressive.
"Take a gold coin out. Randall Road.
Kang Dai disagreed, "You miscalculated, deducting the change, it is a total of seven gold coins." He immediately said the number he wanted.
", you're crazy about money!" Pu Yi'an said, "Lao Tzu's worker, only give him four gold coins a year, deducting expenses, he can have one gold coin left to buy wine and drink every day, go to the kiln twice, and pay a toll, you dare to open this price!"
"Look at your clothes, even if you are not a nobleman, you are a rich person, please respect your status, do not speak foul language, this city is in Gaul, the noble family of the duke, you have more than ten horses, a dozen people, more than a dozen swords, these need to pay taxes, of course, if you are here to trade, to activate commerce, you do not have to bear such a high tax rate,"
After Kang Dai finished speaking, a row of silver bright spears appeared behind him, and the field suddenly became murderous.
"Don't make trouble!" One of the tall spearmen in the lead took a step forward, and as he finished speaking, Kangdai's chest straightened again.
Recently, because of excessive expenses, Duke Prje found a few names, withdrew the titles of five knights, and took out the five knightly places, selling them for fifty gold coins, and as long as he paid, this person could add the word "Feng" to his name.
Horses were first used as meat, and after being domesticated, they gradually became responsible for transportation, farming, and warfare. Riding a horse, you can advance more than ten times more distance than you can use your feet in a day, and the cavalry class officially appeared.
Centaurs wear heavy armor and have strong charging power, which gives people great pressure when they meet the enemy head-on. With superior mobility and powerful destructive power to become the main force in warfare, the Roman Empire promoted cavalry with military training and military achievements to "knights" in the old era.
With the Imperial Expedition, this position gradually became part of the aristocratic class in each region, and a series of rules of cultivation were born.
The oldest orthodox knight, who was given a manor by the lord, and the various crops and peasants of the manor were his income. With this money, the knight armed himself, recruited domestic slaves and a small number of attachés, and asserted his rule on behalf of the lord in wartime.
After the collapse of the Roman Empire, the continent of Europe was divided into forty-seven countries, one of which was called "France", which sold titles indiscriminately and obtained funds.
Of these six countries, three of them were in today's Gaul, the first Gaul dynasty was established, and there was a folk proverb, "There are many knights like dogs, and nobles walk all over the streets", which is to describe the worthlessness of the Gallic noble titles.
The third king of the First Dynasty of Gaul - "Von Tees-von Lumier", he swore with twelve powerful knights, killed two brothers, and became king in the war, he had a special affection for knights, held three state councils, and wanted to rename the aristocratic qualifications that had been overdone and neglected by the world, especially knights.
He established a new system of Gallic titles, the king and the queen and the crown prince as one, the nobles of the royal family, and those who have merit, were given the title of grand duke, and then duke, earl, and baron, and later generations were influenced by other countries, and there were more marquises, viscounts, and brigadiers.
Vantis also reassessed the martial arts of many knight families left over from history, and those who failed to pass were changed to ordinary knights and were not allowed to be hereditary.
This affected a large number of people, who hated Vantis to the core, and Gallic history records that Vantis was assassinated at least thirteen times by ordinary knights and had his left eye robbed.
Relying on being able to fight, he suppressed the voice of dissatisfaction, today's Gaul, ordinary knights, the number of places is not limited, that is, the quasi-knight who is lower than the baron, can be rewarded, want to canonize, change, as long as a sum of money is spent to the king, he will be issued a knight's edict, become a knight, each knight's reason for being entitled, will be entered in the royal archives, if it is not rewarded for merit, but bought with money, it will be marked as "biased".
Those who passed the assessment at the beginning were awarded the Knight of Guardian and could inherit the knighthood for three generations, and it was not until later generations that it was transformed into hereditary.
There is a limit to the number of knights of the Guardian, and only nobles above the earl are eligible for canonization, 50 people can be awarded the title of duke and above, and 30 people can be crowned by the earl.
In the event of a crime, the knighthood bears a portion of the responsibility. If the crime is not involved, there are three kinds of crimes, "rebellion", "murder of relatives (elders)", and "blasphemy", and the death penalty is not punishable, and the sentence is reduced by half, and there is also the privilege of moving freely and residing in the kingdom.
There is also a kind of knight canonized for the church, but today's Gaul is extremely rare, without the right to appoint bishops, the local church in Gaul is left with the function of praying for blessings every day.
Vantis also compiled the "Heroes of the Continent", which collected the legends of heroes from all over the world, and after his death, he was also compiled by later scholars, calling him the "Knight King".
This time, the Duke of Prije took back the knights who were reissued, they were ordinary knights, there was no hereditary fiefdom, although the gold content was not high, but they were nobles, and if they really started a war, they would be incorporated into the noble legion in charge of logistics, and the security was greatly guaranteed.
In a month's time, four places have been bought, and there is still one place left, Kang Dai is anxious, as long as he checks the day recently, he will sit on the ground and start the price, and now he has made up thirty-six gold coins, which is still close to the price of fifty gold coins.
But his rival, another inspector, heard that the sale of the premises and a daughter were almost enough, and he could not let him succeed, he had to scrape together enough money today, and just now in the shadows, Condy's meeting with Randall and his party, who were strong and strong, originally wanted to let them go.
But in the next few days, it was his opponent who checked the gates, and the income could not compare to him, and Kang Dai struggled for a while, and decided to bite these bones that looked difficult to gnaw.
"If you want to blackmail us, this sword is made of blood, you can try it!" Pu Yi'an drew his long sword and prepared to teach Kang Dai a lesson.
"I'm getting tired of living and chop them down. "Half of Randall's subordinates are blood-stained soldiers, who eat and drink spicy food with him on weekdays, and in places he doesn't see, he has also done things that bully men and women, and he can't be provoked at all.
"Fighting, fighting, like cockfighting. After Randall finished speaking, he looked at Condy, "I will send you a sentence, the end of greed is nothing, take it when you see it." ”
"It's philosophical, but you still have to pay for it. Kang Dai said.
"Give it to him, the marriage is still waiting for me to go back and negotiate. Five seconds later, Randall raised his hand and asked Rafa to pay for it. The smell here is unpleasant, he doesn't want to stay longer for a second, money can solve it, and it doesn't matter.
"Young master, not so much. Rafa rode over and whispered.
"How many do you have?" Randall asked, and Rafa made a "one" comparison.
"What is your reward on weekdays?" Randall looked at his men.
"Money is not a good thing, how can you spend the night. Webber answered, and yesterday he had bought a bunch of drinks from the kitchen for fun, and now his legs were still a little weak, and his pockets were empty.
"I'm Randall Von. Randall was ready to reveal his identity, and he had also met two or three times people who were not long-sighted, the identity of the first nobleman in the South, and after moving out, he directly smashed their knees.
"Avoid! avoid! avoid!" Someone on the tower suddenly shouted three times, interrupted him, and then a bucket of dung flew down, and by coincidence, a sudden gust of wind blew and brought some of the liquid to Randall's mount, and he almost covered his face with feces.
In the early days, many towns were still quite small, and there was no perfect sewage construction, so people went directly to the streets to defecate in the open, and the more sophisticated nobles would use barrels and dump them into the streets or rivers.
The stench was everywhere, and then it was regulated, so the people gradually poured out, and because passers-by were often victimized, a law was derived, "Shout three times, and throw feces is not guilty." ”
"Shhh
Although Randall missed, the smell of feces and urine blew on his body, making him dissatisfied and rising.
"Diaomin, shrew, get out of here!" Several of Randall's men also won the lottery and scolded, "Can you afford the wrath of the golden lion?"