Chapter 271: Jonas's Troubles
In Genoya, the prosperity of commerce did not bring the imaginary progress of science and technology, but brought more respect for the gods, that is, the omniscient and all-powerful God, all the artists who came to Genoya, in this city of gold coins, using the never-ending money and power of merchants, built countless beautiful churches here to praise the great achievements of this Lord in the world, and the church of Bishop San Lorenzo is, of course, the most majestic one. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
It took a century for the Genoya to complete the general architecture of this church, and God knows how this huge 71-meter-high building was able to complete his state-of-the-art design in an era when there were no modern tools, and what is even more admirable is that in the following 6 centuries, the Genoya people did not put this church aside and no longer managed him, but in these 6 centuries, they have not carved it with heart every moment until today.
Every huge oil painting in this church, a stone sculpture standing randomly on both sides of the corridor, can be traced back to a trace of a certain master living here, and even a tile under Jonas's feet at this moment, you can feel a kind of artistic atmosphere when you walk through it, emanating from the gap between the tiles, which is really great for Jonas, a person who loves art.
As for why Jonas came here today, of course, it was not because he wanted to travel, he was very busy right now, and it was really not for him to be a free tourist, and the reason why he came to this most important cathedral in Genoa was, of course, to meet the owner of this church, Bishop Francisco, a wise and treacherous bishop.
As for why Jonas went to meet the most authoritative person in Genoya's religious circles at such a busy time, this is a bit of a long story, because it has to be related to the implementation of the three institutional designs he promised to the citizens of Genoa.
When Jonas first started designing these three systems, he didn't really think much about citizen democracy or freedom, he designed this system completely so that the citizens of Genaya could stand on his side and overthrow those merchants, as for how to fulfill his promise after defeating Genaya's merchant class, Jonas never thought about it.
In his opinion, those things are not in his hands, anyway, when the time comes, as long as these promises are carried on, let those Genoya people do it themselves, it has nothing to do with themselves, and he has indeed undertaken the obligations he promised and gave them rights, even if he wants to accuse himself at that time, there will be no excuse.
This is what Jonas envisioned at the beginning of these three systems, that is, good systems, using them to overthrow the existing merchant regime, and then implementing this system, letting these Genoa people decide how this system should be implemented, and themselves, taking time out of their own affairs, to do other things, such as buying some land.....
War will always bring economic fluctuations, and the most intense economic fluctuations are naturally the real estate industry, which is like a tree leaves will fall in autumn, which belongs to the laws of nature, and the laws of nature also tell us that as long as this is a good tree, then when the ice and snow melt in the next year and the spring flowers bloom, the tree will still bloom with beautiful branches, so that the green rhizomes will stretch out and provide his services to the city.
The same is true of Genaya, war and hunger have created a great sense of insecurity for the people of Genaya, and these feelings have caused rumors of the imminent destruction of Genoya to the ground, like a thick layer of smog that obscures everyone's eyes and cannot see the road ahead, and such rumors spread, and naturally there will be serious fluctuations in the price of real estate.
The city is about to be destroyed, how much is a house worth?
But Jonas knew very clearly, that is, Genaya would not be destroyed because of this battle at all, and even more powerful because of this battle, because from this moment on, behind him is no longer a group of merchants, but a duke with great strength, which is bound to allow land, population, and resources to be fully combined, and at that time, maybe Florence and Venice will even regard Genaya as a real opponent.
So he knows very well that these houses that are now becoming cheap will inevitably get the price they deserve in the future, according to Jonas's own preliminary estimates, at least from the current price of about 5 times, if the market of Genaya can rise in the next few years, maybe 7 times, 8 times is also uncertain.
From the day he discovered this loophole to the present, through his own private channels and fraud in administrative power, Jonas has acquired more than 100 sets of real estate at extremely low-end prices, and most of these properties are villa-type houses inhabited by wealthy people with good locations and good locations.
In addition, Jonas also encouraged the surrounding people to buy houses, including Vig, Nick, as long as they have a little money in their hands, they have to buy, since someone is willing to spread rumors, then of course he has to take advantage of this wave of selling to make a fortune, so that his vassals can also take more money, as long as they wait a few years to sell them, Jonas can harvest a mark coin that can definitely make his saliva flow, and his knights, can also take the money to repair their dilapidated manor and go to the slum manor,
Isn't it too pitiful for the people of Genoa to do it themselves?
Oh, come on, this is not his hometown, Jonas will eventually leave here and return to Birlo, and at that time, the pensions of the soldiers who died in Genoya for their own sake will have to be paid by themselves, and will they have to pay for it with their own taxes? Jonas himself is still a poor man, and because of this war, the wealth he has accumulated has long been lost, and if he doesn't make a good profit in this city, he is really sorry for the money he paid and the soldiers who died.
As for the suffering Genoa people, Jonas has pity in his heart, after all, they are indeed pitiful, they are used by merchants, and now even their property is deprived by those who secretly spread rumors, but what can be done, if your rulers, the merchants, can leave a sum of money in the treasury, I will not have to make such a despicable means to make a fortune.
Besides, it wasn't him who spread the rumors, but the shrewd Genayas, in the final analysis, it was just their own people who were cheating their own people, Jonas just pushed the boat and bought some of them, if it was about the level of guilt, Jonas didn't realize that he was the one who should be burned at the stake, as for whether his actions would boost their arrogance after being learned by those who spread rumors, making this rumor more violent, and thus making the house frame collapse even more, this is not what Jonas knows.
But just as Jonas was enjoying the house, Genaya's administrators had to interrupt their new master's big plan to make money, and told him an important and not too rosy news.
"What, it's a fight?!" In the dormitory of Jonas, St. George's Palace, looking at the public servants who bowed their heads to report the situation, Jonas was originally holding a map of the whole city of Genoya and was looking for which good houses to buy, and when he heard the news, he was really a little surprised.
"Yes, my lord, from yesterday to now, there have been 27 fights in the entire city of Genoya because of the controversy over the electoral issue, and 4 of them have resulted in the death of 13 Genoya citizens. ”
Looking at the lord Jonas, the official truthfully repeated what he had just said, and kept complaining in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that the person in front of him had to engage in some kind of people's assembly, the supervision system that he had never heard of at all, where would Genaya become like this.
But think about who else can he report to besides Jonas, that Viscount Jung, come on, Jonas is just obsessed with buying a house, and Viscount Jung is obsessed with passing books with his wife, in addition to deploying various orders in the army, training his own soldiers, the two are compared, all the administrators unanimously agreed, and sent him, a young civil servant, to find Jonas and respond to this problem.
"Dead people? It's so serious, why do they want to fight?" Hearing the dead man, Jonas finally took back his eyes from the map and put it on the head of the little administrator in front of him, now there is no war in Genaya, they can fight and kill so many people on their own, what kind of grudge is this?
Jonas guessed and said, "Is it that Rocodo guy didn't give enough food?" Looking at the little administrator and shaking his head, Jonas frowned, and couldn't help but feel a little weak in his heart, looking at the little administrator and saying hello to him, the little administrator, as a staff member who has often followed Jonas these days, naturally knew what he meant, and immediately changed from standing to half-squatting, Jonas leaned close to his ear and said softly:
"Is it because of the house?"
After Jonas finished speaking, his eyes looked directly at the little administrator, with a little caution in those eyes, and also with some panic that his little cleverness would be exposed, in the eyes of the little administrator, it was really enough for him to react, so he could only shake his head straightly, saying that it was not the reason.
"Oh, what's the reason for that. Jonaston breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that it wasn't because of the house, as long as it wasn't for this reason, then he wouldn't be to blame himself, and he didn't have to feel guilty, thinking so, Jonas returned to his original dead look, a bureaucratic face.
"Well, my lord, because you are going to elect the remaining seats in the People's Assembly, and based on the efforts of the administrative staff, we have come up with the number of seats required for the entire People's Assembly to be about 401. The little executive said.
"Yes, so what's the matter?" Jonas asked strangely, since the required number of councillors had been calculated, then it was implemented according to this system, how could anyone still fight because of these things, could it be that the executive branch was a contest rather than a debate on the notice below?
Are you kidding.
"But here's the problem, in the original design, for the sake of the principle that you called the balance of power and the balance of electoral geography, Mr. Jonas, we decided at the very beginning to divide all the seats into two categories, one of which is the regional seat and the other is the professional seat.
The first is the regional seats, according to the method of electoral areas that you have described, we will soon divide the whole of Genoa into 24 electoral districts according to population, land area, each of which occupies 5 seats in the People's Assembly, that is, in the People's Assembly, these regional councillors, roughly 120.
The remaining seats, which belong to the trade unions, or occupations, according to our statistics, divide the population of Genoya into 30 categories and 54 sub-categories according to occupations, of which the large categories occupy 2 seats and the small ones occupy 1 seat, that is, the total number of professional seats occupies 114 seats.
The seats of these two parties combined, a total of 234 seats, can be said to cover the vast majority of Genaya's interest class, those regional seats must belong to those who are wealthy, that is, people like Jike, and those professional seats belong to the middle and lower classes, the two sides can be said to have deliberately maintained a balance, so that the two sides will not break out into violent conflict.
As for the remaining 67 seats, it will be decided by you, Lord Jonas, and this statute will soon be written into the Genoa law that is being drafted, so that your family can also have a say in Gennaa, which is what I thought about in the first place. “
"Listen, what's the problem?"
After listening to the discussion of the little administrators, Jonas looked at him with a frown, he really felt that the system designed by these administrators was quite good, and the most important thing was that it also left such a huge right to their family, even if Il's wanted to return this right, according to Il's good face, he would be able to maintain at least 20 seats in the nomination, which was a huge political wealth, and Jonas didn't want to lose it.
"The problem lies in the classification of the two types of seats. Speaking of this, the little administrator glanced at Jonas cautiously, and became a lot more cautious in his speech, no longer scolding Fang Xuan like he had when he was talking at length just now, and he was articulate.
"How?" said Jonas.
"Because there are so many seats for those who receive awards in this palace. After that, the little administrator stopped talking. (To be continued.) )