Nicole Orbia looked at her daughter, who seemed to have become a stranger again, with a look of great relief, and Mousse's expression was very pleased, he had not only been studying in O'Hara in the past few months, but also helped Nicole Robin to develop Huahuaguo in depth.

Although the current physique is still weak, and many abilities cannot be used for the time being, judging from the performance of today's two "four or two thousand pounds", the previous training results are still quite significant.

"Opponents within 300 power should be able to win easily, and opponents with 500 power may not be able to take it, and Robin now relies on the bonus brought by the Devil Fruit, at most fifty or sixty powers...... Huahua fruit is so easy to use......"

After a little sigh in his heart, Mousse came to the robber who was restrained by Nicole Robin's joint technique and asked, and learned that as he expected, these robbers who were obviously chicks were actually farmers who could not survive.

However, one thing did not surprise Mousse, these peasants were not forced into debt because of famine, but only because they could not pay their taxes......

"In the past ten years, the taxes collected by the imperial court have become heavier and heavier, but the millet we grow has become more and more unable to sell at a good price......

Hearing the complaint of the farmer who was forced to change his career, Mousse quickly understood the reason, but continued to inquire more and made many unexpected discoveries......

Previously, when he was at that foreign treaty port, Mousse learned that since the "Wangzhi Rebellion" twelve years ago, the country had not only opened a number of seaports to the so-called "Five Nations Alliance" as treaty ports, but also greatly increased the amount of heavenly gold that the country needed to hand over to the Tenryu people.

Even so, since the Land of Flowers is still a powerful country overall, the amount of money diluted by population is not too much, at least not compared to the small but wealthy countries of Frevans and Notis in the North Sea.

But the problem is that first of all, the country of flowers is big but not rich, and the country still uses silver instead of Bailey, and the gold handed over to the sky is naturally the silver of the white flowers, which is not like banknotes, the stock and increment are very limited, and the actual price of taking silver to hand over the heavenly gold is many times greater than the amount on paper......

In addition, after being opened by external forces, the country of flowers not only had to pay war reparations to the "five-nation alliance", but the domestic natural economy was increasingly affected by the cheap industrial products of the "five-nation alliance", and foreign trade not only turned from a surplus to a deficit, but also continued to expand.

All three of these factors have caused a continuous and high-speed outflow of silver, that is, currency, from the country of flowers, which has led to severe deflation......

"So we saw that the coastal cities as treaty ports were extremely prosperous, and we didn't see the scene of the end of the dynasty at all, because the prices of consumer goods, both foreign and domestic, were lowered, and the citizens naturally had a better life, but the peasants, who made up the main part of the country's population, were the biggest victims of this change......"

After a faint sigh, Mousse asked the former farmer a question: "As far as I know, those local tyrants don't have to pay taxes, right?" Why don't you take refuge under their doors? ”

As Mousse said, the country of flowers and his travel through the Ming and Qing dynasties of China also have a large number of people who can be exempt from taxes, the difference is that this group of people is not a literati gentry, but a powerful landlord with strong force, the country of flowers is called "the country of fists" precisely because of the existence of these guys, not even the ordinary peasants who can't even beat Mousse now.

It was so difficult for the imperial court of the Ming and Qing dynasties to collect taxes from the literati and gentry, not to mention that these powerful landlords in the country of flowers still had strong force?

Therefore, this monetary tax must be difficult to receive, and it can generally be like the world government requires them to contribute force to collect some blood tax, and if it is the emperor of the mountain, or the strong and powerful, they may not even be able to collect the blood tax, and even have to pay money to appease them to prevent them from rebelling......

Therefore, if the peasants take refuge under their doors, those powerful people do have the strength to protect them so that the imperial court cannot collect taxes from them, but the question is, why should people help you?

Giving up land? Wouldn't it be more convenient to wait for the peasants to go bankrupt and evade taxes, and then take it directly?

Paying rent? How much can I pay again?

Fifty or sixty percent of them are generally at the top, and any more tenant farmers can only starve to death, unless the landlord borrows money to hang their lives.

In fact, Musse remembered that this was the case before liberation, the landlord actually controlled the personal freedom of the tenant farmers with the help of the debts that could never be repaid, and not only made money, but also earned people, plus the income from land was more stable than that of commerce, so everyone only thought about buying land and becoming a big landlord.

But the world of One Piece is not the earth before Mousse crossed, the difference between people here can surpass species, a strong man with his own strength can cultivate tens of thousands of acres of land, and by the way, he has exercised his body, why rent the field to others to plant and only get a part of the income?

They are not literati gentry who are industrious, do not divide grains, cannot grow their own fields, and can only live well by exploiting the peasants......

As for personal attachment?

If the talent for martial arts training is okay and he can be a man, then the landlord may accept it and become a family member and train it as a coolie and minions as appropriate, but even a large-sized vicious dog may not be able to beat an ordinary peasant?

Farming efficiency is low, fighting is even more powerless, and according to the same labor force or combat effectiveness, there are more meals to eat (for example, Luffy can eat no matter how much he can eat, there are no 100,000 ordinary people who can eat, right?). Isn't it a waste of money to ask for it?

Well, there are also menial chores such as weeding, pesticiding, fertilizing, raising livestock, spinning and weaving, and those jobs that need to be done, but these jobs are not as competent as women?

Even because women are more careful and meticulous in their work, they can often do better!

For the landlords, it is cheaper to hire a woman to work, and there are those who can be seen and can enjoy + have children, even if they don't look at it, they can also be rewarded to the dog's legs, and they will be enveloped + give birth to the dog's legs in the future, which will not be wasted at all, why do you want to raise ordinary young people with lower cost performance?

In addition, Hananokuni is not as sparsely populated as most countries in the world, and although the land area is large, it has a larger population and is growing faster (Note 1). Unless there is a change of dynasty and a large number of dead people, there will never be a shortage of ......

Note 1: Under polygamy, as long as women have children, the fertility rate will not be low, and the proportion of men marrying is not important, especially the strong in this world are still bottomless, and with the support of clan concepts and fertility culture, it is not surprising that there are dozens or even more heirs at every turn......