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It would be relatively easy, at least on the surface, fair, because neither the royal family nor the vassals and nobles could make any money out of it, for the sake of promoting commerce.

Unlike the collection of taxes, the aristocracy could resist with eloquence.

But in reality, if the royal family had done this, and the merchants had benefited from it, and were willing to form some kind of fixed and permanent tax to pay to a certain city, it would have been a national center like Saint-Quentin that would have benefited more easily.

Because compared with other cities, if there is no special advantage, the national capital is often the easiest to become the center of merchants, then it is equivalent to the total amount of income at the checkpoint is smaller, but it flows to Saint-Quentin in disguise, and the income of the royal family is of course increased.

This is, of course, a somewhat risky strategy, requiring the royal family to declare the highway checkpoints illegal and allow the merchants to refuse, and on the other hand, it may be necessary to send in troops loyal to the crown to sweep back and forth on the main highway to strike the checkpoints, as was the case with the two checkpoints on the St. Quentin Road against Duke Aldrich.

This will even be a long-term process, in which the tug-of-war will be repeated until the nobles give in on the one hand, and at the same time enjoy the other benefits brought to them by the smooth flow of commerce, and then the setting of checkpoints will be stopped, and in the middle will be a contest between the royal power and the noble lords.

There is certainly a risk that this will cause dissatisfaction among some of the noble lords, but no pie will fall from the sky for nothing, and according to Solomon's estimates, the resistance of the nobles will not be fierce to the point of a showdown with the royal family, because this is not a direct outreach from the royal family to collect taxes from the lords, although it will reduce some of their income, but at least it does not interfere with their direct territories.

If this step is reached, it is needless to say that Philip has already followed this line of thought, and it is even more necessary to strengthen the supervision of merchants, because if there is no checkpoint, the royal family has a "reason" to form a fixed tax with the merchants, but there is a world of difference between paying taxes and paying taxes honestly.

Solomon had to set up a special tax agency for vertical administration on Regina's highway on the St. Quentin Highway, which was no longer needed not only for non-commercial taxes in the territory, but also for merchants.

With a special tax authority directly under the kingdom and the crown, it was possible to conduct a large number of inspections of merchants' trade and minimize the omission of tax sources.

This step by step is interlocking and closely related, and if it can be effectively achieved, it will also in turn stimulate the big nobles who are opposed to the royal family, and the royal family will not have to compromise with the big nobles on many issues.

"Very good, I will mention some of them directly to His Majesty, and the complete plan and construction, I would prefer that you write it specifically and then present it to Your Majesty for viewing, if Your Majesty adopts it, I can guarantee that you will get at least the status of a Kingdom Mage." Regina promised, "Even knighthoods, if successful, will certainly not contribute less than the feats of war." ”

"It's long-term plans, but what about the short-term means you speak?" asked Burrengalia curiously.

"In the short term, the two knights should also be able to think of something, such as directly conferring knighthoods on those who give a large amount of money to His Majesty. ”

"No, this is absolutely not possible, the title is so noble, everything else can be traded, but how can the title be. "Philip Bo changed color, Solomon's Jian yì actually sells officials and knights, and he can indeed get a lot of money, such as the second son of a nobleman like Angli who has no right to inherit, although he is still a nobleman, but he is a low-level nobleman, that is, it is only equivalent to the identity of a kingdom mage, if you can exchange money for a title, there will definitely be quite a lot of such people who are willing.

There are also merchants, like Derek, who are definitely willing to change their titles, which is multi-layered in terms of status, and can also satisfy their vanity, even if that title is restricted, cannot be hereditary, and there is no clear fief.

But the problem is that this will reduce the value of the title as a whole, for example, Philip's reaction is very normal, he was promoted from viscount to earl, but he risked his life to go to the city of freedom, and he was in danger, and even his daughter Brongalia almost died.

Then the merchants could exchange money for promotions, and of course he would not agree.

"Well, how about selling the exploration and exploitation rights in the territory in another way?" said Solomon.

"Exploration rights and mining rights?" said Philip, stunned.

Solomon explained: "This is not the same as the commercial trade rights mentioned in the previous salons, that is, in the royal domain, the power to explore and exploit the mineral deposits is auctioned to the merchants at a price of age or land limit, which can even be done by way of competitive bidding, and whoever can afford the high price has the right to mine it in a certain place or time." Of course, it depends on their luck, if it is an inverted egg, he will get nothing, and pay the royal family for nothing, and if he can explore the mineral deposits from it, the merchant has the right to mine, but he must invest in the mining himself, and the harvest must be handed over to the royal family in the agreed proportion. ”

This is indeed different from the commercial trade mentioned in the salon, where the merchant buys and sells ready-made goods, and this is the relationship of selling options.

"But in this way, wouldn't it make the merchants rich, these originally belonged to His Majesty, and could be mined by ourselves. Philip glanced sideways at Solomon, and he suddenly thought of the Mithril Mine, which had been split half of the proceeds by the Free City, and he suspected that Solomon was copying this behavior.

"No, Solomon meant to say that if it weren't done, those deposits wouldn't be going to be rich, at least not in the short term, right?"

"Yes, you're completely right, so I'm saying it's a trick that can get a lot of money in a short period of time. I don't deny that if you don't sell the right to open to the merchants, the royal family and the lord themselves will completely open it, the benefits will be more, but this takes time, and many territories have not been carefully explored, I am afraid that I don't know what kind of mineral deposits are in the territory, and although the benefits of this will lose part of the benefits, but don't forget that if the rich mineral deposits are not found within the opening authority, you can also get a sum of money. ”

"You can sell it repeatedly, and if you don't find the last one, you can sell it to others for exploration. Burrengalia interjected.

Regina also figured out the reasoning, which is to take the power of exploration and mining as a bet, the merchant is not small to find mineral deposits, and then according to the mining share in the life of the year to make a fortune, but for the owner of the territory, he does not have the manpower and financial resources to mine, that is, a mountain or a piece of land, will not become money.

And allowed exploration and exploitation, just like the dealer, whether you have it or not, you have to pay a sum of money anyway.

"But the risk is still not small, if the mineral deposits are abundant, the loss will be large, and it is difficult to convince His Majesty. Philip still tends to disagree.

Solomon was not annoyed either, "Then it would be better to be flexible, and this kind of policy will not be implemented in Asturias, but it can be tried in Yugudral and Farusion." ”

This time, Regina and Philip were not completely opposed, and said in unison: "This can be tried." ”

Whether it is an alien plane like Yugudral or the Duke of Farusi, the newly conquered territory of Asturias is actually in a very precarious state now, otherwise Edward would not be in a hurry to return to the country to raise money for additional troops.

But if you sell mine options under this policy, at least most of the proceeds will still go to the lords, and the proceeds will be used to turn them into reinforcements.

Otherwise, they will not be able to defend and open the mines, and they will be snatched back by the original inhabitants of the plane, and there will be no dime, but the cost of the war will have to be paid.

Therefore, Regina and Philip did not approve of the original territory of Asturias, but they did not insist on opposing the territory that had only been acquired in the other plane for a short time.

Because such a territory itself is not secure, of course it is better to sell it for money while it is still in hand.

This is not only a matter of the royal family's income, Regina may not have any plans for the family because he is a lonely old man, and he only intends to leave his existing property to his nephew, but also because he is loyal to the royal family.

But for other royal parties, such as Philip, if there is a chance to handle it, there is an opportunity to seek benefits for themselves, for example, if Philip presides over the sale of exploration rights, those who are interested will definitely curry favor with him and bribe him, and the reason why the nobles who belong to the royal party are sometimes willing to sacrifice the interests of being nobles is because they can get other benefits in the process of loyalty to the royal family, and they themselves need to unite around the royal family to resist other noble groups, such as the three wealthy families.

"Besides, you must have a way. Burrengalia cried out like a little lark, and she looked more eager than Count Philip.

"You can also simply sell other unknown planes, and the royal family can sell the spatial coordinates of any unknown plane like a commodity, and at the same time sell the power about these unknown planes, and you can also get a sum of income. At this point, Solomon was the same as before, but he had said so much that this was what he had planned for himself.

"Are you interested in exploring such a plane in the future?" Regina was not stupid, and immediately saw the key to it.

The betrayal of the rights and interests of an unknown alien plane is simply a shameless thing, unlike a plane like Yugudral.

In a plane like Yugudral, Asturias already has a certain foundation, such as at least a solid stronghold, and as long as he is willing to pay the price, he can generate a steady stream of support from Keos.

The unknown heterotopic plane refers to the fact that there is no stronghold at all, and it may just be that a legend has appeared in space coordinates during the exploration of the void.

In other words, Asturias has no control over such a plane, not to mention a certain amount of control, and there is not even much information at all, or preliminary exploration, and even the value has not been found.

In such a plane, not to mention that the actual territory has not yet been formed, even the nominal ownership will be very controversial.

If you sell all kinds of power, even if you are bought, the most real thing is the spatial coordinates, which can indeed lead to this plane.

But it is very likely that they will face competitors, and even if they pay an extra amount of money to enjoy exclusive power in Asturias and exclude competitors, they will never be able to avoid the existence of adventurers from other countries.

"Yes. Solomon admitted this without hesitation, "The risk is very large, it is greater than the plane of Yugudral, and the exploration and adventure inside, and even the defense of the natives are all the responsibility of the buyer, so if it were me, I would ask for the exploration and exploitation permission for at least a hundred years, and whether others can be added in the middle must be decided by the buyer, and the royal family must not interfere." ”

"That's as it should be. Philip thought, and Regina nodded, that the sale of rights and interests in this plane would be beneficial to Asturias, because if Yogudral's territory was still disputed, then such a place was not even disputed.

If the buyer takes the risk and is willing to belong, it is also a territory success for Asturias.

Solomon said so many ways in one breath, Regina was already very satisfied, and what he wanted most now was for Solomon to sort it out and present it to Edward.