The strongest captain: I have a pirate system

Liu Peng does not know whether there is an ancient civilization on the earth, but the existence of an ancient civilization on this planet is already a matter of fact.

According to the system, ancient relics and abnormal mineral content were discovered underground, and then they were buried underground due to geological movements. Green Island is likely to be a submarine volcano after the demise of ancient civilizations. Islands formed after the eruption.

Liu Peng asked Gajegovic to lead all the ax soldiers to guard the mine in person and build corresponding fortifications.

Walking all the way back to the port town, he came out in a hurry before, and he didn’t look carefully, but now he realizes that this place is a mess, many places are built in disorder, and there are many abandoned houses, which were used as temporary residences by the pirates during the attack .

Entering the town, private construction and disorderly construction are also very serious. Except for the mansion of the lord, which is a bit decent, the houses that the townspeople live in can only barely shelter from the wind and rain.

However, the only thing that comforts Liu Peng is that the people here are quite sturdy, not as simple and honest as the people of the empire, but they are not as shrewd as the people of the Krilanda Kingdom. This is an excellent source of soldiers. After becoming the colonial helper of a higher civilization, he decided to minimize his reliance on recruiting units, at least for posterity.

Stepping on the street, I could hear faint cries in my ears, probably the militiamen who died in the defense of the city, unlike the recruiting unit who died without any worries.

Back at the lord's mansion, the servants in the former mansion were cleaning. When they saw Liu Peng coming back, they quickly saluted. They all knew that this was the lord's husband.

Xie Lifanda has prepared a rich dinner in advance, most of which are ingredients that can be stored for a long time, but it is also full of tables. To celebrate, he also invited Ella, Celes and the others.

"A toast to our beautiful lady lord!" Under the instigation of Celis, the atmosphere suddenly became heated.

This is my family team.

Looking at the noisy crowd, Liu Peng simply filled his stomach and asked everyone to stay after the tableware was removed.

"Everyone, although we have temporarily got rid of the state of confrontation with Red Beard, we still have a few problems to solve." Liu Peng said, "First of all, his son Thiago, I guess he will not tolerate Red Beard's death. I, and I will not pledge my allegiance to this fool, so there will be wars in the future."

Hei Yao nodded: "Yes, besides praying for Mosang to live longer, we also need to find ways to expand our strength."

Silas said with a smile: "We now occupy a large gold mine. With the strength of the captain, I believe that I will be able to command a fleet in the future."

"This method is not conducive to long-term development." Liu Peng said, "In this way, we have to keep looting and searching. Gold is always limited. Wouldn't it be miserable for us to lose gold one day?"

Brand agreed: "I think this island is very good. It has enough arable land to support people. It's also good to train the navy here. It's such a big island but so few people."

Hei Yao, who pondered for a while, raised his head: "I investigated some time ago, the food production here is very low, it is very difficult to feed these thousands of people, and sometimes you have to trade with merchant ships, so the first measure should be Solve the food problem."

"I see that the arable land is quite large, why is there so little food?" Liu Peng was a little surprised.

"Because the farmers who cultivate the land are not serious about farming!" Sailis leaned on the chair and said, "In fact, this is the case in most of the empire's territories. Those who lease the lord's land only need to have a bite to eat, so when farming Very lazy."

How can there be such a person who would rather be hungry than grow more food?Liu Peng turned to the dazed Christine: "Christine, are the people in your former territory like this?"

"Some will, some won't." Christine was called out, and recalled some previous events, "But most of our food is transported from the mainland, and we don't have much local food production."

At this moment, Ella raised her hand obediently, and Liu Peng smiled and said, "Ella, don't do this, you can say whatever you want."

"Ahem, gentlemen, please allow me, who is from a humble background, to share my opinion." Ella bowed, "My family used to lease the lord's land to cultivate because of poverty. I think the situation that the captain encountered is very serious. normal."

Everyone looked at Ella, and Liu Peng signaled him to continue talking.

Ella sorted out her sentence and said: "Because the land tax is harsh, no matter how hard you farm it is useless."

"How do you collect taxes here?" He really didn't understand when it came to collecting taxes. After all, they were doing business without capital before.

Under Aila's explanation, Liu Peng finally knew what was going on. Even though there was a large area of ​​land, he still needed to buy food from the outside world.

It's not that the farmers are lazy, it's because no matter how hard they work, it's useless, because the prevailing land tax system oppresses the common people heavily.

According to the rules set by most of the lords, the harvest of ordinary free people's farming is generally seven out of ten, and some kinder lords may set it to two out of five. The lords who draw one out of ten can be said to be saints.

If you think about it, a commoner works hard to get 140 catties of grain in a season, and if [-] catties are taken away, he can still live. If [-] catties are taken away, it is already very painful, but he can still live, but if [-] catties are taken away, he can still live. Walking [-] catties, who can last until the next grain harvest?
Moreover, this is a freeman who owns his own land. Part of the arable land in a territory belongs to the lord, and the lord can only rent the land to cultivate, so the lord's exploitation will be even more ruthless, except for keeping dozens of catties for you to barely survive until the next harvest day , and hand in everything else, can this commoner still have this enthusiasm?

Well, sure enough, there are land problems everywhere, let alone islands. Liu Peng wiped his face and said, "This must be changed, Ella. I didn't expect you, a navigator, to understand these things."

Ella smiled wryly: "It's because the land can't support me, so my subordinates go to sea to find a chance to survive!"

Passy, ​​who had been silent all this time, also agreed: "That's right, Captain, if you can earn a full stomach with hard work, no one is willing to take the risk of going to sea."

"Well, so, what is the method?" Liu Peng spread his hands and looked around the expressions of everyone, "It seems that I have to start with my wife."

Everyone nodded, only Christine was a little puzzled: "What does it have to do with me?"

"We need a lot of food to feed more people, and a larger population can provide support for our territory and build a powerful fleet." Liu Peng explained to her, "So, Lady Christine, we need to The system has changed."

Christine nodded thoughtfully: "I heard from Mr. Ella that civilian life is indeed very difficult. If it were me, I wouldn't want to waste my energy creating wealth for others."

"Okay!" Liu Peng felt relieved when she agreed, "Then let's discuss how much taxation should be made, which can not only stimulate the enthusiasm of ordinary people to work, but also allow us to generate more income."

At least Hei Yao was only limited by his thinking. After broadening his thinking, Hei Yao quickly released a tax draft:

First, the island’s land taxation is divided into categories, with yield per mu as the unit, 25 for [-] for high-grade fields, [-] for [-] for middle-grade fields, and [-] for [-] for low-grade fields.

Second, encourage the development of unclaimed land, and the newly reclaimed land does not need to pay any land tax within two years.

Third, those who are unable to afford it can lease the lord's land, and they need to pay a fixed amount of grain for each harvest, and all the rest will be owned by the renter. After five years of cultivation, the lord's cultivated land can be purchased first at half the price.

At first, Christine objected to selling the lord's land. In her opinion, giving the land to the free people for cultivation is already good. If she wants to buy her property, she is determined not to do so.

Later, Hei Yao explained that the sold fields would make the civilians more active in farming, and that the entire territory belonged to the lord. Only when the people are rich can the territory become stronger, so Christine agreed.

The land tax draft was settled, and Liu Peng mentioned the militia system again. All the citizens must participate in army training during the slack season, and the mansion will provide food and equipment during the training.

All agreed that this is indeed feasible, so it was passed.

Now that the policy has come out, the person in charge of implementation has to follow suit. After negotiation, Hei Yao, as the consul, is responsible for the tracking and supervision of the two policies, Ayla is responsible for all the field measurements, and Celes and Brand are in charge of the navy. The training and training of the militia, as well as the usual patrols and vigilance.

Baroque couldn't be idle either, he recruited assistants to open a medical center in the town, and allowed him to take some apprentices.

Passy was assigned to manage the only boatyard on the island. There were more than a dozen boatmen here, but the size of the dock could only make some fast boats and fishing boats.

"Well, there is one more thing." After assigning tasks to everyone, Liu Peng remembered one thing and said, "Our town is too narrow, and we have to make do with it if we want to develop in the future, so I propose to plan a new city without the city walls." , the key is to be clean and have a sewer.”

Baroque nodded: "This is a must. The cramped streets are a hotbed for the spread of diseases. I have also studied at the Royal Academy of Engineering and can provide blueprints for urban construction."

Everyone looked sideways, and Baroque spread his hands when he saw this: "Is there any problem?"

"A doctor who doesn't know how to be an urban designer is not a good doctor." Liu Peng smiled, "Then Mr. Baroque will have to work hard."

"It's my pleasure."

Hei Yao said: "It is indeed necessary to build a new city. In order to encourage their enthusiasm for building a new city, we can give them more tax incentives."

Ella also said: "The freedmen who participate in the construction can get a piece of land in the new city to build a house."

"That's right, they live there anyway." Liu Peng said with a smile, "The square and administrative center are built in the center of the town, where people live upstairs and work downstairs."

"So, what shall we start first?" Celis asked.

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