Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 54 Riding You Is Enough

"Holy and merciful Noah, your mercy is broader than the sky, your grace is longer than the mountains and rivers, may the earth remember your name forever..."

The farmers' praises echoed across the fields, and Teddel could clearly feel that the guy lying on top of him was feeling particularly happy amidst such praises.

"Noah!"

The young man spoke, and his resolute face, which had become more and more stable with the passing of time, showed confusion.
"Do you know the possible consequences of your promise just now?"

"What consequences?"

Noah asked back disapprovingly.

"You set a precedent. What do you want other slaves to do?"

Teddel had been at the bottom of society, and although he had not fallen into disgrace, he had seen the evil of human nature at the bottom. Therefore, the kindness and generosity of the Golden Dragon were not good things in his eyes.

"What to do? Just as usual."

Noah answered without hesitation,

"As long as the three hundred slaves under my name are willing, they can continue to farm on my land after they are freed from slavery. They only need to pay one-tenth of the land's output as rent."

"But there are more than just those three hundred slaves in the family's territory. You will make them the envy of everyone, which will lead to uncontrollable consequences."

"You're talking about this, tsk tsk, it seems you didn't waste two years out there."

Noah looked down at his humanoid mount and praised,

“For civilians, what they worry about is not the lack of resources, but the uneven distribution of resources. If only the farmers under my name can receive this favor, it will naturally cause unrest and even vicious incidents.

But if all farmers on this land can enjoy the same blessing, then the situation you are worried about will not occur naturally. "

"You mean?"

There was an expression of disbelief on Taidel's face.

"Convince your parents to pass a law requiring all farmers to pay the same tithe, so that no farmer will be jealous.

As for other taxes such as head tax, land tax, inheritance tax, toll, market tax, seigniorage and other miscellaneous taxes, reduce them if possible, and abolish them if possible. You will need to discuss the details with your mother."

"This……"

The young man stopped unconsciously, his brows furrowed, a thoughtful look on his face.

"What? Do you think this is bad?"

Noah stretched out his furry cat paw and ruffled the messy hair on the young man's forehead.

"It's not bad, it's just..."

Tedder didn't know what to say.

"It's just that you haven't seen such low taxes in other noble territories, right?"

"Correct."

In the young man's eyes, the taxes levied by the family on civilians in the territory were already very low. Civilians only needed to pay about one-third to one-half of their annual income, but Jin Long thought it was still not enough.

"So in my eyes, those nobles who only know how to exploit the common people are all maggots. Why, do you also want to be such a maggot?"

Noah scoffed.

"Of course not. I'm just wondering, if such a tax is implemented, what kind of changes will it bring to the family territory?"

Tedder tried his best to think, but he had difficulty finding any case to refer to in his memory.

"Let's first talk about the worst outcome. If the Augustus family implements the tithe throughout the territory, then in a short period of time, the Augustus family's land tax income will plummet."

"In a short time?" The young man grasped the key point.

"Of course, after the implementation of the tithe, as long as other taxes are not increased, the population of the territory will definitely enter a stage of rapid growth. The desire of biological reproduction will inevitably explode with the enrichment of material conditions. This is the law of nature."

Noah said seriously that the improvement of farming methods and the improvement of productivity are only the basic factors for population growth. In fact, there is another requirement, which is that the rulers should not be too greedy.

In some noble territories adjacent to the Augustus family, although there was no significant increase in grain production due to the influence of the Book of Noah, there was still some progress compared to before.

However, all the increased grain production was taken away by tax collectors sent by the noble lords, and the lives of the common people remained as miserable as before, without any change.

If the people are not wealthy and have no surplus food at home, the population naturally cannot grow.

The same is true in reverse. Once a family is wealthy, there is no need for anyone to urge them to get married or have children. Having many wives and concubines and a large house with many children and grandchildren is a natural result.

"Population explosion?!"

Teddel muttered to himself, his eyes brightening. He knew what the biggest problem currently plaguing the family was.

Although the Augustus family's territory was many times larger than during the Earl period, the population did not grow along with the expansion of the territory, and the problem in this regard became more serious.

After my father's legendary promotion, many monsters were scared away. After these monsters migrated, they left behind a lot of fertile and rich land, but due to the lack of population to migrate, they could only allow some humanoid intelligent species that were friendly to humans to occupy the land.

"Not only that, your family will also have an unparalleled attraction to refugees from other noble territories. Perhaps within ten years, you will have to set up special immigration officers for this purpose."

Noah said in a leisurely tone.

What he just said was not a spur-of-the-moment thought, but was a long-planned one.

The main reason was that he no longer had any expectations for the nobles other than the Augustus family, and it would be a waste of emotion to rely on that group of maggots.

In comparison, it would be better to spend his energy on the Augustus family. At least his adoptive parents, including the humanoid mount under him, will listen to his opinions and implement them.

"What you said makes perfect sense."

"Buying slaves to supplement the population is only a temporary measure and cannot be regarded as a long-term solution. In comparison, the best way is to increase the fertility desire of the original people in the territory and attract foreign population to settle there voluntarily."

"Let's go find my mother now!"

"No. I've finally come down the mountain, who's going back now? If you want to go, you go. I won't go."

Noah jumped down from the young man's head and turned to look at Taidel.
"I have explained it in detail enough. If you still can't convince your mother, then I can only question your ability."

"Let me accompany you first."

Taidel sighed helplessly and made his choice without thinking.

"Without me accompanying you, you won't get very far."

Although it was a question, the young man's tone was very certain, which made the golden cat's pupils shrink slightly.

"Are you underestimating the courage of the Golden Dragon?"

"I know how much you value your life."

"whispering sound!"

The golden cat, whose fur sparkled in the sun, jumped back onto the young man's head.

"Go to the river valley you often visit. You always eat the pearls there, but you have never seen what the place of origin looks like."

"That's a bit far."

"It doesn't matter. I have you anyway."

Noah said nonchalantly. The smile on the young man's face didn't have time to bloom, and the next moment it froze on his face.
"I'm not moving anyway, so riding you is enough."

(End of this chapter)