Chapter 863 I Really Just Practice Calligraphy
"Shields Town is a port city that belongs to the Kingdom of Gezi. The specialties are apples, oranges, bananas, and fish. The land is suitable for farming, and the climate is pleasant. There are wild animals, and it is also suitable for hunting."
"Local civilians make a living by planting apples, oranges, bananas, fishing and farming. Few people go to sea to other places. Basically, when merchant ships come, they exchange their own means of production for money, and then the money is bought by merchant ships. It is a self-circulating small economic ecology, food depends on the sky, and it will be finished in a storm. There is no education system, literacy depends on tutoring, and the medical system is terrible. Only poor doctors can be found in the local area. Fortunately , Their physical fitness is good."
"The tax amount, the standard in Shell Town is 40%, but the specific situation depends on the mood of the tax officer. It will be very rough to set an amount that exceeds their actual amount for a family, and then charge the so-called 40%, which will actually exceed this. A lot of money."
"Take my neighbor as an example. His family is a fisherman who sells fish for a living. His annual income is about 300,000 Berries, and 40% of the quota is 120,000 Berries. The family has 200,000 berry, because the tax officer thinks his family’s income is 500,000 berry, the neighbor tried to resist but it was useless, so he paid 200,000 berry.”
"But the kingdom did not provide protection. Shields Town is basically self-governing. If you encounter pirates, you can only escape for your life. Once encountering pirates, the lucky ones will lose their savings, and the unlucky ones will lose their lives."
"I don't like it very much. -Lucilu Clow, 1499 Sea Calendar."
At that time, Clow was three years old.
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Dressrosa, a conference hall in the royal palace, there are only three people in the conference hall at this time.
David, Cass, Wilbur.
After Cass and Wilbur took over the escort mission, they called David immediately, and David invited them to Dressrosa to discuss the cause of justice.
Similarly, the kings are also in this place, but they are not in this chamber at the moment.
This temporary meeting is their core meeting.
"Two!!"
David danced there and said, "Master conducted an investigation for justice and peace very early on, and this is the evidence! Take a look, the ecology of civilians in Shields Town is no different from other places in the world, They are even more violent! This is not in line with the master's wish for peace, we should change, and we must make changes in the peaceful way that the master likes!"
Cass and Wilbur sat upright with serious expressions on their faces.
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G-3 Fortress, Office.
After reading the survey he wrote when he was three years old, Crow shook his head and smiled.
"Eh? Are the taxes in Shields so high?" Lida asked curiously.
"When was it too low? The whole world has never been too low. Well, you have been floating on the sea since you were a child, what do you know?"
Craw pulled the paper away, rummaged through the pile of parchment, and found the next one.
"Investigation Report on the Kingdom of Gezi".
"I can't help Uncle Ogi, I have been running with him for a while, and I have roughly known the details of the Kingdom of Gezi. The Kingdom of Gezi has ten islands in total. The main island, Gezi Island, is very large. Most of the citizens live here. The town of Zizi is almost the same, which shows the current situation of civilians in the entire Kingdom of Gezi."
"This is a typical feudal capital kingdom. The king is the largest noble, holding the most abundant land and resources. The rest of the nobles control the territory and merchant ships, and collect taxes and production materials from the territory for trade. The nobles will treat themselves meticulously. families to educate, monopolize knowledge, and complete upper-level rule.”
"Occasionally, a few conscientious nobles will take care of the civilians in the territory, but limited by the characteristics of the times and classes, all they can do is to collect less taxes and provide limited medical care and education. Maybe the granary will be opened in times of famine, um. ..It is ridiculous that such a rich place will be famined. But more nobles completely ignore it during the famine and let the common people fend for themselves, so it is not surprising that there are so many pirates.”
"I hate it. -Luciru Clow, year 1501."
At that time, Crow was five years old.
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"That's what the master hates!"
David screamed there: "But it's still too late for our Dressrosa reform, the nobles have been cleaned up by me, and the rest of the nobles need to follow our policy, and those who don't agree will be cleaned up!! "
"I agree with this!" Cass said excitedly: "Justice is to protect civilians. Our enemies are not only pirates, but all kinds of evil that hurt civilians! As long as they are evil, they will not be let go by justice." !"
"Me too!" Wilbur yelled, scratching his neck.
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"What are you doing writing this? Isn't the whole world like this?" Lida asked.
"I'm practicing handwriting. I'm writing blindly. Can't you see that my handwriting is much more beautiful than when I was three years old?"
Kuro put aside the parchment that the five-year-old wrote and played with, and continued to rummage through it.
He didn't realize that Crowe in the rear was already sweating.
"Investigation Report on the East China Sea".
"Since I started to practice, I have traveled to most places in the East China Sea. It is certain that the form of the East China Sea is exactly the same as that of the Kingdom of Gezi and Shields Town. Then we can boldly infer that the form of the world is like this, but it needs to add One thing to emphasize, that is force."
"This is a world where bloodlines, force, feudalism, and capital combine to rule the upper class. Bloodlines are the most important, because the Kingdom of Gezi was overthrown by the revolutionary army, and a new king was replaced. That king is very conscientious, um... The tax rate in Shields Town is still 40%, but there are no more arbitrary indicators from tax officials, which makes Shields Town a lot easier, but it is also the limit of what the king can do."
"He can do this because he is a strong man himself, and he has gathered a group of strong men with conscience to work for him. However, he has his own problems. Under the premise of being a nobleman, he still cannot provide a lot of money to the common people. A good life, there is no difference except that the pressure is less. And there are many nobles who are secretly resisting, but he is not born a king."
"Blood is the most important, which is the consensus of the world. Second, force and feudal capital are intertwined. Those with strong force, such as the naval hero Garp, can ignore the rules but cannot change them."
"The Navy seems to be stationed in Shields Town. Is it because of the Revolutionary Army? But I don't seem to have to go to the Navy branch in other places. My hometown is fine. I will go when I am old."
"Revolutionary Army? That's the limitation. It's still the same old way in the bones, and it can't be changed."
"I despise it.—Lucilo Crow, 1506."
At that time, Clow was ten years old.
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"Yes, blood!"
David said: "I have blood! Eight hundred years ago, I had natural legitimacy, and I possessed force, so I am qualified to be a king, but I am still constrained. Not all the nobles in the country support it. Me, but I married the noble daughter of the Dolder family, integrated with them, and resolved this contradiction. But those people are still obstacles, blocking our way to peace, and hindering us from fulfilling the lord's wish!"
With a loud snap, David took out a piece of parchment with beautiful writing from his arms, on which he copied something himself.
"Master's wish for peace has been made clear, as long as we follow it, it will definitely not be a problem!"
That is the most precious thing, and it is also the thing that excites David the most. When he is tidying up the master's house, he can write down the rest in his head, but only this, he needs to copy it himself, and treat it as more important than his own life. s things!