Chapter 236： There must be a concept of taxation

There was also a lot of delicious food stuffed in his stomach. Otto mentioned the most critical issue to be implemented in the future: "I will go to Novgorod soon to collect the tribute. Rurik, we can say it, I can We must take at least 10,000 pounds of wheat to the east. As you know, in the future, the Shilla Fortress that we will build will become more and more important."

"Ten thousand pounds is enough?" Rurik shrugged. "There are a thousand people living there! They are all our people! In my opinion, bringing fifty thousand pounds of wheat is more appropriate."

"This...too much." Otto was a little surprised.

"I think it's okay. Originally, the people who live in Roseburg usually eat fish in winter. We have more fishing boats this year and we catch more fish. Give us a batch of food to the tribes who settle in the east. They are in need of."

"Really?" Otto didn't think his son had a deep meaning. He said slightly jokingly: "You gave your servants very good food, which is the same as what we are eating now. I still have it. I thought you didn't care much about ordinary people."

"Dad, are you scolding me?"

"I didn't. I just wanted to say. You are a little too kind to the servants."

"Those people are my servants after all." Rurik emphasized, "I give them good food, and they work for me. As for the tribes in the east, how much support we give them depends on the leader's arrangement. We don’t get anything from them right now, I’m a little sorry. If we are not the leader, naturally we don’t have to pay attention to what they eat this year. But we are the leader."

Otto nodded: "I am the leader. I must pay attention to them. Rurik, what you said is not correct. If there is a war, the brothers of the East must participate in it. We are all Russians."

"This is also true. I am afraid that our tribes now have only the obligation to participate in the war unconditionally. Because we have even cancelled the tribal collective interest dividends. I have some doubts whether those who usually do not benefit during the war Will work hard."

Whether the matter mentioned by Rurik is good or bad, Otto cannot comment on it.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the former tribal system has been permanently ended. Today’s spoils and tributes are shared by the participating families. Of course, the chief’s family also controls the financial rights of the priests. The benefits are unprecedented. You can't get it without participating, but the non-participant still has to defend the Ross tribe in a critical moment.

There is no possibility of an attack in the core area of ​​the Russ.

Just think of Rurik with his toes. Last year's meeting of the powerful guys within the Ross tribe paid more attention to the distribution of interests, but they never thought it was a blow to the cohesion of the tribe.

Really a catastrophe is coming, those families who do not enjoy the dividends on weekdays, can they not choose "self-exile"?

Pooh! When a catastrophe comes, those who have eaten the bonus may fight together in groups. Others can't get the benefits on weekdays, so they can't run away. People, after all, only if their own interests are attacked, will they fight back frantically!

In this regard, Rurik has his own opinion: "Dad, I bought the food, and the ownership belongs to our family. We give the food to the people over there, and it should be funded in the name of the leader. They can't eat us in vain. Home food."

"Huh?" Otto frowned; "Do you have any ideas?"

"They can accept our food, they have to pay the price."

"The price? What is the price?"

"The grain is lent to them, and they will return it next year. They can cultivate some land and return the grain that they produce to us. We are benevolent. As much as they borrow, they will at least repay as much as next fall."

Otto suddenly realized that something was wrong with his son's words: "Wait! Did it finally become, we collect tribute from our people?"

"Yes. Is there anything wrong with this?" Rurik replied with a serious face.

"This...I always feel a little..."

"Dad, do you think it is inappropriate? Times have changed! Do you want to give them food for nothing? Why? Just because it is difficult for them to settle in Shilla Fort for the first time?"

Otto's original intention was that part of the tribute collected from Novgorod would be given to the settled residents of Shilla Fort. His purpose was very simple, that is, to let the tribe over there survive the first winter. He never thought that he wanted to get any real benefits from the clansmen over there, just in line with the responsibility of the leader to help them tide over the difficulties.

He really did not expect that his son, Rülik, the future leader, would actually calculate the gains and losses for the tribe.

Otto didn't know whether it was good or bad to do that. If he said it from his son, it might be a good thing in the end.

Otto expressed his idea of ​​giving food, and Rurik asked immediately: "Dad, we collect tributes from Novgorod every year. Are we going to always support the settlers in Shilla Fort? Since the tributes have changed? Participants who become participants have the right to share, are they willing to do so? Does it mean that living in Shilla Fort means sitting back and enjoying the fruits? Why?!"

"Ah? I really didn't think so much, Rurik, what should we do?" Otto asked tentatively.

"I still collect tributes." Rurik emphasized, "Dad, you are the leader, and the power to distribute the tributes lies with you. If I were the leader, the people of Novgorod would still give us a batch of tributes, that is, a large amount of tributes. Wheat. I will store the wheat, and will not distribute it to the Sorgon army, but pay them money.

In this way, the people who took our wheat this year will return the same amount of wheat next year. We should also control the tribute of the Novgorod people.

I now have a large cash box, and I also want a large warehouse to store food.

Then, the food is not a tribute, but a tax (the English word tax for tax is said).

My goal is that in the end, every member of the clan must surrender part of the property, and I will take care of it. I am not greedy, because these assets will be used for the construction of our tribe. It's like I will have a lot of food. If our tribe encounters a disaster and makes ordinary people unable to get food and fall into hunger, the food I control will be distributed to everyone, so that everyone will get through the trouble. "

Rurik talked a lot, but it was too difficult for Otto to immediately understand the purpose and meaning of "taxation".

Otto understands one thing, since last year's meeting of the tribes was to discuss the principle of "no food for those who do not work", thus completely revising the tribal tradition of tribal dividends.

Since most people think this is the right thing to do, that's good! There is no gift that is truly irrelevant, and those who are rewarded should give positive feedback.

Otto slapped his thigh: "Yes. The people of Shilla Fort must clear the land and plant wheat next year. You are right. Two hundred thousand pounds of wheat belong to our family, even if the ones over there are ours. Clan people, we gave them one pound of wheat this year, and we have to return two pounds next year. As long as they accept the gift, they must return it next year."

"Furthermore, the food must belong to our family. Dad, you are the leader after all. According to the Lank people from afar, you are our king!" Rürik said flatly.

Being praised by his son, Otto's mind was said to be beautiful.

Since it comes to the issue of land reclamation, after all, the Ross people are not ignorant of farming, they are just limited by the barren and cold Ross Fort’s natural environment.

Otto banged on the table and said excitedly: "Since it is a wasteland reclamation, they still need some tools. But we don't even have a wooden plow. It seems that we need a batch of plows from the Novgorod people."

"No need." Rurik shook his head, talking about the plow, one of the implements he had planned to make: "What kind of wooden plow. We can make better ones."

Otto was surprised: "You can make a plow? Can you plant? My child."

"I don’t know how to farm! Anyway, I know how to make a plow. Dad, didn’t you say that Novgorod has a faithful dog (referring to the White Tree Manor)? I will make a brand new plow that will cause the locals People have a high yield of food, so they can pay tribute and more wheat. Isn't that good? The plow I made can definitely help our people in Shilla Fort and easily cultivate a large amount of land. The final benefit is us!"

Otto's eyes widened. He knew that everything his son mentioned was always done.

"Is there still time? I will set sail with my brothers soon."

"Dad, when are you leaving?"

"This year's situation...about ten days later. This year we acted a bit late."

"It doesn't get in the way. I will act tomorrow!"

Rurik's ability to act is naturally absent. After eating breakfast today, he led more than a hundred brothers as always, and held wooden sticks and wooden shields on the hills, simulating a battle.

Military training lasted from spring to autumn. Now, the children can listen to Rurik's orders, and the team can move freely and even make some complicated queue changes. It is precisely because of the powerful obedience and discipline of these queues that Rurik feels that when these children grow up, the combat effectiveness that they will form must be a complete blow to other tribes.

Because the current infantry tactics of the children have reached the level of the "hundred men", if you want to defeat such a large group, with the current level of tribal warfare, Rurik believes that his men will be invincible.

Rurik has not yet made good use of the newly promoted mercenary captain Jeflo, and for the time being, he is using those people as lumberjacks.

In this regard, Rurik agrees very much with his father's arrangement.

But Otto couldn't believe those mercenaries in an instant.

The loyalty of that group of people needs to be examined, not to mention who is the gag guy, who is dedicated, and they can really show their attitude when they are logging.

Rurik felt that since Jeflo is an excellent fighter, waiting for next year, his more than one hundred guys will be able to have a new teacher-Jeflo.

Before that, Rurik didn't want Jeflo and other mercenaries to engage in the so-called "protection of the chief."

Because of the safety of the leader, naturally there are a large group of trusted followers to protect him at all times. Those recruited mercenaries, before next spring, will be complete toolmen, loggers, builders, porters, etc. who take money and grain.

If anyone declares that they can't stand it, then get out of the realm of the Ross tribe. Those who stay, Rurik believes that this group of talents are dedicated mercenaries who are truly willing to do things with money under any circumstances.

Regarding the manufacture of plows, Rurik still needs the help of a professional blacksmith.

That afternoon, he first stayed in his new home, conceiving his own design non-stop.

Since there was no paper yet, Rurik found a wooden board and used the tip of a knife to cut the plow on the wooden board. This is his professionalism, so much so that he is just cutting out a picture on a wooden board, and he has tried his best to do it vividly.

After lunch the next day, Rurik took his plank and happily went straight to the blacksmith's shop in Clavasson.

At noon in the sun, an old guy with hairy arms was still beating the sword embryo desperately.

Although it may be more profitable to make glassware, due to the narrow audience, Klavasen feels that glassware is difficult to make money from his own people. He still needs to build a large number of steel swords to complete the previous orders and stabilize. Live your own reputation. And in the foreseeable future, his family will always be engaged in building carbon steel weapons.

The sudden appearance of Rurik, who came alone, was really abrupt, and the appearance of this child in a white fox fur robe was really out of tune with the dirty and hot blacksmith's shop.

"My little master, is there anything big? I have already given you the previous payment."

"Are we talking more about money?" As he said, Rurik asked casually: "Where is Lilia?"

"Are you looking for her? She is in the house, operating the loom."

"She can weave?!"

"Of course." Klavasen was a little strange: "Most women know this skill, not to mention that she is from Novgorod." Klavasen smiled and said, "My Lilia can always get me something new. The pattern, you go and see, she is weaving a pattern cloth."

Rurik had come to discuss with Lilia about the use of advanced plowshares in Novgorod. He rushed into the inner hall of the forge, and Rurik’s sudden appearance scared Klavasen’s wife. , But Lilia was immersed in her work without any interference.

She was sitting on a leather cushion, using her hands and feet to operate a very crude loom. It was so crude that it did not look like a machine, but it could indeed weave cloth.

"Brother, you are here. What's the matter?" Lilia spoke Slavic language very peacefully, and her forehead was covered with sweat.

"Oh, it looks like you are weaving patterned cloth. Did you use new linen?"

"Of course, I also dyed the new linen with moss. Look." Lilia motioned her eyes, "I can make a beautiful linen for my Kawei soon. By the way, you came to see me? "

"Um there is one important thing, especially I want to talk to you."

"Oh, tell me then." Lilia said from her lips, still holding the loom with her hands and feet.

Rurik could see that she couldn't make any move at all. After asking about it, Kawei led Kamnier, pulled the blacksmith's two-wheeled cart, and ran to the nearby mountainous area to mine the ore. It's not surprising that Rurik, taking advantage of the fact that the climate hasn't changed drastically, the blacksmith's shop is hoarding some ore and charcoal so that the workshop can continue to operate in the cold night.

The boring winter is boring for many ethnic people. As a result, since the spring, many women have raised their stomachs.

This is not the case in the blacksmith shop. Everyone knows that steel swords are so easy to use. The steel axe is also an artifact of logging. dry". It is too difficult to obtain ore in winter, and the strong Kawei has to do his best to get more ore reserves.

The blacksmiths are very happy to work hard, not just because of economic gains. After the blacksmiths discussed it, they must show their loyalty, reliability and importance to the current leader Otto and the future leader Rylik through high-intensity work.