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Chapter 1113 Confused Duke Connaught

Ron's eldest daughter, Boris, advocated giving full help to the central government of the Britannian Empire.

Mobilize all troops and support Pandragon at all costs.

Ron's younger brother Nolid advocates that he can just be meaningful.

Ron's troops have a total of 2,000 people. Nolid advocates sending 500 people to support Pandragon and just express his attitude.

Then find some reasons to fool the central government.

For example: There are a large number of bandits in the fiefdom, and a large number of troops are needed to gather to suppress the bandits, so they are unable to help.

Bolith advocates helping each other, and Nolid advocates meaning and meaning. The two people who advocate obviously contrary to each other are naturally incompatible.

"Father!" said Boris, "We are vassals of the Britannian Empire! We naturally need to do our best to help His Majesty!"

"Otherwise, we will shame our ancestors!"

After hearing what Boris said, Ron nodded softly and said in his heart:

——Well, it makes sense…

——I am the 18th Duke of Connaught.

——The first Duke of Connaut was a founding father of the Britannian Empire.

——He is a great hero.

——As his descendants, I should not do anything that would insult my ancestors’ reputation.

However, Ron just agreed to what Boris had just said in his heart, and Nolid, who was standing beside him, then said:

"Belis! Put away your childish fantasies!"

"Why do we need to support the Central Committee?"

"Because helping Your Majesty is the obligation we should fulfill as vassals!" Baili said loudly without showing any weakness, "What's more, we are the descendants of the founding fathers! Then we can't refuse to save His Majesty when he dies!"

"Hmph!" Nolid snorted coldly, "There is a very good saying - respect is mutual, only you respect others, others respect you."

After saying that, Nolid turned his head and said seriously at Ron:

"Brother! Please think carefully about it - the Central Committee of the Britannian Empire, has His Majesty the Emperor always respected us?"

"The central government has always treated us as a wallet!"

"This land under our feet is a land that our ancestors have taken nearly 300 years to build into such a prosperous paradise little by little."

"Have the central government provided us with any help when we built this land under our feet?"

"No!"

"What else has the central government done besides collecting money from us?"

"What else has the central government done in addition to constantly increasing the tribute and tax rates and using different ways to exploit us as vassals?"

"Belis! You are still young! You are not in charge, you have not been exposed to some cruel things, so you don't know how excessive the central government has been!"

"When your father and I were just children, the tribute rate was only 30%.

"Although it's still very high, it's not that high. Many vassals can still live a pretty good life."

"But what the central government does next makes me feel more and more heartbroken!"

"The central government has continuously increased the tribute and robbed money from our vassals in a variety of ways!"

"The reasons used are that 'the country is short of money now and needs your help'."

“The tribute rate has been rising.”

"At that roundtable meeting five years ago, the tribute rate was increased to 45% now."

"How many people's lives have become miserable because of this extremely high tribute rate."

"Bellis, do you still remember Earl Osoluni?"

"It was the count who came to us a few months ago to borrow money from us."

"Their family's life is so poor that they need to borrow money from merchants to survive."

"He borrowed all the merchants he knew."

"No businessman is willing to lend him any more money, so he can only come and borrow money from us with shamelessness."

"There are many vassals who live poor like Count Osoluni!"

"When did the central government have ever merciful and cared for vassals who were as poor as Count Osoluni!"

"The central government only knows how to increase the tribute and tax rate! It will only keep asking us for money!"

"Since the central government refuses to respect us, why should we respect the central government?"

"I will never respect those who do not respect me!"

"Brother! We just need to send 500 soldiers to support Pandragorn!"

"If the Central Committee asks us why we don't help us in the future, we can just make up a reason, as much as we have to make up such a thing!"

After Nolid finished speaking, Ron nodded softly again and said in his heart:

——Yes, the central government has always had a bad attitude towards us, we vassals.

——The tribute tax rate has been rising again and again, and many vassals were forced by the central government to have to live on debts.

——Even though so many vassals have become so poor, the central government's attitude is still quite bad, and there is no intention of reducing the tribute rate or subsidizing vassals who live in poverty.

——Indeed, as Nolid said just now, the Central Committee has never done anything to us, so why should we do our best to the Central Committee?

Ron also complained about this strikingly high tribute rate.

After hearing what Nolid said just now, the resentment towards the central government buried in Ron's heart rose again.

Just as Ron weighed the pros and cons of the two parties' claims in his heart, Boris and Nolid in front of him started a big quarrel.

Looking at the two people in front of him who were quarreling, Ron couldn't help but smile bitterly.

——Ah…what should I do…

Ron has always been an indecisive person.

Ron has always lived a carefree life.

His father, the former Duke of Connaught, handed over a wealthy and stable fief into his hands.

Ron's father was a capable man. Under his construction, this Duke of Connaught had become rich enough to be called the Promised Land.

It is also thanks to his father's ability to build this land so rich and stable that Ron can live such a carefree life.

Perhaps it is because of the carefree life that Ron has become a bad habit of indecision.

Ron, who always hunts and enjoys operas on weekdays, faces such a major choice for the first time.

A choice that is so important that it will even affect the future fate of the Duke of Connaught and the entire Britannian Empire.

The eldest daughter, Boris and younger brother Nolid both have certain reasons.

It is precisely because the two of their opinions have some truths that Ron is so confused that he doesn't know which proposal to choose...

--well……

Sighing silently in his heart. Ron prayed in his heart:

——The official envoys in the central government, please come slowly...

——The later you come, the more time I can have to think about what to do…

Although he was praying like this in his heart, Ron knew that such a prayer was meaningless.

The fast horse responsible for reporting in advance and informing the vassals about what content the central government intends to carry out with him, and asking him to prepare for it, arrived at the Duke of Connaught three days ago.
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