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Falmouth Fishing Port in Cornwall, British Island. At this time, Falmouth Port was still a very small fishing village. Relying on its superior geographical location, people here were mainly engaged in fishing.
Tom is a very ordinary fisherman in Falmao Fishing Port. He drives his own boat out to sea to fish every day and earns a little income to support his family.
"Damn the strong wind, there is no way to go fishing today."
In the harbor, Tom looked at the strong wind outside and then at the waves on the sea, and he couldn't help but curse.
His boat is very small and cannot go out to sea in strong winds and waves, and it is still winter. If the waves are too strong, it is easy to get sick if the cold sea water falls on you.
Tom did not dare to take this risk, thinking that his wife had just given birth to a beautiful daughter for him, and he was also responsible for supporting the family. If it was a bachelor in the past, he would not care about this.
He likes the feeling of riding waves on the sea, and even dreams of becoming a pirate and dominating the sea.
But now, he is a husband and a father, and he can no longer be the same as before.
"Hey, Tom~"
"Aren't you going to sea today?"
Tom¡¯s friend Jack happened to see Tom and asked with a smile.
"Don't go out, it's too dangerous."
Tom shook his head helplessly and said.
"Let's go to sea together. This way we can take care of you. You have just become a father and your family is in need of money. I can give you a little more fish."
Jack thought for a while and said, they are good friends, but Jack is still a bachelor and not married yet. Every day he just wants to go fishing on the sea, and then change some money to go to the pub to be cool.
"Thank you Jack~"
When Tom heard this, he hesitated for a while, then nodded and agreed after thinking about it. He really needed money now. His wife and daughter at home were waiting for him to make money to buy bread.
Just when the two of them packed up their things and were about to go to sea, several huge warships appeared on the sea. These ships were extremely large, like huge stern ships, chopping the waves on the sea and heading towards the fishing port of Falmaus. Compared with these huge ships, these fishing boats parked in the fishing port are like toys.
"What kind of ships are these?"
Tom and Jack's eyes widened.
"I don't know~"
Jack shook his head slightly and said.
¡°Dang~dang~¡±
News that a large ship had arrived at Falmouth Fishing Port quickly spread throughout this small fishing port. People in the entire fishing port came out and hurried to the dock to look at the huge ship that was slowly mooring.
"This is not our English ship~"
"It seems like these people might as well be Europeans if they weren't us~"
Tom looked at the large ship that was slowly mooring in the port. There was a flag hanging on it that he had never seen before. At the same time, the people on the ship had black hair, black eyes, gorgeous clothes, and were very clean. At first glance, they are not Europeans. European sailors are definitely not so clean, and these ships are also quite different from European ships. Especially the auspicious cloud pattern carved on the ship is a pattern that has never been seen before.
"Who are they?"
"I don't know~"
"It seems there are still us English people on the ship~"
In the port, everyone was talking about it.
On one of the large ships, Tian Erniu was carefully observing the small fishing port in front of him.
The fishing port is very small, just the size of a small town, with about a thousand people. The houses are very old and dilapidated, and the roads are very muddy. Everything looks very bad.
In the fishing port, many people gathered together were all dressed in tatters, with long hair and beards. They looked very dirty, as if they had not taken a shower for a long time, and the entire port exuded a smell. A disgusting smell.
"I don't understand why Master Liu named this place Hong Kong?"
Tian Erniu said to Jiang Liang beside him.
It was Liu Jin¡¯s request that England cede Cornwall. Liu Jin¡¯s letter also said that if England ceded Cornwall, it would rename it Hong Kong.
"But Tian Erniu covered his nose and couldn't help complaining. The word "xiang" here didn't seem to be related at all, and calling it "stinky Hong Kong" seemed to be more appropriate.
&No matter how much they tax, if the tax is too heavy, I will not obey them. "
Jack said to Tom beside him.
"Me too~"
Tom also nodded solemnly and said.
At this time, England, and indeed the whole of Europe, had very heavy taxes. Even though the king of England did not tax ordinary people very much, due to the feudal system in Western Europe, the king himself was just one of the large and small lords in the country. The only thing he has complete control over is the territory directly under his jurisdiction.
After the king entrusts the territory to a lord, when the king issues a summons for war, the lord must be fully armed and recruit a number of troops corresponding to his title to help. In exchange, the lord will receive military, administrative, legislative and taxation rights in the territory. The rights belong to the lord.
Legally speaking, the output and taxes of the territory belong to the lord, and other lords have no right to interfere. However, people who are not directly controlled by the king also have to pay taxes. The taxes they have to pay are divided into two categories, one is paid to the lord of the territory, and the other is paid to the Catholic Church.
The taxes paid to the lords include: real money rent, labor rent, real rent, poll tax, grass fee, firewood fee, court revenue and discretionary tax, etc. There are many types of taxes.
The same is true for what is given to the church. There are many types, the most famous of which is the tithe. This was established by the church starting from the 6th century based on the so-called tenth of agricultural and sideline products in the Bible that belongs to God. Taxes have now become popular in Western European countries.
The sum of all kinds of taxes is very heavy, accounting for almost half of people's income. This is why there is a popular saying in the West that taxes and death are inevitable in a person's life.
The same situation is similar in England. Although the king and country of England do not pay much tax, the taxes of the people below are still very heavy. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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