Chapter 1302: Land Collection Order and Establishment of Plantation

"Your Majesty! No!"

As soon as Camille finished speaking, Bancro said urgently:

"Take back all the fiefdoms? This is really ridiculous!"

"These vassals are all descendants of our country's heroes!"

"Take back the land of the vassals who are the descendants of the hero for no reason - this will chill the hearts of the vassals and nobles!"

"Who is your Excellency?" Camille asked.

"I am the Director of Foreign Affairs and Military Staff - Bancro."

"It turns out to be Mr. Bancro. I have heard your name countless times."

"The vassals are indeed the descendants of the heroes, but - they have enjoyed preferential treatment for so long, the kindness of their ancestors should have been repaid, right?"

"Moreover, it is just to take back all the vassal's land, not to kill them all."

"Just their land, not their lives."

"They can continue to retain their titles of nobility and their current private property, and we won't do anything at all. We will only take away their land and private tribes."

"The main thing is financial temptation, supplemented by the threat of force."

"Offer generous terms to the vassals - as long as you hand over your fiefdoms and private tribes and move your family into Pendragon, the central government will help you clear all your debts, and each family will pay monthly You can get a lot of money.”

"At the same time, mobilize the troops and make a gesture as if they dare not listen to our orders and attack your territory."

"Under the temptation and coercion of these two methods, the vast majority of vassals will obediently hand over their lands and private tribes, move into Pendragon, and obediently accept the central government's support."

"Although an extra amount of money will be spent in the future to support these vassals who have lost their land, compared with the benefits generated after the land is recovered, this small thing is not worth mentioning at all."

From what Camille said just now, it is not difficult to see that Camille has done a lot of homework.

She knew that many vassals of the Britannia Empire were actually very poor.

A considerable number of vassals were even reduced to the point where they needed to borrow money from merchants and owed a lot of debt.

Once the central government offers generous conditions such as "hand over land and private tribes, clear debts, and receive a considerable amount of money every month", many poor vassals will quickly hand over the money with extremely deft skills. their land, and then moved into Pendragon, obediently accepting the central support.

The only people who would be extremely dissatisfied with the central government's move to take back the vassal's land were the great vassals who were not short of money, like the Duke of Connaught and the Duke of North Munster.

"His Majesty."

Camille turned her head and said to Ilsa again:

"Whether it is the Holy Hiran Empire or the Frankish Empire, these countries are now in an unprecedented state of weakness."

"This is the best time to reclaim all the land from your vassals."

"Recovering the lands of the vassals at this time will not be damaged by any enemy countries."

"Under the guise of 'helping the poor nobles', they secretly funded the vassals, hoping to cause a large-scale civil war to break out in the Britannia Empire."

“And now both the Holy Hiran Empire and the Frankish Empire have too much to take care of themselves.

There is simply no spare power to disrupt your country's actions to recover the vassal lands. "

"If we miss this current opportunity, I don't know when it will be until the next good opportunity to take back the vassal's land is as good as now."

"His Majesty!"

This time the person who tried to dissuade Ilsa became Jacob.

"The Duke of Connaught just helped us in the Great Patriotic War last year!"

“And now we’re taking their land away from them!”

"Can't do this!"

"What will people think of us if we take away their land? What will history think of us?"

Both Jacob and Bancro tried their best to dissuade Ilsa from listening to Camille.

But Ilsa looked hesitant.

There was no direct statement of support for Camille.

Nor did he express his support for Jacob and Bancro's claims.

But after being silent for a while, he said softly:

"Miss Camille, what do you mean by 'establishing a plantation'? Tell me first."

"yes!"

Camille cleared her throat.

"In the west of your country, there is still a lot of wasteland that no one is cultivating."

Camille's words once again showed how much homework she had done.

"And your country discovered the New World on the other side of the ocean three years ago."

"There are a large number of indigenous people in the New World."

After Mudd and Blaise returned from the New World, the Britannia Empire did not conceal the discovery of the New World. After all, it would be difficult to conceal it if it were to be concealed.

But the Britannia Empire concealed the fact that there was a lot of gold in the New World.

So Kamil didn't know that there was gold in the New World, he only knew that there were a large number of indigenous people in the New World.

"His Majesty."

I don't know if it was Su Cheng's misunderstanding, but he always felt that Camille's eyes became colder at this moment.

"These aboriginal people in the New World are extremely valuable resources and cannot be wasted."

"We should go to the New World and capture all the indigenous people in the New World to use them as our farming tools."

"Build a lot of estates in the West - I call them 'plantations.'"

"Using Aboriginal people captured from the New World as plantation labor."

"There is no need to pay them wages, and there is no need to leave too much rations for them. "

"From the grain they grow, allocate a small portion to serve as their daily rations so that they will not starve to death. The rest of the grain will be put into the national treasury."

"If an ordinary farmer cultivates the land, he only needs to turn in part of the food, and he keeps absolutely no part of the food for himself."

"And if the indigenous people of the New World are allowed to farm the land, more than 90% of the food they grow can be collected."

"In this way, the amount of grain and grass charged into our country's treasury every year will definitely increase significantly."

“And if there is more food and grass, there won’t be so many people farming the land.”

"You don't need so many people to farm the land, and you can have a large number of young and strong laborers, which is equivalent to having sufficient reserve soldiers."

"Similar to taking back the land of vassals - establishing plantations is also an excellent means of achieving multiple goals with one stone."

"When the plantation is established, your country's national strength will be greatly improved in a short period of time."

As soon as Camille finished speaking, an anxious shout suddenly sounded:

"Your Majesty! You can't do this!"

The person who dissuaded Ilsa this time was Su Cheng.

"Go to the New World to capture people to farm the land? Only leave them with some basic rations? Isn't this just capturing people to be slaves?!"

Su Cheng's entire face turned red because of his anger.

"That's right." Camille nodded calmly and said very frankly, "It is to capture the indigenous people of the New World as slaves."