I Am No King's

Chapter 249 – Dark Market and Nobles 2

The story begins before the kingdom of Bana’an stands, even before the kingdom of Kish stands, when the area of Bana’an and its surroundings is still ruled by the local feudal lord. Since this story was only passed down by word of mouth, Aunt Hervia herself did not know the extent of the truth. However, since growing up and starting to hold Orion, aunty Hervia believes the story that was revealed.

The royal monarchy system was one that pampered the commoners and burdened the nobility, according to aunt Hervia. In the royal system, the commoners only need to pay tribute or taxes and then all the problems have become the responsibility of the nobility or the King in power ranging from security, welfare, prices, and others. The life of the common people is simple and simple.

On the other hand, nobles and the royal family felt this to be the biggest burden in their lives. There is a term with great power, born great responsibility. However, the term is incomplete. For nobles, there was something else that accompanied strength and responsibility, risk and pressure. However, the people will hate and even attack the nobility if there is a tax increase or tribute even though in fact this increase is necessary.

Nobles “forced” receive taxes and tributes with the aim of welfare of the common people. And, as per the purpose, they have no right to all those treasures. All that money should be “reverted” to commoners. If they were seen living poya-foya, the commoners would assume the nobleman did not know themselves. As people who have “privilege” to get an education, they have a responsibility to benefit the people, not their own welfare.

In other words, nobles were forced to live simply like commoners, but they were also required to take care of the prosperity of the commoners without being allowed to take a dime of tribute money into the pockets or even raise taxes. In fact, to take care of the prosperity and security of the common people, nobles must take care of income and expenditure of territory, make policies, strengthen defense, and others. Because of this, it is not uncommon for nobles to have other sources of income.

On the other hand, commoners only worked to meet personal needs. The royal system that “baik” deeply spoils the people but is unfair to the nobles. And, all of that put great pressure on the nobility's mentality. The powerful nobility wanted a reciprocity, a reward for the services they had done.

If only wished from taxes and tributes, nobles would not be able to live luxuriously. They would not be able to vent the stress and pressure experienced during their stint as nobles. They had to increase royal income without raising taxes and tributes.

Finally, the nobles were fed up with the commoners they commanded. Nobles began to conduct trials on commoners and arrived at a single conclusion. As long as the people were prosperous and safe without any increase in taxes, they would not care about the wealth of the nobles. However, of course, with no record of provocateurs.

Provocators were people who had always been suspicious of nobles. Although the nobleman was successful and foya-foya from his own sweat, these provocateurs will ignite the anger of the masses by stating that the nobleman used public money for his own luxury.

For the nobility of the time, the only way out of this problem was black market trading. Unlike businesses in the regular market that have regulation, upper price limits, lower price limits, healthy rivals, and so on, the black market has no rules. As long as someone wants it, no matter what goods or services, prices can be raised as high as possible. And, the first commodity to be targeted was, slaves.

At that time, slaves were not illegal. They are sold freely. However, despite being freely traded, slaves were an extremely rare commodity. This is because slaves can only be obtained if the person is proven to commit severe criminal acts or is too much debt. This is also what makes the price of slaves soar.

What does the government do? Its simple. They began to lurk troubled people who could be a provocateur if the nobility lived luxuriously. After that, these people will be framed into committing criminal acts or taking on debts that cannot be paid. Thus, the nobility also got a slave supply. In addition to gaining additional wealth, the provocateurs who could potentially cause problems were lost. While diving, drink water.

Over time, news of the noble scheme circulated on the black market. Nobles and other kingdoms began to imitate him. The black market, which was originally a place of crime and illegal affairs, turned into a place where nobles dig for wealth. Plans to increase the wealth of the kingdom and the nobility and maintain the prosperity of the common people were fulfilled. The people prospered, the nobility gained a luxurious life as a reciprocal service. Everyone's happy. Of course, except for those who were framed and sold as slaves.

In order to avoid conflicts between nobles, and avoid the possibility of a commoner rebellion, several codes of ethics and rules were created. One of the most important codes of conduct is that the existence of the black market should not be confirmed by normal people. Other codes of conduct may be created and removed in accordance with the circumstances at a later date.

And, as expected, the nobility who initiated the rules and plans for the search for wealth through the black market came from Bana’an. However, unfortunately, no one knew who the first noble to initiate it was. This story goes down from generation to generation until finally many consider this story to be only a myth.

Time keeps passing. The black markets of other kingdoms could not follow the rules they made themselves. Only Bana’an still consistently follow the rules that are made by themselves. This is due to the level of activity of Bana’an nobles who fell directly on the black market is very high. So, the code of ethics can be enforced easily. Unlike the other empires whose nobles prefer to hire people from the black market to deal with the black market, hire the services of intermediaries.

But, of course, things can't last forever. New problems arise. The longer, as the prosperity of the common people increased, the level of education increased. Because of this, the number of people who have the potential to become provocators also increases. People who are concerned about the luxury of nobles, who were previously minorities, are increasing in number. Some nobles also began to sympathize with this movement.

Previously, disputes between nobles were a natural thing. However, after the appearance of nobles who began to side with the commoners, who did not agree on the luxury of the nobility, the disputes between nobles heated up even more. In fact, war between regions is not uncommon just because of this.

However, disputes between nobles and wars between regions were not things that were completely shunned. For the ingenious nobles, they began to take advantage of the situation by selling weapons. In fact, it was not uncommon for nobles to pit the other territories in order to sell weapons on both sides.

In the midst of a dispute between nobles, a mysterious illness appears, killing the royal family. This caused the Kish kingdom to collapse. The war between the regions is getting more intense. The whole Kish kingdom is fucked up, it should be. As the war in other areas grew fiercer, only the Bana’an area remained calm. Quite the contrary, the regional nobility of Bana’an instead made a deal with Unug Fach Exequeror.

That condition continues. Using the treasures accumulated from the black market, the nobles made a huge contribution to the kingdom, becoming a pillar of the stability of the kingdom. So, indirectly, the black market and the nobility were the first to support this Bana’an kingdom. In fact, it is not unusual to say that the Bana’an Kingdom can stand thanks to its black market.

Unfortunately, later on, new problems arise. People “educated” non-noblemen start plunging in black market. These people are quite bothered to be regulated because they think the black market is a no-regulation zone. Because of this, in the past, wars between organizations often occurred.

After the emergence of new organizations owned by non-noblemen, another problem arose, namely regeneration. The more here, the more nobles who want to participate actively in the black market the less. And black market organizations belonging to nobles are unlikely to recruit non-noblemen who regard the black market as a no-rules zone.

At that time, some high-ranking black market organization who are Bana’an nobles, conspired with the Cleinhad family. The Cleinhad family will sell the children to the organization for the purpose of regeneration. As children, they can be educated to follow the rules of the black market. In addition, transaction quotas and levels are applied to separate which organizations are willing to follow the rules and which are not. Of course, organizations that refuse to follow the rules will be charged. So, actually, the news the Cleinhad family was able to help Bana’an suppress the black market was just an illusion.

Some of the stories Hervia's aunt told, such as the stability of the kingdom and the conspiracy of the Cleinhad family, I already know. However, there were some things that gave me a new look like a burden on nobles. I have to see Rina because it seems that the Nina kingdom has a more complete record of the Kish kingdom.

Back to aunt Hervia. Now, I know exactly why Aunt Hervia told me this story. However, I will not accept the code blatantly. I'll pretend not to know and ask for immediate confirmation.

“So, what's the purpose of aunt Hervia telling you all this?”

Seriate

　

　

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