Chapter 438 – 438 – Recognized as a Militia

“… No, so many spices, sugar, and tea leaves… Dutch, thank you so much. I will use the village development fund you gave me well. “Don’t worry about militia permits.”

I provided village development funds to each village.

It was said to be a village development fund, but in reality, it was no different from a bribe and lobbying gift given to village residents.

Fortunately, there were no laws prohibiting bribery or lobbying in the modern sense in the British American colonies (United States) at this time.

At that time, the United States mainly followed the laws and regulations of the British Empire, and local councils in each American colony enacted and implemented their own laws, but from a modern person’s perspective, there were many loopholes.

To begin with, the UK was once a country where buying and selling was legal…

In other words, this level of lobbying or bribery is not likely to be a legal problem.

However, bribery and corruption were still considered immoral, so it was not at the level where people could proudly boast that they had paid bribes and obtained a militia permit.

‘But there’s no one going around talking about it, right? I, the guy who gave it to you, won’t even tell you. The person who received it won’t go anywhere and tell me.’

British American colonies adopted an elected bureaucracy or electoral system while maintaining village representatives or councils with the will to actively exercise autonomy.

Therefore, elected officials or politicians who could be defeated in the next election due to lack of support from residents were very sensitive to these issues.

‘But it’s a bit different to give a bribe in the form of a donation to the entire village like I did. The village residents would rather elect the current village representative and sheriff next time.’

“No, Dutch. You dude I heard they sprinkled lots of spices, sugar, and tea leaves on the sapphire and blueberries? If you do that, what is my position in Valentine Village? We should give some too. And if they had already given bribes to our village, you wouldn’t have waited 2–3 months like this, man. … Oh my, my heart is exploding. Anyway, even though I have wealth, I am too stupid to know how to use it…”

“No, old man. You should have known about that and told me in advance in a neat and sensible way. Are you kidding? If you needed a bribe, you should have asked for it right away. I just kept waiting because my inspiration told me to keep waiting. Oh, I should have started giving bribes a long time ago.”

Originally, I had only offered the ‘Village Development Fund’ to Blueberry and Sapphire, but if I had done so, Sheriff John Matthews, who is looking after me, might have heard something from my village, Valentine, and been kicked out, so I offered the ‘Village Development Fund’ to my village as well. .

‘… Well, other villages were so excited that they were holding village festivals with the village development funds I provided. In our village, the old sheriff has already agreed to grant permission, but if he doesn’t…, I feel like I will be stabbed with bamboo sticks by the villagers and burned at the stake on that day.’

Because of the numerous bags of spices, tea leaves, and sugar I provided, some villagers were suspicious of what I was doing.

This was especially true of Colm Milton, the sheriff of the Springfield Sapphire village.

“No…, Dutch… Where on earth did all these spices, tea leaves, and sugar come from? Moreover, such high-quality peppercorns, tea leaves, and sugar…, You can’t believe it…, Smuggled in… ? The quality is this good… Is it from Europe? Did they steal luxury goods imported directly from Europe? “You couldn’t possibly have stolen something exclusive to the royal family, right?”

“Uh huh, what do you mean? I, the epitome of goodness and sincerity, am I smuggling… What… ? Dutch Von the Micah IV, am I smuggling? Don’t you want to take this? … Alas, that won’t work. I’ll just have to reclaim your entire village. Even though I donated money to the village development fund, they accused me of being a smuggler. Uh-huh, indeed. Give me this. “I’ll take it to another village.”

“… Ah, … Oh, I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I was so clueless. Furthermore, I’m sorry. Furthermore, I’m really sorry. Let me off my anger. I have said some truly unseemly things to a faithful, good, and sincere person like you. … Big, big. Then, thank you, I will put it to good use. Thank you so much.”

Colm Milton, the sheriff of Springfield Sapphire Village, immediately took notice of my warning and complimented me by painting my face with gold, and then hurriedly collected spices, tea leaves, and sugar from the ‘village development fund.’

‘I went outside the tower for a moment and asked my eldest sister and youngest sister, and I found out why spices, tea leaves, and sugar were expensive.’

Spices and tea leaves of this era were monopolized by the British or Dutch East leader Company, and they were mainly produced in Southeast Asia and leader, which were far from the New World, the United States, so they were quite expensive.

Sugar was mainly imported from the nearby West Indies (Caribbean), but it was not easy because the great powers, including Britain, controlled it.

In particular, after the Molasses Act (1733) enacted by the British Parliament, the price of sugar in the United States rose significantly, and all Americans who enjoyed sugar suffered.

‘Protecting Britain’s economic interests and commercial competition with France…, Enactment of the Molasses Act for that purpose…’

France was producing molasses and sugar in the French West Indies.

Their products were often imported into the British American colonies, which Britain greatly disapproved of.

So the Molasses Act (1733) was created, which imposed high tariffs on foreign molasses, sugar, and rum imported into British American colonies.

It was mainly aimed at goods imported from the French West Indies.

In other words, the purpose of the Molasses Act was to encourage British colonial merchants to trade only with the British West Indies and to reduce the import of foreign goods.

‘Uh? Isn’t this similar to the recent controversy over the KC mark system?’

As a result of the Molasses Act, American colonial merchants and residents naturally protested greatly.

Due to high tariffs, the residents of British American colonies suffered a great economic burden, which inevitably led to growing dissatisfaction.

‘All of these things piled up and became the impetus for America’s independence revolution.’

Britain imposed heavy tariffs on its American colonies to protect its own commerce, but smuggling increased dramatically.

It can be said that illegal trade has become widespread.

‘Perhaps because smuggling and trafficking have become so prevalent, everyone in the village will notice but won’t say anything. Products whose origin cannot be proven are said to have been smuggled or stolen.’

In any case, spices, tea leaves, and sugar were all very difficult to obtain because the British government imposed enormous tariffs and sanctions on its colonies (the United States).

It could be seen that supply was very short compared to demand.

“Dutch, the town of Springfield Sapphire recognizes your new militia as an official militia for local defense. “I will recognize you as the village representative representing Springfield Sapphire Village.”

“Thank you.”

“As the representative of Springfield Blueberry Village, I will recognize and authorize the new militia led by Dutch as an official militia. “I have already signed this document, so please sign it too.”

“Thank you.”

I also received permission to establish a new militia from both villages except the village where I live, Springfield and Valentine.

Now all that was left were state government officials, the state legislature, and the governor.

‘Why don’t you give bribes again this time?’

I sprinkled spices, tea leaves, and sugar on state government officials, I sprinkled spices, tea leaves, and sugar on state legislators, and I sprinkled spices, tea leaves, and sugar on the governor.

Sometimes, some of them say, “Are you trying to bribe me with money?” There were people who got upset and angry, and when that happened, more spices, tea leaves, and sugar were given to them.

Then they no longer complained or got angry with me.

‘As expected, more bribes were the answer.’

As I worked hard to obtain official recognition for the militia, sprinkling spices, tea leaves, and sugar, surprisingly, a miracle happened…, In less than a month, the organization I led became an official militia in our region.

“Good.”

〈 Third additional trial on the 11th floor. Completed ‘Deceiving a Gang as a Militia’. 〉

〈 As a reward for completing the third additional trial on the 11th floor, ‘Skill: Leadership’ is upgraded. 〉

〈 ‘Leadership Lv.1’ becomes ‘Leadership Lv.2’. 〉

〈 Leadership Lv.2: You gain natural talent and charisma to lead others. It has a similar effect to leadership or leadership. The abilities of members belonging to the same group and the unity of the organization increase, and loyalty and friendliness toward those with leadership skills improve. (Passive skill) 〉

〈 The fourth additional trial on the 11th floor is ‘Hiring a prostitute for a gang.’ Your gang needs prostitutes to provide adult services for the comfort and comfort of its members. The number of prostitutes needed is proportional to the number of gang members. Currently, 2 people are needed. Make an agreement to pay the prostitutes monthly and hire them formally. The number of prostitutes currently employed is zero. 〉

“Huh? There are zero hired prostitutes? What does that mean? There were definitely two prostitutes in our organization?”

‘… Oh, really? … For not giving me money? ‘Do I have to formally hire him?’

Now that I think about it, the prostitutes in our organization…, I think I was treated like a half-public sex slave sex toilet with my hands and feet tied with rope…

I decided to visit the prostitutes who get pounded every day at our organization’s hideout in the forest.