So would food be taxed like gold? 5% to 50%? Knight to lord to duke to crown?
As a duke I would like this, as a lord I would not. The only power lords have over dukes is food. Although now with the dukes not necessarily being lords of cities it might not be as polarizing (in some realms).
I was not thinking on taxing food.
It would be more like:
Royal taxes - Ruler able to set 5%-50% on a "royal chest"
The banker can use the gold from the royal chest to:
1- Buy food and put it on the royal granary (giving a bigger impact and importance to the trade realm agreements)
2- Invest in a region of the realm
3- Loan gold to other realms
With the royal granary the banker can:
1- Send the food to a starving region, that has no lord.
No lords or dukes would lose food, and it would help the management of the realm.
