what's the condition for a fief to not pay it's taxes on the payment day? i understood that they can hold the pay for another week but why? in my game it seems to happen with almost all my fiefs and it's been 5 weeks almost and still nothing except for one village who always pay on day, this way it's very hard to sustain my army and garrison, i lost lots of troops patrolling my fiefs against bandits with 150+ in their armies who respawn the day after i crush them, also i understand that in the new version they have an army in comparison to the players army but i think it's too much, i can never focus on war with another kingdom because i'm ALWAYS with trouble at home because of the bandits who destroy all my vassals armies and make me spend all my cash rebuilding my own everytime, i found it's better to only travel with my companions because this way the bandits have low numbers and are easier to crush but i don't think it's the intended design to have a king with no army to be able to secure it's kingdom (i play all on normal with gore and 300 battlesize)
also would be nice to start with atleast one ship if you are a norsemen king, all my initial money goes to build a ship on the start to be able to raid and trade and then the bandits consume the rest of my money and i become a beggar king q