Heidi opened the scroll and saw that it was written in small letters: Special reward for 600 square kilometers of land for the Meredith family.

The scroll also contains a map that uses sky blue paint to delineate the territory of the current county, and vermilion paint to mark the range of additional rewards.

Heidi didn't have a smile on her face, because the land she was rewarded with was next to the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts, which meant that the land was full of dangers.

It is an eternal fact that the lord has the responsibility to defend the land, and if she takes over this land, I am afraid that she will have to share the huge pressure from the demons in the forest of ten thousand beasts.

Renard also frowned, and his award clearly stated: Renard Duncan is hereby granted the hereditary title of Barony and 400 kilometers of land.

He took out the attached map and looked at it, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help twitching, also around the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts, connected with the county of Meredith.

He looked at Heidi's power of attorney and sighed after comparing it.

I really underestimated this young king, the other party didn't seem to be as simple and kind as he imagined, at least in terms of passing on the risk, he was a hundred times stronger than the village chief of Jasper.

If you don't want this land, the development of the territory will stop there, after all, only such a large land can only feed so many people.

If you want this land, you have to take the risk of demonic attacks and shoulder the responsibility of defending the land and protecting the zombie.

It's similar to fishing, where you run the risk of being cooked and eaten if you want to eat delicious bait.

It's just that Lei Ye originally wanted to be an angler, but now he has become a grass carp that has been caught.

After being silent for a long time, Renard suddenly said in a gentle tone: "It's not early, the envoy has a hard journey, so it is better to arrange for you to rest first." ”

Marquis Bowen nodded when he heard this, and then stretched hard: "Hey, I'm really a little tired, after all, I'm in my sixties, and my body is not very useful." ”

Hammidon and Bennett immediately stood up to see each other, and Hammidon looked very courteous: "I'll take you to the hotel to rest, if you have any other needs, you can just mention it." ”

He obviously didn't realize the mystery hidden in this power of attorney, and thought that there was hope for the revival of the family.

After the three of them left, Renard and Heidi's brows furrowed at the same time, this is a scheming, it depends on them whether they take it or not.

The two looked at each other, and without communication, they already knew each other's thoughts.

Renard gently rubbed the Ring of the Blood Knight, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I'm afraid there is not much time left for us to prepare, there is no free lunch in the world, and since the reward has come down, it's time for us to work." ”

Heidi nodded, then asked, "What needs to be done?"

In fact, Lei Ye had already made a plan in his heart: "Recruit troops again, strengthen the training of soldiers, and start building a large number of military fortresses in the area close to the Ten Thousand Beasts Forest, and of course, the other directions of the territory should also be properly strengthened." ”

After thinking for a moment, he added again: "Each village and town shall recruit militia according to its number and size, with a minimum of fifty and a maximum of two hundred, and shall be issued with leather armor and weapons. ”

Heidi frowned slightly and said, "Recruiting militia is not an easy task. ”

Renard shrugged his shoulders: "Actually, it's easy to solve, the militia enjoys special treatment, three meals a day, no need to pay taxes, but there is no military salary and military field, and you have to see two hours of training every day." ”

Heidi's brow furrowed even deeper: "That's another huge expense." ”

Renard smiled and comforted: "There will always be bread, don't dwell on the immediate gains and losses." ”

Heidi shook her head and sighed: "I always feel that this territory is a bottomless pit, and now I have smashed hundreds of thousands of gold coins into it, and I don't know when it will be a head." ”

Lei Ye smiled brightly when he heard this: "Don't worry, starting next year, money will continue to enter our pockets." ”

Heidi was a little unconvinced: "We only have four taxes, and the tax is only 20,000 gold coins a year, of which the agricultural tax accounts for most of it, and when the wasteland is reclaimed, it is agreed that the reclaimer will be exempted from the tax of five acres of land for three years." ”

Thinking of this, she faintly felt a little distressed: "In three years, our total tax revenue will only be 60% of the normal value." ”

Lei Ye spread his hands: "It will be back in ten years." ”

Heidi was speechless: "But we haven't calculated the future expenditures, it will cost about 20,000 gold coins to build roads, 20,000 gold coins to repair river embankments and forts, and we also need to buy war horses and weapons, officials' salaries, sergeants' salaries, and ......."

Renard listened a little widely, and felt more and more that managing the territory was not an easy task.

In the end, Heidi rubbed her forehead: "At least in seven or eight years, our fiscal revenue will be in deficit." ”

After she said this, Renard did feel that the future was a little bleak: "Why don't you just throw this mess away, and let's go to Constantinople and have a good time?"

Heidi: "......"

Well, the great cause of building a territory still has to continue, after all, so much money has been thrown into it, who will be willing not to see the benefits.

Besides, taxes are just funds to keep the territory running, and the real money is on the house.

Lei Ye handed the two forms to Heidi and said with a smile: "Recently, housing prices have risen, and as a result, more houses have been sold. ”

Buy up or not buy down, it seems that the thinking of the toiling masses is the same.

Heidi looked at the table in confusion, and after only a few lines of words, her eyes widened.

She asked incredulously, "Thirty-three thousand seven hundred and eighty-four units sold?"

Renard tilted his head undeniably: "Among them, more than 5,000 suites were purchased in full, and I have to say that those businessmen are still quite rich." ”

More than 5,000 sets of full money?Heidi silently calculated in her heart: six gold coins per set, 5,000 words......

The corners of her eyes twitched slightly, just this mere more than 2,000 suites, just the total tax revenue of the upper territory in the next two years.

That's not the point, the point is that there are still 28,000 houses to repay the mortgage, according to the minimum repayment amount of 20 silver coins per year, that is more than 5,000 gold coins.

Renard was not shocked: "And this is still half a month ago's data, now I'm afraid there will be more, I have already sent people to other territories to do publicity, and it won't be long before we can sell more houses." ”

Heidi pondered for a moment and asked, "Wouldn't it be bad to do this, and wouldn't it cause disgust among other lords and nobles?"

Lei Ye sneered: "What are you afraid of, Lao Tzu wants people, land, money, and money, and if you don't accept it, you will come and me." ”

Heidi was speechless: "But there is not so much land left in the city of plenty. ”

Lei Ye waved his hand when he heard this: "Then go to another place to build, I think the tulip town is good, let's get a characteristic town, only build luxury villas, the price can't be too low, start with forty silver coins per square meter......"

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