Chapter 736: Important Geographical Location
Needham didn't even have time to call out the lieutenant general, and hurried out.
I haven't come out to see it for many days, and when I came out, there were butter and oil or green fields inside and outside the city, and many demons were harvesting something. It's so spectacular! It's so spectacular that I just want to swear in my heart, and I can't say a word of other interjections!
Needham didn't have time to pay attention to what the hell that he couldn't name, so he asked Navenchen to point to the place and flew over.
In just over four months, 20,000 catties of grain have been handed over, what kind of concept is this? The entire demon clan can't collect so much grain in three years! Not to mention grain, the taxes are just magic crystal coins, and the so-called circulating currency, compared to the incomparably precious grain, is a fart!
You want to use the magic crystal coin to buy food in other cities, but people are not willing to sell you! Food is a treasure in any city!
Therefore, the grain that is directly collected is hard currency for Needham!
But this is also the reason why he is in a hurry to find that source what dance, this is a cash cow, keep this master first, and by the way, let everyone not leak the news, so that the value of his grain will continue to rise! Other city lords do the same, and his grain will not be as good as before! And who knows what other city lords will use when they know that they have so much grain here!
The demons have a total of eight main cities, all of which occupy a large area. And the demon clan has a total of about fifty or sixty fallen angels on the surface, and the Nydammu family only occupies a total of three seats if they count themselves, which shows how weak they are in the eyes of several city lords, and he has no problem if the other party really wants to use any means. What's even more absolutely is that people come to you directly to talk about the relationship, stretch out their hands and ask you directly, you say you give it or not? If you don't give it to Nima, people will have to use the topic to play hard, and this is the end of being inferior to others.
Originally, he was still angry that the other city lords did not ally with him, but now Needham was worried that the other city lords would come to him to cheat the alliance and cheat the grain.
Therefore, these grains can't leak the news, and occasionally pop up a little bit and occasionally pop out, so that people will not be suspicious and will not cause pink eye.
Needham searched for a while and found the place where the prince was, it was easy to find, the twins had very conspicuous blonde hair and always flew in the sky, like a road sign, and could be seen from afar.
As soon as Needham landed, he first made a most honorable salute to Lucia, greeting him with a smile and a smile that was not at all sloppy, which was extremely extreme from the way he had behaved when he had met in the city more than four months earlier.
Lucia was not happy to look at Needham's hypocritical face, but as a prince, how could he not be used to seeing these city lords wearing hypocritical masks, he himself was already quite a great politician, and said with a look of concern: "Needham City Lord, I haven't seen you for a long time, I heard that you are in poor health, and you are better today?"
"It's out of the way, I heard that you're busy with Mutoya City, and no matter how unwell you are, I have to come out to help." ”
Needham looked flattered, and the appearance of the drama spirit made Lucia sigh, this city lord was the weakest, but it was not easy to deal with at all.
"If the Lord of Needham is not feeling well, then go back and rest, things are almost done here, and the follow-up harvest and tax payment are already next month's business. ”
"And next month?!"
Needham just wanted to pretend that he was in poor health, but now he was so excited that he accidentally stretched his body straight, and his energy was terrifying, and he pretended to be a fart sick!
"Of course, the harvest time is different for different crops, and the harvest in these two days is only part of it, and there are other kinds of grain harvest next month. ”
Now when it comes to crop knowledge, Lucia definitely dares to claim to be the second most powerful in the whole demon race, and his sense of confidence is bursting.
"So this harvest is only a part! Well, how much did our taxes say at the time?" Needham swallowed when he heard that the grain could still be harvested, and unconsciously rubbed his hands, constantly imagining how much grain he was about to have.
"Ishei. ”
Needham's eyes suddenly darkened, and he was a little dizzy.
There is so much grain from the tax revenue of just one percent of the harvest, so how much should the total grain output be? If all of it belongs to him......
"In the future, you will only be able to pay 10%. Lucia suddenly saw through Needham's thoughts and said coldly.
"Your Royal Highness, think about it, what's the use of the untouchables keeping so much food? It's better to hand over the food other than the rations to the city warehouse, how many soldiers can these grains expand for the demons......"
"The rest of their food is kept for the seeds they planted last time, and the surplus after the rations can be sold and traded, so that they can get other things they need and improve their quality of life. The undesirable parts of the crops that are not suitable for human consumption can be kept for food, and now that the soil around the city of Mutoya has been improved, even if the crops are not grown, weeds will slowly grow. At this time, the follow-up development should be considered in advance, and the number of wild beasts will inevitably increase when there is food, and the people of Mutoya City will hunt some fierce beasts in advance in a planned way to domesticate and raise, and with hunting, the rudiments of animal husbandry will also develop. At that time, a standardized market should also be established by itself, and at the same time, the living conditions of the demon people are slowly improving, and the income of Mutoya City is gradually becoming more and more favorable. But if the civilian harvest is directly confiscated, what difference is it from killing chickens and taking eggs? It will deal a heavy blow to the motivation of the common people to work, and the harsh taxation will continue, and soon the city of Mutoya will return to its old state, lifeless. Yuan Feiwu suddenly walked over and interjected.
It turns out that the development of farming is only the first step, and Lucia himself has only planned this step, but Yuan Feiwu has already done a good job of planning the next step and even the next step!
Animal husbandry! This is a professional word that the demon clan can't even think of! Lucia's heart burned when he heard it, he didn't know how hot his eyes were looking at Yuan Feiwu now!
"Well, Mr. Gen, Mr. Gen," Needham said without remembering his name, "what you said is a bit complicated and I don't understand it. Also, what does it mean to 'kill chickens and take eggs'?"
Yuan Feiwu's words are understandable and incomprehensible. Of course, Needham's consciousness is not so high, and I basically don't understand how shocking Yuan Feiwu's words are.
"Judging from the current situation, it is not appropriate to increase taxes. When all the civilians solve the problem of eating meat, you can appropriately raise the tax to two to three percent, and I can guarantee that your income from doing this will be a thousand times more than the one-time collection of all the civilian harvest. But now you're determined to take all that the civilians have, and next year it'll go back to the way it used to be, so you're up for yourself. Yuan Feiwu said in the most straightforward way.
"The untouchables still have meat?" said Needham in amazement.
Needham understood the meaning of Yuan Feiwu this time, because in addition to eating vole meat, being able to eat meat and not being able to eat meat is the biggest difference between nobles and commoners! And commoners can eat meat, let alone he, the lord of the city. Also, it seems that taxes can be many times higher, which is worth looking forward to!
"Okay, Mr. Yuan, you can do what you say!" After Needham calmed down, he also thought clearly rationally, he was forced to do what they said before, and after more than four months, his granary had 20,000 catties of grain, which was better than what he did before, so there was no need for this person to lie to him, "But I have something to ask for, I hope the prince will not reveal the matter here, I am afraid that other city lords will come and snatch our food, then it will be troublesome......"
"Are you afraid that other city lords will learn from the practices here, and the value of your grain will be reduced due to the bumper harvest?" Lucia snorted coldly.
Needham was speechless for a while, Lucia was right, in addition to being afraid of being robbed, he was also afraid that there would be so many bumper harvests in other cities, so his 20,000 grains would probably depreciate.
"It's a pity that you're a little late, I've already had someone post about the situation here. With your success story here, my work is better for the rest of my life. Lucia's words were like pouring cold water on Needham's face, and he was happy to see Needham's ugly look as if he was eating.
"Lord Needham Need, you don't have to be so depressed. Because Mutoya City is located at the very edge of the Demon Continent, far away from the center of the Demon Race, the city is even more barren. But now Munia City has an incomparable advantage over other main cities, even if other main cities start to learn the way of Munia City and start farming, it can't change the future trend of Munia City becoming the most important main city of the Demon Clan. Yuan Feiwu said with a smile.
"Why?" asked Needham as soon as he heard this.
"Because the hinterland outside Mutoya City is vast, which of the other seven main cities can have such a vast wasteland as Mutoya City? The more the city is in the center of the demon race, the denser the population, the less land available, and the more the main cities compete with each other to reclaim the wasteland, and the food grown is relatively limited, and it cannot be as objective as Mutoya City. To put it simply, being self-sufficient is a bit reluctant. And the advantages of Mutoya City's topography will make Mutoya City the main food supply area of the demon clan, do you say that your status in the future will rise because of this?"
"The status is high, but I'm afraid I won't live long. Needham was excited again, but he said calmly.
In that way, other forces will only have ghosts if they don't make small moves behind their backs!
"Isn't there a reliable mountain to rely on in front of you now?, what an important position this city lord of the future granary of the demon clan is. But in the same way, such an important position as the granary of the demon clan must also have a henchman to feel at ease. Yuan Feiwu said with a smile.
Needham suddenly realized, and immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted Lucia: "Needham swears in the name of Lord Lucifer that he will be loyal to Prince Lucia, and if he has any different intentions, his body and mind will be burned!"
The fallen angel swears in the name of Lord Lucifer, that is the highest oath, the most serious existence that he doesn't even dare to play with words, as long as the fallen angel dares to swear in the name of Lucifer, then he doesn't even need to listen to the content, it must be pious.
Lucia was stunned and looked at Yuan Feiwu incredulously. He hadn't cultivated into a fallen angel yet, and he had somehow gained the allegiance of a city lord?
This man...... It's too scary to be an enemy!