Alan didn't put more thought into LeBlanc's arrival, after all, there was too little information now. Instead of thinking about what you don't have, think about what you don't have.

It is now the autumn of the 188th year of the Holy Light calendar, and it has been a few months since we arrived in the Middle Ages. Alan looked at the food in front of him that had returned to the original standard of catering, and asked Sebastian beside him in wonder: "Old Sai, it hasn't been long since then, why did the food suddenly return to before?" What about the gold I got back? You can't have embezzled it, right?"

Sebastian first denied it: "Young Master, you misunderstood that it was really a bad etiquette for an old butler who had devoted his life to the family for decades, and he did not embezzle any money."

Then he continued to explain: "Young Master, although the financial situation of the principality is very good, your spending on the army is also very exaggerated, and you have recently reorganized and expanded the army, and the principality's finances have no balance at all, and now you have begun to use your savings. In order not to feel too different one day in the future, I lowered my diet so that you don't feel like it anymore. ”

After eating one of Sebastian's soft nails, Alan was speechless.

After Tulgar's return, Allen began to reorganize and expand his army. If you want to ask Alan why he is like this, it actually stems from the fact that Alan had a dream of being a soldier when he was very young. It's a pity that he failed the physical examination as a soldier later, and he didn't get into the military school when he wanted to. In his previous life, Allen had just caught up with the motherland after a hundred years of grievances, and finally had the ability to make a comeback, but he missed that opportunity, and now that he has his own army, he has to get over it first.

So Allen reformed the chaotic organization of the Middle Ages that he had long been unaccustomed to, although it could not be to the extent of the modern army, but Allen decided to put our great Roman legions and Alexander the Great's Macedonian invincible phalanx in order.

Now Eren looks at the Assis Legion infantry (Roman legionnaires) and the Essis Phalanx (Macedonian Phalanx infantry) in training every day, as if looking at a baby.

Alan sometimes looks at these troops and fantasizes about fighting alongside Caesar, Augustus, and Alexander. In many cases, thinking about it makes me angry, and I have to learn from the great men of ancient times, and I am clamoring to eat, live and work with the soldiers. As a result, he couldn't stand it for less than two days, so he pretended to be faint and asked Sebastian to take it back.

However, his shameless behavior was regarded as the bravery of the Duke and his love for the warriors in the eyes of those pure recruits, which led to an increase in training and loyalty. Guy, who originally wanted to prevent Alan from causing trouble, saw this result and let Alan mess around.

But now it was Allen's turn to be distressed, looking at the white bread in front of him, Allen felt sick to his stomach for a while. I had a luxurious life a while ago, and sure enough, it was easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it was difficult to go from luxury to thrift, the ancients did not deceive me, Alan thought in his heart. However, Alan didn't think about how to return to his previous frugal life, and since it was difficult to maintain luxury, it would be better to solve the difficulty.

By the way, go and ask Zeno if he has any opinions, how can he say that he is also a well-known university scholar in the mainland, how can he give some advice, Alan thought.

Zeno had been in Essis for a few days, and he had been inspecting the situation in the Duchy of Essis since attending Alan's dinner. This look is unfamiliar to Zeno's apprentices, in the past, Zeno traveled on the mainland, and usually stayed for a few days before changing cities, but now Zeno not only did not have the slightest intention of moving, but was always preparing something.

On this day, when Alan invited Zeno to afternoon tea, Zeno Shi Ran left with a bunch of materials.

Alan came up and said, Zeno, how can I get money?

Alan is very straightforward in doing things, the first is that he has not experienced a moment of vanity and wrongdoing, and the second is that he is indeed running out of money.

Zeno was surprised by Alan's rude approach, but he also appreciated it. After all, he is now sixty years old, and he is already an old birthday star who can live to be sixty years old in this era, and the average age of ordinary people is about forty years old.

To Allen's question, Zeno replied: "Lord Duke, it is naturally not difficult to make money, it is nothing more than open source and throttling."

Alan pursed his lips, thinking to himself that you still need to say this.

Zeno knew what Eren was thinking when he looked at Allen's demeanor, but he continued: "Throttling is nothing more than reducing spending, but the financial expenditure of the principality is not well understood, so I won't talk about it, let's just talk about this open source."

Alan interjected: "Sir Zeno, you don't know the situation in the principality, and now the tax of the principality is high, not high. However, it is not low to say that it is low, and if the tax is raised, it may affect the production of the entire principality. ”

Zeno smiled and said, "Since the tax can't be moved, can the tax base be expanded?"

Alan asked, "How?"

Zeno explained: "Lord Duke, we all know that the focus of taxation is now on agricultural taxes and commercial taxes. As long as the roads are clear, political stability will develop rapidly, after all, the Duchy of Essis is close to the Great Southern Forest, where there is never a shortage of trade goods. But when it comes to agriculture, it comes down to serfs. Today, more than 70 per cent of the population of the principality is serfs. These serfs were inefficient in production, not only unable to develop agriculture, but even hindered the development of commerce due to the physical limitations of serfs. ”

"You mean you want me to abolish serfdom? Once serfdom was abolished, it greatly offended the aristocracy. Alan frowned.

"Your Excellency, serfdom is a system that opposes the laws of social development. There is a pattern in the development of nature, when the earth is short of water, it rains in the sky, and when the soil is watered, it grows fruit. The same is true of human society, once serfdom is abolished, then the 70 percent of the serfs in the principality will become free people and will no longer be bound to the land. The increased productivity of the principality would produce a surplus of agricultural products, which could be traded, which in turn would promote commerce. These people are the carriage of the Principality's economy, driving the growth of the Principality's economy. Zeno said to Alan:

"As for the backlash of those nobles, I don't think Lord Duke needs to worry. First, due to the abolition of serfdom, it will greatly reduce the morale of the aristocratic army, after all, most of the aristocratic army is conscripted peasant soldiers, these people are not strong in combat, and now they see that they can have better opportunities, how can they be willing to help those nobles again? In addition, I also have confidence in the Duke, the Duke is young and heroic, how can a few stupid nobles hinder the Duke's footsteps?"

Alan glared at Zeno and said, "You want me to poke the basket, aren't you afraid that I will kill your head!"

Zeno said unhurriedly: "Since I dare to say it, I am naturally ready to die, and now if the Duke wants my head, then take it." But the Duke defies this law of nature, and one day he will be swept away in the dust of history like those foolish nobles. "After speaking, stretch your neck and make a generous gesture.

Alan looked at this old man who was about to die heroically and speechlessly, but Alan only frightened him. Originally, Alan didn't have a good impression of these feudal nobles, not to mention that they were not a type of person psychologically, before the light, Allen crusaded against Andrew, and this group of people actually stood aside and watched the play It was enough to kill their heads.

Alan smiled: "Sir said that he was joking, since Sir is willing to risk the world's disapproval in the next place, he should thank Sir for his advice." However, at this time, it is still necessary to think about the long term, and there is a matter below, and I want to ask Sir for help. ”

Zeno smiled and said, "What's the matter?"

Alan said, "I want to build an academy in the future!"