Chapter 68: The Development of the Territory of Sefrossa
"How many people do I rule over now?"
"Master, there are forty-three thousand six hundred and thirty-four in all. And twenty-one thousand five hundred and forty-five were men, and twenty-two thousand and eighty-nine were women. ”
"What about the Guards. How many loyal fighters do I have? ”
"There are 143 warriors who are willing to fight for you! Masters, they are loyal. ”
"How much grain do we have in our storehouse now? How many gold coins? How much other supplies? ”
"Master, the grain in your warehouse, because you are not allowed to sell this year, now there are a total of 110,000 general pounds of unhulled summer wheat, which has not yet been dried, and it should shrink to about 95,000 pounds after drying. In addition to that, there are 11,000 pounds of husked aged wheat flour, 8,400 pounds of beans, 860 pounds of various jerky, and about 1,000 pounds of dried vegetables...... In the case of gold, you now have seventy-three thousand four hundred and fifty-one Lordaeron gold coins and some silver and copper coins in your vault. You also have some horse harnesses, guards' armor, weapons, and 50 more warriors in your warehouse. And some cloth, and ............"
“……”
Orondo sat in his comfortable seat, and Solanlian sat in the chair next to him. In the living room, Dobi, who is both his butler and the manager of the territory, is babbling on and on to report on the recent situation in the territory.
Dobby was very happy, and he was also excited when the owner suddenly returned. The young master went to Dalaran for more than a year, and there was no news at all.
But his son, Joby, would send back a letter every month, in which he would tell him much about his master's great achievements in Dalaran.
Combined with the past year, several nearby lords have become more and more polite to the Sephorosa Lord. Dobby could already imagine that the good master must be very valued on Dalaran's side, and his talents must be taken into account by himself and his people.
As a child, he began to serve Dobby for the Sephorosa family, and felt proud of it.
This is the northern human kingdom of Azeroth, which is more important to the theory of blood than the European Middle Ages on Earth, and a steward like Dobby has never thought of such a thing as setting up a portal on his own.
In the more than 3,000 years of human history, there has never been a story of ordinary people counterattacking the aristocracy.
The nobles will not allow it.
Later, Defia on the Stormwind Kingdom side made enough trouble, right? was bullied like that by the nobles, and the result was not extinguished......
Ordinary people who want to counterattack the nobles have to take the path of extraordinary strength on the human side, such as becoming a mage, a priest, or being knighted for their military exploits.
The topic ran away.
Orondo returned to his territory, certainly not in Dalaran.
When he came back this time, he was really going to build the Mage Tower on his territory, so he came back to make preliminary preparations and investigations.
The inspection work has not yet started, and the preliminary preparations are still being imagined.
He was going to find out the specific situation of his territory before deciding what to do next.
After all, he crossed over, stayed in Sephorosa for a month, and then went to Dalaran and never returned.
The original Orondo was too young to be better at managing and assisting than the butler, and he had no concept of territory.
So he only knows a rough idea of the situation in his territory: how big it is, how many people there are.
After getting a glimpse of the situation through Dobby's butler, Orondo nodded and groaned.
The master didn't speak, and neither did Dobby. Although he was very curious about Solan Lian next to him at the moment - there was another female elf in the territory, the same as the hostess back then? Could this elf be her new mistress?
After thinking about it for a while, and having a vague outline in his mind, after a while Orondo spoke: "I will leave soon." Dobby, you've done an excellent job for me. But now, I have a couple of new commands for you to execute. ”
"Master, please speak." Dobby hurriedly said.
"First order: From now on, all the subjects of Sephorosa will no longer have to pay taxes. You don't have to pay the poll tax, the land tax, the lord tax, whatever the tax. As much food they grow, they keep it for themselves. ”
This order was to be issued half a year after Orondo went to Dalaran.
How much money can a human civilian struggling to farm have? If he, a nobleman, made money by collecting taxes normally, he would only have four or five thousand Lordaeron gold coins a year!
This year, because of the cultivation of sugarcane, the income exceeded 10,000 gold coins for the first time.
But in Dalaran, the money earned by a [Ring of Infinite Energy] is enough for the taxes paid by these miserable lords for a year.
Orondo, who already has two magic industries, is starting to look down on this little money, so it is better to use it to buy people's hearts and make the fart people in the territory even more desperate.
And this first command made Dobby's butler's eyes widen, as if his mind was full of words, but Orondo had already said his second command.
"Second order: Take out the money in my coffers and go to the teacher. I'll ask Jobby to buy the books from Dalaran. From now on, children under the age of 15 will have to learn to read and write every day. Adult lords should also learn to read and write in their spare time! I'm going to let civilization begin to spread in my land! ”
During this period, the common people of Azeroth, especially the peasants in the various aristocratic domains, were very miserable, with an illiteracy rate of more than 95%, which was similar to that of the peasants of the European Middle Ages.
For the sake of his future plans, Orondo believes that it is necessary to eradicate illiteracy and improve the quality of his citizens to better serve his future.
The second command, Dobi's eyes widened, and he wanted to say something.
But the master's third command has already been spoken.
"The third order: from now on, every family in the territory must build a toilet in their home! I'm tired of them dumping everywhere every morning, making my streets stink! I want my city and my village to be very clean! A month after this decree is issued, if anyone has not built a toilet in their home, then get out and expel him from my territory! ”
Sanitation issues were fine in the Lord's Castle, but today he and Solanlian walked around the town for a while, and in the heat even the ice shield couldn't protect against the stench that filled the streets, and Solanlian almost threw up.
I was used to living a clean and hygienic life in my previous life, and after I went to Dalaran, because the place I stayed was a gathering area for the Fa, I basically didn't go out in Sephorosa before.
Orondo now knows what kind of life the human civilians of Azeroth are living during this time period!! It's basically the same as the European Middle Ages, but with all kinds of extraordinary powers and extraordinary things!
In the first two problems, he was able to endure and develop slowly. But this health problem, Orondo can't wait for a moment.
Dobby wanted to say something, but Orondo said with a rare force in front of him: "There is no if." Dobby, you just have to execute my life. ”
Thus, the Severosa Territory, which had been quiet for hundreds of years, began to vigorously renovate and build toilets.