On the parchment are tables drawn by William with a quill pen.

The vertical row of the form shows the name of the man of each household, and there are seventy-three lines in total, that is, there are seventy-three households.

On the horizontal row of the table, there are three categories: the population of each household, the cultivated land of each household, and the property of the family.

William asked John Sr. to fill in the blanks in the blanks he had obtained after going door-to-door in the past few days.

In the bottom row, there are totals.

At a glance, all the data in the village is clear and clear.

From this table, William knew that there are 73 families in the small village of Nisse, and the population of the whole village is 363 people, with an average of 5 people in each household.

The cultivated area of the village is 168 kruket.

Crooket is a unit of area in the Duchy of Fadir.

1 Crookert is equal to 4 Burvett, and 1 Burvett is equal to 6 Vergate.

Fergate is the most basic unit of area, 1 Fergate is roughly a 30m*30m square, which is about 900 square meters, which is equivalent to 9 acres in William's previous life.

In the past, 1 Burvett was 54 acres, and 1 Crooket was 216 acres.

The cultivated area of the village is 168 kruket, that is, the cultivated area of the whole village is 36,288 acres, which is close to 364 hectares.

There are 73 households in the village, so each household has an average of 4.9 hectares, which is about 72 acres if converted into the unit system of acres that William was more familiar with in his previous life.

The average family has seventy-two acres of land.

However, in terms of family property, there are relatively few villagers who have filled in the information.

Old John noticed that William's eyes were focused on the villagers' family property - he did not find it strange that every lord was interested in any penny in the villagers' pockets, on the contrary, Old John also felt that this was a manifestation of William's maturity - there were only simple data on the parchment, not specific enough, so Old John opened his mouth to explain to William in detail.

"Lord Baron, in the village, the Addams family has a stone mill that specializes in grinding flour for other villagers, and of course, he also charges a certain fee."

"Gretel's family has two horses, and it is usually up to the Gretel family to send messages to people in other parts of the village. Of course, hehe, it's not free! “

"The Mortons, the Hughes, the Potters, and a few others, have cattle to plow the fields. Oh, by the way, my lord, the Addams family has two cows, and he thought that if he left them in someone else's house, I wouldn't know...... Hehe, what a stupid pariah......"

“……“

William carefully read the contents of the parchment and had a basic understanding of the situation in the village.

He smiled and said to Old John beside him, "Thank you, Old John, for bringing me this detailed information!" “

"It is my pleasure, Lord Baron, to be of your service! I ......" William's thank-you acknowledgement caught old John, accustomed to humility, a little unprepared, and he hurriedly saluted back.

"John, I'm lucky to have your help!" William looked deeply at Old John and said in a low voice.

"Master William......" Old John said with tears in his eyes.

William smiled faintly again, helped old John wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said, "Okay, John, cheer up, I still have something for you to do!" Otherwise, I'll have to find someone else! ”

Old John suddenly straightened up, his eyes looked straight ahead, and he said in a firm tone, "Lord Baron, I am here for you at any time!" ”

"Yes, old John! I need you to help me gather the whole village, I want to speak! William said.

"Yes, sir!" Old John paused and replied, after a pause, and then asked, "My lord, do you want to collect taxes from those villagers tomorrow?" ”

"Collect taxes?" William looked at Old John in bewilderment.

Old John was also stunned, "Lord Baron, didn't you want to collect taxes so that you asked me to investigate the property of those villagers?" The harvest month is coming, and it's just right for us to collect our taxes! ”

William actually didn't mean to do so, but since he said it, he also became interested and asked by the way.

"Old John, what taxes do you say I can collect from them?"

"Lord Baron, you can collect more taxes!" Old John smiled meaningfully, "The birds that fly in the sky, the beasts that run on the ground, the fish that swim in the river, as long as they are in your territory, they all have to pay taxes to you!" Hunters have to pay you a prey tax when they hunt, fishermen have to pay you a fishing tax, and convoys and people passing through your territory have to pay a toll tax. ”

"Also, all the land here belongs to the Duchy, and the Duchy divides it to you, which means that you are the sole owner of the land."

The small village of Nisse is located on the border, and there are territorial disputes with the Kingdom of the Golden Rose, close to the dark forest and the shadow swamp, there is no oil and water, and there are endless dangers, and there is no lord willing to come here to suffer!

So it has always belonged only to the nominal domain of the principality!

Just a nominal territory!

"These untouchables, the principality did not send lords to manage here before, so these untouchables have not paid a penny of taxes. But, Lord Baron, now that we are here, everything will change. All villagers have to pay you a land use tax! ”

"And all the tax rates will be up to you!"

"So many taxes? That's a million taxes! William was stunned, paused, and then asked, "Old John, then you say, how much tax should I say?" ”

"Lord Baron, I think you can show your tolerance by taking forty and a half of the villagers' harvest! Moreover, the harvested grain must be ground into flour by the villagers before it can be handed over! ”

William smacked his tongue, "Forty and a half? ”

Close to half? It's really a week!

Old John thought that William was not satisfied with this tax rate, and quickly explained, "Lord Baron, I know that this tax rate is lower in the principality, but we have just arrived, and we need to take our time. It won't be this rate next year! ”

"A tax hike next year?" William's eyes widened.

William said it in a shocked tone, expressing "such a high tax rate will be raised next year?" ”

But Old John listened to the tone of dissatisfaction, and understood it as "You can only raise taxes next year?" ”

Old John suddenly sweated profusely on his forehead, and he hurriedly explained to William, "Lord Baron, or we will collect fifty percent of the tax this year!" And, my lord, you can collect not only land use fees, but also other taxes! Even, you have the right of the first night, and the bride of the serf must sacrifice the first night to you, unless they redeem it with money. ”

There were no lords in the small village of Nisse before, and naturally there were no serfs, all of them were peasants, free peasants.

But William almost threw up when he thought of the unkempt freedmen, their habits of open defecation, and the spectacle he had seen that day.

He hurriedly stopped Old John, "Old John, okay, let's talk about it today." You go and inform the villagers first. ”

Old John swallowed the rest of the words into his stomach and said, "Yes, Lord Baron! ”

Old John saluted respectfully and stepped back.

After Old John closed the door and left, William stood there for a while, and when he heard Old John's footsteps go away, he said lightly in the language of the world of "Snow White", "Magic Mirror!" ”

"Yes, my master." The ghost of the magic mirror on the table flashed, and the voice of the magic mirror spirit appeared in his head.

"Do you search the nearby forest to see if any plants are suitable for broomsticks?" William ordered.

The surface of the magic mirror flickered and dimmed, as if searching, and in less than a second, the magic mirror replied to William, "Master, a total of three plants have been found in the nearby forest that are suitable for broomsticks.

The Magic Mirror Spirit said, and these new plant images appeared on the mirror.

The first plant, William estimated that the stem was seventy or eighty centimeters high, and the whole body was yellow and green, and it was full of green fruits.

It's quite suitable to make a broom, but William gave this plant to PSSS as soon as possible!

This is the rye grown by the villagers, which is the source of food for their survival, and they are used as brooms, does William want the villagers to rebel?

Another plant emerges on the mirror of the magic mirror, the plant is oval, the cluster is tight, the branches are many and thin, and the color is blue and red.

"This one." William was not very satisfied, "Magic Mirror, are there many such plants nearby?" “

"There are fewer edges of the forest and more depths of the forest!" The Magic Mirror replied honestly.

"Forget it!" William immediately gave up, the forest of this era was not the kind of forest that had been developed in the previous life.

The forests of this world are original, and there are all kinds of ferocious animals, strange plants, even the knights enter it, but there is a danger to their lives, let alone ordinary people.

A third plant appeared on the mirror surface.

This plant is taller than rye, about 120 centimeters in size, with erect, slender stems and flattened leaves that are golden yellow overall.

When William saw it, he fell in love with it, it was the ideal broom plant in his mind, and asked, "Magic mirror, is there much near this plant?" “

"Master, this plant is everywhere!"

"Good!" William's face was overjoyed.

"Master, I must warn you that if there is no new energy replenishment, at the current frequency of use, I will probably be able to maintain it for about 32 days before I fall into a deep sleep."

"yes, I see." The joy was gone, and William's face sank.

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