Some people say that the happiest life is to marry a Japanese wife, hire a Chinese cook, hire a French housekeeper, and live in a big house in the United States.

It can be seen that the French butler is still very good, and Eugène steward has been taking care of this castle for Count Charles for nearly twenty years, although he rarely takes care of other people, but he still takes very good care of the castle and the manor inside and out.

It's just that Ye Qiu found that the current entrance to the castle seemed a little lazy and arrogant.

It may be that they are usually free, after all, Count Charles himself rarely comes, so even if the castle has a different owner, it still looks the same as before.

"How much do they get paid each month. ”

Ye Qiu asked.

"Viscount Ye Qiu, we have a bill here. ”

Steward Eirène said.

When he went in and took out the bills, there were detailed bills for the maintenance of the castle, the expenses, the expenses and revenues of the estate, and the steward of Eugène, and the expenses of these incomes.

Probably because the castle has to pay a lot of taxes every year, so the income and expenses are almost balanced.

Why is this happening?

After all, there are more than 100,000 square meters of manor here, including those places 100,000 square meters away that also belong to Count Charles.

Such a large area can only afford to support these few people and this castle?

The main thing is that the land in France, although it is privately owned and belongs to private ownership, but every year the government still collects high taxes from landowners.

As a result, many wealthy people can afford the castle, but they are likely to not be able to pay taxes, and the castle will require a lot of money to maintain it every year.

In such a situation, the income produced by a large estate may only be able to support this castle.

Steward Ou Ren looked a little nervous when he saw Ye Qiu holding the account book and couldn't make a sound, he had been very serious all these years, hoping to become an excellent housekeeper.

Although he is far away from the emperor of the mountain, he is the only housekeeper.

However, they did not dare to have those corrupt thoughts. Because he knew that Archbishop Charles, Count Charles, was not an ordinary person, not to mention, he still believed in this religion, how could he embezzle that money?

After Ye Qiu finished reading the account book, he shook his head.

"Viscount Ye Qiu, don't you know what's wrong?"

"What a waste!"

This 10,000 square meters is equivalent to fifteen acres of land in China, and there are more than 100,000 square meters here, but now Count Charles has given 100,000 square meters of them to Ye Qiu, and the rest of the land belongs to Count Charles himself.

He just looked at it, there are more than 200,000 square meters here, almost nearly 400 acres, which must be a very large piece of land in China.

Unexpectedly, the income obtained now is enough to support the maintenance and expenditure of the castle here.

If Ye Qiu's 100,000 square meters are left, it will definitely not be enough to support the income of the castle, and over time, this castle is likely to be abolished.

In other parts of Europe, many of these castles were abandoned because of this.

On the one hand, you can't afford to pay high taxes, and on the other hand, you can't afford to pay high maintenance costs.

"Then the remaining 100,000 square meters of output and income will definitely not be enough to support the maintenance and taxation of the castle in the future!"

Ye Qiu looked at Steward Ou Ren and asked.

Steward Eugène knew that was the case, and now it was also because of the grape growing that the wine he made every year was sold to make so much money.

If it is replaced with other ordinary crops, it may be even less valuable.

Like wheat and potatoes, the price is about the same as that of China, and the output of these dozens of acres of land is simply not enough.

The two middle-aged maids, the groom, the servant, and the gardener, who were still very lazy and free-spirited, were nervous, did the new master mean to fire them without them?

Now the monthly salary of Eugène's housekeeper is 5,000 euros, which is almost a little more than 40,000 yuan, and these incomes are about 2,500 euros, which is 500 euros higher than the French minimum wage of 2,000 euros.

However, these wages are very easy, and in addition, medical insurance is all available, in fact, it is much easier than those of the citizens of the big cities.

Now that they heard Ye Qiu say that, Ou Ren housekeeper them, and thought that Ye Qiu was going to quit them.

After all, if you were looking for someone else, like the illegal immigrants and some Asian workers, you might be willing to do it for 15 euros, and you would be more diligent than these Frenchmen.

"It's not enough, maybe two-thirds worse, but, Count Charles has already told me that he will let the income of those estates outside make up for it to ensure the normal maintenance of the castle. ”

Steward Eirène said.

Originally, when Ye Qiu was in China, he didn't think about it, but when he came to Europe and lived with Count Charles, he realized that the situation on the French side and the domestic side was still very different.

Of course, Ye Qiu didn't expect that Count Charles would be so generous, and now he actually has to make up an income to ensure the maintenance of the castle, and even teach the castle that tax.

However, Ye Qiu actually had only the Oriental Castle and the nearby 100,000 square meters of manor, and the other 100,000 or so belonged to Count Charles' property.

Seeing that Ye Qiu didn't speak, Steward Ou Ren, those who went down, and Louise didn't know what Ye Qiu was thinking.

However, Zhou Wenting felt that if there was no Count Charlie to make up for it, I am afraid that this castle would become a burden to Ye Qiu, and there would be no benefit at all.

After all, Ye Qiu didn't live here a few times a year, and if he had to subsidize tens of millions of dollars a year, it would be a big loss.

At the beginning, when she learned that a castle and a manor were rewarded, Zhou Wenting thought that it was really a great benefit even though she had studied in France for many years.

Of course, now Ye Qiu can also directly sell this castle and this 100,000-square-meter manor, and he can still exchange a lot of money.

However, if it is not sold, and Count Charles does not make up for it in the future, then the longer it takes, the more money Ye Qiu needs to subsidize, and the greater the loss.

"Who's the chef here?"

Ye Qiu asked.

Ye Qiu hadn't heard of a chef just now, could it be that these people usually cook and eat by themselves? He thought it was impossible, in Count Charles, there might be more than ten chefs who cooked French food alone.

"Viscount Ye Qiu, I'm the chef here. ”

Steward Eirène said.

Ye Qiu was surprised, wasn't he a housekeeper? Could it be that he was still a part-time cook?

Or is it because he is a good cook?

"How's your cooking?"

"I should be able to cook French food, and if Viscount Ye Qiu lives here for a long time, I can also learn to cook Chinese food. ”

(End of chapter)