In the days after visiting Knight Egger, Li Xuan accompanied Orin to visit the mercury refining process in Carroston City, which gave him a more intuitive sense of the production process of this world.

The mercury refining process of Carroston surprised Li Xuan, not only has a mature assembly line manufacturing process, but also the mercury refining equipment is also very precise and reasonable.

There are many mercury sand mining sites in Carroston, from which the sand is mined and transported by horse-drawn cart to the refinery, where it is processed into uniform mercury sand and then transported to the mercury refinery for refining, where the refined mercury is stored in glass bottles the size of an adult's hand.

Li Xuan was particularly curious about the box where mercury was stored, because it was an independent small wooden box with card slots on six sides, which was stuffed with shock-absorbing cotton. The advantage of this is that it can greatly reduce the bumps and collisions encountered during transportation.

Another thing that makes Li Xuan feel rare is that from sand mining, to transportation, refining to final refining and bottling, each link is recorded by special personnel, and these records will be summarized regularly. This data-based advanced management model makes Li Xuan feel that every civilization has a crystallization of wisdom that cannot be underestimated.

In the past few days, Li Xuan has spent more time reading quietly in the castle, which is also his favorite thing to do after coming to this world, the human geography of this world, customs and folklore are very unfamiliar to him, and reading more books will make him have more recognition of this world.

It is a pity that Stanlini does not have a large collection, and most of the books are rolled in sheepskins, which contains very little information and is very large. There is also a lot of information that is meaningless.

"Knock knock!"

Li Xuan looked up, the door was always open, and he saw Boris walk in.

"Sir, Feuerbach of the Chamber of Commerce has come, and downstairs he has brought a statement from Baron Ferling. Boris said happily.

Li Xuan looked at the happy Boris and asked him with a smile: "Boris, why are you so happy?"

"Happy because this is the manor of the gentleman. Boris said.

"Let's go. Li Xuan put the books on and got up and went downstairs.

Feuerbach of the Chamber of Commerce was a very gentlemanly merchant, in his early forties, with well-combed hair and well-dressed clothes, gray-black trousers and gray-brown coat, more like a little nobleman.

Li Xuan met with him a few times, and Feuerbach's enthusiasm was restrained, his speech was very conditioned, and he was also simple and clear.

When Li Xuan first met him, he held a thick stack of documents to confirm with Li Xuan, but he said that he only talked about the most important points, and it only took a small amount of time for Li Xuan to understand the various expenses and taxes for the transfer of the manor.

In the Arissanite Empire, private land, as well as private property, was sacrosanct. Any transaction involving land and real estate needs to be notarized and supervised by a legal chamber of commerce recognized by the royal family, the Church and the Empire.

Depending on the size of the private land being traded, the size of the property varies depending on the amount of the property. Transactions below 1,000 gold coins need to pay 5% of the property transaction notary tax, more than 1,000 but less than 5,000 transactions, the excess part of the property notary tax must be paid 4.5%, and the transaction of more than 5,000 but less than 10,000 yuan must pay the excess part of the property notary tax.

This levy needs to be paid in a lump sum, and the royal family takes 40% of the taxes and fees, the church takes 40%, and the remaining two floors go to the Chamber of Commerce.

Li Xuan bought the manor of Baron Feilin, and in addition to the agreed 8,000 gold coins, he had to pay an additional 390 gold coins. In this transaction, Feuerbach's chamber of commerce was able to get 78 gold coins without re-taxation, although it was not a lot, but it was also extremely impressive.

"Your Excellency Li Xuan. Feuerbach saw Li Xuan coming down the stairs and walked up to greet him.

"Monsieur Feuerbach. Li Xuan nodded at him.

"This is the title deed and transfer transaction statement of the estate of Baron Ferrin, with the seal of the royal family as well as the church. From today on, this manor belongs to Your Excellency Li Xuan. ”

Li Xuan took it, looked up a few times, put it away, and handed it to Boris, who kept looking at it happily.

"Your Excellency Li Xuan, since the manor has been untended for a long time, do you think we need to recommend some servants to take care of and serve you?" Feuerbach said to Li Xuan.

"Yes, you are very thoughtful, I don't know much about the management of the manor, you can tell me. Li Xuan nodded to him.

Feuerbach clenched his fists and coughed, cleared his throat and said, "Mr. Boris is up to the job of a butler, and then you need two cooks, three or five kitchen helpers, two gardeners, a carpenter, and a few maids and guards." Employing these people is about 20 gold coins per month. ”

Feuerbach spoke very slowly, Li Xuan heard it very clearly, and when Feuerbach finished speaking, Li Xuan opened his mouth and said to him: "When will the candidate arrive?"

Feuerbach smiled and said to Li Xuan: "I have prepared the candidates in advance, and now they are all outside the castle, you see, should we go out to see the candidates now." ”

Li Xuan glanced at Feuerbach appreciatively and said, "Let's go out and have a look." ”

Li Xuan then walked towards the outside of the castle, followed by Feuerbach and Boris.

After Li Xuan walked out of the castle, he found that there were many more people at the door than he imagined, and there were probably more than a hundred people in the crowd, most of whom were dressed plainly, and some of them looked very thin in their clothes.

"Everybody leaned in. Leaning over. Feuerbach shouted loudly at the crowd, which soon fell silent and gathered around.

"This is Your Excellency Li Xuan, the new owner of Feilin Manor. His Excellency Li Xuan needs to hire a group of servants, and everyone approaches in the order I said, and now all the cooks have come, cooks, cooks. Feuerbach shouted command to the crowd.

The crowd quickly moved, and the last seven people lined up quietly and solemnly, standing in front of Li Xuan and the others.

"Now introduce your specialties to His Excellency Li Xuan one by one, one by one, starting with you, everyone can only say three words. Fürbach gestured with his palm to the chef who was first in line on the left.

"My name is Jim, and I make a very good roasted gnocchi, which many people in Carroston have praised it, and I also roast goose and make fish soup. Jim said very quickly, and then stopped consciously.

Li Xuan nodded, and the second person quickly opened his mouth to follow and continued.

The seven of them were quickly introduced, and Feuerbach introduced to Li Xuan next to him: "Jim and Clark are very good choices, Jim's roasted wheat balls are really good, although Clark is the youngest of these chefs, he is also the best cook, very good at making barbecue and jam." ”

After listening to Feuerbach's introduction, Li Xuan nodded to him with great satisfaction and said, "Then choose Jim and Clark." ”

Hearing that Li Xuan listened to his suggestion, Feuerba was very happy.

Soon, at Feuerbach's suggestion, Li Xuan selected two gardeners, a carpenter, four maids, and eight guards, and finally only needed to select a few kitchen helpers.

"All the helpers who have worked in the kitchen for more than three years have come over quickly. Feuerbach's voice was a little hoarse, but still very hard.

Li Xuan was very satisfied with Feuerbach's arrangement today, not only arranged it properly, but also made a round of understanding in advance, and he also knew how to measure it very well, and his control of time was also very good.

Philbach finished shouting, and the rest of the dozen or so people came over, Li Xuan glanced over, these ten or so people were all very young, most of them were fifteen or sixteen years old, and they were all thin, except for one of them, who looked particularly tall, but he also looked very tender.

More than a dozen people began to introduce them one by one, and their words were very short and very restrained, and a few of them were even speechless, and soon the last young man who looked particularly tall remained.

The young man was taller than Li Xuan, and he was not stage frightened, and said loudly to Li Xuan: "My name is Carl, I am fifteen years old this year, I used to work as a helper in a hotel in the city, I eat a lot, and I am also very diligent, I can read and write, I can also keep accounts, I can also swordsmanship, and I will become a knight in the future." ”