"So much?"

"Well, if you want to know about the territory as soon as possible, you have to read all these materials, including the income of the territory in recent years, as well as the decrees of the Holy Empire, as well as the private decrees issued by the lord. ”

"Whew!" Taking a deep breath, looking at the pile of materials on the table in front of him, Lei Zhe had a little headache, as a person who doesn't like to study, letting him go to see these things is nothing more than killing him.

But if you don't look at it, you can't do it, if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight, Lei Zhe still understands the sentence, once the economy collapses, it is difficult to imagine what the territory will become.

What else can be done, we can only see.

"Adolf, show me last year's territory income. ”

"Okay. Adolf quickly cleared up a pile of information inside.

The record is very detailed, and I don't know how my dad dragged his sick body to accomplish this, which can be regarded as a great favor for him.

"Didn't the Wells family have their own property?" and looked at it for a long time, all kinds of taxes, inheritance taxes, entry taxes, and business taxes almost made up this unclear bill.

"No, the lord doesn't have much energy to start his own business due to physical reasons. ”

"The income of the manor is 1960 gold coins, the tax is 8520 gold coins, and what is the territory tax?"

"Seventy percent. ”

"Seventy percent! So many, then how are those peasants going to live!" Lei Zhe was stunned, if seventy percent was handed over to him, the earl, the peasants' annual income would only be thirty percent, which was difficult for a family to have food and clothing.

"These adults don't have to worry, there are a total of 11,269 households in the entire territory, and the average family income is ten silver coins a year, deducting seventy percent and three silver coins, that is, three hundred copper coins, one copper coin is enough for a family to live for a day, as for the rest of the days, they can go hunting and digging wild vegetables to be self-sufficient. ”

"What is the purchasing power of a copper coin?"

"According to imperial decrees, one hundred kilograms of flour was equal to one gram of gold. ”

"Five grams of a gold coin, or one hundred kilograms of flour, is equal to two silver coins, that is, two hundred copper coins, and one copper coin can buy one pound of flour. Lei Zhe said after a brief calculation.

"Your Excellency, you, how did you figure it out? Adolf looked at Reezhe dumbfounded.

"Math, I can also multiply the ninety-nine table. He glanced at the other party, so it seems that three hundred copper coins can buy three hundred catties of flour, and the daily consumption of a normal man is about four hundred grams, and there are fewer women and children.

A pound is barely enough for a family to eat half full.

"If there are 11,269 households, seventy percent of the tax plus commercial taxes, how can it be 8,520 gold coins?"

"My lord, other nobles also have to collect some, not all of these households are directly handed over to you, except for the reduction in the middle, plus not all of them can meet the income of one gold coin a year, so ......"

"Well, I see, what's the cost of this knight?"

"The Wells family has a total of sixty knight lords, and one knight lord has two squires and four infantry, which means you need to spend money to support these three hundred and sixty soldiers. ”

"Three hundred and sixty, that's too little, isn't it?"

"Your Excellency...... The number of soldiers in the Welsh territory is already quite a lot, thirty-eight barons, each with five knightly domains, plus your sixty knightly domains, in fact, the strength of Wells is two hundred and fifty knights, and these are not counting the private soldiers of the viscounts. ”

"What does this have to do with me?"

"These men must obey your orders if you want to fight, but you don't need to pay them extra. ”

"Level by level, level by level?" frowned, such a management system is not only relaxed, but once there is civil strife, it is difficult to shoot outside with a gun in a short period of time.

Thirty percent of his annual income was handed over to the state, and he had more than 7,000 gold coins left, and a knight had to pay him forty gold coins a year, and sixty knights had to pay two thousand four hundred gold coins.

In the end, only 5,000 gold coins fell, and these gold coins had to be used for the servants to eat, drink, and take care of the manor, and last year there were 2,700 gold coins.

"How much does it cost to train a cavalryman?"

"My lord, the price of a horse is twelve gold coins, the weapons and armor add up to eighteen gold coins, and a cavalry needs thirty gold coins. ”

"It's so expensive!" gasped, the price was much higher than expected, there were 87,400 gold coins left in the Earl's Court, and the seemingly exaggerated number was really too small to develop.

However, Lei Zhe has no idea of fighting, and it is his current plan to develop the territorial culture and be a personal earl.

I read these materials almost all day long, except for last year's statistics, Lei Zhe didn't care much about it, compared to other counties, his income is not high, which has a lot to do with the environment of Kamnas County.

His territory is almost surrounded by mountains, and it is difficult to develop large-scale wasteland everywhere, and it is difficult to have economic growth without development, and there is no way to develop without money.

"Adolf, can I lower my taxes?"

"Well, yes, the whole territory belongs to you, and you can lower your taxes as long as you want. ”

"Then change the tax, it's okay to charge five percent a year. ”

"Fifty percent!" Adolf lost his voice, looked at Lei Zhe with some doubts, and directly cut it in two, what does this mean? This means that the entire Wells family will not have too much additional income in the future.

"Don't be surprised, if you calculate according to the original seventy percent, although those civilians can eat, but definitely not most of them can eat, if you don't eat enough, you can't cultivate strong men, and the labor force of non-strong men will be weakened, food production will be reduced, and the income of the entire territory will be reduced. ”

"If only 50% of the harvest is harvested, everyone can eat enough, and there is extra money left for other uses, everyone's happiness index will rise, and they will naturally work harder, and mass production may also be improved. ”

"The current yield of wheat per mu (city mu) is 20-30 catties (referring to grain that can be directly converted into flour), but there is still a large amount of wasteland around it that has not been developed, because there is no motivation for farmers to find a way to gnaw on those wastelands, so that the yield will always be maintained or even reduced. ”

"Do you mean that you want to lower taxes to make the peasants work harder?"

"Well, one more thing, I'm the new earl, and if I want those commoners to quickly support me, I must open up some comfortable policies, and reducing taxes is the first and necessary means at present. ”

"My lord, Adolf knows, and now go and announce the new tax. ”

"Remember, when it is announced, it must be emphasized that it is my Earl Wells Rayger's changes!"

"Yes, sir!"