"These people can only farm, and they can't play in the neighboring royal capital cities, and they want to go to bigger places, but when they pass through some hereditary lords' lands, they are robbed, and now they have spent all their savings, and they can't afford the toll tax, so they turn back, and there should have been fifty people, and half of them died on the way. ”

"Is their house still there?" Abel Mingdao.

"You have ordered the people to stay as they please, and if there is a problem with the passage fee, they can borrow money, they have sold the only land and houses, and the financial officer you appointed has taken care of it. Dangle Dao.

"Find a way to use the reserve fund so that they have a place to settle first. Without waiting for Abel to finish speaking, Dangle smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid it's a little difficult." ”

When Le presented a book, Eburgmin took it, and it was written that the income from the mountain and forestry tax, the population tax, the trade tax, the toll tax, etc., was exchanged for precious metals, and the income of this quarter was only one hundred and twenty gold coins, but the expenditure was as high as six hundred gold coins, a negative proportion of five times, so that this small territory with a population of three thousand was on the verge of bankruptcy.

"Let's borrow some from the guild in the royal capital?" Abel Mingdao.

"The brewing guild of the royal capital has borrowed seven hundred silver coins and four hundred gold coins. The interest was not paid for two months, and the tailors' guild borrowed one hundred and fifty gold coins. "Dangle Dao.

"Give up the monopoly and allow them to have an exclusive monopoly. Ebming's words made Randall say to himself that he couldn't figure out the situation.

The monopoly of small towns with a population of several thousand, the guild still can't look down on it, the guild is most likely to want land use rights and judicial power, the guild is backed by royal funds, after being given these two things, he, the lord, doesn't have to do it, the current king Adrian, with this method, collected a lot of land back, he is resident in the royal capital, and he knows that it is powerful.

"As we have negotiated last week, they have proposed a twenty-year lease of the town, which will be managed by the guild except for the castle itself, and will give you fifty gold coins every quarter for you to spend. When Le had finished speaking, he waited for Ebulmin's reply, and if the answer was good, he was ready to beg to go, he did not want to see this territory change hands before his eyes.

He worked for the previous baron for five years, four months and three days, for the previous baron for ten years, seven months and five days, and for Ebourmin until the present day, for another two years and one month.

These three lords are more defeated than the other, the difference is that the first two lords, who only care about their own enjoyment, spend eighty percent of their territory, while Ebor Ming is too naïve and let the lords lead the nose.

"The president of the brewing guild of the royal capital, I know, maybe I can make a little contribution, and besides, if it is convenient, I want to look at the account books, maybe I can give some advice. Randall decided to help Ebor after all, after all, he had taken him in in the rain.

"Gladly. Eburgmin took the account book directly to Randall.

The handwriting is neat, but there are some symbols, which Randall can't read, approximate Arabic numerals.

"This is the number symbol invented by Danle, this is the French one, this is the two....... ”

After Eborg's explanation, Randall continued to read the sixty pages, which recorded two hundred and seventy transactions, each of which was transcribed in detail at the time, place, person, object, and amount, as in modern accounting, with a personal note on the transaction.

On the seventh page, Randall saw the expenditure of various alchemy materials, stopped and asked, "Alchemy is a big expense, and all kinds of raw materials are not easy to obtain, do you want to develop them?"

"It's about making gold. "It's a pity that it hasn't been successful." ”

"Foolish dreams. Randall said secretly, and continued to look.

On page 12, there is a very conspicuous record that Abel saw the high price of tea in the market, so he prepared to plant tea trees, buy tea seeds from foreign merchants, and prepare to cultivate them, but because of a shipwreck, all of them sank into the open sea.

Randall secretly said that Ebor did not use his brain, even if he had seeds, the temperature of Gaul, it was difficult to grow tea in the East, this technology was not simple, and it was difficult to find relevant workers, such as silk workers, technicians, military workers and other professional talents, were restricted by the Persian and Bytinian empires, and could not easily leave the country, in order to prevent the outflow of technology and maintain their hegemony.

Page 19 is even more absurd, saying that Aburgmin sent twenty soldiers to the city of Constantine to fight and help an adventurer reclaim his inheritance, and that he would receive three hundred gold coins as a token of thanks.

Randall did this kind of thing when he was twelve years old, and he and his royal friends sponsored a man, but he only robbed a viscount land, and first got a batch of bone directors as collateral. And the object of Eburgmin's funding, the appetite is even greater, and he wants to declare war on the first military town under the command of the Baiting Emperor - the "Alessandro family".

The Alessandro family is very famous, in the past two hundred years, there have been seven queens famous in the world, successive Baiting emperors, all maintain a close relationship with the Alessandro family, and there is a passage to show its noble status.

"Where the sun shines, where rivers pass, are the kingdoms of Spines (the royal family of the Bytinian Empire) and Alexandria. This is both arrogant and majestic, and in some places the order is changed, and the Alessandro family is placed in front of the Sthenes.

"This lord ...... Heroes, how many men and horses will you pull up? Randall put down the books.

"There are one hundred and eighty people, all of whom are brave and good at fighting, and the ancestor of that lord has a letter from the Emperor Baiting, and he has assigned that land to their family, and he himself is also a warrior, with seven virtues in his heart, justice and integrity, which is rare in the world, but unfortunately his luck is a little worse. Ebring looked pityful.

"Uh-huh....... Hearing that the warrior had been torn apart by ten thousand knives at the end, Randall couldn't help coughing.

At the beginning of page 25, it is written that the territory promoted a rent reduction plan, and also gave agricultural tools and seeds, but the territory controlled by the city was too small, and there were few farmers, so it did not help much, and the mining that should be developed was abandoned by Ebourmin, and the cart was turned upside down.

"There's a mountain range of Mount Michel passing by, and there's no minerals? I don't think there's any income in it. Randall questioned.

"There was an iron mine, but a year ago, there was a mountain walk, 17 people died, and the aftershocks continued, so I had to abandon it for safety," said Ebour.

"You're so kind. "This time Randall said sincerely, if ordinary lords have minerals to take, they can't bear to use civilians, and they will also use criminals to dig and mine.

The rest of the transactions were all trivial matters, because Ablemin had spent all the coffers, and could not make any more waves, and began to sell weapons and armor to meet daily expenses, these matters Randall quickly swept, and also had a deeper understanding of Ebourmin's person in his mind - "a stupid good man, but not a qualified lord." ”

"Is there any place to exchange money?" Abel asked as he watched Randall put down his books.

"You have sold everything you can sell in your territory, and the income from the mountains, forests, fisheries and animal husbandry is not enough for the interest on the debt, one cent per month, the accumulation is amazing, this must be solved first, have you ever looked for the Duke of Pulie? It stands to reason that as your boss, you should be able to help." ”

"Duke Prley is not in good shape either, you should know that in order to win that war, he hired a mercenary army of two thousand men. "When the point is over, after all, it is the in-house coaxing of the sovereign family.

"In this case, no matter how much you save it, you can't save it. Randall thought about it for a while, and finally wrote two handwritten letters, one to the Winemaking Guild, the Adolf family provides a lot of fruit wine every year, and there is a little face, hoping to be accommodating for two more installments without interest. The other was sent to the tailors' guild, and half of the silk, wool and other clothing materials imported into Gaul passed through the port of Adolf.

Seeing Randall pick up the pen, Eborgin was very happy, shook Randall's hand, and thanked him.

In fact, there is another way Randall didn't say, if Ableming can fight, he can also fight with a sword and a horse, take a vote of people, go to the south or the east to plunder, life and death are up to the sky! This way, the fastest way to get money, many landless knights, relying on this kind of behavior to make a name for themselves, and finally became the ancestors of a family, when they were old, they beautified their own behavior, published and beautified autobiographies, so that chivalric literature was once popular in the hearts of the people.

"Knock --!"

At this moment, a bell rang in the fort. Punctuality was aristocratic etiquette, and every castle had the position of "time chime".

"It's time for dinner, please enjoy it. Ebomin threw his worried look out of the clouds and invited Randall with a smile.

"Forgive me for being rude, my body is slightly unwell, I don't need to eat, just send some food in the evening. ”

"This can't be done, I've already ordered someone to get ready, and please appreciate your face. ”

Randall wanted to save him some money, but Ebmin wasn't happy.

"Alas...... I'm writing a few more letters for him. Randall shook his head secretly.