After the arithmetic was done, Stannis began to say in a faint voice, "But what is my actual population?"

Master Luo Meng hurriedly flipped through the book in his hand, "This was only counted last year, the real number of people in this village is six hundred and thirty-one, and the number of people in Jelenbu and Shigatse is four hundred and sixty and three hundred and fifty-four respectively, a total of three hundred and forty households. ”

"That's less than fifteen hundred, how can there be so few?"

"Your Excellency, have you forgotten that a few years ago there was a great plague, when even you were so sick that you almost went to see the gods, not to mention the peasants below, and the whole village died, and finally there was no one to bury the body. The rest of the people either gathered in a few large villages and were sheltered by the Church, or fled to the east bank of the river to escape the plague, and in the end there were less than a thousand people left in the entire territory. ”

Thinking of this, Bachelor Romon couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

As he said this, Stannis remembered the plague that had swept through the kingdom, with the dead filling the streets and rats feasting on human flesh in broad daylight, and the sight of hell was vivid, making the travelers who had never seen such a terrible sight shiver.

"Aren't your sons and his wives also in that plague......"

Stannis vividly remembers that his bachelor also lost almost all of his relatives in the plague.

"Sad things don't mention it. The old man wiped his eyes.

The Count returned to the point with interest, "What is the output of each household, and what is the proportion of the tax to be paid to me?"

"According to the latest record above, the harvest of one season per household, including milled wheat, barley, and oats, and the harvested peas, cabbage, and cheese, all of which together vary from fifteen to twenty-five, depending on the harvest, and that the freeman is required by decree to pay a tenth of the asylum of his lord." ”

"That is to say, if I take an average of 20 coins, I can receive a tax of 2 gold coins from each household, which is nearly 700 gold coins!"

Stannis felt his life suddenly brighten, but he soon noticed that the three men in front of him didn't seem to be excited, especially Korodov, who was still adding his fingers one by one.

These guys are really not as good as elementary school students in math. Stannis sighed and shook his head.

"You just said that the income of one season, if it is calculated according to two crops a year, I will double it......"

However, Robert interrupted Stennis, who was counting his income.

"Boss, you're too confused!"

"What!" Stannis glanced at him angrily, he hated it most when someone interrupted him while he was settling his scores.

"How can it be two crops a year, it should be one harvest in two months!"

Stannis seems to have opened the door to a new world, it turns out that in the fantasy world can not be used with common sense, in the Western Continent, even in this middle and high latitudes, the grain in the field can be guaranteed to mature and harvest in two months, as long as different grains are sown in turn, can the grain be harvested throughout the year?

"Six crops a year, amazing. "At Stanisle, his income can be multiplied by six times.

"700 coins multiplied by 6, 5400 coins a year!?" he grinned and began to giggle, sure enough, being a lord is the coolest thing, he can lie down and collect the money, in his mind, he has been swimming in the sea of gold composed of golden coins.

At this time, Lady Romon ruthlessly shattered his illusions.

"Your Excellency, you are too confused. ”

"What's going on?" Stannis was puzzled.

"You forgot that you can't grow food for three months in winter!"

Stannis quickly kicked out of this winter break in his heart, so he can harvest 4.5 seasons of grain a year.

"That's not bad. 700 pieces multiplied by 4.5, so there are 3,100 gold coins in the pocket. ”

"Your Excellency, you're confused. ”

This time it was Korodov who said.

Stannis was already driven crazy by the guys reading out one by one, "Is it any fun for you guys to taunt me in turn!

The chief knight continued to read without hesitation: "My lord, have you forgotten that after the peasants have harvested the grain, it will take another month to grind the wheat?"

"One month, this is too, isn't it! Is there a concept of grinding foreign workers in this era?" Stannis didn't believe it at all, two months of farming and one month of processing, although he didn't divide the grain when he was still an otaku, but this kind of obvious thing still couldn't be blinded to him.

Korodov made a gesture of please, "It's useless to talk too much, my lord, please go to the mill and take a look." ”

Stannis turned his head and saw a dilapidated grass hut not far away, from which a creaking sound could be faintly heard.

He followed his men and found that the hut had been a mill with a weathered millstone, and that two scrawny horses were pulling it with all their might, but it seemed to be very inefficient.

"What's the matter, is there anything wrong?" Stannis revealed his ignorance of agronomy at this time.

Korodov untied the reins of the horse to the millstone, "My lord, let's see if you can push it." ”

What's so difficult about this, Stannis spit twice on the palm of his hand, and then exerted his strength to feed, and the grinding disc did not move.

"What kind of material is this made of, so heavy, Edelman?" Stannis's tired tongue spit out, but it still had no effect.

"It's still the best millstone in the territory. Romon added.

He could understand why farmers were spending a month or more grinding their wheat.

"Aren't there horses?" he asked, pointing to the two poor old horses.

"Because we charge a fee to rent them, farmers prefer to push the mills themselves. ”

At this moment, Stannis finally knew the greatness of the working people, but it was not enough to be moved, because the production efficiency of these guys led to the fact that they could only collect taxes for three quarters, which felt as melancholy as the money in their hands flew away.

Hydro Mill!Stannis had a sudden idea, and if you have this building, you will definitely gain +50% productivity.

"Aren't there any production buildings like a water mill here?" he asked curiously.

Maester Romon shook his head decisively, "Of course not, Your Excellency. ”

Stannis was not disappointed, and this backward place knew on his toes that there could be no such high-level mechanical construction.

Although he won't ...... He finally knew that those drawing dogs were still somewhat useful.

It seems that the Great Leap Forward in the Middle Ages will not be possible, and before he gets the science students who have crossed over, he can only put aside the construction of a water-powered mill in advance and find another way to open up.