Kennan waved his hand, "I'm clear about these things, let's talk about development." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Yes, my lord. Rodhart said with a touch of his heel. Then he opened the book, flipped to a certain page, and read, "According to the discussion of the Council of Management, we have made a list of proposals for the development of Sharpster, and now report to the lordship. The first point is that Sharpster is an agricultural city, and can only rely on the sale of ordinary animal skins and dried fish in exchange for money, although life is still relatively rich, but it is difficult to have greater development.

Therefore, we discussed organizing a caravan ourselves, pulling some of the goods directly to the royal capital to sell, and then transporting some special products from other places back, on the one hand, to cultivate our own commercial manpower, on the other hand, to increase Sharpster's income, and at the same time, we will not be stuck by those foreign caravans.

Recently, the price of those foreign caravans has been getting lower and lower, and it seems that a price alliance has been formed, and if this continues, our profits will be infinitely compressed, and I hope that the lord can agree. ”

Kenan leaned back in his chair and thought for a moment before saying, "Just do as you say, but be careful, we don't have much money, we must be cautious, and in addition, the caravan guards must be sufficient and reliable, it is best to recruit from the local area, and there must be no problems with security." ”

"Yes, sir. "Second, because the taxes set by the previous lords were too high, the people did not have enough money to buy goods, which led to a gradual decline in local trade, so we want to ......," said Rodhart.

"Is it a tax cut?" Kennan asked faintly.

"Yes, sir. "Rodhart is a little apprehensive, taxes, will always be the back of the aristocracy, let them reduce taxes, the possibility of success is extremely small, but, for the development of Sharpster, Rodhart has to say.

"How much is the tax in the realm now, and how much is the tax in the rest of the kingdom in general?" asked Kenan.

"At present, the tax in the realm is as high as sixty and a half, and the tax in the realm directly under the kingdom is generally forty and five, and the tax in the realm of the average nobleman is generally between forty and five to fifty and five. Rodhart said apprehensively.

"Well, that's right......" Kenan's fingers slowly tapped on the table as if thinking about something, and after half a quarter of an hour, Kenan spoke, "Well, let's reduce the tax to 50% first, but don't reduce it to 50% all at once, first reduce the tax to 50%, and then reduce it to 50% at New Year's Day." In addition, for people who are struggling to make ends meet, we can issue an interest-free loan first and return it at low interest when they are better off their lives. However, the distribution object must be carefully investigated, must be a local who has lived here for a long time, the second is to have no bad habits, and the third is that there must be real difficulties, and the information must be carefully checked when distributed. ”

"Your Lord, you are truly merciful. Rodhart said respectfully. "The people will be grateful. ”

"Merciful? maybe. Kenan said lightly. The reason why Kennan only set the tax fee at 50% instead of the lower 20% is that Kennan needs these taxes for the time being to keep Sharpster running. It was impossible for him to pay out of his own pocket to maintain Sharpster, and it would take a long time for the caravan to be formed, and it would be impossible to see the benefits in a short time, so he still needed these taxes to keep the city running.

Second, it is to seek its own government in its position, and the ass decides the head. Kennan's current status as a noble lord is to handle things the way a noble lord does. If he takes the liberty of lowering the tax to thirty percent or even less, then he will become the public enemy of all the nobles in the kingdom, and then his life will not be easy.

There is a saying that half a step ahead is a genius, and a step ahead is a madman, and Kennan does not want to be ostracized by other nobles, at least to maintain a superficial harmony. Therefore, it is the only way to do it.

After reporting these two major events, Rodhart reported to Kennan some of the shops in the city and some of the agreements for the division of gray interests. After all, Kennan is the lord here, so a large part of these things belong to Kenan.

Kenan didn't care much about this kind of thing, and with a big wave of his hand, he handed it over to Rodhart to manage, and he only had to count the gold coins every year. Leave the management to a special person.

Rodhart was naturally full of promises. Don't dare to have any objections.

When Rodhart finished his report, Kennan stopped him, and then said casually, "Whose land is that red maple grove thirty miles southwest of the city?"

Rodhart thought for a moment and then said, "My lord, that land has not been contracted by anyone, of course it belongs to you, where are you going to build a hunting house?"

Many aristocrats liked to build hunting huts in beautiful places outside the city, firstly to have a place to rest in the wilderness, and secondly, to have a place to cool off. The red maple forest Kennan mentioned was not bad, and there was a small pond in the middle of the woods, which was a suitable place to build a hunting cabin.

"Well, you first build a house according to the standard of an ordinary hunting cabin, and I will move in a few days, and Jamila will also come with me, and the affairs of the city will be mainly left to you, and there is nothing important not to disturb me. Kenan said lightly.

"Yes, sir. Rodhart said earnestly, then turned and left the study.

Although he didn't understand why Kenan moved to live in the red maple forest outside the city, since the lord proposed it, then as vassals, they naturally had to fulfill the lord's wishes. What's more, it's just a hunting cabin, so it's a quirk of the other party. Rodhart thought so.

Rodhart was quick to get things done, and a few days later, an elaborate two-storey hunting log cabin was built. The cabin has bedrooms, a study, a living room, a washroom, and even a herbarium and a small warehouse. In order to take care of Kenan and Jamila's daily life, Rodhart also sent several maids and a cook that Kenan had bought. As for the guards, Kennan was dismissed when Kennan refused. Thinking about it, Jamila's own combat power alone can almost fight all over Sharpster, so there is no need to send more guards.

The day after the hunting lodge was built, Kenan moved in with Jamila. After arranging the group's accommodation, Kenan walked alone to the depths of the red maple forest, then took out the fate pointer and looked at it, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Sure enough, it's here." ”