When he returned to the castle, it was already completely dark, and Thomas was stunned when he saw Gervais returning with more than a hundred young women.

"Could it be that my own lord went to rob the people's daughters? Didn't you say what kind of exercises you were practicing? Even the right of the first night has not been fulfilled for the time being! ”

Of course, Thomas could only think about this in his heart, but he didn't dare to really ask.

"Thomas, these people are handed over to you, I'm going to have dinner first!"

"Yes, sir!"

Since he returned to the castle, of course, these things did not need to be arranged by Gervais himself, so Thomas was left alone to face these serf women, and Gervais went directly to the restaurant.

Perhaps because of today's harvest, Gervais's appetite was very good, and he directly ate two catties of Warcraft meat, and then he wiped his hands with a square towel and prepared to get up.

"Your Excellency!"

At this time, it was Thomas who returned!

"Well, Thomas, how are things going on!"

Gervais nodded kindly to Thomas and asked him.

"My lord, the women you brought back have already been arranged, and the food has been distributed to them!"

Because there were so many of these women, there was no place for them in the town, so Thomas had no choice but to let them live in a wooden house in the vestibule.

The Golden Castle is also the Viscount's Castle, and the wooden houses in the vestibule are enough to accommodate more than three hundred people.

And when these women entered the castle, in order to avoid losing the majesty of the castle, Thomas also specially asked Anna to take these people to the creek to wash.

"Well, very well, by the way, Thomas, I still have something to explain to you, you remember, I am going to build a small pier by the sea......"

Suddenly, Gervais remembered the idea of spending the afternoon at the beach, and Gervais began to tell Thomas about his plan to build a dock by the sea, and asked him to start construction after the construction of the stone house plan for Stormwind Collar was completed.

Moreover, during this time, it is possible to take advantage of the gathering of stones to dig out the rock cliff, and then the construction period of opening up the road will be eliminated, and a strong wooden bridge can be built directly in the sea, so that it can become a simple wharf.

After explaining the matter of the docks, Gervais also asked about the rewards of Bernard and Abi by the way, and it was his principle to reward merit if there was no Bernard and Abi this time, and the coastal town and castle might have been lost.

Neither Abi nor Bernard belonged to the guards, so Gervais did not reward them when he gave the soldiers a reward in the morning, but directly asked Thomas to bring the reward privately.

Bernard had one gold coin and two catties of monster meat, and Abi had 10 silver coins.

After making sure that all these things were done, Gervais walked out of the dining room and went to the study.

……

Knock knock!

"Come in!"

"Thomas, it's so late, is there anything else?

At night, in the study of the castle, Gervais was sitting at his desk, and there was a knock on the door of the study, Gervais answered, and when he looked up, the person who came in turned out to be his butler Thomas, which made Gervais a little curious, after all, he had been talking to Thomas in the restaurant for a long time, and now he still had something to find him.

"My lord, excuse me, I'm here to report to you about the summer tax situation!"

As a housekeeper, although Gervais went to Rose Castle some time ago and became the shopkeeper, Thomas had to report these important things to Gervais.

After all, Gervais does not have a political officer now, otherwise these things are reported by the administrative officer to Gervais.

"Okay, Thomas, you just say it!"

Gervais came to his senses when he heard Thomas's words, so he continued to keep his head down, and while looking at the chart on his desk, he instructed Thomas, and the chart that Gervais was looking at was from the captain's room during the day.

"My lord, the storm has a total of 3,000 acres of fields, all of which are planted with wheat, and today the wind and rain are smooth, so the harvest is very good, and a total of 1.5 million catties of wheat have been harvested in 3,000 acres of fields!"

Thomas took his notepad and whispered it.

"Only 1.5 million catties of wheat can be planted on 3,000 acres of land, which is still a bumper harvest, and the yield per mu in this world is really low!"

Hearing Thomas's report, Gervais was also stunned.

That's too low! Although Gervais doesn't know much about farming, he seems to have heard of it in his previous life, and the yield per mu of wheat is basically about 1,000 catties, even if he doesn't fertilize or something, it was about 700 catties in ancient times!

However, this year's bumper harvest of the storm collar is 500 catties per mu, a difference of 200 catties.

Thomas didn't know that his adult was muttering in his heart, and continued to report.

"Five days ago, all taxes were collected, because you ordered to collect taxes according to the tax standards stipulated by the principality, and 3,000 acres of fields should be collected according to 1.2 million catties of wheat, so the total tax this time is 600,000 catties of wheat!"

"Oh, you can count it and save it in the warehouse!"

Gervais nodded, he was not prepared to get rich from the beginning by collecting taxes from serfs to farm the land, so he did not raise the taxes like other nobles, but maintained them at the minimum standards set by the principality, and his cheap daddy Gandalf was no different.

The serfs harvested 1.5 million catties of wheat this time, while Gervais only harvested according to the minimum standard of 1.2 million catties, which means that the extra 300,000 catties, the serfs did not have to pay an extra grain to Gervais.

"My lord, the tax ...... of the church"

Thomas saw that Gervais didn't react, so he cautioned.

"Oh, I almost forgot if you didn't say it! Then you take inventory, prepare 300,000 catties of wheat, and bring it with me when I go to Rose Castle in two days! ”

The limit standard of 1.2 million catties, Gervais only draws five layers of taxes from the 1.2 million catties of wheat, that is, 600,000 catties!

Before the emergence of the church, this tax was not so high, basically three layers were collected, but after the church appeared, it had to collect two and a half layers of taxes from it, and of course the nobles would not bear this part of the burden alone, so most of it was passed on to the serfs.

It became two and a half floors of the nobility, two and a half floors of the church, and then five layers of serfs, and according to the fertility of the land, the tax limit would also be adjusted upwards.

"Yes, sir! The villain retired first! ”

After the tax report was completed, seeing that his adults were busy, Thomas didn't dare to continue to bother, so he bowed down and prepared to retire.

"By the way, Thomas, the servant in the castle has about how many catties of wheat a year's ration is!"

Just as Thomas was about to leave, Gervais couldn't help but ask

"My lord, the servants eat two meals a day, and one meal can eat the equivalent of a pound of wheat! That's 365 pounds a year! ”

Thomas didn't know what Gervais was asking for, but he still answered Gervais's question in detail, and as a housekeeper, Thomas was very clear about this.

"Well, okay Thomas, then you go down! When you go down, you can bring a pirate named Lille with you! ”

Gervais nodded, not asking anything else.

"Yes, sir!"

Thomas saluted again, then carefully closed the door to his study.

"There are about 2,000 serfs in the territory, and the remaining wheat after paying taxes is 900,000 catties, which means that each person can get 450 catties of rations per year on average, even if the consumption of daily necessities such as replacing clothes with wheat is excluded! The serfs of the Storm Collar should not have to go hungry this year! ”

When Gervais asks Thomas about the rations, he is calculating whether the serfs will have enough to eat.

According to the calculation, the serfs should be able to eat enough this year, but Gervais knows that such calculations are not accurate, the serfs not only need to eat all year round, but also need to use wheat to buy other supplies, and even if there is a sick or something, they also need to consume wheat.

Another point is that this year is a good harvest, the serfs have such a harvest, if there is no harvest in some years, then the serfs will definitely not be able to survive the next year.

What? You said that there are two seasons for growing wheat in other territories, so you can have no worries about food and clothing!

That's how naïve you are! The lord of the family is not a fool, and Gervais is not short of the blood and sweat rations of the serfs, so according to the minimum limit of the principality, 3,000 mu is harvested at 1.2 million catties of wheat.

Some ruthless aristocrats may be able to directly raise the standard to 2 million catties, or even 3 million catties, as long as the serfs are not starved to death, the nobles will not learn how to exploit them.

For example, if Gervais collects today's tax for this quarter according to 1.5 million catties, then the serfs in the storm will only have 750,000 catties of grain left, and the average amount of food per person is 375 catties per person, these two people can not starve the serfs to death, but they are not full, but Gervais can get an extra 150,000 catties of wheat out of thin air.