Chapter 7 Poverty and Collapse of Qingyuan Town

The sudden loss of debt and the family's funds disrupts Goodern's desire to be a blessed.

If he doesn't solve the debt problem now, I'm afraid he will have to live on the streets before long.

Although it is easy to re-emerge with a powerful plug-in like entry modification, it is difficult to get it back if the lord position is lost.

However, he is not too worried about the solution of the debt problem, the point is that there is no source of income, and his dream of singing every night will be shattered.

Gooden sighed slightly in his heart, he was still talking about being a gentleman less than an hour ago, and he didn't ask about government affairs.

As a result, this kung fu still had to be obediently started to study, and sure enough, the diligence in his bones did not allow him to touch the fish.

In order to make himself better able to fish and enjoy himself, Gooden had to take over the mess.

"Old Joseph, you can give me a brief report on the specific information in the territory, such as population, taxes, economic resources, territorial scope, etc."

Joseph was slightly surprised at first by the young master's question, but thinking back on the young master's transformation, it seemed that he really planned to develop again.

So he pondered for a while, and reported the information to the young master one by one.

It didn't take long for Goodborn to get a rough idea of what was going on in his territory.

The situation in the entire Qingyuan Town was even worse than he expected, and the total population of the town was only more than 1,000 people.

These have to include the farmers, hunters, fishermen and other residents scattered around the area, who depend on the environment for food.

I'm afraid that the number of people actually living in Qingyuan Town adds up to only six or seven hundred.

In addition, the annual income of the town is only seven or eight hundred imperial gold coins, and after removing taxes, the residents of the entire Qingyuan Town only earn forty-five silver coins a year.

You must know that his guards soldiers are forty silver coins a month, which directly caps the income of other people's families for a year, and it is no wonder that those soldiers who have been fired are so excited.

At the same time, the town had no special products, it was purely dependent on planting and hunting to feed its inhabitants, and it was located on the edge of the empire, so there were very few caravans willing to come here.

In general, coming here to be a lord is almost like being exiled, but it is also true.

In addition, when Joseph learned about the area under the control of Qingyuan Town, Goodern was a little surprised.

The town stretched from west to north to the foot of the Yongshuang Mountains on the edge of the empire, and in the rest of the direction, it stretched for about thirty kilometers.

If you circle the territory panel, and look at it from a top-down view, the pattern of the territory resembles a shuttlecock.

Such a large territory is almost equal to the size of some small countries.

But it's a pity that in such a large territory, the only area with fireworks is Qingyuan Town, and the rest of the place is deserted forests and hills.

After a moment's thought, Gooden turned his attention to the tax issue and asked Joseph.

"I remember there's a tax in the town every year?"

"Yes, young master, in addition to the taxes that need to be handed over to the empire in previous years, you have used the rest as the operation of the town, and this year's tax collection date will be about two months away, I'm afraid there is no way to help pay off the debt."

The meaning of Joseph's words is also very clear, if you want to rely on taxes to get through the problem, I am afraid that the daylilies will be cold.

Goodern didn't care about this,

"Don't worry Charleson, I have a solution."

Looking at the confident young master, Joseph was not easy to fight, and said softly.

"I hope so, but if you really get into trouble with the arbitration office, as long as you bite the problem with the mine developed by the loan, this matter may take a turn."

"Hmm." Goodwin nodded slightly, "Old Joseph, go get ready, and you'll go out with me later." ”

"......"

Before Joseph could finish speaking, Goodern interrupted.

"I'm just around the perimeter, not too far away."

In desperation, Joseph had no choice but to prepare.

He has already figured out the general situation of Qingyuan Town, and the next thing is to investigate on the spot.

As a visitor from another world, in this magical medieval context, Goodern had countless ideas in his mind to make a fortune, after all, nine years of compulsory education was not for nothing.

It was a bit of a struggle to scrape together 300 gold coins from scratch in a week, but with the blessing of the plug-in for the modification of the entry, Gooden was still very confident.

But before that, he still has to do some field research to get a feel for the rules of the Otherworldly Foundation.

After all, if you choose the direction of development without understanding the world, the result may be the opposite.

But as long as you have a general understanding of the basic workings of this world, the next money-making plan can be quickly launched.

After finalizing the plan, Goodern prepared to replace the light armor used in the upper field.

Although this is in a small town, it is necessary to avoid accidents.

Compared with the sky-high long sword, this equipment is quite real, and it belongs to the armor of the Zheng'er Ba Jing from the panel.

When he was about to put on the armor, Goodern was dumbfounded, he didn't know how to wear this thing at all!

Or maybe this thing used to be put on by others, and it was still difficult to put on the whole set of armor by himself.

In desperation, Gooden had no choice but to call Erin to help.

Unfortunately, Erin didn't even wear armor, and she didn't do this job in the past.

For a while, Gooden couldn't find anyone else to help, so he had to let Erin try to help.

There was no important work in hand, so Erin nodded and agreed.

Touching the metallic sheen of the armor, Erin was a little excited, this was the first time she had come into contact with this kind of thing.

Seeing Erin curiously looking around, Gooden's heart moved and he asked.

"You're interested in this thing?"

Erin was a little embarrassed when asked.

"When I was a child, I was not interested in the stories of those princes saving princesses, and I always thought of becoming a knight myself to save these unlucky princesses."

"It turned out to be too difficult to do, because the cheapest set of knight's equipment costs twenty gold coins, and it's heavy and airtight......"

Hearing this reason, Gooden couldn't help but smile, it turned out that this was the reason that bothered her to become a legendary knight?

Let's talk about it, the kung fu of wearing armor has not been pulled down, although I haven't worn this kind of thing, but I haven't seen a pig run after eating pork?

With the memories of his predecessor and the experience of film and television in his previous life, he commanded Erin to help him.

After a period of scrambling, I can be regarded as putting on the armor.

I don't know if it's because of the transformation of the entry, Goodborn feels that this armor seems to be a little smaller, and it feels a little panicked to wear.

After changing his clothes, Goodern ordered two soldiers with good loyalty to go out with him to investigate, and set off with old Joseph, who had been prepared.

Riding on the war horse, recalling the essentials of riding a horse, he walked slowly towards the gate of the castle.

Walking out of the gate, Goodern realized that the castle was built on a hill, and the so-called Qingyuan Town was built around the castle.

Looking down from above, there are a circle of old houses scattered around, and the chaotic appearance looks like there has been no planning.

Goodern, who was already mentally prepared, sighed silently.

Such a backward place, to describe it as a small town is to elevate its identity.