Richard promoted Rooney from an ordinary clerk to the position of director of the brick kiln factory, and in recent years even appointed him as the village head to manage the village near the brick kiln factory.

Rooney was very grateful for such a kindness.

Moreover, he has followed Lady Ola for many years, is an old man who followed the Haraland family before it was born, and is also very loyal to Richard.

So he had an opinion in his heart, and he still brought it up at the meeting.

Rooney gave the estimated income of the villagers near the brick kiln factory and compared it with the freedmen of Fort Blackriver.

Richard was shocked to find that the income of the freeman farmers in the territory was higher than that of the citizens of Blackriver Fort.

It is well known that the income of urban freedmen exceeds that of serfs.

The oppression of serfs by the aristocratic lords was very serious, and the agricultural tax could receive seventy percent of the output, and the vast majority of serfs almost lived below the subsistence line, and their living conditions were very pitiful.

The situation of the freedmen was better, especially in the larger cities, where they were basically small merchants and craftsmen, and their living conditions exceeded the subsistence line.

Bricks, a bulk building material, are basically not competitive once they are transported over long distances.

Now Fort William and Fort Sophia have been completed, Iron Hill Fort has also been half completed, and the road between the main castles has been opened. The production task of the Bobby brick kiln factory will be reduced a lot next year, and it is estimated that it will mainly transform to the civilian market in the future.

If the wages of the workers are set too high, the pressure on the brick kiln factory is indeed greater.

After listening to Rooney's opinion, Richard nodded and said: "Rooney is right, the nearby village is already agricultural production, and the salary of odd workers should not be set too high, just do what you want." ”

Rooney can seek truth from facts, and does not blindly follow Richard's wishes, but makes Richard think a little highly of him.

This meeting Rooney was in Richard's eyes. In the future, if he did a good job, Richard was ready to promote him to the rank of civil magistrate of Sophia Fort.

Now Fort William and Fort Sophia are almost equivalent to military forts, and most of the people stationed there are soldiers and their families, with only a small number of service personnel.

Later, when a new fief was obtained, and the two castles became the rear, it was necessary to need a civil officer.

The Haaland Territory, now in great need of qualified civil officials.

As a civil official under the banner of a lord, you must not only understand politics, economics, but also law.

Those who can do this are basically members of the aristocracy.

Although the Haaland family has developed well, it has not yet been supported by the aristocracy.

In addition to working for their own families, the members of the nobility basically served the royal family, dukes, and earls.

Even hereditary counts like Roger and Martins did not have many aristocratic bureaucrats to serve them.

After Sophia wrote to her two older brothers, her third brother, Rogge, agreed to return to the north to serve his sister.

Rogge served as the Comptroller of the Illinois Province and was appointed Civil Governor of Fort Vic upon his return.

The eldest uncle, Gerog, returned, and took part of Sophia's work.

In the past, Fort Vic, like Fort William, used the military to rule the people, and this kind of thing could not be done for a long time.

After Rooney finished speaking, it was the turn of Thomas Webb, the director of the steel plant.

"The steel project has made a very good profit this year, although the ex-factory price has fallen by 30% because of our large-scale sales of steel products, and a ton of steel has fallen from 54.4 gold coins to 38 gold coins, but because of the increase in production, our income is higher.

In the past two months, the steel production capacity of the territory has exceeded 30 tons, and the output value of each month exceeds 1,000 gold coins.

Because there are a large number of kobolds mining, which is equivalent to free labor, the income of the steel mill is very considerable. Excluding the consumption within the territory, the net cash income exceeded 7,000 gold coins this year. ”、

Steel and liquor are the financial pillars of the Haaland Territory in the past two years, and without the rich gold coins brought by the steel and liquor industries, the Haaland Territory would not have developed so rapidly.

not only fed tens of thousands of people, but also constantly trained the army, and even formed a Warcraft cavalry regiment.

"The steel mill has a high profit, how about the liquor?"

This spring, the managers in charge of selling liquor were found to be corrupt, and Sophia discovered that Richard sent soldiers to execute the embezzlers. And his family was reduced to slaves to go to the mines, and as long as the Haraland family existed, the descendants of the embezzlers would be slaves forever and forever, and would not be pardoned at any time.

In fact, once you are relegated to a generational slave, you are basically the last one.

Most of the Haaland family were indentured slaves, and with the exception of orc slaves, indentured slaves generally signed five-year contracts.

After five years, it is possible to turn over, and a normal female slave will not marry someone who has been a slave for generations at all.

The wife of the embezzler, who immediately found Richard after his accident, insisted on a divorce, and abandoned the two children.

It's just that the two children are pitiful, and with such a father, the fate of the whole life is destined to be very miserable.

There is extraordinary power in the Dawn plane, and although the oppression of the nobles is ruthless, the oppression of the bureaucrats is lighter.

Because of the existence of mantra, once the bureaucracy is suspected of using a mantra, a spell such as mantra and spitting truth, it is impossible to conceal corruption.

The aristocracy and the bureaucracy were not in partnership, but in strict superior-subordinate relations.

If the lord is very disgusted with corruption, the bureaucracy in the realm must be restrained.

The risks of corruption are too great, but the benefits do not bring about a class leap.

If a person on the Dawn Plane has a lot of money and is not protected by a strong force, the end will often be very tragic.

The path to success in this plane is always to become a powerful professional, make meritorious achievements, and obtain a knighthood.

Only after completing this step can you be considered to have achieved a class jump.

After this incident, Uncle Powell was in charge of the liquor trade, and he was in charge of the management of the distillery.

"The liquor trade is very stable, with the entry of Jonathan. Edward's two dukedom markets, the net profit increased to 800 gold coins per month. This year's cash income should be close to 10,000 gold coins. ”

The income of 10,000 gold coins, even if it is placed in the main legion, can support four squadron soldiers.

The salaries of the soldiers in Haaland's territory are half cheaper than those of the main army, and the officers are not far from the main army.

For example, the salary of the first squadron costs 2,000 gold coins a year.

Now Richard has organized ten infantry squadrons and one cavalry squadron, although there are many recruits who have not participated in the war and have made meritorious contributions, and there is no need for Richard to pay money for the time being.

Military spending is still huge, and the territory has also engaged in large projects, all of which require money.

Even though his income has increased a lot this year, Richard has only accumulated 5,000 gold coins in his treasury, which is not enough to store food.

The hospital is completely net investment this year, and I don't know when it will make money.

Although the output value of agriculture is very high this year, 18,000 mouths have come to the territory. Not only can grain not be sold, but it must be bought at a discount.

After the Haaland family was made baronial, Richard was forever short of money for five years.

I feel that when the family is the richest, it is still before I am knighted.

At that time, there were still several thousand gold coins in Lady Aura's treasury, and the number of gold coins was increasing every month.

Unlike now, although there is a lot of gold coins, the vault is empty.

(End of chapter)