My Wife Is Great Fief Lord

Chapter 334 Tax Statistics (Monthly Pass Plus)

By the time he returned to the castle, it was completely dark, when Thomas saw Gervais returning with more than a hundred young women , was also shocked.

“Could it be that my grown-up is going to loot the girls? Didn’t he say that he was practicing some kind of cultivation technique? He didn’t even fulfill his right to the first night for the time being!”

Of course, this A little Thomas could only think about it in his heart, but he didn’t dare to ask it out.

“Thomas, these people are handed over to you, I’ll go to dinner first!”

“Yes, my lord!”

Since returning to the castle, Of course, Gervais didn’t need to arrange these things himself, so Thomas was left alone to face these serf girls, and Gervais went directly to the restaurant.

Perhaps because of today’s plentiful harvest, Gervais had a very good appetite and ate two kilograms of devil beast meat, so he wiped his hands with a square towel and prepared to get up.

“Your Majesty!”

At this time, Thomas is back!

“Well, Thomas, how are things going!”

Gervais asked Thomas graciously nodded.

“Sir, the women you brought back have already been arranged, and the food has been distributed to them!”

Because the number of these women is too large, there is no such thing in the town. They had a place to live, so Thomas was helpless, so he could only let these people live in the wood house in the vestibule.

The Golden Castle is also a Viscount Castle, and the wood house in the forecourt is enough to accommodate more than 300 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 river to wash.

“Well, that’s fine. By the way, Thomas, I still have something to tell you. Remember, I’m going to build a small wharf by the sea…”

Suddenly, Gervais I remembered the idea of being at the seaside in the afternoon, so I started to explain to Thomas about his plans to build a pier by the seaside, and asked him to start the construction after the completion of the stone house plan in Stormwind.

And this time is just right to take advantage of the opportunity to collect stones to excavate that piece of rock stone cliff, when the time comes, it will save the construction period of opening the road, and it can be erected directly in the sea. A sturdy wooden bridge, so that it can become a simple dock.

After explaining about the dock, Gervais also inquired about the rewards of Bernard and Abbey. It is his rule that if you have merit, this time without Bernard and Abbey, The seaside town and the castle may have been lost.

Abby and Bernard weren’t part of the guards, so Gervais didn’t reward them when he was rewarding the soldiers in the morning, but directly asked Thomas to take the reward privately.

Bernard has one gold coin and two pounds of devil beast meat, and Abi has 10 Silver Coins.

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

…

dong dong dong!

“Come in!”

“Thomas, it’s so late, what’s the matter? ?

At night, in the study room of the castle, Gervais was sitting at the desk, the door of the study room was knocked, Gervais complied, looking up, the person who came in was his own steward Thomas, which made Gervais a little bit. Curious, after all, I have been talking to Thomas in the restaurant for a long time, and now he has something to come to me.

“Sir, I’m sorry to bother you, this time I’m here to report the summer tax situation to you! ”

As a steward, although Gervais went to Rose Castle some time ago and became an arm-flinging shopkeeper, Thomas must report these important things to Gervais.

After all, Gervais There isn’t an Admin yet, otherwise these things are reported to Gervais by the Admin.

“Okay, Thomas, just say it! ”

Gervais understood Thomas’ words, so he continued to lower his head, while looking at the chart on the desk, while instructing Thomas, the chart Gervais was looking at was from the daytime. The captain got it in his room.

“Sir, there is a total of 3,000 mu of fields in Stormwind, all of which are planted with wheat. Today’s weather is good, so the harvest is very good. A total of 1.5 million catties of wheat has been harvested from the 3,000 mu of fields! “

Thomas took his notepad and read in a low voice.

“Only 3,000 acres of land can produce 1.5 million catties of wheat, which is still a bumper harvest. The yield per mu of this world is What a pitiful low! “

Gervais was also taken aback when he heard Thomas’ report.

This is too low! Although Gervais doesn’t know much about farming, he seems to have heard of wheat in his previous life. The yield per mu is basically about 1,000 catties. Even if there is no fertilization, it would have been about 700 catties in ancient times!

While this year’s bumper harvest is 500 catties per mu, a difference of 200 catties. A lot.

Thomas didn’t know that his adults were muttering in his heart, and continued to report.

“All taxes were collected five days ago, because it was in accordance with Dukedom’s regulations. According to the standard to collect tax, 3,000 mu of land 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 store it in the warehouse after you count it!” “

Gervais> the nobility of his nobility, from the very beginning, he was not going to get rich by collecting taxes from serfs, so he didn’t raise taxes like other people, but kept them at the minimum standard of dukedom. The same is true of Gandalf’s cheap dad.

The serfs harvested 1.5 million catties of wheat this time, while Gervais only harvested the minimum standard of 1.2 million catties, which means that the extra 300,000 catties The serfs don’t need to pay Gervais an extra grain of grain.

“Sir, the church tax…”

Thomas saw that Gervais didn’t respond, so he reminded cautiously.

“Oh, I almost forgot if you didn’t say it! Then take an inventory and prepare 300,000 catties of wheat. I will bring it with me when I go to Rose Fort in two days! “

The limit of 1.2 million catties, Gervais only draws fifth layer tax from the 1.2 million catties of wheat, which is 600,000 catties!

Before the church did not appear, this Taxes were not that high originally, basically three tiers were almost the same, but after the church appeared, they had to collect two and a half tiers of taxes. Of course the nobles would not bear this part of the burden alone, so most of them were passed on to On the serf.

It will become two and a half nobles, two and a half churches, and then the fifth layer of serfs, and according to the fertility of the land, the tax limit will also be adjusted upwards.

“Yes, my lord! That little guy quits first! “

After the tax report was completed, Thomas didn’t dare to disturb him any longer when he saw that his lord was busy, so he bowed and prepared to retire.

“By the way, Thomas, the servant in the castle.” How many kilograms of wheat is the ration for a year? “

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

“Sir, the servants eat twice a day, which is equivalent to a pound of wheat a day!” A year is 365 pounds! “

Thomas didn’t know what Gervais asked about this, but he answered Gervais’s question in detail. As a steward, Thomas knew this very well.

“Well, good Thomas , then you go down! After going down, let someone bring a pirate named Lille up by the way! “

Gervais> nod

, no more questions.

“Yes, my lord!” “

Thomas saluted again, and then carefully closed the door of the study.

“There are about 2,000 serfs in the territory. After paying taxes, the remaining wheat is 900,000 catties. It means that each person can get 450 catties of rations every year, even if the consumption of living materials such as replacing clothes with wheat is excluded! This year, the serfs in the storm collar should not have to go hungry! “

Gervais asked Thomas about the rations, that is, calculating whether the serfs could eat enough.

According to the calculation, the serfs should be able to eat enough this year. But Gervais knew that such calculations were inaccurate. The serfs not only needed to eat throughout the year, but also used wheat to buy other supplies, and even those who were sick also consumed wheat.

Also One thing is, this year is a bumper harvest, and the serfs have such a harvest. If there are no harvests in some years, the serfs will definitely not be able to survive the second year.

What? You say other There are two seasons for planting wheat in the territory, so you can have food and clothing without worry!

That means you are too naive! The fief lord is not a fool, and Gervais has no shortage of blood and sweat from the serfs. Therefore, according to Dukedom’s minimum quota of 3,000 mu, the harvest is based on 1.2 million catties of wheat.

Some ruthless nobles may directly increase the standard to 2 million catties, or even 3 million catties. Yes, as long as the serfs are not starved to death, the nobles can exploit them as they like.

For example, if Gervais collects today’s quarterly tax according to 1.5 million catties, there will be only 75 storm-led serfs left. Ten thousand catties of grain, on average, per person is 375 catties of grain. These grains are not enough to make the serfs starve to death, but also not enough to eat, but Gervais can get an extra 150,000 catties out of thin air. Wheat.

I still owe 7 more!

(End of this chapter)