Farming Road from Baron to Emperor

Chapter 49
In the study in Baron Gilles' castle.

Sorel knocked on the door, walked into the study, and bowed to Master Charles, "Master, with the help of the Iris infantry, the population of Mustang Town and the approximate amount of land owned by each household are as follows: it's here."

After all, he handed over a stack of cardboard. Although Sorel had tried his best to save paper, it was still not enough to use up all the cardboard in the castle. Animal fur was too expensive, so he could only use wood instead.

Charles reached out to take it, and looked at it carefully.

There are 963 households with 4812 people in Yema Town, including 30 households of blacksmiths, 121 households of cobblers and tailors, and 60 households of shoemakers.There are three surrounding villages, one is for raising horses in the north, and the other two are for growing grain, with a total of 20235 people.

There may be some deviation in this figure, but it is not bad. Serfs who raise horses do not collect grain, and the rest have to pay grain, and those who do not farm land in the town pay money.These 12000 or so people have to have more than 200 carts of grain a year.

The land used for this statistic is 100 yuan per square meter, and the current output is almost normal. One yuan of land can produce 50 buckets of grain. This family has 5 or 6 people and manages more than 20 yuan of land. They can barely survive, but most of them are starving to death.

Although the entire Iris Collar (enlarged version) is still in a state of sparsely populated land, people are more valuable than land at this time, but Shire still intends to leave a gap for land tax, of course the big one is poll tax.

"Sorrell, each person needs to pay 100 buckets of grain a year, and every one mu of land needs to pay 10 buckets of grain a year."

Sorrell nodded and said yes, and estimated in his heart that the charge was a little less than before. It was almost half more than before, and now it is half less.

"Remember to post a notice, and issue another one, allowing the serfs in the Iris Territory to chop firewood and hunt in the forest." Charles instructed: "The writing must be easy to understand, and those who can read should speak out, tell They. From now on, they will be the leaders of Iris, and they can go into the forest to hunt and chop firewood."

The entire territory belongs to the lord, serfs, land, rivers, and forests belong to the lord, and most of the forests do not allow serfs to go in to chop firewood and hunt, the same is true for most rivers, serfs are not allowed to go fishing, all of this It is the property of the lord.

"Young master, you are so benevolent and kind, your glory will surely shine on the whole town of Mustang, and the town of Mustang will shine brightly because of your leadership,"

Charles took the rainbow fart without blushing, waved his hand, and said, "I will leave a battalion of iris soldiers to assist you. Next, you will do a good job of grabbing soybeans and managing the horse farm. No troubles are allowed in Mustang Town. .”

"Thank you for your generosity, and thanks to the officers and men of Iris. Don't worry, I will definitely handle Mustang Town very well."

A few days later, the Iris soldiers were divided into three parts, and Lake led the supply battalion and 150 serfs to return to Tulip City with [-] carts of grain.A battalion of Iris soldiers is responsible for staying in Mustang Town.

Charles led the remaining four battalions of Iris soldiers and more than 50 knights from Mustang Town, and the other [-] serfs marched south, this time the destination was Flower Town in the south.

At the same time, Shire sent a messenger to let the flower town quickly collect food and send it over, otherwise it would end up with Baron Gilles.Because Shire learned the news, the Cosmos collar in the south gathered heavy troops.According to Shire's estimation, he should be a few days away with a normal march.

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Rewind the time to ten days ago.

A piece of news broke the peace of the royal city. The Tulip family was defeated. The originally turbulent situation in the royal city directly turned into a stormy sea.

If there is anything that is most important to nobles, then it must be land. With land, there will be people, and with food, there will be knights.The nobles' desire for land is definitely carved into their bones.

Earl Violet took advantage of the autumn harvest to attack Earl Tulip, counting the marching time in the middle, the stalemate time in the middle, and the time when the news was sent back to the royal city from Tulip.At this time, the earls and barons all over the country have finished their autumn harvest, and it is a good time to go out to the army.

As for why you didn't send out the army immediately, of course, everyone should divide the cake first. The first thing to do is to kick out those barons who are not strong enough, and finally only Earl Geithner Coriopersus (appeared in the previous article) Count Cosmos), Count Rhonda Comilla, and the Grand Prince.

Logically speaking, the eldest prince is the most suitable to inherit the Tulip collar, and the reason is very simple. Now that the Tulip family has been wiped out by Earl Violet, only the eldest daughter who is married is still alive, so he should be the most reasonable.

But everyone is in front of the land, who cares about you? After all, Earl Tulip's eldest daughter has changed her name to Kitty Aquinax, and she no longer has the right to inherit the Tulip collar.

Everyone quarreled in front of the map, chattering about the ownership of a small piece of territory, and finally the tulip collar was roughly divided into three parts.

Of course, they have tacitly agreed that all the barons in the tulip collar are dead. If they are not dead, they will help them. Is it a war? They may be shot to death by Liu Ya, or they may be scared to death.

Count Rhonda Comilla, who borders Tulip Territory on the west, has the town of Mustang, and Iris Collar on the north.

Tulip Town and Cherry Blossom Collar belonged to the eldest prince. The reason he played was simple. His wife belonged to the Tulip family, and Tulip Town could not be given over to outsiders.The traitor must also be dealt with by him, so the cherry blossom collar will belong to him.

This reason is much more reasonable for the Earls Geithner Coriopersus and the Earls of Comilla. After all, they are from the Tulip family. It is also reasonable to want Tulip Town. They are nobles with good virtues. No, they are too kind.

In the southeast, Count Geithner Coriopersus, who borders both the Tulip and Violet Territories, occupies the Flower Town and the Calla Lily Collar.After everyone reached a consensus, they began to dispatch troops and gather at the border.

But then, another big news came, and things took an astonishing turn.

Earl Violet was defeated, and he was actually defeated by a baron, and the Tulip family survived, and a daughter escaped.

Earl Geithner Coriopersus said unwillingly: "This person who suddenly appeared and said that she is the daughter of Earl Tulip must be the trick of Baron Shire to annex the Tulip Territory."

Count Rhonda Comilla and the eldest prince remained silent. The Baron Shire would definitely not be a fool if he could defeat Count Katz Violet head-on. It is the biological daughter of the dead Earl Keith Tulip.

But if they could kill Shire and the so-called daughter before he was awarded the baron, then all of this can be false, and this daughter is not the so-called daughter of Earl Keith Tulip.

That was the intention of Earl Geithner Coriopersus, as long as the words moved the hearts of the other two, everything would be fine.

(End of this chapter)