Miss Witch, please respect yourself

Chapter 48
The matter of receiving the Iron Mountain Territory was much more cumbersome than expected. When Reid initially sorted it out and came to the lord's study to report to Roy, there was only the last afterglow of the sunset in the west.

"Lord Roy, including Lord Denham and others imprisoned in Blackstone Prison, the population of the Iron Mountain Territory is 1348, including two bronze knights, 45 official knights, 153 apprentice knights, and 1150 ordinary citizens. "

"Among the 1150 ordinary citizens, less than 30 are engaged in farming. They mainly live on the banks of a small tributary of a river that flows through the Iron Mountain Territory. They rely on barren land for farming, and their food production is extremely low."

"The rest of the ordinary citizens are basically engaged in the mining industry and its extended forging industry."

"Lord Denham imposes a very heavy tax on the people of the Iron Mountain Territory. All income has to be paid 90%, but the tax can be replaced by servitude. Every time a labor force in the family participates in the mining industry, the tax can be reduced by 20%. to 50%."

"Under such a policy, each family basically needs two laborers to participate in the mining industry in order to barely have enough to eat."

Roy quietly listened to Red's report.

Although he doesn't like to deal with such trivial matters, as a lord, he must know.

The mining of ore in this era, to put it nicely, is a mining industry, and to put it bluntly, it is a "black mine". Not only is it extremely hard, but the degree of danger is also ridiculously high.

Mine collapses are not common, but they happen once or twice a year, and not a few people died because of this.

Lord Denham's policy, in the final analysis, is to force the people of the Iron Mountain Territory to mine, so as to support the total of 200 knights in the Iron Mountain Territory.

This is a deformed structure.

Normally, 5 lords support a trainee knight, 20 lords support a full-fledged knight, and 100 lords support a bronze knight, which is the healthiest and longest-lasting ratio.

The strength of a knight does not come out of thin air. The stronger the body, the more energy it needs to consume, and the higher the requirements for the quality and quantity of food.

Based on the number of knights in the Iron Mountain Territory, 1865 citizens are needed to support them normally.However, there are only 1150 citizens in the Iron Mountain Territory. If you want to support such a number of knights, it will inevitably lead to a very difficult life for a large number of citizens.

No wonder the people of Iron Mountain show so little loyalty to Lord Denham.

After understanding the general situation of Iron Mountain Territory, Roy said, "Uncle Reid, how much food is there in Black Stone Territory?"

"In order to survive the winter, the Blackstone Territory has already prepared a sufficient amount of food. Even if the citizens of the Blackstone Territory have not prepared any food, it will still be enough to last until the beginning of next spring."

Red knows everything.

As the "steward" of the territory, he is very clear about the big and small matters of the Blackstone Territory.

"Well, if you continue to publish, the tax of Iron Mountain Territory will be reduced to 50% of that of Black Stone Territory. Set a minimum fixed tax value according to the average tax of the citizens of Iron Mountain Territory last year, and ensure that this minimum fixed tax value is lower than the average tax rate. 50%, at the same time, the system of substituting tax with service remains unchanged, but the reduced tax for each mining operator is changed to 10%, with a minimum of 30%.”

"Provide minimum material protection for the families of mining practitioners who died unexpectedly due to mine collapse."

"In addition, please arrange to count the existing food reserves in the hands of the people of Iron Mountain Territory. This year is the first year we have taken over Iron Mountain Territory. We must ensure that no one will starve to death or freeze to death this winter."

Hearing this, Reid nodded, and then said anxiously: "Master Roy, I have a preliminary understanding before that in the hands of the people of Iron Mountain, the food reserves are far from meeting the minimum requirements for winter. If we want to carry out food If it is provided, the existing food reserves in Black Stone Territory and Tieshan Territory are not enough, and they need to continue to purchase."

"Winter is approaching, and all the territories are stockpiling grain, and there is still room to sell grain to the outside world. It is estimated that only the red collar in the north is five collars away from Heishi collar."

"The journey is far away, and there are bandits on the way from time to time. I guess I will need to personally escort them when the time comes."

"Then you will go out and bring all the knights to Chiling to buy grain. As long as the premium is not too high, you can accept it." Roy said solemnly.

"Yes!" Red nodded.

"As for the trainee knights in the Iron Mountain Territory..." Roy pondered for a moment: "You choose 50 people to stay, and mix them with our trainee knights in the Black Stone Collar. , and the rest will be sent home. Official knights will be imprisoned first."

"Understood." Reid replied.

"Well, that's about it for now. We'll fine-tune the details later. You should deal with it first."

After Red left, Roy rubbed his eyebrows.

Compared with dealing with government affairs, he prefers to practice breathing.

After simply eating something, Roy was about to start practicing the breathing method, but at this moment, he vaguely felt something, and turned his head to look at the corner of the study.

The shadow is like a fluid, rising against the current, outlining a slender figure in tight black clothes.

It is the Shadow Witch Lilia.

"What's the matter, Miss Lilia?"

Roy asked curiously.

"Vivienne is awake, she wants to see you." Shadow Witch Lilia bowed slightly, saluted, and then said.

"Is Miss Vivian awake..." Roy nodded, "I'll go and see."

……

When Roy walked into the lord's bedroom, he immediately saw the blond girl sitting by the bed.

The sound of approaching footsteps caught the attention of Vivienne, the Witch of Light. She raised her head, looked at the handsome young man standing at the door, and blinked her eyes. Her eyes were like a newborn deer, ignorant and pure.

"Witch of Light, Miss Vivienne, hello, this should be regarded as our first meeting in a real sense. I am Roy Turumbell, the lord of Blackstone Territory and Iron Mountain Territory."

"...Hello." The voice was so low that it was almost inaudible from Vivienne, the Witch of Light. When she met Roy's eyes, she subconsciously avoided her eyes and held her hands tightly. Covering the quilt on her body, a faint blush crawled out of her white and tender earlobes.

"Eh..." The performance of Vivienne, the Witch of Light, made Roy stunned.

Is it so socially scary?

Or was Vivienne able to perceive the outside world during the process of decontamination before, and she clearly felt it when he touched the "part closest to the heart", so she was shy?

Gathering his mind, Roy walked to a position about 1.5 meters beside the bed of Vivienne, the Witch of Light, and stopped.

This distance is a standard social distance, and it is the least likely to feel nervous for both parties in the conversation.

Roy looked seriously into the eyes of Vivienne, the Witch of Light several times, until the blush on her earlobe spread to the side of her face, then she looked away, and nodded to Lilia, the Witch of Shadow beside her:

"From the current situation, Miss Vivienne's condition is very stable, and there is no sign of the pollution getting out of control or continuing to increase."

(End of this chapter)