I traveled through time and became a slave, and the noble lady was obsessed with me

Chapter 266 Bad Finances

All the staff in the huge town administration office are busy. Even if they have nothing to do, they still have to pretend to be busy.

Just because the new lord is calling all their immediate bosses into the office.

This office belonged to the former baron, but it had not been used for many years.

Fortunately, there were always people cleaning here before so that it didn't look dirty.

Chen Fan sat in the main seat, with Julia standing behind him.

At a glance, the six town leaders were standing and waiting.

The mayor, the sheriff, the treasurer, and three people in charge of land, agriculture, and forestry.

Except for the chief financial officer, who was from the royal capital, the others were all locals from Maplewood Town.

"Sir Chen Fan, let me formally introduce myself to you. I am Jose, the mayor of Maplewood Town. I have been in office for eleven years."

The burly middle-aged man next to him continued the introduction.

"Hello, sir, I am Kuchi, responsible for the safety of the town."

Chen Fan glanced at Kuqi, and saw that his stats were pretty good, much better than those of ordinary people.

"Lord Chen Fan, I am Fendi, the financial chief of Maplewood Town."

Chen Fan did not listen carefully to the remaining three, and his main attention was still on the three in front of him.

In a small town like this, the three of them are the most important.

Power, strength, wealth.

Fendi spoke first and reported on the basic situation of Maplewood Town.

"Maplewood Town's total revenue last year was 6321 gold coins, an increase of 210 gold coins compared to the previous year."

"The local tax is 695 gold coins, and the timber tax is 1332 gold coins."

"In this tax, after excluding the portion turned over to the capital, excluding the salaries of the town administration staff, excluding repairing roads, opening new wells, and updating the equipment of the security team, there are still 13 gold coins left."

After hearing this, Chen Fan smiled.

The several people in charge standing there looked embarrassed.

Good guy, after this year, there are only a dozen gold coins left in this huge Maplewood Town.

It really made Chen Fan laugh.

Maplewood Town pays taxes according to the tithe stipulated by the kingdom. Normal transactions and sales include this tax.

The reason for the timber tax is that the resources of those forests belong to the kingdom.

If you cut wood, you have to pay tax according to the amount you cut, which is equivalent to buying resources with the kingdom.

Of course, these resources will naturally be sold at a low price, and the townspeople must still be given some way to survive.

For a town of more than 2,000 people, the total income is more than 6,000 gold coins, which is barely enough.

On average, it is equivalent to a town citizen earning around 10 copper coins a day, and his monthly income can reach 300 copper coins.

Of course, this is only a very approximate algorithm.

You know, among the two thousand townspeople, there are old and young, and there are gangsters who are not engaged in production.

So, I just took an average.

In fact, most of the residents in Maplewood Town have extremely unstable incomes. Their annual income is barely 2400 copper coins, which is about two and a half gold coins.

This means feeding a family.

Compared to the capital, the income in this rural place is indeed much lower, and there are lack of many stable income opportunities.

Most of the townspeople earn their income in spring and summer, when trees are suitable for cutting down.

Waiting until autumn and winter, I spent boredom at home.

However, Chen Fan knew that the group of guys in front of him must be trying to make money out of it.

But Chen Fan didn't care about this.

The total number is here. No matter how you make money, there is a limit. It's incredible to give them more than ten or even hundreds of gold coins for more than a year. This is already as huge as they imagined.

Chen Fan doesn't dislike ambitious people, and he himself has never been one to do things according to the rules.

As long as he can do it cleanly and follow beautifully, Chen Fan will turn a blind eye.

The biggest problem in Maplewood Town now is that the income model is too single.

Although there is a lot of arable land that can be planted, they mainly rely on the resources in the forest for their livelihood.

It's not that those exquisite wood products are unprofitable, but they are all made by middlemen from the royal capital.

Here they collect wood and wood crafts at low prices, and then return to the capital to sell them at high prices.

The management of the entire town depends on these incomes, and the rest can go to Chen Fan.

Of course, after Chen Fan came, he had to pay the royal capital's taxes, and he could stay now.

But there are only a few hundred gold coins, and there are not even a few shops making money.

Sure enough, it is still a small place in the countryside.

Ugh……

These thirteen gold coins were probably kept by the few people in front of them because they were afraid they couldn't prove it.

Several people were a little nervous. They were afraid that they would hear from Chen Fan that their salaries would be reduced or their benefits would be deducted.

This is what most nobles often do.

Since the income is not very good, then take advantage of the people below.

If scalping could make a lot of money, Chen Fan might choose to try it.

It's a pity that Chen Fan really doesn't like that kind of income.

After a long silence, Chen Fan opened his mouth to break the tense atmosphere.

"I know, that's it for now."

As soon as these words came out, several people were slightly relieved to hear that Chen Fan didn't seem to care.

As a local snake, what happened in the hotel last night was also allowed to be heard by them.

In order to buy off the poachers, he was willing to spend more than a hundred gold coins.

In their hearts, the noble man in front of them is very rich.

Money represents strength, and this is the image Chen Fan has always wanted to maintain.

If it is not so strong, how can we attract people to join us?

"I still have an official position in the royal capital and cannot stay in the territory for a long time, but I will leave a person in charge."

"Julia, come and say hello to them."

After waving behind her, Julia took a few steps forward and nodded towards everyone.

Seeing Julia introducing herself to them, Chen Fan did not intervene.

The daily management here will be left to Julia for the time being. Chen Fan will not interfere too much and has no time to interfere.

As for how to increase the income here, the natural first step is to kick out the middlemen.

Chen Fan also owns several shops in the capital, so there is absolutely no need to let outsiders make the money.

It just so happened that even the two shops were also handed over to Julia for management.

Let Julia become his assistant who specializes in managing these businesses.

After a brief introduction, these people's attitude towards Julia was almost flattering.

After all, Julia is the one who will really manage this place in the days to come.

"From now on, the office here belongs to Julia. She can fully represent me. If anything happens, you can just tell her."

"I still have some things to do, so I won't disturb you to continue discussing some arrangements for Maplewood Town."

(End of this chapter)