Alien landlady

Chapter 115
While the two were chatting in the restaurant, the kitchen was tidied up with everyone's cooperation. The maid boiled water to make tea for Bai Tongtong and Pollock, and then most of the people closed their doors and windows and went back to the room to rest. .

The ingredients are limited and I can't make any complicated dishes, so Bai Tongtong simply made pizza with the noodles, using all the non-staple food she bought today, spread it high, and after putting it in the oven, she prepared the ingredients to make soup. The ingredients were finely chopped and fried When the aroma comes out, add water and boil it into a thick soup.

He had never eaten a bite of Bai Tongtong's food while listening to Harding's surveillance reports. Seeing her busy in front of the stove, Pollock was really looking forward to what it would taste like.

A few minutes later, the pizza and soup were put on the table one after another, and Bai Tongtong found a clean food packaging bag for Pollock to pack his leftover pizza.

The rich flavor and rich flavor of the pizza washed away Pollock's depressed mood, and he decided to eat here often in the future.

Bai Tongtong was sitting opposite Pollock, drinking tea while waiting. Two butlers were sitting on the other side of the cooking table wiping the tableware, waiting for orders at any time.

Pollock devoured two pieces of soup with a big bite, and packed the rest for him, but he didn't leave after eating, and sat down again after washing his hands in the sink behind him.

In view of Pollock's hard work helping her buy slaves today, and the pitiful face of being splashed with wine by a woman, Bai Tongtong couldn't bear to drive him away. She ordered the housekeepers to put the dried dishes back on the sideboard She didn't need to stay behind, and she continued to sit in the kitchen, read books, draw magic circles on magic paper, and spend time with Pollock.

Ah Huang shook his beard and grinned towards the back door of the kitchen, then the door that had not been bolted on purpose opened silently by itself, and Harding ran in.

After communicating with his magic pet, Pollock left in no hurry, took out his leather notebook and got busy with work instead.

The young lady who poured wine on his face was actually waiting for him in the driveway outside his house in a carriage, so there was no way he could go back so early.

Bai Tongtong, who was caught in the predicament of the conflict between the magic lines, put down his pen in frustration, stood up and wanted to take a walk outside to relax, but when he saw Pollock opposite him, his eyes widened first.

It's no surprise that Pollock is also using loose-leaf notebooks and mechanical pencils, but I don't know that he doesn't write with a pen at all, but writes with a wind-rolled pen, and he can even be distracted to read other documents.

Bai Tongtong is drooling with envy for this technique, the writing speed is faster than handwriting, and it also protects the wrist from being overworked.

"Looking at what?" Pollock didn't raise his head, his eyes were always on the document in his hand, and the pencil didn't stop, he kept extracting the key content from the document.

"Multiple tasks?" Bai Tongtong suddenly thought of Master Jules.

"Practice makes perfect, dear President Bai." Of course Pollock knew where she would associate it, and he couldn't admit it if he was killed.

"Well, you have an instant wolf." Bai Tongtong accepted this reason, and a high-level magician can sum up some tips that do not violate the natural laws of magic, but it does not mean that someone must have taught them.

Pollock finally raised his eyes, sorted out the extracted documents and put them in the ring, replaced with a blank manuscript paper, held the leather book in his hand, and then flipped through the previous content for an unknown number of pages. What data integration work to do.

"Actually, you can tie a small red string on the circle and use it as a bookmark, so you don't have to look through it for a long time every time." Bai Tongtong pointed to the drawing book where he drew the magic circle, on which a thin red string was tied.

"This method can be used for notebooks that are purely for recording, but some people's notebooks have time-indexed notes, and sometimes they need to go back and look for them."

"Like, planning and completion schedule or something?"

"Well, almost."

Bai Tongtong licked her mouth, Pollock's idea reminded her of sticky notes, but the unique removable glue is a difficult problem, but it is difficult to have the motivation to study.

Under the control of the wind, the pencil began to write quickly on the manuscript paper with rustling noises. Pollock distractedly looked at Bai Tongtong. Seeing that she seemed to have some new inspiration, he shrugged his eyebrows slightly.

Seeing his reaction, Bai Tongtong returned a mysterious and slightly smug smile.

The pencil stopped and fell on the paper, Pollock closed the book and looked directly at Bai Tongtong.

"Hey, don't look at me like that, it will cause people to misunderstand." Bai Tongtong teased Pollock by erecting the drawing book to cover the parts below the eyes.

Pollock was too lazy to answer her nonsense, "President Bai, it's been a long night, why don't we talk about business, huh?"

"Are you also interested in products that have nothing to do with magic? The profit per piece is very thin."

"As long as the business can make money, I'm interested in it. I'm not afraid of thin profits, as long as the volume is large."

"So, how many merchants and factories do you control? Not even workshops, not even illiterate workers."

"Such a high demand?"

"To ensure product quality, it deserves high demands."

Pollock half-closed his eyes, and glanced at the storage ring on Bai Tongtong's left hand, "I really want to see your legendary test list."

"Dream." Bai Tongtong rolled her eyes, moved her shoulders, changed her mind about going for a walk, turned around and lit the fire, filled the kettle to boil water to make tea, and then cleaned the teapot and cups that had been drunk.

Pollock was sitting with his back to the sink and facing the stove. When Bai Tongtong came to fetch water with the kettle, he put away all the manuscript paper, even though she was not standing directly behind him.When she turned to wash the tea set again, he simply turned around and sat astride the bench.

"Is this pool working well?"

"very good."

"Do you know that this is the latest research result in the magic world? However, it has caused a lot of controversy in the circle of ordinary people and scholars."

"Yes, I also know the new terms of those related principles."

"Understand?"

"Of course." Bai Tongtong looked back at Pollock strangely, "Why can't you understand? You are the wind, you can fly, you shouldn't be in a knot."

Pollock spread his hands, "I don't want to rise infinitely, it's enough to fly above the roof at most."

"Then you go to climb the mountain, to climb the highest mountain, and you will know what it feels like to go higher."

"Have you ever climbed a mountain?"

"Climb over. If you want to know the feeling of the limit, try it yourself." Bai Tongtong put the rinsed tea sets one by one on the cooking table behind him, and used magic to get rid of all the remaining drops of water.

Pollock sat upright again, and while Bai Tongtong was leaving the kitchen to go to the opposite pantry to get the tea she brought from Wangdu, he quickly took out another leather notebook with a sly smile on his face, turned to one page and wrote With the fresh information obtained, she can draw a more detailed map of her past life experience in the future.

Harding and Ah Huang were fighting under the table, one biting the other, and one scratching the other's paw.

When Bai Tongtong came back with tea leaves, the water on the stove was boiling. There is nothing better than a hot teapot. Even in Fubao Town, where the climate is warm all year round, you still have to keep warm at night in early March. Yes, it's time to change into thin clothes after the middle of the month.

"After drinking this pot of tea, you go home and go to sleep. I have to get up early tomorrow to go shopping in Kedikov. You made me mess up today."

"This is called preparing as early as possible. You will thank my servant for preparing the slaves for you first, and people will often ask you if you need a clerk in the future."

"Secret agent?" Bai Tongtong pushed a teacup to Pollock and asked him to season it himself.

Pollock just pursed his lips and added what he liked to the tea with a half-smile.

"Hey~" Bai Tongtong pouted unhappily.

"I'm just a smuggler, and the information I can get is limited. I only know that there are always some people who are very good at seizing opportunities."

"I want to investigate first whether there are any of you among those slaves."

"Hey, hey, don't wrong me. They were all carefully selected by slave traders. I didn't do anything except matchmaking. Uh, except..."

"Except for what? Don't be tricky, be careful I'll beat you up, I hate your hesitant and unpleasant virtue the most."

"The next country captured the original nationals and sold them as slaves, and then occupied the territory from the immigrant population of the country. This is indeed an inspiration from your incident, and it has spread to those countries in the south."

"Because a large number of Kirills have been sold over there."

"The slaves cannot be allowed to return to their mother country. This has also become the tenet that they believe in."

"Excellent execution?"

"Very good. Your slaves, unless you send them back, otherwise, even if you set them free and pay them enough travel expenses, they can't go back. They haven't even left their small piece of land in their hometown.

"Because it's too closed?"

"Who knows, but it's really a beautiful landlocked country, the land is fertile, it's hot on the plains, but it's cool when you go up the mountains, and there are special agricultural products that only grow in the climate of the hot plains, you can cook like that , will definitely be of interest."

"If you want me to cook it for you, you can take the initiative to bring something. It's so lively, I don't even know the exact location of that country." Bai Tongtong didn't put anything in her teacup, she likes the taste of clear tea.

"It's very easy. Next time I come here, I will bring you some."

"Main food?"

"Everyone in that area eats this. It is the same as our wheat. It is first ground into powder, mixed with water to form a sticky dough, and then steamed. When eating, roll up a small piece and serve it with vegetables."

"Hand-grasped? This is very interesting, I must try it." Bai Tongtong would not let go of the opportunity to change the taste, "Is there any other crops that can be grown in this climate? Get some seeds. I think it is cool and rainy. There must also be edible characteristic plants on the mountain."

"Then your [-] mu of arable land is far from enough."

"What are you afraid of? The eight villages around Fabao Town are my future arable land."

"In some villages there are large landowners and aristocratic territories, and even church properties. They have occupied a lot of fertile land for so many years."

"Then I'll start with the owner's land first, and the big landowners and nobles will slowly move closer to me. The church property has nothing to do with me."

"Stealing the church's business? They'll retaliate."

"If I increase the output of agricultural products produced on ordinary people's arable land, the amount of church tax paid by farmers will also increase. Do you think the tax is too much? Are you stupid for thinking of the church?"

"Priests and local bishops in big cities or major towns are recognized by people as smart and capable, but there are quite a few priests in small towns and towns who do stupid things."

"It's okay, plan No. [-] won't work, and there's still No. [-]."

Pollock raised the corners of his mouth with great interest, "Let's hear it?"

"No, what if you betray me."

"I think I have accumulated a lot of reputation with you? We still have a friendship of fighting together."

Bai Tongtong puffed up her cheeks with a half-smile, "The name you told me was just a code name, and I was worried that you were a secret agent of the church, and all you did was to win my trust."

Harding suddenly jumped out from under the table, stood up on his hind legs with his front paws resting on the edge of the table, and whined in a low voice, as if he was apologizing for his master.

Pollock scratched Harding's neck, "You don't believe in my lord, don't you believe in him? People in the church never bring magic pets, they only believe in the power of their own beliefs."

"It's true that I can't trust you, but I like Harding. For its sake, I can not entangle with you on the issue of the church."

"Only this little bit?"

"Who knows if you're someone's corporate spy or something?"

"Why don't you believe that I did it alone?"

"Because you didn't give me my real name."

"Then I will tell you now?"

"No need, I can't tell if your real name is real or not. I think you also use a pseudonym when you deal with other smugglers and slave traders. If you want me to trust you, unless there is a friend we both know to prove your identity for you. "

"So cautious?"

"I have been cheated too much, there is no way."

"According to what you said, it is difficult for me to judge whether your name is your real name."

"Yes, I am a foreigner. No one can prove my past experience. Fortunately, I still have strength."

"NYA~~" Ah Huang, like Harding, protruded his head with his front paws on the table, and yelled triumphantly.

Bai Tongtong scratched the fur between Ah Huang's ears, bowed his head and kissed it.

"Then the conversation is in an endless loop."

"We can leave this alone."

"Talk about your number two plan?"

"Hey! That's all you want to know?"

"I always get to the bottom of things I am interested in."

"But I don't like to be so candid. That's my trade secret."

"What you want to grab is the church's control over this large piece of land. You are not as knowledgeable in this area as I, so you can treat me as an aide?"

Bai Tongtong shrugged her eyebrows, a little convinced.

"Well, it's okay to discuss it."

"All ears." Pollock poured tea for the two of them and approached the table.

"It's actually very simple. The guild came forward to rent out all the arable land, and then I rented it as a test field, paid rent to the self-cultivators, and then hired them to help me cultivate the land. Everything was a cash transaction, and the output of the land belonged to me personally. The harvest is Whether it is good or bad has nothing to do with the peasants, and after paying taxes to His Majesty and the church, what is left is pure income, and they no longer have to bear the cost of farming tools, livestock, seeds, and labor. This will make their family's disposable annual income more than before. The level of self-farming and living standards will increase, and if they don’t want to be hired by me, the whole family can go outside to engage in industry and commerce, and the annual land rent allows them to advance or retreat without any worries.”

Pollock pursed his lips, curled his palms, tapped his knuckles on the table rhythmically, his eyes were out of focus, and he was in a state of contemplation and digesting Bai Tongtong's words.

Bai Tongtong didn't bother him, let him think slowly, she believes that the smuggling business can do so well, she must have good arithmetic skills, she quietly drank tea for a while.

Pollock's eyes suddenly lit up, and he knocked heavily on the table, his face lit up, he had completely figured it out.

"Your Majesty's land tax is only related to the land area and fertility level. The tax amount per mu of land is stable in most periods, but the church's tax is charged at 12.00% of the total land output, and the remaining 80.00 If the net yield is [-]%, farmers will increase the selling price in order to pay back the cost, but if the selling price is too high, they will not be able to sell it, and the losses will be borne by the farmers themselves, which will often affect their next year's planting season. This kind of life is forced to sell the land to the church, become a tenant farmer of the church, or leave home to make a living in other places. But your method is to separate the farmers from the land. The farmers do not invest any cost in agriculture, and their labor expenses are limited. You pay the remuneration, and the money you get is your net income, and the rest after paying the tax will not affect the daily life of the whole family, and for farmers with more land, it can even make their lives better.”

"That's right, when farmers' lives are really improved, do you think they will move closer to me or continue to lean towards the church?"

"What's the average rent for tenant farmers here?"

"According to the price given to me by the previous mayor, the land rent for tenant farmers is 80 copper coins. This area is the best first-class cultivated land."

"And your grain production increase technique can easily earn back the cost."

"More than that, the warm climate here can also help me make a lot of money in winter. Fast-growing vegetables with a short growth period will sell very well in northern cities in winter. I have a large output, even if I use a teleportation array to transport it, the freight will be shared evenly. It will be diluted. And I only need to pay taxes to His Majesty, and the church does not get a copper coin from me."

A pleasant smile slowly bloomed on Pollock's face, without any calculations, and his neat white teeth magnified his handsomeness several times. He had never seen him smile like this before, and Bai Tongtong couldn't help but raise his vigilance again.

"This is a trick I came up with. Don't secretly sell it to others and use it in other places in advance. If the church is to be more vigilant and come up with countermeasures, you'd better not show up in front of me again in this life."

"I swear to all the gods in the natural world, we are in the same camp when it comes to cheating the church. Even if I sell other teammates, I will never sell you."

"Save me until the last one to sell?"

"Hmm~, this can be considered."

"Stop talking nonsense. Anyway, this plan is known by God and you and me. No third person knows. If I find out, it must be you who leaked the news. If you still dare to show up, I will definitely see and beat you once."

(End of this chapter)