In the room, it was no one else sitting in front of Char, but Yulia with a big belly.
Now Char's group, from him, whether it is Kato Sharba or Alfrecart, are either born in the army, or mountain hunters, or born as samurai, they can be regarded as fighting men.
After Char came to Yanjing, he made a lot of windfalls, and gradually had a large family business, but things like maintaining the family's regular expenses and keeping account details could only stare at a few big men.
Fortunately, there is also a Kevin's widow Yulia at home, and Yuria's spirit gradually improved, and she stepped forward when she saw several big men staring at each other for the family's accounts.
Although Yulia doesn't have any great talents, she comes from a middle-class family, and she can be regarded as having some ink in her stomach, and Kevin is away all the year round, and she is responsible for the affairs of the family alone, although she may not have any great talents, but she is not known how many times stronger than a few big men.
She refused to be raised in vain under Char's care, and volunteered to do some effort.
Char also felt that letting her do something could send the knot in his heart, besides, this big family, the trivial things of people eating firewood, rice, oil and salt really gave him a headache, and he couldn't ask for a reassuring person like Yulia to manage him, so he agreed.
As a result, Yulia became a butler in Char's house.
"Char."
Yulia sighed, her face a little worried: "Don't worry, I'll tell you slowly." ” Char has great respect for this Kevin's widow, although he occasionally plays scoundrels to others, but in front of Yuria, he has always been strict and respectful, even if he lived with the old guy back then, he has never been so honest and respectful.
The turtle took a breath and said, "Well, I was in a hurry just now, you say slowly, well, isn't it actually money, it's a big deal, I'll sell this house." ” "You don't have to sell your house."
Yulia smiled faintly, she stroked her stomach with one hand, and said slowly: "I calculated, such a big house, a total of forty-nine rooms, not counting the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard and the horse shed at the back."
Many places are too dilapidated, if you want to renovate it, even if it is not luxurious, try to simplify and save it, and just let it restore its original appearance to the price of building materials in Yanjing, which will cost at least 2,000 gold coins."
Char glared: "So expensive" Two thousand gold coins, at the price of Yanjing Osgilia, about two silver coins are enough for a civilian family of three to live for more than a month, and the cost of a year is only two gold coins.
Two thousand gold coins is enough for an ordinary family to live for a thousand years Yulia couldn't help it: "This is no way, the floor was originally high-grade granite marble, and the wall tiles are not ordinary colors, the grass and trees in the yard are transplanted, and the lamps are damaged, and some places are damaged, even if we don't replace them all, only replace the damaged ones, but we also have to buy the same things as the original Although the house seems to be dilapidated, but I took a closer look, the original things in all places are first-class and high-grade The cost of this house back then, I was really surprised when I thought about it."
All the places, large and small, have been repaired, and the two thousand gold coins have been saved as much as possible. ” After a pause, she continued: "There is such a big house, after it is repaired, the usual expenses are also indispensable, the gardener who takes care of the garden, the cook and maid in the house, the groom and coachman, the servant and miscellaneous servants, all cost money to hire, you are now a nobleman and a high-ranking official, but you can't just pull a few people back on the street, the kind of servant who has been strictly trained, and the servant used by a large family, the salary is not low."
In addition, there is also the cost of each day, such a large group of people, people eat and chew, every day is an expense, I have calculated, add it up, according to the scale of your current hand, plus the expected hired people from the family, a month, our expenses are at least a hundred gold coins, which is only a visible cost.
Such a big house, not that you can repair it once, such a manor, the maintenance cost is not low, I inquired roughly, other nobles, like such a manor, the annual maintenance and repair cost is nearly 1,000 gold coins, which is already the least. ” Speaking of this, Yulia hesitated, she glanced at Char and sighed: "Char, now it's just you and me, I have a few words to remind you."
I'm just a woman, and if it's wrong, don't mind. ” "Well, you just have to say."
Char said calmly: "I treat you as a relative in my heart."
"These people around you, Sharba and Cato are the life and death brothers in your army, and they will definitely follow you to serve in the border county of Mor in the future, and they will naturally be supported by the state's salaries and salaries.
But Mr.
Alfrecut, and the dozens of wolftooth warriors he brought with him, are all in your service.
These people are loyal to you, but they have been here for so many days, and you can't just let them stay with you for nothing. ” "Uh" Char was stunned for a moment.
Yulia saw that Char was at a loss, and said with a smile: "People turned out to be a samurai regiment that set up their own portals, although they didn't earn much, but they also had income every year, and they set up their own portals and were not controlled by others.
Now I follow you, although Mr.
Alfrecat is very loyal to you, and you also have great kindness to him, but kindness, you can't eat for a lifetime, think about it carefully, people used to lead the samurai regiment to make their own living, and they also have an income of more than a dozen gold coins a month, and now they have been with you for so many days, even though Mr.
Alfrecat doesn't want your money, but the samurai he brought, people may not be so loyal to you, you have to pay them a salary, otherwise, why should people follow you for nothing" Char suddenly realized.
After all, he doesn't know anything about this kind of thing, and these days, he really forgot about this stubble To put it bluntly: if people follow you, they are your subordinates, and the amount of food and drink should naturally be paid by you Otherwise, why should people follow you?
Char has never been a leader, although he has led people in the army before, but his subordinates have military salaries from the state, where do he need to worry about this, but he really forgot about this matter completely These days, everyone followed him, he just thought that everyone had wine and meat to eat together, and everything would be fine, but he never thought of giving money to others, fortunately, Alfrecat never complained, but he didn't say it, and the samurai below may not have any thoughts in their hearts.
Char stood up and bowed to Yulia sincerely: "It's me who was careless, if it weren't for your sister-in-law, I would still be making a fool."
Yulia smiled slightly: "You are a person who is a nobleman and a big official, and others will naturally do these little things for you, and you don't blame you if you can't think of it."
Well, I've actually quietly calculated that some of the samurai brought by Mr.
Alfrecat can be selected to join the army, and they will naturally be paid in the future, and some surnames are not suitable for being soldiers, so they stay at home as guards, and this expense is considered your own, as for the salary, I have inquired about their income in the samurai regiment in the past, and it can't be lower than before.
Counting these, why do you have to spend dozens of gold coins more every month, and the salary of the people is not so much, but the cost of weapons, armor, and horses is always a lot.
The so-called poor and rich warriors, raising so many warriors, not only for people to eat, but also for weapons, swords, and armor to cost money. ” Char frowned: "Okay, according to what you said, all the money in my hand is spent, how much is left?"
Yulia sighed, "One thousand gold coins." ” "Oh" Char was overjoyed, in his opinion, a thousand gold coins was already a lot, "Fortunately, there are so many more than enough for me to go to Mooreshire" "No, I mean, you're still a thousand gold coins short of the money you have in your hand, and it's not enough right now.
Although you have made a lot of windfalls recently, you have not been small lately, going in and out, rewarding the envoys in the palace and spending at home, all of which are money.
I thought about it carefully, if you want to repair this house now, you really don't have enough money, then you have to go out and borrow money.
Unless the house is left unrepaired, the samurai brought by Mr.
Alfrecat are first co-opted with money.
Let everyone's hearts settle down, people's hearts are settled, and this family can be considered stable. ” Char was a big grinning surname, so he laughed loudly: "Then let's do it, if the house is not repaired, it will not be repaired, and we will not have a place to live." ” "It's not that simple."
Yulia smiled bitterly and glanced at Char: "Your big surname, alas, I calculated it myself, this house, if you don't repair it today, you won't repair it tomorrow, but in the future, you will always have to repair it, and every month in the future, our family's expenses can't be calculated without a few hundred gold coins every month."
A year, there are some additional expenses, you will also be a noble person in the future, this friendship, ushering in and sending are all costly, in general, no three or four thousand gold coins a year is not enough, if something happens, I am afraid that five thousand gold coins will not be able to fight.
After a pause, Yulia looked at Char: "Although you have been a baron, you will also have your own fief in the future, and if you have a fief, you will have income, as well as your own salary as an official, but I also inquired, in the empire, an ordinary baron, the fief is at most a small town, and the tax revenue a year is only two or three thousand gold coins, which is already quite good, that is to say, with the income of your title fief, you can't afford to support such a large family." ” Char froze, completely froze Can't afford to raise a family Are you kidding Char grabbed her hair with hatred.
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He used to be a small mountain people, eating with one mouth, and the whole family was not worried about eating alone, and occasionally he caught a game and sold it, in addition to eating and drinking, he could also leave a little surplus, and maybe there were a few more tinkling copper plates in his pocket to exchange for wine.
Now, as a nobleman, with fancy clothes and delicacies, he has official positions and fiefs, and the people in a large number of fiefs can't even support their families Yulia smiled bitterly, looked at Char with an ignorant and surprised expression, and patiently explained to this kid: Generally speaking, a baron can only be regarded as a middle and low-class title in the aristocratic class, as for the fief, a baron's fief is generally only the size of a small town, which is not bad If it is a rural nobleman in some remote places, a baron's fief is only three or five villages.
A baron like Char, who is favored by the emperor, can get a more prosperous town, which is very good.
But the population of a small town is only 10,000 people.
Taxes, agricultural taxes and commercial taxes must be handed over to the central part of the empire, and the rest can go to the nobles themselves, and in a year, a small town with a population of 10,000 people can have a surplus of two or three thousand gold coins, which is already a very rich area.
Of course, as a fief lord, Char has the power to levy taxes and raise taxes, and set up other names to loot wealth, but with Char's personality, he really wants him to squeeze the people's fat and ointment viciously, and he can't do it if the people in the fief are ruined and the people are miserable.
In the opinion of the turtle, the life of the bully landlord in his heart is nothing more than flirting with chicks on the street with a few dog legs.
Then the problem is at hand: such a nominal income is obviously not enough to feed such a large family.
Char started to scratch her hair.
"I really don't understand, the aristocratic lords I saw, one by one, dressed in light, in and out of the mansion, the slaves and beautiful maids waiting, the wives and concubines, how can they live so nourishingly and nourishingly, and I don't see those guys worrying about money" Char frowned.
"Poor and rich."
Yulia sighed, "You recruited Mr.
Alfrecat and his men, in fact, it seems a little out of place for me to say something that I shouldn't say. ” "Ugh" Yulia smiled: "Although I am not from a noble family, my family is also a medium-sized family, and I have seen how those little nobles live."
Char, there are indeed those nobles who live rich and noble lives as you mentioned, but those are all real wealthy and powerful people.
In fact, in the empire, the baron can only be regarded as a low-level noble, and the life of most low-level nobles may not be as beautiful as you say.
In fact, in my hometown, a baron's family only lived in a mansion that was stronger than ordinary people's, and there were three or five old servants in the family, and there was a carriage to ride in when going out, and food and clothing were not much better than ordinary wealthy families.
As for private soldiers, generally speaking, a small baron's territory is only a town, and it is enough to gather a few peasant soldiers to maintain law and order.
But it's good for you to come up and recruit a samurai regiment, Mr.
Afrecut's martial arts skills are exquisite, and these samurai under his command are also very strong, but such an elite private soldier, looking at the entire empire, no baron can afford to recruit it.
But you have not only recruited these warriors, but also equipped them with armor and fine weapons, and equipped each with two good horses, which is considered an elite cavalry.
Have you ever seen such an elite cavalry stationed in a small town?"
Char was speechless.
"The ways for the aristocracy to make money are nothing more than a few: first, taxation.
I'll reject this path for you.
After all, the national tax items of the empire are not low, and ordinary people can't afford to pay higher taxes, blindly squeezing and looting, this kind of thing, don't say you can't do it, even if you want to do it, I won't agree.
The second is an unsavory method in private: doing business, getting several industries in the territory, clothing, food, housing and transportation, opening taverns and hotels, and doing business.
Other aristocrats were usurious, and I have even heard that in the outlying areas of the empire, some nobles were involved in the human slave trade. ” Char shook his head: "Business can be done, but I can't do business."
As for usury, Lao Tzu has no money in his hand now, where is the money to lend to others to buy and sell slaves, I will sell it, who can't sell myself."
Yulia smiled and continued: "Then there are other ways: you are an imperial official, the commander of the armament of a county, and you can be regarded as a military general in his own right.
So in the army, there are many ways to make money, so I don't need to teach you.
The greed of military quartermasters, as well as eating empty salaries and drinking the blood of soldiers, you will not know these things in the army.
But if you do these things, I will never agree that if you are such a person, even if my orphans and widows starve to death, they will not stay with you. ” Char hurriedly said: "Yulia, don't worry, I came out of the Rhodria Corps, I can do other things, this thing of eating empty pay and drinking the blood of soldiers, Lao Tzu can't do it." ” "Alas, it's not like you can't do nothing."
Yulia hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "We don't do big bad things, but some small things are reasonable."
Since you are the commander of the armaments of a county, then you can have your own personal guards, and these personal guards are considered to be the establishment of the imperial army, which means that those warriors brought by Mr.
Alfrecat can use the imperial salary to support this method Although this method is a bit bad, but everyone is doing it, I will not be unkind to you to do it."
Char nodded, that is, he used the country's money to support his guards.
People eat horses, weapons, armor, horses, and have public funds to reimburse them, although this is also a advantage, but looking at the whole country, even people like Ruhr and General Adric are inevitably acting like this, so Char will not have any psychological obstacles to do it.
"Also, your territory has not yet been decided, if it can be placed in Mor County, in the frontier land, there is also the income from trade routes, and collecting taxes from passing merchants, it is also a financial route."
Yulia said this, rubbing her eyes that were a little sour: "These are all later words, I have to find a way to find money in the future."
At the moment, you have taken over such a big house, which really does not match your current identity. ” She sighed: "You are just a small baron now, but such a mansion, in Yanjing, I am afraid that only those dukes and counts can live in such a house."
Such a big house is really not a beautiful thing for you, but it is a great burden. ” Damn Char furious He was originally happy in his heart, he had recently been promoted and made a fortune, and he didn't know that he was already so poor, but today he was broken by Yulia's situation, and he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, so he blamed Calvehill for this matter: This old guy gave me a house, I'm afraid he deliberately wanted to harm Lao Tzu "Then sell this house," Char gritted his teeth and stomped his foot.
He doesn't care what the secret of the tulip family is to fuck the tulip family's life ideal is to be promoted and make a fortune, and now he is inexplicably tied to the boat of the tulip family, and he is also trying to get rid of the secret treasure of the tulip family that he sold if he sells it, Lao Tzu doesn't want to go to the frontier happily to be a local tyrant and bully, how happy Yulia shook her head: "It's sold, I agree, but it's not easy to do." ” "You can't sell anything" "It's not that it can't be sold."
Yulia smiled bitterly: "Char, don't you understand?"
"There's something you don't understand."
Char's eyes widened: "I heard that there is a trading guild in the south of Osgilia, and the merchants who come and go can be listed and traded there, let's go and put this house in the trading guild, as soon as the sign is hung, the price is lower, as long as it doesn't lose money, anyway, Lao Tzu got it for nothing, and if it is sold cheaper, it will only make no loss." ” "It's not that simple."
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Yulia smiled bitterly: "You are now a nobleman, and the aristocratic family sells houses and properties, which is different from ordinary people."
If it is an ordinary family and the house property is sold, it is natural to go to the trading guild and hang a sign.
But you are now a nobleman, and you go to hang up a sign today, then tomorrow the news of your Baron Char's sale of the house will spread throughout the aristocratic circle of Yanjing, and everyone will think that you are a ruined family and poor and sell your house, which will immediately become a laughing stock in Yanjing.
Moreover, you are a nobleman, and the house of the nobles is bought and sold, even if you hang it, ordinary people may not dare to buy it, even those rich businessmen who have money in the family, most of them dare not pay for your house. ” "And why is that?"
"You are a baron, God knows that you are short of money today, you sold the house, in a few days you have money, in case you run back to find them to buy them back, they are ordinary businessmen, you are a nobleman, in case of a dispute, where can people fight you, a baron with real power, it is better to have more than less, and the mansion on the market is not only you, others would rather buy other houses than yours."
Yulia patiently explained: "Therefore, generally speaking, if there is an estate to be sold in the aristocratic family, they will not go to the trading guild to be listed, but will only trade privately with other noble families they are friends with, and everyone is a nobleman, so they can rest assured when trading."
And they will try to keep the news confidential and blockade, so as not to make the face of the party who sells the industry ugly. ” Char's face turned pale: "Damn, there are so many rules" He slapped the table suddenly: "If you don't sell the house and don't repair it, just put it there and let it rot there, and when it falls out, it will be quiet."
Yulia asked Char to say this, not deliberately forcing him, but just calculating the family's accounts to him, lest Char really think that he is rich now and spend money lavishly.
The reason is clear, let this turtle spend money on his own in the future, and he will be careful about everything, and he will achieve his goal.
As for repairing the big house, Char can dispel this thought, which is also Yulia's intention: put it there first, and then repair it later when she has money, if she really has no money, she can only rot there.
Although I am unwilling, it is too stupid to go bankrupt for the sake of a house.
Char looked bad for three days for the money, and he was angry in his heart.
Fortunately, he understood the reason, the situation at home was understood, and he knew that he was just an empty shelf with a beautiful scenery now, but he still followed Yulia's suggestion and first paid a salary to the group of samurai brought by Afrecut, and sure enough, after these guys took the money, they were very happy, and the secret resentment also disappeared.
People, it's all like this, Char understands this very well, and he will also be resentful: I used to be a samurai and still had income, but now I have taken refuge in you, the baron lord, but I have no money, who is willing to do it However, the word "bankruptcy" has always been pressing on Char's heart, which really makes him feel uneasy.
He has been dreaming for the past two days, dreaming that he is wearing tattered clothes, and taking a group of brothers to beg for food on the street with broken swords and broken armor, Damn Qian, I really didn't expect that when he became a nobleman and an official, he became worried about money.
In the past few days, I met some noble children in the royal garden hunting ground that day, and I got the instructions of the elders in the family to make friends with Char, and Char had to be asked out to drink a few wines, but now Char has become stingy, if it is usual, with his surname that likes to be an uncle everywhere, others invite him to drink once, and he has to invite others to drink three meals.
Now, someone invited him to dinner, and he longed to go to the feast for a day.
With that experience in the hunting ground, the entire aristocratic circle in Yanjing now understands that this little baron is a figure that His Majesty the Emperor is willing to cultivate, and the process of the noble council's review of Char's title is much faster.
Originally, I was afraid that I might not be able to get the procedures down for another half a month, but all the procedures were completed within three days.
When the nobleman's reward procedures were sent to Char, and the family emblem, family mark, seal letter and other things arrived in Char's hand, then from this moment on, he Char thundered, and he was officially a member of the aristocratic class of the Byzantine Empire.
As for the fief, as he expected, the Lance Emperor directly drew a place in Moore County, which was a small town near Denzel City, and a civil affairs booklet was issued, indicating that the town was not as large as Wildfire Town, and the population was only eight thousand, although Char was still a little dissatisfied, but he also understood that as a baron, and he was a new nobleman, it was already very good to have such a fief.
If you change people, have no foundation, and do not have the appreciation of Your Majesty, even if you are given a baronial title, maybe you will be assigned to a certain marginal eastern wilderness area to go to Mor County, which can still be regarded as a grain-producing area.
After the formalities for the title were completed, it is said that the Emperor of the Lance originally planned to confer the knighthood on him personally, but was later stopped by the courtiers around him: His Majesty the Emperor of the dignified Emperor conferred the title on a small baron, so as soon as this kind of example is opened, will all the titles of such small nobles be conferred by His Majesty in the future So the emperor finally did not come forward, but sent a messenger to see Char, bringing a few words of encouragement, which was nothing more than "Do a good job, do a good job, and I will not treat you badly."
Something like that.
It was Char, who listened to the words of the emperor brought by the palace envoy, but almost cried.
Seeing that this baron was so excited, the palace envoy couldn't help but comfort: "Lord Baron, Your Majesty appreciates you so much, and you must make some achievements to repay Your Majesty."
How did he know that what Char was crying was not a few worthless words of encouragement from the emperor, but the money in his pocket This sent a palace envoy to and fro, and he had to secretly stuff a piece of gold again The knighthood was done, and soon the official appointment paperwork from the military department also came down.
After these things are handled properly, Char has no reason to continue to stay in Yanjing, according to the imperial law, he must leave Yanjing to take office within six days of getting the appointment letter, otherwise it will be a felony of dereliction of duty if he does not leave within the time limit.
Before leaving, Char's house was packing up and saluting, but suddenly someone came to the door, and the person who came to the door was dressed as a servant in a sackcloth robe, and when he visited the door, he didn't say who sent it, but left a sentence to tell Char: "Come and apprentice."
Char was busy at home, and when she heard Soyt's words come in and report back, the turtle became angry on the spot Apprenticeship to a ghost gave Lao Tzu such a house, and it was obvious that it would harm me "Don't worship" Char was furious and said to Soyt: "Lao Tzu is gone, let him go back and say that I don't worship, I want to worship, send 30,000 gold coins, I will worship" Seeing that the old man was angry, Soyt didn't dare to ask more, so he went out and told Char's words to the visitor, and sent the messenger away.
But after a while, Char calmed down and regretted it in his heart Damn, I'm looking for death, it's not good to offend anyone, offend the terrifying Tiansha Lone Star of Cavishir He wants to play with me, not as he likes to think of this, Char is body is cold sweat, and suddenly his heart is worried.
On this day, Char was a little unfocused, for fear of angering Cavishir and attracting the guy's revenge.
But in the evening, Cavishir's house sent again.
This time Char didn't dare not see people, after meeting, the person who came was a servant with a wooden expression, saw Char, saluted respectfully, and then reported, after saying a word, he almost fell off the chair as Char said.
"Our lord said, 30,000 is too expensive, how about a 20% discount" To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: