After walking around Zhuanyao Village, Richard nodded with great satisfaction.
Zhuanyao Village is the earliest developed area in the territory, and the people in the territory are generally relatively wealthy.
In Zhuanyao Village, families are united. Not only are they allocated land, but they can also work in factories. The annual gross income exceeds eight gold coins. After deducting the consumption of food, clothing, housing and transportation, you can have a balance of about three to four gold coins a year.
Their general living standard is close to that of the families of the soldiers of the main army. The families of the soldiers of the main army are considered to be high-income families in the Grant Kingdom.
The low-level bureaucrats in the royal capital only earn about one gold coin per month.
Richard's eldest uncle, Otto, served as a low-level judge in the royal capital and only received a monthly salary of one gold coin and six silver coins. Of course, a son of a baron like Otto did not rely solely on salary.
The main income comes from rent.
Sophia's father was very kind to his children. After Otto settled in the royal capital, Baron Stopa spent 1,200 gold coins to buy a courtyard for him near the street. There were seven or eight houses in this courtyard that could be rented out.
Relying on rent, Otto has an income of about thirty gold coins per year.
Ordinary citizens can have a balance of three or four gold coins every year, and their spending power is already quite good.
Richard's store in Zhuanyao Village has been able to sell a lot of brown sugar and white wine since last year.
However, there are relatively few villages as wealthy as Zhuanyao Village in the Harland Territory. In addition to 1,500 families of veterans' families, there are only 1,200 families with the same living standards, including the merchant class.
The population with a good living standard in the territory is less than 3,000 households and about 14,000 to 5,000 people.
Next year, approximately 8,000 indentured servants will be freed, adding 8,000 people with spending power. The market will become more prosperous, and the territory will have more tax revenue.
As time goes by, land tax will gradually become the largest income of the territory.
After Richard inspected the territory, he began to inspect military affairs.
Last year, the Haaland Territory expanded its military forces on a large scale, with the number of personnel increasing by about 1,500.
After more than a year of training, this group of soldiers has completed recruit training.
Due to the large base of soldiers, a total of nine veterans were promoted to professionals this year.
Although a drinking war broke out with Viscount Cisse and some people were killed or injured, the strength of the territory is still developing rapidly.
During this year, whenever Richard has free time, he will make enchanted armor.
In nearly a year, Richard enchanted fifty pieces of snake scale armor, thirty pieces of brute armor, and twenty pieces of light armor.
After a year of hard work by Richard, the number of enchanted armors in the army has increased by one hundred. Most of the veterans of the First and Second Squadrons are equipped with enchanted armors.
There are still seventy sets of snake scale armor left, and seventy pieces of snake scale armor can be made.
The blood steel produced in the territory can produce thirty pieces of enchanted armor every year. The reason why we can produce fifty pieces this year is because we accumulated the blood steel last year.
If the orcs continue to invade once every three years as in previous years.
Before the orcs invade, Harland territory can still produce more than a hundred pieces of enchanted armor.
Richard spent all his energy on making enchanted armor, and his experience in enchantment increased very quickly. It was reflected in the attribute panel that his enchantment had been upgraded to the fourth level.
Fourth-level enchantment can create fourth-level enchanted weapons. In Northern Xinjiang, you are already considered an enchantment master.
Richard concentrated on making enchanted armor, and Sophia and Wendy were not idle either. This year, the two of them made 150 alchemy bombs, replenishing part of the alchemy bomb reserves.
According to the current reserve rate, by the spring of the year after next, the reserve of alchemical bombs should be increased to about 600.
In recent years, due to the increase in territorial productivity, the army's material support has become better and better. Brown sugar and liquor have begun to be distributed to the army in large quantities. This year, canned fruits have been added. In winter, sweaters and woolen military uniforms have been distributed, and the fuel in the barracks has also changed.
Became coal.
After talking with the soldiers, Richard found that the morale of the soldiers was very good. The soldiers were very satisfied with their current lives.
After a tour of each squadron, Richard returned to Fort William.
It was November, and the belated heavy snow finally fell in Harland Territory.
Officials from the territory came to Fort William to attend this year's financial meeting.
Since the Haaland Territory has been on track, a financial meeting has been held every winter.
The meeting time is not fixed and needs to be randomly arranged according to Richard's time.
As the officials responsible for various tasks reported one by one, Richard immediately understood that the territory was still in the midst of deflation this year.
With the end of the war, the steel trade fell into a trough, and profits dropped by about 40% compared to last year. This year's profit was only 10,800 gold coins.
The losses in the wine trade were even more serious. Because the technology was leaked and there were competitors, and Richard sold the wine-making technology and gave up the market, there were only about 6,000 gold coins in the whole year, half of which was still based on fruit wine.
Although a large amount of grain was sold this year, there was no cash flow due to the exchange of slaves. The liquor brewing process was also sold in exchange for a large number of slaves, but there was also no cash flow.
In the coal business, the profit for the whole year is about one thousand gold coins. More than half of it is military purchases, which is equivalent to the left hand and the right hand.
The wool spinning business is very good. Although it is the first year, it still brings an income of two thousand gold coins to the territory.
The income from the hemostatic ointment is very stable, 3,000 gold coins a year.
The annual income from the spider silk produced by the flame spider is one thousand gold coins.
The profit from brown sugar is still increasing rapidly this year. This year is already the fourth year of brown sugar plantation. The brown sugar trees planted have basically grown a lot taller. This year’s brown sugar output has increased by 1.2 times compared with last year. The brown sugar industry throughout the year
The profit reached 1,800 gold coins.
Brick kilns and cement kilns mainly rely on official orders. This year's income is very average. The profit is not much different from last year, adding up to 600 gold coins.
The glass kiln's profit from canned fruits reached 800 gold coins.
As more and more glass is produced, the glass craftsmen are becoming more and more experienced, and their technical level and craftsmanship have caught up with Viscount Romain. Due to the scale of production, the profit is even higher than Viscount Romain's glass kiln.
The fruit industry is also a new income for the territory this year. With tens of thousands of acres of wild orchards, the territory relies on the sale of fruits, canned fruits, preserves, and dried fruits. The total income is 1,200 gold coins.
Zitoufeng Honey now earns one thousand gold coins a year.
Capturing and hunting Warcraft is also an important income for the territory this year. The Demon Hunting Team went deep into the Eagle Mountains seven times and successfully captured Warcraft three times. In addition to obtaining a batch of Warcraft materials, they also captured seven Iron Horned Horses. The territory was divided into six
Thousand gold coins cash income.
The other thing is taxes. The total of various taxes is just over 4,000 gold coins.
The total cash income of Harland Territory this year is about 37,200 gold coins.
Compared with last year, cash income decreased by 3,000 gold coins.
Although there is no expansion of the army this year, the army's food and logistics supplies have increased a lot. The military expenditure is about 38,000 gold coins, plus a pension of 2,000 gold coins. If it had not been for the robbery of Viscount Cisse's casino, he would have made a fortune
Windfall. The territory will have a deficit this year and will be unable to make ends meet.