The Pompeii family is a knightly territory located in the forest. It is the bridgehead and checkpoint for the Barton family to face the endless threats of the forest.
Pompeii Castle was attacked by monsters many times in history.
Last time, Luther brought in freedmen, purchased serfs, and became farmers in twenty strongholds in Pompeii. This was already a lot of effort.
If it weren't for the fact that they lost their fields, the freedmen would not be willing to come to Pompeii.
What did Pompeii do to allow those residents to come and live there?
Low house prices?
This is a means, but it cannot play a decisive role.
The only way is to establish the prestige of the Pompeii family, and there are endless benefits, such as becoming famous throughout the Orange Province.
Look.
It turns out that there was also a family of Pompeii knights in Orange.
No amount of money can buy this.
Besides, even if there are various unfavorable factors in annihilating the thieves group. For example, the thieves group generally does not hoard too much money.
But it's not absolute.
There was an incident where a lord made a fortune by wiping out a group of thieves. So wiping out a group of thieves is actually equivalent to opening a treasure chest.
If you are lucky, you can make money.
Bad luck and loss of money.
It's just that good luck is rare.
So Luther quickly decided to use the Autumn Wind Bandits to make Pompeii famous and establish his prestige.
Now that the matter has been decided, there is only one question left.
To wipe out the Qiu Feng Bandits, mercenaries must be hired, starting from at least 100,000 gold coins. So where do these 100,000 gold coins come from?
Luther planned to take a look at the income of Pompeii wine during this period to see if he could make up for it. But Luther was probably in trouble, because distilled wine is not the mainstream alcohol in this world after all.
Currently, the main products are new products, and only a small number of people are attracted by them.
Moreover, the channels are probably not open at present, and the income will not be too much. Besides, Pompeii’s money comes in and goes out very quickly now. With various buildings and various things, there is probably not much money on the books.
But it doesn't matter, Luther has a backup plan.
So Luther said goodbye to Lelouch and left the city hall, then returned to Pompeii Castle. After returning to Pompeii Castle, Luther himself came to the living room and asked the maid to invite Mrs. Sophie and Butler Feren.
Outside, Luther is the acting lord, the next generation of Pompeii knights. But when facing Lelouch, Luther is more like a close partner.
When facing Madame Sophie, the old housekeeper, and Luther at Pompeii Castle, they are still juniors. Of course, it is impossible to choose to summon them.
I just thought about it and gathered in the living room on the second floor to review the current family business.
"Luther, are you okay? Do you want to eat something? I'll ask the kitchen to prepare your favorite Bass steak for you. If you want to eat Warcraft, I'll ask your father to hunt it back in the forest."
Mrs. Sophie came first. When she came in, she greeted Luther with greetings. Luther couldn't bear the protectiveness.
There is no way, maternal love is too heavy.
Sometimes Luther couldn't understand how there could be such a good stepmother in this world.
"Mom, I'm fine. Besides, I didn't come here to talk about food." Luther said helplessly.
"Everything else is not important. Eating is the most important thing. You haven't had a good meal for several days." Mrs. Sophie shook her head, very persistent.
In fact, for the past few days, Luther had been hiding in his room, feeling decadent and eating very little. Mrs. Sophie was really distressed.
Fortunately, Butler Phelan came at this time. This old butler was meticulous. After entering, he bowed to Mrs. Sophie and called Luther.
"lady."
"Master."
"Butler Feren is here. Mom, let's not talk about food first. Let's talk about things first." Luther saw the savior and said quickly.
Mrs. Sophie didn't know that Luther also called Housekeeper Phelan. She was not a messy woman. When she saw this scene, she knew what Luther was really going to say, so she sat up.
"Mom, how is our family's business developing during this time?" Luther asked.
Mrs. Sophie thought for a moment, and then said: "At present, the main income of the family's business is Pompeii wine. The sales channels are not limited to Kaiyue City, but also expanded to other towns. Currently, relying on the income of Pompeii wine, the family earns money every month
I can make an income of three hundred gold coins. I plan to stabilize the pace first and then expand the business to other noble territories next year."
Speaking of this, Mrs. Sophie was still very emotional.
Because the tax collected by Pompeii before was probably less than a thousand gold coins a year. It was necessary to support the knights of the Pompeii family and the Iron Horse family, maintain the operation of the territory, raise guards, and maintain the dignity of the nobles.
It's been a tough year.
Now Luther is just trying his best to create Pompeii wine. Pompeii's annual income is 3,600 gold coins. When the business expands to other territories next year, we don't know what kind of income it will be.
After hearing this, Luther was convinced that it was only 3,600 gold coins a year. My plan this time was to raise 100,000 gold coins and hire a mercenary group to deal with the Autumn Wind Bandits.
The situation at home is indeed unreliable, so we must use a backup plan.
But since he met the two leaders of the family business, Luther decided to take a closer look at the family business.
"Not bad." Luther said these three words against his will, and then asked: "What about the other business, Mom."
"As for other businesses, they are still the ones you told me. The ranch has expanded to a certain extent, and many calves and lambs have been purchased, but it will take some time to raise them. So at present, the meat of the family knights is mainly purchased from Kaiyue City.
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"The oil-pressing workshop has been established, and various tools, facilities, and workers have been recruited. We will start work when the rapeseed in the territory is ripe this year. I estimate that the amount of rapeseed in the territory will be sufficient by then, and I am afraid that the amount of rapeseed in the territory will be consumed
No, I am going to purchase some export sales at a suitable price, so as to create some income."
"As for the city, many shops have opened, such as jewelry stores, clothing stores, etc., but because there are currently no residents in the city, jewelry stores and clothing stores have few customers. Not only do they not make money, they also lose some money. As for grocery stores,
Cloth stores and so on make a lot of money because they cater to farmers."
Madame Sophie knew the Pompeii family's business very well and knew all the family secrets.
After hearing this, Luther felt hopeful again and couldn't help asking: "Are grocery stores and cloth stores very profitable? So how many gold coins are there in the family's books now?"
"There are about 200 gold coins left, and there are still 6,000 gold coins in foreign debt." Mrs. Sophie said.
Luther grinned, but he was smart enough not to ask why this happened.
Money comes and goes quickly.
The current financial structure of the Pompeii family is as follows. The city hall is one finance, the family business is another finance, and the two financial systems are parallel.
This is the same as in ancient China, money from the treasury belongs to the treasury, and money from the emperor belongs to the emperor.
The emperor has a special money bag, and it is specially taken care of. The emperor can use it as he pleases.
If the treasury's money is not enough, the emperor uses his own money to supplement the treasury.
The Pompeii family is currently undergoing rapid development. Not only does the city hall generate no tax revenue, but it also uses a lot of gold coins.
The current foreign debt of the Pompeii family is more than 6,000 gold coins, which is the money that Old Sol borrowed from the other five knight families to subsidize the city hall to purchase serfs and build cities and houses.
The second expenditure is the salary of knights, officials, and guards, as well as the city hall.
But the city hall had no money, so the Pompeii family had to provide subsidies.
The monthly salary of knights, officials, and guards was almost three hundred gold coins, so the Pompeii family's money did not increase, and of course the finances did not continue to deteriorate.
On the contrary, I made a little profit. After all, the business of grocery stores, cloth stores, etc. has improved.
The financial situation of the city hall will not get better until the wheat and rapeseed crops are harvested this fall.