Chapter four hundred and eighty fifth troublesome housework
Chapter 485: Annoying Family Matters
"...Since last year, the goods produced in our Dominion have been selling well throughout the colonies of various countries on the West Coast. Due to the low prices and the convenience of freight, merchants from the colonies on the West Coast have ordered goods from our Dominion. This has caused a stir.
In response to the dissatisfaction of the colonial administration offices of various countries on the west coast, they have increased the amount of taxes on the commodities of our Dominion..."
The person making the report on the stage was General Skerry. He is the general manager responsible for the economic and financial affairs of the overseas dominions. He is currently working on the economic and financial year-end summary report of the overseas dominions for the 597th year of the Holy Light Calendar.
Thanks to Claude's command of the Thunder Legion to land in the Kingdom the year before last and rob a large number of mechanical production equipment, the overseas autonomous territories have nearly a hundred large-scale civilian goods manufacturing workshops. Basically, the goods that the Kingdom can produce in the overseas autonomous territories can be
Production. After occupying the market of the entire Dominion with its high-quality and low-price goods production advantage, it set its sights on the markets of the colonies on the west coast.
Generally speaking, all countries in Farea Continent have the same policy towards the colonies in Nubisia Continent, treating them as an importer of mineral resources and a specialized marketing market for their own products, and obtaining high profits from them. However, due to the vast distance between them,
In the Silent Ocean, official ocean-going trade fleets organized by various countries basically made two trips a year. As a result, domestic goods were in short supply in the colonies, and even if the price doubled or tripled, they would not worry about being unable to sell them.
It's just that now there is an additional overseas autonomous territory, and most of the goods produced by the countries in Falea continent can be produced independently. First, the smugglers in the colonies of the west coast countries discovered this business opportunity, imported a large number of goods from the overseas autonomous territories, and then resold them to the west coast.
Colonies of various countries. As a result, those trading houses that dealt with domestic products were suddenly overwhelmed. No matter in terms of commodity prices or transportation timeliness, they were no match for the goods produced by overseas autonomous territories.
The administrative offices of the colonies on the west coast have no choice, because no one is willing to buy domestic products of inferior quality and high price to show their patriotic enthusiasm. Local officials in the colonies can only increase the tax rate on goods produced in overseas autonomous territories, but this treats the symptoms but not the root cause.
, on the contrary, it made the smugglers more active, but did no harm to the overseas autonomous territories.
The reason is that the overseas dominions are not responsible for transportation at all. Businessmen from the colonies on the west coast go to various manufacturing workshops in the overseas dominions to place orders and pay deposits. After the goods are produced and inspected, they pay the full cost and then take away all the goods.
They are sold back to the colonies of various countries on the west coast. Therefore, those colonial officials' increase in tax rates on imported goods only affects the income of these merchants and does not affect the vigorous economic development of the overseas autonomous territories.
"...At present, the best-selling daily commodities in our overseas autonomous territories are cigarettes, followed by various leather clothing and leather goods and gold and silver utensils and crafts. In the machinery category, various small and medium-sized firepower machines and steam engines are the most popular. Since the autonomous regions last year
After deciding to implement the brand classification system, the products of our Dominion have become famous in the colonies on the west coast and the continent of Farea..." General Skerry was making a report on the stage, and the congressmen in the audience applauded and cheered from time to time.
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Claude himself did not expect that the cigarette sales market would be so hot. The cigarettes produced by his own tobacco workshop could not be stored in the warehouse. Almost a box of cigarettes was given away by the long-awaited dealer as soon as it left the workshop.
Stealing. Being alone made people jealous. Claude had to join forces with the congressmen to reopen a large-scale tobacco production workshop. The Field family held the largest share of 15%, which was able to meet the demand for cigarettes in the market.
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This is the third large-scale enterprise invested by members of the Overseas Dominion Congress. The first two are Overseas Minsheng Bank and Overseas Railway Joint Stock Company. Claude's own tobacco manufacturing workshop only retains three cigarette brands, one is Yueying
Branded cigars, one is Ms. Qingyun menthol cigarettes, and the last one is Fire Dragon brand high-end cigarettes. And the large-scale tobacco production workshop that everyone invested in produces the most widely sold mid-range and low-end cigarettes. The former is called Pegasus, and the latter is
Call the sailor.
Seriously speaking, Claude's current identity has exceeded all the expectations of his father, Mr. Morsan, in this world. Back then in White Deer Town, Mr. Morsan only hoped to open up a new sea route to become king.
If you do some meritorious service in the country and become the lowest honorary baron or something, you can take your official career to a higher level and become the mayor of the town. In the future, you can become a national assemblyman or something. The Field family can also become the local mayor of White Deer Town.
The most prestigious family...
Now Claude holds a high position, holds the military power of the entire Dominion, and is the master of all overseas Dominions. The Field family has also become one of the most prestigious families in the entire Overseas Dominion. The Field Manor in Lanhu City is full of guests every day, and they don't come to the door to ask for an audience.
Lorde just came to visit the old lady, or the family members of those congressmen came to curry favor with Kevnilla. So much so that Claude's mother often lamented that it would be nice if Mr. Morsan was still here...
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"...Our Overseas Railway Joint Stock Company has laid the first railway in the northern states of Vibato Port, Cromwell and Beringana in the autonomous territory, and has officially put it into operation, with income
It’s very impressive. The railways in Robisto, Amphiston, Mormali, Tilsim and Arturas states in the southern part of the Dominion are about to be completed and put into operation. I believe it won’t be long before we
You can recover your investment.
In the next three years, we will continue to lay a second railway connecting the entire overseas autonomous territories. This railway is to be laid in the coastal zone. The terrain survey has been completed and construction will start soon. This railway in the coastal zone
The railway will connect all coastal towns, making it more convenient and faster to realize the flow of materials and transportation speed in the Dominion..."
The person delivering the report on the stage has been replaced by General Bolognik. He is giving a special lecture on the future development prospects and goals of the Overseas Railway Joint Stock Company. In the plan of the Autonomous Territory Military Region, it is planned to build and lay three railways in all autonomous prefectures in the future.
At the very least, one should be built along the coast to facilitate the transportation of seafood catches and the rapid mobilization of troops.
From the second half of the 596th year of the Holy Light Calendar to the year and a half of the 597th year of the Holy Light Calendar, the economic development of the overseas autonomous territories seemed to be on the fast track. There were no colonial wars, and there were no more people from the kingdom itself.
Despite making things difficult and suppressing, the overseas autonomous territories have rarely enjoyed nearly two years of free time of peaceful development. The autonomous states have experienced rapid changes and are full of vitality.
The four autonomous states with a current population of more than one million are Cromwell, Beringana, Amphiston and Tilsim. The remaining five states are Rocky Mountain State with the least population growth, only more
A small town with a population of more than 70,000 mainly trades with the Nikancha people. There are only three gold and silver mines out of the seventeen in the entire state. The miners are all criminals who committed crimes in the autonomous territory and were sentenced to hard labor.
There are also the Kingdom's special envoy who was captured the year before last and the officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps battalion.
In addition, the population of Atlas State has increased by more than 100,000 due to its rich tobacco production, while the population of Port Vibato State, Robisto State and Mormali State has not changed. Although the population of the entire overseas autonomous territories has
The total population of residents has reached nearly seven million, but the entire overseas dominion is still very short of human resources. Sometimes the executive committee of the dominion will talk about this situation, wishing that Claude would lead the Thunder Division to forcibly relocate two to three million people from somewhere else.
The people of the kingdom come here.
Fortunately, there were more than 500,000 Hicks soldiers who were captured, and they became the main young labor force for the basic public construction and railway construction of the entire overseas dominion. The dominion military region also kept the promise of General Claude and Beachlin, as long as they
If they work diligently and make their own contribution to the construction of the Dominion, then they will not be treated badly in terms of food, clothing and accommodation.
Not only were the more than 500,000 Hicks prisoners fed and clothed every day, but there was even one meat meal a day. Those who completed the work quota were also assigned a large glass of ale and a monthly salary subsidy, just like in the Dominion.
The military region employs hundreds of thousands of laborers at extremely low prices. Those who are sick and injured can also receive medical treatment and leave from pharmacy apprentices. Many Hicks prisoners have even had the idea of staying in the Dominion after their labor service is over.
The year-end summary meeting lasted for two days. On the first day, we summarized the gains and losses in all aspects of this year. On the second day, we looked forward to the improvement work and expected goals in the new year. In the evening, the meeting ended after a big meal and drinks.
They went back to their respective homes to find their mothers, and entered the fifteen-day annual leave. They did not officially start working until January 5th of the new year. Of course, Claude still had to be on duty at the military region headquarters, and he had to visit the garrison on the New Year's Eve.
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This year's year-end summary meeting was held at the Lanhu Tavern, the largest in Lanhu City, as in previous years. The Dominion Executive Committee was rich and booked the Lanhu Tavern for three days. However, General Bolognik was not satisfied with the Lanhu Tavern.
I got tired of holding the year-end summary meeting here every year. So I proposed to build a building as the general hall of the Dominion Parliament. In the future, the year-end summary meeting will be held in the general hall. This will keep the confidentiality and allow the members to have private time.
A place for casual gatherings and discussions.
As a result, this proposal was unanimously passed at the conference, and the members responded enthusiastically. This should be the fastest proposal to be voted through by all members this year, and there were zero objections. The construction funds allocated were doubled, and there were even some big money
The congressman said in public that he could make a personal donation to make the general hall more luxurious. In order to commemorate General Bolonik's proposal, the general hall under conception has been named the Bolonik Building.
Claude got into the carriage and returned to Field Manor under the escort of the guards. When he arrived home, he found Kaifani chatting with her sister Anna, who was also pregnant. This was Kaifani's third pregnancy. And her sister was pregnant.
After being married for so many years, Anna and Michael finally got pregnant. After revealing their pregnancy, they returned to Field Manor to raise the baby in peace, leaving their magic laboratory and several male and female disciples in the Blackstone Gunsmith Workshop under the care of Lady Sonia.
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The reason why my sister Anna is not pregnant until now is that she has finally reached the top of her magic level. She is now a five-ring rune mage, the top level. The next step is to find ways to find breakthroughs left by the ancient magic civilization era.
Method, but my sister Anna takes this lightly. She believes that the current magic level is enough for her to use, and will not waste time on the so-called magic level breakthrough method in the mythical legend...
Compared with his sister Anna, Claude is ashamed. Until now, his magic practice has barely reached the level of a fourth-ring rune mage. It will probably take another year or two to officially be promoted to a fourth-ring rune mage.
The main reason is that his magic practice has been intermittent, and being busy with high-level affairs has taken up a lot of his energy. Especially during the war, he has no intention to practice at all. Even his younger brother Blovik's magic practice is about to catch up with him.
progress.
There has been some trouble at home these days, and it is about my brother Blovik. My mother has spent a lot of effort on her brother Blovik's marriage. As a result, the so-called ladies and nieces of congressmen introduced by my mother
Brovik, the younger brother, didn't like any of them, and instead made Adele, the eldest sister at Anna's ranch, pregnant.
Adele is the daughter of the veteran Soft. Soft died on the battlefield to protect Browett. Before his death, he asked Browett to take care of his children left in the kingdom. Browett agreed. After the war, Browett
Lovett returned to the kingdom to find Soft's family, and then Blott found Adele's sister and brother who had become street children. In order to make Adele willingly follow him, Blott agreed to adopt them and their siblings.
There were more than 20 street children mixed in, and they even took in about 40 more street children on the way back.
Adele, who was just adopted, is only fourteen years old. Over the past few years, Adele has become the eldest sister of the street children in Anna's ranch, and has also become an eighteen-year-old girl. Her younger sister Anna has always admired Adele.
Because of Adele's strength and ability, she was put in charge of all the affairs in the ranch. God knows how Blovik got her. He waited until Adele's belly became so big that he could no longer hide it.
The people at the ranch brought this matter to my mother's face.
My mother was furious. She had spent so much time introducing her brother to so many beautiful young ladies with similar status and family backgrounds. Instead of paying attention, his brother Blovik instead got together with a shepherdess. Even this
The shepherdess's father saved Blovik's life, but the Field family had done their best by adopting their siblings. She would never allow her younger brother Blovik to marry this despicable shepherdess...
Claude had nothing to say. People change, and so does his mother. Perhaps it was Claude's improvement in status that caused his mother to be like this. She had been in contact with the family members of the Dominion MPs and the so-called upper class people for a long time.
She regarded herself as a noble lady and valued the family's face more than anything else. However, her younger brother Blovik was the nominal head of the Field family. She could not agree to Blovik's request, thinking that would
Bringing embarrassment to the Field family in front of the entire Dominion's elite.
His mother fell ill because of this, but his younger brother Blovik was more stubborn than his mother. He simply stayed at Anna Ranch to take care of the pregnant Adele, and did not even return to Field Manor. Claude was also full of resentment, and he
Everyone was offended, and there were two pregnant women in the family. As a result, my mother and younger brother were causing trouble again, and I was caught in the middle, and I was really not a human being inside or outside.
"Why are you still not sleeping? It's already half past eleven." Claude asked as he took off his fur coat. Fortunately, there are pipes running through the boiler heating in the living room, so it's not cold inside the room, so don't worry.
Two pregnant women caught cold.
"We slept too long in the afternoon. We didn't get up until 5:30, and now we can't fall asleep." Kaifani replied, "Do you want something to eat? I'll ask the kitchen to make it for you."
"No, I'm very full. Let's go and take a hot bath first." Claude waved his hand: "By the way, is mother feeling better?"
"She's still the same, don't go see her." My sister Anna interrupted unhappily: "She's not sick at all. If you go see her, she'll just lie on the bed and sigh, as if she's going to die soon. In fact,
She is in good health and can live for another twenty or thirty years. I went to deliver food to her in the evening, and she got angry and scolded me, saying that I had set a bad example for my brother by marrying Michael on my own initiative. She was really angry.
It kills me. It makes our Field family seem so noble, but in fact, isn’t grandpa just a farmer and a drunkard?”
"Uh..." Claude could only shake his head and smile bitterly: "Don't mess with her. You are still pregnant with the child. Don't make yourself angry. This is not good for your health.
My mother is getting older. She has been flattered a lot in the past few years, and she has indeed become a little forgetful. But we are her children, and we can only do things according to her. If she does something wrong, we can tolerate it and don't take it to heart.
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In fact, I also said to Little Booker, as long as you like it, don't care what other people say. Just like the shoes that fit, only the person who wears them knows. People say that the shoes are beautiful and expensive, but if you can't wear them, they just can't be worn.
No matter how expensive the price of beauty is, it has nothing to do with us. As long as we are strong ourselves, we don’t need to care what others say. When Adele gives birth to the child, maybe the mother will change her mind..."
Feeling tired, Claude soaked in the bathtub and sighed deeply. At this time, he saw a blue folder placed on the cabinet next to him, and knew in his heart that this should be sent by the adjutant Major Mason Hughes.
Two days of intelligence summary. I kept it at home without interrupting my meeting. It seems that the world is peaceful and nothing major happened.
I lazily picked up the folder, opened it, and saw that it contained information about the Royal Capital sent from White Deer City. The Kingdom of Nasseri sent several envoys to the Royal Capital, and it was said that they were negotiating with the new King Frederick I.
The debt issue between the two countries. The failed King Sterling XI borrowed three high-interest loans from the Kingdom of Nasseri, which are due in June next year. The total of these three loans is eight million gold crowns.