Warhammer Throne

Tax officer Gasparton began to report information about the Baron Jean Jean one by one.

Jean Baron governs a baron’s castle and town, a horse farm, a vineyard, and five natural villages. The Chinon River flowing down from the mountains divides the baronian in two. There are mines in the mountains along the river. There are some workshops.

Every year the baronian can pay about 700-800 gold kronor for the baron, in addition to the income of the vineyard and a small amount of income from the pit, the total is about 1,000 gold kroner, but it is about 300 The gold krona will be used to pay for various expenses and maintain daily military expenses, and then Ryan will have to pay tithes to the Lake Fairy, but as a holy grail knight, he will no longer have to pay 5% to the king. taxi".

So his real annual income is about 500-600 gold crowns.

But other than that, it’s impossible for the lofty knight masters to spare the poor serfs and citizens like this. War tax, toll tax, various special taxes, business license tax and even head tax can all be determined by the knight’s mood. To levy them, the specific amount of income is not fixed. Some knight masters will even send tax officials on their birthdays to ask all serfs to levy a poll tax such as "birthday tax".

It also means that if he does not consider the cost and consequences, it is possible to force his annual net income to reach 1,000 gold crowns.

When the Duke of Winford, to which Ryan belongs, initiates the enlistment, Ryan must send at least two knights, five cavalry and fifty infantrymen to report, or pay military service tax exemption equivalent to these army levies.

What he didn't know was that the performance of the Holy Grail Knight also surprised Gasparton.

Most knight lords in Brittany have a characteristic. They don’t like to focus on these complicated things, and they are not sensitive to the messy numbers. Therefore, the knight lords usually follow the inspection. Set a rough figure and then'hand over' it to the tax officer to complete. Their attention is focused on how to serve their'women' and show their bravery.

This gives many tax officials and their butlers the opportunity to take the opportunity. The'savvy' tax officials and butlers will'spend' years or even longer to slowly turn a share of money belonging to the noble lords into their own. , And then find a way to get rid of the situation of doing things for others under the fence.

Gasparton, the tax officer sent by the lake fairy "female", would naturally not be corrupt, but it was the first time that Gasparton saw the holy grail knight who knew all the accounts and estimated the approximate income range. Not only did this young man play a twelve-point "spirit", he thought it was no wonder that the person in front of him could become the champion of the lake's "female" scholar.

"How many standing soldiers are there in the territory now?" Ryan asked casually.

"There are twenty-five infantrymen and four sergeants." Gasparton replied immediately.

"Why so little?" Ryan frowned.

In the ancient times of the celestial dynasty, the limit under the feudal system was ten men and one soldier. In this world century, this cannot be counted, considering the productivity of the Baron Jean, the fertility of the land, and the war potential of serfs. , Twenty-five men and one soldier is a relatively normal number of standing troops.

Even so, the Jean Baronial with a population of about 6,000 to 8,000 should not have only these standing troops.

"I disbanded most of the standing army, leaving only the best young lads. I think the army should be selected by Lord Ryan himself." Gasparton said that there was no pressure on this matter, and he said in a relaxed tone: "It is no glory to be able to fight for Lord Ryan who is the Knight of the Holy Grail. We can't let anyone join Lord Ryan's team. Lord Ryan must have his own criteria for choosing people."

Huh? Ryan looked at the young man in front of him and his eyes lit up. With this knowledge, the tax officer sent by the lake fairy'female' was indeed excellent, because his original plan was to disband the army and re-elect himself, but he didn't want to It's really not easy for Gasparton to think of this level as this villain.

Next, Gasparton explained in many details. He not only sent people to clean and repair the castle in advance, but also prepared enough furniture for the second and third floors of the castle. The money is the lake **** "witch". It was given by Mogiana, which shows that the Lake Fairy'girl' has a preference for Ryan.

Gasparton handled many places very carefully. He posted notices in several villages to let all the serfs know that the new lord was a holy grail knight. He constantly urged the'spring' farming and encouraged the serfs to work hard at the same time. The Duke of Winford also seconded some rangers to patrol the border in the northern Sharon Forest to ensure that when the Beastmen invaded, he could organize a militia to counterattack as soon as possible.

"Very good! Mr. Gasparton, are you being stationed here as a temporary secondment? Do you have your original position?" When Ryan asked this sentence, the forty-year-old man immediately realized something. He endured the'excitement' and quickly replied: "No, Lord Ryan."

"That's great. You will serve as my tax officer for the time being. If you behave well, I will consider letting you formally hold this position... but not now." Ryan's face was expressionless, and he waved to Gass. Parton can go out.

"Yes!" Gasparton bowed backwards, and then exited the room ‘door’.

Seeing the tax officer slowly exiting the room ‘door’, Ryan frowned. He was thinking about many things.

In this century-like background, the lord’s authority over his fief is absolute, but his management is limited. In addition to taxation and conscription, the life of the lord and the life of the common people are undoubtedly separated.

He now needs to form his own team and manpower.

A baron governs two kingdom knights and five ranger knights, and his Lopus must have the position of a ranger knight. As for the kingdom knights, don’t worry, the ranger knights who are eager to get ahead and have opportunities in the knight kingdom do not know where they are. , He believes that these two vacant kingdom knight positions will let everyone hear the news.

Ranger knights also have the difference between real seal and false seal. In Bretania, any nobleman will receive the title of ranger knight when he reaches adulthood, but that is a false seal. The five ranger knight titles in Ryan’s hand are real seals. There is job income.

Especially Ryan is still a holy grail knight, who doesn't want to fight side by side with holy grail knights? We must know that powerful holy grail knights can often win the personal attention of ‘female’ soldiers. If you are not careful to be noticed by the ‘female’ soldiers, wouldn’t you be honored?

The holy grail knight as the lord can greatly reduce the distrust of the existing lord to the new lord, but he still has a lot to do, and now most of the affairs can only be done slowly one by one.

Gasparton has organized a five-person servant team for Ryan. Ryan immediately appointed Emilia as the'maid' servant maid, Olica as his personal'maid' servant, and then included Miranda in The servant's team goes.

In the evening, at the large wooden table in the dining room of the castle, Ryan had a dinner with Lopus, Alfred, Gasparton, and others. As a newcomer, there was nothing to eat in the castle, and everything was going to be Deal with it.

As for Emilia and the others, they are not qualified to have a table with Ryan and others. They waited for the new Baron Lord to clean up the table before finishing their own dinner in the kitchen.

The sky is getting darker. There is no moonlight in the Baron Jean tonight, and some are just full of stars. It is now the end of March, and the night in the early spring is still cold. Although the Baron Jean is a rich land, But there will not be so much money to install magic lights, and the territory at night is very dim.

Ryan had some magic lights in his hand, which were gifted by Teresa's mother Aurora. He only had to input psionic energy to "activate" them, and he had installed these lights in several main rooms.

Standing on the balcony of the castle and looking at it, the Sharon forest in the north appeared at the edge of the line of sight, and no one knew that there were dangerous creatures in the dark forest.

The mountains in the east have roads leading to the Duchy of Weinford along the river. The snow on the top of the mountain does not melt all year round. If you cross the snow-capped mountains, you can reach Helenhilde, the capital of the Duchy of Weinford, which is famous in Brittania. Big city.

At this moment, footsteps came from behind Ryan: "My Baron, are you looking for me?"

It's Gasparton.

"Yes, Gasparton, please sit down." Ryan turned around and motioned to his temporary tax officer to sit down with him on the balcony.

Dark "Jing" Ling Olika came over with an iron plate, and there were butterbeers and mugs, and a small bowl of water. She carried things on the balcony table, and filled both of them with butterbeers. , And then stood behind Ryan without saying a word.

Gasparton is a little bit good about how Ryan got such a dark "spirit" maid, but since the "girl" did not instruct him, he naturally did not dare to ask, and then Ryan's actions continued to refresh this. Three views of a tax official.

I saw Ryan stretch out his hand, and the light blue'color' energy gathered in his hand. A cloud of clear water was separated from the bowl of water, and then quickly froze in the air. The ice cubes were thrown into Ryan's mug: "Gasper Mr. Dun, do you want some more?"

"No... no more." Gasparton shook his hand a little bit pressure. "Please tell me directly, my baron."

"Many parts of the castle are damaged, and the water tower is showing signs of disrepair. I plan to let people perform complete repairs to my castle. I don't know if Mr. Gasparton has any good suggestions?" Lane said calmly, "Money. It’s not a problem."

"If the Baron has no financial concerns, then I suggest you go to Helenhild and find a businessman to complete this." Gasparton thought for a while and said sincerely: "There are craftsmen on Jean's side. , But their level is limited, they may not be able to meet your needs, and..."

"And?" Ryan still showed no emotion.

"And I think it is necessary for the Baron to visit His Excellency Francois, Duke of Winford and His Excellency Connery, Marquis of Ascot." Gasparton continued: "Jean is part of the Duchy of Winford and also a duchy. I believe that His Excellency Francois will be willing to help."

"Yeah~" Ryan nodded, he made up his mind, and when things settled down here, he immediately went to visit the Marquis of Ascot and the Duke of Winford.

He wants to take root and grow here in the future, and it is necessary to have a good relationship with his immediate boss, even if it is nominal.

"By the way, I have a question, Mr. Gasparton, can you explain it to me?" Ryan smiled and said: "In the previous record, I remember that our King's name is'Tiger' Dinoah-Jean -Richard, but how did he become Richard Le Angouran in the mouth of Miss Suria?"

"This is not a contradiction. Our majesty's full name is Dinoah-Jean-Richard-de-Le-Angoulan." Gasparton began to explain the difference.

It turns out that Dinoah is the name of Richard's mother, Jean is his father's name, Richard is his real name, De means "from", and Le-Angouran is the name of his lord.

The general meaning of the name is that the child of Jean and Dinoah is from Richard of Le-Angouran.

"So Miss Suria's full name is Suria Kumani Aintree de Winford?" Ryan said casually.

"That's the case, but please note that the baron's lord, only all the families of the hereditary title can use the German + territory name." Gasparton reminded.

"Okay, I understand."

Gasparton retreated.

Only Olica and Ryan were left on the balcony. Ryan said to Olica, "Let's rest, too."

The dark ‘jing’ spirit nodded, and she followed Ryan to the third floor.

The third floor is the place where the lord and his family live. Ryan lives in a separate room. This is a large room with a size of 60 square meters. The floor has been covered with various carpets and the windows are thick. Covered by the curtains, all kinds of furniture are readily available, and the fireplace is already lit.

The servant called two buckets of hot water, and the baron and the dark ‘jing’ spirits bathed and changed clothes one after another, and then lay together in the innermost ‘bed’ of the room, each with a ‘bed’ quilt.

In the dark night, everything was silent.

Until the dark ‘jing’ spirit took the initiative to speak: "Master? Can I make a suggestion?"

"Don't you know that slaves don't have the right to make suggestions to their masters?" Ryan smiled. He stretched out his hand and gently hugged the shoulders of the dark ‘jing’, feeling her softness.

The dark ‘jing’ spirit resisted for a while, but her weak strength was not at all a human opponent in front of her. As her hands were pulled behind her back, she failed again.

But this was also what she expected. The dark spirit knew that she could not succeed, but this was what she wanted, not that she wanted to be held by this human being, but that she wanted to take this opportunity Stir up the conversation.

"I think I need to show you my value. The weak are not eligible to be sheltered." Olica shook her head, her face was all self-deprecating: "I can't embody anything other than being a servant for you now. My own value, in Trucchi, the only value of a slave like me is..."

At this point, Olica's cold and wild face was a little crimson, and she looked away.

"Emmm~ let's just talk about it."