The castle held a banquet for three days in a row, and then bid farewell to the Countess Calder.

The Alvas and his wife were still at Butterfly Fort. Audrey had a rare trip home and was ready to stay for a week, and in two days it was Aldington's birthday.

In previous years, Aldington celebrated his birthday at the Gray Iron Fort and was preparing to hold a big show this year.

The Countess Hellington and his wife went to visit Reef City. The Earl of Reef City came to invite them. The two families had married each other and had a good relationship. Heckett wandered around Little Versailles, the dull country life in Butterfly Castle was not suitable for his personality. The beauties of Little Versailles also need to be loved by someone.

The Ultramus made an appointment and arrived the day before Aldington's birthday.

So three days later, Butterfly Castle became quiet again. Audrey liked to go to the Magic Manor and exchange academic knowledge with the magicians of the Silver Hand Magic House. Baron Alva was pulled by Hector and went to Little Versailles together. As his second son of Gong Bo, he was still very popular among Little Versailles celebrities.

"Live at Uncle Otum's house for the time being, remember not to spend the night outside." Audrey reminded him before leaving.

Cousin Hedy and cousins ​​Hanni followed Mrs. Carly to study and pray, and Hector hoped to raise both daughters to become pastors.

The magician has worked hard to practice, and the talent requirements are still high. The two little girls do not have this qualification, so it is better for the priest to practice it simpler.

"Aldington, don't always stare at the big cat. Even if the big cat wakes up, it will take time to recuperate." Baron Oreno shouted Aldington over, "The tax manager of Little Versailles has arrived. In the afternoon, you can also take a look around with you."

"Okay." Aldington nodded.

The development plan for the Lynx Forest is in full swing. The manor managers in Hongye Town and surrounding territories gathered near the Lynx Forest. Timber merchants from Horseshoe Pearl City also rushed to the scene after hearing the news and prepared to buy high-quality wood in the Lynx Forest, as well as herb dealers, game merchants, etc.

Not to mention the hunting team and the knights who are surrounding monsters in the lynx forest.

Without the golden lynx in charge, the lynx forest has ushered in the greatest value monetization, and all resources can be sold for money. And this money cannot all fall into the pocket of the Iris family.

This is also the reason why the tax manager of Little Versailles arrived.

"His Excellency Baron Oreno, the lynx forest reclamation area you submitted has been measured by three times by the tax officials, and it has a total of 950 square kilometers. How are you planning to use these lands?" The tax manager has a thick beard, "Lease, purchase, or half of them?"

"Your tax department, first help me calculate all the taxes I have to pay, and then I will decide whether to rent or buy them." said the Baron.

The General Taxation advised: "It will not be counted for a while. I suggest you buy land directly. The land price of the Danube Plain is not high. You can buy it at one time, and the tax department will also come to hand over tax accounts with you every year. Other nobles rarely rent it."

Mrs. Helena was in charge of the finances of the territory and said, "We also want to, but there are many places we need to use money."

The tax manager shrugged his shoulders and refused to comment.

Dealing with the nobles is the most troublesome thing, but the people are not troublesome. Who dares to take the tax directly to work hard labor without paying taxes? The nobles always like to be petty and want to eat meat from the kingdom but don’t want to pay money. The most important thing is that officials don’t dare to take care of the nobles, so he really hopes to buy it out at one time. In the future, no matter how the Iris family wants to torture the territory, he doesn’t have to worry about it.

Wait for the tax manager to settle accounts in other places.

Aldington asked Mrs. Helena: "Mother, what is the limit area of ​​our family's fiefdom?"

“There are 15,000 square kilometers.”

"Is it so big? It's bigger than the territory of an earl."

"This is the Danube Province, a war-torn border, and the land development efforts are not enough, so it is the least valuable." Mrs. Helena explained in detail to her son, "If we switch to the Seine Province, we may be less than 800 square kilometers of fiefdoms. Any mainland province will not exceed 5,000 square kilometers."

"I don't think that the land in the Danube province is thinner than that in other provinces. Most of the land here are high-quality black soil, which has great development value."

Mrs. Helena smiled and said, "You think it is valuable. The Kingdom's "Planet Method" does not think that the land area of ​​our family is the smallest. If it weren't for the annoying big cats blocking it, it would have been expanded to 2,000 square kilometers. Fortunately, the big cat was caught this time."

"Purchase Law", a law on deforestation and land reclamation.

According to the "Purchase Law", the land in the kingdom except for the feudal division is owned by the king. At the same time, the king encourages the nobles and free people to pioneer the land. The land that free people only needs to pay rent to the king can be leased for a long time; the land that nobles can also be rented for rent.

But at the same time, the nobles can spend a tax to directly purchase these pioneer lands, incorporate them into their fiefdoms, and become private territory.

According to different titles, there is a limit on the total area of ​​land that can be incorporated into the territory.

Therefore, the actual area of ​​a noble territory should be the enfeoffment area, plus the purchase area. The fief of the Baron of Hongye Town was only 800 square kilometers at the earliest, and then some were purchased one after another, and now it has expanded to more than 1,100 square kilometers. The Baron of Hongye Town stipulated in the Kingdom's enfeoffment law that it could be expanded to 15,000 square kilometers.

"Then we should enclose more land. Mother, it will never be a bad thing if there is too much land. Even if we don't rush to cultivate it, we will be able to use it one day."

"Do you think your father and I don't want to stock up on more land? But unfortunately, even if we buy all the new land of 950 square kilometers, our family can't afford the tax to the king." Mrs. Helena shook her head, "Now we can only buy part of it, rent part of it, and slowly raise taxes."

The king would not be really kind-hearted and gave the land of the kingdom to his vassals at a low price. If you want the land, you can open up the land by yourself and then spend money to buy it.

Then the "Planet Law" also stipulates that the more land you buy, the higher the tax.

So after going around, the great nobles still had to work for the royal family.

Of course, this is also a win-win situation. The nobles increased the fiefdom area, the kingdom had a lot of new arable land, and a lot of land rent and tax revenue, and they were all satisfied.

"Mother, why don't you sell some of the land under my name and buy more land. Then my manor will be planned from the lynx forest... The land given out outside is too scattered and management is very inconvenient, so it is better to concentrate some of the land for management."

"Okay, you will be compensated according to the market price at that time, but your fief manor, as well as pea manor and wine manor, don't need to be sold. These three manors are old manors that have been reclaimed for many years. The probability of farmland triggering the blessing of God is very high, and it is not cost-effective to sell it."

"OK."
Chapter completed!