Although the climate in the wilderness in winter was cold enough to give penguins colds, early the next morning, Xia Houyan still did not dare to slack off and devoted himself to his busy work:

After not being in the territory for several months, Shuang Maple Ridge has already accumulated countless important matters that need to be handled personally by him, the lord;

With the improvement of the infrastructure of the entire Frost Maple Ridge and the establishment of the Igor family's ruling order, basically all territorial affairs that require the lord to take action are as long as he puts a check or a cross on the document, and there will naturally be subordinates

The relevant departments will implement the specific instructions according to the wishes of the lord;

But when Xia Houyan saw a series of "picking quarrels and provoking troubles" in the ruling records of the territorial court, he almost had a nervous breakdown.

In addition to these nonsense, there is a more important issue that requires him to make up his mind:

That's the financial issue.

Ever since they dug up the ancestral treasure house of the great elf empire, the entire Frost Maple Ridge has not worried about money at all. What's more, in addition to sending Eldridge and three hundred elite soldiers, Grand Duke Rosario also used a carriage to

Frost Maple Ridge brought in a large sum of imperial gold coins;

However, Shuangmangling's "Internet model" construction idea of ​​spending lavishly and using high expenditures to seize the market has finally begun to show negative effects, sounding an alarm for the territory's future financial situation.

This matter must be looked at from both the income and expenditure aspects.

The first is income:

It has to be said that the Soul-Splitting Land is the Soul-Splitting Land. There is a reason why no empire lord is willing to come - this too desolate southern no-man's land has its own resource output so low that it can make a mouse cry with tears.

Going out, currently, the only relatively reliable industry around Shuangmaple Ridge is the planting industry owned by the Igor family, and most of the output of these agricultural groups is consumed just to feed the people, and the rest is even more.

It must be regarded as a strategic reserve grain and cannot be used. Basically, not even one rice can be converted into currency and enter the fiscal revenue of Shuangmangling;

As for the "Wasteland Talent Reemployment Training Center" also known as "East Ice Library", which the lord is proud of, although the business of the writer's studio is indeed in full swing, in the southern wasteland where having enough food is a problem, pretending

The potential market demand for slap-in-the-face novels is obviously very unreliable;

The only good thing is that since the lord went to the imperial capital and became a human flesh salesman for the "Flower of Fertility" brand novel, many northern nobles have requested to purchase the follow-up serialization of the studio novel from the lord of Frost Maple Ridge.

, but Xia Houyan knew clearly that this thing was considered extra money, and it was impossible to rely on buying novels to support an ever-expanding territory;

As for the rest areas along Route 66, they took advantage of the peak trade season in the nine hundred and ninety-fourth year of the Imperial Calendar to make a fortune, and Xia Houyan had every reason to believe that there would be an even bigger one during the peak trade season next year.

A hot gold coin dropped into the account:

There is no way, the geographical location of the Soul Splitting Land is too dangerous. Humans and demon traders traveling from north to south can choose whose territory they want to pass after crossing the Lion Heart River. But in order to pass through the arcane spire defense line, they have to

He had to enter the sphere of influence of the Igor family, and then be stabbed by various highway rest areas, and then pay a large toll at Frost Maple Ridge;

However, regardless of whether these incomes alone can support the territory's finances, this kind of payment method that relies on blocking roads to suck blood without self-production capabilities is also extremely unhealthy in the eyes of the lord:

Just like no country on earth can maintain hegemony purely by relying on trade, if the international environment changes and humans and demons turn against each other, then with the interruption of trade routes, most of Frost Maple Ridge's income will be lost.

Soup!

The Xiahou officials who wanted to consider the long-term development of their territory had to leave a few more escape routes.

Calculated in this way, the only relatively reliable long-term income of Shuangmaple Ridge is actually the taxes collected from the towns on the left bank: unlike Shuangmaple Ridge, which lives in the core wasteland of the Soul Splitting Land, these towns rely on the superior conditions of the Lion Heart River.

Natural conditions have developed quite mature local industries in history, and the Xiahou officials, as the nominal lords of these townspeople, certainly have the right to take a cut of the income from these industries.

However, Xia Houyan also knew very well that on the surface, the famine brought by Faulkner would turn into a mountain pressing on the heads of the residents on the left bank in the end. The lord, who knew that the lives of the townspeople were not easy and Huang Zongxi's Law, would definitely not be able to

Betraying the worker-peasant education he received, he used high tax rates to levy excessive taxes on a group of poor poor lower-middle peasants. If you add in the funds that left-bank towns need to withhold for their own development, the actual tax revenue that Shuangmaple Ridge can get is not included.

Too big.

Logically speaking, such a bad financial revenue situation is enough to make any lord become an ant on a hot pot, knocking on doors all over the street to borrow money;

Fortunately, Shuang Maple Ridge's family background is strong enough. What's more, compared to the sustainable income of the territory, Shuang Maple Ridge made a lot of money from one-time income in 1994:

In addition to digging up the elf treasure trove and prostituted Grand Duke Rosario for free, the bandit eradication campaign launched by Frost Maple Ridge in the Soul-Splitting Land actually brought a windfall to the territory:

The bandit villages in the Soul-Splitting Land were able to operate for many years, and they all had some surplus food. However, these bandit treasures could not be passed on to future generations, so they were confiscated by Frost Maple Ridge by force in the name of the territorial people - Wasteland

The market is not very developed, and the gold and silver coins that can be obtained are not too many, but all kinds of equipment, materials, and food are filling the central warehouse of Phoenix Terrace.

However, considering that eradicating bandits is a one-time deal and cannot be done again next year, the lord has to find a way to find some sustainable source of income for the territory.

In sharp contrast to Shuangmangling's stretched income, there are staggeringly high regular expenses:

As we all know, fighting a war means making money, and raising soldiers means burning money;

As for Igor's pioneering army's rapidly expanding territory of Frost Maple Ridge, its military expenditures are so large that it's like a group of wealthy fans ranking their brother, highlighting that a fingerprint payment can make their fingers bald.

You must know that in order to recruit outstanding soldiers from the towns on the left bank, the amount of military pay offered by the lord during the recruitment was definitely higher than the mainland average;

Although the soldiers recruited later and the bandits recruited did not receive as high a price as the entrepreneurial soldiers, the total number is still scary - not to mention that according to the system established by the lord, if you stand in battle,

For meritorious deeds, there will also be a lot of gold coin rewards.

In fact, quite a few territories on the mainland rely on cheap conscription of troops to fight wars. The ones like Shuangmangling that maintain standing troops with super high salaries are rare, if not unique.

Although such an army is extremely powerful as Sean Mountbatten said, its daily expenses can also quickly empty out a territory.

This seriously unbalanced military expenditure has actually been noticed by the Shuangmangling General Staff and the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a long time.

Mountbatten and Mayor Joel also took a series of practical measures to curb the increase in expenditures:

For example, under the education of Igor's Political Department of the Pioneer Army, a considerable number of progressive soldiers joined the "One Heart Society", a secret organization with the banner of "One Heart is the Lord" - and these fanatical members paid monthly as membership dues "

Territory Construction Sponsorship Fund" can repatriate a considerable part of military salary.

After all, in the territory, you often have nowhere to spend the money you make. Instead, you give it to the "Yishinhui". Maybe you can prove your loyalty and pave the way for future promotion to non-commissioned officers. A considerable number of pioneer army soldiers have small calculations.

Very shrewd;

Of course, there are also some soldiers who are simply soldiers of the people who are simply watching the development of the territory and want to donate their military salary and contribute to the development of the territory.

For another example, according to the Frost Maple Ridge military regulations formulated by Mountbatten, all weapons and armor issued to grassroots soldiers must be maintained by the soldiers themselves, and regularly inspected jointly by the Political Department and the Staff Department to avoid the loss of territorial equipment.

What happens:

The top-notch equipment distributed by Frost Maple Ridge needs to be sharpened and oiled, and the armor needs to be repaired and reinforced. They are all treasures that require a lot of thought and effort to maintain. Let the soldiers be responsible for these themselves, which can be regarded as saving money for the territory.

A huge expense.

For another example, on days when there is no fighting, in addition to daily training, the soldiers of Igor's Pioneer Army are also responsible for farming, patrolling roads, transporting supplies, helping the craftsmen group, and going to the East Icehouse to whip and write.

Hand coding.

The additional labor force provided by the pioneering army to the territory can be regarded as slightly recovering the loss in military pay.

But in the final analysis, the daily salary expenses of the entire Shuangmaple Ridge should not be underestimated: this includes not only the military salaries handed over to the soldiers of the Pioneer Army, but also the salaries given to the clerks of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the craftsmen of the craftsman group - siege the city with the dragon-hunting level

Weapons designer Master Nicholson is an example. The Xiahou official gave him a monthly salary of more than fifty gold coins and kept asking if it was enough, for fear of letting this living Bodhisattva go.

In addition to the infrastructure construction of Phoenix Terrace, Tongque Terrace, roads and rest areas, the finishing works of the captured bandit camp, and all kinds of strange odds and ends, the lord obtained it from the Dragon Bone Peak Elf Treasure House.

A large amount of wealth has shrunk visibly in the past few months.

According to the report submitted by Mayor Joel on behalf of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Frost Maple Ridge, based on the current revenue and expenditure estimates, Frost Maple Ridge's financial surplus can last for another year and a half to two years at most - unless Igor

If the family can find new ways to make money during this period, after those two years, the lord who is the Duke may have to go out and sell his butt...

The noble lords in the central plains of the empire often have considerable territorial balances, which also gives them ample reasons to spend their days drinking and playing games;

But Shuangfengling, a high-ranking official in Xiahou, fell into a daily deficit crisis of bankruptcy due to poor land productivity and excessive military scale...

An ungrateful time traveler once again began to resent himself for not being able to wear the clothes of Grand Duke Rosario.

——Obviously, I have completely forgotten that Grand Duke Rosario was just injured in the East and is still lying in bed in misery...

However, a person cannot be choked to death by urine, and a territory cannot be choked to death by financial poverty.

Soon, the impetuous lord proposed a genius economic reform plan to the stunned senior officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs:

This plan is called "Wilver Voucher"!

The Lord proposed that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and craftsmen set up a short-term shop called "Manhattan Military Workshop" and build a strictly prohibited studio outside the Manhattan Laboratory. They claimed that they were constantly improving military technology and that it would be available soon.

Receive huge profits;

At the same time, the "Manhattan Military Workshop" will also issue a "Wilver Voucher" named after the famous writer "Flower of Fertility" Wilf, which will be distributed to territorial employees in lieu of part of their salary and military pay -

——Of course, "Wilf Vouchers" are not a blank check. The Lord claims that as long as the results of the "Manhattan Military Workshop" are released, these vouchers can be exchanged for a large number of gold coins far exceeding the face value in the future!

By issuing this kind of "Wilver Coupon", you can quickly reduce the territory's wages and military expenditures, turn them into debts, and delay repayment until the future - and as long as you fool them hard enough, the soldiers will be able to believe that "Manhattan"

"Military Workshop" will be able to obtain benefits in the future without being dissatisfied with receiving "Wilver Vouchers".

Regarding this fanciful plan, while the senior officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs looked at each other in disbelief, the Xiahou officials actually only felt grateful:

Thanks to the years he spent on earth, he was able to learn from history and draw lessons from history. Based on the experience of Dr. Schacht in Germany, he came up with such a brilliant idea to alleviate the financial crisis!

Of course, in the history of the earth, national banks have mainly paid their debts through printing money and inflation. However, in Haiwen Continent, where precious metal currencies are prevalent, it is obviously impossible to do this;

However, Xia Houyan firmly believes that he can always find a way to make money before the "Wilfu Coupon" expires;

At the very least, it is more important to delay the current financial crisis and leave some breathing space in the short term——

After all, as Keynes said, "In the long run, we are all dead."

Therefore, since the launch of the "Wilf Voucher" plan, Knight Commander Cousins ​​can see the lord getting up early every day, and then standing on the terrace of "Hiphawk Manor" overlooking the Dust Mountains in the east.

"Are you worried about the invasion of orcs?" Knight Commander Cousins ​​asked.
Chapter completed!