Chapter 199 Financial Revenue and Expenditure

After a tour of the Brick Kiln Village, Richard nodded with great satisfaction.

Brick Kiln Village is the earliest developed area in the territory, and the people are generally wealthy.

The Brick Kiln Village is a family unit. Not only can they get land, but they can also work in factories, with an annual gross income of more than eight gold coins. After deducting the consumption of food, clothing, housing and transportation, they can save about three to four gold coins a year.

Their general living standard is close to that of the families of the soldiers of the main legion. The families of the soldiers of the main legion are considered high-income families in the Kingdom of Grant.

The grassroots bureaucrats in the capital only have a monthly salary of about one gold coin.

Richard's brother-in-law Otto, who serves as a grassroots judge in the capital, only has a monthly salary of one gold coin and six silver coins. Of course, the son of a baron like Otto does not rely solely on salary. His main income in the capital is rent.

Sophia's father is very good to the children. After Otto settled in the capital, Baron Stopa spent 1,200 gold coins to buy him a yard near the street. There are seven or eight houses in this yard that can be rented out.

Otto earns about thirty gold coins a year from rent.

Ordinary people can have a surplus of three or four gold coins a year, and their spending power is already quite good.

Richard's store in Brick Kiln Village has been able to sell a lot of brown sugar and white wine since last year.

However, there are relatively few villages as wealthy as Brick Kiln Village in Harland Territory. In addition to 1,500 families of veterans, there are only 1,200 families with the same living standard, including the merchant class.

The population with a good living standard in the territory is less than 3,000 households, about 14,500 people.

Next year, about 8,000 contracted slaves will be able to regain their freedom. With the increase of 8,000 people with spending power, the market will become more prosperous and the territory will have more tax revenue.

Over time, the land tax will gradually become the largest income of the territory.

After inspecting the territory, Richard began to inspect military affairs.

Last year, the Harland Territory expanded its military on a large scale, with an increase of about 1,500 personnel.

After more than a year of training, this batch of soldiers has completed the training of recruits.

Because of the large number of soldiers, a total of nine veterans were promoted to professionals this year.

Although a drinking war broke out with Viscount Sisse, resulting in some casualties, the strength of the territory is still developing rapidly.

During this year, Richard would make enchanted armor whenever he had free time.

In nearly a year, Richard enchanted fifty pieces of snake scale armor, thirty pieces of brute force armor, and twenty pieces of light armor.

After Richard's hard work for a year, the number of enchanted armor in the army increased by one hundred. Most of the veterans of the first and second squadrons are equipped with enchanted armor.

There are still seventy sets of snake body human scale armor left, which can make seventy pieces of snake scale armor.

The blood steel produced in the territory can make thirty pieces of enchanted armor every year. The reason why fifty pieces can be made this year is because of the blood steel accumulated last year.

If the orcs still invade once every three years as in previous years.

Before the orcs invade, the Harland territory can still make more than one hundred pieces of enchanted armor.

Richard put all his energy into making enchanted armor, and his enchantment experience increased very quickly. It was reflected in the attribute panel that his enchantment magic had been upgraded to the fourth level.

The fourth-level enchantment magic can make fourth-level enchanted weapons, which is considered an enchantment master in the northern border.

Richard concentrated on making enchanted armor, and Sophia and Wendy were not idle either. This year, the two made 150 alchemical bombs and supplemented part of the alchemical bomb reserves.

According to the current reserve rate, by the spring of the year after next, the reserve of alchemical bombs should be increased to about 600.

In recent years, due to the improvement of territory productivity, the material support of the army has become better and better. Brown sugar and white wine have begun to be distributed to the army in large quantities. This year, canned fruit has been added. In winter, sweaters and woolen uniforms are also distributed, and the fuel in the barracks has become coal.

After talking with the soldiers, Richard found that the morale of the army was very good. The soldiers were very satisfied with their current life.

After a round of each squadron, Richard returned to Fort William.

In November, the late snow finally fell in the Harland Territory.

Officials from the territory came to Fort William to attend this year's financial meeting.

Since the Harland Territory got on track, a financial meeting is held every winter.

The time of the meeting is not fixed and needs to be arranged randomly according to Richard's time.

As the officials in charge of various tasks reported one by one, Richard immediately knew that the territory was still in deflation this year.

With the end of the war, the steel trade fell into a trough, and the profit was about 40% lower than last year. This year's profit was only 10,800 gold coins.

The loss of the wine trade was even more serious, because the process was leaked and there were competitors, and Richard sold the brewing process and gave up the market. There were only about 6,000 gold coins throughout the year, half of which were still from fruit wine.

Although a large amount of grain was sold this year, it did not bring cash flow because of the exchange of slaves. The sale of white wine brewing technology also exchanged a large number of slaves, but there was no cash flow.

The coal business made a profit of about 1,000 gold coins throughout the year. More than half of it was military purchases, which was equivalent to pouring from the left hand to the right hand.

The wool spinning business is very good. Although it is the first year, it still brings 2,000 gold coins to the territory.

The income from hemostatic ointment is very stable, 3,000 gold coins a year.

The spider silk produced by the flame spider has an annual income of 1,000 gold coins.

The profit of brown sugar is still increasing rapidly this year. This year is the fourth year of the opening of the brown sugar plantation. The brown sugar trees planted have basically grown a lot taller. The output of brown sugar this year has increased by 1.2 times compared with last year. The profit of the brown sugar industry for the whole year reached 1,800 gold coins.

Brick kilns and cement kilns mainly rely on official orders. This year's income is very general, and the profit is not much different from last year, adding up to 600 gold coins.

The glass kiln has a profit of 800 gold coins because of canned fruit.

As the production of glass increases, the glass craftsmen have become more and more experienced, and their technical level and craftsmanship have caught up with Viscount Luomen. Because of the scale of production, the profit is even higher than Viscount Luomen's glass kiln.

The fruit industry is also a new source of income for the territory this year. Relying on tens of thousands of acres of wild orchards, the territory relies on the sale of fruits, canned fruits, preserves, and dried fruits this year, adding up to 1,200 gold coins.

Purple Head Peak honey now also has an annual income of 1,000 gold coins.

Capturing and hunting monsters is also an important source of income for the territory this year. The demon hunting team went deep into the Eagle Mountains seven times and successfully hunted monsters three times. In addition to obtaining a batch of monster materials, they also captured seven iron-horned horses, and the territory received 6,000 gold coins in cash income.

In addition, there are taxes, and the total tax revenue just exceeds 4,000 gold coins.

This year, the cash income of the Harland Territory is about 37,200 gold coins.

Compared with last year, the cash income has decreased by 3,000 gold coins.

Although there is no expansion of the army this year, the food and logistics supply of the army have increased a lot. The military expenditure is about 38,000 gold coins, plus 2,000 gold coins in pensions. If it weren't for the robbery of Viscount Sisse's casino, which brought in a windfall, the territory would have a deficit this year and would not be able to make ends meet.