Chapter 247 Territory Income

Today, textiles have surpassed steel and liquor and become the second largest source of income for Harland Territory after grain.

The textile industry in the northern border is very backward, and the output of cotton cloth is low. Whether it is the three northern provinces or several duchies, the output of cloth has always been insufficient. The supply and demand relationship is unbalanced, so the low-priced woolen cloth in Harland Territory can quickly occupy the market. According to Richard's estimation, if the potential of the northern border market is fully developed, the income from textiles may exceed 60,000 gold coins.

After textiles is the steel trade.

"This year, the territory built a third steelmaking furnace. The new steelmaking furnace is taller and larger. This year, the steel production in Harland Territory exceeded 2,000 tons, an increase of about 50%. 2,000 tons of steel, net profit reached 22,000 gold coins."

With Thomas Weber's report, Richard had a general idea of ​​the development of the steel industry.

Because of the increase in production, the wholesale price of steel in Harland Territory has now dropped to 18 gold coins per ton of iron blocks, and the retail price of one kilogram of iron blocks has dropped to seven copper coins. Compared with ten years ago, it has fallen by more than half.

Despite the low selling price, the steel business faces considerable competition, especially from the great nobles in the northern border, who have iron mines themselves. Although the production cost is high, the lords are afraid of the outflow of gold coins and still restrict the entry of iron products in the Harland territory.

The size of the external market is limited, so the profit of the steel trade has increased very slowly in recent years. It was not until the internal demand of the territory developed that the income of the steel trade exceeded 20,000 gold coins.

In addition, in recent years, the territory has raised a large number of sheep. The number of sheep in the Harland territory has increased more than 20 times, exceeding 3 million.

Even if one-tenth is eaten every year, more than 300,000 live sheep are put on the market, and the price of mutton has dropped a lot. Since last year, ordinary free people can also eat mutton occasionally.

More than three million sheep, one-third of which are controlled by Richard. The sheep-bodied tribe managed by Bernard now grazes more than one million sheep. The annual tax of 200,000 sheep is about 20,000 gold coins according to the current sheep price.

However, half of it needs to be used to supply the army, provide welfare to bureaucrats, and provide pensions to disabled and dead soldiers. Only about 10,000 gold coins fall into Richard's hands.

The reproduction speed of the sheep is very fast. As long as there is enough pasture, the population can increase tenfold in two to three years if they are lucky.

The Haland territory has a large rainfall, lush vegetation, vast land and sparse population, which is suitable for the development of animal husbandry. According to Richard's estimation, the sheep flock can be expanded to tens of millions.

What is limiting the expansion of the sheep flock now is the population of the territory. Only when the population increases can there be enough sheep farmers.

The next person to report is Ihakil, who is responsible for managing the brown sugar plantation. Up to now, the brown sugar plantation has expanded to several nearby hills, and tens of thousands of brown sugar trees have been cultivated in the plantation. Although most of the brown sugar trees are not yet mature, this year's brown sugar production has reached a new high, exceeding the income from liquor.

"The output of the brown sugar plantation reached 523 tons this year, which doubled from last year, and the net profit was 11,500 gold coins. The brown sugar trees in the plantation are still in a rapid growth stage. The output will exceed 1,000 tons the year after next, and will reach 2,000 tons in five years. If we can't open up new markets, we can only sell at a lower price."

This year, the wholesale price of brown sugar in Harland Territory has not dropped, but the retail price has dropped a bit, to ten copper coins per kilogram. If it weren't for the rapid increase in the domestic demand market in the territory, and the addition of new channels brought by the Goddess of Wealth Church to digest the increased production of brown sugar, the brown sugar production would have doubled this year, and the market would be in oversupply.

Although brown sugar is a scarce commodity, there are only so many consumers in Northern Xinjiang. Even if it squeezes out the honey market, according to the current brown sugar price, the consumption capacity of the population in Northern Xinjiang can only have a market capacity of 500 tons of brown sugar at most.

Unless the price is reduced, turning brown sugar from a light luxury into an ordinary commodity, the market capacity can be expanded.

Even so, apart from the Haland Territory, the Northern Frontier region has only about 200,000 consumers. Even if it reaches the level of Richard's previous life, the average person consumes 10 kilograms of sugar a year, and the total market capacity is only 2,000 tons.

If you want to make a profit from brown sugar, the most important thing is to expand the consumer population.

At the end of this year, there are already 75,000 free people in the Haland Territory. These 75,000 people are considered to have the ability to consume. In the future, the income from brown sugar will probably be mainly driven by the domestic demand market.

Among the 75,000 free people, more than 10,000 of them are due this autumn and do not need to pay land tax. For the 60,000 free people who pay land tax, the income from land tax is 15,000 gold coins, plus commercial tax, property tax, installment house payment and other income, this year's tax totals 20,000 gold coins, second only to bulk trade such as grain, textiles, and steel.

For the territory, taxation is no longer dispensable, but an indispensable income.

In addition, the income from hunting demons this year is very high. In the spring, a group of lions were captured, with a real value of more than 300,000 gold coins. After exchanging resources with the royal family, 6,000 magic crystals were also obtained. At the end of the year, a group of iron-horned horses were captured, with a total value of more than 10,000 gold coins. There were also several successful hunts in the middle.

The net income from hunting demons this year is a total of 6,000 magic crystals and 10,000 gold coins, which adds up to about 70,000 gold coins.

Because the domestic demand market in the territory has expanded, the income from the wine business has gradually increased. Counting the fruit wine, the net income has just reached 10,000 gold coins.

Four years after the outbreak of the wine war, the profit of the wine trade finally climbed back to 10,000 gold coins, becoming a relatively important income for the territory.

In addition, the magic crystal charging technology has also brought great benefits this year.

There are two magic towers in the Harland Territory, both of which have artificial magic wells. The Flame Tower uses the module of the floating city's energy core element furnace, and the Lightning Tower also uses the magic core of the legendary Warcraft.

With artificial magic wells, the magic tower does not need to consume magic crystals, and can also install magic crystal charging arrays.

Two magic towers charge 1,200 pieces of discarded magic crystals in a year. After deducting the loss of charging array materials, the magician's salary, and the cost of discarded magic crystals, the epoch-making technology of magic crystal charging has brought Harland Territory an income of 11,000 gold coins.

The output of coal mines is also rising this year, reaching 24,000 tons.

In fact, compared with the coal reserves of Harland Territory, the output of 24,000 tons is almost negligible.

More than 100 workers in the coal mine can complete a year's production task in two months of mining. Most of the time, coal miners spend on infrastructure construction, building houses, tracks, roads, cutting trees, farming, etc.

But the market is so small that too much coal can't be sold. Excluding labor and material losses, the coal mine has a total profit of 7,000 gold coins this year.

The next person to report is Gavin Harland. Gavin is the second son of his uncle Bernie, five years younger than Richard, and got married the year before last.

Gavin's talent exceeds that of Tang En. He has been promoted to a second-level professional at the age of 22, just like his father. In the Harland family, he should be second only to Richard and Wendy, and has the potential to grow into a high-level professional.

A few years ago, Gavin joined the Grizzlies with his cousin Cologne and became a junior officer of the Grizzlies. Since last year, Richard's cousin Thorn has joined the Grizzlies.

Three of Richard's cousins ​​once served in the Grizzlies.

Because the Harland territory developed rapidly and Richard lacked capable assistants, Gavin retired from the Grizzlies and was arranged by Richard to work in a four-wheeled carriage factory. This year, he began to be responsible for the transportation work of the territory.

The Harland territory lit up the manganese steel alloy manufacturing technology and produced rolling bearings.

The load capacity and passability of the four-wheeled carriage equipped with the new rolling bearings were far better than the wooden and bronze bearings that were in circulation at the time.

"The market for four-wheeled carriages in the three provinces of the Northern Frontier has been saturated this year. We have only sold about 400 carriages and earned a profit of 4,000 gold coins. The sales volume may be lower next year, but the transportation business of the territory has grown rapidly this year, and by the end of the year, there will be a profit of 5,000 gold coins.

If the orcs invade as scheduled next year, we can undertake a large amount of military transportation business, and the profit will increase significantly."

After listening to Gavin's report, Richard smiled and asked back: "As a military transporter, do you have the ability to get money? Don't let the main army corps confiscate all your four-wheeled carriages at that time?"

"This depends on Uncle William to communicate with the higher-ups."

After hearing this, Richard waved his hand and said: "The Harland family wants to become a great noble in the Northern Frontier. We must have a sense of the overall situation. We must take the initiative to participate in the military transportation work next year and operate at cost price. There are many profitable businesses in the family, and there is no need to make profits on the main army corps. When the orcs invaded, to a certain extent, we and the three main army corps in the Northern Frontier region were in the same boat."

After Gavin finished his report, it was Leighton's turn.

Leighton is responsible for the territory's brick kilns, lime kilns, glass kilns, coke kilns, and wood distillation kilns. These kilns are basically concentrated in William's territory. Since the year before last, they have been transplanted to the vicinity of the military station fort.

The military station fort is the core of the northern defense line of Harland's territory, located in the center of the swamp basin and the city of flowers.

If the orcs invade from the direction of Harland's territory, the military station fort is the stronghold that the orcs must conquer, otherwise the road will be unstable.

The military station fort has a geographical advantage, and the human army has an organizational advantage compared to the orcs, and the soldiers of Harland's territory also have equipment advantages.

Even if a legion of orcs came, Richard still had the confidence to defend the military station fort.

That's why he transplanted part of the industry to the military station fort to support the construction of the swamp basin and the city of flowers nearby.

"Last year, the construction of the territory was very large. The brick kiln, lime kiln, cement kiln and other kilns added up to a total profit of 2,000 gold coins. The glass kiln had the highest profit. Although we lowered the price, the demand for building glass was too great. Last year, we made 3,000 gold coins. The kiln I was in charge of made a total profit of 5,000 gold coins."

The fruit business is relatively stable. Now Harland Territory has fresh fruits, candied fruits, dried fruits, canned fruits, etc. The main consumer markets are Black River Fort, Flame Fort, and Harland Territory.

The wild orchards on both sides of the Harland Valley have been opened up by Richard as fruit planting areas. Limited by the output of fruits, the fruit garden can make a profit of 4,000 gold coins a year.

If you want to expand the income of fruits, you can only plant more fruit trees and expand the area of ​​the fruit garden. However, due to the restrictions of the consumer market, it is difficult to increase the income of fruits in large quantities.

Because the little queen bee was cultivated, the income of hemostatic ointment this year has also increased to 5,000 gold coins. As the little queen bee grows up year by year, the output of royal jelly will increase year by year, and the hemostatic ointment still has a lot of room for improvement.

The burn ointment is still undergoing human experiments and has not made any profit this year.

The rose perfume produced by the City of Flowers has opened up the market in Heihebao and has been sold well in the three provinces of northern Xinjiang. However, there are fewer noble ladies, and the perfume income has only made a profit of one thousand gold coins this year.

There are a large number of wild roses outside the City of Flowers, and it is impossible to digest them by relying on the market in the three provinces of northern Xinjiang.

If the market is lowered and ordinary people use it, it will lose its status. This kind of luxury product, once it loses its status, it will not be able to earn excess profits.

In order to maintain his status, Richard plans to sell rose perfume to the capital, but it is difficult to find noble ladies who sell perfume in an unfamiliar market.

This year, the territory's income has reached 267,500 gold coins. Even if the 6,000 magic crystals obtained from capturing the lion are excluded, the territory's income is close to 210,000 gold coins.

The income of 210,000 gold coins is close to the earldom in the south.

The two weakest earls in several earldoms in the south have an annual income of less than 200,000 gold coins.

Today, the economic strength, population size, and military combat effectiveness of the Harland family are roughly equivalent to the level of the southern earl.

This year's income exceeds 260,000 gold coins, and the expenses are also very shocking.

The purchase of slaves cost 52,000 gold coins, and the purchase of 100 castrated iron-horned horses also cost 1,000 magic crystals.

There are now 7,000 soldiers in the Harland Territory, and about 4,000 freemen have made military achievements.

The annual military pay of these 4,000 soldiers exceeds 50,000 gold coins, and the logistics supply of 7,000 soldiers also costs 20,000 gold coins.

It takes 70,000 gold coins to support 7,000 regular soldiers every year. When the contracted slaves make military achievements and become freemen, the cost of supporting the army will increase.

In addition, this year Richard also issued about 8,000 gold coins in pensions for disabled and dead soldiers.

The number of bureaucrats in the territory is less than 1,000, and a salary of 10,000 gold coins was issued.

At the end of the year, when the accounts were calculated, this year, 110,000 gold coins were accumulated.

110,000 gold coins are lying in the vaults of various departments. This year, Richard is unprecedentedly rich and powerful. Of course, he does not need to stare at the small amount in Mrs. Aola's hands. He simply pays off the thousands of gold coins owed to Mrs. Aola over the years.

In the past few years, Mrs. Ola had been borrowing money from Richard every year. This year, she finally saw the money returned. In her heart, Richard's credibility had finally recovered.