Chapter 375 Meeting Minutes

After educating his daughter, Richard and Sophia returned to their temporary residence together.

Although the No. 9 military station was on the front line, Richard still had a very good living environment. Although his residence was not luxurious, it was also a complete courtyard with more than a dozen brick and stone houses of various sizes, totaling several hundred square meters.

Sophia took out a parchment book from the space bag and handed it to Richard.

"You didn't attend this year's annual financial meeting. I brought the minutes of the meeting. You have time to take a look."

Richard flipped through the minutes of the meeting. The first page was the population data compiled by the household registration department.

After entering the northern prairie, the territory rescued 230,000 slaves and merged them into the Martins Earldom, which also increased by 6,000 people. After entering winter, the Harland Territory also accepted thousands of refugees from the Eagle Mountains.

This year's newborns are also close to 70,000, and Richard took out 50,000 gold coins to buy 10,000 slaves. Thousands of free people also migrated from other territories. According to the statistics of the household registration department, the Harland Territory has more than 1.836 million people this year.

With a population of 1.8 million, the population of Harland Territory ranks third in the Kingdom of Grant, second only to the royal family and the Dukedom of York.

Originally, the Dukedom of Jonathan had a population of 2 million, exceeding the Dukedom of Harland, but a few years ago, 40,000 troops were relocated to the Grand Duchy of Stanik, and more than 200,000 people were lost, including their families.

In addition, part of the territory was allocated to the Harland family, which lost 60,000 to 70,000 people, and some nobles migrated to the Grand Duchy of Stanik. Now the population loss of the Dukedom of Jonathan is very serious and can no longer compare with the Dukedom of Harland.

The Dukedom of York is located inland, and the territories are all rich places with a population of more than 3 million. If you want to catch up with the number of the Dukedom of York, it may take more than ten years of rapid development, which is estimated to be impossible in the short term.

Among the 1.8 million population, there are already 810,000 free people. For the land tax alone, more than 200,000 gold coins were collected in taxes.

As the territory becomes more and more prosperous, the income from commercial taxes and tariffs is increasing rapidly. Coupled with the very stable real estate tax, the tax revenue of Harland Territory has increased very quickly this year, reaching more than 320,000 gold coins.

The most important income of Harland Territory is the income from monopoly commodities, not taxes.

This year, hunting snow crystal fish has added another powerful income-generating product to Harland Territory.

By refining Tenghui potion, the army of Harland Territory has not only increased more than 800 professionals, but also strengthened the strength of the Mercenary Association, the Demon Hunting Union, and the Intelligence Department, and cultivated more than 100 professionals. Counting these people, Harland Territory has added more than 1,000 professionals this year.

In addition to using it within the territory, Richard also exchanged 46,000 gold coins of food and ore from the nobles of Geda Province through trading Tenghui potion, traded 50,000 gold coins of extraordinary materials at the commodity fair, and took back more than 10,000 gold coins of materials and more than 30,000 gold coins of IOUs from the vassal of the territory. A large amount of merit and 84,000 gold coins in cash were recovered from the officers and soldiers of the army.

Not counting the debts owed by the vassals, nor the merits of the officers and soldiers of the territory, hunting snow crystal fish not only saved a lot of expenses for the territory, but also brought a profit of more than 200,000 gold coins.

This year, the agriculture of Harland Territory is also good. Although Martins County delayed spring plowing and could only sow some beans with a short maturity period, the agricultural output in this area is very low, and Richard needs to feed an additional 300,000 people.

However, there was a lot of surplus food in the territory last year. This year, the total grain output of the territory exceeded one million tons, plus the 10,000 to 20,000 tons of grain traded with the nobles of Geda Province, the grain of Harland Territory is completely sufficient.

Even if a lot of military food is consumed in transportation, the reserve grain of the territory is still maintained at a very high level.

It’s just that Harland Territory has added flour manufacturing. This year, it needs to feed an extra 300,000 people, and it is impossible to sell grain for cash.

Although the grain cannot be sold, the income from the flour manufacturing industry has increased significantly.

Although the price of flour has dropped by 15% this year, the wholesale price of flour in the territory has dropped to five gold coins per ton of flour. The industry has reduced some profits overall, but the number of free citizens has increased by more than 100,000, and the consumer market is still expanding rapidly.

Six state-owned flour mills have handed over 140,000 gold coins in profits this year, and four private flour mills have also paid 43,000 gold coins in taxes to the territory, but this part of the tax is included in the tax.

With the expansion of more than 90,000 square kilometers of land, the pasture area of ​​Harland Territory has increased greatly. However, due to the restrictions of the consumer market, the production capacity of cattle and sheep cannot rise rapidly.

In the past few years, the number of sheep in stock was too high, and Richard had to find a way to sell mutton in Nolan, giving up more than half of the profit. If it were not for the low breeding cost, he would not be able to afford such a loss.

Now that the consumer market has been cultivated, the breeding department must naturally stabilize.

Now in the Harland Territory, more than 300,000 sheep-bodied people have been controlled, and these sheep-bodied people are only slaves in status. By exploiting more than 300,000 sheep-bodied slaves, the government-run ranch handed in a profit of 110,000 gold coins.

This year, due to the outbreak of war, military production increased significantly, and coupled with the demand for railway construction, steel production capacity once again exploded. By the end of the year, Harland Territory had produced 24,000 tons of steel and iron production exceeded 40,000 tons.

After the surge in production, steel products fell in price again. The retail price reduction was not large, and the wholesale price fell by 20% again. Although the price fell, the steel manufacturing industry still increased its profits by 20% due to the surge in production capacity.

This year, the steel department handed over 240,000 gold coins to the territory.

The market size of brown sugar has also begun to stabilize, and the brown sugar sales market has begun to become saturated, bringing 110,000 gold coins of profit to the Harland territory this year.

The real estate industry has begun to prosper.

The real estate industry has a long industrial chain, involving bricks, cement, glass, wood, etc.

This industry related to people's livelihood has a strong financial attribute, and Richard has always prohibited private companies from entering the real estate development market. The free people who live in the new house have to pay Richard the installment of the house purchase every year, and this income is actually very stable.

This year, the income from the real estate market has exceeded the brown sugar trade, bringing 130,000 gold coins of profit to the territory.

Because of the war in the south and the invasion of orcs, the arms trade is still very prosperous, with more than 8,000 alchemical bombs sold, thousands of scorching ray guns sold, plus thousands of iron armor, a small number of force field shields, and magic props. The arms sales brought 120,000 gold coins of profit to the territory.

Minting coins is also a highly profitable industry. The Harland Territory is still in a money shortage. This year, 110,000 gold coins of metal currency were minted, and 100,000 vouchers were printed.

Compared with last year, the residents of the territory have more confidence in vouchers, and some vouchers have been circulated in the market in small quantities.

In addition to printing vouchers, Richard also launched a part of national debt for the first time, with an annual interest rate of 2%. The number of this part of national debt is very small, and the first issuance is only 60,000 gold coins, which are basically distributed to soldiers and civil servants.

Because of the issuance of vouchers and national debts, new markets have begun to emerge, and there are already some bond merchants in the territory who purchase vouchers.

Financial departments such as coin minting, voucher printing, and national debt issuance have brought 260,000 cash income to the territory this year.

This income is second only to the tax department.

Although this year is the second year of its establishment, the Duke Bank of Harland Territory has made a profit of more than 60,000 gold coins. However, Richard did not require this part of the profit to be handed over, and it is still kept in the banking system to enrich the capital.

As the population of Harland Territory increases, the cotton spinning market is also expanding. This year, the cotton spinning industry has brought 80,000 gold coins of profit to the territory. The soap and perfumed soap industry is still increasing its production capacity, and this year it has handed in 60,000 gold coins of profit.

Drug income is now also an important source of income for Harland Territory. With more than a decade of development, the medical skills of Harland Territory have a high reputation in the Kingdom of Grant. Some nobles of Nolan have to go to the hospital of Harland Territory for treatment when they are sick.

The medical level has become famous, which has greatly helped the drug sales department of Harland Territory. Now in the Kingdom of Grant, the drugs produced by Harland Territory have also become a very scarce commodity.

In addition to the two major blockbusters of hemostatic ointment and pain-relieving pills, the drug research and development department of Harland Territory has successively developed more than a dozen new drugs, all of which have a certain market. The drug sales department handed in more than 100,000 gold coins of profit this year.

The coal industry is also steadily improving, especially the second coal mine in the Losa Basin, which has increased its output to 100,000 tons this year. This year, the exploration department of Harland Territory discovered the third coal mine in the upper reaches of the Bernie River. The No. 1 mine has been completed, and the output in the first year of mining has exceeded 10,000 tons.

Harland Territory's coal production has reached 320,000 tons this year, and the three coal mines have handed in a total profit of 76,000 gold coins.

The rest are basically some small and medium-sized industries, which have a total profit of nearly 200,000 gold coins.

Including the 60,000 gold coins from the issuance of national bonds, Harland Territory's cash income this year is 1.83 million gold coins. Excluding the 60,000 gold coin national bonds, there are 1.77 million gold coins, which is still 235,000 gold coins higher than last year.

Next year, Martins County will resume production and increase more than 200,000 freemen. The fiscal revenue is expected to surge and may exceed the level of 2 million gold coins.

The fiscal revenue of nearly 1.8 million gold coins is equivalent to one-third of the royal family. The royal family controls a population of more than 12 million people, has complete coinage rights, and has a variety of monopoly commodities.

If the Grant Kingdom did not have various local protectionist policies and implemented liberal trade, with the current productivity of Harland Territory, it could produce more than ten times the goods. However, from the royal family to the nobles of the territory, all of them are disgusted with the loss of precious metals, and have formulated strict local protectionist policies to restrict the commodity market of Harland Territory.

The market cannot be expanded, and Harland Territory can only make small moves and rely on cultivating the domestic demand market, and cannot make too much excess profit.

Now in Harland Territory, there have been gradually voices calling for breaking local protectionism and opening up the door. If the Dawn Plane is not an extraordinary world, I am afraid that the Opium War of the Other World has already broken out.

With a cash income of nearly 1.8 million gold coins, the expenditure of the territory this year is also very shocking.

Now Harland Territory has 58,000 regular troops, 55,000 soldiers with citizenship, and only 4,000 contracted slaves. Richard also increased the salary and subsidies of the 20,000 city defense troops and security troops on the front line.

The salary of the 90,000 soldiers in Harland Territory reached 760,000 gold coins, plus the bounty of more than 100,000 gold coins, the total military expenditure was 910,000 gold coins.

In addition, the pension for the disabled and the families of the dead also reached 45,000 gold coins a year.

The logistics expenses of the 90,000-man army are also a very huge expense. This year, the construction of the military station defense line consumed a lot of resources. The transportation of materials to the front line incurred huge additional costs, and a total of 250,000 gold coins were consumed this year.

The military expenditure exceeded 1.2 million gold coins. If it were not for the substantial increase in fiscal revenue, the Haland Territory would probably not be able to expand its army this year.

This year, the military expenditure has increased too much, accounting for 65.8% of the fiscal revenue, a significant increase compared with last year.

The military expenditure revenue exceeds 1.2 million, and the government's expenses are also rising.

Now, Haland Territory has 12,000 civil servants. The salaries of these people plus welfare subsidies require 140,000 gold coins. Due to the heavy burden of military expenditure, Richard ordered civil servants to reduce their salaries by 30%, compressing the salaries of civil servants to less than 100,000 gold coins. Compared with last year, the number of civil servants has increased by nearly 3,000, and the total expenditure has hardly increased.

This year, Haland Territory has increased its population by more than 300,000, added a Martins County, added four primary schools, and added one middle school.

At present, Harland has 20 primary schools and 5 secondary schools, with more than 30,000 students.

If you want to popularize education, you must lower the tuition fees. At present, the annual tuition fee for primary schools in Harland is only two silver coins, which is roughly equivalent to the salary of an adult man for two weeks, which is about 180 kilograms of wheat.

Because the tuition fees are low, the education industry will certainly lose money. This year, 30,000 funds have been invested in the education department.

Although the medical department has admitted some wealthy foreign nobles, it cannot balance the income and expenditure. At present, Harland has more than 10 hospitals, and it also provides free medical treatment to contract slaves.

The investment in the medical department has exceeded 60,000 gold coins, and the burden is gradually increasing.

Because the sale of Tenghui potion at the commodity fair exchanged for 50,000 gold coins of extraordinary materials, the funds of the Mage Association and the scientific research department this year have been reduced a little, and the total is about 80,000 gold coins.

In addition, an important investment this year is the construction of more than 30 kilometers of railways. It costs 1,500 gold coins to build one kilometer of railway. Although the 30 kilometers of railway is very short, it still consumes 50,000 gold coins. Investing in railways takes a long time to pay back.

In addition, the territory built several steamships this year, consuming more than 10,000 gold coins. Ten thousand slaves were purchased, consuming 50,000 gold coins in cash.

In general, there is a total surplus of 240,000 gold coins this year, plus the 690,000 gold coins left over from last year. The territory's treasury has saved a huge amount of 930,000 gold coins.

This year, the territory hunted snow crystal fish, consuming a large number of merits, which undoubtedly reduced the cash expenditure cost of the Harland territory.