Chapter 139 Circus

As the farmers started the autumn harvest, the city hall and the Pompeii family began to get busy.

Especially the city hall. Before this, the city hall was very idle, because Pompeii currently only had farmers and no residents, so there was not much to do.

Now things are coming.

This year is a bumper harvest. The farmers delivered all the wheat and vegetables they harvested to the Pompeii family for processing. The wheat will be turned into wheat flour and the vegetables will be turned into vegetable oil.

The farmers will pay the Pompeii family a certain commission for this. The commission is not high, but the two processing workshops of the Pompeii family have made a lot of money.

After the vegetable oil and wheat flour are produced, the farmers will keep some for themselves, and most of them will be sold to the Pompeii family in exchange for copper coins.

The Pompeii family will buy it at a price lower than the market price, and then transport it to Kaiyue City for sale, which is another income.

After the farmers have silver coins and even gold coins in their hands, they naturally start to consume, buying cloth to make clothes, buying some meat, and even some meat to make sausages.

So the peasants waved their coins and came to Pompeii's grocery store, cloth shop, and ranch to buy these necessities of life, and Pompeii made a fortune.

This is a very, very terrible thing.

It is impossible in a real city, thanks to the small scale of Pompeii City, all businesses are exclusively operated by Pompeii.

In short, the peasants made a lot of money this autumn harvest, but Pompeii actually made more money. On the contrary, the tax burden of the people for one year was reduced, which was a drop in the bucket.

Of course, because Pompeii's financial system is two parallel systems, Pompeii's business forms its own finances, and the taxes of the city hall form its own finances.

So it is Pompeii who makes money, but because the city hall is very poor, Pompeii has to subsidize the city hall. In short, it is all Pompeii's money.

In the study of Mrs. Sophie in Pompeii Castle.

Mrs. Sophie is holding a book and starting to check the accounts, calculating and writing. Luther sat at the desk, very obediently not moving or making any sound.

Mrs. Sophie was calculating the income of the Pompeii family's territory this year.

Luther was looking forward to how much income the Pompeii family could get.

"Pah." After a long period of calculation, Mrs. Sophie put the account book aside and showed Luther a joyful smile.

"Luther, this autumn harvest our Pompeii family's income is as much as 8,000 gold coins."

Luther was immediately happy when he heard it, and he waved his fist to show his joy.

Luther was really happy.

8,000 gold coins, it doesn't sound like much. After all, when Luther wiped out the Autumn Wind Bandits, he borrowed 100,000 gold coins from the Barton family.

But you have to know that Barton Territory is a baron territory with a population of more than 100,000, and the income generated is of course amazing.

And the income of Pompeii Territory in the past year was less than 1,000 gold coins.

Eight thousand gold coins is a very considerable income, and it is not a one-time deal. There is a certain sustainability, because it is impossible for the farmers to spend all the gold coins at once. In the future, the farmers' various consumption will bring a steady stream of income to the Pompeii family.

Now there are more than 10,000 farmers, what about 100,000 or 1 million in the future?

So it is very scary to run a territory.

"Don't be happy too early, we still have a lot of external accounts. We owe the Barton family 88,000 gold coins, and the bounty has not come down for a while. These 88,000 gold coins are still generating interest, and the gold coins we borrowed from the five major knight families also need to be repaid."

Mrs. Sophie poured cold water on Luther.

"Repay the money? I won't pay it back. Use the interest to delay it. The money will be left for a while and maybe it can be used at any time." Luther shook his head and would never pay it back.

Money can make money.

But the interest still needs to be paid, and Luther is not a deadbeat.

By the way, the 88,000 gold coins from the Barton family cannot be delayed. After the bounty is paid, the principal and interest must be repaid. This is the condition agreed upon at the beginning.

But Luther can only owe the gold coins of the five major knight families.

After being happy for a while, Luther stood up from the chair, bowed to Madam Sophie, and said sincerely: "Mom, you have worked hard this year, please be sure to buy some jewelry for yourself."

There is nothing wrong with what he said.

In terms of personal feelings, Luther and Madam Sophie have a very good mother-son relationship, better than ordinary biological mothers and sons, and there is nothing wrong with buying jewelry for mom.

In terms of work, this year Madam Sophie and Butler Ferran have managed the family business in an orderly manner. Pompeii wine, various workshops, ranches, and shops in the territory are all managed by mom.

There is no need to pay wages.

You have to give a year-end bonus anyway.

Jewelry, clothes, etc. must be bought.

"Then I'll withdraw 200 gold coins to buy some clothes and jewelry." Mrs. Sophie was very happy to see Luther was so filial.

"200 gold coins are too little, please be sure to spend 500 gold coins." Luther begged his mother to spend money.

"Then I will buy some clothes for you, Mary, and William." Mrs. Sophie smiled and said. As a noble lady who knows how to manage the household, she certainly would not spend 500 gold coins to buy clothes and jewelry for herself, but seeing that Luther was so filial, she compromised and planned to buy clothes for her family.

"Okay." Luther reluctantly agreed.

Skipping this topic, Mrs. Sophie suddenly remembered the circus and asked, "By the way, didn't you ask Lelouch to hire a circus for the carnival celebration? When will it arrive?"

"According to the plan, it should arrive the day after tomorrow." Luther said with a smile, and then said, "This is a famous circus hired from Kaiyue City. There are various animal training performances, various acrobatic performances, and funny clown performances. Mom, you must go and see it too."

Mrs. Sophie nodded happily and said, "Okay, I will definitely go and see it when the time comes."

As the lord's wife and the person in charge of the family business, Mrs. Sophie rarely leaves the territory once a year, and her life is all centered on the Pompeii family.

This time, during the autumn harvest in Pompeii, the circus came to tour, and she was certainly interested in going to see it.

One day later.

The famous circus in Kaiyue City, "Pallada Circus", came to Pompeii. Pompeii will usher in a month-long carnival, during which the circus will tour various villages in Pompeii.

All expenses will be borne by the Pompeii family.

There is only one goal.

Let the entire Pompeii territory fall into carnival and continue the joy of autumn harvest.

Let's party, people.

Let's party together for our common Pompeii.

Pompeii.

Our Pompeii will be better.

The previous chapter was revised twice, because I took the name of the president of the United States as the leader of the thieves, and it was harmonized.

The first revision added a period in the middle of the name, but it didn't work.

The second revision, the leader is called Omima.

I am really sorry for causing trouble to everyone.