Elves start from being a lord

Chapter 3 Status of the Territory
Victor can imagine that the officials sitting here now know that the boss has suddenly changed from the eldest brother to himself, and they are afraid that they will be very broken.

But at the scene...everyone seems to be in good condition, Victor found silently.

"Master, the one on the left is Chief Financial Officer Peake, and the one on the right is Captain Hankos."

At this time, Uncle Jerry had already stood beside Victor and began to introduce everyone actively.

Pick and Hankos, whose names were called, also bowed their heads and bowed to signal. Their faces were very serious, and they did not show the slightest casual emotion.

As for the officials sitting below the two, most of them were subordinate to their adjutants, and Victor barely recognized them.

"I just came to Lakeside Town, and I'm not familiar with the situation here. Please introduce me, the two of you, and focus on what everyone is busy with."

After getting acquainted with each other, Victor began to ask questions, and everyone sat up a little bit, and then Peak spoke first.

"Master Victor, the lakeside town faces the sea, the land is barren, and the benefits of crop cultivation are extremely low. The main source of income for the people is fishing from the sea and related sideline businesses.

In the past two years, we have been working hard to help fishermen build more boats and expand their fishing range. We have also established contact with caravans in Sirius City, inviting them to come and trade fish to increase their income.

Although the effect is slow, it is safe, and everyone's life has also improved a lot. The follow-up plan will continue to increase investment in this area, so as to increase tax revenue, and then invest in the construction of the town. "

After Peak finished speaking, he quietly waited for Victor's reply. He knew that his answer was relatively conservative, but at least he would not make mistakes if he didn't know the character and temperament of the new lord.

To put it simply, reporting is equivalent to not reporting, old workplace oil.

"How is the tax collected?" Victor began to ask.

"According to the rules set by the young master before, based on the number of adult laborers in each household, each adult laborer needs to pay 200 copper coins in tax every year, but if the family gives birth to a child, the tax of 50 copper coins can be reduced or exempted."

During this period, 1 gold coin = 10 silver coins = 100 copper coins = 1000 iron coins, and 1 copper coin was enough to buy ten catties of high-quality fish, and the average annual income of a fishing family was only six or seven hundred copper coins. After all, fish cannot be caught every day.

Calculated in this way, the money that a family can freely dispose of each year is only two to three hundred copper coins. Even if they have children every year, the children born will cost money, and it is impossible to have a surplus after all.

Only in the initial stage of urban construction, when a large increase in population is needed, this strong medicine will have a slight effect, but if it is not stopped in time, there will be endless troubles.

"How much tax was collected at the beginning of this year?" Victor continued to ask.

"A total of 160 million copper coins were collected in taxes."

"How much is left?"

"The middle of the year has passed, but there are only... 58 copper coins left." Peak's face began to ooze cold sweat.

"What is the population of the town? How many households are there?"

"The population is nearly 3, about... [-] households"

"So, even if there are two elders in each family, there are 3.5 children on average?"

"Master back, yes."

"The town has only been established for three years, which means that every household has been giving birth to children? Even many have four children in three years?"

"Yes, and the population has grown tremendously as a result."

"..." Victor closed his eyes, too lazy to say anything, and began to think hard in his mind.

Peak, who was originally an old god, also silently wiped the sweat from his palms. The series of questions from Master Victor just now made him nervous.

The success of this method is well-founded, but looking at the young master's appearance, he is obviously not very satisfied.

But four children in three years is really a lot.

After a long time, Victor opened his eyes again, and he already had a general idea in his mind.

"Director Peak, after I go back today, I need you to record all pregnant families within a week, tell them that tax exemption needs to be recorded in advance, and let them actively cooperate."

"Master. This..."

"Do as I say first, and you will know later. This is the first thing I will give you after I took office. He is very important!"

Victor stopped Peak from speaking, and stared straight at him with a pair of eyes.

From his point of view, although this can increase the population in a short period of time, every subsequent problem will be very troublesome.

Concentrated population explosion will generate huge pressure on various aspects such as medical care, education, housing, etc. in the future. Once the threshold is passed, there will be a surplus of labor.

Of course, if you only want to train them into pure labor, then the problem is really not big.

But how could Victor, who has experienced Blue Star education, still be like this, so the population growth must be slowed down.

At the very least, it cannot be encouraged.

"Follow your orders, Master Victor!"

Peak was defeated. As a financial officer who had followed the young master, he had access to a lot of news, and the young master in front of him could not afford to offend.

Then, Peak's adjutant made reports on food reserves, urban construction and other aspects.

After listening carefully, Victor learned more about Lakeside Town, and ideas kept popping up.

He insisted that the first priority is the population issue.

Peak is over for now, and the rest will remain unchanged. The statistics are simple but cumbersome, enough for them to be busy for a while.

Then Victor turned his head to guard Zhang Hankos.

"Master Victor, my side is mainly responsible for the daily patrol of the town, defending against monster attacks, and helping fishermen expand their fishing areas."

For the town, the more idle the guard team, the better, which proves that the town is very safe and nothing major happened.

Therefore, the pressure on Hanks was much less, and he was not worried that Victor would question him like he questioned Peak.

"The foundation of whether the guard team is good or not depends on its combat power.

Captain Hankos, can you go outside and let me see the strength of the guards? "

"Of course!"

Hankos had already guessed that there was such a link, so what he brought today were all the elite guards.

Soon, a group of people came outside.

Ten guards wearing uniforms stood upright in the open space, and two standard elves were sent beside each of them.

Muke Bird + Luke Cat!
The captain of the guard, Hankos, sent out the Muke Eagle and the Roentgen Cat, both of which are final evolutions.

"Master Victor, the guard currently has 1 captain, 10 deputy captains, 100 soldiers, and 15 logistics soldiers, totaling 126 people.

Captain Hankos has been equipped with four elves, the Roentgen Cat, the Muck Eagle, the Iron Armored Tyrannosaurus, and the Weasel King.

The vice-captains Raul and Coster are equipped with three elves, Muke bird, Luke cat and various water-type elves.

The 100 soldiers have been equipped with two kinds of elves, Mukle and Kitten, and most of them have evolved from one elf. "

After Hankos finished speaking, Victor did not speak for a long time.

It's not that this power is too weak...but too strong!
"Captain Hankos, please tell me, what was your position under my elder brother? What rank? Which army did you come from?"

Hankos looked at Victor suddenly, and he heard what Victor meant.

He is here to be the guard of the town, he is definitely a talent!

Thinking of this, the depression in Hankos's heart that was arranged here was much less for a moment.

At least for now, it seems that the young master is not the ignorant and stupid as everyone said.

　Ask for collection!Ask for a recommendation!

　　


(End of this chapter)