Extraordinary Earl

Chapter 116
The answer is of course worth it.

What is currently lacking in the Pompeii family?
prestige!

The Pompeii family is a knightly leader, located in the forest, and it is the bridgehead and checkpoint for the Barton family to face the endless threats from the forest.

In history, Pompeii Castle has been breached by monsters many times.

The last time Luther introduced free people, bought serfs, and became farmers in the twenty strongholds of Pompeii, it took a lot of effort.

The free folk would not have come to Pompeii if it had not been for the loss of their fields.

What did Pompeii do to let those residents come and live there?

Low housing prices?
This is a means, but it cannot play a decisive role.

The only way is to establish the prestige of the Pompeii family, and there are endless benefits, such as being famous throughout the province of Orange.

Look.

It turned out that there was also a family of Pompey knights in Orange.

No amount of money can buy this.

Besides, even if there are various unfavorable factors to wipe out the bandit group.For example, bandits generally don't hoard too much money.

But it is not absolute.

There was also an incident where a lord made a fortune by exterminating a group of thieves.Therefore, destroying the bandit group is actually equivalent to opening a treasure chest.

With luck, you can earn.

Bad luck loses money.

It's just that good luck is rare.

So Luther quickly decided to use the Autumn Wind Thieves to make Pompeii famous and prestige.

Now that the matter has been decided, there is only one question left.

To wipe out the Autumn Wind Thieves Group, you must hire mercenaries, at least [-] gold coins.So where did the [-] gold coins come from?
Luther intends to take a look at the income from Pompeii wine during this period to see if he can make it up.But Luther guessed it was enough, because distilled alcohol is not the mainstream alcohol in this world after all.

At present, the main focus is on new products, and only a small number of people are surrounded by them.

Moreover, the current channel is estimated to have not been opened, and the income will not be too much.Besides, Pompeii's money comes in and goes out quickly. There are various buildings and things. It is estimated that there is not much money on the books.

But it doesn't matter, Luther has a backup plan.

So Luther bid farewell to Lu Luxiu, left the city hall, and returned to Pompeii Castle.After returning to Pompeii Castle, Luther came to the living room by himself, and asked the maid to invite Mrs. Sophie and Butler Phelan to come over.

Outside Luther is the acting lord, the next generation of Pompeian knights.But when facing Lu Luxiu, Luther was more like a close partner.

Facing Mrs. Sophie, the old housekeeper, Luther is still a junior in Pompeii Castle.Of course, it is impossible to choose to summon the two.

Just think about gathering in the living room on the second floor, and take a look at the current family business.

"Luther, are you okay? Do you want to eat something? I'll ask the kitchen to prepare your favorite Bass steak for you. If you want to eat Warcraft, I'll ask your father to hunt it back in the forest."

Mrs. Sophie came first, and she greeted Luther with greetings when she came in.Luther couldn't bear the care.

No way, maternal love is too heavy.

Sometimes Luther couldn't understand how there could be such a good stepmother in this world.

"Mom, I'm fine. Besides, I didn't come here to talk about food." Luther said helplessly.

"Others are not important, food is the most important thing, you haven't had a good meal for several days." Mrs. Sophie shook her head, very persistent.

It's really that Luther has been hiding in his room these past few days, decadent and eating very little, Madam Sophie is really distressed.

Fortunately, Butler Phelan came at this time. The old butler was meticulous. After entering, he saluted Mrs. Sophie and Luther, and called out.

"lady."

"Master."

"Butler Fei Lun is here, mom, let's not talk about food first, let's talk about things first." Luther said quickly when he saw the savior.

Mrs. Sophie didn't know that Luther also called Butler Phelan, and she was not a messy woman. She knew what Luther was really going to say when she saw the scene, so she sat up.

"Mom, how is our family's business doing during this time?" Luther asked.

Mrs. Sophie thought for a while, and then said: "At present, the main income of the family's business is Pompeii wine. The sales channel is not limited to Kaiyue City, but also in other towns. Currently relying on the income of Pompeii wine, the family's monthly There will be an income of three hundred gold coins. I plan to stabilize the pace first, and then expand the business to other noble territories next year."

Speaking of this, Madam Sophie was still very emotional.

Because of the tax Pompeii received before, I am afraid that there is not a thousand gold coins a year.To support the Pompeii family, the knights of the Iron Horse family, maintain the operation of the territory, raise the guards, and maintain the dignity of the nobles.

It's been a really tight year.

Now Luther is just trying to make Pompeii wine. Pompeii's annual income is [-] gold coins. When the business spreads to other territories next year, it is not known what kind of income it will be.

After hearing this, Luther gave up, and it was only [-] gold coins a year.My plan this time is to raise [-] gold coins, hire a mercenary group, and deal with the Autumn Wind Thieves.

The family is really unreliable, and a backup plan must be used.

But now that he met the two helmsmen of the family business, Luther decided to take a look at the family business.

"Not bad." Luther said these three words against his will, and then asked, "What about other business, Mom."

"Other businesses are still those you explained. The pasture has expanded to a certain extent, and many calves and lambs have been purchased, but it will take a while to raise them. Therefore, the meat of the family knights is still mainly purchased from Kaiyue City. .”

"The oil pressing workshop has been established, and all kinds of tools, facilities, and workers have been recruited. We can start work when the rapeseed in the territory is ripe this year. I estimate that there will be enough rapeseed by then, and I am afraid that it will be consumed in the territory." No, I plan to purchase some export products at a suitable price, so as to generate some income.”

"As for the city, there are many shops, such as jewelry stores, clothing stores, etc., but because there are no residents in the city, jewelry stores and clothing stores rarely have customers. Not only do they not make money, but they also lose money. As for grocery stores, Cloth shops, etc., make a lot of money because they cater to farmers.”

Mrs. Sophie knew the business of Pompey's family like the back of her hand, and she knew everything about it.

After Luther heard this, hope surged up again, and he couldn't help asking: "Is the grocery store and the cloth store very profitable? So how many gold coins are there in the family account now?"

"There are about [-] gold coins, and there are [-] gold coins in the foreign debt." Madam Sophie said.

Luther grinned, but he was smart enough not to ask why.

Money comes and goes quickly.

The current financial composition of the Pompey family is as follows.The city hall is one finance, the family business is one finance, and the two financial systems are parallel.

This is the same as in ancient China, the treasury's money belonged to the treasury, and the emperor's money belonged to the emperor.

The emperor has a special money bag, and he also takes care of it, so the emperor can use it casually.

If the money in the treasury is not enough, the emperor subsidizes the treasury with his own money.

At present, the Pompeii family is developing at a high speed. Not only did the city hall not generate tax revenue, but instead used a lot of gold coins.

At present, the Pompeii family's foreign debt of more than 6000 gold coins is the money that Old Sol borrowed from the other five knight families to subsidize the city hall to buy serfs and build cities and houses.

The second expenditure is the salaries of knights, officials, and guards, and also the town hall.

But the city hall had no money, so the Pompey family had to subsidize it again.

The monthly salaries of the knights, officials, and guards were almost three hundred gold coins, so the Pompeii family's money did not increase, and of course the finances did not continue to deteriorate.

On the contrary, I made a small profit. After all, the business of grocery stores, cloth stores, etc. has improved.

The city hall's tight financial situation will not improve until the harvest of wheat and rapeseed this autumn.

All in all, the Pompeii family had no money.

(End of this chapter)