Tales of the Reincarnated Lord

Chapter 386 Real Estate and Tax Rates

Lorist returned to the Northland on January 7th of the New Year and braved the wind and snow to inspect the capital of the Northland, formerly known as the city of Gildusk, which has now been renamed the Roaring Bear City. The reconstruction project led by Master Siropa went well, and a giant roaring bear statue was set up in the square ingeniously, and the square was renamed the angry bear square.

It will take another year to rebuild the Roaring Bear City. Last year, the infrastructure projects of various urban areas have been re-planned. The water supply pipes and sewers have been arranged. The construction of the wall defense facilities and road traffic has also been completed. The main tasks that follow today It is the construction of houses and other civil engineering works. Master Siropa is optimistic that it can be completed by August, but the more detailed interior decoration and beautification projects will take some time. However, the construction of the Roaring Bear City this year will be in charge of the Deputy Director of the Engineering Department, Sangmoto, because Master Siropa will go to the Southern Province to preside over the construction of Pegasus Castle in the Felim family territory in May.

Lorist only stayed in the Roaring Bear City for ten days. In addition to inspecting the reconstruction of the northern capital, he also met with Sodkamp. The servant who followed Little Rock around now has become a stand-alone servant. On the one hand, the internal affairs talents, the newly planned Ping Anyuan, Pingfengyuan and Pingkangyuan in the southern part of the Northland, are proceeding in an orderly manner. The development will be completed in two years. The only thing to worry about is that the land is sparsely populated. Only by filling a large number of immigrants can it flourish.

Fatty Shi brought Supervisor Speer to greet Lorist. Since last November, he received a report from Tagle that the mountain barbarians might attack the Norton family territory, Fatty Shi has been sitting in Rock Castle. Lorist knows the details of the mountain barbarian, knowing that it is impossible for the mountain barbarian to descend and attack before winter is approaching. Fatty Shi didn't dare to be careless. He was afraid of 10,000 and he had to make sure that the family territory was safe and sound.

Now that Lorester is back, the war in the southern province has subsided, and the strategy to destroy the Iberian Kingdom has been achieved. The most important thing is that the Flying Tiger Legion will soon be pulled back to the north, and Fatty Shi's heart is finally relieved. He brought good news to Lorester. The eastern part of Roaring Bear City was the special zone designated for the nobles to build their own estates. All the 67 plots were snapped up by the nobles, and the Norton family was from here. More than 1.6 million golden fortunes were received. Head Speer couldn't close his mouth.

You must know that these sixty-seven plots are bare, and there are no buildings at all. After the nobles bought them, they had to spend their own money to build the manor. As long as the Norton family is responsible for the road traffic between the plots and the construction of public service facilities such as parks and gardens, it can be said that the Norton family has made a lot of money this time. After the nobles build the manor, they still have to pay the Norton family property tax every year. According to the area and market price of the plot, they need to pay one-thousandth of the land property tax every year, which means that although you bought the plot, it belongs to you privately. But this land is on the Norton family territory. For the manor you built on this land to be safe, good deed, come and pay the protection fee...

Lorist was surprised. He knew that the original price of these plots was only about 5,000 to 8,000 gold fortunes. How could it be sold at such a high price that it could reach more than 1.6 million gold fortunes? This is almost five or six times higher than the expected income. What makes the nobles willing to pay such a high price?

Fatty Shi told Lorist proudly that he did not clearly mark the prices of these plots at the beginning, but ordered people to draw the map of the special zone first, and mark all the 67 plots with the lowest prices. Copy it to all the nobles, whether it is honorary title or domain, as long as it is a noble, it is also sent to the traditional domain nobles who have just joined the Norton family in Winston Province. It turns out that all of them have received this special zone map. All the nobles showed great interest, so Fatty Shi held an auction decisively. As a result, these 67 plots were in short supply. The least increased by four or five times, and the highest by more than ten times. The prices were all sold. .

Fatty Shi said that many aristocrats who have not bought any plots have asked their families to plan another plot of the special zone for auction. According to statistics, it is estimated that two plots as large as the special zone are needed to meet the needs of all the aristocrats. Therefore, Fatty Shi and Director Speer worked tirelessly to plan two more places next to the Eastern Special Zone, and prepared more than 150 plots for another auction. Now they are waiting for Lorist to approve them.

Lorist took this planning document, looked at it and made a larger one, leaving only a planned area of ​​fifty-eight plots. Fatty Shi and Director Speer were anxious, all the flashing gold coins were crossed out!

"It's not a rush," Lorist explained: "These two plans basically guarantee that all the nobles will get a plot, so what are they fighting for during the auction? Everyone has it, and at most it's just a little bit better. , They don’t have to bid up prices for this. It’s hard to think of the first special zone where the price of each plot has been multiplied several times. We can only take out a small number of plots to cause their looting, so that the price can hit Roll up."

Fatty Shi suddenly realized that he patted his forehead regretfully: "Sorry, I was impatient. I forgot about this. I thought that the price of the land planned now could be as high as the land in the first special zone. This is me. 'S fault..."

"It's none of your business. But you don't understand why these nobles are looting the land in the special zone." Lorist smiled and said: "To make it clear, in fact, the price of these land is so high that they are dealing with our family. Names."

"Vote for a name?" Fatty Shi and Director Speer asked strangely.

"Yes, vote for the title." Lorist nodded: "At the time of your auction, our four Northland alliances had annihilated the First Border Rangers of the Fei Sablon family and captured the King City of Windbury, Fei Sab Grand Duke Lun fled to the Southern Province. The discerning people know that our four Northland alliances have gained the upper hand. Although the Feisabrun family is the strongest territorial nobleman in the Northeast, they have been crippled by us. Even if there are twists and turns, it is difficult to turn around. Unless the four Northland Alliances are all fools, Duke Fesabrunn, even the **** of war, cannot turn defeat into victory.

Under such circumstances, these nobles placed their bets on our Norton family, because the Norton family is the head of the four Northland alliances, and we are now rebuilding the capital of the Northland and renamed Gildusk City to the Roaring Bear The city shows that we will regard this as the center of the family territory. Under such circumstances, the purchase of land by these nobles in the special zone to build manor houses means that our Norton family is the mainstay. In short, it means buying tickets and getting on the boat, willing to help us together. Of course, speculation is inevitable, after all, the closer you are to our family, the more dealings you have, the greater your chances of development.

Now we have reached the Raiders of the Iberian Kingdom, bringing Winston and Southern Provinces into the sphere of influence of the four Northlands. We all belong to the Antinac Kingdom in name. From the perspective of the territory, the Antinac Kingdom already occupies half of the area of ​​the former Christian Empire. But the four alliances of our Northland are another force in the kingdom. These nobles know very well in their hearts that, compared with the Second Highness, they would rather take refuge in us than take care of our King..."

Lorist pointed to the planning document in his hand: "In fact, no matter how high we sell the two planned plots, the nobles will still grit their teeth and buy them to show that they are standing with us. But I don’t want them to hold grudges. In addition to letting them pay willingly, we have to increase the price of these plots and let them appreciate year by year.

For example, I plan to reduce the fifty-eight plots in this plan to forty. The excess plots will be used to build a sepak takraw hall, a racetrack, a fighting spirit training center, and a medical clinic where a senior pharmacist is located. In addition, a small river is dug to connect the lake, where people can boat and swim, and the lake can be used for walks and picnics. There are also gourmet restaurants, leisure tea clubs, and high-end shopping malls, making it a nobleman and his family. Favorite high-end residential area. Only in this way will the value of the plots of these two special zones become higher and higher, and they will become areas for everyone to enter.

At that time, as long as we add another special zone or a large high-end residential area near these two special zones, the land price of the new special zone will naturally be higher, and even the land price of the new residential area will continue to rise... …"

Fatty Shi exclaimed: "His Royal Highness, you are really home."

Director Speer frowned: "His Royal Highness, don't you think that these two special zones are similar to the wealthy districts in the capital city as you say, will this reduce the housing prices in the wealthy districts? ?"

"Hehe..." Lorist smiled and shook his head: "The rich area is the rich area, basically the mansions of the nobles and the houses of the wealthy civilians. Anyone who has the money can buy it. The two special zones only have identity. Only guests who are nobles or invited by nobles can enter. Otherwise, no matter how rich they are, they will not be able to enter or leave these two special zones. This invisibly makes those nobles feel that their status is more noble. Rich civilians are more envious And hope to be one of them, then all they can work hard is to make more contributions to our family to get our recognition and canonize it as a nobleman.

From next year, our Norton family will no longer recognize the titles of nobles from other countries. Director Speer, you set a standard. Only the nobles of other countries that have purchased the special zone land will pay one to our family. For a fee, you can turn their honorary titles into our family's honorary titles. "

"But, my lord, what's the point of doing this? It's all honorary titles. Is there any difference between the national and the recognized by our family?" Director Speer asked puzzled.

Fatty Shi laughed: "His Royal Highness, this is too clever. Director Speer, this is a big difference. First, your Highness said that next year, he will no longer recognize the status of nobles in other countries. It is said that starting from next year, people who have noble titles from other countries will not be able to participate in various noble gatherings, dances and banquets organized by our family, and they will not be able to enter the aristocratic circle of our four Northland alliances.

Second, the nobles of other countries that have purchased the land in the special zone can be converted to the nobles of our family by paying a sum of money. Those people cannot ask for it. The nobles of our Norton family. It is more valuable than the nobles in other countries who rely on Golden Ford wholesale. We are a new and powerful territorial nobleman. If we are the honorable nobleman recognized by our family, we will be highly regarded in the aristocratic circle outside, and no one will offend them easily, because we will The nobles of these families are in their early years.

Finally, after the news is released, the price of the second special zone land to be launched will once again increase, and the nobles will go crazy and want to grab one. I suspect that the price of the forty plots launched this time is likely to exceed the total value of the 67 plots in the first zone..."

Well, if a large number of Kingford can make money, Director Speer closed his mouth and prepared to make a fortune.

Lorist smiled bitterly and said: "I wouldn't have made such an idea if it weren't for the fact that the family's armed forces had lost too much in this war, but it is better to scrape money from those nobles and wealthy civilians than to raise taxes on the poor. ...By the way, Baron Shred, the casualties of the Flying Tigers and the Cavalry Regiment have been heavy this time. The pensions for the soldiers who sacrificed and the soldiers who have been discharged due to their disabilities must be paid to each household. In addition, I decided to reduce these. The tax rate for the families of casualties and soldiers maintains preferential treatment to the families of these soldiers, and their tax rates are all reduced to 30%."

The lords of the Asian continent basically maintain the tax rate collected by the lords above 50%. That is to say, a lord allocates a piece of land to his lords, and half of the harvest of the land is handed over to the lords. In addition, There are many miscellaneous taxes, such as house tax, water tax, and ship tax. The lord only pays 10% of the tithe harvested from the land to his upper lord. The rest is collected from the lord. His own income. Therefore, many demanding lords even increased the tax rate to 70%, making the leaders impoverished and forcing them to use labor and blood tax to offset the tax of the lords.

Toil is to work for the lord for free, and you have to bring your own dry food, usually one to three months a year. The blood tax is to bring your own weapons and equipment to fight for the lord. The lord only needs to take care of the food, and he eats two meals a day, which is basically pig food. And there is no salary yet, only after the victory is obtained the permission to looting will be rewarded, but most of the looted things have to be handed over to their lord. If you die in battle, the lord can inform your family members that there is no compensation or compensation, but it becomes more difficult because the family has lost the main labor.

The Norton family tax rate has always been 50%, which is already the lowest tax rate for the lord. After Lorist returned to the family territory, he originally thought that the tax rate was too high and wanted to reduce it to 30%, but he met unanimous opposition from the family knights and stewards. Fatty Shi also privately advised that he shouldn't look so different, so that he would easily become an alien in the eyes of all the nobles. So Lorester has not changed the tax rate, but has reduced most of the miscellaneous taxes. The only fishing and hunting tax has been reduced to 10%.

Although the tax rate cannot be reduced, the Norton family has a preferential tax rate for the family members of soldiers who join the family armed forces. One family member becomes a member of the garrison. The tax rate is reduced by 10%. When the field is harvested, only 40% is paid to become a family. For soldiers armed with regular legions, the tax rate is only 30%. Even if they are discharged from the army, the family tax rate is reduced to 40%~www.readwn.com~ The family members of soldiers who died for the family were exempted permanently from the tax rate of 10%, but now Lorist is exempted again. Go to 10%, and the attitude is very resolute, regardless of the opposition of Director Speer.

"In fact, Director Speer, the biggest tax revenue of our family has never been the gains from these fields, but the industrial and mining workshops. The commercial income is the largest input. The Fengleyuan, which is the family territory, was developed. Xing’anyuan, Hongheyuan and Taichuanyuan, the total annual tax revenue of the field does not exceed one million Jinford, which is equivalent to the real estate income of the town of Beiye Town, Fengleyuan. These taxes don't make much sense. A 10% exemption will make the people more loyal and grateful to the family.

This time the total number of sacrifices and disability retired by our family’s armed forces is close to 40,000, and the annual pension amount will be nearly 100,000. Therefore, we don’t need to fight over the taxation of land less than 10,000. Even if 10% is exempted, let the families of those who sacrificed soldiers know that our family has not forgotten the blood these soldiers shed for the family. "Lorister said sadly.

"I was wrong. I followed His Highness's decision." Director Speer lowered his head.

……(To be continued.)