The Wizard’s Fairy Tale

　　 On the parchment is a table drawn by William with a quill pen.

The vertical row of the 　　 form is written with the name of each male owner. There are a total of seventy-three rows, which means that there are seventy-three households.

　　 On the horizontal row of the table, there are three categories of population per household, cultivated land per household, and family property.

　　 William asked Old John to fill in the data obtained from house-to-house surveys in the past few days.

　　 The bottom row is the total.

　　 At a glance, all the data in the village are clear and unambiguous.

　　From this table, William knows that there are 73 families in Nisai Village, with a population of 363 people. Each household has an average of 5 people. Of course, some families have a larger population, and some have a smaller population.

　　 The cultivated area of ​​the whole village is 168 Crocketts.

　　Crookt is the unit of area in the Principality of Fadil.

　　 1 Crockett is equal to 4 Bevette, and 1 Bevette is equal to 6 Fugate.

　　 Fogate is the most basic unit of area. 1 Fogate is roughly a 30m*30m square, which is about 900 square meters, which is equivalent to 9 ares in William's previous life.

　　In the past, 1 Bevette is 54 ares, and 1 Crockett is 216 ares.

　　 The arable land area of ​​the whole village is 168 Crockett, which means that the arable land area of ​​the whole village is 36288 acres, which is close to 364 hectares.

　　 There are 73 households in the village, so each household has an average of 4.9 hectares. If converted to the unit system of acres familiar to William in his previous life, it would be about 72 acres.

　　 There are an average of 72 mu of land in a household.

　　 But in terms of family property, there are fewer villagers who have filled in information.

Old John noticed that William’s eyes were focused on the villagers’ family properties—he didn’t find it strange that every lord was interested in any penny in the villagers’ pockets. On the contrary, Old John still felt that this was a manifestation of William’s maturity. ——On the parchment, there are only simple data, not specific enough, so Old John opened his mouth to explain to William in detail.

　　 "Lord Baron, in the village, the Adams family has a stone mill, specifically for grinding flour for other villagers. Of course, he also charges a certain fee."

　　 "There are two horses in Great's family. Generally speaking, if you need to send messages to people in other places in the village, please ask Great's family. Of course, hehe, it's not free!"

"The Morton family, the Houston family, the Potter family, and a few others. They have cows to plow the fields. Oh, yes, my lord, the Adams family has two cows. He thought it was temporarily placed in other people’s houses. I wouldn't know...hehe, what a stupid pariah..."

　　 "……"

　　 William carefully read the content on the parchment, and has a basic understanding of the situation in the village.

　　 He smiled, and said to the old John beside him, "Thank you, old John, for bringing me this detailed information!"

　　 "My Lord Baron, it's my honor to be able to serve you! I..." William's thanks caught the old John who was accustomed to inferiority by surprise, and he hurriedly replied.

　　 "John, I am lucky to have your help!" William looked at Old John deeply and said in a low voice.

　　 "Master William..." Old John was a little bit old, tearful, and said moved with tears.

William smiled faintly again, and helped Old John wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said, "Well, John, get your energy up, I still have something for you to do! Otherwise, I will find someone else! "

　　 The old John's body suddenly became tall, his eyes looked straight ahead, and his tone was firm and authentic, "My Lord Baron, I'll be there for you at any time!"

　　 "Okay, old John! I need you to help me summon the villagers in the village, I want to give a speech!" William said.

　　 "Yes, my lord!" Old John replied, paused, and then asked, "My lord, do you want to collect taxes from the villagers tomorrow?"

　　 "Tax?" William looked at Old John in confusion.

　　Old John was also stunned, "My Lord Baron, didn't you want to collect taxes, so you asked me to investigate the property of those villagers? The harvest month is approaching, and it will be convenient for us to collect taxes!"

　　 William actually didn't mean that, but now that it was said, he also became interested, by the way.

　　 "Old John, what tax do you think I can charge them?"

"My Lord Baron, you can collect a lot of taxes!" Old John smiled meaningfully. "Birds flying in the sky, beasts running on the ground, fish swimming in the river, as long as they are on your territory, You have to pay tax! Hunters have to pay you game tax for hunting, fishermen have to pay you fishing tax for fishing, and all convoys and people passing by your territory have to pay you road tax."

　　 "Also, all the land here is owned by the principality, and the principality entrusts it to you, which means that you are the only owner of this land."

　　Nisai Village is located on the border, and there is a territorial dispute with the Golden Rose Kingdom. It is near the dark forest and the shadow swamp. There is neither oil nor water, but also endless danger. No lord is willing to come here to suffer!

　　 So it has always belonged only to the territories of the principality in name!

　　 is only a nominal territory!

"These untouchables, the principality did not send a lord to manage here before, so these untouchables have never paid any tax. However, Lord Baron, now that we are here, everything will change. All the villagers must pay you the land. Use tax!"

　　 "And all tax rates will be determined by you!"

　　 "So many taxes? Really ten thousand taxes!" William was stunned, paused, and then asked, "Old John, then how much tax should I say?"

　　 "Lord Baron, I think you can show your tolerance by harvesting 4 and a half of the villagers' harvest! And the grains you receive must be ground into flour by the villagers before they can be handed in!"

　　 William slapped his tongue, "Four and a half?"

　　 Nearly half? It's really Zhou Pepi!

　　Old John thought that William was not satisfied with the tax rate, and quickly explained, "My Lord Baron, I know this tax rate is lower in the Principality, but we have just arrived and need to operate slowly. Next year will not be this tax rate!"

　　 "A tax increase next year?" William's eyes widened.

　　 William said in a shocked tone, expressing "such a high tax rate will increase taxes next year?"

　　 But Old John heard it in a dissatisfied tone, and understood it as "Can tax increase next year?"

Old John suddenly sweated on his forehead, and he hurriedly explained to William, "Master Baron, or we collect 50% of the tax this year! And, my lord, you can not only collect land use fees, but you can also collect other taxes! , You still have the right to the first night, and the bride of the serf must dedicate the first night to you unless they redeem it with money."

　　Nisai Village has never had a lord before, so naturally there are no serfs, all farmers, free farmers.

　　 But when William thought of those unkempt freedmen, then thought of their habit of urinating and urinating everywhere, and thinking of the spectacular sight that day, William almost felt like vomiting again.

　　He quickly stopped Old John's words, "Old John, well, that's it for today. You go and notify the villagers first."

　　Old John had to swallow the rest of the words into his stomach and said, "Yes, Lord Baron!"

　　Old John saluted respectfully and stepped back.

　　After Old John closed the door and walked away, William stood there for a while, and when he heard Old John's footsteps go away, he said faintly in the language of the world of "Snow White", "Magic Mirror!"

　　 "Yes, my master." The magic mirror on the table flashed, and the voice of the magic mirror appeared in his mind.

　　 "You search the nearby forest to see if there are any plants suitable for broomsticks?" William ordered.

　　 The mirror surface of the magic mirror flashed and dimmed, and it seemed to be searching. In less than a second, the magic mirror replied to William, "Master, in the nearby forest, I found three kinds of plants suitable for broomsticks.

　　 Magic Mirror Jingling said, and these new plant images appeared on the mirror. UU reading www.uukanshu. com

　　 The first plant, William estimated that the pole is 70 or 80 centimeters high, the whole body is yellow and green, and it is full of green caryopsis.

　　 is quite suitable to be a broom, but William gave this plant to PSSS the first time!

　　 This is the rye grown by the villagers. It is the food source they depend on. They are used as broomsticks. Does William want the villagers to rebel?

　　 Another plant appeared on the mirror surface of the magic mirror. The plants were ovoid in shape, clumped tightly, with many and thin branches, and the colors were blue and red.

　　 "This one." William was not very satisfied, "Magic Mirror, are there many plants of this kind nearby?"

　　 "There are fewer forest edges and more deep forests!" the magic mirror answered honestly.

　　 "Forget it!" William gave up immediately. The forest of this era is not the kind of forest developed in the previous life.

　　 The forests of this world are authentic, with all kinds of fierce animals and weird plants. Even the knights have entered, but they are life-threatening, let alone ordinary people.

　　 A third plant appeared on the mirror surface.

　　 This plant is taller than rye, about 120 cm in length, with upright stems, slender, flat leaves, and golden yellow overall.

　　 When William saw it, he knew it. It was his ideal broom plant, and he asked, "Magic Mirror, are there many plants nearby?"

　　 "Master, these plants are everywhere!"

　　 "Very good!" William smiled with joy.

　　 "Master, I must remind you that if there is no new energy supplement, with your current frequency of use, I can probably maintain 32 days before going to sleep."

　　 "Well, I see." The euphoria was gone, and William's face sank.

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