At the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was a feudal town, but in Western Europe

"Here."

With a relaxed pace, Feng Sen was about to walk to his living room, but as he walked, there was a faint sound of weapons clashing and shouting in his ears.

"Ping! Ping!"

"hydrogen--"

"Dole!"

It seems like someone is fighting, who dares to fight in Feng Sen's yard?Could it be Han Shizhong and Zhang Shicheng again?That's disgusting, that's disgusting.

The dispute over the commander of the infantry and cavalry has been going on for a long time, and Feng Sen's army is considered harmonious. It is not bad if the horse army does not call the infantry red deer all day long, and the horse army is a coward.

After thinking about it, Feng Sen still rubbed his forehead and said to Gisela: "You go to the bathroom and wait for me first, I'll go and see what's going on."

"Yeah." Gisela had a breeze-like smile on her face, like a piece of white jade, Feng Sen couldn't help but kiss her on the face.

"Go."

Saying goodbye to Gisela, Feng Sen rolled up his sleeves, lifted the hem of his robe and stuffed it into his belt, and walked aggressively towards another small courtyard.

He kicked the door open, but it wasn't Han Shizhong and Zhang Shicheng who were fighting in front of him. Feng Sen's eyes widened. Isn't this Nie Yinniang and Arvo?How did they fight?

On the school field where Feng Sen usually practiced martial arts, a tall Viking girl with blond hair and a little brown was holding a wooden stick and a small shield, constantly twisting her figure, adjusting the posture and distance between the two sides.

On the opposite side of her, the black-haired, wheat-skinned lady in a hunting suit with obvious wounds on her arms and thighs was holding two short sticks, circling around the blond girl, dashing in from time to time, trying to disturb her posture.

It's a pity that even an outsider can see that Nie Yinniang is gradually losing ground.

Feng Sen was going to go up to stop it, but after a closer look, the two sides were just exchanging ideas, but Arvo's attack was a little light and heavy, so he didn't go forward to stop him, but stood quietly watching from the sidelines.

Arvo hasn't seen him for almost a year, and the little girl has grown up and grown again, almost reaching 1.8 meters, but the place that should be bigger is still not big.

In this regard, Nie Yinniang is also quite different. In order to prevent burdensomeness, her master specially used acupuncture and massage to prevent Nie Yinniang from continuing to grow bigger and stronger. Therefore, no matter how she develops, it is estimated that she is only a quarter of Gisela. One or even one-fifth.

Feng Sen's gaze turned to Nie Yinniang again. Due to the lack of light in Hamburg, this little girl turned white a lot. The problem has been rounded up a lot.

While Feng Sen was brazenly watching the women fight, the two women on the field finally decided the winner. Nie Yinniang hit Arvo's leg with a short stick, but Arvo didn't care about it at all, he gritted his teeth and slammed into Nie Yinniang.

"careful!"

First startled, Nie Yinniang's eyes flashed fiercely, and she was about to make a move, but one hand grabbed the back of her neck and dragged her to the other side.

She turned her head, and the moment she saw the person coming, Nie Yinniang's eyes immediately narrowed into a crescent shape: "Luo Shan, you're back."

"Well, I just came back." Feng Sen smiled naturally.

On the other side, Arvo rushed into the flowers on the side with the bull. She stood up in a daze, and wanted to fight again, but she caught sight of Feng Sen who appeared at no time.

Arvo immediately cheered, threw away the long wooden stick, and flew forward, and under Nie Yinniang's increasingly dangerous eyes, he kissed Feng Sen's face like a chicken pecking at rice, even with one hand from his It's stuck in the collar.

"Okay, okay." Feng Sen hurriedly pushed the overzealous Viking girl aside, "Why are you fighting?"

"Hmph!" Both of them snorted displeasedly at the same time. Judging from the situation, Feng Sen probably knew what kind of culture shock conflict it was again.

Nie Yinniang stood between Feng Sen and Arvo, looked her in the eyes, and said bluntly, "I lost. I am best at assassination. It's normal to lose, but you'd better be careful, my main business is assassination."

Arvo replied ignorantly: "I am very strong, and few people can beat me."

Feeling that the atmosphere on the school grounds was in danger of heating up again, Feng Sen quickly interrupted the conversation between the two: "Arvo, why are you here?"

"Hmm... Lübeck is too hard, and I have to learn a lot, Feng, can you let Belvshka or you come to be the lord, I don't want to be the lord..."

Feng Sen frowned and said, "You're here, what about Lübeck?"

"Uncle Belvshka and Fenner are watching. Things are basically stable in Lübeck now, but the trade in the North Sea is currently at a standstill. Uncle asked me to ask for your opinion."

"Why doesn't Belvshka come by himself?"

"If uncle comes, Lübeck will stop, and I will not affect you." Arvo smiled and took out a cross from his collar, "Fon, look, I have converted to the Father, and the priests are all I told me that in this world, Heavenly Father is [-]% in charge, and Odin is [-]% in charge. I can believe in both, but I have to believe in Heavenly Father a little more, so there is no conflict.

Besides, I want to spend Christmas with you! "

If the Pope heard this, he would be stunned.

Feng Sen sighed helplessly, patted Arvo's head and said, "Okay, I'll go to Lübeck for an inspection in the spring of next year, and I also have to talk about the West Britain Company and the North Sea trade... well, no Call again, do you hear me?

If you have nothing to do, you can go back separately. I just came back from Magdeburg and I'm very tired. What should you do? I'm going to take a shower. "

Arvo's eyes lit up, and he immediately chased after him, shouting, "I'm coming too."

"No." Feng Sen categorically rejected her, and said to Nie Yinniang who was tiptoeing over the wall, "I'll check your Latin after I finish washing..."

"Woo—" Nie Yinniang, who was about to sneak away, immediately hugged her head and let out a mournful cry.

After calming down the two, Feng Sen left the school field exhausted.

But Arvo didn't sit obediently, but looked at Feng Sen's back until he disappeared.

At the moment when she disappeared, her eyes turned sharply, and she immediately changed the way and ran towards the bathing place: "You still want to hide from me, there is no way!"

Chapter 238 Saxon Shogunate

A bath did not relieve Feng Sen from his fatigue. With heavy steps, he walked out of the bathroom with an extremely lethargic expression, while behind him, Gisela and Arvo were rosy and full of energy.

"You all go back to your yards, I'll take a nap." After talking to the two wives and concubines, Feng Sen returned to his bedroom, plunged into the warm fur mattress, and fell asleep in less than a minute. snore.

He said he would take a nap, but the exhaustion of the journey and "bathing" made Feng Sen sleep until the next morning. For the next three consecutive days, he took a vacation for himself, not thinking about the affairs of the territory, and ignoring the government affairs.

Zhao Cunxu didn't know where he found a Saxon boy named Rooney, and he played cuju with him every day. Feng Sen even gave him a Chinese surname, "Gao", which is rare.

If you just want to be an ordinary medieval lord, of course this kind of life can continue forever, but unfortunately, Feng Sen is not on this path.

After a few days of fun, Wang Sima came to the door.

Sitting in the study, Feng Sen flipped through some of the backlogs during this period, but he didn't have much time to review them. He closed the playbook, and looked helplessly at Wang Sima who had moved a few more playbooks: "I'm not here during this time, so it's hard work for Wang Sima."

"It's just a matter of duty." Wang Sima sat on the chair in front of Feng Sen, "How is Jie Shuai resting during this time?"

Feng Sen laughed and said, "I think you didn't ask me how I was resting, but you wanted to ask me if I had a good rest, right? Don't worry, I always relax and never delay my business."

Wang Sima smiled with satisfaction: "That's why I'm worrying too much."

Feng Sen and Wang Sima were still chatting here, while Li Baojing had already walked up to him, took away the new playbook, and handed the playbook with the outline to Feng Sen's eyes.

"Why did Wang Sima seek me?"

Wang Sima clasped his hands and replied, "This time I came to find the commander-in-chief because of the structure and officials of the shogunate. After a period of discussion and revision, the basic structure of the shogunate has finally been completed, and I am going to ask you for instructions."

"Oh?" Feng Sen immediately regained his spirits, "Let's hear it."

"The functions of the five divisions of the previous shogunate were vague and repetitive, and the decrees were not clear enough. Of course, we can not change them. After all, we are small now, but we don't change them now. As our affairs become more and more, the population and land grow, it will be troublesome to change them.

So although it is a bit more complicated, we still plan ahead, and according to the instruction book of Jie Shuai, we changed the six divisions of the shogunate and one province. "Wang Sima took out a memorial book and spread it in front of Feng Sen, "The current five divisions of the shogunate are the Inspection Division, the Education Division, the Zhongshu Division, the Construction Division, and the Tuntian Division.

In addition to its decision-making functions, Zhongshu Province also has the functions of managing the promotion of judges in various places, and taking charge of the promulgation and implementation of government orders and laws.

Secondly, the function of the Tuntian Division is too small. I suggest that it be changed to the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Division, which is responsible for all matters related to agriculture, including Tuntian, land measurement, and management of granary tribute and household registration.

The functions of the inspection department are also too small. It is suggested to be changed to the military department, and the expanded functions are responsible for the management of the militia, fire protection, urban management, plague prevention and market supervision, accepting reports, arresting suspects, and guarding official residences.

The functions of the Department of Construction and the Department of Education and Practice remain unchanged, and the Department of Food and Goods is added to manage government workshops, set prices, purchase goods, purchase materials, set up cards to collect taxes, and formulate budgets for the coming year.

The new Privy Secretary is responsible for the management of the soldiers and conscription of the Eight Banners, and is responsible for the tactical planning of future wars, summarizing the history of wars, updating maps, and opening lecture halls, etc. "

"This, this is very good." Feng Sen carefully flipped through the not-too-long notebook, and said with some surprise, "It's very well thought out, is there any problem?"

Wang Sima spread his hands: "Yes, and it's very big. We don't have enough small officials, and the paperwork is also a big problem. Jieshuai, please take a look at the staffing and treatment I wrote at the end."

Quickly turning to the last page, Feng Sen looked at it, his eyes became sharper along with it.

According to Wang Sima, each division has a Sicheng, two Cao officials, and then several officials set up according to the needs and size, as well as scribes responsible for clerical work.

In addition, there are low-level officials such as tax collectors, the government system in Magdeburg, and accountants in the Thousand Households Office. It is okay to have Jews supporting them now, but what about in the future?They are going to leave anyway, even if they don't leave, should these things be entrusted to them?

The shogunate salary given by Wang Sima is 36 Solidars per year for each Sicheng, as well as [-] acres of land and firewood, which is equivalent to the salary of a sixth-rank official in the Central Plains.

As for officials Cao, they get 20 solida a year and a hundred acres of land, which is equivalent to the salary of an official of the eighth grade in the Central Plains. As for officials and scribes, they get 5 solida a year and have no job land , but there is a mansion given by the government to live in.

Zen Master Zhenhui concurrently serves as Zhongshu Ling of Zhongshu Province, and Wang Sima concurrently serves as Zhongshu's assistant minister. The two only need one salary, but there are many Kongmu officials below, at least it can't be lower than their salary in the Central Plains, right?

At the end of the calculation, Feng Sen found that the total expenditure of officials was about 1500 solidars a year, but this year's salary expenditure of officials was only about 300 solidars. Even if the unpaid wages of the new department were removed, there should be more than 700 solidars a year.

"There is no one else." Wang Sima said with a wry smile, "There are only a few people who can write, and many of them have their own properties, and they don't like the wages we give, and our documents often have to write a Latin and a Chinese, which is even more difficult.

In addition, the construction division needs to learn construction, the Tuntian division needs to learn to measure land, and each division needs to learn related professional skills. In fact, although each of our divisions has at least three apprentices, it is still It is impossible to train enough small officials.

Moreover, due to problems in writing and language, the operating efficiency of the shogunate is very low. It often takes a long time for an ordinary small matter to be done, or jokes are made because of the language barrier. "

"There are very few people who are smart enough to learn and work at the same time." Feng Sen rubbed his head and muttered to himself, "Lack of a small official, a lack of a small official..."

"Actually, each of our priests has priests and some former Saxon nobles who are helping to handle affairs, that is, those Lang officials." Wang Sima pointed to the memorial book, "They are very smart and can handle political affairs, but they don't understand the language, they can't read, and many of them are even illiterate.

Actually, they're kind of upset because they think they're wasting their lives, they're not getting promotions, they're not getting money, so..."

"How about we hold a literacy class for petty officials?" Feng Sen suddenly suggested.

"They can't learn that fast." Wang Sima shook his head and said, "And you also know that due to the language barrier, we need to spend more time. Everyone has to work until sunset every day, so there is no time to learn."

"Are you tired every day?"

Wang Sima recalled: "That's not true. The main reason is that a lot of time is spent on communication. Those who are bilingual and written are very busy, while those who can't be busy for a while and idle for a while. There is no fixed number."

"Then let's run an evening school." Feng Sen clapped his hands, "I happened to find a bunch of elementary school teachers and let them teach them simple characters and languages."

"There is no shortage of teachers, but there is a shortage of books and light sources. Otherwise, running an evening school will be a waste of money, but it will not achieve much effect."

But Feng Sen laughed: "Actually, I've wanted to say it a long time ago. Let's try beekeeping and make beeswax to make candles. Saxony has dense forests and a humid climate. It's a good place for beekeeping, but those Slavs just took away the money."

Chapter 239 Which Duke Can Only Collect 100 Land Taxes?

After listening to Feng Sen's words, Wang Sima was puzzled: "I thought that Jieshuai's mention of this issue must be a high-level opinion, but how did Jieshuai think of going to the light source? For a small night school, such a big fanfare is unnecessary, right?"

Feng Sen shook his head: "The water in the beeswax trade is very deep, and we can't grasp it if we enter it rashly. Unlike weaving and clothing, beeswax production is not a natural economic production of small farmers, but is basically controlled by the nobles.

Because only they can control the forest resources, the primitive technology of building earthen nests or cutting wild beeswax makes the production of honey and beeswax very low, but once the beehive technology comes out, honey and beeswax can be produced on a large scale. The price of beeswax in your hands will plummet.

The beeswax trade is a big business (beeswax will be the main trade product of the Hanseatic League in the future). I can still suppress the lords inside Saxony, but what about those outside?What about the nobles of Neustria and Austrasia?

We use beeswax a lot and Charlie gives me very little time.

We must develop without being noticed by others, and turn Saxony into a little Rome in the north, bringing together the essence of the entire Germania region. In this region, all the most advanced, most profitable, and noblest things must also be in Saxony.

So stage one, claiming we're just self-sufficient, beekeeping for night school, and stage two, we're saying maybe someone's secretly selling beeswax, but it's too much of a big deal for us to act now.

Phase three, saying maybe we should ban beeswax, but we need to have a meeting to talk about that.The fourth stage, saying that maybe we could stop the proliferation of beehive technology, but it is too late now. "

Wang Sima always felt that Feng Sen was a bit paranoid in this regard. Is a small beeswax trade worth so much effort?If you talk about porcelain or silk trade, it's about the same.

But Feng Sen is human after all, and there are always times when he is irrational. Although Wang Sima thinks it is not enough, he does not want to ask for blame. After all, he is also a bit paranoid and selfish in the matter of "not enough small officials", mixed with some water and alarmism.

"Then it is to promote beehive technology now? But what is this beehive technology? The Secretary of Zhongshu needs to discuss it." Wang Sima skipped the previous topic and continued to ask.

Feng Sen tapped on the armrest of the chair and said, "When the time comes, I will write a report and draw a blueprint for you. You ask those craftsmen to continue to try the method of controlling variables to find the best way."

Feng Sen himself can't remember the beehive technology very clearly. Moreover, after specific analysis of specific issues, whether the beehives that only appeared in the 19th century can adapt to the environment of the 8th century has to be discussed.

"Here." Wang Sima took out a small notebook and recorded the incident.

After Wang Sima finished the tasks to be done, Feng Sen asked again: "How are you doing with all the things this year? Have you got the statistics for the general exam?"

Putting the pamphlet into the bag, Wang Sima took out another pamphlet from his sleeve: "Basically, the statistics are out. This year's land reclamation is not bad. Our eight counties in Eastphalia have cultivated nearly [-] mu of land. and built three official roads from Hamburg to Lüneburg, from Hamburg to Bremen, and from Lüneburg to Hannover.

In addition, the output of our workshop is..."

"Let's put these aside first, I want to listen to the financial exam class first."

"This has not been calculated carefully..."

"It's okay to be rough, I just want to see the general situation."

"Here." Wang Sima took out four or five booklets from his pocket and sleeve, and finally found the previous notes, "This year, the land tax is 101 solida, and the workshop income and farm income are 12653 solidar. The total income is 12754 solidarity.

The cost of construction and population relocation costs 7000 solida, salt mining and salt farm construction 5410 solidar, dental soldiers reward 12000 solidar, purchase of raw materials such as wool and iron materials 3180 solidar, government expenditure 2520 solidar, total expenditure 30110 solidar.The remaining money in the treasury is 13000 Solidar. "

"Let's not talk about anything else, what's the matter with the land tax of 101 Solidar?" Feng Sen felt the veins on his forehead twitch after listening to the financial exam. Whose family has a land tax of only a little over 100 for the entire duchy?

The land area of ​​Byzantium is five to six times that of Saxony. The poll tax plus land tax can collect 160 million solidars. Divided by five, it should be around 30 solidars.This doesn't even give me 1000 yuan!

The decree is that the goddamn Xintian does not collect taxes, does not serve in the military for three years, and does not collect taxes for land!The tax collection is very fierce even in the fire, why did you pull it here?

Wang Sima sighed and said, "According to your arrangement, Griffith was the sheriff of Hanover to manage the taxation of Anglia and Westphalia, but his team was almost attacked by a group of 'robbers'.

Although we have suppressed disputes between the country and the field, the savage chiefs basically do not have the habit of paying taxes. When the manor owners saw that the savage didn't pay, why should we ask our countrymen to pay, and then they didn't pay.