"Currently, there are 379 households in the village, with a total of 1,552 people, of which 1,261 are between 12 and 50 years old, 763 are male and 502 are female."

Rosen listened carefully: "Why are there so many men?"

"Two reasons. First, some beautiful women have married and left Philander Village. Second, some of them died during childbirth."

Rosen understood: "Keep talking."

"With the current situation in the village, gold coins can only be obtained by selling grain, meat from poultry and livestock, and game in the fields, mountains and forests."

"In addition, some silk and hemp are also grown in the fields, which can be spun into linen, but there is no weaving cart in the village, so we can only sell raw hemp."

"Taking it all together, if we adopt a 40% relaxed tax, we can make a profit of about 200 kronor a year. If we adopt a strict 60% tax, we can make more profits, but this may cause villagers to flee or even resist."

"in addition."

Rosen listened silently, waiting for Babas to finish speaking, and then he said, "Is there any way to change the current situation?"

Babas hesitated, but nodded.

"Dredging the rivers, building irrigation canals, paving the roads out of the village, and building several public toll facilities, such as water-powered mills and textile workshops, should be able to significantly change the situation in Philander Village."

"At that time, the annual tax will also increase significantly. It will be at least 700 kronor, and it may also be 1,000."

"So, how much is the minimum amount required?"

"If it's an ordinary level, you can spend no money and be exempt from taxes for two years. If you want to improve the project specifications and use stone materials to build it, you can be tax-free for two years. At the same time, there will probably be a gap of 1,000 kronor."

After saying this, he lowered his head and explained hurriedly, fearing that Rosen would be angry.

"Of course, after this money is spent, there will be no need to consider subsequent maintenance for at least thirty years, which will also perfectly demonstrate the virtue of the lord."

"You don't have to worry about labor. As long as there are enough tools and materials and a lunch is provided, the villagers can requisition them for free."

Rosen has understood

As a lord, he basically doesn't have to do anything. As long as the taxes are lighter and he doesn't give random orders, ordinary people in this world can live a good life.

But the current situation is generally that as long as you don't die, you will be squeezed to death.

Among all Babas' words, the words that moved his heart the most were the words 'The Virtue of the Lord'.

Another main purpose of his coming here is actually to earn the reputation of this virtue.

Looking at a group of villagers outside the wooden house whose life was worse than that of savages, Rosen said: "Then it will be tax-free for three years, and the rest will be as you say."

After a pause, he added: "Water conservancy roads and public facilities are all built with stone."

"Ah?" Babas couldn't believe it.

Rosen didn't want to stay in this dark and damp wooden house anymore, so he walked to the steps outside.

"Go and call all the people in the village, and then announce my order."

"Yes, Lord Lord."

The butler Babas happily called for help.

He was happy for many reasons. First, he would surely be able to make some money from such a big project.

Of course, I don’t dare to get too much, after all, the lord is a wise mage.

Second, once Philander Village is completed, his life will be much easier in the future.

After running around for a while, the Philander villagers quickly gathered in a clearing under a big tree.

Babas reported softly: "Lord, everyone in the family who has pants is here, men without pants are also here, and there are also many shameless women and children. There are about 1,300 people in total."

This is such a strange description.

Rosen said: "Next, I will say something, and you will shout something for me."

Shouting loudly is very tiring and hurts the throat, and this rough work has to be done by the subordinates.

"First introduce my identity."

Babas opened his throat and shouted.

"This is the new lord of Philander Village, Sir Rosen de Philander. He is also a very powerful divine seal mage. He is highly respected in Silver Moon Castle and has also killed people on the battlefield of Moonlight Town.

Hundreds of ice dwarf invaders, and were personally received by the count many times!"

With such an introduction, the villagers looked at Rosen with more awe and less greed.

"Tell me my orders again."

"The lord said that everyone's life is really hard, and he, who is kind and generous, feels very sad. Therefore, all taxes will be exempted for the next three years!"

"Let us cheer for the kind, generous and generous lord!"

This order was a real and huge benefit, and the villagers immediately cheered loudly.

"Let's talk about the project."

"The lord also said that the flooding in the village is too serious, the roads are too bad, and there are no mills and textile mills yet. He is prepared to spend a large sum of money to improve the situation!"

"This amount is a thousand gold coins!"

‘Wow~’

The villagers were shocked. This was a huge investment that no one could even imagine.

'Plop~Plop~Plop~'

Almost all the villagers knelt on the dirt and loudly praised the new lord with all the good words they could think of.

Rosen waved his hands to the villagers as a response.

At this point, the matter is finished and everything that needs to be known is known.

Rosen was too lazy to stay in this dirty Philander Village, which didn't even have a place to sit.

He looked at Babas: "Let's go, take my car back to Silver Moon Castle, go to the city to hire craftsmen, and hire some warriors to maintain law and order."

To do a big project, a lot of money must be handled, and he was a little afraid that his housekeeper would be killed by greedy villagers.

The butler Babas was immediately flattered: "Lord, I can ride a horse or a donkey back, so I won't dirty your carriage."

Rosen then used a 'low-level cleaning technique' on him.

"No problem now."

It's not quite clean, but at least it won't stain his new carriage.

Baba suddenly straightened his back and his face was full of pride, because being able to sit in the lord's carriage was a rare honor for a butler.

He couldn't help shouting at the villagers again.

"Villagers of Philander, you have welcomed a truly good lord, and good days are ahead!"
Chapter completed!