Chapter 77

Olivia first distributed the eight "Medicine" talent items and eight "Strategy" talent items awarded by the system to her subordinates whom she had planned to give them to.

First, Fanon's "Medicine" talent was upgraded to five stars.

He also upgraded the medical talent of the two new apprentice monks he recruited in the village to two stars each.

He also distributed his talent for wisdom to the miller and several workshop owners under him.

The workshop owner does not need to have great business talent. The goods are supplied directly to the manor anyway. Adding some wisdom will make them smarter and reduce the difficulty of communication and management.

A total of four workshop owners were developed, and all of them became one-star talents in wisdom.

Since props cannot be saved, they can only be used immediately.

Olivia took out all eight blank character cards she had obtained, and like a gambler, she went all-in at once.

Eight cards were turned over at the same time, revealing four one-star talents, three two-star talents, and one three-star talent.

These people, without exception, all spawned within the ten-kilometer radius of her current highlighted map.

There were no new territories of her own within ten kilometres, nor any unlit Dunfermline.

Within the range of Lavosson and Caron, eight talented people entered one after another.

She wasn't particularly interested in the one-star talents. She simply memorized their names and carefully examined the two-star and three-star talents.

These three two-star talents are two "military" talents and one "agricultural" talent.

The only three-star person was a person with the "Animal Husbandry" talent, named Lop Green. He was a forty-something self-employed farmer who wanted to immigrate to Constantia with his family to buy cheap land and raise cattle.

The character card is only responsible for drawing people, and does not guarantee that these talented people must be under her rule.

Therefore, for Olivia, these high-star talents are the friends she needs to win over and the targets of her strategy.

For example, Olivia did not force Corinna to work for her estate, but instead built up her favorability through repeated interactions.

Olivia thought that if she were to stay in Einweiten in the future and invite Corinna to do salt mining business at the port, she would most likely not refuse.

If her personal charm is high enough in the future, her territory has commercial value, or her cooperation is sincere enough, she will naturally not have to worry about these talented people not following her.

After using the props, she opened the experience value progress bar.

In early October last year, my experience points were 900. After signing in for five months, my experience points were originally over 1,050.

Eight hundred and eighty-eight experience points were added today, and the current total is more than one thousand nine hundred and thirty experience points.

The next experience point unlocking level is "2222" experience points, which can unlock a game prop. Currently, there is still a shortfall of nearly three hundred experience points.

Back to the main interface, there are two rows of buttons.

There is an additional "Prosperity" button behind the event function.

She immediately turned on the button, and suddenly, a town card appeared on the screen.

The town card had the name of the region written on it, Einwidden.

The map shows all the places she can govern.

Not only the town of Einwetten, but also the two villages which she still owns.

Perhaps because we still have the documents of these two villages, these two villages are also included in the lighting range.

Once the documents are returned, the map will no longer belong to her.

The entire Einweiden and the two villages it currently owns were automatically merged into the entire "Einweiden" by the system.

Prosperity is displayed as "7.9/100"

From the Einweiden map, you can see all the places where prosperity can be accumulated.

There are currently ten workshops, two restaurants and three kilometers of standard roads under management.

There is a number "+0.1" on the icon of each workshop.

Restaurants also scored +0.1

The prosperity of each kilometer of road built is still "+0.1"

Two manor mills, two manor churches, and a barracks, all with +0.2 prosperity.

The prosperity of the manor she lives in increases by +0.4.

The total prosperity is "2.9".

These appear to be commercial or public facilities.

Einweiden is now in ruins, with no church, no barracks, not a single standard road and not a single workshop.

Only one town port, five working manor mills, and two operating mines remain.

The port's prosperity is "+2"

The prosperity of the mine is "+1"

The total is: "5" prosperity.

The Eindhoven map has a total prosperity of 7.9.

If you unlock other regions in the future, there will be a separate town card and prosperity value progress bar.

Olivia could see from the map that the five existing villages, mills and mines were all on the coast of Einweiden.

This was an area that was briefly controlled by the rebels, but has now been cleared out.

She could hardly imagine that a territory of 3,600 hectares had been destroyed to the point where only such a small area could accumulate prosperity value.

On both sides of the town card map, there are three index values ​​and two normal values ​​for the area.

They are:

"Genius Refresh Rate: 1/7000"

"Map tax: 30 gold coins/year"

Available Recruitment: 200

Common values ​​are:

Regional population: 1031

Happiness Index:

70/100 (passing)

Olivia conducted a simple data analysis on this.

It seems that the refresh rate of talented people in the current area is pitifully low, so she doesn't have to dream of finding five-star characters in the new map.

As for taxes, only places that currently have tax standards should be calculated.

The residents of the two estates she currently manages have to pay a total of exactly thirty gold coins in various taxes each year.

As for the new territories that have not yet been developed and have not established tax standards, the annual tax revenue is zero, and the total tax revenue is only thirty.

The number of people who can be conscripted should be considered in conjunction with the total population below.

The number of conscriptions here does not refer to the number of soldiers, but the number of people in the territory who can barely be recruited as soldiers.

There is a lot of water in this. Any young or middle-aged male with hands and feet is counted as eligible for conscription by the system.

And to meet her own conscription requirements, she might have to make another discount.

She would not accept anyone under eighteen or over twenty-five as a soldier.

As a soldier, you have to be young to be able to withstand training. The younger you are, the stronger your learning ability is. It is quality that matters, not quantity.

Anyone around thirty is too old.

As for population, the combined population of the two villages she initially managed was 350.

Subtracting these 350 people, there are more than 700 people left.

These more than 700 people are all the remaining population in the 3,600 hectares of Einweiton territory.

According to Jagbu's oral account, the original Dongfeng Town had about 5,000 people. Even if it was only half a town, there should be about 2,500 people.

It can be seen that the 1,800 people who were lost were either killed or fled.

A small half of the recruits came from the 350 people in the two estates she used to manage, and the system counted all the self-employed farmers who met the requirements.

Currently, Eindhoven has a population of more than 700, but can barely accommodate more than 100 young and middle-aged people with hands and feet.

The others are the elderly, the sick, the disabled, women and children.

Olivia thought that this prosperity should be easy to accumulate.

By building some roads, churches and some basic facilities, the number can be easily increased to ten or twenty.

In the notes, you can see that when this map reaches prosperity 10, the number of soldiers that can be recruited is 5% of the total population.

Based on the current population base of 1,000, when the prosperity reaches 10, the number of conscripts will increase by 50 to 250.

This increase is also very reasonable.

However, she currently cannot see how many more troops can be added at the later prosperity levels.

As for the happiness index, it is also the average of more than a thousand people. The happiness index of those 700 people is obviously the main reason for the lower data.

As the name suggests, the higher the happiness index, the more stable the society, and the lower it is, the more chaotic the society. When it is too low, uprisings may break out and crime may be stimulated.

Olivia finished analyzing the data before refreshing the main quest.

First experience

Task Description:

Any three NPCs with max favorability and three-star talent or above must reside in the new fief for a cumulative 20 days.

Task progress: 0

Mission Rewards:

+66 Experience Points

Caesar must go, and for the remaining two qualified candidates, Olivia plans to find Letilan and Jacob.

As for Letilen, you can invite him to take his men to the port to check out the area and see which one is suitable for a commercial area, and let them make reservations in advance.

No businessman would refuse such a good place as a deep-water port that can go out to sea in winter.

As for Jacob, he can go with Caesar.

Caesar wanted to conduct a census and recruit soldiers, and as a local, he could serve as a guide and a signboard.

He could not only show the way but also act as a translator, and he could also appease other Lenians, making them let go of their resistance and obey the rule of the new lord.

Olivia turned off the system and immediately gave orders to Caesar and Jacob, who were still studying the map and discussing the port's throughput at the dining table.

The two of them nodded and agreed to go together.

Afterwards, Olivia asked the housekeeper to go to town again.

The first thing to do was to send a message to Letilen, inviting him to come to the manor tomorrow.

There was also the architect Loschi, who was asked to take over the design of the fortress.

By the way, Olivia asked the housekeeper to spread the news outside.

She wants to rent or sell land near the port of Einweiden.

However, it was just a news release without any public investment solicitation.

As for the matter of exchanging land lease with Baron Lavosen's family.

Olivia planned to talk about it tomorrow. Maybe his family would send someone over.

The butler received the instructions and drove to the town with three servants.

As soon as the butler left, old Renault and Theresa sent someone to invite them to go to Renault Manor to celebrate the good news of the title.

So, that night, Caesar and Olivia went to Renault Manor on time.

A group of neighbors who came to share in the joy had just arrived outside old Renault's house. A sumptuous dinner was prepared, and his aunt's family was also there.

However, Olivia did not come to eat, but to see how much grant the count gave to old Renault and how much tax he collected every year.

The only thing worth money in Dunfermline now is the dilapidated fortress. Apart from the river valley, the rest of the city is barren and desolate, with mountains stretching out in all directions.

Old Renault took out the documents and the signature ticket and said:

"Yes, with these six hundred gold coins, I don't know where you expect me to come up with the two hundred and sixty gold coins a year in taxes."

Sure enough, even the Earl felt that Dunfermline was a place that could not be developed, with little funding and little tax revenue.

After saying this, old Renault asked Caesar when he would go to take office so that they could go together.

Olivia wants to exchange land lease with Baron Lavossen.

I don’t want the Toksun Manor anymore, since I didn’t spend much money on it anyway.

Only the current well-cultivated estate of their own would remain, and this was also the plan of old Renault.

He calculated that the Renault Manor and the Helions Manor together had a total of forty-three hectares of land.

At worst, he would suffer a small loss and lease fifty mu of flat river bank land at the border between Dunfermline and Lavossen to Baron Lavossen. He would not refuse.

The whole of Dunfermline covers an area of ​​4,000 hectares, with not much flat land. There is only the river valley along the river bank and more than 300 hectares of wasteland near the water.

The river valley wasteland of Einweiden is about the same size.

As for Lavossen, it only has more than 2,000 hectares of land, which makes the comparison very obvious.

They discussed it.

Old Renault thought that Dunfermline had the advantage of being a spacious place and having an old fortress that could be operated.

At worst, we can explore for minerals in the mountains, cut down trees and sell timber, reclaim land to grow alfalfa, and raise more cattle and sheep.

Now Dunfermline is guarded on all sides, so there is no need to worry about rebels coming to steal things.

The future development focus of Eindhoven will be on ports and maritime trade.

Old Renault also agreed with this. If the safety of this seaport is guaranteed, it can radiate almost the entire north.

However, ensuring safety requires a lot of effort.

Caesar's main task was to build up military presence along the coastline and in ports, and he might even have to buy ships and hire sailors to escort merchants.

We have to pass through an area where pirates are rampant, and we will only be safe when we are far away.

Only after that night did Olivia open the door to receive guests.

Loschi was the first to arrive. He was a man who cared about nothing but money, and he negotiated a price with Olivia right away.

There are three prices for conducting field surveys, drawing up blueprints for the fortress and port, and supervising the construction.

It was expected to cost dozens of gold coins in a year or two, but Olivia didn't mind. It was easier than keeping an eye on it herself.

As for the other high-star constructions in her hands, they are used to make money.

Olivia and Loschi agreed on the time to set out for the inspection. Loschi agreed to go with Caesar and bring Letilen as a planning consultant for the commercial land.

After the architect left, she accepted many gifts from guests who came to heat the stove all morning, and Graya wrote them all down in a small notebook.

In the morning, Baron Lavosen sent the sheriff to deliver something, and Olivia brought up the matter of exchanging land.

The sheriff agreed to this small matter on the baron's behalf.

"It won't take fifty cents. Just exchange as much as you want. It's nothing."

The sheriff was very nice and called her Baroness even before he awarded her the title.

He thought that the valley across the river was wider than the one on the Lavossen side and was quite fertile, so anything could be grown there.

The most important thing is that in the future, Lavosen’s goods will have to be shipped to the south through the seaport.

This water route is faster than land and has a larger carrying capacity. We must use it whenever there is a chance to do so, so as not to offend anyone.

Olivia nodded and asked the sheriff to borrow clergy from Lavossen to educate the Lenians.

The sheriff could also make the decision and promised her that he would ask Bishop Lavossen to select ten novice monks when he returned, and ask the bishop to give her Fanon and Donald as well, so that she could take them to the new fiefdom to be the bishop.

Seeing that the sheriff was very cooperative, Olivia also privately mentioned the idea of ​​building the port and fortress together and leasing nearby land.

Without hesitation, the sheriff asked Olivia to book a piece of land suitable for farming outside the city for lease.

The rent was based on the Lavossen market price, where one hectare of arable land was one hundred acres, and the annual rent was fifteen gold coins.

The rent for each acre of arable land is fifteen li per year.

He planned to let his nephew take care of the land, so that he could make a living.

When Olivia asked his nephew's name, the sheriff shook his head and said:

"A poor relative of mine, who has just come to Lavossen to seek refuge with me. His name is Algoda, and his last name is Mulin."

When Olivia heard this, she remembered that this person was the one with the "farming" talent among the three two-star talents she drew yesterday.

She tugged at her lip liner, looking reluctant, and nodded: "Okay, I will definitely take care of it when the time comes."

After sending the sheriff of Lavosen away, Olivia waited for Letilan to come.

Letilen arrived late, but that was because he brought two carts of stuff.

He was afraid of getting hurt on the road, so he walked slowly and arrived at the manor at almost noon.

These things were brought by merchants he had contacted in the past two months, as well as by his relatives at home.

Following Olivia's habit, Letilen accepted everyone who came, but recorded them all in a book.

Olivia glanced at the booklet, then took Letilan into the courtyard and watched the servants move things.

She wanted to take advantage of these enthusiastic businessmen and said:

"I met with Loski this morning, and we've already agreed to build the fortress city and the port together, focusing on developing the port and sea routes."

Letilen was instructing the servants to handle the car with care. There were three boxes of glassware and one box of silverware in the car.

You don't need money to have power. These are all given to you by businessmen, you don't have to spend a penny.

Hearing this, Letilen turned his head and straightened his expression, which was different from the friendship they had in the past, but with a little more respect.

"Of course. Building the port and the fortress together saves time and effort and facilitates planning."

Olivia nodded:

“Yes, the most important thing right now is the planning of the fortress and the port.

I asked you to come here so that you can follow Caesar and Loschi to the port of Einweiden to conduct some research and serve as his consultant.

We will see where it is suitable for you to build docks and warehouses, and where it is suitable for markets."

Letilen nodded and asked about the exact departure date without hesitation.

After that, she returned the booklet in her hand to Letilun and said:

“When you have almost finished planning, let these businessmen take a look at the blueprint first.

I just did business with the sheriff and rented the land at La Vossen's prices.

If they want to rent or buy land at the port to do business, they should still pay the market price in the town of Lavossen."

In Lavosen, the leasing prices for land used for livestock and farming outside the city and for commercial and trade land within the city are completely different.

The median yield is fifteen kilos per mu of land used for animal husbandry and farming per year.

Commercial and trade land in towns is extremely valuable.

At La Vossen the annual rent per acre is two hundred times higher than that of cultivated land.

That is three hundred silver coins per acre of land per year.

If one acre of land is divided into four plots, it can be rented to four businessmen to build shops.

The annual rent for each shop is 75 silver coins, which is about 6 silver coins per month.

But I don't know what the tax conditions are.

If it is similar to Lavosen, then there is a high probability that a large number of businessmen will move there.

Olivia had also thought about this problem. The trade tax in Lavosen was collected according to different industries, but it was no more than one-fifth of the profit.

This is a relatively low tax within a reasonable range, and the same is true for several neighboring baronies.

If she doesn't want to lower the ratio and offend her neighbors, then it's better to be higher than this ratio.

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