Chapter 329 Year-End Summary
Salamo looked embarrassed when he heard Richard’s request.
"Your Excellency, the new alloy alchemy furnace uses a special magic circle. If you want to expand the scale, you need to redesign it. This is undoubtedly a big project and it will probably take a long time to succeed." "I'll leave this matter to you
. project team, it is impossible to cut off some less important projects and transfer people from other project teams. Although the performance of the new alloy is very good, only by increasing production and equipping more soldiers can the combat effectiveness of the army be improved and its performance be greater "The role of that."
Richard inspected the Alloy Research Institute for a whole day, had dinner with Salamo and other meritorious researchers, held a simple party, and returned home late at night.
It's the end of the year, and the territory needs to prepare this year's statistics and next year's budget.
Although there is a war this year, the war has not affected the economic development level of Harland Territory. After all, the war did not reach the Harland Territory, and the allied forces of the four provinces gained a lot in the Delong Kingdom. The gold coins captured were enough for Richard to pay and reward him.
According to household registration statistics, the population of Harland this year has reached 1.4 million. This population size ranks sixth among the eight duchies, surpassing the two duchies of Fox and Guise.
The demographic statistics of most nobles in Grant Kingdom are very rough. In most cases, the castle officials go to the villages and ask questions to get a rough number, which is then added up in each castle and area. Unless there is a strict household registration system like the Harland Territory, and there are enough bureaucrats to manage the household registration, a roughly accurate population figure can be obtained.
The population of 1.4 million is roughly equivalent to the population of a small prefecture-level city in the previous life. However, the area of Harland Territory is equivalent to a small province. Generally speaking, the population is sparse, the level of development is low, and a large amount of land is barren mountains.
Counting the 60,000 free people in East Grotta County, there were already 440,000 free people in Halland Territory.
After taking over East Grotta County, the officials of Halland Territory made new adjustments to the cultivated land. They distributed part of the land directly under the royal family to some free people who lacked land, so that their cultivated land reached an average of six acres per capita. level.
Both sides of the Grotta River are located at the southern foot of the Eagle Mountains. Generally speaking, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the cultivated land is far more than the population. Allocating farmland to local free people can not only collect people's support, but also quickly increase tax levels.
After the territory exchange was completed, it was already September, the autumn harvest had been completed, and grain taxes were being paid. After the territory exchange was completed, the royal family's bureaucrats took away the floating wealth. This year, more than 60,000 local free people only contributed about 5,000 gold coins in tax revenue to the Harland Territory, which is at a low level.
The other 380,000 free people were the elders of Harland. They contributed more in grain taxes. The land tax alone could reach an average of three silver coins per person, adding up to a total of 95,000 gold coins in taxes.
This year, we received one hundred thousand gold coins from land tax alone. Adding in miscellaneous taxes such as commercial taxes, customs duties, real estate taxes, and installment payments, we received one hundred and forty-three thousand gold coins from the tax alone.
By next year, 60,000 free people in East Grotta County will be integrated into the Harland Territory, which will contribute at least 25,000 gold coins in taxes.
Moreover, next year is a big year for the transformation of free people. It has been five years since the battle for the throne of Grand Duke Stanik. About 240,000 people will be divided into fields a few months in advance and transformed into free people. The land tax brought by this part of the free people also amounted to 60,000 gold coins.
According to the territory's estimates, next year's field tax will exceed 180,000 gold coins. Plus various miscellaneous taxes, the tax alone can support more than 10,000 soldiers.
This year, the weather in northern Xinjiang has been smooth and the harvest has been generally good. Haaland led the mining volume of natural potash fertilizer to increase to tens of thousands of tons, and the average yield per mu increased to 200 kilograms.
Including East Grotta County, the farmland area of Halland Territory has exceeded 8 million acres, and the overall grain output may exceed 800,000 tons. It is estimated that about thirty percent of the grain was dispersed among the freedmen.
According to statistics, by the end of the year, the grain storage in the territorial grain depot exceeded 500,000 tons.
Richard asked Burien, who is in charge of the agricultural system, that this year the grain harvest ratio in the Harland territory has reached 12:1, which has been raised to a very high level.
The Harland Territory has always attached great importance to agricultural development, and every year, indentured slaves are dispatched to repair reservoirs and carry out water conservancy projects.
Richard also attaches great importance to breeding. Sophia has a group of magicians who research and breed, and there have been some achievements over the years. They have improved wheat seeds and increased wheat yield by about 8%.
In addition, Harland led the discovery of natural potash minerals and the large-scale use of farmyard manure. This year, the average yield per mu finally exceeded 200 kilograms.
Compared with other regions in northern Xinjiang, the average yield per mu of cultivated land in Harland Territory has increased by about 30%.
Although there are 500,000 tons of grain stored in the grain depot, Richard now needs to feed one million indentured servants. Even if an average indentured servant consumes 450 kilograms of grain, the total will still require 225,000 tons. Moreover, wasteland will continue to be reclaimed next year, and 75,000 tons of grain will need to be left behind.
Currently, there are 43,000 regular troops in Harland's territory, and more than 30,000 second-line troops such as auxiliary troops and security troops. They need to consume 35,000 tons of military rations.
Harland only has two large cavalry groups. The army has more than 8,000 war horses and pack horses. As the saying goes, one horse is worth three soldiers. Even if the pack horses consume less, they mainly use fodder. The war horses plus the pack horses consume more. The total amount of grain is about 10,000 tons.
In addition, the Harland Territory also has a thousand Warcraft horses. The Warcraft horses eat a lot of food. One Warcraft horse consumes about the same amount of food as ten soldiers. A thousand Warcraft horses consume about 5,000 tons of food every year.
In addition to leaving behind rations for indentured servants, military rations, and growing grain for next year, brewing wine also requires 6,000 tons of grain, plus 80,000 tons of grain stored in the territory to prevent natural disasters.
Although the inventory of 500,000 tons is large, the actual amount of grain that can be used is only 60,000 to 4,000 tons.
Richard sold part of this part of the grain through the Heihe Fort Grain Station to the citizens of Heihe Fort, and part of it was sold to Vera and other Stanik Grand Duchy merchants.
This year's drought in the Grand Duchy of Stanek lasted for a long time, the affected area was very large, and the disaster was relatively serious. After the autumn harvest was completed, the northern Xinjiang was full of grain merchants from the Grand Duchy of Stanik.
Nowadays, the commercial interests in the northern Xinjiang region are controlled by two groups. One group is the businessmen of the Goddess of Wealth Church represented by Vera, and the other group is the Flame Dragon of the Chamber of Commerce directly controlled by Duke Jonathan.
The Flame Dragon Chamber of Commerce is the official business of the Grand Duchy of Stanik. The Jonathan family occupies 55% of the shares. The other 35% are direct vassals who support Duke Jonathan, and the remaining 10% is reserved for Caravan management in various places.
Instanik purchased grain very vigorously. Although northern Xinjiang had a bumper grain harvest, the market was still in short supply, and grain prices also increased. The 64,000 tons of grain sold by Harland Leader were quickly sold out.
This batch of grain brought a total of 150,000 gold coins to Richard.
The animal husbandry industry has begun to recover this year. Last year, the Lothar Basin was conquered, tens of thousands of goats were captured, and the number of slaves herding sheep increased significantly. This year, the scale of the ranch run by the Harland leader has exceeded the level in its heyday.
The government-run ranch has more than 2 million heads on stock, and the slaughter volume is 1.8 million. On the contrary, private farmers suffered heavy losses due to the sheep plague a few years ago and have not recovered yet. Except for a small number of professional farmers, there are not many private sheep farmers left.
The slaughter of 1.8 million sheep has exceeded Harland's market consumption level.
Despite the large-scale military expansion in Haaland's territory this year, the military's consumption has increased significantly. The government has also increased orders, paid benefits to civil servants, distributed more mutton to the families of injured and killed soldiers, and eaten 800,000 sheep.
The remaining million sheep cannot be digested by the market, and there are still privately raised sheep competing with the government.
Now that the Iron Lion and Grizzly Bear armies are moving south, the northern Xinjiang region has lost about 40,000 families with spending power. This has a very serious economic impact on the four provinces of northern Xinjiang. Following the main force southward, there were also their immediate family members, and more than 200,000 people with spending power suddenly disappeared.
If Haaland hadn't added 110,000 freedmen, expanded the domestic demand market, and sold goods to the new southern provinces, the economy would have been seriously affected.
One million sheep, relying on the two major markets of Harland and Northern Xinjiang, only sold 200,000. For the remaining 800,000, Richard could only send people to drive the sheep to Nolan and Nanxing. Province.
On the way south, you need to pass through a lot of noble lands. Every time you pass through a noble territory, you need to coordinate and pay taxes.
Richard was promoted to Duke and became famous in the Grant Kingdom. The big nobles gave him face, and the small nobles did not want to offend Duke Harland. The transit tax along the way was greatly reduced, and it was profitable to sell sheep in the south.
Although the 800,000 sheep were sold for 80,000 gold coins, the various transit taxes along the way cost 34,000 gold coins. In order to protect the sheep, Richard also dispatched more than 3,000 shepherds and a large group of soldiers. These people spent a month on the road, and the messy expenses also consumed 6,000 gold coins.
In addition to consumption, animal husbandry brought a net profit of 60,000 gold coins to the territory this year.
Because of the invention of the steam engine, Harland led the rapid development of the steel industry. This year's steel production has increased to 15,000 tons. There are more than 5,000 workers in steel mills and rolling mills.
As steel production increased by 60%, the price of steel continued to fall, and one kilogram of steel in Fort William was reduced to five copper coins. Due to the sharp increase in steel production in Harland, the price of iron in northern Xinjiang also dropped sharply. The price of iron in Heihe Fort even fell to six copper coins per kilogram.
When the Harland Territory was first established more than ten years ago, one kilogram of steel sold for as much as one silver coin. Equipping hundreds of soldiers with iron gun heads would make Richard feel heavy pressure.
Although the production capacity of 15,000 tons of steel is large, it is still far from enough compared to the market demand of millions of people nearby. Even if the selling price is reduced, the sales of steel this year have exceeded 210,000 gold coins.
Because of the extensive use of orc slaves for mining, labor costs were reduced, and steel products brought Harland a profit of 180,000 gold coins.
With the recovery of the livestock industry, the production capacity of the woolen textile market is still increasing rapidly. This year, the output of woolen cloth has increased by 40%, and the price has also increased slightly compared to last year, bringing a total profit of 48,000 gold coins to Harland.
The profits from the brown sugar trade are still expanding. This year, Haaland’s brown sugar production exceeded 5,000 tons.
Calculated based on territorial sales data, the average freeman consumed five kilograms of brown sugar a year. The domestic demand market alone consumes 2,000 tons of brown sugar a year.
There are 3,000 tons of production capacity left, 500 tons of which are used in the military and government departments. The remaining 2,500 tons can only rely on the external market. In addition to the traditional Northern Xinjiang market, the Nolan market has also been opened. Stanik Market of the Grand Duchy, market of the newly occupied territories in the south.
Throughout the year, the brown sugar industry brought Harland a profit of 60,000 gold coins.
Nowadays, the price of brown sugar has dropped to five copper coins per kilogram in Harland Territory. It is no longer considered a luxury product and has entered thousands of free people's households.
Another important income for Harland Leader this year is coinage income. After Richard was promoted to earl, Harland Leader discovered copper mines and began to accelerate the development of Tongshan Town. In recent years, the mint has been focusing on researching the technical level of minting coins.
Minting currency is not an easy task. The quality of the currency minted by the mint in the past few years was very low, and Richard has not allowed it to be circulated on a large scale. With the invention of the steam engine, Harland invented a new stamping machine, and fine coins began to circulate in the territory this year.
In the first year alone, the casting of copper coins brought Harland a profit of 60,000 gold coins. In addition, silver mines were discovered in the Losa Basin. Although silver mines are very difficult to mine and smelt, the casting of silver coins also brought 30,000 gold coins to the territory. profit.
The two mints operated for a year, bringing Harland a profit of ninety thousand gold coins.
Minting a large amount of coins did not bring inflation to the territory, but instead alleviated the money shortage and played an important role in economic development.
The magic crystal charging efficiency has not improved this year, and the three mage towers have brought Harland a profit of 28,000 gold coins.
After controlling the Lothar Basin and blocking several important passages, the central area of the Eagle Mountains fell under the control of Harland. This year, Harland led the demon hunting team to hunt more than a dozen monsters and captured more than 30. Iron Horned Horse's most important achievement was the successful hunting of a seventh-level bipedal flying dragon. In addition to the rewards given to the demon hunting team, it brought a total of 23,000 gold coins to the territory.
The arms trade is also an important source of income for the Harland Territory. This year, it sold 4,000 alchemy bombs, 1,600 collar armors, and 120 searing ray guns. After excluding costs, it brought about 54,000 gold coins to the territory. profit.
This year, new products appeared in Harland, and the most profitable one was porcelain. Because of Richard's low-price dumping policy and the domestic demand market, the income from porcelain brought a net profit of 28,000 gold coins to Harland.
In the past, those who sold porcelain in the Grant Kingdom were large multinational chambers of commerce. Such large multinational chambers of commerce were very powerful and would share part of the profits with the Grant royal family.
The multinational chamber of commerce has complex equity, controlling the trade routes from the Holy Glorious Empire to the Eastern Kingdom, monopolizing the goods sold by the Holy Glorious Empire, and dealing in high-value commodities such as antiques, porcelain, silk, magic crystals, potions, and extraordinary items.
There are only two multinational chambers of commerce active in Grant Kingdom, one is called Fanxing Chamber of Commerce and the other is called Cangqing Chamber of Commerce. According to Richard's estimation, these two chambers of commerce can sell about a few hundred pieces of porcelain every year, with a sales volume of 30%. Between forty thousand gold coins.
The porcelain business is also a huge profit for them.
If it weren't for Harland's strength and Richard's fame in the Grant Kingdom, Harland's porcelain business would have been targeted by the multinational chamber of commerce.
Although the multinational chamber of commerce is very powerful, it has mercenaries with strong combat capabilities under its command, and there are also legendary powerful people as backers. After all, it is a dragon in the Grant Kingdom.
As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot overwhelm the local snakes. The current strength of the Harland Leader is somewhat stronger than that of the local snakes in the Grant Kingdom. Even if the power of a multinational chamber of commerce is concentrated, it may not be able to defeat the Harland Leader.
Although the porcelain business has been affected, with profits of 20,000 to 30,000 gold coins lost every year, the two major multinational chambers of commerce have not issued any statement, nor have they targeted Harland.
With the expansion of the market, the soap and toilet soap business has also increased profits, because the animal husbandry industry has developed well, animal fat raw materials have increased significantly, and the production of soap and toilet soap has expanded its production capacity.
This year, Richard led his troops to the south, and along with Harland's goods, he entered the south and captured a new market. The soap and soap business brought Richard a profit of 36,000 gold coins.
The alcohol business is also developing very well. Although the distilled wine brewing process was leaked and the monopoly market was lost, Richard imposed heavy taxes on imported liquor and monopolized the domestic market in Harland.
Relying on the domestic demand market alone, the wine business can make a lot of money. Moreover, Haaland Ling Liquor controls a large number of markets in Black River Fort and Flame Fort, making a profit of 32,000 gold coins this year.
This year, Harland Territory's pharmaceutical revenue has surged again. First of all, a new queen bee has been cultivated, and the production of hemostatic ointment has increased significantly, with an increase of approximately 60,000 servings. This additional part of the hemostatic ointment can be sold in the market, priced at three silver coins a piece, which can increase Harland's income by 15,000 gold coins. In addition to the material and labor costs, it can increase the income by 12,000 gold coins. Gold coin net profit.
In addition, the territory also developed a medicine to treat internal injuries. Although the output was relatively low, only 300 copies a year, the sales price was very high. Richard sold 120 copies and received 12,000 gold coins.
In addition, the sales of analgesic pills invented this year are very good, with 220,000 bottles sold a year. Even if the price is not high, the sales volume is as high as more than 18,300 gold coins, bringing a net net income of about 10,000 gold coins to the territory. profit.
All in all, drug sales increased by 60% this year.
The proceeds from the medicine brought Harland a profit of sixty-four thousand gold coins.
The output of the coal mine has also increased dramatically. Due to the use of steam engine power, the coal mine has improved the conveyor belt this year, designed a steel drum shearer, and put the No. 3 mine into operation. Coal output has increased by 20%.
According to data reported by coal mines at the end of the year, coal mine overproduction capacity reached 200,000 tons. Due to the limitations of the mineral deposits, it is difficult to continue to find new mines, and it is difficult to continue to increase the production capacity of this coal mine.
This year, the coal production capacity increased by 20%, but there was no increase in the number of people in the mine. In total, it brought a profit of 48,000 gold coins to the territory.
The transportation industry and the four-wheeled carriage manufacturing industry are relatively stable. This year, Harland Leader also received some military transportation orders. The profits from the two businesses were the same as last year, with a total income of 15,000 gold coins.
Now the real estate industry is making an increasingly important contribution to the territory.
Because of the booming population, a large number of indentured servants became freedmen every year.
After becoming a free citizen and making money, of course they would not continue to live in wooden houses and simple shacks. Building a house requires purchasing bricks, cement, glass, wood, etc. These industries have brought about 60,000 gold coins to Harland's leadership this year.
Although dyeing cloth is a new industry with great prospects, Richard has expanded the southern market this year and only brought a profit of thirteen thousand gold coins to the territory this year.
The perfume industry is a luxury product. As long as the luxury product occupies the market, the income will be very stable. This year, Harland has brought 10,000 gold coins to his neck.
With the increase in schools, the papermaking business has also increased rapidly, bringing a total profit of 8,000 gold coins to the territory this year.
In addition, the fruit industry, fresh fish business, river transportation income, etc., combined to bring Harland a profit of thirteen thousand gold coins.
This year's Southern Expedition has yielded a rich harvest. From the seizures in several battles and the harvesting of land, hundreds of thousands of gold coins have been obtained. Most of this wealth has been distributed to the soldiers of the Southern Expedition.
In total, Harland's cash income this year is 1,163,000 gold coins, which is roughly equivalent to one-third of the level of the Grant royal family. This kind of cash income has exceeded the Dukedom of Edward and Fox in Northern Xinjiang, and even the Dukedom of York, and is second only to the Grant royal family and Archduke Jonathan.
Fiscal revenue increased by 67%, and the territory's expenditures were also increasing.
The first is the expenditure on military pay. Now Harland leads the army to receive military pay for 28,000 soldiers. He also needs to provide subsidies and salaries to 30,000 second-line personnel. A year's salary requires approximately 400,000 gold coins.
In addition, about 300 people were killed in the war this year, 200 soldiers were disabled, and the number of pensioners increased to nearly 10,000. The pension standard was raised last year, and 30,000 gold coins were spent on this expenditure this year.
The expenditure on logistics materials is also very huge. Now Harland has 43,000 regular troops, and the logistics expenditure for a year requires 80,000 gold coins. In addition, he also needs to maintain auxiliary troops, security and other troops. These second-line troops add up to 30,000 gold coins. The total cost of people, various logistics materials, and equipment is 40,000 gold coins.
The total logistical expenses totaled a huge amount of 120,000 gold coins. This does not include food, meat, brown sugar and other internal supplies. After all, a soldier must be issued two sets of clothes every year, one single coat and one cotton coat, in addition to quilts and tents. When the army expands, it is necessary to distribute weapons and build barracks, each of which requires a large amount of gold coins.
Only by ensuring adequate supply can the combat effectiveness of soldiers be guaranteed.
In total, 550,000 gold coins were spent on raising troops, accounting for 48% of the fiscal revenue. Far below the level of previous years.
After taking over East Grotta County this year, Harland led another large-scale expansion of civil servants. Now, there are about 8,000 civil servants in the government system, including the village chief at the bottom, and the salary expenditure is about 65,000 gold coins. Coupled with various subsidies and benefits issued by the government, more than 80,000 gold coins were consumed.
Although Richard had always objected, the salary of civil servants gradually increased to a higher level in the territory, and gradually became comparable to that of soldiers.
At this year's meeting, Richard got angry and made it clear that he would reduce government expenditure next year, cut the salary of civil servants, and control expenditure to the level of 65,000 gold coins.
After all, the army will be expanded by 6,000 men and 12,000 regular troops every year this year and next, and military expenditures will be increased by at least 160,000 gold coins every year.
The territory's finances cannot be increased without limit. Except for steel, brown sugar, and medicine, other commodities have gradually become weak. Government expenditure must not increase dramatically every year.
This year, Harland Territory has built four new primary schools and one middle school. The number of teachers has increased by more than 200 people. Counting fixed investment, the territory has invested 16,000 gold coins in education, which accounts for about 100% of the fiscal revenue. One point thirty-nine is considered a relatively low level.
A new hospital and a medical college were built at the medical port, with approximately 10,000 gold coins invested.
Investment in scientific research has increased a lot this year. Major research institutes have received 36,000 gold coins in scientific research funding, and the Harland Master Association has also received 24,000 gold coins in scientific research funding.
Including the salaries of scientific researchers and territorial mages, a total of 74,000 gold coins were spent, accounting for approximately 6.4% of the fiscal revenue, which was considered a very high level.
After comprehensive calculation, this year's fiscal expenditure is 730,000 gold coins, with a balance of 433,000 gold coins.
Counting the balances from previous years, Harland has already saved a huge sum of 600,000 gold coins in the treasury. Even for a duchy, this is undoubtedly a huge amount of money.
With this huge sum of money in hand, it will be enough to support Richard's military expansion this year and next.
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