Reborn Dragon Vein Warlock, Genius Beauty Mage

Although this continent has the existence of true gods, magic, alien races and monsters, and even mages can travel through the planes, the various kingdoms are still small-scale peasant economies.

Farmers in the territory grow their own food, grow their own grain, grow their own vegetables, raise their own livestock, spin their own coarse cloth, and make their own clothes. Only salt, ironware, pottery, leather goods, etc. need to be purchased.

Craftsmen, such as blacksmiths, carpenters, and cobblers, make money by selling their goods and then purchase daily necessities such as food.

Commercial circulation is basically limited to the territory. The main form is somewhat similar to the current rural market. It is held in Longzhao Town on the 15th and 30th of every month. If there are no grocery stores in the village for daily needs, we have to rely on some merchants. Something like that.

If someone has a minor illness or disaster, he goes to a herbalist for treatment because the treatment is cheap. Unless you are seriously ill, you will go to the temple to hire a priest. The premise is that you can afford the money. Of course, the temple also supports installment payment.

This economic model seems very backward to Christine, who is a time traveler, but she can also understand that what God needs is faith, and only people who live in poverty and are ignorant will put their hope in faith.

Of course she didn't dare to make any big moves, otherwise she would be punished by a god and send it if she was discovered. Even if it wasn't so exaggerated, she would still be dead if the True God Church sent out a temple knight.

In this world with gods, the people at the bottom cannot shake the rule of the aristocracy. Knowledge, martial arts, magic and magic are all in the hands of the ruling class.

A fifth-level knight with hundreds of soldiers can massacre a village, a tenth-level knight can defeat five hundred ordinary soldiers by himself, and a fifteenth-level master knight can easily kill a thousand soldiers by himself. .

But small improvements can be made.

Food, salt, and ironware on the mainland are all strategic materials, and they are naturally controlled by the lords.

In terms of food, the nobles eat white bread, while ordinary people can only eat brown bread made from rye, which is highly productive and easy to grow. As for the taste, it is good to be full.

In addition to the tithe that must be paid to the church, which is one-tenth of the harvest, freemen with their own land must pay two-tenths to the lord, and tenants without land must pay one-tenth to the landlord. Four.

Of course, this lord's tax rate is only the basic tax rate for nobles, and it is also the tax rate of Baron Stuart. It would be normal for a greedy lord to receive 50% to 60% from tenants.

In addition, the subjects had to perform corvee for a fixed period of time every year, and there were many other miscellaneous taxes and fees. For example, the mills in the villages belonged to the lords, and civilians had to pay to use them. Forests and lakes also belong to the lord, and taxes must be paid for hunting and fishing.

Christine's improvement is to cancel the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. She still collects what most lords charge, such as mill usage fees and fishing and hunting taxes, so she can't look too special. All items that may or may not be collected will be exempted, such as wedding tax, poultry tax, etc.

She spent another 10,000 gold coins to buy cattle and horses to reclaim more land. It was impossible to give it for free. Only soldiers, servants, village leaders and other people who served the lord were eligible to rent it.

Why is the Barony of Stewart so wealthy despite such low agricultural taxes?

Brittany is a peninsula, surrounded by sea on three sides and only connected to the mainland in the east. Whether the fleet of the Kingdom of Iberia in the south is going north or the fleets of the Principality of Benedictine and the Kingdom of Rhine in the north are going south, they need to be in Brittany County. Port stop for supplies.

The Barony of Stewart has an excellent port, the Port of Salzo.

The Brittany River flows from north to south into the Bay of Biscay. When it is about to enter the sea, a huge lake is formed due to terrain reasons, and the Port of Salzo is built here.

The entrance to the sea is only over 500 meters long and over 1,000 meters wide, which is equivalent to providing a natural breakwater for the port. That is to say, if sea ships come in and dock at the port, no matter how big the storm is in the outer sea, they will not be able to affect it.

Although other coastal aristocratic territories also have ports, the number of ships berthing in Koliang Harbor is not comparable to that of ordinary ports. Besides, Christine's mother is an elf noble, and the trade between Elf Island and the Kingdom of France is also in this port. That’s a lot of extra income.

Christine spent another 10,000 gold coins to transform Salzo Port, build more trestles, expand the port square, lay flat roads, build spacious warehouses, and prepare to turn the port village into a port town.

This is one of the reasons why the territory requires so many standing soldiers. As the port expands, more ships will be berthed. The sailors are brave and aggressive. Many captains are also part-time pirates. There are not enough soldiers to suppress them.

At the same time, because it is close to the sea, the price of salt in Brittany is not high. Of course, this profitable business must be exclusive to noble lords.

Iron forging is the strength of Barony Stewart. Not only does the territory have high-quality mines, but also because Dragon Claw Town is adjacent to the Brittany River, water conservancy forging is much less labor-intensive and more efficient than a blacksmith swinging a hammer.

After all, the Dragon Vein Warlock has a long lifespan and is a legal professional. It is naturally different to have both knowledge and long-term experience. Therefore, the ancestors who were originally granted the title will definitely not be bad in the choice of fiefdom. It can be said that the topographic advantages and natural resources of Baron Stewart are in The entire Kingdom of France is also included.

So Christine just spent 5,000 gold coins to expand the blacksmith shop into a workshop, preparing to produce a large number of cheap iron tools to occupy the weapons and farm tools market in the entire Brittany County.

Christine didn't see the small profits gained from exploiting farmers at all, and developing commerce and handicrafts was the right way to make money.

Although an iron plow, an iron spearhead, and an iron helmet don't make much profit, if the sales volume reaches a certain level, you can still make a lot of money, as long as the price is cheaper than what the noble lord sells in his own blacksmith shop. Worry no one will buy it.

The lifespan and cost of metal products are linked. For example, Christine's ancestral knight's sword is still as sharp as new after hundreds of years. But ordinary ironware is easy to rust, so this business is also a long-term profit point.

Of course, Christine's reduction of the exorbitant taxes on the people was not out of kindness, but to allow them to have enough food to feed more children and increase the population. Population is an important resource. After all, cattle and horses can help cultivate land, but they cannot replace people working in workshops.

That is to say, she was able to do this because she spent an almost negligible cost and gained huge profits in the war with the Baron of Lorient. This kind of success achieved by many accidental factors cannot be replicated.

Therefore, other nobles are powerless if they want to do this, because nobles have to spend a lot of money every year to maintain their dignity. In addition, many noble families have large populations and the expenses are even greater. Those lords, barons and even viscounts with poor territories spend a year It would be nice to have a slight balance.