Lord Harland.

Chapter 247 Territory Income
Today, textiles have surpassed steel and liquor, and have become the income of Harland's territory after food.

The textile industry in northern Xinjiang is very backward, and the output of cotton cloth is low. Whether it is the three northern provinces or several duchies, the output of cloth has always been insufficient.The relationship between supply and demand is unbalanced, so the low-priced felt cloth from the Harland Territory can quickly occupy the market. According to Richard's estimation, if the market potential of northern Xinjiang is fully developed, the income from textiles may exceed [-] gold coins.

After textiles is the steel trade.

"This year, a third steelmaking furnace was built in the territory. The new steelmaking furnace is taller and bigger. This year, the steel production in Harland's territory has exceeded 50.00 tons, an increase of about 2%. With [-] tons of steel, the net profit has reached Twenty-two thousand gold coins."

Following Thomas Weber's report, Richard has a rough idea of ​​the development of the steel industry.

Because of the increase in production, the wholesale price of steel in Harland Territory, the wholesale price of a ton of iron has dropped to eighteen gold coins, and the retail price of a kilogram of iron has dropped to seven copper coins.Compared with ten years ago, it has fallen by more than half.

Although the price is low, the steel business is facing considerable competition, especially the nobles in northern Xinjiang, who have iron ore. Although the production cost is high, the lords are afraid of the outflow of gold coins, so they still restrict Harland's iron and steel products. entry.

The scale of the external market has been limited, so the profits of the steel trade have increased slowly over the years. It was not until the domestic demand in the territory developed that the income of the steel trade exceeded [-] gold coins.

In addition, in recent years, a large number of sheep have been raised in the territory, and the number of sheep in the Harland territory has increased by more than 300 times, and the number exceeds [-] million.

Even if one-tenth of it is eaten every year, more than 30 live sheep are put into the market, and the price of mutton has dropped a lot.Since last year, ordinary freedmen can occasionally eat mutton.

Of the more than 300 million sheep, one-third is controlled by Richard.The Sheepman Tribe managed by Bernard now grazes more than one million sheep.The tax of 20 sheep is handed over every year. According to the current price of sheep, the income is about [-] gold coins.

It's just that half of it needs to be used to supply the army, to distribute benefits to bureaucrats, and to distribute pensions to disabled soldiers who died in battle. Only about [-] gold coins fell into Richard's hands.

The breeding speed of the sheep flock is very fast. As long as there is enough pasture, if you are lucky, the population can double by about ten times in two to three years.

Harland Territory has relatively large rainfall, lush vegetation, and sparsely populated land, which is suitable for the development of animal husbandry. According to Richard's estimation, the flock can expand to tens of millions.

Now it is the population of the territory that restricts the expansion of the flock.Only when the population increases will there be enough sheep farmers.

Reporting next is Ihakir, who manages the brown sugar plantation.Up to now, the brown sugar plantation has expanded to several nearby hills, and tens of thousands of brown sugar trees have been cultivated in the plantation. Although most of the brown sugar trees are not yet mature, this year's brown sugar production has reached a new high, exceeding the income of liquor.

"The output of the brown sugar plantation has reached 520 tons this year, double that of last year, and the net profit is [-] gold coins. The brown sugar trees in the plantation are still in the rapid growth stage, and the output will exceed [-] tons in the next year , it will reach [-] tons in five years. If you can’t open up new markets, you can only sell at a lower price.”

This year, the wholesale price of brown sugar in the Harland Territory has not dropped, but the retail price has dropped a bit, down to ten copper coins per kilogram.If it weren't for the rapid growth of the domestic demand market in the territory, and the addition of new channels brought by the Church of the Goddess of Wealth to digest the increased brown sugar production, the brown sugar production doubled this year, and the market would be oversupplied.

Although brown sugar is in short supply, there are so many consumers in northern Xinjiang. Even if the honey market is squeezed out, according to the current price of brown sugar, the consumption capacity of the population in northern Xinjiang is only [-] tons of brown sugar.

Unless the price is reduced and brown sugar is turned from a light luxury product into an ordinary commodity, the market capacity can be expanded.

Even so, apart from the territory of Harland, the consumption population in Northern Xinjiang is only about 20. Even if it reaches the level of Richard's previous life, each person consumes an average of [-] kilograms of sugar a year, and the total market capacity is only [-] tons.

If you want to make profits from brown sugar, the most important thing is to expand the consumer population.

By the end of this year, there were 5000 free citizens in Harland Territory.These [-] people are regarded as a population with consumption capacity. In the future, the income of brown sugar may mainly rely on the domestic demand market.

Of the 1 freedmen, more than [-] of them will expire this autumn and do not need to pay land taxes.For [-] free citizens who pay land tax, the income from land tax is [-] gold coins, plus commercial tax, real estate tax, installment house payment and other income, the total tax revenue this year is [-] gold coins, second only to grain, Textile, steel and other bulk trade.

For the territory, taxation is no longer optional, but an indispensable income.

In addition, this year's demon hunting income is very high. In the spring, a group of lions were captured, and the real value exceeded 30 gold coins. After exchanging resources with the royal family, they also got [-] magic crystals. More than ten thousand gold coins.There were also several successful hunts in the middle.

The net coin income from hunting monsters this year is a total of [-] magic crystals and [-] gold coins, which add up to about [-] gold coins.

Due to the expansion of the domestic demand market in the territory, the income of the wine business has gradually increased, and the net income of fruit wine has just reached [-] gold coins.

Four years after the wine war broke out, the profit of the wine trade finally climbed to [-] gold coins, becoming a relatively important income for the territory.

In addition, the magic crystal charging technology has also brought great benefits this year.

There are two mage towers in Harland's territory, both of which have man-made magic wells.The Tower of Flame used the module of the Furnace, the energy core element of the Floating Void City, and the Tower of Lightning also used the magic core of the legendary monster.

With artificial magic wells, the mage tower does not need to consume magic crystals, and can also be installed with magic crystal charging circles.

Two mage towers, 200 yuan a year to recharge the discarded magic crystal, deduct the loss of the charging magic circle material, the salary of the magician, the cost of discarding the magic crystal, the epoch-making technology of recharging the magic crystal, for Harlan The German territory brought an income of eleven thousand gold coins.

Coal production is also on the rise this year, reaching [-] tons.

In fact, compared to the coal mine reserves in Harland Territory, the output of [-] tons is almost insignificant.

More than 100 workers in the coal mine can complete a year's production tasks within two months of mining. Coal miners spend most of their time on infrastructure construction, house repairs, track repairs, road repairs, tree cutting, and farming.

But the market is so big, too much coal is dug up, and it cannot be sold at all.In addition to the loss of labor and materials, the coal mine has a total profit of [-] gold coins this year.

The next person to report is Gavin Harland. Gavin is the second son of Uncle Bernie, five years younger than Richard, and got married the year before last.

Gavin's talent surpassed Twain's. Following his father, he was promoted to a second-tier professional at the age of 22.In the Harland family, it should be second only to Richard and Wendy, and has the potential to grow into a high-level professional.

A few years ago, Gavin and his cousin Colon joined the Grizzlies and became a junior officer of the Grizzlies.Since last year, Li Cha's cousin Thorn has joined the Grizzlies.

Three of Li Cha's cousins ​​served in the Grizzly Legion at one time.

Due to the rapid development of the Harland Territory, Richard lacked capable assistants around him. Gavin retired from the Grizzlies and was arranged by Richard to work in the carriage factory. This year, he will be responsible for the transportation work in the Territory.

The territory of Harland illuminated manganese-steel alloy manufacturing technology to manufacture rolling bearings.

The four-wheeled carriage equipped with new rolling bearings has far better load capacity and passability than the wooden bearings and copper bearings in circulation at this time.

"The four-wheeled carriage market in the three provinces of northern Xinjiang has been saturated this year. We only sold about [-] carriages and earned a profit of [-] gold coins. Next year's sales may decrease a bit, but this year's transportation business in the territory has grown a lot. Hurry up, there is already a profit of five thousand gold coins by the end of the year.

If the orcs invade as scheduled next year, we can undertake a large amount of army transportation business, and our profits will increase significantly. "

After listening to Gavin's report, Li Cha asked with a smile: "As an army transporter, you have the ability to get money? Don't let the main army confiscate all your carriages?"

"It's up to Uncle William to communicate with the higher-ups."

Hearing this, Li Cha waved his hands and said, "If the Harland family wants to become a great noble in northern Xinjiang, they must have a sense of the overall situation. Next year, we must take the initiative to participate in the military transportation work and operate it at cost price. The family's profitable business There are many, and there is no need to make profits on the main army. When the orcs invaded, to a certain extent, we and the three main army in the northern border region were all prosperous and all lost."

After Gavin finished his report, it was Layton's turn.

Leiden is responsible for the brick kiln, lime kiln, glass kiln, coke kiln and wood distillation kiln.These kilns are basically concentrated in William's territory, and they have been transplanted to the vicinity of the military station since the year before last.

The Fortress is the core of the defense line in the north of the Harland Territory, located in the center of the swamp basin and the city of flowers.

If the orcs invade from the direction of Harland's territory, the fortress is the stronghold that the orcs must conquer, otherwise the road will be unstable.

The military depot has a geographical advantage. Compared with the orcs, the human army has an organizational advantage. In addition, the soldiers in the Harland territory also have an advantage in equipment.

Even if a legion of orc troops came, Li Cha still had the confidence to defend the fort.

That's why he transplanted part of the industry in the military station, and supported the construction of the swamp basin and the city of flowers nearby.

"Last year, the scale of construction in the territory was very large. The brick kiln, lime kiln, cement kiln and other kiln factories added up to a total profit of [-] gold coins. The glass kiln earned the most profit. Although we lowered the price, because the demand for glass for construction is too large, I earned three thousand gold coins last year, and the kiln factory I am in charge of has a total profit of five thousand gold coins."

The fruit business is relatively stable. Now Harland territory has fresh fruit, candied fruit, dried fruit, canned fruit, etc. The main consumer markets are Heihe Fort, Flame Fort, and Harland Territory.

The wild orchards on both sides of the Harland Valley have been opened up by Richard as a fruit plantation area.Limited by the fruit output, the fruit park can earn a profit of [-] gold coins a year.

If you want to increase the income of fruits, you can only plant more fruit trees and expand the area of ​​the fruit garden. However, due to the limitation of the consumer market, it is difficult to increase the income of fruits in a large amount.

Because the little queen bee has been bred, the income of the hemostatic ointment has also increased to [-] gold coins this year. The little queen bee grows up year by year, and the production of royal jelly will increase year by year. There is still a lot of room for improvement in the hemostatic ointment.

The burn ointment is still undergoing human experiments and has not yet made a profit this year.

The rose perfume produced by the City of Flowers has opened up the market in Heihe Castle, and has been sold well in the three provinces of northern Xinjiang. However, the number of noble ladies is small, and the perfume income has only earned a profit of [-] gold coins this year.

There are a large number of wild roses outside the city of flowers, relying on the markets in the three provinces of northern Xinjiang, it is impossible to digest them.

If you sink the market and let ordinary people use it, it will lose its power.Once this kind of luxury is out of style, it will not be able to earn excess profits.

In order to maintain the style, Li Cha plans to sell the rose perfume to the capital, but entering an unfamiliar market, it is difficult to find aristocratic ladies who sell perfume.

This year's income from the territory added up to 26 gold coins. Even after excluding the 21 magic crystals obtained from capturing lions, the income from the territory was close to [-] gold coins.

The income of 21 gold coins is already close to that of the counties in the south.

Among the counties in the south, the two weakest counts earn less than 20 gold coins per year.

Today, the Harland family's economic strength, population size, and military combat effectiveness are roughly equivalent to those of the Southern Earl.

This year's income exceeds 26 gold coins, and the expenses are also very staggering.

It took 5 gold coins to buy slaves, and a thousand magic crystals to buy a hundred castrated iron horned horses.

There are now 4000 soldiers in the Harland Territory, and there are about [-] freemen soldiers who have made military exploits
The annual salary of these [-] soldiers is more than [-] gold coins. In addition, the logistics supply of [-] soldiers also requires [-] gold coins.

To support [-] regular troops would consume [-] gold coins each year, and when the indentured soldiers made military exploits and became free citizens, the cost of raising the army would increase.

In addition, this year Richard also distributed about [-] gold coins as pensions for disabled and dead soldiers.

The number of territorial bureaucrats is less than 1000, and a salary of [-] gold coins is issued.

When the accounts were settled at the end of the year, 11 gold coins had been accumulated this year.

11 gold coins are lying in the treasuries of various departments. This year's Richard has unprecedented wealth and wealth. Of course, he doesn't need to stare at the three melons and dates in Mrs. Ola's hand, and simply pay off the thousands of gold coins owed to Mrs. Ola over the years. up.

In the past few years, Mrs. Ola was borrowed by Li Cha every year. This year, she finally saw the money back. In her heart, Li Cha's reputation has finally recovered.

(End of this chapter)