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Chapter 2 Government Affairs (Text)

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He is examining his most important secret - the system that digitizes the world.

Territory: Borham Territory (447.8 square kilometers)

Affiliated to: Duchy of Nokhan

Specialties: brandy, whiskey, smoked meat products, straw paper, paper armor, jaggery, olive oil, dried fish, condiments, salt, hard cheese.

Features: Army Glory (principality characteristics)

Territory characteristics: regular military training, militia preparation training, basic officer education, civil servant system, perfect commercial operation, regional trade supervision, background inventory system, fine farming, and manure use.

Territory technology: straw paper making, distilled liquor, condiment brewing.

Territory population: 33128

Annual population growth: +3%

Minerals: Copper ore

City: Poitou

Port:Moreby South Korea

Agricultural income: 3172 gold coins

Mineral income: 353 gold coins

Business income: 151568 gold coins

Tax: 45869 gold coins

Construction income: 410 gold coins

Other income: 433 gold coins

Official salary: 5,600 gold coins

Military maintenance: 154,800 gold coins

Military Recruitment: 1,000 Gold Coins

Tribute tax: 300 gold coins

Other expenses: 3600 gold coins

Balance: 36675 gold coins

Looking at the territory data, Qiao Ji couldn't help but feel a little sigh. Because he had the knowledge of his previous life as a reference and system reminder assistance, Qiao Ji began to formally participate in the management of the territory since he was eight years old. Later, with his outstanding performance, he became the acting lord of the territory when his father was not there. Starting from a small manor, after six years of cold and heat, he finally left his own small mark in this world. Because of his outstanding performance, his father gave up the tradition of sending him to other people's homes to serve as a knight attendant.

As the clerk of Duke Claudius Cokery Garfield, Georgie's father, Viscount Elroc Cahill Borham, stayed in the capital Kadara for ten months every year. Georgie, who has become the acting lord in the past two years, is the actual leader of the Borham Territory.

The reforms of six years have caused changes in all aspects of Borham. When the reforms have formed a specific impact, they will be reflected in the data list.

At the beginning, we tried distilled wine in the manor. The winemaking here was not very good. The same batch of wines were roughly divided into mellow and miscellaneous wine. The production price of 15 pounds of alcohol in glass bottles was at least 10 gold coins. The ex-factory price of 6 pounds of mixed wine weighing only 2-3 silver coins in crock cans was only better than that of ale without ingestion. As for the tragedy of storage technology, it led to the value of the newly brewed wine that year, which was usually ten times the aged wine of the next year. The latter often became sour and slag, and could not be eaten at all. They could only filter it and sold it as vinegar.

The alcoholic brew and most miscellaneous wines can be distilled into good brandy, and the ex-factory price also mentioned at least 15 gold coins per bottle. More importantly, due to the reduction of impurities and high-temperature disinfection, its shelf life can be greatly improved. Once this wine appeared, it was highly sought after by the aristocratic class and became an important economic income in the territory. The distilled ale, also known as the Visa, is enough to compete with the crazy water of the same distilled wine, and has also had good sales in caravans from the north. However, by the third year, various imitations appeared one after another, but the reputation of the Borham Winery had already been made.

The papermaking attempts made simultaneously did not achieve the purpose. Although it was not clear whether it was his own lack of understanding of the papermaking process or other reasons, the paper produced was poorly tough and not very absorbent, so it could not be used as writing paper at all. At this point, Qiao Ji hoped that the purpose of reducing the price of the book was temporarily shattered. However, at least he solved the problem of using leaves and wood chips. Although the price was not high, the cost of using reeds and waste hemp as raw materials was also low, so it had a good attraction to the small and medium-sized nobles of Kadala.

Later, because I was unwilling to give up and could only use it to go to the toilet, I tried to make a batch of paper armor with these papers. In theory, paper with insufficient toughness cannot be made of paper armor well. But I didn't expect the effect to be good. Overall, the protection ability is comparable to the weight and thick cloth armor, but it is better for long-range weapons and is more comfortable to wear. However, the cost is exactly twice the price of thick cloth armor, and it is seriously lacking in practical value.

Then, based on the principle of no waste, it was distributed to the maritime patrol team at the port. After all, after falling into the sea with paper armor, it would not increase the weight much like thick cloth armor. But unexpectedly, although the surface of the paper armor soaked for a long time in the sea water was damaged, the paper part inside became very tough. This situation is really unscientific, but is it scientific to travel through time? Although it is not clear about the principle, it is enough to be useful. Later, the paper armor produced by the seawater soaking process was even more protective than the inlaid leather armor. However, its lighter characteristics made another fist product of Bollum neck come out.

As for the legendary time travelers' killer glass, the world has already had relatively mature glass craftsmanship. Unfortunately, qualified glass craftsmen cannot be found. Glass craftsmen are controlled by manufacturing guilds in various regions, and the tragedy is that there is no glass guild in the Principality of Nokhan.

When buying flat glass to make mirrors, Qiao Ji said that he only knew the reaction of silver mirrors. As for the classical mirror manufacturing process, he knew nothing about it. After all, no one would know that he would travel through time, and he would not recite a special industrial manual.

The production of soy sauce and fish sauce is to satisfy the traditional Chinese foodie spirit of Georgian. Unexpectedly, it is also very popular in this world of barren cuisine.

It is precisely because of the huge benefits brought to the territory by the new properties that the Baron further let go of Georgie. It is indeed the economic foundation that determines the superstructure.

Before I knew it, the carriage had stopped at the flowerbed in front of the city hall. It was said that the city hall was actually just a three-story building made of stone, but it was enough for Poitou, a small town with a permanent population of about 10,000. However, unlike the castle where I live, it was not a fortress building, which had an outer corridor and floor-to-ceiling doors and windows from the second floor.

The two guards at the door looked forward with their heads raised and their chests raised, full of energy.

Qiao Ji's office is on the top floor, and the staff he met on the way to the office were all standing attentively to him.

Sitting on the backrest chair behind the desk, Qiao Ji leaned forward slightly. His hands and fingers crossed in front of his face, covering his face below his nose.

He reached out and pulled a rope hanging from the ceiling. A "ding-bell-ding-bell-" sound came from the room on the west side of the second floor. Soon, a thin man with a mustache stood in front of Qiao Ji. The middle-aged man with sword-browed eyebrows and eagle-eyed bowed and stood straight on the side of the table.

"Yves, bring the matters we are going to handle today." Georgie looked up and ordered the middle-aged man.

"Sir, obey the order." Eves responded with a stern look and then turned around and left.

"Really, why did you find this facial paralysis as your deputy?" Qiao Ji leaned against the backrest chair and lowered his hands on both sides, "Is it because of his better ability?"

I opened the Eves character card

Name: Yves Barnett

Specialties: Intelligence (14)

Ability: classification and organization, government affairs analysis.

Relationship: Respect

Very general information, the system gradually improved the information of others based on its relationship and familiarity with Joggy. The relationship between the two was cold when I first met Eves. If he hadn't been a clerk in the city hall, he wouldn't have a character card at all. There was no value in the data at that time except for his name and special intelligence.

But as one of the few people in the city hall with special attributes, not to mention that they might be able to help deal with government affairs, Joe Gee allocated him as his messenger to train him. After more than four years of work, Eves grew up to become a mature clerk. His relationship with him was also improved, and his data gradually became complete. However, his background and overly cold personality hindered his development, and he probably stopped here in his life.

"Ping-Ping-Ping-Ping-" Eves knocked on the opened door.

"My sir, these two agreements are the ones that must be signed today." He said that, and handed over two cowhide bags.

Georgie opened a bag and took out a triplicate agreement. In addition to one of the parties to the agreement, the other remained in the temple of Tyr, the god of justice. Of course, such an agreement is only general. When it is really important, it is often used to use various magic contracts that have supernatural powers and punish the defaulters. Of course, the price must be proportional to the utility.

The paper used in the agreement is thin and tough, and the smooth surface has the touch of a baby's skin, which looks like a color of bone porcelain, making people feel comfortable to look at. Thinking of his own papermaking workshop, Qiao Ji couldn't help but sigh.

However, the price of this paper made by alchemy has always remained high. Each piece of paper about the size of the original world A4 is around 4 silver coins, which is 40 copper coins. In terms of purchasing power, it can be worth about 40 pounds of wheat, which is also the lowest purchase price. Even parchment made of lamb skin is only half the price at the same size. When thinking about the cost of using paper for a book that is as low as 10 gold coins, Qiao Ji always feels powerless.

"There is no problem with the leasing agreement for this wharf, but according to the report, the stone wharf of the port is almost not enough. Eves contacted the architects' guild and we may be preparing to build a new wharf." After carefully reading the three-point agreement and confirming it repeatedly, Georgie signed his name and marked it with a seal ring. "Although the Land Journey Chamber of Commerce has good reputation and its previous cooperation is quite pleasant. But I still asked the soldiers to take a closer look. After all, it is nothing wrong to be careful about everything."

"Oh, is it a custom paper armor? 300 sets at one time is not a small amount. It's better to find a way to confirm the identity of the buyer. It will be troublesome if you accidentally cause fire." Put the second agreement back into the belt. Turn around and open the iron cabinets with the keys and put them in.

Eves handed over a roll of parchment: "Sir, this is a new law that the adult asked to draft two days ago. Do you have any problems?"

Georgie handed the sheepskin back to Eves: "Uh! Let's change the second punishment. Five years of labor in the quarry has been long enough, so there is no need to add other punishments."

"So any more instructions? Sir?"

"It seems that animals have often disappeared in the urban area recently. Send people to see if something has come in. Be sure to eliminate the danger before hurting people. Also, the Lower Town area has not been very peaceful recently. Send a message to Old Tom and he knows what to do." Georgie waved her hand and signaled that Eves could go out.
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