The Wizard’s Fairy Tale

On the parchment was a form drawn by William with a quill.

The name of the male head of each household is written on the vertical row of the form, and there are a total of seventy-three lines, that is, there are seventy-three households.

On the horizontal row of the form, there are three categories of population per household, cultivated land per household, and household property.

William asked Old John to fill in the blanks with the data obtained after conducting door-to-door investigations in the past few days.

The bottom row is the total.

At a glance, all the data in the village are clear and clear.

From this form, William knew that there are 73 households in the small village of Nisai. The population of the whole village is 363, and each household has an average of 5 people. Of course, some families have a larger population, while others have a smaller population.

The arable land area of ​​the whole village is 168 Crookett.

Crooket is a unit of area in the Duchy of Fadil.

1 crookat is equal to 4 bowit, and 1 bowit is equal to 6 fugate.

Forgate is the most basic unit of area. 1 Forgate is roughly a square of 30m*30m, which is about 900 square meters, which is equivalent to 9 acres in William's previous life.

Calculated in the past, 1 Bovit is 54 acres, and 1 Kruktor is 216 acres.

The arable land area of ​​the whole village is 168 crooketts, that is to say, the arable land area of ​​the whole village is 36288 hectares, close to 364 hectares.

There are 73 households in the village, so each household has an average area of ​​4.9 hectares. If converted into the mu unit system that William was familiar with in his previous life, it would be about 72 mu.

A family has an average of 72 mu of land.

However, in terms of family property, there are relatively few villagers who have filled in the information.

Old John noticed that William's eyes were focused on the villagers' family property - he didn't find it strange that every lord was interested in any penny in the villagers' pockets. On the contrary, Old John thought it was a sign of William's maturity ——There are only simple data on the parchment, which is not specific enough, so Old John opened his mouth and explained to William in detail.

Lord Baron, in the village, the Adams family has a stone mill, which is dedicated to grinding flour for other villagers. Of course, he also charges a certain fee.

Grete's family has two draft horses. Generally, if the village needs to send messages to people in other places, it is all done by the Grete family. Of course, hehe, this is not free!

The Mortons, the Hursts, the Potters, and others, have cattle to plow. Oh, yes, my lord, the Addamses have two cows which he thinks are being put in other houses, I wouldn't know... huh, what a stupid pariah...

...

William carefully read the contents of the parchment and had a basic understanding of the situation in the village.

He smiled, and said to Old John beside him, Thank you, Old John, for bringing me this detailed information!

Lord Baron, it's my honor to serve you! I... William's thanks caught Old John, who was used to being humble, a little off guard, and he hurriedly saluted and replied.

John, I am lucky to have your help! William looked deeply at Old John and said in a low voice.

Master William... Old John was a little teary, and said emotionally while wiping away his tears.

William smiled faintly again, helped Old John wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said, Okay, John, cheer up, I still have something for you to do! Otherwise, I will find someone else!

Old John straightened his body immediately, looked straight ahead, and said firmly, My lord Baron, I will serve you at any time!

Okay, old John! I need you to help me gather the villagers of the whole village, and I want to give a speech! William said.

Yes, my lord! Old John paused heavily, then asked again, My lord, do you want to collect taxes from those villagers tomorrow?

Taxation? William looked at Old John puzzled.

Old John was also stunned, Master Baron, didn't you want me to investigate the property of those villagers because you wanted to collect taxes? The Harvest Moon is approaching, so it's convenient for us to collect taxes!

William actually didn't mean that, but since he mentioned it, he became interested and asked by the way.

Old John, what tax do you think I can collect from them?

Lord Baron, you can collect a lot of taxes! Old John smiled meaningfully, The birds that fly in the sky, the beasts that run on the ground, and the fish that swim in the river, as long as they are in your territory, they will all be fined. You have to pay taxes! Hunters have to pay you game tax, fishermen have to pay you fishing tax, and convoys and people passing through your territory have to pay you road tax.”

Also, all the land here belongs to the Principality, and the Principality entrusts it to you, which means that you are the only owner of this land.

The small village of Nisai is located on the border, and has a territorial dispute with the Golden Rose Kingdom. It is close to the Dark Forest and the Shadow Swamp. There is no oil and water, and there are endless dangers. No lord is willing to come here to suffer!

So it has always only belonged to the territory directly under the principality in name!

It's just a nominal territory!

These untouchables, the principality did not send the lord to come here to manage them, so these untouchables have not paid a single tax. However, since we have come, my lord baron, everything will change. All the villagers must pay you the land Use tax!

And all the tax rates will be decided by you!

So much tax? Ten thousand taxes! William was stunned, paused, and asked again, Old John, tell me, how much tax should I say?

Lord Baron, I think you can show your tolerance by harvesting 45% of the villagers' harvest! Moreover, the harvested grains must be ground into flour by the villagers before they can be handed over!

William clicked his tongue, Forty-and-a-half percent?

close to half? It's really skinny!

Old John thought that William was dissatisfied with this tax rate, so he quickly explained, My lord, I know this tax rate is relatively low compared to the Principality, but we have just arrived and need to operate slowly. It will not be this tax rate next year!

Tax increase next year? William's eyes widened.

William said in a shocked tone, expressing Such a high tax rate will increase taxes next year?

However, Old John heard a dissatisfied tone and understood it as the tax increase will only be possible next year?

Sweat suddenly broke out on Old John's forehead, and he hurriedly explained to William, My lord, why don't we collect 50% of the tax this year! And, my lord, you can not only collect land use fees, but you can also collect other taxes! Even , you still have the right to the first night, and the bride of the serf must dedicate the first night to you, unless they redeem it with money.

The small village of Nisai had never had a lord before, so naturally there were no serfs, all of them were peasants, free peasants.

But when William thought of those unkempt freemen, their habit of defecating everywhere, and the spectacular scene he saw that day, William almost felt sick again.

He quickly stopped Old John, Old John, well, that's all for today. You go and inform the villagers first.

Old John had no choice but to swallow the rest of the words, and said, Yes, Lord Baron!

Old John bowed respectfully and stepped back.

After Old John closed the door and left, William stood there for a while. When he heard Old John's footsteps go away, he said lightly in the language of the world of Snow White, Magic Mirror!

Yes, my master. The ghostly light of the magic mirror on the table flickered, and the voice of the magic mirror spirit appeared in his mind.

Search in the nearby forest to see if there are any plants suitable for making brooms? William ordered.

The surface of the magic mirror flickered and dimmed, as if searching, and in less than a second, the magic mirror replied to William, Master, we found three kinds of plants in the nearby forest that are suitable for making brooms.

As the mirror spirit spoke, these new types of plant images appeared on the mirror.

The first plant, according to William's estimate, is seventy to eighty centimeters high, with green and yellow all over the body, full of green and astringent caryopses.

It is quite suitable for making a broom, but William gave this plant to PSSS in the first place!

This is the rye grown by the villagers, which is the source of food for them to survive. They are used to make brooms. Does William want the villagers to rebel?

Another plant appeared on the surface of the magic mirror. The plant was oval in shape, with dense clusters, many and thin branches, and the color was blue and red.

This one. William was not very satisfied, Magic mirror, are there many plants like this around?

There are fewer edges of the forest, and more depths! the magic mirror replied honestly.

Forget it! William immediately gave up. The forest of this era is not the one that was developed in the previous life.

The forest in this world is authentic, and there are all kinds of ferocious animals and weird plants. Even knights go in, but their lives are in danger, let alone ordinary people.

A third plant appeared on the surface of the magic mirror.

This plant is taller than rye, about 120 cm, with erect, slender stems, flat leaves, and a golden yellow overall.

William fell in love with it as soon as he saw it. It was the ideal broom plant in his mind. He asked, Magic mirror, are there many such plants around?

Master, this plant is everywhere!

Very good! William's face brightened.

Master, I must remind you that if there is no new energy supplement, with your current frequency of use, I can last for about 32 days before entering a deep sleep state.

Well, I see. The cheerful mood disappeared again, and William's face sank.

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