The carriage that Link and the other three were riding in was very large, and rolling on the bed inside the carriage was not a problem. The others had to sit in the carriage where four horses pulled the carriage. The level thing is everywhere.

At night, the team was resting in the villages and towns. Link opened a portal and took Alan's wife to go back to the Marquis' Mansion - the hotels in these villages and towns. Now Link can't get used to sleeping. Although he can rest in the carriage, there are many things to deal with at home. There are also many documents to sign.

As before, the old housekeeper sent the report from today's territory. The one above was the most urgent.

Link looked at it and found that the price of grain fell after the autumn harvest recently. The old housekeeper’s suggestion was to purchase a large amount of surplus grain on the market and increase strategic reserves.

Food and iron are one of the most important strategic reserves. When encountering famine in the year of disaster, the territory needs to release grain to provide disaster relief.

Now that the grain has been continuously sold during several years of war, the current reserve granary of the Marquis Rafael's residence has almost reached its bottom.

However, because of the continuous sale of grain and other materials to stabilize prices, coupled with commercial taxes, the silver coins in the mansion's silver coin warehouse have accumulated into mountains.

Gold coins may be stored for a long time, and silver coins will become black and no longer shine.

Moreover, the sharp drop in grain prices also leads to the problem of low grain damage to farmers. When farmers' income is low, their consumption capacity will also decrease, and eventually commercial tax will also decrease.

After careful consideration, Link signed the word "consent" on the document.

It was the top that moved its mouth and the bottom that broke its legs. The civilian officials in the Raphael Territory began to purchase grain - mainly wheat at a high price of 1.5% higher than the market price the next day.

The New Year was the peak period when farmers took action last year. It was completely fine to store wheat for five years. In fact, it took less than five years to store it. According to the storage regulations of the Marquis' Territory, even if the strategic reserve is at most three years, it will be eaten or sold.

Strategic food reserves are a long-term task.

Apart from the strategic grain reserves, today's documents are nothing big, they are nothing more than the territorial income and expenditure. However, you must not miss this, you can have a clear idea after reading it.

Territory income and expenditure, Baishan Fortress has supported the income in the territory. Without the saltpeter output of Baishan Fortress, now the Marquis of Raphael's territory is agricultural tax and commercial tax, and it really cannot afford the 20,000 army.

However, since the end of the Demon Ant Tide War, the output has dropped from 300,000 pounds per month at its peak to 150,000 pounds per month today. And there is a downward trend. The old butler's analysis is that if there is no new war breaking out at this time next year, the shipment of saltpeter mines will drop to 100,000 pounds per month.

This is because the Holy Empire has much more troops equipped with dwarf muskets than before, and they need live ammunition training every month and consume a certain amount of launching medicine.

Link's own channel, Alice's Chamber of Commerce, also sold 100,000 pounds of saltpeter every month at its peak to 20,000 pounds of saltpeter every month now.

With the Dwarf Musketeer troops, everyone will always reserve some of the launch medicines, but because the launch medicines are flammable and explosive, everyone will not reserve too much, otherwise one accidental Mars can send the launch medicine warehouse to heaven.

So in Link's territory, except for preparing a small amount of launching medicine to distribute it to the Dwarf Musketeers below every day, the remaining saltpeter sulfur charcoal powder is stored separately.

Even if the storage is separately reserved, these warehouses are flammable items warehouses that strictly prohibit smoking and fireworks.

Of course, Link himself is not a war dealer. He can ship 100,000 pounds of saltpeter every month. Raising soldiers in the territory is not a problem, and he can also provide a large amount of extra gold coins. After calculation, Link signed, reducing the working hours of workers in Baishan Fortress, working about twelve hours a day in the busiest period, and now he works five hours a day.

In fact, as for the workers in Baishan Fortress, they don’t like to work only five or six hours a day. When I was busy with work, I was a little tired, but the monthly dividends were dozens of silver coins, which was more than ten times the basic salary income. If I don’t pay taxes for a year, I may not have such a high income.

Now that I am not busy, I get a fixed salary of a few silver coins every month, and then I will get a few silver coins at the end of the month. Although it is quite good, it is impossible to compare with the years when the war broke out.

Fortunately, even the young workers here relied on the high income that year to buy a full set of property and marry wives. As long as they didn’t go for prostitution and gamble, the money would be very relaxed. Moreover, Baishan Fortress is a military-controlled fortress and ordinary villages and towns, and there is no place to gamble and gamble.

After handling the matter, Link went back to sleep and rest. The next day, he got up, opened the portal, and the carriage continued to rush. The convoy took seven days to leave the Marquis of Raphael and entered the direct-government of the Holy Empire royal family. The convoy took another fifteen days to reach the imperial capital on the direct-government of the royal family.

The imperial capital of the Holy Empire has long lost its walls due to the continuous expansion of thousands of years. The old wall built ten thousand years ago has now become the walls of the palace. Only the imperial emperors and princes and those who serve them live in it.

The security guarantees inside and outside the imperial capital are maintained entirely by the five major legions guarding east, west, south and north.

Before entering the imperial capital, Link and others saw on a stone mountain outside the imperial capital that a line of huge common words were engraved on a flattened mountain wall, which read: Strength changes destiny - Bele.

It is said that this was written by Katy Bele, the first emperor of the Holy Empire.

Link's comment on this Queen Katie Bele is the one who tells the truth.

In fact, on the mainland, women have a lower status than men. After all, whether they are farming, working, doing business or joining the army, they are mainly men. If women want to stand up, they must have stronger power than men.

The closer you are to the imperial capital, the fewer farmland nearby and the more houses you have, most of the houses here are still inhabited by ordinary people. Within the imperial capital, large areas of commercial and residential areas are divided into the imperial capital.

Generally speaking, the nobles lived in the north of the imperial capital, the south was a residential area for ordinary people, the west was a commercial street, and the east was a craftsman area.

The property that Link bought in the imperial capital was the most expensive, and naturally it was also on the north side of the imperial capital. The carriage convoy entered the imperial capital from the east and turned to the north. Under the leadership of the manager who has now been promoted to the second housekeeper, he entered a huge mansion.

After receiving the second bill of exchange of 150,000 gold coins, the original royal officer led his subordinates to leave the place and complete the handover work of the mansion.
Chapter completed!