Chapter 191: Lack of money

"The territory area is the minimum area required by law, the registered cultivated land area is 30 hectares, and the actual cultivated land area is 144.3 hectares."

"It has a population of 1,472, with a male-female ratio of nearly 1:1, 12% of the elderly, 15% of minors, and the rest are all working people."

"Rand left 1,942 gold in property and enough food to support it until July this year.

But the gold coins were almost all spent by the lady."

"The manor covers an area of 11.2 hectares, with a main building, two auxiliary buildings, two warehouses, a small barracks that can accommodate 20 people, and a stable..."

"The main building is an H-shaped three-story stone building with a total of 65 rooms..."

"There are 7 male servants and 21 female servants..."

"The basic monthly expenditure is 45 gold, not including the salary of soldiers..."

...

Ethan listened to an outsider introducing the territory where he had lived for more than ten years, and felt a little ridiculous, but he couldn't laugh.

In the past, Rand would never let himself get in touch with these things.

After getting a general understanding of the situation in the territory, Ethan nodded and asked, "Are there any urgent problems to be solved?"

Through the conversation between Ethan and Embiid just now, Papalia already knew that Ethan was a pragmatic person.

So he didn't hide it and said directly: "The most important thing at the moment is that you have to decide whether to split the family, which is related to all subsequent decisions."

Independent branch?

Ethan thought about it and agreed.

If the family is not separated, the affairs in the territory, such as what crops to plant on the land, what materials to store, etc., are all arranged and assigned by the family.

Although this saves a lot of trouble, there is almost no autonomy.

For money, the family often requires more cash crops to be planted instead of food.

If there is a famine or something, it can only rely on family relief.

The most important thing is that there is no independent financial power.

There are plenty of ways to make money, and there is no need to rely on the family.

Ethan had already made up his mind to split up the family, but he didn't say it clearly. Instead, he asked, "What do you think I should do?"

After thinking about it, Paparia didn't give a clear answer on whether to split up the family, but said, "I've read Miss Sofia's assignments for these years.

They are mainly about the storage of war supplies, including food and weapons, etc., and the workload is extremely heavy.

If we don't split up the family, the first thing we have to do is build three more warehouses, otherwise we won't be able to fit them.

And whether it's building warehouses or buying supplies, it takes a lot of money.

But our financial situation is not good at the moment.

We can't complete these tasks at all.

But if we split up the family, Miss Sofia will definitely let the master take away the families of those soldiers.

But now we have problems with the placement of the soldiers, let alone the nearly 1,000 families."

Ethan couldn't help but smile when he saw that the other party pushed the problem back to him.

"I know! Don't worry about those families. I'll arrange them in a while.

But before that, you have to help me investigate the seafood market in Maro City."

"Seafood?" Paparia was immediately puzzled.

What is the relationship between seafood and family resettlement? Although he was puzzled, Papalia did not dare to ask, but reminded: "The seafood business in Maro City and Vilen Port is monopolized by the Trion family. They control all seafood markets and supply channels. If we intervene in the seafood business, we will inevitably conflict with them." Ethan smiled indifferently: "You should first find out their background roughly. As for the rest, I will talk to them later. Business is about coexistence, not necessarily conflict!" "Yes, master!" "Any other questions?" "Yes! Spring planting is coming soon, and the master may have to determine the planting ratio of cash crops and grains first, so that I can arrange it accordingly. In addition, it is about the issue of soldiers. We have such a small population, but we have so many soldiers, and the cost is too high. Is it a problem not to distinguish between knights?

And the composition of personnel is also a problem.

And...”

After Papalia mentioned more than a dozen difficulties, he concluded: "Master, the financial situation is imminent! There is a gap of nearly 1,200 gold in the short term.

And it is related to farming, wages, defense, etc., and it cannot be delayed.

I have sorted out the specific matters into documents, and attached the solutions I can solve, and put them on the table.

Please approve it as soon as possible, so that I can implement it according to the rules. "

"Okay!" Ethan nodded: "I'll take a look later, you go down and rest first!"

"Yes!"

"Wait!" Ethan stopped Papalia who was about to leave: "Arrange some people to fill the pond behind the manor first."

Papalia was a little confused about why the pond should be filled, but he didn't ask, and replied "yes", and retreated first.

After he left, Ethan didn't look at the documents, nor did he want to look at them.

Of course it's not because of laziness, but it's useless to look at them.

Papalia and Embiid talked about a lot of problems, although they were different, but in the end it all came down to money.

But now there was no money, so they had to put it aside for now.

"It seems I have to talk to Sofia tomorrow!"

Ethan patted his face to make himself sober, then got up to find Angelina, ready to welcome the storm.

Of course, there are many ways to deal with the storm.

Some people choose to passively accept, but Ethan chooses to take the initiative.

After taking Angelina to the room, he closed the door and started a storm.

The wind and rain were so violent that the sheets were all wet.

In the end, even Ethan himself didn't know whether it was sweat or some other kind of water.

It wasn't until Angelina collapsed on the bed that he was nervously ready to confess.

But before she could speak, Angelina fell into Ethan's arms and said breathlessly:

"Do you have another woman outside?"

Ethan was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer at all, so he could only purse his lips in embarrassment.

Seeing that Ethan was silent, Angelina took the initiative and said:

"I'm not blaming you, I'm fine with you! There's nothing to be embarrassed about! It's just that you are not allowed to bring her to the house. I am the mistress here!"

"What she said is true!" Catherine's voice rang in her ears.

Ethan was stunned for a long time and didn't come back to his senses.

"Aren't you angry?"

Angelina pursed her lips: "To be honest, I'm a little angry! But then I thought about it, and there's nothing to be angry about.

My man is so charming, I should be happy.

It's just that that person is my sister, right! "

"What she said is true!" Catherine's voice.

"How do you know?"

"You smell like her all over you! She seduced you, right?"

Ethan nodded without hesitation: "That's right!"

"Master, you are lying!"

"Okay! You don't have to worry about me being angry.