Chapter 24: The maid grown-up is going to do a wave of things
Selina thinks that she has started much better than the main characters in many novels, and although she still needs to work hard to make money in the previous months, she has now entered a good cycle.
Several influential chambers of commerce have officially settled in the Grim Wind Territory, three of which are in the slowly expanding city of Wind, and one is in Morse City, which is the domain of a viscount.
The benefits of the 'bulletin board' have spread throughout half of the Mendes continent, and almost all cities have set up a bulletin board near the city gate, and some major economic towns have also begun to experiment with the 'tax cut' policy, although the tax rate has never been lower than 15 tax one.
In just eight months, the Grim Wind Leader became famous, and the gold coins flowed into the Grim Wind family's vault.
In fact, it is Wende City that is famous, and other towns in the Sadness Wind Territory also blindly followed the trend after seeing the Sadness Wind family's wanton wealth, but the effect is not very obvious compared to Wende City, although it is also earned, but it is not the same as they expected, they just made a small profit.
What is the reason?
Because the sad wind is trustworthy, and the traffic environment is very good, although the geographical location has been criticized.
The road to Winde City was only smoother than the road to other places, but Winde City had been building roads, and the 'maid master' had come up with a new kind of knowledge - Wende City had built a smooth road out of something called 'cement', and the road leading to Winde City from outside the Storm Territory was clear.
The road was over-leveled, and many big merchants and far-sighted lords tried to pay a lot of money for the method of making 'cement', but they never got their way.
Serena hadn't made enough money, and if concrete roads had been built elsewhere, the Grim Wind Leader's advantage would be gone.
The Sad Wind family can get taxes from the nobles who are divided, and they don't need to pay taxes to the king, where can they find such good conditions?
If you don't make some money now, what a word!
At most, there is one year left for the Sorrowful Wind Leader to make money, and the nobles above the marquis must go to the royal capital to meet the king within two years after succeeding to the throne, which is a rule set by the Ogordon Empire in the northern Sloh continent, and has been later learned by many countries, and the same is true of the current Kolo Kingdom.
Now the wealth of the Sadwind Territory has made many people red-eyed, and there is only one known legend in the territory, the Black Dragon, not the holy city of Fortune 'Gordon', which has multiple legends - this is like opening the door to a treasure house!
Piff is not guilty, although from the perspective of long-term benefits, it must be a good thing if he can make the sad wind collar pay taxes, but now the Kingdom of Kolo is almost dead in name.
The profligacy of previous kings has left the royal family with little money to support the army, and corruption is so serious that even though Krylov III has already cut the army once, there are still people who are being paid nothing.
The real power aristocracy is powerful, and most of the court nobles are the kind of Viscount Boggs, so it is obviously impossible to really do anything big.
The situation in the country is erosive, but Krylov III still does not fully see the situation, or he has seen the situation clearly, but he has not made up his mind to abandon the 'tradition'.
He did not have the courage and determination of his ancestor 'Krylov I', and the talented knights remained vassals of the nobility and did not receive any titles.
If Krylov III had made up his mind to reuse knights at this time, instead of stubbornly sticking to the so-called 'traditions', he might have been able to bring this decaying kingdom back to life.
Although it may be a terrible struggle, it is still possible for him to win and rebirth this kingdom.
But look at the current situation...... He does not seem to intend to abandon the 'traditions', probably because the royal coffers can only rely on them to sustain themselves.
Serena has reason to believe that His Majesty the King will still hold extravagant balls in the court that can make him feel sorry for a long time, after all, there are not many things that can maintain the face of the royal family.
She had only chatted with a businessman who had come here from the royal capital two days ago, and learned that the situation in the royal capital was similar to what she had imagined.
As in most countries, the royal family is the domain of the royal family during the day and the nobles at night, and the nobles do not intervene, but leave everything to their agents, in short, 'gangs'.
In a place like the royal capital, there are not many gangs without roots, maybe they have been annexed a long time ago, or they may have been eradicated a long time ago, in short, the nobles will not let the commoners have many opportunities to rise, and the commoners can rise, often the nobles eliminate some nobles, and some upstarts are needed to maintain balance.
In the royal capital, the darkness is slowly eroding the light, and even during the day, some gangs dare to go to the streets openly, even if it is the lower city, but it is in the royal capital after all.
The royal family is weak, but the king does not intend to abandon the 'tradition', then the royal family of the Kolo Kingdom will not face rebellion, but an overthrow.
After all, the royal family is still the object of their family's sworn allegiance, and they cannot start a rebellion without any special reason, and then fight for the throne and 'legitimacy' themselves.
The current king, Krylov III, was a man of great courage and had nothing to fault with him, and he did not dare to abandon 'tradition' for the sake of the treasury and the general interests of the state, otherwise the radicals would have launched a rebellion the moment he lost his righteousness.
In general, a poor man......
However, the commoners under his rule were even more pitiful, he was able to enjoy fine food, he could hire servants, and he could afford lavish balls, while the commoners ...... There was nothing but his life and his family.
I believe that he himself understands the consequences of exploiting civilians, but now he has 'no choice'.
I haven't been to the royal capital, and many things can only be guessed, whether this is the case, Serena doesn't know, but the regret on the face of the merchant at that time can't be faked.
There are too many unfortunate people in this world, Serena can't manage so much, she can only manage the sad wind leader, as long as the people in the sad wind leader can live a good life, it is already her current limit.
If you put it nicely, you are a neutral, and if you put it badly, you are a grass on the wall.
The maid doesn't plan to get involved in this kind of trouble, making a fortune in silence is the king, and those who can't make a fortune in silence are what kind of traversers.
There is no way to be noticed, in this social environment, it is naturally impossible to be obscure if you want to make money, but as long as the Sad Wind Collar is not clearly mixed into these troublesome things, not many people will be able to figure out how rich the Sad Wind Collar is.
Although the Grim Wind Leader has been making money, Wende City has also been expanding, and the speed of expansion is also obvious to all, although there are many people who covet the wealth of the Sad Wind Leader, but no one dares to guarantee that after conquering the Sad Wind Leader, they will find out how many gold coins can be in the Sad Wind Family's treasury, and it is very possible that there is not even a single gold coin.
The docks were built, the lower town was expanded, the 'factory area' was expanded......
It's understandable to build a wharf, but what does it mean to expand the Lower Town and the 'Factory Zone'?
And a ...... 'hospital' was built? What is that?
Repairing sewers and building public toilets in many parts of the city is useful, but many people don't understand the importance of these infrastructures.
The people who understand what the loom is are are already able to wear cloth shoes, although there are still many people wearing straw sandals and bare feet, but this also means that the per capita living standard of the sad wind collar is constantly improving, doesn't it?
The maid was wondering if she should open a school, not requiring everyone to be literate, at least not like that stupid dragon, who couldn't even count more than a hundred.
Wende City alone has a monthly income of 8,000, supporting a school should not be a problem, this is a long-term development plan, as long as you go through basic education, you can find more talents, and the sad wind will be able to enter a more virtuous circle......
So decided!
Not only to teach children literacy, but also to bring Chinese characters into the world!
Isn't it some comfort for the half of my soul as a traverser......