Chapter 626 Finances in Qianhe River Valley
This financial meeting, which took place in the golden autumn of October, lasted for a total of four days and was very exciting.
First, two county chiefs fought over the budget but failed. One of them was so angry that he seduced his rival's wife at night. After being discovered, the two had a fight in court.
Then, because the right to issue road and bridge bonds was assigned to Busak's Evangelical Court, a wealthy Megdi businessman was deprived of his agency rights. He tried to raid Busak's mansion at night, but ended up taking the wrong route to Jeshka. residence and was shot dead on the spot.
Then the two tribunes went back and forth over the issues of the Roads and Bridges Bureau and tariffs, slapping the table and yelling at each other, to the point where they each left the table angrily.
However, with the previous example of the beer hall riot, and the political consensus that the political struggle should not spread, both sides are still fighting without breaking up.
There were understanding people in both camps, and they each recommended their number two figures to make peace, thus suppressing the dispute.
The final result was the establishment of the "Roads and Bridges Bureau" to manage tariffs. Catherine, the Speaker of the Privy Council, also served as the director of the Roads and Bridges Bureau. On the one hand, she was responsible for the construction of overall roads and bridges, and on the other hand, she was responsible for the distribution of tariffs.
If it weren't for the statistical financial report sent the next day, the county chiefs and cardinals who participated in the meeting almost forgot what the meeting was about.
After politely saying goodbye to the monk who brought the report and Pravda, Silvis just turned around when a male servant in the room quickly came forward and continued to tidy up his clothes.
While drinking hot milk, Silvis quickly flipped through the financial reports, occasionally making a clicking sound when he stopped.
After finishing sorting, he did not rush to read the Pravda. Instead, he picked up the tea cup and walked through the corridor to find Herman who lived in the guest room.
This time, the people who followed Meliati to the Holy Arms Court, besides Heman, were several county chiefs from Mountain County.
These county chiefs all have one characteristic, that is, they all come from Northern Mound County nobles. They are ascended chickens and dogs who carry the iris and flower flags into Feiliu Castle to complete their life's work.
They were all arranged in guest rooms in the Holy See Building. There are nearly 100 rooms in the Holy See Building, 30 of which are specially used to accommodate foreign guests.
Even Horn himself lives in the Holy See Building and only goes to the Mechanical Palace for vacation on weekends.
As a veteran nobleman and a century-old Earl of North Mound County, Silvis had to say that this palace was new, but it was too plain.
There are no tiles along the corridor's footline, no dome or painting above the head, and no ceramic vases or murals on the sides, not to mention the uncarpeted marble floor.
Compared to the Patriarch of Qianhe River Valley, or the Pope in the eyes of common people, this place is more like the new home of an emerging noble family.
After all, if you want something beautiful and sturdy, but don’t want to spend too much money, then you have no choice but to neglect the interior decoration.
"Good morning, may the Holy Lord bless you, Your Excellency Herman." Knocking on the door of Black Horse Knight Herman, Silvis sat down on the hardwood chair unceremoniously.
Sitting by the window, Hermann held a stack of Pravda in his hands and read it. In just three or five days, he had almost developed a habit.
Since the independence of Thousand Valleys, Pravda began to expand from within the Salvation Army and quickly gained popularity among the citizens.
Pravda was published once a week using movable type printing.
The main content published includes five sections: current affairs news, official announcements, theological popularization, commentaries, poems and jokes, etc., which are also mixed with shipping schedules, trading advertisements, etc.
At least in many towns in Langsand County, reading Pravda has become the most fashionable behavior among the citizens.
Carrying Pravda under your arm has become a fashionable item for citizens, because it means that you are literate and do not have to do heavy manual labor, so you can read the newspaper in your free time.
Some master craftsmen are illiterate and even buy a newspaper and ask their apprentices to read it to them.
This shows the popularity and popularity of this newspaper.
In this era of limited information, being able to know things thousands of miles away and the attitudes of those in power through a small newspaper is quite attractive to the citizens.
"Have you read the latest financial report?" Silvis asked first, holding the Pravda newspaper on his knees.
Reading the newspaper together is a regular activity for several of their entourage. It is more of a chat than a gathering of people to read the newspaper. The newspaper is only used to provide topics. But Silvis obviously had a lot of other topics to talk about today.
"Look." With the morning light shining in from the window, Herman sat by the window with his legs crossed, flipping through the Pravda. "This year, we almost lost 100,000 gold pounds. Fortunately, it is only temporary."
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"It's terrible." Silvis couldn't help but click his tongue. If it weren't for the gold pounds confiscated from the Feiliu Castle Church, Qianhe River Valley would have gone bankrupt in the first year of its independence.
According to the report results, the expenditure for this year in 1446 was actually 149,000 gold pounds!
Fortunately, it includes debt interest and a large number of one-time expenditures, so the meeting expects to reduce expenditures to 90,000 gold pounds next year.
The annual income in 1446 was relatively miserable. Hotam County was almost 20,000 gold pounds, Lower River County and Casha County combined were only 10,000 gold pounds, and the five mountain counties combined were only 10,000 gold pounds.
In addition to some miscellaneous manor real estate and trade income, Qianhehe River's financial income in 1446 was approximately 55,000 gold pounds.
The annual tribute paid by Thousand River Valley to the Leia royal family is about 60,000 gold pounds. The 55,000 gold pounds seems to have only been reduced a little, but in fact it is cut in half.
Because Qianhehe Valley no longer has to pay taxes to the church, which means that the tax of at least 60,000 gold pounds sent to the Pope in the Holy City does not need to be paid anymore!
Based on the analysis of the current tax rolls, if Qianhe River Valley can collect taxes in full, it should be able to collect more than 120,000 gold pounds in tax revenue.
But there is no way. The Thousand River Valley War has completely destroyed the economy, not to mention that the nobles are still blocking the roads at the border and trying to prevent the Thousand River Valley's foreign trade.
"War, war." Silvis said with some jealousy. "In the war, the only place that was not affected was probably Langsand County."
Because in the financial report, a large number of middlemen and tax chains were reduced, the Salvation Army’s tax revenue this year reached a full 25,000 gold pounds.
Income from real estate and assets, business tax income, etc. were not mentioned in Horn's financial report, but Silvis estimated that they were around 20,000 gold pounds, so the total amount was 45,000 gold pounds.
This county combined is almost as good as the other eight counties. The former Longsand County was only one of them.
In just two years, when did he become so wealthy?
But Silvis and the others should forget about this money, because it belongs to the income of the church under the Pope, and can basically be regarded as the independent income of the Salvation Army.
"Can these 100-household districts really have such a big effect on tax revenue?" Herman asked casually while flipping through Pravda.
Herman just asked casually, but Silvis was holding back his words: "Sir Herman, I think the Hundred Household District is a cover for the religious order, so what if one hundred households are grouped into one group?
It is said that more taxes can be collected, but this year's taxes are actually less. It is true that those religious orders have made a lot of money by reselling wool and spinning thread, but we can't get this money.
What kind of road and bridge bureau is going to be established now? I was originally thinking of getting a piece of the wool by setting up cards and collecting taxes, but now I have no hope at all.
Alas, Sir Herman, I regret it a little. If I had known this, I shouldn't have been so cooperative. My reputation is so bad among the nobles, and no one is willing to get close to me. ”
Listening to Silvis's words, Herman just smiled indifferently. He only knew how to be pitiful, so why didn't he mention that he took the opportunity to kill several feuding families?
Although Silvis said this, even if he had known about it earlier, he still had to cooperate honestly.
Under this appointment-based bureaucracy, his power was greater and more concentrated than before.
But if he doesn't do a good job, Meliati will have countless reasons to remove him, and there will be many people waiting for his position.
If he doesn't do it, others will.
If nothing else, Count Sampoli, who didn't even get the position of Sheriff, was full of complaints.
"It's all for Qianhe River Valley." Herman was still reading the newspaper intently.
Silvis still did not continue reading the newspaper, but rolled his eyes and asked Hermann: "Sir Hermann, what do you think of the road and bridge bonds?"
(End of chapter)