Chapter 479 The spread of ideological trends
The development of history is not dependent on human will!
Paul now deeply understands the meaning of this sentence.
As soon as he sat down in the office this morning, Hansel brought him a difficult figure - Gerd Rodney, the nephew of His Majesty the King.
Then he explained his purpose.
This is where Paul's current distress comes from.
Looking at Count Gerd, who was smiling and looking at the displays in his living room with a leisurely expression, Paul felt a little unhappy.
Want to introduce manufacturing technology from Arda to the royal territory?
Oh my gosh, Paul has always been as low-key as possible except for necessary things, just because he is afraid that some big boss from outside the Northwest Bay will be eyeing his one-third acre of land.
What Count Alda wants is to make a fortune silently.
Technology diffusion?
Of course, this is inevitable, this is an unstoppable historical trend, and Paul will even take the initiative to promote this matter when the time is right.
The question is whether the time is ripe.
What Paul hopes is that the diffusion of technology can be within the scope of his control.
With Alda as the center, technology spreads from near to far.
As the birthplace and commanding heights of technology, Alda continuously upgrades and iterates various technologies, constantly introduces new ones, and always leads the development trend.
Always have the first bite of fat.
Now, an Aldo royal family suddenly appeared on the way.
O Heavenly Father, with the territory and population controlled by the royal family, there are so many resources and talents. Once the little things he has worked out are fully understood, as long as the measures taken by those in power are appropriate and supplemented by some necessary Reform can immediately kick Alda and even the Northwest Gulf aside to go it alone.
With slight improvement, the northwest bay will become a small corner of the Aldo Kingdom.
The development of history is not dependent on human will.
Paul repeated this sentence again in his heart, which was both emotional and self-comforting.
Gelder observed the Graiman family's living room very carefully.
In his eyes, for a nobleman, the decoration and furnishings here can be described as extremely crude.
The floor is covered with ordinary carpets, and they are very old. There are neither precious paintings, exquisite sculptures, or animal skull specimens hanging on the walls. They are simply painted with a layer of white paint. , covered with a simple brown wood panel dado.
Since he entered the house, there were only four servants, excluding the security guard, one of whom was weeding in the courtyard, one who was cleaning the corridor, one who brought him tea, and one who ushered him into the living room. old housekeeper.
If the nobles of the Northwest Gulf live like the Earl Grayman in front of me, then this land really deserves to be described by the nobles of the royal capital as a remote, cold place. What is the life of a middle-income southern aristocrat like?
Only in terms of serving one's own slaves, this includes but is not limited to tailors, shoemakers, saddlers, carpenters, grooms, ponyboys, dairymaids, pharmacists, musicians, actors and actresses, poets, architects For occupations such as chefs and painters, some more personal servants are also necessary, such as chefs, bakers, pastry chefs, dishwashers, women who specialize in ironing clothes, and male servants who specialize in managing food and wine. There are also special servants who are responsible for cutting meat during meals. There are waiters and bartenders who specialize in making drinks. Generally speaking, each of the above tasks is done by several people instead of just one person. Some servants even have assistants who specialize in assisting them.
Nobles with better families often have multiple residences, and each residence is usually equipped with a complete service team as mentioned above.
Gerd's father, Prince Jassim Rodney, arranged 17 male servants in his front hall. They must serve there day and night, always ready to follow the prince's orders or just a signal. After completing their professional work, one of them is going to get the master's pipe, another is going to get a glass of water, another is going to get a book... and so on.
And in the Graiman family's mansion, he actually saw only 4 slaves, placed in the circle of Jingyao nobles... Using poverty to describe it is an insult to the word poverty, even the aristocratic life You can't even touch the threshold.
Paul noticed Gerd looking at the indoor environment, and he cleared his throat awkwardly.
“Ahem! We Northwesters all prefer a simple style.”
In fact, Paul also wants to make his family’s ancestral castle more beautiful, even if he just buys some expensive flowers and plants to put on it.
But he has no money.
Since the establishment of the public treasury, he has transferred all profits from various taxes in the territory and various industries established in the name of the Government Council, such as mines and iron smelting plants, into the public treasury.
He has retained the various manors and real estate that the Graiman family originally directly operated, and there are also factories established in the name of the family - such as the extremely profitable porcelain cellar. These industries bring in revenue every year. To bring great wealth, this is the private treasury set up by Paul for the Graiman family.
Although in the eyes of people of this era, public and private treasury are nothing more than two money bags hung on the left and right waist of the lord, after all, all affairs in this land are in Legally, they all belong to the lord - even the living people.
But Paul, who traveled from the 21st century on earth, still has a little bit of historical consciousness.
He planned that all the money in the public treasury would be used for the construction of the territory, and he would never take a single copper from it.
Of course, he is not that noble. The private treasury left behind is prepared for his own enjoyment. However, if he lives a luxurious life in the wine pool and meat forest, wouldn't it be a waste of time?
But ideals are full, reality is skinny. Alda, which is developing at a rapid pace - as well as Bailding and Emden - needs money everywhere, including investment in education and military construction. , technology research and development, urban expansion, bridge and road construction, water conservancy construction, as well as paying salaries to the increasingly large administrative system, etc. are all big spenders of money. It is not enough to rely solely on money from public treasury. Huge gaps often come through two ways. To make up for it, one is to issue bonds privately, which will eventually have to be repaid, and the other is to subsidize money from the Graiman family's private treasury. Paul has no intention of asking the Government Administration to repay it - in other people's eyes, this is the left hand. Inverted right hand.
In addition, Paul occasionally needs to spend money to support some family branches that are not doing well.
Every time Paul took out money, he thought it would be the last time, but it often didn’t take long before a funding gap appeared that could not be ignored.
For various reasons, the lord is relatively "poor" now.
But he is confident that as the Northwest Gulf continues to develop, the public finances, which are mainly based on taxation and public industry profits and supplemented by bond issuance, will become increasingly powerful, and will eventually be able to fully independently afford all aspects of territorial construction. item expenditure.
At that time, he can rely on his own private treasury to live and drink.
With such a beautiful dream in mind, Lord Earl works hard day after day, year after year.
(End of this chapter)