Lord of Rot

Chapter 465 Year-End and Good News

In view of the fact that Baron Porcupine invented the ice skate, which led to the birth of nearly a hundred couples a year ago, it is foreseeable that the birth rate of newborns in the territory will increase greatly in the future. Therefore, the chief steward, Mr. 'Widow' Grant, specially wrote a long letter A long report was sent to the baron.

"Finally got caught."

Li Qi looked at the middle-aged man who meticulously styled his obscure hair. The man was looking at him expectantly with a smile on his face.

He was obviously the owner of this castle, but he looked helpless at this moment.

Come on, accept your fate.

During the time when he came back, Li Qi found various excuses to avoid Grant as much as possible, but he also knew that as a lord, he could not escape the report of thick fingertips.

Turning to the first page, he raised his eyebrows:

"The treasures sold through Aix totaled 25500 gold days. After 17850% of the profit was divided, gold days were recorded."

"The soap business is becoming saturated, but it also has a very stable market, with revenue increasing by 12% compared to the previous year."

He suddenly looked up at Grant, you can actually draw a bar chart with your bare hands?

How to use excel, does it rely on magic?

Li Qi strongly suspected that Grant had awakened a supernatural power called office proficiency, which was why he had such a terrifying performance ability.

But complaints are complaints, and he sees Grant's seriousness. Perhaps his past experiences have made him more cautious in doing things, and even made many things too cumbersome and a waste of manpower.

But Li Qi will not deny his efforts. The most attentive person must be Gu Lan. The white hair on his head and the hairline that sneaks up to the top of his head are evidence of working overtime and staying up late.

"I will read it carefully." Li Qi put the report on the table, and then looked at Grant: "Your hair is all white, Grant."

Grant replied with a serious expression: "As long as you need me, I will always work for you."

He has been a steward all his life, especially when he still remembers the young lord chatting with him in the tavern.

At that time, Grant was desperate. He had some savings, but he loved his previous career more, so he followed the country baron to the barren Porcupine Territory.

In just two or three years, he really saw a barren and dilapidated territory take on a new look. It was changing every day and getting better every day. Even if he was tired, his heart was filled with endless motivation.

There is nothing happier than seeing your hard work pay off.

"Of course, without your report, I will feel that this whole year is incomplete." Li Qi said, although the report only became popular last year.

Li Qi didn't care too much about Grant's personal love life. Whether it was the little maids secretly whispering that Grant was having a passionate relationship with an elderly lady, why? Baron Li Qi had no idea what he had missed last year.

When it comes to other people's personal feelings, he tends to take advantage of them instead of interfering indiscriminately.

They briefly chatted about the next development of the Porcupine Territory, mainly revealing his general plan. However, according to Li Qi's inner estimation for next year, the population under his territory should increase by 50 in an instant.

We have to start worrying about food, housing, jobs, etc. again.

Happy troubles.

"I will breed war horses and cavalry from the desert, so the war horse breeding at the racecourse can be slowed down a little, but there is no need to control it too deliberately. We still need war horses, no matter when."

"Of course, I will ask the racecourse to pay more attention to it, and also pay attention to the allocation of funds."

"There is no need to be so anxious to cultivate wasteland. Good assistants need to transport more manpower to brew wine, weave cloth, raise pigs, make soap, etc."

Li Qi wants to transform the Porcupine Territory into an industrial territory. With the smooth logistics at the dock, business communication will become very easy. In fact, the Porcupine Territory is already doing this.

After chatting with Grant for a while, Grant resigned and left, while Li Qi looked at the report in his hand.

Once I saw it, I really watched it all night.

Including various income and expenses, profit comparison, etc., all are listed.

This requires a huge workload and a lot of manual verification. If there is a problem somewhere, it is easy to fail to reconcile the general ledger.

"The spice business in the desert is surprisingly good. Now the salt fields in Leiweng City are also under control. Only the area south of Leiweng City in the desert area is expected to provide me with hundreds of thousands of gold days in the next year."

But these are only theoretical gains, because Li Qi is not used to squeezing ordinary people, especially making people work for him without enough food and clothing, and whipping him if he doesn't work. He can't do it.

He can kill his enemies without hesitation, but he can't let those who are loyal to him starve to death.

For this reason, the money he had to spend was more than ten times that of Earl Buffalo.

Other nobles can squeeze it like crazy, one meal a day, one meal every two days, and of course they can save a lot of money.

In addition, there are a large number of cavalry and war horses, each of which is a waste of money, especially the rations for the war horses. The food that is better than people can only be said to be ordinary employee meals. During the war, nutrition must be increased. After all, you are on the battlefield. The heavy armored cavalry is the armored tank of the cold weapon era, and it is normal for the maintenance cost to be high.

Training a large number of soldiers this year also requires a large amount of armor and weapons. Over in the desert, there are armors and weapons "sent" by Prince George. They have already started to arrange for people to modify them. It can be regarded as saving a lot of money, but it is a little time-consuming. .

Business is profitable, but alchemy and magic are gold-eating beasts, and they cannot be expected to bring a bronze star in return until they produce real value.

Therefore, after a busy year of selling furs, wine, cloth, soap, honey, spices, treasures, etc., the final total bill before Li Qi was 5 gold days.

It is a hundred times more than last year’s 50 gold.

But there are still very few, because there are too many, such as fur business, sale of treasures, etc., which are not within the scope of normal transactions.

"I haven't read Tiegu's final report, but with Tiegu's weak commercial attributes, the most it can do is sell lilac mushrooms, and the territory's income will definitely be negative."

He was sure that if it weren't for the support of the porcupine collar, Tiegu would soon be in huge trouble because he couldn't make ends meet.

However, kerosene and bloodline herbs are invisible income and seem useless. However, the currently refined kerosene has kept some areas of the territory bright at night at extremely low prices.

Bloodline herbs have even changed the bloodline talents of all creatures under Li Qi's command, such as breeding, animal husbandry, and warfare. No amount of money can buy them.

Needless to say, the income from the desert is a sure profit.

It is always faster to make money by robbing others than by doing business. Leiweng City has been carefully managed by Earl Buffalo for so many years. The number of treasures in his hands is very scary. However, considering that he still needs to develop from the desert, Li Qi has no intention of touching the money. He wants more. develop together.

Li Qi put down the information and looked at the manservant standing aside, nodding his head gently: "Pitchfork?"

"Yes, sir!" Pitchfork, the footman, suddenly woke up.

Li Qi said: "Thank you very much for spending the whole night here to accompany me. You can go have something to eat and then go back and have a good sleep."

"No, my lord, I feel fine."

"Follow your orders, Pitchfork."

"Yes!" Pitchfork nodded helplessly.

Li Qi nodded with satisfaction. Everyone's physique is different. The night at Pitchfork was very difficult, but Li Qi was more energetic and completely different from someone who didn't sleep last night.

After the pitchfork left, Li Qi stood up and stretched: "By the way, I remember that Thomas Scholar has made breakthrough progress in magic, runes, and magic scrolls. I hope he can bring me enough So much good news.”