Chapter 479: Spread of Thought

The development of history is not subject to 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 person-Gerd Rodney, the nephew of the current king.

Then he explained his purpose.

This is exactly the source of Paul's current distress.

Looking at the smiling Earl Gerd who looked at the display in his living room leisurely, Paul felt a little unhappy.

To introduce manufacturing technology from Alda to the royal territory?

God, Paul has always been low-key in other aspects except for necessary things, just because he is afraid that some big guys outside the Northwest Bay will set their eyes on his own piece of land.

What Earl Alda wants is to make a fortune quietly.

Technology diffusion?

Of course, this is inevitable. This is an unstoppable historical trend. Paul will even take the initiative to promote this matter when the time is right.

The problem is whether the time is right.

What Paul hopes is that the diffusion of technology can be within the scope of his control.

With Alda as the center, technology will spread step by step from near to far.

As the birthplace and commanding height of technology, Alda has continuously upgraded and iterated various technologies, constantly bringing forth new ideas, and always leading the development trend.

You can always get the first bite of fat meat.

Now, the Aldo royal family suddenly appeared halfway.

God, with the territory and population controlled by the royal family, there are so many resources and talents. Once they have a thorough understanding of what he has come up with, as long as the measures taken by the authorities are appropriate and supplemented with some necessary reforms, they can immediately kick Alda and even the Northwest Bay aside to work alone.

The Northwest Bay, which has improved slightly, will become a small corner of the Aldo Kingdom.

The development of history is not subject to human will.

Paul repeated this sentence again in his heart, which was both a sigh and self-consolation.

Gerd observed the reception room of the Graman family very carefully.

In his eyes, for aristocrats, the decorations and furnishings here are extremely simple.

The floor was covered with ordinary carpets, and they were very old. There were no valuable paintings, nor exquisite sculptures or animal skull specimens on the walls. They were simply painted white, and covered with simple brown wooden wall panels.

Since he entered the door, he had seen only four servants, not including the security guards. One was weeding in the courtyard, one was cleaning the corridor, one brought him tea, and the other was an old butler who led him to the living room.

If the nobles in the Northwest Bay lived like Earl Graman in front of him, then this land really deserved the description of the nobles in the capital - a remote and cold place.

What is the life of a middle-class southern noble like?

In terms of servants serving themselves, they include but are not limited to tailors, shoemakers, saddlers, carpenters, grooms, stable boys, dairymaids, pharmacists, musicians, actors and actresses, poets, architects, painters and other professions. Some more personal servants are also necessary, such as chefs, bakers, pastry chefs, dishwashers, women who specialize in ironing clothes, male servants who specialize in managing wine and food, waiters who specialize in cutting meat during meals, and bartenders who specialize in mixing drinks. Generally speaking, each of the above jobs is done by several people rather than just one person, and some servants even have assistants of different sizes to assist them.

Nobles with better family conditions often have multiple residences, and usually each residence is equipped with a complete set of service teams as mentioned above.

Gerd's father, Prince Jasim Rodney, arranged 17 male servants in his front hall. They had to serve there day and night, always ready to complete their full-time work according to the prince's orders or just a gesture. One of them was ready to get a pipe for the master, another was ready to get a glass of water, and another was ready to get a book... and so on.

In the mansion of the Graman family, he had only seen 4 slaves. In the circle of Jingyao nobles... describing them as poor was an insult to the word poverty, and they couldn't even touch the threshold of noble life.

Paul noticed Gerd's observation of the indoor environment, and he cleared his throat awkwardly.

"Ahem! We people in the northwest prefer simple style."

In fact, Paul also wanted to dress up his ancestral castle more beautifully, even if it was just to buy some precious flowers and plants.

But he had no money.

Since the establishment of the public treasury, all the profits from various taxes in the territory and various industries established in the name of the Government Affairs Council, such as mines and ironworks, have been transferred to the public treasury.

He retained the various manors and properties that the Graman family had originally directly operated. In addition, there were also factories established in the name of the family, such as the extremely profitable porcelain cellar. These industries could bring great wealth every year. This was the private treasury that Paul set up for the Graman family.

Although in the eyes of people of this era, the public treasury and private treasury were nothing more than two money bags hung on the left and right waists of the lord, after all, all affairs on this land belonged to the lord in legal terms, even the living people.

No mistakes in one post, one content, one book, one forum!

But Paul, who traveled from the 21st century on Earth, still had a little historical consciousness.

He planned to use all the money in the public treasury for the construction of the territory, and he would never take even a penny from it.

Of course, he was not so noble, and the private treasury he left behind was prepared for his own enjoyment. However, if he lived a luxurious life of wine and meat, wouldn't it be a waste of time to travel through time.

But ideals are full, and reality is skinny. Alda, which is in rapid development, as well as Bayerdin and Emden, need money everywhere. Education investment, military construction, technology research and development, urban expansion, bridge and road construction, water conservancy construction, and salary payment for the increasingly large administrative system are all big money swallowers. It is not enough to rely solely on the money in the public treasury. The huge gap is often made up in two ways. One is to issue bonds in the private sector, which will eventually have to be repaid, and the other is to subsidize the Graman family's private treasury. Paul did not plan to let the State Council pay it back - in the eyes of others, this is just a transfer from the left hand to the right hand.

In addition, Paul occasionally needs to pay money to help some family branches that are not doing well.

Every time Paul paid, he thought it would be the last time, but often a funding gap that could not be ignored would appear again soon.

For various reasons, the Lord is now relatively "poor".

But he is confident that with the continued development of Northwest Bay, the public finances based on taxes and public industry profits, supplemented by the issuance of bonds, will become increasingly powerful, and will eventually be able to completely independently bear the various expenses of territory construction.

At that time, he will be able to live a life of luxury with his own private treasury.

With such a beautiful dream in mind, the Earl worked hard day after day and year after year.