Chapter 10: The Erwin Family’s Very First Statement of Accounts
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Imperial History, Year 260 – Moon of the Garnet (January)
Ugh, cold. It’s so damn cold.
Because my life in Alexa, the land of everlasting summer, had been so long, even the coldness of winter in Castle Ashley, which was commonly described as being mild, relentlessly pierced my whole body.
I fear I might actually die, if I had to endure winter in Elancia’s northern regions. At least, if not for my wife and her lovers warming my body with their own bodies’ heat…
Lichere on my right, Irena on my left, and Malida on top of me; a perfect insulation of flesh against the coldness outside. As a bonus, I get to enjoy the softness of their boobs.
This is a man’s dream come true! The se-, err, life of a harem king.
Breasts on the right, breasts on the left, and dangling breasts in front of my eyes. Thank you. Seriously, thank you so much. I’m in heaven.
“Ah, Malida-onee-sama, biting my ear is a bikk nooo!”
“Liese-tan, you’re my lover, so show everything to Albert. Come on, this place feels nice, doesn’t it?” Malida nibbled on Liese’s ear, “your earlobe is so soft. Irena, let me fondle your breasts. I want to warm up my hand.”
“Ahn, kuuh, Malida-onee-samaaa. I…I…”
“Auuhnn, Malida-sama, your hand has cooled down quite a bit, hasn’t it?”
Malida, Liese, and Irena were making out on top of my body. Because I felt somewhat left out, I decided to spank Malida.
“Hauuuh, Albert! What are you doing!? I want to make out with Liese-tan and Irena. Ah, this…that place…nnnhhn!”
Having gone too far with her mischief, Malida got teased by everyone afterwards, and eventually flopped down on the bed after using up all of her excessive stamina.
“Unnnghh…only teasing me with everyone…it’s so mortifying that I actually enjoyed it…,” sobbed Malida.
“It’s wrong of you to only make out with Liese-sama and Irena-san, Malida-sama. Please don’t leave me out either,” Lichere said while play-biting Malida’s ear.
“My ear is off-limits! Lichere! Stop it! Hauuuuhh!”
“Malida-sama, it’s wonderful that I can be of help to you.”
“I wasn’t able to be of that much use here, but…ahnnn.”
No, no, they’re plenty helpful to me. Their boobs are wobbling, and various other parts are having a blast out of this. At this rate, we’re heading straight for bed sport lasting all the way until morning.
Hmm, where was the energy drink, which Lichere picked up in the capital, again? Ah, found it.
Alright, I’m going to invest all my effort into making out with my wife and her mistresses, and while I do that, please have a look at the Erwin family’s very first financial statement which Milevis had finished through a long, taxing stretch of hard work.
Erwin family – Imperial History, Year 259 – Statement of Accounts
Population -> Castle Ashley (original fief): 17813
-> Castle Slat (Alkor family protectorate): unknown
-> Total: 17813 (number of retainers: 378, maximum potential of mobilized peasant soldiers: 2100)
Total tax income: 86,541,000 Yen
Total External Tax Income: 555,000,000 Yen (Prisoner Sale: 45,000,000 Yen – Sale of plundered loot: 30,000,000 Yen – Ransom: 350,000,000 Yen – Reward: 100,000,000 – Profit from selling excess items: 30,000,000).
Total income: 641,540,000 Yen
Personnel expenses: 145,200,000 Yen
Total Miscellaneous Expenses: 199,060,000 Yen (Living Expenses of the lord: 5,000,000 Yen – Fodder: 580,000 Yen – Castle repairs: 2,690,000 Yen – Equipment repair: 9,540,000 Yen – Countermeasures against deserters and refugees: 125,950,000 Yen – Gifts for neighboring nobles: 25,300,000 Yen – Preparation for water channel construction: 30,000,000 Yen)
Total expenses: 344,260,000 Yen
Income and expenditure balance: 297,280,000 Yen
Debt repayment: 190,000,000 Yen
Remaining debt: 300,000,000 Yen
Balance carried forward: 172,800,000 Yen
(T/N: Yes, this author is one of those people who introduced a currency system but never uses it, or in other words, I have been exchanging it as part of my translation, but I can’t be arsed to do the same for this sheet)
Phew, done. All done. I think you were able to confirm things? It’s nice to feel clear-headed. Eh? What’s clear-headed, you ask? My head after working my waist hard and also my thoughts on the internal affairs of my home.
If not for Alexa’s invasion, we might not have been able to make various moves due to lacking funds. Personnel expenses not being counterbalanced with the territory’s income would be the biggest reason for that, but having said that, it’s also possible that we’d get looked down upon and invaded, if we decreased the number of retainers.
Since it’s not a territory in a safe area, we cannot afford to be stingy on the money for the military forces necessary to man the defenses.
Starting next year, the Slat territory will have reached a point where we’ll be able to charge a minimum of taxes as well. And now that we did our best and finished the Basic Taxation Book, I plan to double the natural tax income, which includes the poll and land tax, with the cooperation of the village chiefs.
Thanks to us having sorted those messy storehouses while also grasping the situation of our food stock, we’ll be able to quickly sell off all excess food, too. So, I intend to keep pushing the territory’s development while compensating for the lacking income with the sales income.
We still have some debt left to pay off, but after finding out a precise figure on the tax revenue and because it’s not a sum of money we won’t be able to return, the forecast for our financial affairs has brightened up significantly.
The Erwin family, which escaped the state of being incompetent in regards to domestic affairs, hides the potential to become much bigger in the future. As strategist it’s my job to draw out that potential to its maximum.
Because of that, I updated the list of things I had to do this year.
・ Standardization of the weights and measures in the fief (Ashley Barony finished -> Slat Barony started)
・ Creation of a precise Basic Taxation book for the farm villages in the fief (Ashley Barony finished -> Slat Barony started)
・ Tax reform in the fief (Partially finished)
・ Embankment + Water Supply development in the fief (launched)
・ New pioneer villages (launched)
・ Expansion of the Erwin family’s intelligence organization (additional)
・ Collection of information about the surroundings (additional)
・ Searching for new mistress candidates for my wife (working on it)
・ Impregnating my women this year (working super hard on it)
Now then, time for me to do my very best in this new year for the sake of the Erwin family’s growth!
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