On the morning of September 27, Paul Greiman was in the office looking through the report documents sent by Franklin Harbor.
This document describes information about businessmen who are interested in cooperating with him so far.
Paul After Franklin Harbor convened a meeting of merchants, many people signed up directly. In the following days, people came to the Government Affairs Hall one after another to express their intention to respond to the lord's call.
However, Government Affairs Council people suggested that you should not just hand over the production technology and process to others casually, but you should first determine whether they have the corresponding qualifications and examine their credibility, financial resources and other information. Otherwise, if the business fails, it will cause some negative effects and damage the Lord's Manor brand.
Paul thinks this suggestion is correct and orders Franklin Harbor Government Affairs Hall to strictly check the information of registered merchants.
After repeated screening, it has been confirmed that 3 salt farms, 5 canneries, 6 Paper Mill, and 8 porcelain factories will be established in Franklin Harbor and its surrounding areas in the near future.
The cannery Lord's Manor invested in has also started building a factory near Lakeheart Town. I believe that soon a large number of cans will be sold to the Kingdom Army who is fighting in the south.
What's interesting is that those authorized businessmen cried and shouted that they would give a certain percentage of their shares to the lord. Seeing their insistence, Paul had no choice but to "accept". By then, in addition to collecting taxes and technology royalties, he would also be able to share dividends from the profits.
It seems that these businessmen are still a little worried about themselves.
At this time, he suddenly remembered something and shouted "Berna".
Chief Secretary immediately pushed open the door and came to his desk and asked, "What are your orders from Lord Greiman?"
Paul said, "Help me summon the directors of Chief Steward Ford and Government Affairs Council to the Lord's Manor. I want to announce something."
"I obey your orders."
Chief Secretary turned around and left. Just as he opened the door, Paul stopped him again. "Wait a minute, you'd better call Butler Philip for me first."
Butler Philip soon arrived at Paul's office.
Since having Berna, Chief Secretary, Old Chief Steward's work has become much easier. Now he mainly handles some life affairs in the Lord's Manor.
Paul stood up. He was facing Old Chief Steward, stretched out his hand to the chair in front of the desk and made a "please" gesture, and said, "Philip, please sit down."
"This..." Butler Philip's brain suddenly stopped. How could a master make such a gesture to a servant?
After a brief absence of consciousness, Old Chief Steward suddenly panicked, and a terrible idea emerged from his brain:
"Your Majesty, the Earl, is not going to fire me!"
I carefully thought about my recent work experience. It seems that I didn't make any mistakes, right? So is this because you despise yourself for being old and useless, and want to send yourself home to retire?
Old Chief Steward fell into a daze for a while because of his random thoughts.
Paul saw the change in the butler's expression. He walked around the table, pressed his shoulders with his hands, and forced him to sit in the chair with a little force.
He has great respect for this Old Chief Steward who has always taken care of him. In his memory, his mother died early in this life and his father was busy with territorial affairs. It was this Old Chief Steward who pulled him up since he was a child.
Unexpectedly, the butler bounced up as soon as he came into contact with the chair. Philip reacted and said in a panic tone, "How can a servant sit down in front of the master? Please don't kill me, Earl."
Paul pressed him to the chair again and said, "Sit down, this is a request and an order."
Philip just sat on the chair.
Paul also returned to his seat and sat down. He clasped his hands together, leaning on the table with both arms, and looked at Old Chief Steward.
"Philip, you have been working hard in the Lord's Manor without complaint. My father and I have been taken care of by you for two generations..."
"My lord, please don't drive me away..."
Philip burst into tears suddenly, which shocked Paul. How could he have thought of going there?
But in Old Chief Steward's opinion, isn't Paul's opening statement just about firing him? His parents are Greiman Family's old friends and have served in the Lord's Manor all their lives. He has also been helping in the house since he was sensible and became Paul's father's personal servant.
After the last housekeeper resigned to retire, Paul's father handed over this position to him. It has been more than 20 years ago.
I have spent nearly 50 years of my life in the Lord's Manor, and I have a deep affection for it. If I suddenly left to retire, I really don't know how I would live.
Paul hurriedly waved his hands and explained to Old Chief Steward, "Philip, I have no intention of driving you away."
"Think about it, you are responsible for taking care of the daily affairs in the Lord's Manor. If you leave, there will be chaos here."
You're not trying to fire me, that's great! Philip felt a little settled.
He said with embarrassment, "I'm very sorry, Lord Earl, it was just my imagination."
But why was the count so solemn all of a sudden?
Seeing that Old Chief Steward calmed down, Paul breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "I came to you for another matter. Although it is not to fire you, I am afraid that you will not be able to accept it emotionally, so I decided to talk to you first."
As long as you don't fire me, Philip solemnly said to Paul, "My lord, you are the master and I am the servant. I can only obey what you say."
"Then I said..."
"Uh... Actually, it's about the Lord's Manor's income and expenditure. I want to separate the finances into internal and external treasury. You will still be responsible for the internal treasury, while Government Affairs Council will be responsible for the external treasury."
After hearing Paul's words, Old Chief Steward seemed to have done something wrong. He asked in a voice that sounded uncomfortable and almost squeezed out of his throat, "Your Majesty, did I calculate something wrong?"
Paul said seriously, "Of course not. Every time I check the accounts, I don't find any errors or omissions. You manage the finances very well."
Hearing what the earl said, Butler Philip felt a little relieved.
According to Paul, the income in the territory mainly includes two aspects:
One is the taxes within the territory, including agricultural taxes, commercial taxes and other taxes that Paul seems to be strange and varied;
The second is the various industries under the name Greiman Family, including the production of farms in various places and the profits of various factories and shops.
Income from these two aspects are uniformly classified into the treasury within the Lord's Manor.
Daily expenses also include two aspects:
The first is the expenses of the lord's private life, including Paul's own food, clothing, housing and transportation, Lord's Manor the maintenance of the castle, the salary of the servants in the mansion, etc.;
The second is the expenditure on public affairs within the territory, including salaries of Affairs Officer at all levels, military expenses, repairing bridges, paving roads, digging canals, etc.
The money required for these two aspects also comes from the wallet in the Lord's Manor.
On weekdays, Butler Philip is directly responsible for the lord's personal expenses. The purchase of various supplies and the payment of servants' salaries are directly paid from the treasury.
The expenditure on public affairs within the territory is budgeted in advance by the officials in charge and then handed over to Butler Philip. If the budget amount is too large, the steward will first report it to Paul, After Paul agrees, the housekeeper will withdraw the money from the money bank and hand it over to the relevant officials. If the amount is small, Butler Philip will directly take the decision to withdraw the money from the money bank. Then at the end of the month, the account details will be handed over to Paul for review.
However, as various incomes and expenses are increasing day by day, Paul feels that it is time to readjust financial management.