Chapter 331

Chapter 331.

Since the display of the Flying Shuttle Loom and Jenny Spinning Machine at the launch event in October, many people involved in the textile industry have expressed their intention to purchase them.

Under Paul’s instruction, the machinery factory announced that the Jenny Spinning Machine still had some technical problems that had not been solved, and suspended the sale to the public, which made many workshop owners disappointed.

But the flying shuttle loom was launched as scheduled, and the machine factory still received a large number of orders. Driven by demand, the factory expanded, began recruiting new apprentices, and prepared for mass production of the shuttle loom.

In addition to the shuttle loom, agricultural machinery such as cotton gins, threshing machines, guillotine haymakers, root cutters, and mills were also popular, and these were also in the production increase program.

The sale of new machinery brought Paul a large amount of wealth income, although Paul took the initiative to separate the public treasury from the private treasury, but the Lakewood Township Machinery Factory was the property of the Greiman family rather than under the jurisdiction of the Council of State, and all of its revenues went to Paul’s private treasury.

However, the machine shop was subject to the same taxes as any other workshop run by a workshop owner, and the money went into the public coffers of the Council of State. For this point, many people especially do not understand, in their cognition, the entire territory is the Greiman family, the function of the Council of State is to help the lord to manage the affairs of the territory, the only order from Paul, Paul on the Council of State under the jurisdiction of the public treasury has the right to make the final decision, then the Greiman family machine shop to the Council of State to pay the tax, and what is the difference between a person to hand the money from the left hand to the right hand.

But in spite of the doubts of more than one person, Paul insisted on such a procedure, and in compliance with the other decrees, all the properties of the House of Greiman, including the machine-shop, were no different from any other private workshop.

Another thing that pleased Paul was the development of maritime trade, with the constant construction of civilian windjammers, goods transported by sea accounted for a higher and higher proportion of exports, which meant that goods sold to the south were being exploited for less and less money by a host of territorial barriers on land.

In order to further develop the maritime trade, the Council of State spent a lot of money on a shipyard under the name of Earl Price Parker, which also occupies a natural harbor, and Fullan Harbor Shipyard sent a large number of managers and technicians to take over the shipyard and carry out the renovation of equipment and facilities, train the old craftsmen of the shipyard, and prepare for the production of a new type of ships to meet the needs of the Aldar.

Expansion of this vast area of the Northwest Bay [domestic demand] is also in Paul and the Council of State’s plans, since Paul in Centennial to the newly succeeded the dukedom of Henry Ferdinand proposed the “customs union” plan, and then one after another to other lords to sell his plan. For several months, the lords exchanged letters frequently, discussing the so-called “Customs Union” and secretly weighing the pros and cons for themselves.

No unanimity had yet been reached outside, but there were quarrels within. The abolition of customs duties is a major event, in accordance with the ancient tradition, Paul and Myron jointly convened Alda, Bairdine and the newly incorporated into the jurisdiction of the Council of State of the three land of Emden, lower nobility, large estate owners, as well as powerful merchants and workshop owners gathered in the town of Lakewood, Paul asked for their views on the formation of the Customs Union program, and explained that the significance of the Customs Union is to reduce or even abolish the customs duties between the Northwest Gulf territories. The significance of the establishment of the Customs Union was to reduce or even eliminate the tariffs between the territories of the Northwest Gulf and to remove the barriers to trade between them, thus forming a close trade and economic region.

Originally, Paul thought that this was just a process, and that these people would unconditionally support the lord’s decision, but unexpectedly, he encountered strong resistance.

The merchants and workshop owners welcomed this plan, because it would greatly reduce the cost of importing goods and raw materials from the outside world, and if the other territories also implemented the same policy, the cost of selling their goods to other territories would also be reduced.

The opposition came from the manor owners or landowners, whose land was producing the goods and raw materials needed by merchants and factory owners, such as food for food production and brewing, cotton and wool for weaving, etc. Once the tariffs were lowered or even abolished, the merchants and factory owners in this territory would have more choices, which would lead to a great reduction in the competitiveness of their crops, thus seriously affecting their income.

Cutting off people’s money is like killing their parents, in the past, when Paul implemented crop rotation, consolidated arable land and even cleared real estate, the landowners, though complaining about the lord’s rounds of tossing and turning, basically cooperated with him, after all, many of the measures were also beneficial to them in the long run. But on the matter of tariffs they surprisingly showed strong opposition and unprecedented solidarity.

On the other hand, the lower-ranking nobles of Bairdine and Emden, depending on their respective territories or their personally operated industries, either expressed support or opposition. Paul now realized that the original tariff was not just a means for the lords to enrich themselves, but it was also a protection for the commitment of the supporters in the territory. In this era of agricultural dominance, the biggest dependence of the fiefdom nobles was the landlords of the fiefdom. The lord protected the interests of the landowners by enacting a series of policies, including tariffs, while the landowners contributed money and effort to maintain the lord’s power and majesty, and also sent the best sons and daughters of their own families to join the lord’s army to serve as retainers, officers, and other important positions – the lord had no choice but to let the sons and daughters of these big families serve. The lord had no other choice, if he didn’t let the children of the big families take up these positions, could he let the children of illiterate peasants or serfs take up the positions? They can’t even communicate properly.

Many landowners in Baildin and Emden had the status of knights, and they were an important part of the military force in the former territories, although there were no real knights in Arda, but it was the same thing, and most of the officers of the new-style army after the reform were also filled by the sons and daughters of landowners’ families, who after all knew how to read from the very beginning.

Because of too much resistance, Paul had to announce that this matter will be discussed later, the opponents breathed a sigh of relief, after a tour of the new atmosphere of the lake town one after another to leave the lake town. Although they can see that the count’s heart a hundred reluctant.

The first thing Paul did after the meeting was to look for the chief of staff, Schroeder, to discuss the reward of the army. In the War of the Troglodytes, there were many officers with outstanding command who needed to be promoted, and there were many soldiers who fought bravely to kill the enemy who needed to be rewarded.

“I have no problem with this program of yours.”

Paul took a quill and put a big check mark on the program Schroeder handed him and signed his name.

“But that leaves a lot of junior officer positions open, doesn’t it?”

“Yes my lord.” Schroeder replied, “The plan is to replenish them from veterans with war honors and cadets from the Graiman Academy.”

“Well, that’s good. However ……,” Paul said slowly as he stared into the old knight’s eyes, “Regarding the origins of the new officers …… this ratio is something you need to control.”

Schroeder gave the lord a reassuring look, “Lord Greiman, I will control it.”

The lord had talked to him about this issue a long time ago, and he also knew what the lord’s purpose was for doing so, originally he wanted to spend several years to gradually turn it around, but it seemed that the earl lord couldn’t wait a little bit.

The Earl’s words echoed through the room.

“Schroeder, I need the will of the staff …… no, myself, to be able to directly influence the company platoon level.”

(End of chapter)