Chapter 87： Separation of inside and outside

On the morning of September 27, Paul Greiman was in his office looking through the report documents sent by Port Flanders.

This document describes the information of merchants who have been interested in cooperating with him so far.

After Paul convened a meeting of merchants in Fulan Port, 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, people from the Government Administration Council suggested that we should not hand over production technology and craftsmanship to others casually, but first judge whether they have the corresponding qualifications, and examine their reputation, financial resources and other information. Otherwise, if the business fails, instead It will cause some negative effects and smash the signboard of the Lord's Mansion.

Paul thought this suggestion was correct, and ordered the Fulan Port Government Affairs Office to strictly check the information of the registered businessmen.

After repeated screening, it has been confirmed that 3 saltworks, 5 canning factories, 6 paper mills, and 8 porcelain factories will be established in Fulan Port and its surrounding areas in the near future.

And the canning factory invested by the Lord's Mansion also started to build factories near Huxin Town. It is believed that a large number of cans will be sold to the kingdom's army fighting in the south in the near future.

What's interesting is that those businessmen who have been authorized are crying and shouting to give a certain percentage of shares to the lord. Seeing how persistent they are, Paul has no choice but to "smile". You can also get dividends from the profits.

It seems that these businessmen are still a little worried about themselves.

At this time, he suddenly remembered something and called out "Berna".

The chief secretary immediately pushed the door open, came to his desk and asked, "What orders does Lord Graeman have?"

Paul said: "Help me summon the Director of Ford and the executives of the Government Council to the Lord's Mansion. I want to announce something."

"Follow your orders."

The chief secretary turned to leave, and just as he opened the door, Paul stopped him again: "Wait a minute, you'd better call Butler Philip for me first."

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Butler Philip quickly came to Paul's office.

Ever since Berner became the chief secretary, the work on the old butler has become much easier. Now he mainly deals with some daily affairs in the Lord's Mansion.

Paul stood up. He was facing the old housekeeper. He 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 froze all of a sudden. How could a master make such a gesture to a servant.

After a brief absence, the old housekeeper suddenly panicked, and a terrible idea came out of his brain:

"Your Earl is not going to fire me!"

Thinking back carefully on my recent work experience, it seems that I haven't made any mistakes, right? So this is because you dislike yourself for being old and useless, and you want to send yourself home to take care of yourself?

The old butler fell into a daze for a while because of his wild thoughts.

Seeing the change in the butler's expression, Paul went around to the table, put his hands on his shoulders, and made him sit on the chair with a little force.

He has great respect for this old housekeeper who has been taking care of him. In his memory, his mother died young in this life, and his father was busy with the affairs of the territory. It was this old housekeeper who raised him up since he was a child.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the butler came into contact with the chair, it bounced up. Philip, who had reacted, said in a panicked tone: "How can a servant sit down in front of the master? My lord, don't kill me."

Paul pushed him to the chair again and said, "Sit down, this is both a request and an order."

Philip now sat down in the chair.

Paul also returned to his seat and sat down. He clasped his hands together, leaned on the table with both arms, and looked at the old housekeeper.

"Philip, you have been working hard in the lord's mansion. My father and I have been taken care of by you for two generations..."

"My lord, don't drive me away..."

Philip's sudden burst of tears startled Paul so much that he didn't want to go there.

But in the eyes of the old butler, isn't Paul's opening remarks the rhythm of dismissing him?

His parents were old members of the Greiman family, and they had served in the lord's mansion all their lives, and he had also been a helper in the mansion since he was sensible, and became Paul's father's personal servant.

After the previous housekeeper resigned to provide for the elderly, Paul's father handed over this position to him, and it has been more than 20 years.

I have spent nearly 50 years of my life in the lord's mansion, and I have a deep affection for this place. If I suddenly leave for the elderly, I really don't know how to live.

Paul hurriedly waved these two hands and explained to the old butler, "Philip, I don't have any intention of driving you away."

"Think about it, you will take care of the daily affairs in the lord's mansion. If you leave, there will be chaos here."

Not to fire me, great! Philip felt a little more at ease.

He said embarrassingly: "I'm very sorry, my lord, I was just thinking wildly."

But why is the count so solemn all of a sudden?

Seeing that the old butler had calmed down, Paul breathed a sigh of relief, and then said:

"I came to you for another matter. Although I didn't fire you, I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to accept it emotionally, so I decided to talk to you first."

As long as you don't fire me, Philip said solemnly to Paul: "My lord, you are the master and I am the servant. I can only obey what you say."

"Then I said..."

"Uh... It's actually about the income and expenditure of the Lord's Mansion. I want to separate the finances into the internal treasury and the external treasury. The internal treasury will still be in charge of you, while the external treasury will be in charge of the Government Affairs Council."

After hearing Paul's words, the old butler seemed to have done something wrong, and asked in a voice that sounded uncomfortable and almost squeezed out of his throat: "My lord I miscalculated What account?"

Paul said seriously: "Of course not. Every time I check the accounts, I haven't found any mistakes or omissions. You have managed your finances very well."

Hearing what the Earl said, Steward Philip felt a little relieved.

In Paul's opinion, the income in the territory mainly includes two aspects:

One is the taxation in the territory, including agricultural tax, commercial tax and other taxes that Paul seems to be weird and varied;

The second is the various industries under the name of the Gleiman family, including the production of farms in various places and the profits of various factories and shops.

The income from these two aspects is consolidated into the treasury in the lord's mansion.

Daily expenses also include two aspects:

One is the personal expenses of the lord, including Paul's own food, clothing, housing and transportation, the maintenance of the castle of the lord's mansion, the salary of the servants in the mansion, etc.;

The second is the expenditure of public affairs in the territory, including the salaries of officials at all levels, military expenses, bridges, roads and canals, etc.

The money needed for these two aspects also comes from the treasury in the lord's mansion.

On weekdays, the lord's personal expenses are directly in charge of the butler Philip, and the purchase of various materials and the distribution of servants' salaries are directly paid out of the treasury.

As for the expenses of public affairs in the territory, the officials in charge of the affairs will make a budget in advance, and then hand it over to the steward Philip. If the budget is too large, the steward will report it to Paul first. After Paul agrees, the steward will withdraw from the treasury. The money is handed over to the relevant officials. If the amount is relatively small, the butler Philip will directly decide to withdraw the money from the treasury, and then hand over the account details to Paul for review at the end of the month.

However, now that various incomes and expenses are increasing day by day, Paul feels that it is time to readjust financial management.