Electus - Chapter 467

Gr.a.p.e Ale, a year ago it was looked at as the product who will sky rocket Pameres Kingdom’s profit, the product that was supposed to bring luxury for the population of 2,500, the saviour of saviours.

Well now, we can’t say it didn’t fulfill its expectations at such an early stage. Tens of thousands of Gr.a.p.e Ale bottles have been sold in Ignis and beyond.

But as months passed after Gr.a.p.e got harvested, after the official line of Ale production started, this product’s shine started to dim.

There are just 6 months left until the next black Gr.a.p.e harvest, what’s left of the Gr.a.p.e Ale will inevitably be sold and the Gr.a.p.e Farmers can just focus on maintenance, for everything to look nice and snazzy.

Income-wise, we can’t say that the Gr.a.p.e Ale project didn’t have a big contribution. It’s expenses aren’t the biggest but it brings a nice healthy Income, which is a double threat.

But as we stated, now it’s shine is forcing to dim. Gaster Kingdom has ended the deal about Ale and the Zamerians have met an end with the previous deal too, it was supposed to end in the beginning of march anyway.

The Zamerians have renewed the order, but it isn’t anything big as it can’t be sold at a large scale considering a bottle’s price.

From today until the end of July, Gaster Kingdom will be delivering 500 bottles a month to the Zamerians.

A good twist to it, is that the Zamerians offer to pay 2 Gold Coins more than the Ignis market value, meaning 10 Gold Coins per bottle.

All together this will bring an Income of 5,000 Gold Coins a month, Gaster Kingdom will take 10% of the Income for port usage, a good 4,500 will remain flowing in Pameres Kingdom.

Well at least a line of Income will remain from this Project, there are 3 lines standing actually. Apart from the Zamerians, Ale is sold locally in Pameres Kingdom and all the way to Bale Town too although at both cases low scale.

With the Zamerians in topic, 500 more people arrived in the midst of February and in other words it means that there are 1,500 Zamerians living in Pameres Kingdom right now… or at least have citizenship here.

Thanks to that, 100 more Houses have been occupied and 100 more are close to being built. Pameres Kingdom will have 800 Houses soon, 700 of which are already occupied.

This brings along good news, because apart from the fact that more people can be hired, the 100 Houses pay tax as well, after a good quarter of these people are hired of course.

With a 10,000 Gold Coin increase in taxes, Pameres Kingdom earns a nice warm forever lasting monthly Income of 70,000 Gold Coins from these 700 Houses.

Having all those Construction Workers hired paid more than it was supposed to, having 700 Houses feels much better than having 300 in this Domain.

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“Guh this is such a pain in the…” Seer tried to express, his ass sore over the wooden chair.

Carrying an ordinary looking chair, King Zar walked in. “I got you this from the travelling merchants.”

“A chair?” Queried Seer, not the most surprised.

“A soft chair, I tried it myself and could feel the soft touch through my Silver Greaves.” Zar specified, stopping in the middle of the room and sitting on the chair to show.

Trying to find humour in the midst of this stress, Seer cracked. “I could really use a soft chair right now, I’m literally working my ass off.”

Getting to the point that might sound like a bit of a deal breaker, Zar weighed in. “Seer, work for you will only get bigger. We should Hire 5 people or so, who can do what you do.”

“Those are hard to find, although I want a few of them here.” Seeing that the King is on board with this consideration, Seer felt it secure to add. “I will see if the Coin Counters can be filtered into tougher jobs, can’t now though.”

Believing in what Seer is capable off, Zar joked. “Can’t afford to have apprentices running around ha.”

Feeling a bit entitled, since he is a Castle official in one of the richest Domains across Occidentis Ignis, Seer butchered. “I don’t think anyone will be running around until I know they can do their job with 100% accuracy.”

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What could tame expenses by the end of September this year, is the fact that Farmers have been working on cultivating 40 Hectares of land ever since the break of February, shoveling snow to put work in.

Bad timing through and through, but Pameres Kingdom needs its own local food supply.

Gaster Kingdom is proving useful at sending food in Zar’s Domain but it’s costing a harsh 64k each month.

In the short term it doesn’t look too much, because the topic is food and these 3,700 people have to be well fed.

But the overall expenses here in Pameres Kingdom have already broke to 414,435 Gold Coins while the current Income is 664,820 Gold Coins.

The gap between these two pieces of numbers determine the profit, and right now it isn’t exactly bad but it could be better.

However, the Farmers will be done cultivating and planting in early April, thankfully they aren’t under staffed.

By the end of September, or by mid October if this Summer isn’t hot enough. The Farmers should yield an estimated 80 tons of Wheat Grain.

This will cut the food expenses by half at most, although the luxury of having more food options could hunch down by a quarter.

No one will starve and these 3,700 people will be able to eat various meat anyway. The extra profit at the end of the month could contribute in to everyone earning a bit more each month, so in the long run this Wheat farm will pay off.

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Raging demands of more employees have echoed across a handful of different crafts. Pameres Kingdom is getting more orders over their shoulders and it can become overwhelming.

The productivity rate has increased by a calculated 5% ever since the Therapy building has been established, but it still isn’t enough to tame orders without losing a bit of hair.

Considering that, and since this Domain has capabilities to hire more, these demands from various crafts have been granted.

Therefore, 200 new people have been hired. Categorizing everything, number-wise the newly hired goes like this.

10 Farmers,

10 Miners,

10 Wagon Constructors,

30 Coin Counters,

10 Tailors,

10 Lumberjacks,

20 Stonemasons,

And 100 Guards. This last one however wasn’t a demand.

King Zar wants a few hundred Guards trained well before they are sent to the harsh terrains of Orientis Ignis.

100 more Guards have been sent to Orientis Ignis along with the deliveries of March, while 200 more are remaining here in Pameres Kingdom for a while.

A few big Houses have to be built in order to fit 400 Outpost Guards as Frozen Toe Kingdom is rather limited since the overall Human count through History in this Domain was always low.

Hiring these many people has forced the monthly Income to plunge down by a third, as most of these employees don’t bring much monetary value but the quality of life and safety instead.

The Outpost Guards alone now take 72k monthly as Salaries that is, let’s hope that this investment will pay off as much as King Zar wants it too.

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And finally getting to the part that you might find the most interesting, Overall Budget, Profit, detailed average Salaries and the overall Employee count.

As a good start, Pameres Kingdom is the richest of this square of cooperating Domains, as the Royal Treasury has piled up a total Budget of 938,000 Gold Coins.

Bale Town held the number one spot Budget-wise before, but it was obvious that Pameres Kingdom will pass them considering the built up monthly profit.

Although the profit has dropped by 100k due to the recent new expenses and business deals ending, Pameres Kingdom will still be able to earn a profit [Not to be confused with Income] of 250,000 Gold Coins by the end of March.

It is still large, although last month the profit was 350,000 but monetary sacrifices are often necessarily throughout a developing Domain.

The average Salary has met a minor shift, last month it used to be 164 amongst the employees and now it has shifted by just 2 Gold Coins, meaning 166.

There hasn’t been any recent Salary raises, reasons obvious but those aren’t far either as by the end of April King Michael expects 500 more Zamerians to be shipped in Gaster Kingdom’s port and brought here.

There are 2,200 people employed amongst the 3,700 people and the only way to give Salary raises is to establish bigger better Incomes. For that, more people are required here.

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“You’re supposed to go and see my mother today, it’s past noon already.” Crisa walked in the King’s private training room, reminding him of his schedule.

With that mentioned, the King remembered the main reason why he is there nowadays. “Oh right, I have to meet a few more Civilians there.”

With his thoughts business-wise adapted and used herself, Crisa complimented. “Yes, since they see you there, people are coming there alone.”

Grabbing a rag and wiping the sweat off his pits, Zar cited. “Some are as neat as a quill, they have barely any reason to be there.”

“You’ve been looking at other ladies?” Crisa asked, tad jealous.

Putting on his Silver chest Armour, Zar answered. “You’d better be more concerned that I’m looking at men, they are making the travelling merchants rich.”