Firearms in a Fantasy World

Translator: Cinder Translations

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After confirming the collaboration with Hansel, Paul Grayman began to consider the agricultural issues in his territory.

Firstly, regarding land ownership, nominally, all lands in Alden's domain belonged to the Grayman family, much like how in ancient times all lands in the Celestial Empire belonged to the emperor. However, practical terms for agricultural production are as follows:

Nearly one-third of the arable land directly belonged to the Lord's Manor, and the output from these lands belonged entirely to the Grayman family. Just over one-third of the land was held by various village landlords and gentry (including retainers of the Grayman family) who paid taxes to the Lord's Manor annually, with the remainder of the output belonging to themselves. The weaker one-third of the land belonged to numerous small peasant farmers or small landowners.

According to the usual approach, the Earl should initiate a violent or gentle land redistribution reform, ensuring that every farmer in the domain has a piece of land sufficient to support themselves and their families, achieving the ideal of