Leech rubbed the paper. It was a bit thick.
Just a little thinner than parchment.
The young maids' craftsmanship left him a little exasperated. Making thin, soft paper would require a great deal of practice, and their tools would have to be upgraded. Even so, this thick paper was incomparably cheaper than parchment or cloth scraps.
He picked up his pen and wrote a few block characters on the paper.
"Porcupine Territory Population and Occupational Planning"
The population was over two thousand. Two to three hundred were commoners and Soldiers, and the rest were all slaves.
The ratio was fairly normal. Some minor lords didn't even want commoners, only serfs who could farm the land and generate more tax revenue. How to raise taxes and line their pockets with more Silver Moons and Jinri—that was all these lords ever thought about.
Minor nobles thought about how to squeeze their own people dry, while major nobles schemed to plunder the wealth of other territories.
