Chapter 322

At the end of January of the fire season, there were 55 days before the Legion competition held by the York family, and the whole man horse hill was busy.

The extraordinary deeds of calming the ant disaster, new farming and animal husbandry, water conservancy projects and killing the alienated dragon and beast itugos spread throughout the human country through the caravan, Bard, silver and white tower and the mouth of the church, pushing the reputation of the York family to the top.

The powerful nobles, including the Sassanian Empire, sent envoys to Jinshui city to congratulate the York family, observe the construction of water conservancy projects and inquire about the secrets of barbarians.

No matter what purpose the major forces have, the Legion competition in Renma hill is bound to be a great event attracting worldwide attention.

So far, Jinshui city has received more than 900 noble children, including 22 knights and 103 trainee knights. Some of them come from the far north Teutonic principality, some from the distant Eastern alliance. Most of them are the second sons and daughters of the poor family. The younger ones are less than 12 years old and the older ones are more than 40 years old.

Either alone or with two squires, they traveled thousands of miles to the Renma hill just to participate in the Legion competition held by the York family, show their skills, talents and qualities at the meeting, and win a future for themselves.

Great nobles attach great importance to reputation. Attracting talents is the benefit of reputation.

However, the Legion competition meeting that can affect the whole human world is very rare, thanks to Sylvia's announcement of new farming and animal husbandry technology. In order to recognize the outstanding contributions of the York family, the church ordered the stationed priests everywhere to publicize the reputation of the York family and the wealth of the human horse hills. The churches along the way also provided material support for the noble children to travel. The local powerful lords also responded positively to the invitation of the York family, prepared heavy rites and rushed to the human horse hills, instead of interfering with it as usual, Cut people halfway.

The new farming and animal husbandry technology benefits everyone, and the divine Knight will become very powerful, irritable and aggressive when it is close to the meteorite. In history, there have even been incidents in which the divine knight challenged the Pope. His highness wanted to see how powerful the glorious angel is, but forced the Pope to hide for a while. In short, no one wants to be written down in a small book by Sylvia. If other families announce new farming and animal husbandry technologies... Whoever you are, you don't have to think about human feelings.

Sylvia's disclosure of new farming and animal husbandry technology is called generosity. The great lords must respond. Others should do so. Even if they thank the church for spreading technology.

In the context of the law of the jungle, we must have the strength of self-protection before we can have an environment for development and growth. The small Lord wants to stand out from the crowd by relying on one or two new technologies. That's just a dream.

The York family is famous for its new farming, animal husbandry and water conservancy projects, and is booming, attracting many Knight children to take refuge. Victor, as the actual promoter of technological change, did not complain. In fact, he is not interested in the Legion martial arts competition. Recruiting Knights will only break the existing balance of power of Randall and return the family to the traditional and slow development mode.

Victor is going to recruit some poor noble children to act as the contact attendants of Randall family and deal with the nobility. Liaison officer Alice has repeatedly told Victor that she needs several assistants. Ordinary people are really incompetent for such things.

The choice of contact attendants can not be finalized until the end of the Legion competition. Now Victor's main focus is on the barbarians and Sophia.

A convoy of hundreds of carriages left the freight yard of Pinghu Town and drove to Raven town in the north. Each carriage was full of all kinds of living materials, including crude sugar, purple cane wine, flour, dried potato, pickled meat, linen and sheepskin blankets.

This is the third supply convoy sent by Randall family in the past 40 days.

The barbarians are about to visit the man horse hill. At Victor's strong request, Sylvia plans to place them in Raven town in the north. In addition, Sophia's saber toothed tiger business group, 1000 elite paladins and 500 tusk soldiers, the garrison force of Raven town is more than 2000. According to the agreement, the life needs of barbarians and human soldiers were shared by the church, the Gambis royal family, the York family and the saber toothed tiger business group.

Victor sent a supply team mainly to show the identity and attitude of the Lord of Raven Town, and sold the materials to Sophia at a high price to make up for the loss of Raven town.

Raven town connects dodo Kingdom and Renma hills. It could have become an excellent trade port and has considerable economic prospects. In recent months, the trade quota between Raven town and its north and South neighbors is steadily increasing. Over time, its total trade volume is bound to exceed that of cross-country Liucheng, while the arrival of barbarians has stranded Victor's plan to build a trade town.

Before the barbarians crossed south, raven town was doomed to be a backwater. Victor's loss was immeasurable. He can only get angry when he knocks on his wife's bamboo pole.

However, with barbarians as a shield, rock bricks can come out in advance. Randall's development plan of leading two cities, seven towns and twenty-one villages will be realized within ten years. In particular, once the candle Castle protecting the alchemy tower is completed, Victor can arm the army with silver and even publicly display the alchemy dragon lizard, becoming the top power Lord in one fell swoop.

In contrast, the stagnation of Raven town is not unacceptable.

The tail of the motorcade disappeared into the mountainous hills. Victor looked back, left the window and returned to the main seat of pinghubao study.

Nelson saw Victor's eyebrows stretch and look bright. He couldn't help asking, "Sir, what good idea do you think of?"

Victor smiled and said, "there are no good ideas, just think of the past." He took a sip from his coffee cup and asked leisurely, "do you remember our neighbor Baron Esquire?"

"Baron Esquire is a powerful knight and a hospitable Lord." Nelson thought for a moment and added, "he's a good man."

Victor shook his head and said with a smile, "he is a good man and a poor Lord. But his situation is much better than ours."

"Baron Esquire is a senior knight, only one step away from the silver stage. His wife and two sons are naturally awakened trainee knights, with 30 elite soldiers, a baron castle, three villages and a territory of 3000 square kilometers."

"When I opened up Randall's territory, my followers were less than 600, only 42 carriages, no castle, no village... Except that my territory was bigger than him, and there were more refugees and bandits than him, I was a long way from Baron escley."

"Now, Baron escley has replaced the land to the York family and left the man horse hill. We have a town, 15 villages, 900 soldiers, 80 swift riders, more than 20000 people working for the Randall family. It's easy for me to arrange more than 100 carriages!" Victor knocked on the table and said, "thanks to you, the Randall family can have today!"

Nelson said convincingly, "Your Excellency is wise!"

Victor couldn't help smiling and joked, "am I wise or am I wise?"

"Well... Your excellency is wise and your words are wise... Both wise and wise." Nelson scratched his head and grinned.

Victor laughed, and the hammer and Kidd sitting next to him couldn't help laughing.

"OK. I want to tell you that the Randall family is not what it used to be. What does it matter if the SM mercenary regiment loses some money! Kidd, I want to celebrate for you that you can bring back 88 mountain hunters."

Hammer, Kidd and Fermi were once the heads and deputy heads of the Warhammer mercenary regiment. After their first mission, they brought back more than 70 mountain hunters. Victor divided these people into three and formed the Warhammer, lynx and kestrel mercenary regiments respectively. Kidd served as the head of the lynx mercenary corps, led 20 mountain hunters, 30 alchemy militia and 7 free civilian traders, opened up smuggling trade routes in the western provinces and northern counties of Gambis, attracted mountain people's villages along the way and established caravan strongholds.

The development route of SM mercenary regiment is much longer and more complex than that of Warhammer mercenary regiment. Sometimes they can't find a mountain stronghold for more than 20 consecutive days. They have experienced more than 100 large and small battles. In the most tragic one, they have been dealing with jackals for 11 days, and all the arrows have been exhausted, Finally, four alchemy militia and three mountain hunters were sacrificed to get rid of the entanglement of the jackals.

Along the way, the SM mercenary regiment went through all kinds of hardships, knocked on the door of 73 mountain strongholds by force and trade, recruited nearly 100 mountain hunters, drew a detailed road map, and exchanged thousands of pounds of mountain goods. However, when they returned to Songlin Town, Kidd found that he had lost money.

Seeing that the Lord didn't mean to blame at all, Kidd was relieved. He was ashamed and grateful. He stood up and said with a bitter smile: "Sir, I still have the face to celebrate. I just hope you can ask Mrs. Lilia to send down that batch of equipment."

The profit of SM mercenary regiment from selling mountain products is almost 2200 gold sol. After paying the dividends of free civil and commercial vendors, the remaining 1300 gold sol. At present, mountain hunters have no concept of money. What they never forget is the complete set of equipment of SM mercenaries. Kidd decided to keep his promise. When he found Lilia and asked for arms allocation, Lilia rolled her eyes, stretched out her small hand and asked for 7000 gold sol.

Kidd turned around and couldn't shake out 7000 gold sol. Lilia said happily: if you have money, take your equipment. If you don't have money, please come back. Then she calculated an account for Kidd, including 20 gold sols for steel ring lock armor, 15 gold sols for rattan leather armor, 5 gold sols for helmet, boots and leather gloves, 10 gold sols for composite hard bow, 20 gold sols for refined iron short spear and shield, 10 gold sols for refined iron short sword, and free arrows. Each set of equipment is 80 gold sols, 88 sets of equipment is 7040 gold sols in total, and only 7000 gold sols are deducted.

The manpower cost of armaments produced by the alchemy auxiliary is almost zero, and the material cost is no more than 20 gold sols per set, but Lilia doesn't care. The market price of armaments is what its cost is. Moreover, the armaments produced by the hill camp are of fine workmanship, exquisite materials and high quality. The price of each set is definitely more than 80 gold sol.

Kidd didn't know he had lost money until an account was settled, but Lilia was not considerate. It was no use for Kidd to ask Nelson and the hammer to come forward. In desperation, they had to harden their heads to plead with victor.

Although the bobcat mercenary regiment is secretly controlled by Victor, strictly speaking, they are independent of the Randall family's military sequence. These mountain people mercenaries really want to leave the mercenary regiment. The Randall family has no reason to stop them. Lilia prepared for a rainy day. Her financial system was separated from military and government, accounted independently, minimized hidden losses, and was approved and praised by Victor.

The credibility of the mercenary regiment is related to the support of the mountain people's village. Kidd's commitment to the mountain people's hunter must be fulfilled. The decision to overthrow Lilia was also very simple, but the impact was very bad.

After all, this is not a modern society with highly developed information technology. The Lord conveys his will to the people through heralds and relies on a solid system to maintain the territorial order. If the Lord is used to reneging, the vassal will be at a loss and the family's internal affairs will become chaotic. People with intentions can even take advantage of this loophole to issue diametrically opposite instructions to the vassal, resulting in irreparable consequences.

Once the system is established, it cannot be changed at will. Lilia is Victor's partner and his deputy. Maintaining Lilia's prestige helps... Family happiness and a happy life.

In short, the Lord should be honest internally. It's not wrong to be flexible externally.

"Lilia is in charge of the Quartermaster warehouse now. What shall I do if I annoy her and she loses her key?" Victor said with a embarrassed face.

Nelson, Kidd and hammer looked at each other with strange expressions. They think they should be disappointed, but why are they secretly happy?

"Well, I'll secretly mobilize a batch of equipment for you. Don't move the reserves in the Quartermaster warehouse."

Kidd was overjoyed and thanked again and again. Victor turned around and said, "even if it's my investment."

"Investment?" Nelson was puzzled and said, "Sir, the smuggler group was originally yours!"

"If all the smugglers belong to me, I'll be miserable!"

Victor explained with a smile, "it's impossible to make a steady profit without losing by opening up channels. Kidd, why did the SM mercenary regiment lose money?"

Kidd said dully, "the free traders took the mountain goods we received to the town for sale, but the shops' bid was ridiculously low, and the price of our shopping was extremely high. All the money was earned by the shop owners."

"My Lord has long said that rare things are more expensive. Mountain goods can only be sold at a high price if they are sold in towns far away from mountains and forests. Don't you understand this truth?" Cried the hammer.

"We do ship in plain towns. But we still can't sell it!" Kidd loudly defended: "those free traders said that the shop owner thought we were buying and selling with one hammer. If we can kill hard, we can kill hard. We have to run more times. When we get familiar with the shop, the goods can be sold at a high price and the materials will be cheap."

"That's right." Victor nodded and said, "the Warhammer mercenary group harvested tens of thousands of gold sols on its first trip. That's because you dug up the white crystal and met a small family caravan. With their contacts, the merchants of deepwater city will give you a fair price."

"This is the terminal."

"Only channels, not terminals!"

Victor said slowly: "If there is no merchant to receive the goods, the profits of the smuggling caravan must be very limited! Have you ever thought that when 50 people go out and more than 100 people come back, one caravan will become two and two into four. In the future, each war bear mercenary will manage three caravans. If each caravan belongs to me and each caravan will lose money, it will not bring our Randall family alive "The ground dragged down?"

"Moreover, the mountain people, mercenaries and traders are free people. They do not belong to the Randall family in legal theory. If the smuggling caravan does not make money, they will leave the caravan. If this happens, will our efforts and investment be in vain?"

Nelson was tongue tied and said, "so... What should I do? The smuggling caravan... Won't do it?"

Victor shook his head and said, "to tell you the truth, the strength of Randall family is not enough to swallow the profits of smuggling trade alone. We need external financial and human support. We need small lords, FengChen village chiefs, mountain people mercenaries, free people businessmen and villain thugs to join in and share this big cake together. All we have to do is hold the knife."

"Since we can't eat the whole cake alone, why do we make the cake alone?"

Victor took a sip of coffee and continued: "Supporting 30 smuggling caravans is the limit of my ability. I'll make up for the lost elite guards. I provide the military equipment of mercenaries and the materials for trade with the stronghold. However, the Randall family can't continue to lose money endlessly. I can support each smuggling caravan for up to two years. The smuggling caravan must account independently and be responsible for its own profits and losses. Er... It is to support itself Meaning. "

The three people looked at each other. Nelson couldn't help but say, "Sir, we don't understand. We can do whatever you say."

"All right." Victor rubbed his eyebrows and said, "I allow the smuggling caravan to lose money for two years. After two years, the arms and goods needed by the smuggling caravan must be purchased at the price. Similarly, the family will pay for the goods purchased by the smuggling caravan. In addition, I invested in the caravan. I will account for 50% of the profits of each caravan, and the rest will be distributed by you."

The hammer stood up and said incredulously, "Sir, do you mean that the remaining 50% of the profits belong to me? But you are my Lord, I am your vassal, and it is my duty to work for you. You have given me land, cattle, sheep and annual salary. How can I take your money?"

Victor nodded and said with a smile, "FengChen can also make money in business. You should take a share of the profits by selling private goods at the risk of your life. As for how much you take and how much your mercenaries are divided, you decide for yourself."

"By the way, your grain, cattle and sheep can also be sold to smuggling caravans at their own prices, as long as they can sell in the end."

Kidd and hammer both looked excited. The smugglers' caravan has nearly 2000 gold sols of profits for half a year. If half of them are deducted, 1000 gold sols can be left, which is much better than a simple mercenary regiment.

The mercenary regiment can earn 1000 gold a year. It's good to deduct the expenses for repairing armaments, purchasing supplies and compensating the dead and wounded. The rest is very limited. In fact, most mercenaries live in groups just to get enough wine and meat, and a little pocket money is also used for fun.

Victor equipped the smuggling caravan with weapons and armaments, and the mercenary regiment saved the most expenses, while the mountain people's mercenaries paid up to 15 kinsol a year. Kidd and hammer run down in a year and can score at least 500 gold sols.

No one will be too rich. The hammer licked his lips and said, "Sir, I think those free civil and commercial vendors are useless. We learn how to do business. There is no need to give them any more money."

"What do you think?" Victor looked sideways at Nelson.

Nelson said with a sad face, "I... I don't even have a smuggling caravan..."

"Ha ha, I can't tell Linda."

"Boss, you can give your goods to my SM. I'll give you a good price."

Victor smiled and said, "that fat wedge is a smart man. He expected you to leave him, so he proposed chain stores and preserves industry. His positioning coincides with my vision."

"The profits of the caravan should finally be reflected in sales. Those free civil traders are the terminals I prepared for the smuggling caravan. Fat Weiqi's candied fruit chain is just a shell. Every candied fruit shop he opened can sell private goods."

Speaking of this, Victor paused and asked the hammer, "I once said that fat wedge needs to take out 7000 gold sol to open a candied fruit chain. How much has he raised now?"

The hammer replied, "Vicky has hired seven more free traders. They have enough money. Do you want to see him?"

Victor pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "Now is not the time for me to come forward. You tell Weiqi in the name of old John that old John will take 30000 gold sol to open a chain store, including candied fruit sales. The store will be managed by fat weiqi and pay dividends once a year. He will share 10% with the seven free traders, and old John accounts for 90%. If they do well, they can still get the bonus of the store every year. If they don't do well, they can only roll up the shop Guy left. Don't want the principal of 7000 kinsol. "

The hammer hesitated and said, "Sir, I'm afraid they won't agree."

"They will agree." Victor said confidently.

These businessmen dare to sell private goods and plan the candied fruit industry. With courage and vision, how can they miss this great opportunity? On the contrary, Zhan Xiong mercenaries don't understand what joint-stock firms mean.

Victor sighed secretly and said, "Nelson, you don't have a smuggling caravan, but you can invest in a business and enjoy dividends every year. Other war bear mercenaries can also invest in a business. Each of the 44 War Bear members takes 500 gold sol, accounting for half of the bonus of the chamber of Commerce. Nelson, you take 5000 gold sol, monopolize half of the bonus, and the remaining 80% of the bonus belongs to me."

"Oh." Nelson always obeyed victor and immediately nodded his head. Hammer and Kidd wouldn't have an opinion, so they both agreed.

Victor said half jokingly and half seriously, "5000 gold sol is not a small amount. Go back and tell Linda that in ten years, the great Lord will use 500000 gold sol to buy 10% of the bonus of the firm, which depends on whether I am willing to sell it to them. I think Linda will probably not make trouble with you."

"Buy a 10% bonus for 500000 gold sol?!" Nelson's eyes widened and swallowed his saliva.

"What is 500000?" Victor murmured, "this firm can expand its territory, not become a shareholder with money."

The hammer asked cautiously, "Sir, what's the name of the firm?"

What's your name? The East India Company... Sounds strange. Tosra... Has no taste. The silver moon consortium... Is not suitable.

After struggling for a long time, Victor finally said, "the golden mission... Yes, it's called the golden mission. What do you think!"

"Good! Good name!"

"Well, that's a good name!"

"The golden group is loud and easy to remember. It's unforgettable!"

Nelson clapped, hammer and Kidd nodded, and Victor was satisfied.

It's just a small matter to name it. Just be proud. Victor returned to the subject, "hammer, remember to buy more camel antelopes when you go to garci town next time. This kind of draught animal is very easy to use. The smuggling Caravan and Randall collar need a large number of camel antelopes."

"I'll start now." The hammer stood up and said.

"Don't worry."

Victor raised his hand to sign the hammer to sit down and said, "in the morning of the end of fire season in March, I will hold a military parade in Pinghu Town Square. In the evening, it is the first carnival led by Randall. During this time, you have a good rest and start after the celebration." Touched his chin and said, "the golden mission can start to be built."

Victor picked up the bell on the table and shook it. A guard went into the study and waited for orders.

"Send someone to yeliucheng to recall old John. Then invite Mrs. Lilia and tell her I want to transfer a sum of money."

The guard bowed and said, "Mrs. Lilia is not in Pinghu Town. She has gone to Yinyue manor."

"There are so many things in Pinghu Town. Why did she go to Yinyue manor?"

Victor was stunned, waved his hand and said, "forget it, I'll go to Yinyue manor to find her myself."