Heroes of Might and Magic: Knight Chapter 284: Restore and put on schedule (changed)
Ironwood City
Richard is concentrating on some political affairs in the city. Nearly a week has passed since he recruited Moriel, and Richard has basically recovered from the sequelae of using the God-killing Ring.
The training of the Burning Sun Army has basically been completed, and the next step is the daily training and field training. In another month, they will exchange with the Flying Bear Army and be taken to the Demon Suppressing City.
Thanks to the good foundation of the Sun Legion, this legion went to the wilderness to fight against the ogres and accumulated some practical experience. After training in the wilderness for a while and accumulating a few victories, it was pulled out. A strong army capable of fighting.
After arriving in Ironwood City, Moriel temporarily helped Richard manage the chores and acted as the strongest guard. There was no sign of the Dragon Army for the time being, but Richard was interested in recruiting another legion for Moriel to lead. , but the Hunter family's finances did not allow Richard to continue to expand the army for the time being. Fortunately, Moriel didn't care about not having an army for the time being. Instead, she seriously helped Richard deal with internal affairs, showing considerable talent in internal affairs.
As for Chernik, after two days of teacher training at Ironwood City College, he was thrown to Ironwood City College and became the instructor with the highest force value in the glorious Ironwood City College. He quickly won over the teachers and students of the entire college. respect.
Throwing a master who is at the peak of the Great Knight into an academy to be a teacher. Even the Knight Academy in the royal capital does not have the luxury of Richard. After Chernik showed a little bit of his strength in the academy, he was shocked by everyone. He wanted to Not only had Chernik been at Ironwood City College for a short period of time and was not familiar with all aspects of the situation, he had to be the chief instructor of Ironwood City College.
"Master Richard, this is the financial revenue and expenditure for this month."
While Richard was still carefully sorting out the chores in Ironwood City, Egger suddenly walked in and reported to Richard the situation of the month. As Richard became more and more powerful, more people joined him later. Call him Lord Richard,
Only an old man like Iger still habitually calls Richard "young master". After all, he has watched Richard grow up.
Although Iger, the general manager of Ironwood City's internal affairs, cannot be called excellent, he is definitely above the qualifications. When Richard was away, Iger relied on him to sort out the affairs of Ironwood City in order. If Viscount Sauter was left to manage Ironwood City, Li Cha did not dare to think about how Ironwood City would be managed if he disappeared for a period of time.
Of course, the more important thing is that Iger has worked for the Hunter family for three generations. He is loyal enough and knows how to advance and retreat. These things that Iger can decide by himself, when Richard sits in the Ironwood Castle office, Iger will Take the initiative to report to Richard.
"Uncle Egg, sit down, no need to be polite.
Tell me directly about the financial situation. Do you still have money to expand the army? ”
Aige: “…”
“This month, excluding the total income of Zhenmo City, has increased by more than 10,000 gold. The increase mainly comes from the sales of soap and cigarettes. Now the sales of soap are still increasing every month. We We are still increasing production, and the current momentum of cigarettes is also very good. They are currently very popular among nobles and businessmen in the valley. After a period of word-of-mouth fermentation, sales should be better."
"Yeah."
Richard nodded. He expected the sales of soap and cigarettes to be good. He knew how well these two things sold in his world and how huge the profits would be.
And now it is a separate business. Not to mention cigarettes, it is estimated that imitation versions will soon appear. Those things are easy to be followed. What the Hunter family caravan has to do is to maintain its reputation and strengthen marketing. The upper-class people only recognize the Hunter brand, and everything else is inferior.
Because the manufacturing method of soap has not been exposed, it is a complete monopoly business. Although it is not expensive, the demand is astonishingly large. The entire sinking market is included in it, and the current growth rate is also very fast. normal.
With such huge interests, they also guard the formula so strictly. That is to say, the Hunter family is strong enough and the knife handles in their hands are surprisingly hard, so that they can firmly control this business to themselves, without fear of anyone trying to take advantage of the wealthy family. seize.
Six months ago, the financial income of five digits a month was a wealth that no one in the Hunter family could even imagine. When Egg first saw this kind of income, he felt a little uncomfortable. The truth is, there are too many.
Now that I'm used to it, I feel a little flattering. It's boring. Anyway, with Young Master Richard's ability to spend money, he can spend it no matter how much he earns.
Looking at the financial surplus, Richard's mind became active again. There is no shortage of generals now. It is a waste to keep Moriel by his side to handle internal affairs. It would be a waste to expand another legion for Moriel to lead. Not flattering?
"Master Richard! We have just expanded a legion. Although the income has increased a lot this month, you will withdraw a large sum of gold every month. This money needs to be used to maintain the daily operation of Ironwood City! ”
Seeing that Richard had the idea of expanding his army again, Egg quickly poured cold water on him. Although his income was more, his expenses were also rising steadily. The subsidy for Ironwood City College alone was a huge expense. The students inside are well-fed and eat meat every meal, but this is not caused by strong winds.
Richard pinched his nose. He spent close to 20,000 gold nards every month to buy goods in the market, which was always a black bill. No one except him knew that this amount of money was enough to support another legion. Fortunately, the Hunter family is his one-stop shop, so they can let him use money in such an unclear way.
After thinking about it carefully, Richard also temporarily gave up the idea of expanding the army. It is not entirely a matter of money. With a population of 5 to 6 million, maintaining an 80,000 professional army for a long time is actually a bit too much. Expanding the army will easily squeeze young people out of other industries, which is not conducive to the balanced development of the territory. We can wait until more people are annexed.
"First ensure the expenses of the Sun Legion and Ironwood City Academy, but the reserve of weapons and equipment cannot be stopped. At least double the equipment must be prepared to be able to respond to the expansion of the army at any time."
"Yes, Master Richard."
Iger would not object to this. The full operation of the ordnance factory is actually a part of the economy. The Hunter family does need to reserve sufficient weapons.
"Master Richard, information from the royal capital."
Just after Egger finished his report to Richard, a spy from Yusidu sent over a piece of information from the royal capital.
There is no airtight wall in the world. There were many people discussing matters in the palace that day. After Yusidu inquired carefully, she still got the content of the discussion. The matter involved the Hunter family. Yusidu quickly found out about it in the royal capital. The information came from Yongfengniao.
Richard took the information and read the content of a small page carefully. He felt quite calm. For example, he had sealed some territory that was actually controlled by the Hunter family to Zebul, Hardman and others. It's not even disgusting for Richard. The kingdom completely underestimated Richard's control over his subordinates.
Although I had expected it, I didn't expect that the honeymoon period between myself and Renne would end so soon. As expected, there is no relationship in politics.
It’s time to put the matter of marrying the Messiah on the agenda,
During these days, Richard would still exchange letters with Messiah when he had time, and chat about daily life. The two of them did not use ordinary postmen to deliver goods, but used wind birds as a luxury.
After not seeing each other for a while, not only did the relationship not fade, but there was also a sense of missing her. Regardless of his relationship with Ren, Richard's attitude towards Messiah has not changed.
We must take advantage of the fact that everyone still maintains a semblance of harmony and marry Messiah as soon as possible to avoid difficulties in the future...