Tales of the Reincarnated Lord Chapter 235: Go to Morante City
Chapter 235 Going to Morante City
"How many boats are you going to buy?" asked Charade.
You ca n’t buy a boat. The Bullhorn Bay shipyard produces a maximum of seven ships a year. Currently it is building two whaling ships and a three-masted sail ship designed by Lorist. Lorist's plan is to build a fleet of seven to eight whaling vessels specializing in whaling or fishing to provide fish products for the family Territory. Northern Land's northward waters have not yet been developed, and it has rich marine fishing resources, which is a treasure for the family Territory.
Next, the family must also have a powerful armed forces fleet to defend the sea area. This is the family ’s marine Territory. Although they have not encountered enemies such as pirates, the family needs prevention and security. The three-masted sailship, now near completion, was an attempt at a long-range attack. In the next two years, the plan is to form a small fleet of five warships to protect the family's maritime traffic and marine development.
In this way, the shipbuilding mission already of the Bullhorn Bay shipyard is full of arrangements. Although a shipyard is planned to be built at Silowas Islands, the shipyard is mainly responsible for the construction of small offshore fishing vessels and small cargo merchant ships. Can repair large family fishing and battleships. On the date arrangement, the shipyard of Silowas Islands needs at least two years to achieve initial results.
Lorist came to Silowas Islands and captured six seaboats, all of which were the Aristocrat(s) children occupying the Wanghai Manor, and one was levied by Viscount Yaslan to Silowas Islands to collect taxes. Now it has become a Lorist loot . Two small ferries, Silowas Islands to Jillin Harbor, the remaining four sea vessels and two whale ships together form a small cargo fleet of Bullhorn Bay to Silowas Islands.
The development of Silowas Islands requires the strong support of the family Territory, and it needs a large number of freight fleets. In the case that the family has only one Bullhorn Bay shipyard, the purchase of freight sea vessels has become the only option. And Morante City Hidegold Bay's numerous shipyards are everywhere, going there can definitely buy the right cargo sea boat.
"I'm not sure. When I get to Morante City, I'll ask about the price before deciding." Lorist replied.
"This is another huge expenditure, and the family's finances are not optimistic." Charade lamented.
As the former big housekeeper of Norton Family, Charade knows the family's financial situation and capital reserves. Thanks to the family's northbound caravan raids and robberies, and the Northern Land Grand Duke(s) collar was ransacked, when the family peaked, the capital reserve exceeded 4 million gold fordes. This is a surprising, huge, rich and rich country. The number is enough for Lorist and his family Knight(s) to enjoy nothing for two hundred years.
But Lorist has invested these funds into the development of family Territory and the improvement of the family armed forces's combat power. It cost nearly one million gold fordes to resist the magical beast tide, resettle the refugees, and develop Fengleyuan and Xing'anyuan. Next, invest in the black mud marsh of the family Territory. It is estimated that the total investment will also need nearly one million gold fordes. In addition, the Bullhorn Bay shipyard and Blade Edge Mountain Range's black iron refining base, crossbow manufacturing site, and weapon production base also spent no less than 500,000 gold coin(s).
Regarding the development of Silowas Islands, after the discussion, the Lorist clapper decided the plan. The development budget given by Charade was nearly 800,000 gold fordes. Now Lorist has to buy a large number of cargo sea vessels. This is not a bargain. One already with four or five thousand gold fordes is considered second-hand goods. As a result, the family's capital reserve is only half a million gold fordes, and the family's armament expenditure and administrative costs for a year are close to 300,000 gold fordes, so Charade is a little worried. ,
"Don't worry about the issue of funds." Lorist smiled and comforted Charade: "Now the development of Fengleyuan and Xing'anyuan is nearing completion. From the perspective of tax collection this year, already is able to spend on administrative and defense teams There is still some room for self-sufficiency, and those manufacturing plants that have been set up have also started to make a profit. Last year, the family earned thousands of gold fordes in this regard. This year, it is expected to have more than 20,000 profits, which is no small supplement to the family.
From the perspective of investment, the black mud marsh relies on the family's Territory already in our hands. The next focus is to build river banks and seaport cities. This is a long-established fund. Don't worry about it. Another big head is the shipyard, which requires continuous investment, which has long been planned. As for the bases of Blade Edge Mountain Range, now already has made a lot of profits for the family, and it does not require a lot of research funding. It can be spent 20,000 to 30,000 a year for their research and improvement.
The Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce joint venture between us and the three major families can now bring us tens of thousands of dollars each year, and the investment of the family armed forces in recent years has basically been to establish new guard camps and sailing battalions, and other already dressups At the end, only the salary needs to be maintained, and from the perspective of arms expenditure, it has been reduced by nearly 100,000 gold fordes. I estimate that the income of Fengleyuan and Xing'anyuan will guarantee the family's armed forces armament expenditure and the entire family's administrative expenses next year. "
"Impossible" Charade shook his head and expressed disbelief: "Even if you deduct 100,000, a year's armament expenditures and administrative expenses will be nearly 200,000 gold fordes. The family Territory cannot have such a high income."
Lorist laughed and laughed: "How impossible, there are more than 12,000 residents on Silowas Islands, 50% of the tax revenue of previous years can receive about 5,000, almost one person has to pay half gold fordes tax. You think about the family of Territory, the leaders of Fengleyuan and Xing'anyuan now have nearly 800,000 people. One person pays a quarter of gold fordes to 200,000, and more next year. /
Moreover, we are not only unable to get out. Although going to Morante City to purchase a cargo ship costs a lot, as long as we ship the magical beast fur accumulated in Northern Land to Morante City, we can sell more than one million gold fordes, as well as those smoked The magical beast jerky and whale meat are best-selling goods, and soon we can earn back the funds invested in development. "
"Yeah, why did I forget that I can do business transactions?" Charade patted his head: "But Locke, you return all these captives to Second Highness to make development here very tight, Silowas Islands requires a lot of labor , Are we really going to recruit refugees? What if Second Highness does not agree?
"It should be agreed. Grisia said that he also has a headache for these exiles. He has to consume a large amount of food every month to feed the exiles in the two southwestern provinces. We want to recruit these exiles to do labor to reduce the burden for him. He It will not be blocked. Grisia will bring us the authorization documents in two days, you can rest assured. "Lorist answered with thought.
"We estimated that in order to complete the initial development of Silowas Islands within two years, more than 30,000 young labors are needed. The current relocation of White Bird Town, the expansion of the dock area, the construction of the defensive city walls and facilities, Wanghai The reconstruction of the manor, the reconstruction of the seven villages and the development of the terraces, as well as the construction of the sailing battalion and the fleet terminal, the selection of the shipyard, the fortress castle of the Third Guard Battalion, and the construction of the coastal embankment all need sufficient Labor "
Charade shook his head and continued to say, "Too much money is needed to develop Silowas Islands. According to the principle of family selection of labor(er), we will recruit those who have family members. These labor(er) families will bring us more. Expenditure and food consumption. Locke, when you go to buy a boat, you also have to order a large amount of food to make reserves, as more people on the island produce more food than they need to consume.
Lorist thought about it and said, "I forgot to ask Grisia last time. I heard she said that the situation has been good in the past few years. Andinak Kingdom has harvested a lot of grain because taxes are used to offset food in kind. Second Highness has ample grain reserves. I see if he bought a batch from him, I believe he will be happy. But then we have to reserve a large amount of grain, the more the better.
"Why" Charade asked.
"It's very simple, Second Highness will wait for the death of the three princes, Grisia said that the three princes will not survive for three months. As long as the three princes die, Second Highness will definitely launch a battle to unify Empire. If there is any twists or turns in the war, Lost, I am afraid that Andinak Kingdom will also be turbulent. If the war is delayed for a long time, I am afraid that it will be like the years of the Empire civil war, and no one will be able to cultivate in the kingdom with peace. At that time, the food we reserved was used to save these refugees. For your life. "
"You do n’t like Second Highness so that I want to say what the 300,000 army wants, not to unify the entire Empire, it is enough to sweep half of it. By adding those wall grasses, Second Highness will become more and more publicized, no Who can stop his soldiers. "Charade does not understand why Lorist is always optimistic about Second Highness.
“I ca n’t say, it ’s just an intuition. I vaguely feel that Second Highness just ca n’t be successful, and I do n’t know how I would think so. Forget it, let ’s not talk about it. If Second Highness agrees to our recruitment at Imperial Capital skilled personnel and labor(er), who are you going to be responsible for? "Lorist asked.
"This time when the family comes to the ship, the two directors, Kedan and Hanks , will come with the boat. I want the Hanks director to stay on the island to help me, and let Steward Kedan take Hicked to Imperial Capital. They please Caltock and Grisia Just take care. As for the labor(er) enrollment, I may go to the two southwestern provinces in person. "Charade replied.
"So, I will let Jim lead the team to guard your safety for the 500 Imperial Guards that came with the ship this time. I take the Joske and Els with the flying fish of Chen Xi, and Doles and the ten Imperial Guard to Morante City That's it. You are in charge of everything at Silowas Islands.
In addition, you and Second Highness will be in charge of the purchase of food. Also, the eldest son of Grandmaster Sid who came with the ship will explore the minerals on Silowas Islands. Now it is November, do n’t let him go into the mountains What dangers he encountered, let him spend the winter on the island and take Imperial Guard to survey the island next year. "
Lorist patted Charade on the shoulder and remembered another thing: "Yes, write a letter to your father and let me take it."
"Why" Charade asked.
"Buy glass, isn't your father a glass agent? Importing large quantities of glass from him and then arriving by sea to the family Territory reduces the freight. You know that a piece of green glass shipped on a few copper plates in Morante City After Northern Land, we have to spend a large silver coin(s) to buy it. Now many of the residents in the family Territory use wooden boards, so I decided to buy the freight ship after the first purchase and transportation is glass. "Lorist Zhenzhen has a word.
Charade laughed: "Okay, I will write it to you at night. When will you leave?"
"After two days, I have to wait for the family to come over this time. This time we have shipped 500,000 gold fordes, and some samples of magical beast fur. I bring 100,000 gold fordes for the deposit and purchase Section, the remaining 400,000 are left here for you. "Lorist said.
After three days, the flying fish of the morning dawn sails again and sails south.
The further south you meet, the more ships there are. There are large and small offshore fishing vessels along the coast, and various small cargo merchant ships.
Captain Wilson introduced that the former Krissen Empire did not attach much importance to the ocean and did not form any fleet, mainly to the north coast, which has no good ports. Jillin Harbor already is the northernmost seaport known. Due to the depth of water, large ocean-going merchant ships and warships cannot be anchored. The small sea-going ships in this area to the south are basically owned by the coastal Lord(s), and they rely on geographical location to earn maritime wealth for themselves.
Lorist remembers the Mr. Tim that caravan encountered when he was traveling northbound a few years ago. The illegitimate child who was promoted to Viscount Tibor by him does not know how he is now. However, Charade led the cooperation between Peterson Chamber of Commerce and Viscount Tibor leaders before bringing caravan northbound, and also helped Mr. Tim form a defensive team. Now think about it should be a good life, maybe you can also get news of Peterson Chamber of Commerce from him, this time to Morante City, we need the assistance of President Peterson.
"Go to Viscount Tibor collar," Lorist ordered.
Seven days later, the flying fish of the morning dawn appeared in the offshore of Viscount Tibor. Doles and Els have followed Charade several times before, and soon found the cargo terminal of Viscount. They also saw the distance to build on the hill Tibor Family flag fluttering on the manor castle.
Only two small armed forces cargo sea vessels are moored at the pier. There is no large cargo ship Peterson Chamber of Commerce. Wilson directed the boat near the dock and stopped.
The distant manor castle sounded a horn. Soon, a team of defensive soldier(s) rushed over, headed by an old Knight(s) with white hair.
"Oh, this is Old Kermers, we have dealt with him." Doles and Els cried.
Lorist said before listening to Tim that Tibor Family is the only surviving old Knight(s), but he has not met this old Knight(s), and this old man is also in his sixties.
Kermers old Knight(s) has no old eyes. He also recognizes Doles and Els. After laughing, he hugs and hugs them one by one and then salutes Lorist. However, when I heard Lorist wanted to see Mr. Tim, I was sorry that it was not a coincidence. Viscount husband and wife took three children with Peterson Chamber of Commerce's fleet to Morante City for winter.
Why Mr. Tim has three children. Lorist is very surprised.
Kermers old Knight(s) is very grateful, the marriage designated by Lorist for Mr. Tim is very happy, husband and wife have a good relationship, have two children and a daughter in six years, and now Mrs. Viscount is pregnant. Due to the smooth cooperation with Peterson Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Tim also made a lot of money and asked Peterson Chamber of Commerce to buy a house in Morante City.
Because of the love of Mrs. Viscount, now Viscount husband and wife basically stayed in Morante City for half a year, only returned to Viscount collar in summer, and went to Morante City again before winter.
Lorist said, "Never mind, we also happened to go to Morante City. You gave me the address of Viscount, and I will visit again when that happens."
Kermers old Knight(s) wrote the address and handed it to Lorist. After thinking about it, he pointed to the swallowtail flag of the Andinak Kingdom flag flying on the flying fish of the morning light and asked: "Lord Count, you are now Aristocrat(s) of Andinak Kingdom"
Lorist nodded, looked at the hesitant expression on the old Knight(s) face of Kermers and asked, "What's wrong?
"Excuse me, Lord Count, you can hang the flag of your own family, or the flag of our Tibor Family, but it is best not to hang the flag of Andinak Kingdom to Morante City. People there don't like to let Andinak Kingdom ships enter Hidegold Bay, "said Kermers old Knight(s).
"Oh" Lorist is thoughtful.
To be continued.
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