The two were chatting, and Ford walked in from outside, and looking at his appearance, he thought he was rolling in the mud.

As soon as he entered the door, Ford grinned and said, "The batch of drinks ordered by the Duchy of Patrick has been successfully delivered to the ship, and the people who came to trade not only settled the payment, but also paid a deposit of two thousand gold coins." ”

As he spoke, he took out the magic crystal card in the space ring, which was five fingers thick, and the lowest denomination was five hundred gold coins, not to mention thirty or forty.

He unceremoniously sat down on the chair and poured a few mouthfuls of water, his eyes full of excitement: "Good guy, I have never touched so much money in my life, and my dead ghost daddy can't earn so many gold coins in eight lifetimes." ”

Leopold and Connie looked at each other and smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid this money will be spent in a few days." ”

Ford looked at the two of them with some puzzlement, and said in surprise: "This is a full 30,000 gold coins, why do you spend so much money?"

Leopold spread his hands and counted on his fingers: "The reward for the soldiers will cost nearly 5,000 gold coins, the pension will cost 2,000 gold coins, and the army will be expanded next, and the city needs to be repaired, paved roads, dug wells, and ditches ......"

In the end, he found that two hands were not enough!

Sure enough, within half an hour, Christopher came to the door and said straight to the point: "The fifth child asked me to get the money." ”

Lao Wu is Lei Ye's nickname in the Lewd Five, and the reason for getting this nickname is very simple, he is the youngest.

In the past, he was the third in the lewd trio, but after Leopold and Salisbury joined, he could only be ranked fifth.

However, everyone just shouted in private, and the official name still had to be used on the stage.

Leopold skillfully counted out ten magic crystal cards with a denomination of five hundred: "I want to expand my business recently, and I need to keep some money for backup." ”

After speaking, he handed over the remaining magic crystal card, and at the same time took out the list of goods: "Let Lao Wu hurry up and prepare, these are all in a hurry to ship, and the Principality of Patrick has ordered 20,000 gold coins of liquor, which is not written on it." ”

Christopher nodded, and was about to turn to leave, when three people suddenly entered the door.

Two women and one man, it is Julia and Ariel and Salisbury, who has returned to his hometown.

The three of them are all dusty servants, the two women are better, except for a little tired, the clothes are quite clean and tidy, and then look at Salisbury, it looks like a chimpanzee

Target.

Ford glared and asked, "How did you get this virtue?"

Before Salisbury could reply, Ariel said angrily, "We arrived in the Duchy of Fitley just in time for a good harvest, and this guy has to go home to help his parents with the farm work." ”

Everyone showed a sudden appearance, the Principality of Fitli is an island country, the climate is mild, suitable for growing grain all year round, and it is a well-known food country.

This time, the three of them went to the Principality of Fetri to exchange firearms for much-needed food.

Salisbury scratched his head embarrassedly, grinning widely, only his teeth were white.

Christopher asked, "Didn't you take your uncle and aunt?"

Salisbury shook his head: "No, they said that they were used to living there and didn't want to leave, but it doesn't matter, I left enough money for them, and two younger brothers and three younger sisters to take care of, it's fine." ”

As they spoke, Julia and Ariel came to Connie's side, telling them about the hardships at sea, and then about business.

Julia smiled, obviously gaining a lot this time: "The trip went very well, the Duchy of Fitelli is being harassed by pirates, and it is very happy to know that we want to exchange artillery and weapons for their food. ”

Ariel said, "And the price is very low by us, even if you add the cost of transportation, it is about 20% lower than the current grain price in Nanhuang County." ”

The Principality of Fitli is an island country, located 2,000 kilometers from the northern continent, and has not been devastated by demonic plagues, so its food reserves are very abundant.

However, there are no demons wreaking havoc, but they are plagued by pirates.

You have grain and vegetables, I have weapons and equipment.

The two sides hit it off and started a business cooperation.

Julia pondered for a moment: "Speaking of transportation costs, if we plan to trade overseas for a long time, we are afraid that we will only need to get a few ships. ”

Ariel asked curiously, "Isn't Earl Ashley going to make some plans for a global trip, and then we won't have a ship?" ”

Connie and Julia looked at each other, almost defeated by this girl from the heavenly array.

Julia nodded her little head and said, "Do you think the other party's ships will give us free use, we are merchants, and you don't know what the faces of merchants are?"

Although Ashley, Leopold, and Renard are friends, business is business, friends are friends, and the two cannot be confused.

He can give dividends to the two of them, but they still have to be clearly calculated on the books, otherwise they will be messed up.

Connie thought for a moment and said, "I've considered what you said, but the price of a cargo ship that can trade at sea is at least eight hundred gold coins. ”

She smiled wryly: "And it is also the cost of a small sea ship, if it is a 100-meter-long freighter, I am afraid the price will be four or five times higher, based on our shipments, at least twenty ships are needed, that is, seventy or eighty thousand gold coins." ”

"If there is a cargo ship, it must be equipped with a corresponding warship to defend against pirates, and the cost of a warship is higher, and the price of an ordinary ironclad ship is more than five thousand gold coins, and some of them cost twenty or thirty thousand gold coins. ”

"And that's not even counting the cost of hiring sailors and maintaining and repairing ships, and if you add them all up, I'm afraid 200,000 gold coins won't be enough to spend. ”

Julia nodded thoughtfully: "I really haven't paid attention to the price, but when I came back, I heard that Wujian Port was auctioning smuggling ships and armed ships, and the price didn't seem to be high." ”

"Oh, how much does it cost?" Leopold suddenly became interested, "If it's cheap, you might as well buy a few." ”

Julia thought about it and couldn't give a definite answer: "Ordinary sea ships seem to cost more than three hundred gold coins, large cargo ships are just over a thousand, only armed ships are more expensive, two or three thousand gold coins, as for ironclad ships, I haven't seen them." ”

"So cheap?" Leopold muttered, "Could there be a problem?"

Julia shrugged, "Then it's not clear. ”

Connie poked Leoper: "It's better to send someone to take a look, don't you often say don't miss it when you pass by, if it's okay to come and the price is right, it doesn't hurt to buy a few." ”

Leopold thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Then I'll see for myself in two days." ”

After talking about business, everyone began to talk about their parents' shortcomings.

Salisbury stared at the bull's-eyed as Christopher and Ford talked about what had happened recently.

When he heard that the Earl of Meredith had defeated the Anti-Demon Alliance and occupied half of the Southern Wilderness County, his face flushed with excitement.

Waving his fist and said: "Lao Tzu will no longer mix logistics, Lao Tzu will go to the battlefield, Lao Tzu will be a general......"