The agricultural output of Grand Ling has skyrocketed, resulting in a series of new problems that Zhou Ming did not expect. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The food was flooded, and the consumption capacity in the territory could not be increased for a while, and the farmers who had a large amount of grain on hand fell into a state of helplessness.

"Sell all the cattle and farming implements in the castle to the farmer! Then take out some coins from the castle treasury and buy the surplus grain in the farmer's hand at a reasonable price, if this grain remains in the hands of the farmer, I am afraid that next year, the grain production of the Gran will not only not increase, but will fall! The inertia of man is there, and no one will lie down and work in the granary. ”

Zhou Ming took a series of emergency measures to take back most of the surplus grain in the hands of the peasants in the form of bartering and money recovery.

Coupled with the old grain accumulated in the castle granary over the years, there are nearly 10,000 tons of grain, which is backlogged in Zhou Ming's hands.

The total population of the Gran Territory was only about 4,000 people, and so much food was enough for the population of the entire territory to eat without any labor for three years.

"No, you must sell the grain in your hand immediately, if you leave it in your hand, it will only rot in the granary, and you have to let some traveling merchants who pass by the Grand Territory help sell this grain to other territories!"

Zhou Ming planned to ask the traveling merchants to help solve the problem of the overflow of grain in the Grand Collar.

Traveling merchants are the main representatives of the world's merchant forces, they travel between various territories, peddling all kinds of novelty goods, some traveling merchants are well-informed and have a wide range of activities, some traveling merchants form a chamber of commerce, and some scammers pretend to be among them, but it is undeniable that it is the group of traveling merchants who communicate with each piece of the world's almost closed territory in terms of material and information.

In order to solve the problem of grain sales, Zhou Ming ordered people to post an investment announcement at the intersection of the road at the border of the territory.

The main content of the announcement is three, namely:

1. Only 10% of the commercial tax will be levied on the traveling merchants who engage in commercial activities in their skills, and the total transaction amount is less than 10 gold coins.

Second, there is a large amount of grain for sale, welcome any traveling merchants to buy, the more purchased, the more favorable the price.

3. Traveling merchants who pass through the ability are exempted from various taxes such as road tax, rest tax, landing tax, etc., and any traveling merchant can live in the hotel provided by the ability.

After these three contents appeared on the announcement, they attracted the attention of almost all the traveling merchants who passed through this place.

The traveling merchants stood in front of the announcement for a long time, and the three articles on the announcement, none of which have a fatal attraction for these traveling merchants who regard profit as their life.

First of all, only 10% of the commercial tax is levied, which is the countless territories that these traveling merchants have walked through, and the low tax rate that they encounter cannot be lower, compared with those territories that often levy 30% and 50% heavy taxes, this is an astonishing 10% tax burden, so that their profit margin has doubled compared with other regions.

Secondly, in addition to commercial taxes, the traveling merchants carried money and property, passing through various territories, and could not avoid being extorted by the lords of various places.

For example, the toll tax is undoubtedly a toll, and the rest tax refers to a night's rest in the territory, and the rest tax is even more scoundrel, which stipulates that as long as the goods on the carriage of the traveling merchant fall on the ground, the goods that fall on the ground have nothing to do with the owner of the goods, and belong to the local lord.

In other words, compared with the farmers who work hard in the fields, these traveling merchants who seem to be beautiful on the surface are actually not so chic.

Solo, is such a traveling merchant who sells grain for a living, over the years he has traveled from south to north, running east and west, from the beginning of many times without returning, to the back to meet many lords and establish a solid customer relationship with them, a total of more than 20 years, now his caravan through various territories, as long as the banner given to him by the lord of the land, at most pay a little toll, he can rely on the personal friend relationship with the lord, less to bear a lot of losses.

Even so, in more than 20 years, the money is a little earned, but the net worth saved by Sola is not much, after all, food is only a popular commodity, not as good as gold, stone, jade, weapons, copper and iron, the advantage is that the risk is small, the disadvantage is that the profit margin is low, only in the year of the great famine, can make a big profit.

Seeing this announcement at the intersection, Solo, who was originally just passing by and did not intend to enter the Gran Territory, decided to meet the lord of this territory and make a friend.

By the way, I also want to ask, is there really so much grain for sale in this territory.

……

Castle Drawing Room.

"Mr. Solo, Gran Ling welcomes you grain merchants, buy grain here, we can provide as much as you want, and the quantity is preferred, the more you buy, the more discounts. ”

Zhou Ming asked the servant to hand over the drink, and entertained the well-dressed, a little short, but with the unique essence of a merchant in his eyes, Mr. Solo, selling the grain of the Gran Collar.

"Dear Steward Lane, I would like to ask if the announcement written by your leader at the intersection is true?

Before the cooperation was confirmed, Solo wanted to confirm it again.

"Plain writing, public display, how can there be a fake? Mr. Solo, the Grand Territory is a place that strictly abides by the law, as long as it is a decree formulated by the Lord of the Gran Lord, it will not be implemented, if Mr. Solo encounters someone in the Grand Territory who collects commercial taxes from you other than the provisions of the law, you tell me, I will severely punish that person!"

Hearing Zhou Ming's stern words of assurance, Solo relieved his heart and asked him how much grain he had for sale.

Zhou Ming took him to the castle granary to take a look, and looked at the granary full of grain, which was almost overflowing, and Solo couldn't help but exclaim.

"God, I'm afraid this grain is enough for a year's population in a county, and the food I have trafficked all my life is not so much!"

Solojue's heart couldn't stand it, this granary full of grain, like a beautiful woman standing naked in front of him, he wanted to eat, but he couldn't.

But......

So much food in front of him, it also means that a huge business opportunity is in front of him, if he can seize this business opportunity, not to mention getting rich overnight, it is no problem to eat a round belly in one bite!

Because, Solo heard from some of his traveling merchant friends that the adjacent Iron Fort Kingdom to the south of the Warris Kingdom, since the death of the old king, the prince and the prince had a fierce battle for the throne, this war has been fought for more than a year, and there is still no victory, a large amount of land caused by the war is barren, so that the country has a serious shortage of food, and prices are skyrocketing, if a batch of grain can be transported to the Iron Fort Kingdom......

However, although Solo wanted to make a lot of money, with his current net worth, it would be good for him to eat a tenth of the grain in this granary, and it was simply wishful thinking to eat it all.

Zhou Ming looked embarrassed at him, so he asked the reason, and after listening to Solo introduce the chaotic situation in the Iron Castle Kingdom and the dilemma of his lack of capital, he made a decision that he couldn't have imagined.

"Solo, I can sell this grain to you on credit in batches, as long as you sell this grain to the Iron Castle Kingdom, and then buy a batch of iron ingots from the Iron Castle Kingdom, you don't need to pay me extra money, you just need to get me enough iron ingots. ”

For the Iron Castle Kingdom, Zhou Ming has long heard of it, this is a rich kingdom with 36 counties, famous for producing a large number of high-quality iron ore, national strength, population, resources, I don't know how many times stronger than the Warris Kingdom, the Iron Castle Kingdom has civil strife, and the surrounding small countries that want to get a little cheap don't know how many, Zhou Ming also wants to make a dozen ideas, of course, the idea of fighting the iron ingot resources of the Iron Castle Kingdom.

Hear this.

Solo suddenly stood up from the chair, took off his hat, knelt in front of Zhou Ming on one knee, touched his chest and bowed deeply: "Dear Steward Lane, your generosity and benevolence have touched Solo incomparably, you can rest assured, after I transport your grain to the Iron Fort Kingdom, I will definitely exchange all the grain for iron ingots and transport it to Gran Ling, even if I don't earn a single silver coin this time, I will complete the task you gave to me Solo!"

The so-called soldier dies for his confidant, and he has always regarded profit as his life, and every business trip has the purpose of making a lot of money, but this time, he wants to give up this huge profit as an investment, gain the trust and reuse of this young housekeeper, and lay a solid foundation for more cooperation opportunities in the future!

"Mr. Solo, hurry up, how can I let you not earn a single silver coin? Don't worry, all the benefits that belong to you should be obtained by you, if you complete this business well, in the future, the grain produced by the Glen Collar will continue to cooperate with you and sell it to various kingdoms and all over the world!"

Zhou Ming saw many opportunities to promote the rapid development of the Grand Collar from a traveling merchant like Solo, such as the most scarce iron ingots in the current Grand Collar, if Solo could transport enough iron ingots, he would be able to rely on these iron ingots to make more agricultural tools, make more armor, and train more soldiers and horses.

What the Gran Territory lacks most at present is a combat-ready army that can defend the safety of this territory.