Chapter 623: The Bandit Who Changed Careers
Charles found this bandit cottage according to the information provided by his grandfather, Duke Redkin, but what he saw made him think that either his grandfather's intelligence department was crazy, or the bandits were crazy, or he was crazy.
It turns out that it is the world that is crazy.
Profits can allow the capitalists to sell the nooses on which they hanged, and the thieves can switch to sheep farming.
Charles came to this camp under the banner of his own under the pretext of being chased by a wild beast, and he initially wanted to investigate after entering the cottage in a low-key manner, but he unexpectedly met Ah Fu in the camp.
It was dinner time, and there was only a lot to eat in the mountains, so the leader of the camp, Valon, went out to hunt a wild boar to welcome Ah Fu's arrival today, and Charles happened to catch up.
Varon himself lived in a small wooden house, which was small but neatly kept.
At this time, a steaming cauldron and wood-cut dishes sat on the rough table, and Wallon sat on a stake used as a chair with Charles and Ah Fu.
The people here are not particular about eating, and the large pieces of wild boar are stewed with apples, and when they eat, they scoop up the meat and slice it with a dagger.
Charles quietly ate the wild boar, listening to Ah Fu and Valon explain.
Varon looked more than ten years older than Ah Fu, a little thin, his hair was all white, his skin was dark from living in the mountains all year round, and his blue eyes were extremely bright.
According to Ah Fu, Hua Long was the boss of Ah Fu when he was a mercenary when he was young, and he saved Ah Fu's life several times, and then he didn't want to be a mercenary, so he fell into the grass here, and collected tolls all year round.
And the bandit leaders of several hills in this area were all former teammates of Ah Fu, and Valon led his brothers to occupy this place strongly.
Over the years, Ah Fu has often taken care of the old brothers here.
At the beginning, Charles asked Ah Fu to be in charge of wool affairs, and later the price of wool rose a lot because demand exceeded supply, Ah Fu came here to persuade the old brothers to raise sheep in the mountains under the advantage of diversifying the source of wool and pulling the old brothers.
Wallon was very well informed, and naturally knew about the construction of wool mills in various parts of the Bischberg Kingdom, so with the advice and help of Ah Fu, they bought a large number of mohair sheep suitable for raising in the mountains and began to raise them.
The matter of the McCaden family flag was approved by Aunt Coriander, and Charles now handed over the family's business to her, which is not a violation.
The wool of mohair sheep has a smooth surface, strong luster, high strength, good elasticity, less curl, easy to wash, and belongs to the wool of excellent quality.
However, mohair sheep belong to goats, wild nature, can only graze in the mountains and is difficult to breed, wool production is not high, and it is difficult to raise monsters on a large scale in the mountains, so that the total output of mohair wool is not high, and can only be used as a supplement to high-quality wool, and will not have an impact on the wool industry on the prairie.
The most important thing is that there were no mohair sheep in the east of Linhai before. The mohair sheep raised here are ostensibly from the Elven Tree Sea, but they were actually bought from the west after Aunt Coriander contacted the family.
After hearing this, Charles acquiesced to Aunt Coriander and Ah Fu's approach, which was a good choice from the perspective of family management.
Charles asked, "These sheep won't make those noble lords blush, right?"
Hearing that Charles did not object, Ah Fu's somewhat apprehensive heart relaxed at this time, and he replied: "We cooperate with the Marquis of Maran in Catania City, and we have a 10% stake in the sheep farm. He sent people to see them, and they spoke very highly of the wool of these sheep. ”
Charles pondered for a long time, then asked, "How are the shares distributed here?"
Hua Long replied with some restraint: "Except for the one percent of the Marquis of Marquis Malan's shares, your lord owns thirty percent of the shares. ”
Charles's brow furrowed, which startled Walloon, thinking that Charles was too little.
It's just that Charles said to Ah Fu: "Take out one and a half percent of our shares and give them to the king, and in the future, these shares will be the king's, and whoever becomes the king will give them." ”
"Take out another 10 percent, build a school here so that the children have a place to go to school, take out four points in the remaining half of the city and donate them to the school of the adventurer's union in my name to make a scholarship, and the remaining point will recruit a pharmacist to treat everyone, and I will give you the specific details later." ”
Ah Fu should be instructed by Charles, and he will not question his master's various operations.
Valon is different, at first Charles didn't care too much when he said that he would give half of his shares to the king, but just lamented that Charles's path was wild enough.
When Charles said that he would take out another ten points of stake to build the school, Wallon was so surprised that he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
There are many ways to educate children in this world, nobles and wealthy families naturally hire private teachers, for commoners to go to the churches of various temples for free enlightenment education is one of them, and some scholars will open a school at home to teach a few children, and some scholars will partner to open a school.
When the children grow up, there are small professional schools like technical schools for them to choose from, but they are mostly in places like the Duchy of Milan, where the craft industry is developed.
One of the initiatives of Charles's enemy Allen was to rely on the adventurer's union to open a technical school for adventurers, and he gained a lot of prestige among adventurers.
Now all Charles has to do is to build scholarships in these schools and compete with Allen for prestige.
There used to be a hairy school among the bandits, all of which were taught by the old and the young, and the people who taught it could count the money and not be cheated.
Not to mention pharmacists who are doctors, unless they kidnap one and come back, those pharmacists who belong to the elite class will not look at the bandits.
The bandits here are not as good as cottages that usually collect tolls, and some bandits will even build their own roads to bypass the tax card of the noble lord, and then collect a little more than the tax card themselves.
Such a cottage is not so much a bandit as a Diao Min who fled to the mountains and did not pay taxes to the masters.
Now Charles and the others are here, and after building a sheep farm, they replace taxes with shares, which allows these thieves to get rid of the identity of "thieves" and become civilians, and they can swagger into the city in the future, and they no longer have to be afraid of being caught and cut off their heads.
Then Charles built a school and hired a pharmacist here, so that their cottage was upgraded to a village in an instant.
In the future, the young man will not need to tie up the girl from the nearby village, and he can go directly to the door to propose marriage.
It took a while for Valon to digest the implications of Charles's decision.
He said to Charles: "Master, thank you so much, in the future, as long as you say a word, we will listen to you." ”
Charles smiled and ate the meat, and said at the same time: "I just let Ah Fu run errands, you don't dislike yourself for earning less." ”
"No!" said Varon, "if it weren't for you, we wouldn't have earned a cent." ”
Charles thought for a moment, and then said to Ah Fu: "Raising sheep is a technical job, you can see if you can help them find someone to guide them on the prairie." ”
"Not to mention the problem of sheep getting sick, just say that they may not be able to shear the sheep well, and if they don't do it, the superior products will be sheared into defective products. ”
Ah Fu nodded solemnly, this matter is a bit troublesome, but it is not impossible, after all, orcs are rarely seen outside the prairie.
Charles thought for a moment, and then said to Ah Fu and Valon: "The sheep farms of your other old brothers should be dealt with in the same way, and I suggest that you repair the road in and out when you have money, it will be more convenient." ”
Ah Fu and Valon immediately laughed happily, so that their old brothers could also wash their hands and go ashore.
Charles also laughed, thinking in his heart that he would use this place as a pilot first, and if the effect was good, it would be considered a merit to let those motivated bandits raise horse and sea sheep in the future.