Chapter 10: Lord? Slaveowner?
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This time, Wang Xiaode brought 100 catties of white salt and sugar. At half the market price, there are 1,500 gold coins. In fact, Wang Xiaode can sell more, this time Wang Xiaode prepared a ton of white sugar and white sugar, which cost Wang Xiaodewan a piece.
This is also worried that the target is too big, you know, an earldom is rumored to earn only about 100,000 gold coins a year. If all of them are sold, then even if they are half of the market price, there will be about 30,000 gold coins, and if it is the market price, it will be 60,000.
This is more than half a year's income of the county, not to mention that the earl will be alarmed, even the marquis and the duke may send someone over, and even the royal family will have to intervene.
Just ask what can improve the material level of the aristocracy, which nobleman who wears gold and silver is not moved.
Because of Wang Xiaode's special status as an alchemist, he could directly meet the city magistrate, and when the city magistrate saw the white salt and sugar that Wang Xiaode took out, he was also a little surprised, but he did not lose his temper, after all, although these good things are few, there are always some businessmen who can get them.
But when Wang Xiaode took out all the 100 catties of white sugar and sugar, he was a little speechless. Although the city magistrate was highly valued by the earl, he was fortunate enough to enjoy these high-end luxuries. But it was the first time I saw so much, and I couldn't help but swallow my saliva.
"Lord Mindronal, are you sure you're going to sell so many things all to the Earl's Court at half price?" To tell the truth, the city magistrate is not at all imposing as he used to be. I don't know what to say about this Lord Ronal. This time, the culture even called out Wang Xiaode's full name and identity to show solemnity.
If Wang Xiaode said it was a joke, hum, our city magistrate wouldn't mind giving Wang Xiaode something good to try.
Fortunately, although Wang Xiaode didn't know what the city magistrate thought, he didn't think of running to the earldom to tease the city magistrate. Although he said that he had the strength of the second layer of Qi cultivation and many Dao techniques, he didn't dare to say that he would not die under the full strength of an earl.
"Honorable City Governor, I have endured some hardships before, and I am inspired to become a rich man, and the richest of the people, so I have always taken the pursuit of wealth as the motivation for my devout study of alchemy. This sale of these things is to lay the foundation for more business in the future. Wang Xiaode expressed the rhetoric he had thought of a long time ago in front of the city magistrate, and made the city magistrate nod flatly.
"Well, well, Brother Mingde, if there are any good things in the future, just take them here, and the Earl's Court will definitely offer you a satisfactory price." Now the city government officials have even changed their names for Wang Xiaode, and the age of the city government officials is completely enough to be Wang Xiaode's uncle, but they are still called brothers.
"Then I'll ask Brother Dana" Dana is the name of the city magistrate. Next, it will inevitably be a period of elder brother and elder brother, plus some follow-up cooperation matters.
This time the business still has a great impact on the city magistrates, and the general regulations of Wildfire City are that the city magistrates can only mobilize less than 10,000 gold coins. More than 10,000 must be reported to the Earl alone. More than 100,000 gold coins can only be decided by the earl himself.
When the magistrate of Dana City gave a part of the sugar and salt to the earls who were enjoying the blessings in the royal capital, it really made the entire earl's palace lively.
Leaving aside the excitement of the royal capital Earl Beppu, at least the Earl raised the amount of gold coins for the city magistrate from 10,000 to 20,000. In addition, the city magistrate was allowed to mobilize the military power of knights below 50 in the city lord's mansion at any time.
Don't underestimate the military power of these 50 knights, there are more than 2,000 regular knights in the entire earldom, plus about 10,000 auxiliary soldiers.
That is, Dana can mobilize an army of 250 people for some military operations. Although it is not usually necessary, the issuance of this order has greatly enhanced the prestige of the magistrates of Dana City.
In the past, Dana could only mobilize 10 knights and 40 auxiliaries, and it could only be used to maintain law and order in Wildfire City. The rest of the soldiers were managed by full-time personnel to ensure that the military power was in the hands of the count.
Regarding the changes that have taken place in Wildfire City, Wang Xiaode didn't know for a while. Wang Xiaode is from Dana this time, how can I say it, it can be regarded as an internal ghost. From him, I learned about some possible trends in the overall situation after the end of the war in the Anthony Kingdom, and even the county has made preparations for the emergence of a group of small nobles and a large number of knights under the territory in the future.
And there will be one more barony near Wang Xiaode's Ronal Domain, as well as more than 20 knight domains. Most of these barons and knights were civilians in the past, and they had no status, but this time they relied on their military exploits and gifts to get a territorial reward.
If it is a character with a background, most of them will not be sent to the westernmost part of the kingdom to open up the wasteland. There can be so many, these lords are all poor ghosts, poor and white. There were only a few slaves and simple supplies captured from the battlefield.
These are still specially approved by the kingdom, of course, Wildfire City has also made preparations, after all, these are all under the rule of Wildfire City in the future, so it is necessary to give some preferential policies, of which tax exemption for three years is the most important one.
The materials sold will be slightly lower than the market price, but they still have to pay for them, but for those lords, it is their dream to become a lord, at least whenever they look at the dozens of soldiers and more than two or three hundred slaves in their hands, they still feel very proud.
And Wang Xiaode got so many gold coins this time just to support these lords to build, but Wang Xiaode is not a good man who has nothing to do.
Although these lords are a little more difficult now, there will inevitably be a few developed among them in the future, and supporting them now is for more rewards in the future.
What's more, it is not in vain to borrow money from them, Wang Xiaode has always been very keen on the number of official soldiers in their hands.
Then there is the population in their hands, and among the slaves captured from the Duchy of Limidi, some fine goods may be found. For example, craftsmen, scholars, and maybe some professionals.
Even if these are all picked out, those women are a fortune, and the price of women in the other world is often lower than that of men. This is due to productivity, but if these women are concocted using the training techniques of the islands on the earth, they can earn an income. The main thing is to weaken the influence of these lords on their own realms.
For the promotion of his title in a short period of time, Wang Xiaode did not have much hope, even if he had the opportunity. His team is still too thin, and he does not have the strength to support a barony, and to become a formal nobleman is to fulfill the obligations of a formal nobleman.
It's better to silently develop your strength with the title of knight lord, and it is a good way to integrate the power of other knight lords into your own hands in disguise, in other words, to colonize.
There is no concept of colonization in the other world, and there is a lack of vigilance against colonization, as long as you boil the frog in warm water step by step, the boiled duck can't fly.
Now Wang Xiaode is in a tavern in Wildfire City, Wang Xiaode doesn't like the tavern here, but there is no teahouse here.
Previously, Johnson was working as a helper in a tavern, and Johnson used to serve others in the tavern, but this time it was someone else who served him, and Johnson was still a little uncomfortable. Johnson knew that he had all this given by the lord, and without the lord he would not be where he is today.
To say that in the past, Johnson and Old Jack also wanted to find a lord for the village, with a backer, so that the village could suffer less in the future. Mr. Wang was never expected to make much of a difference in the village, but Johnson's thinking was very different now than before.
Now Johnson just wants life to be better in the territory, and Johnson feels that for the first time in his life, he has a purpose. It's completely different from my previous belief in the gods and hoping for guidance.
Oh, how could I have such disrespectful thoughts about the gods. God, God of Wilderness, please forgive your people.
Wang Xiaode doesn't know much about Johnson's thoughts, but he can feel a little bit about it. In fact, bringing Johnson here also has the purpose of giving grace. It's just that as a lord, it's hard to say it clearly.
"Johnson, where do you say you can find some readers?" Wang Xiaode took advantage of the drinking time to start chatting with Johnson without a word. And Wang Xiaode also wanted to try his luck in the tavern to see if he could meet two down-and-out scholars.
"My lord, reading is generally the privilege of the old man's family, and few civilians are literate, but I do know where to find it." Johnson didn't know that Wang Xiaode was just passing the time with him, and said very seriously. As a former tavern helper, the son of a veteran, he is still more cautious in doing things.
"Oh, tell me about it." Wang Xiaode had such a channel for Johnson, but he was stunned for a moment. So he took the opportunity to ask.
"One is the prison, there is never a shortage of people who make mistakes in the families of the big nobles, and literacy and reading are more common among the nobles, we can go to the prison slave market to see, and the prisoners in some places will be sent to Wildfire City for auction. There is also the occasional unsatisfactory mage apprentice who is kicked out near the mage tower. These mage apprentices are still very popular in small territories. Johnson said that these feelings are like talking about family affairs, like a number of family treasures.
"Drinking" Wang Xiaode twitched a little. I forgot that the three religions and nine streams are the most well-informed, and this one in front of me is the little encyclopedia of Wildfire City.
"Uh, yes." Johnson didn't know how much stimulation he gave Wang Xiaode, but he was also stunned and drank dryly.
"Hehe, it's estimated that I'm going to buy slaves again" Wang Xiaode found that he didn't do much else in the other world, but this slave business has always been related to him.
Could it be that he was born to be a slave trader's fodder? Is it good that he is a modern civilized person who graduated from a serious university in Huaxia?