For the sake of the Augustian Empire, for the sake of the East, and for the sake of the family, Bruce Medici resolutely went to the imperial capital.

While leaving the Eastern Realm, he also sent letters to the guardian families of the Western, Southern, Northland, and Snowy Lands to explain the reason, and also hoped to get support.

The western, snowy, and northern lands were all invaded by barbarians.

The guardian family in the western realm has been defeated and fled several times, losing the face of the family, and the Romanov family in the snowy region has no idea whether they are alive or dead because of the barbarian invasion.

The Northland also suffered great calamity.

When they received the letter, they all supported the noble deeds of the Grand Duke of the East.

Because the rebels went south and didn't want to lose any territory, the guardian families and many nobles in the south expressed their willingness to follow the Medici Grand Duke to eliminate the rebellion.

Bruce Medici did not arrive in the imperial capital.

The world is already in turmoil!

Hot June is coming.

Because of the stormy seas, the cargo ships of the Chamber of Commerce and the warships of Rock Island are relatively rare to go out on long voyages.

Back in the Northlands, he inspected the farms, plantations, and workshops of the Craig, Rodriguez, Machiavelli, and Camoranesi Collars, and inspected the operations of the Chamber of Commerce, financial expenditures, and so on.

Unreluctant, Langton finally made his way north to Port Stuart.

After the Langton Chamber of Commerce transported the population, the port of Stuart was restored to its former prosperity.

Of course.

The prosperity here takes up the population and labor that was originally planned to be sent to the western Northland.

After all, the life of the largest city in the Northland has been restored.

It is better than sending the population to the west, where it can be attacked by barbarians at any time, and then captured, causing secondary losses.

Today, the Langton Chamber of Commerce has become a giant in the Northland.

Farmers, fishermen, blacksmiths, carpenters, lumberjacks, grooms, soldiers, maids, cooks, housekeepers, and other people from all walks of life were sent to the Northland by the Lanton Chamber of Commerce, and then trained and introduced to various nobles and trades.

Some are managed by the Chamber of Commerce.

Some only act as intermediaries.

With the help of Tywin, Dowling, and Chris, the power of the Chamber of Commerce has infiltrated the Northland silently!

Langton knew very well that if this continued, the Chamber of Commerce would find it even bigger.

It will definitely arouse the jealousy of the nobles.

The power of capital is in full swing.

For the sake of the overall situation, he wants to make the Chamber of Commerce a little more restrained and not show too strong aggressiveness.

And also distribute the cake to the nobles.

Because.

Profit is the best poison to corrupt people's hearts!

Port Stuart Castle.

Inside the conference hall.

Langton presented everyone present with a business plan.

Including the Woodford family.

After a while, Isabella, who had finished reading the business plan, was full of surprise and asked, "Gabbri, are you really willing to come up with the secret method of forging steel and cooperate with us to open a weapons factory?"

Langton smiled and nodded: "It's my honor to contribute to the development of the Northland. ”

Tywin muttered, "If the weapons factory is successfully opened, the Northlands will become the largest arms dealer in the Empire. ”

"This can raise tax revenues, but it will cause some people to be dissatisfied. ”

"Especially the East. ”

Isabella frowned when she heard this: "We opened a weapons factory to make money, what is the matter in the Kanto region?"

"Do they dare to reach out to the Northlands?"

Bronx Woodford put down Lanton's plan with a complicated expression, shook his head, and said, "The Medici family is the best at business, controlling forty percent of the empire's maritime trade. ”

"By opening a weapons factory, we are robbing them of their business. ”

"The Medici are not the ones who want to suffer. ”

"Besides... We also have to rely on the Grand Duke of Medici to call all over the country against the barbarians. ”

Lanton cleared his throat and said, "My lords, I have already written in my plan to deal with the Medici family. ”

"We can leave the sales side to the Medici family. ”

"In the Empire, if there is no war, you can't make money all the time, but in foreign countries it's different. ”

"I've heard that there's been a war going on south of the desert. ”

"We don't have channels, aren't the Medici family interested in these interests?"

After reading the plan and asking Tywin and the other advisors that an arms deal could bring in tens of millions of gold coins, Isabella frowned, "We can't sell it ourselves?"

"If the country south of the desert keeps fighting, we should sell it ourselves!"

"Why give it to the Medici?"

Langton smiled bitterly: "Duchess, we don't have channels, we don't have so many ships, and we are not familiar with the forces in the south of the desert. ”

Bronx chuckled, "To the south of the desert is the territory of the Holy Fire Cult and the Holy Light Cult. ”

"Because of their different beliefs, the two churches control countries that are constantly at war. ”

"There used to be a lot of money from selling weapons. ”

"I don't want to give it to the Medici for nothing, and the rebels they eliminated are backed by the Holy Light Cult. ”

The stakes in the arms trade are too great, and even if they are dissatisfied with Langton's occupation of Rock Island and completely lose their hidden territory in the open sea, the Woodford family is willing to endure this breath and not deal with Langton, who will bring huge wealth for the time being.

On the argument about sales, Lanton didn't bother to say much.

The Medici family, as the guardian family of the East, is stronger than all the people in the Northlands combined, and if they want to bypass them to make money, they still have to pass through the eastern seas they control.

Apparently whimsical!

However, the Medici family matter can only be mentioned.

If you talk too much, Isabella, Woodford, and the nobles of the Northlands could be cranky and think that he would betray something if he hooked up with the East......

"In addition to the weapons factory, I am also preparing to open a pharmaceutical factory, a watch factory, a clothing factory, a quilt factory, a sanitary napkin factory, ......"

Langton opened the plan again and said, "These factories are welcome to finance. ”

"Wait!"

"Pharmaceutical factories know what's going on. ”

"But the Alchemist Guild is not easy to mess with, they will not sit idly by and watch you encroach on their interests!"

"What is a clock? a mechanical timer?"

"We already have an hourglass and a sunshine disc, what's the point of making this thing? Can it really make money?"

"We know about clothing and quilts, but what about sanitary napkins?"

One question after another was asked by Isabella, Bronx and others in the council hall, and Langton had expected this, and calmly replied: "Let's not talk about the matter of the medicine factory for now, because the Alchemist Guild is really not easy to mess with." ”

"Let's start with the clocks. ”

As he spoke, he took out his pocket watch: "It is made up of precision mechanical parts made of steel, twelve hours, sixty minutes, and sixty seconds are counted by three hands. ”

"Sixty seconds is a minute, sixteen minutes is an hour, and two laps and twenty-four hours are a day. ”

"It's the same as the shadow needle of the sun disk. ”

"A timer?" Isabella, the Bronx, and the others were a little disappointed, thinking that this thing couldn't make as much money as munitions and clothing quilts, so they lacked interest.

Isabella asked again, "What is that tampon?"

Langton scratched his head and said, "It's something that is sold exclusively to women to deal with aunts." ”

Hearing this, Isabella was stunned for a moment, and opened her mouth slightly and didn't know what to say, and the Bronx and the Northland nobles present also looked at Langton with strange expressions.

"What's wrong?"

In order to make money, Langton completely ignored the conservatism of this era, and was inexplicably seen by everyone: "This thing is a friend of women!"

"All women need it!"

Talia coughed lightly, "Gabri, you should let Anne or Tituba talk about this." ”

“......”

Hearing this, Langton immediately understood what was going on, and then nodded awkwardly: "Okay." ”

Tywin: "Let's talk about the medicine factory, since you're going to open a medicine factory, how many potions do you have now?"

"Uhh ”

Bronx asked, "Are you going to talk about it after going to the Alchemist Guild?"

"Yes. Lanton nodded.

Bronx: "Our family also knows an alchemist, do you want me to ask him to introduce you to him?"

Langton smiled and refused: "No, how can this kind of thing trouble you?"

"Besides, in addition to going to the Alchemist Guild to report the potions, Sauron also has to participate in the alchemist assessment. ”

Bronx was stunned: "That Mr. Sauron is an alchemist?"

"He was a very erudite man. Langton said.

Hearing this, Isabella suddenly frowned: "What about the war against the barbarians?"

"We can't attack the grasslands without a strong man like Mr. Sauron. ”

"Uh......" Lan Don, who didn't want to participate in the war, was full of embarrassment: "Duchess, I'm afraid he won't be able to go out for the alchemist assessment when he is preparing for the alchemist assessment......."

Because all kinds of life-saving potions came from the hands of alchemists, no one wanted to offend them easily.

Hearing this, Isabella, Bronx and the others frowned, because the imperial army sent troops to the grasslands, and the barbarians would also enter the Northland again to plunder, and the Northland now seriously lacked high-end combat power.

Tywin pondered for a moment and asked, "Can Sauron postpone his participation in the alchemist exam until the end of the war?"

"I can't be sure. Langton smiled bitterly: "I have to go back and ask." ”

Speaking of military affairs, Bronx looked at Langton and asked, "Gabriel, how many troops are you going to send against the barbarians?"

"Although you survived the battle of the plains, you should also revenge, right?"

“......”

It was both righteousness and personal vendetta, and Langton couldn't do it if he didn't want to send troops, so he groaned for a while, and said, "I took a small island occupied by pirates in the open sea. ”

"There are a lot of pirates in the open sea, and I dare not withdraw all my troops. ”

"And those soldiers are only good at naval warfare. ”

"So ......"

"I can only re-recruit soldiers. ”

"Where's your dirt golem troops?" Bronx asked, "They should be ready to be dispatched, right?"

"No, it doesn't. Langton shook his head and sighed, "I don't have that many magic stones. ”

"As we all know, magic golems need magic stones. ”

"Now that the magic stones have run out, and the dirt golem has turned back into dirt, there is no way to participate in the battle. ”

A flash of anger flashed in Bronx's eyes: "Then what can you do?"

Langton was silent for a moment, then made a difficult decision and said, "I can be in charge of logistics management and grain and grass transportation. ”

"During the counterinsurgency war, I was also in charge of logistics and food. ”

"I'm not very good at fighting. ”

Hearing this, Isabella nodded, recognizing Langton's ability to manage logistics, but she didn't like him to avoid war, and even had a somewhat timid attitude: "We all know this, but you have also been promoted to a transcendent." ”

"No matter how good you are at fighting, you are also a warrior, and you can't be greedy for life and afraid of death. ”

Langton hurriedly straightened his waist: "Then I want to be a pioneer!"

Hearing this, the Bronx immediately thought that Langton was retreating and wanted to be the vanguard, leading the Earth Golem troops to take the lead against the barbarians.

Of course, he wouldn't allow it: "Woodford, who is brave and good at fighting, is the vanguard, you better manage the logistics." ”

"Logistics and food and grass are very important to the army. ”

Tywin: "I agree with that, the real fighter is Christian Langton, not Gabriel Langton. ”

Isabella thought for a while, and felt that Lanton, who was not good at fighting, had some difficulty arranging a position, so she said: "If you want to be in charge of the logistics management of the army, provide at least six months of food and grass. ”

"Six months of food and grass?" Langton: "The whole army?"

Isabella: "That's right. ”

Langton: "How many troops will we send?"

Bronx: "I don't know, but you're counting it at 50,000 people. ”

"So much?" Langton gasped.

Bronx: "Can't do it?"

“...... Yes!"

Langton, who had brought back 50,000 gold coins and didn't want to participate in the battle head-on, and had a look of embarrassment on his face, was actually happy in his heart.

"But I need a little time. ”

Isabella: "It's okay, we still have time, don't worry about the military affairs of dealing with the barbarians, let's talk about the shortage of women in the Northlands......"

"Gabry, can the Langton Chamber of Commerce bring more women north?"

Langton shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I have long thought about the problem of more men and fewer women in the Northland, but the Medici family refuses to let too many women go north. ”

"I can't find so many women......"

Labor has been provided to restore a little population to the Northlands, but without women, it will be difficult for those prisoners of war to take root here.

Isabella, Tywin, and the Bronx were on the verge of turning gray because of this problem.

The discussion went into the night and was inconclusive.

After the adjournment of the meeting.

Before Langton could return to the room where he had been arranged, Artemisia approached him and said, "Although we don't have much contact, I know that you are not a person who is willing to suffer. ”

"With the strength of the Langton Chamber of Commerce, I don't think it's difficult for you to open those factories. ”

"Why do you want Isabella to work with them?"

"Cooperation is a win-win situation. Langton chuckled, "Eating alone can cause unnecessary trouble. ”

Artemisia: "But I don't think it's easy. ”

Langton asked, "Artemisia, do you think those factories will lose money?"

"Although I don't know much about these things, I know that the business of arms, clothing, quilts, and medicines is very profitable. Artemisia just didn't know what Langton's purpose was, so he came over to ask.

Langton was a little speechless: "Isn't that enough?"

Talia emerged from the darkness: "Your description of the prospects of interest is indeed very satisfying. ”

"But... If you do so, you'll unleash a terrifying beast. ”

"What a behemoth. ”

This frightened Artemisia into thinking that Langton would summon some big monster.

Talia: "Capital. ”

...... To be continued......