Chapter 143: Exploitation of the Enemy

At this moment, William finally said that his convoy was full, and the sleigh fans were full of all kinds of food and property, in fact, the convoy brought by William alone could not transport so many things, and the extra sleds were built later, and the plundered horses naturally became the best motivation.

Four days later, William and the Earl were united, and a group of more than 2,000 nearly 3,000 soldiers gathered, plus the commoners plundered by various nobles, there were nearly 10,000 people.

William's men were the majority, and the soldiers of the other nobles were not as disciplined and marched as the Menders soldiers, and they tended to stay in each village for a while, and then return to their places to plunder.

Instead of going to another village immediately after plundering one village like the Manders soldiers under William's leadership, the speed was of course not as fast as William's, and the looted property and population were certainly not comparable to William's.

They gathered, and on the enemy's side, forty kilometers outside of Issamdenburg, a group of nobles sat together to discuss the price that the enemy should pay.

"I think that they should cede a third of their territory to us directly, the territory of the minor nobles may be too fragmented, it is better to let the Earl of Consville cede his territory directly, and the indemnity should be shared by those minor nobles."

Viscount Winston, as one of the Earl's two remaining highest-ranking vassals, spoke up without hesitation.

The other nobles began to talk about it, and even the Count couldn't help but nod his head, this is a really good idea, no one likes fragmentary territory.

Even if such a territory were ceded, it would be surrounded by the enemy, and would have no effect other than contributing a little tax.

And let the Earl of Censville cede his territory directly, it will be easy to do, and he can directly get a large piece of land bordering Denlenburgshire, and it is more reasonable for the indemnity to be shared by the minor nobles.

"Very good, I approve of it!" The Earl nodded and said with a smile.

"Me too!"

"Viscount Winston is right!"

After some discussion, the nobles also agreed, and after getting a large piece of territory, this group of nobles will also be allocated some new territories according to merit and prestige, so they are particularly active.

"Not only that, we should also ask them to provide us with some strategic resources, such as fir wood for making riding spears, and iron, last time Baron William got a lot of iron materials from the king and sold them to us at a low price, but we don't have iron mines after all, in the long run, one day our iron materials will run out again, although Issamdenburg also has no iron mines, but where they have iron materials are not scarce, they will definitely hoard such strategic resources, so I think they should let them pay us some strategic materials!"

Viscount Raul, supported by his son Sir Imojo, looked at the crowd with some breathlessness and said that the damage caused to him by a hammer was too great.

"Well, it's true that our iron deficiency is too severe!"

"yes, it's right to make them pay for some iron!"

The nobles glanced at each other, and without even discussing it, they raised their hands in favor of Viscount Raul's suggestion, after all, the lack of iron in Dellenburg really made everyone suffer, even if the iron material brought by William alleviated the problem, but it was only alleviated, and the more iron this thing was for them, the better.

"Well, you two are very good! Is there anything else you would like to add? If not, I'll let Secretary Ruggie make the dossier! The Count said with a smile.

"I have one more suggestion, my lord!" William sat in the crowd, thinking about something for a long time, and finally figured it out just now.

"Huh? In front of William, please say what you propose! When the earl saw William's words, he hurriedly asked him, and William could always give him some surprises, after all, the fox of Denlenburg was not called in vain, and he was very much looking forward to what William could suggest.

"That's an adult!"

William nodded and said, "I think we should add one more, that is, all the father-in-law from the Denlenburg area will not have to pay any taxes when they arrive in Isamdenburg, including commodity tax, poll tax, tolls, and all other taxes!" ”

After hearing this, the earl lost his interest, he thought that William could put forward a constructive proposal that could bring great benefits to himself but could be accepted by the other party, but he did not expect that it was just a proposal not to pay taxes.

"Okay, Baron William, this suggestion you said is not difficult, we will include this suggestion in the terms now, and the other party will definitely agree!"

Although the earl was a little disappointed, for the sake of William's face, not to mention that this condition was not too much in his opinion, so he did not object.

William looked at the count's expression and didn't know what he meant, but he didn't have the slightest meaning to explain to others, if this kind of huge profit was told to others, wouldn't it be difficult to get along with money.

Originally, William's business of reselling war horses had shrunk a little, and now after the victory of this war, how could he not find another way to make money for himself? If this way of wealth is told to others, it is to carve up the market.

What a benefit it was for the merchants from Denlenburg not to collect taxes, and the monopoly and dumping of goods was the most profitable, and the speed of money even surpassed that of war.

Just imagine, where William organized a caravan or let the wounded people in the territory transport the same goods, while the goods in other places were much more than those in Denlenburg, and even their local goods were more expensive than those in Denlenburg, so as to directly squeeze their market and make them unable to sell.

William's side, on the other hand, has made enough money to make the difference, as long as the price on their side is a little lower than others, they can squeeze their space, and the merchants here earn these taxes that were originally paid, which is not a small amount, and the commodity tax transported to Issamdenburg by Denhamburg is full of forty percent, and these four achievements are enough to make the merchants and William make a lot of money.

And the part they earn extra will definitely have a part of William's tax in it, plus if William organizes a caravan by himself...... Tsk tsk.

What is the Opium War for at the end of the Qing Dynasty? It's just trade, and after the tariffs on the British are abolished, what will happen to them making money in China?

Now William is going to follow their example and make him a lot of money first.

What's more, this condition refers to merchants from Denlenburg, not merchants belonging to Denlenburg, and businessmen from other places will definitely be red when they see this news, and when William gives them authorization, they don't have to pay taxes in Issamdenburg, and mention some conditions such as shares, which is too profitable.

"No one is going to make a suggestion, is there?" William glanced at the crowd and double-checked.

"Alright, Secretary Ruggie, let's start drafting the treaty!" Seeing that no one had made any further suggestions, the Earl thought to Reciprocal Ruggie and said.