At night, the soldiers who had been busy looting for wealth were gathered back to the camp by William long before dark.

The soldiers merely followed William and scraped the stubbles of food, each with at least a few dozen Triss gold coins and a few seemingly valuable utensils in their arms.

Of course, how could these stragglers compare to William's collective cooperation, the largest and largest wealth in the city went into William's pocket, including but not limited to Alençon's treasury, merchants' shops and family property, the workshops of the artisans' guilds, and so on.

Of course, in William's mind, what he valued most was the craftsmen of the Artisan Guild and the excellent management talents affiliated with the merchants.

As long as you have mastered these human resources, which were extremely scarce in the Middle Ages, whether it is to build a commercial empire, help William manage his territory, or establish a series of military and civilian workshops, it is not easy to capture.

In the mayor's mansion in the heart of Alençon, William and Osborne's butlers, Sir Hubert, were discussing the disposition of the spoils.

Of course, William was not the only three, William's uncle, Baron Adolf, also sat in the lower position on William's right, and Bruce, who had already secretly surrendered to William and played an important role in the pre-war strategy. Byron MP also had the honour to attend.

Osborne's butler took out a piece of parchment written in dense French from his bosom, handed it to William with both hands, and said, "Your Highness William, this is a list of the proceeds of the stolen goods and battlefield seizures of the traitors and rebels in Alençon City. ”

"Steward Osborne, you should talk to us." Although William had also learned some French characters, his scalp was still a little numb when he looked at the dense French in front of him.

"Yes, Master William." Steward Osborne took the parchment handed back by William, nodded and said, "The total value of gold and silver we have seized this time is about 30,000 pounds of silver, which is equivalent to 600,000 Triss gold coins. ”

"Whew!"

Before Osborne's butler could finish speaking, Sir Hubert and William's uncle, Baron Adolf, exclaimed.

After listening to Osborne's butler's narration, William also exclaimed loudly: "These riches are equivalent to half a year's financial income of the Kingdom of England on the other side, and this group of merchants is really rich." ”

7th century. The Frankish Merovingian dynasty, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom, issued Triss gold coins. Western Europeans continued to use the name of the Byzantine gold Suredes, which later developed into the English shilling and the French shilling. The dinaris was developed from the silver coin of half a slick, which later developed into the medieval denier.

In terms of exchange, the Frankish Merovingian dynasty, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom, 1 pound of silver = 20 Triss gold coins = 240 dinaris.

In terms of currency value, the gold-silver ratio was about 1:50 at that time. 1 pound of silver = 270g of silver = 5.4g of gold. That is, the value of the currency ranges between 0.0225g and 0.27g gold.

In other words, William won nearly 500,000 taels of silver in precious metal currency at once.

Before William, Sir Hubert, and Uncle Adolph could retract their shocked faces, Steward Osborne glanced at the parchment and said, "Young Master William, this is only counting the gold and silver coins directly seized, and if you can realize all the real estate shops, gold and silver utensils, workshops and trading houses in this city, this number can be quadrupled. ”

After hearing this, William shook his head and said, "Steward Osborne, these real estate and the like are not easy to sell for cash, so let's stay and talk about it first, I also have some use here." By the way, how are the craftsmen of the artisan guild and the management of the trading house that I asked you to gather before? These valuable talents are more important to me than any gold or silver wealth. ”

"Back to Young Master William, the matters you explained before have been completed, and we have gathered more than 350 craftsmen and more than 60 business talents who are proficient in commercial arithmetic in Alençon City, and these people have been well arranged to live in several circled mansions of wealthy merchants." Steward Osborne nodded in response.

"That's good, Osborne butler, with these talents joining, the firms, workshops, and shops we have obtained will continue to create wealth." William smiled and nodded, "But we have to integrate the commercial and industrial resources in our hands, and we are indispensable to a leading figure." ”

As he spoke, William turned his head and looked at Councilor Bruce, who was sitting in the corner, and said, "Councilor Bruce, we were able to win this time thanks to your assistance, and you also have a share of the credit for finally opening the city gate and capturing Scott, the leader of the Alençon rebels, tell me what you want to get?" ”

Councilor Bruce, who was named by William, stood up excitedly, bowed and saluted, "Your Highness William, I want nothing more than to stay by your side and serve your great conqueror. ”

"You don't have to, Councilor Bruce, the terms and privileges I promised you will be honored." William was a little pleased with Councillor Bruce's words, but he said so.

"No, Your Highness William, since I met you, I have understood that you are a true son of God, a Destiny King, and a great conqueror in the end." Councillor Bruce bowed deeply to William, and said in a low tone, "Your Highness William, please allow me to pledge your allegiance to you. ”

In fact, Councilor Bruce, who had been hiding in the corner before, had not heard anything, and he knew that His Royal Highness William needed a local who was familiar with business to gather resources for him to form a business company.

This is the opportunity he dreamed of, a chance to truly become a nobleman, not to mention that William in front of him is the heir of the Duchy of Normandy, so the future of following William is even brighter.

Compared with becoming a real nobleman in the future and doing something vigorous, it is not worth mentioning at all that he retreats to Alençon and lives on the commercial privileges of a little William's charity.

Seeing that Councilor Bruce looked anxious to show his loyalty, the corners of William's mouth hooked up a smile, and he pretended to be silent for a moment and said, "Councilor Bruce, this is a big deal, you have to think about it carefully." I give you two options, either I will give you a portion of the transportation privileges of the Alençon Road, or I will pay your allegiance to me by incorporating all your possessions into my soon-to-be-established consortium. ”

Hearing this, Bruce did not hesitate to get down on one knee, raised his right hand and swore an oath: "Your Highness William, I swear to God that I am willing to offer you my loyalty. ”

"Okay, get up, Bruce, you declare your allegiance to me, and I will promote you to the head of this soon-to-be-formed consortium and executive director of the board of directors, with two percent of the shares, and when this consortium is officially formed, I will reward you as a knight noble." William was relieved, stretched out his right hand, smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Yes, His Highness William." Bruce put his right hand on his chest and bowed.