When the grain is harvested, this year's husking does not have to be done by the farmers themselves, so it is time to slaughter the livestock. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The experienced men singled out the old and weak among the livestock, slaughtered the males and meats that were destined to survive the winter, and salted, smoked, and dried, and it was a very lively scene, with many hands, and all the servants of the castle went into battle, and they made blood sausages out of the blood and minced flesh of the animals, boiled fat, and made candles out of animal fat.

Every village has a leather-maker who goes into the woods to collect the bark of oak trees and uses it to tann leather, and the manure of farmed pigeons is also used to process leather, and it is said that the leather pickled in pigeon dung is exceptionally soft and is a good material for making leather clothing, leather bags and wallets.

At this time, traveling merchants also came to the village to buy and sell various products, and they bought leather, oil and livestock. Bring needles, salt, pottery, whetstones, and other goods.

But this year, a lot of things are different.

Many of the great merchants, the great merchants who came across the sea, whose capital was not at all comparable to that of the traveling merchants who rode in horse-drawn carriages, were so generous that they often negotiated business directly with the elders of the village, and bought the grain of the whole village in one go. And since they have spent so much money on food, they don't care about spending a little more money on the villagers' livestock and leather.

This made many traveling merchants who were accustomed to trading in a few large villages at a loss, in terms of capital, ability, and means, they were no match for those big merchants, so they could only go deep into the hinterland, run to those small or remote villages, and come here to do business.

This will also bring benefits to the people of the remote villages, firstly, they will no longer have to suffer from the pain of traveling far away, and secondly, when there are many traveling merchants, they will compete with each other, and they will no longer be able to oppress the peasants as freely as before, which is also a great blessing for the peasants.

However, even among the traveling merchants, there were some who were really smart, or who were born with a keen instinct, and all they lacked was an opportunity, and now, one of them seized it.

"You mean you want to be my treasurer?"

Earl Xiao Tang sat on the main seat, looking at the man in front of him in surprise, although he was dressed simply, but he looked quite clean, he originally heard the servant's report and a merchant asked to see him, thinking that there was another fat sheep, but he didn't expect such an arrogant person to come! Some of the surrounding knights were already bored and wanted to leave, but they will all be interested again, and they can't rob or rob, so it's good to look at the jokes!

"Do you know how important the position of treasurer is to a nobleman, a lord? Am I going to give it to a stranger so easily? Do you know how much I earn in a year and how much I spend in a year? You don't know anything, are you here to entertain me?! ”

In the end, Count Tang was already full of emotion, and a 'Wang Ba's qi' came out of him. This is because Count Xiao Tang has been crossing for almost a year, and he has been in a high position for a long time, and he has unconsciously gained momentum every day.

But the merchant, named Klein, was not afraid, as Count Don Jr. said, he had done his homework before he came, and he even took into account that Count Don liked to be clean, and took a bath to rub off almost a layer of skin and new clothes.

"My name, my name is Crane, please remember, Crane." This merchant, he said very rude words with a calm face, then bowed and said, "Since I can come to your court, my lord, then I am naturally prepared. As you said, it is appropriate to hand over the position of treasurer to someone you trust, as he will not steal your property. However, this is just a dog, and for people who don't know how to make money, the money will always be spent less and less. And if you can give me this position, then I can assure you that your money will never be scarce. ”

"Well, Klein, you've managed to pique my interest, and I've decided to hear what you have to say." Count Xiao Tang changed his posture and became a straight seat, which means that he is already serious: "But I also want to remind you that once you can't satisfy me, I believe you won't want to experience the consequences of angering a nobleman and an earl."

"Yes, Lord Count, thank you very much."

Klein gave another salute, still bowing rather than kneeling, showing that the man was quite proud and confident:

"If you can give me the position of treasurer, then first of all I will set a minimum price for grain, and I will first buy all the grain, at least most of it, from the peasants at a fair price, and then store it in warehouses, and then sell it to the great merchants who have crossed the sea at a high price—you have no worries that these merchants will not buy, and since they are willing to come across the sea, it will be profitable.

And then secondly, we should have a certain reserve of goods and talents, and at this time we can buy a large amount of salt, iron, and slaves who can be used as craftsmen, and we can even make demands on these merchants, and the merchants who can fulfill this request can get the right of first refusal, even if they offer a little less, and this is not a loss-making business, salt and iron, which are the necessities of life, need a large reserve, and slaves with craftsmanship can make wealth.

And then the third, about the reform of your 'sacraments'......"

As soon as it came to business, Crane would gush endlessly, completely caught up in his own world, ignoring the stunned eyes of the knights around him, even the little Earl Don, who was also a little surprised.

The lowest guide price, the government's unified pricing power, the preparation of materials and talents, this Klein is really not a traverser?

But his golden finger tells him that Klein is the native of this world, and from body to soul, there is absolutely no Xibei goods.

- By the way, Count Don now dislikes the existence of Goldfinger more and more, because after such a long time, he has begun to identify with the existence of this world, not to mention that he has now achieved so much, he has been recognized and loved by knights, priests, and peasants, who love and respect him. And these are all brought by himself, not by the golden finger.

And Goldfinger, the previous technical guidance has not moved at all so far, and the back of a data, but everyone has turned into a cold mess of data, which simply turns this world into a world in the game, and all the characters are just emotionless NPCs, which makes the little Earl Tang who has begun to identify with this world and accept this world how to accept it?

But having said that, there is such a convenient thing in it, once there is something uncertain, Earl Tang will still turn to Goldfinger for help.

It's like a computer, I'm bored sitting in front of it, but I'm even more bored without it.

So I still can't do without the computer.

"Very good, very good, although I don't know what your actual ability is, but your eloquence is indeed good."

Earl Don Jr. clapped his hands in admiration, but not Klein's ability but his eloquence, which made the arrogant Klein a little unacceptable.

But Count Xiao Tang is an earl, and when the earl speaks, no matter how proud and confident he is as a commoner, he can only be obedient, otherwise even if he is taller than the sky, he may be thrown directly into the dungeon, and then he can only do business with rats and cockroaches.

"Klein, I have to admit that you have successfully impressed me, but you should also understand that you have not proven your abilities now, so ......"

"Yes, my lord, if you are willing to give me this opportunity, I will not let you down."

Klein suddenly became excited—no matter how confident he was, in the face of such a chance to ascend to the sky—another one or two hundred years would be equivalent to directly becoming a baron, and he would not be able to calm down.

"I will give you 200 gold coins as start-up capital for a period of three months, during which I will be your protector, and if you can earn money that satisfies me within three months, then you can become my treasurer."

Although the condition given by the Earl of Little Tang is rather vague - how much gold can satisfy him with the money he is satisfied with? But from another point of view, even if Klein only earns 1 gold coin, Earl Don Jr. says that he is satisfied, and Klein can be the treasurer.

Therefore, before the final answer is revealed, Klein can only and must work hard.

"In that case, I'm your man, and I have one more message to report to you before I leave, can I take a step to speak?"

Klein saluted again, this time half-kneeling, and then he made such a rather embarrassing request.

To say yes, or not to say yes?

If you agree, it means that you don't trust the knights around you, and if you don't agree, what if it's really something particularly personal?

In the end, Count Tang Jr. still made a decision.

"It's okay, Klein, just say it, there's no outsiders in this hall."

Sure enough, after Count Xiao Tang said this, the knights all smiled, listen, there are no outsiders, everyone is the earl's heart!

"Yes, my lordship, I have traveled all the way from the Duchy of Conroe, passing through Munster and Ormond, and have found some very unreasonable phenomena."

"First of all, it is the price of grain in these two places, the autumn harvest is imminent, their grain price has not only not decreased but increased, and after I inquired, I found that it was the Great Justice of Murchid who was buying grain on a large scale."

"Of course, I wouldn't doubt it if it were just that, but on the other hand, once my carriage broke down and I was going to repair it, and I overheard the blacksmith say that all the iron in the territory had recently been requisitioned by the Grand Duke and asked them to make weapons. But I travelled all the way and found no sign of war, and in the whole of Ireland Desmond was notoriously bumper this year, so I dared ......"

Klein said, secretly looking at Count Don Jr., but Count Don Jr. was watching his knights closely, and the knights were also looking at him.

"Very well, Klein, this piece of information of yours is valuable, and if you fail this time, I won't blame you."

Count Don Jr. took a few deep breaths, barely managed to breathe steadily, and then said to Crane. Since Klein had heard Count Don Jr. say this, he knew that what was going on was not for him to be involved in, so he bowed again and turned to leave.

It's just that after he walked out of the hall, he seemed to be able to hear the roar coming from the little Count Tang in the hall: "I'm you......"

PS: Next chapter at half past eleven...... I'm not going to do it again......