Ironwood City

Early in the morning, the shouts of all kinds of vendors fill the streets and alleys of the city, although the iron wood city is small, but it is definitely popular enough, and the wide streets are crowded because there are too many people.

The war in the Northland does not seem to have affected Ironwood in the slightest.

Because of the strength of the Hunter family, the Hunter Territory was not damaged by the war, and the people living in this territory are still living very peacefully, and the whole city is still prospering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Many of the refugees added a lot of people to the city of Ironwood, and under Richard's orders, these refugees were properly resettled, and in time they would become a qualified source of taxes and soldiers for the Hunt family.

Richard led his men and horses into Ironwood City without hurry under the attention of the guards and the surrounding civilians.

The reason for being noticed is not only because of his identity, but also because of the twenty red flame BMWs that Richard carried.

There is a shortage of horses in the Northland, and many people have the impression that the horses are the kind of Northland shortpots that are only slightly taller than people.

Sometimes even a Westside horse will cause onlookers,

Not to mention the Red Flame Horse, which is bigger than the Western Realm Horse, and the whole body is red.

If it weren't for Richard's power in Ironwood City, everyone would only dare to look from a distance, and they might all be surrounded by strange things at this time.

On the contrary, the two coffin-like boxes on the carriage in the team were directly ignored by everyone.

Passing through the bustling crowd, Richard soon returned to Ironwood Fort.

"Young Master Richard is back!"

As soon as he entered the castle, Richard heard a loud announcement, and the maids and guards who passed by saluted him.

"There's a new circus in the city today, and Lord Viscount should still be on the circus' side."

Viscount Sauter's three hobbies are martial arts, hunting and watching circus,

Originally, after the development of Ironwood City, there were also some small opera troupes performing, and Viscount Sauter went to see one for the sake of vassal elegance.

The opera troupe that performed arranged the best position for Viscount Sotte, but I didn't expect Viscount Sauter to sit in the first row and fall asleep, and the snoring almost covered the actor's voice.

Since then, Viscount Sauter has been very serious about being a nobleman, and has never tried to cultivate any noble hobbies again.

"Lady Kaylin should be in the garden."

"Well, go and ask Chief Egger to come to the council chamber."

"Yes, Lord Richard."

After greeting his mother for a while, Richard came to the council chamber.

"Master Richard."

Egger had already arrived at the council chamber first, and immediately stood up and saluted respectfully when he saw Richard coming.

"Uncle Egger doesn't need to be polite, sit down."

In front of his own people, Richard didn't have much of a shelf, so he sat down on the chair first, and let Egger sit down as well, trying to show his own mastery.

Although Egger has always been very low-key in the Hunter family, Richard is very clear about his role, he goes out to fight, and the rear is not reliable to rely on Viscount Souter, Viscount Sauter can only be a force responsible,

And Iger is his main internal affairs talent, without him, the operation of Hunter in all aspects is definitely not as smooth as it is now.

"Young Master Richard, this month, due to the expansion of the absorption of homeless people and the Flying Bear Army, as well as the construction of road facilities, the expenditure has increased by more than 3,000 jinnars, which is much more than the original plan."

The implication of Egger's words is that he has no money, so he has to save something.

In fact, Hunter's income has grown dramatically every year under Richard's management.

In the Northlands, not to mention other viscounts, even the financial income of the county may not be as good as that of the Hunter Lord.

But Richard will not only make money, but also spend money, and the stall in Hunter's territory is getting bigger and bigger day by day,

Anyway, money is not enough at any time, especially for a force that is on the rise, it is really necessary to increase spending in all aspects.

"Hmm"

After listening to Iger's report, Richard nodded, and then said:

"The Flying Bear Army immediately began to expand its army, this time expanding the army to 10,000 first."

"Huh?"

"Master Richard, we can't come up with that much money."

Iger almost thought that he had heard it wrong, this time Richard's request was to expand the army by 5,000, which meant that the initial settling-in allowance and equipment expenses were thousands of gold narls in a mess.

The coffers are almost empty, so how can there be money to expand the army.

"First use the land voucher as part of the cost, and then issue a bond of 30,000 gold nar in the name of the Hunter family, and pay a cent."

In fact, the Golden Dragon Kingdom has long had a precedent for issuing bonds, but those are the patents of the big nobles, and the wealthy nobles in the river valley are also fine.

But this group of poor acid lords in the Northland, except for the Lancet family, issuing bonds is actually a joke,

With the wealth and credit of these petty nobles, no one wanted to buy the debts they issued.

That is, the Hunter family is now winning consecutive battles, and part of its strength has been revealed, so Richard dares to try to issue bonds.

"Well, I'll try it."

Egger responded with some uncertainty, he had never heard of such a thing as issuing bonds, and he didn't know anything about it.

"Let the Banders and the nobles of the Nader family subscribe to a part according to their own conditions, and then sell it to merchants and wealthy people."

"Yes"

Richard actually didn't have any bottom, so he could only play some hooligan tricks and force these nobles who were attached or semi-attached to him to buy some first.

If the other merchants see that the lords of each family have bought it, it will increase their trust a little bit.

"Also, the soap in Factory No. 1 can start mass production, and it will be sold in the name of our Hunter's family."

The Golden Dragon Kingdom is not without products that are homogeneous to soap, and a product extracted from purple flowers has an effect similar to that of shower gel, which is highly sought after by the nobles of the kingdom.

But this thing is low in production and ridiculously expensive, not to mention the commoners, even the poorer little nobles can't afford to use it, anyway, the Hunter family couldn't afford it before Richard ran it.

And soap, the manufacturing process is simple, the output is large, and the experience of using it may not be as good as the purple flower liquid, but the price is cheap, and it is definitely a profiteering product, and it can completely occupy the sinking market that was abandoned by the purple flower liquid.

If managed properly, it can definitely make the Hunter family one of the richest families in the kingdom.

Of course, it is precisely because of the money that he has not been released by Richard.

"This?"

Iger hesitated, as one of the core figures of the Hunter family, he knew about the existence of soap, and the more he knew, the more cautious he became.

"Don't be afraid, we can keep it."

Richard naturally knew what Iger was worried about, and Egger was a knowledgeable person, so he naturally understood how much benefit Richard would have in the soap he had made before.

Such a huge benefit, with the strength of the Hunter family before, it was absolutely impossible to keep it, so it has been hidden since it was produced.

It wasn't until now that Richard was promoted to the Great Knight, and there were two more diamond men under his command who could compete with the Great Knight, so he dared to release this kind of profiteering commodity.

There is another reason, of course, that Richard is short of money, the kind that is so lacking that he is red-eyed.

"Compared with the price of purple flower liquid, the starting price does not need to be too low."

"Yes, Master Richard."

Seeing Richard's resolute attitude, Iger did not hesitate, Richard's decision was always correct, and this concept was not only instilled in ordinary people,

Iger also subtly embraced this notion.

"The expansion and bond issuance will be completed this month."

Richard thought about it, but still emphasized the day, he was afraid that the time would drag on for a long time, and when the statue of the god-eyed bird in the market was gone, he wanted to cry without tears.

"Little Richard, you're back!"

No sooner had Richard arranged things than the voice of Viscount Sauter came from outside the castle.

Richard rubbed his brow a little helplessly.

Viscount Sauter's loud voice, it is estimated that his voice can be heard throughout the castle,

In the entire Hunter Territory, there are only Viscount Sauter and Lady Kaylin.

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