Text Chapter 098 Rolling Gold Coins
At the end of September, the pearl collar was full of people and lively. Caravans arrived in oxen and wagons to the Pearl Territory. Xu Dong stood on the lookout at the top of the Pearl Castle and looked into the distance, and as far as the eye could see, there were more convoys flocking to the Pearl Collar.
There are too many people! There are still two days left before the Pearl Collar Free Trade Market opens, and it is already crowded with caravans from all over the world! Xu Dong had no choice but to double the scope of the planned trade market. At night, numerous white tents are erected around the Château de la Pearl, and the newly opened inns and hotels in the castle are already overcrowded. Many caravans could only live in tents outside the city.
Although the trade market has not yet opened, many caravans have already set up stalls outside the market, selling all kinds of goods they have brought with them. Xu Dong had no choice but to hurriedly dispatch hundreds of tax officials who had just completed training to settle in the trade market and start the market tax work two days in advance.
When the pearl collar started selling the first batch of porcelain silk as well as tea, the whole free trade market went crazy! Although Xu Dong also had a lot of goods on hand, during this time, Xu Dong teleported back to Daming several times when he was free, and purchased a large number of goods, and now the pearl collar has thousands of tons of oriental goods stored.
However, Xu Dong did not want to sell heavily and cause commodity prices to fall, so he only sold a small part of the day every day. Many caravans were in trouble because they couldn't buy Oriental goods! As a result, a full 2,000 pearl-led city guards quickly surrounded the trade market. The merchants of the caravans from various countries fell silent in an instant when they saw this well-trained army dressed in gorgeous steel carved plate armor, with long swords at their waists and spears in their hands.
Some troublesome businessmen were arrested, and Xu Dong didn't do anything to them, he beat the board and locked it up overnight, and then fined some money and released it.
As for the sale of oriental goods, Xu Dong thought of an idea. Fifty tickets were issued to ten caravans a day, five for each caravan, and each ticket could buy a ton of oriental goods. Caravans that have received tickets are not allowed to queue up to collect tickets.
But this is really a drop in the bucket for the hundreds of caravans under Pearl City, so much so that the Pearl Receipt Ticket has also become a hard currency in the hands of the merchants. Some people even started the auction of tickets. What's more, they even made fake tickets! But this ticket is actually Xu Dong's own Taiyi sect exclusive Dao Talisman "Qingxin Fu", a low-level Dao talisman that temporarily increases concentration. How does this make a fake? So the guys who made fake tickets were out of luck.
Xu Dong showed no mercy to these guys who made fake tickets, and there was an extra scene on the wall of Pearl Castle that day, more than a dozen fools were hanged by the neck with ropes at the head of the city, and the corpses swayed with the breeze......
Two days later, dozens of orc caravans from the Northern Wasteland finally arrived at the Pearllands, where three huge ferries built by the Pearllands crossed the Rondo River in batches.
"Brother Gaman!" Xu Dong, who personally greeted him at the ferry, saw Gaman, a pig-headed man who jumped from the boat, at a glance.
"Ahaha! Brother Xu Dong! As soon as Gaman saw Xu Dong, he laughed and ran over, and the two came to hug warmly.
"Brother Xu Dong, this time it's not just the tribal caravan from the Red Earth Wasteland, but more than two dozen tribes from the middle of the Beamon Empire have also sent caravans. Forty-two caravans came, bringing with them large quantities of furs, minerals, herbs, and magic crystals. Fourteen tribal chiefs even led the team in person. Gaman said with a smile, followed by a large group of orcs of various races.
"Haha, welcome to all respected friends of the Beamon Empire! I have set up a banquet in the city, and you will be tired of saddle horses all the way, and please enjoy your face and go into the city to rest. Xu Dong greeted the orc nobles with a smile.
The orc nobles, who were still a little apprehensive, were very warm and friendly when they saw Xu Dong, and they were overjoyed! Sure enough, the rumors are true, this pearl lord is friendly to orcs! They all put their minds at ease and talked enthusiastically with Xu Dong.
The arrival of the orc caravans brought the atmosphere of the Pearl-Territory Free Trade Market to a real peak, and the abundance of goods from the northern wastelands made every Terran merchant reap. And the sale of oriental goods and the fifteen tax on one tax made the tax collectors of the pearl collar count the money and count the cramps in their hands! They all complained about why the lord didn't train more financial personnel. This is also something Xu Dong did not expect.
Xu Dong led the orc nobles to hold a banquet in the Pearl Castle, and Xu Dong quickly mingled with these orcs and called each other brothers. And the fragrant fruit rice of the pearl collar really made these orc nobles cry when they ate it, and they all shouted that the pearl collar is too rich, and this kind of food can be eaten in unlimited quantities to the top of the stomach! The orcs' favorite meat on the table didn't move much at this time......
Xu Dong said that when the orc nobles returned, they would each give 300 catties of fragrant fruit rice as a gift and bring it back to their wives and children to try it. The orc nobles thanked each other with joy.
After a full meal, Xu Dong took a group of orcs to visit the Pearl Castle, and at this time, the outer wall of the Pearl Castle was almost completed, and the grand scale of the Pearl Castle made all the orcs praise. And the Pearl City leaders and city guards on the city walls, who were fully armed and standing still, also shocked the orcs.
Xu Dong led the orcs along the city wall to the Pearl-Collar Cathedral, where the head of the Templar Order, Claire, led a procession of more than 300 Templars to greet Xu Dong, each of whom wore the newly issued knightly plate armor of the Pearl-Collar, with a sword and shield in his hand, and a white cloak.
"Miracle of Light! His Majesty the Holy Xu Dongmian! More than 300 Templars fell to their knees on one knee, raised their swords in front of them, and saluted Xu Dong.
"The Light shines on your path! Never forget your sacred mission, my knights. Xu Dong raised his hand and motioned for the knights to excuse themselves.
"Captain Claire, I am going to take all the nobles of the Bimon Empire into the church for a holy mass. You lead the Templars outside the church and don't let anyone in! Xu Dong leaned into Claire's ear and whispered.
"Ahh Be! Your Majesty! I will guard this place with my sword and blood! No one will disturb His Majesty until the last Templar falls! Claire said excitedly, in her opinion, Xu Dongmian brought these orc nobles into the church, which meant a feat that had not been seen since ancient times! These nobles of the Bimon Empire are obviously going to believe in the Holy Light God Cult!
Xu Dong was also speechless for a while when he saw that Claire looked like she was facing a great enemy. So he beckoned the orcs into the church together, closed the door, and began a sacred and fierce ...... Gambling.
Xu Dong and the orcs played dice in the church, which was a pair of dice carved by Xu Dong himself from animal bones. All the orcs are also talented, and they are all addicted to it after playing for a long time.
Xu Dong, who is sitting in the village, is really lucky today! Lost to his grandmother's house, and two hours later, the excited Xu Dong directly flipped the table! Can you believe Malegobi's 12 consecutive losses? Lost 1260 gold coins in just two hours! Xu Dong almost wanted to die!
A tired Xu Dong walked out of the church with a group of smiling orcs, and Claire watched Xu Dong walk away with tears in her eyes. That night, Claire wrote a report letter to the Holy See: "God's favorite, the holy Xu Dongmian led fifteen nobles of the Beamon Empire to a holy mass at the Pearl Collar Cathedral!" The pagan beliefs of the Northern Wasteland are collapsing in the holy light of Xu Dongmian's scepter! The orcs are turning away from the god of war in favor of the god of light......"
It took ten days for trade in the Pearl Territory Market to gradually decline, and many satisfied caravans began to pack up and leave, while some other new caravans were entering the Pearl Territory. In short, the fame of the Pearl Collar Free Trade Market is really launched, and it is truly free. Even the dwarven tribes of the Endless Mountains and the elves of the Shadow Forest sent caravans.
Only the Pearl Collar could now see this strange scene in the entire continent, and in the tavern of the city, humans, orcs, dwarves, elves, and even goblins all coexisted peacefully, sitting together drinking and bragging, and having fun.
The Elven Court not only sent a caravan, but also brought gifts and thank-you letters from the Elven Queen. Thanks to Lord Xu Dong for saving the queen's two sisters.
In addition to some magic crystals, there are also ten kilograms of "water of life", the water of life is the best panacea, the most precious treasure of the elves, whether it is serious injury and dying, poisoning, disease or other negative states, as long as you take a sip, you will immediately jump alive.
When Xu Dong saw this water of life, he immediately remembered that in the Inheritance Temple, the water of the life pool in the Temple of Life, was it the same thing?
After putting away his thoughts, Xu Dong held another banquet for the elven queen's envoys, and then wrote a long reply letter to the elven envoy to bring back, expressing his respect for his allies and gratitude to Her Majesty the queen for the gift, and finally asked the elf queen to greet the two princesses of Isina on behalf of Xu Dong.
At the same time, the elven envoy brought back a full 5,000 catties of fragrant fruit rice and many various knick-knacks, all of which Xu Dong bought in his own trade market, including jewelry, silver animal toys, small clocks and other things, saying that they were gifts for the two princesses. For the two cute and beautiful elf princesses, Xu Dong still misses them a lot.
Regarding how much money the pearl collar has made these days, after Xu Dong read the report of the financial officer, he directly sent a red envelope of gold coins to each of the people in the whole territory. On that day, the entire Pearl Castle was again filled with shouts of "Long live the lord"!
1,550,000 kinnars! Of these, 1,300,000 jinnars are the profits from the sale of oriental goods, and 250,000 jinnars are commercial taxes. The welfare of the people of 50,000 gold coins is a drop in the bucket for Xu Dong.
"The Château de la Pearl needs to be expanded again. Yes, you heard it right. And he set aside two more miles of land beyond the outer walls, and built three cities. The original outer city is used as the inner city. In addition, the Pearl Leader City Defense Army will also be expanded, and the number is tentatively set at 8,000 people. Why? What nonsense are you talking about! Lao Tzu has too much money, and I feel a little uneasy if I don't spend it! Xu Dong said to Xu Tie.