Chapter 34 The Current Situation of the Continent (Ask for Recommendation, Ask for Collection!) )
Lin Fan was hesitant in his heart, he didn't know anything about making money, if his power had begun to see scale, then there was nothing to say, the trouble here was nothing at all, at most it was a little trouble in the real world.
But now, even the first batch of subordinates have not yet been trained, and they rashly carry out commercial transactions, and they still ship in large quantities, which can easily arouse the covetousness of powerful robber forces, and even the nobles will be tempted.
Lin Fan never wants to take such a risk, build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become king, this is the wise saying of the ancestors to make a fortune!
However, Lin Fan now owes Brother Hai such a large amount of arrears, and if the team wants to develop and grow, it is inseparable from the supply of resources, even if there is modern society as a support, this also requires a lot of money.
In the end, there is actually one word, that is, 'money', all this is a problem of money, everything can be solved with money, and it is difficult to move an inch without money, and the problem has turned back to the dead end at the beginning.
But now after Erin's reminder, Lin Fan couldn't help but feel a cheerful feeling, his brain was simply pumping, why did he keep running to the gold and silver to see it? Although the development of the warband world is backward, it is not completely useless, and there are many ready-made treasures that can be sold in modern times!
For example, the precious wood that has long been extinct, but unfortunately Lin Fan doesn't know much about this, so it is naturally not easy to find. But in addition to this, there is another big one, which can also bring huge profits, and this is the fur deal that Erin just proposed.
Fur has always been a luxury item, and the price is often high, especially for wild animal fur, which is exponentially higher due to national laws prohibiting it.
The warband world is full of war, wild animals are everywhere, and the villagers of each village have two-handed hunting skills, and the animal skins they have accumulated are simply innumerable.
If you can get all these furs, then you will be able to make a fortune, not only can you solve the problem of lack of money in one fell swoop, but also repay the arrears of Brother Hai as soon as possible, and even make a fortune to become a real rich man!
And in order to reduce the risk, you can completely hand over the animal fur to Brother Hai for sale, Brother Hai is a righteous person, and has channels and connections, he should be able to sell this batch of animal fur safely soon, and when the time comes, he will say that he will divide it fifty-fifty, and leave the rest to Brother Hai to operate.
In this way, you can repay Brother Hai's assistance, and secondly, you can reduce the risks encountered in the process of selling, and even the final transaction price will be greatly increased, which is simply a triple win! Why not!
"Horn" kissed Erin, Lin Fan was very excited, the more he thought about it, the more reliable he felt, and he couldn't wait to start the fur trade now.
"Erin, you are really my lucky star, you helped my husband solve a big headache at once, I love you so much!"
Erin's face was slightly red, although she didn't know what Lin Fan had thought, but when she saw Lin Fan's happy appearance, her heart also became happy, and she was secretly happy for him.
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Early the next morning, the village chief Hande was told by Erin that Lin Fan had agreed to make a deal, and hurriedly pulled the affairs officer Laifu over with him.
Whether it is the head of Hande Village or the affairs officer Laifu, Lin Fan and them are all acquaintances, after all, their children are all in Lin Fan's team, among which Erin is Lin Fan's personal maid and female soldier captain, and Foss is also Lin Fan's newly appointed male servant chief, and he can be regarded as having a certain status in the entire team.
Although Hande and Lai Fu are the village chief and the affairs officer respectively, they are actually elected by the villagers themselves, and there is no official appointment, after all, this is not a direct fief of the nobles, and the king doesn't really care who is the village chief and who is the affairs officer, as long as he recognizes his rule.
The continent of Calradia is a world full of wars, there are a total of six countries that have been fighting all year round, due to the relationship between the perennial wars, and the nobility does not belong to each other, so the state management is quite chaotic, there are not enough officials to manage, except for the direct territories of the nobles, they have always been left to their own destruction.
The village of Bigren is a village without a lord, it theoretically belongs to the kingdom of Swadia, but it does not belong to King Lawrence, the king is only a leader elected by the nobles, he is only a big nobleman, so he can only collect taxes from his direct domain.
In a large village with thousands of people like Biglen Village, in fact, there should generally be a lord, but the lord here was defeated and died a few years ago, that is, the one who once served the village chief of Hand, so this territory was empty, and it has not been assigned to any nobleman.
There are not too many cases like Biglen Village, but it is not impossible, after all, in this war-torn world, even if you are noble as a noble, sometimes you will inevitably die, and even because of the frequent wars, the mortality rate is not low.
After the death of the lord, if it is a hereditary territory, then it will naturally be inherited by the descendants, even if there is no direct descendant, it will generally be inherited from the side, which is a means for the nobles to maintain their own rights, and the inheritance will generally not be broken.
But if it is only a lifelong territory, then after the death of the lord, the descendants naturally have no so-called inheritance rights, so the territory can only be vacated and wait for the arrival of the next lord, which may be very short, or it may take a long time.
After all, if the kingdom wants to develop healthily, there must always be an upward channel, so it is impossible for the king to seal all the fiefs in part, and always leave a small amount of territory to reward later meritorious officials, and at the same time to motivate other nobles and subordinates.
Due to various reasons and coincidences, the village of Biglen has never had its own lord, so naturally there is no need to pay taxes, and no one can control them, so although the village is very poor, it still lives relatively freely, and all kinds of means are combined to survive.
In addition to large settlements like Biglen Village, which has a relatively good living environment and a population of thousands of people, there are also many small villages with only a few hundred people scattered on the mainland, and the living environment is not very good, and most of the roads are difficult to walk, so most of them are not subject to the control of the aristocracy.
A small village like this, relatively close to the aristocratic territory, can still be included in the scope of the nobles' rule, but the distance is relatively far away, or a place that is not easy to find, then naturally there is no need to obey the orders of the nobles, let alone pay taxes.
However, there is no collar restraint, which has both a convenient side and a bad side. On the bright side, there is no need to face the exploitation of the aristocracy, all the output belongs to himself, and he does not have to be controlled by laws and regulations, and he seems to be free.
On the bad side, it is to lose the protection of the aristocratic army and leave it to fend for itself, and it is very likely that it will be wiped out by robbers at any time.
A large village with a population of 1,000 people like Biglen is fine, but it is generally difficult to withstand the forces of large robbers in a small village with only a few hundred people.
At the same time, due to the knowledge monopoly of the nobles, a lot of technical knowledge can only be learned by the direct lords, even if it is a big sin to teach others, let alone this group of undisciplined survivors, they do not have any advanced skills, they are a group of farmers who can only farm, at most plus a group of hunters who are good at hunting.
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