"Your family's main transport is luxury goods, presumably very profitable, this is a big piece of fat, Mr. Lanilus, your proposal is going to offend many people, and do you believe that my strength can stop the three middle families?" Rand rubbed his fingers, Ranilus's main intention was to let Rand block the shallow water and intercept the rest of the merchant ships here, and not allow them to pass, so that the Peruvian family would become the only family that could supply luxury goods to the northern market, and the price would naturally rise a lot, and the profit might be several times higher than usual!

"Lord Lord, you are a member of the Capetian family, I have never doubted your military strength, and the guards on the merchant ships will not be very strong, you can easily defeat them, as the son of the Duke of Winton, you must know very well that if you want to expand your territory and army, money is an indispensable thing, the tax fee you charge now is one percent, and a shipload of goods is only a few tens or hundreds of silver coins, but I promise you that if you cooperate with me, I will increase your income tenfold, or even dozens of timesLanilus knew in his heart that what Rand wanted was nothing more than money, and the last mistake he could make as a businessman was to give up an opportunity because he was worried about money.

"My lord, I have calculated for you, if you collect taxes at the rate of one percent, the annual harvest will only be thirty or forty thousand silver coins. But you agree to my proposal, and I will give you 100,000 ...... a year" Lanilus thought for a moment, and quickly changed his words and said, "No, I will give you 200,000 silver coins!"

200,000 silver coins! Empty to receive two years of financial income! Rant's cheeks twitched silently, he didn't expect the conditions given by Lanilus to be so generous, but he was not carried away by the joy, he forcibly ordered himself to calm down, this reward was not given for nothing, with this money, he would have to face three medium-sized forces that were not weaker than the Peruvian family.

If he agreed to Rannyrus's request, it would mean that from now on, he would face hatred and assassination from the three families, and he would have to worry about it all day, but then he could use the money to recruit soldiers, expand his territory and build walls, and further strengthen his power.

What to do?

Seeing Rant's hesitation, Lanilus realized that his chips were still a little light, he gritted his teeth and decided to throw out the final bottom line, "My lord, I have just walked all the way in your territory and found a problem, most of your soldiers are foot soldiers, and there is no cavalry formation, which may put you at a disadvantage in the battle. ”

"If you agree to my request, then our Peruvian family will purchase high-quality war horses in the south and sell them to you at a price lower than the market price!"

War horse, Rand trembled slightly in his heart, Lanilus's words did speak to his heart, what the empty crossing is currently lacking is a high-quality war horse, but there is no way to buy it, if Lannyrus can get a high-quality war horse, then Rand will no longer have to worry about the future.

If you can have a cavalry unit of your own, the hatred and assassination of other families will not be able to make Rand feel afraid, and it is better to offend people by collecting taxes anyway, so it is better to offend them directly.

Even if the other families unite and prepare to fight against him in the future, will the Duke of Winton watch his son be killed?

The most significant feature of the Capet family is that they are domineering, and the other is to protect their shortcomings, even if the Duke of Winton doesn't like this son, he will never allow others to crusade against him, and the Duke of Winton will not care if the Rand is at fault first, the world where strength is supreme, as long as you can get the exact benefits, the ghost will reason with you.

"Mr. Lanilus," Rand let out a long sigh of relief.

"I wish us a happy cooperation. ”

The look on Lennyrus's face instantly relaxed, and he clearly knew that the general situation was decided.

"My lord, when the spring of next year begins, I will send a year's worth of silver coins and the warhorse promised to you to the Empty Ferry Domain, and you must not let any of them slip through the net. Lanilus took out a delicate wooden box from his bosom, opened it, took out three different badges and handed them to Rand, and said, "Keep an eye out for merchant ships marked with these three badges, and be sure to intercept them in the shallow waters." ”

"Don't worry, Mr. Lanilus, the future of the northern jewelry market will be owned by the Peruvian family. Rand pointed to the golden lion badge behind him, the meaning of which was self-evident.

This is a promise from the Capetian family.

No one dares to question its authenticity.

......

Time has passed very quickly lately, and Rand feels that every day is busy, in addition to dealing with the government affairs reports of various villages and towns, he also has to go to the smelting furnace factory to inspect the progress of the craftsmen, fortunately there is a loyal Payne who is sharing some tedious work for him, otherwise Rand really can't play.

Yazov stayed in the empty territory for nearly a week, investigating records everywhere, and after that night, Love completely stopped hiding his thoughts and actions, and followed Yazov all day long, it seems that he is determined to defect to Ron's command, but I don't know how the Duke of Winton will react to such a subordinate who is unwilling to obey his orders.

And Rand didn't have the heart to think about these at this time, the manufacturing and assembly of the ballista had reached the final stage, he had been in the smelting plant almost all day for the past two days, the manufacture of the arrows had been completed, eight thousand sharp arrows, of which five hundred were armor-piercing arrows specially made to deal with barbarians, the body of the arrow was nearly twice as heavy as ordinary arrows, the arrows were extremely long, carefully polished into a three-edged shape, the most stable, and the best armor-piercing performance.

"My lord, the polishing of the arrow groove has been completed, and it will not cause resistance to the arrows, but there is a problem at the moment. Hans*, the craftsman in charge of making the ballista, put on his upper body and pushed the ballista, which had already taken a slightly rudimentary shape, in front of Rand, and said: "According to your calculations, it takes nearly 100 catties of power to pull the ballista to the fullest, which has extremely high requirements for the bowstring, and the hemp string used to make the bow in the past cannot withstand this kind of force at all, and it will break after a few uses." ”

Unlike bows, it takes more force to pull a crossbow, which means that the materials needed to make a crossbow are stronger, even if it is an ordinary single crossbow, it needs two arms to pull, not to mention the enhanced version of the long-range weapon such as the ballista, which is wound once, requires two soldiers to turn the rudder and use the power of machinery to do it.