Gawain sat in the study of the Lord's Mansion, looking at the latest reports from the Kant and Leslie Domains.

Most of the report is about the establishment of trade routes, and Padraic has shown his value, and with the efforts of the "merchant scholar", the southern merchants who originally had trade contacts with Kant have been connected one after another, and in this process, a large number of merchants have been taken under Padraic - he did not pay much monetary price for this, but used the alchemy potion spot payment, and in a short period of time, a considerable number of merchants voluntarily became the distributors of the "Cecil Potion", And let them go on the road with potions.

Due to the nature of these merchants walking between their realms, they often deal with mercenaries and the like - low-ranking mercenaries who are cheap and willing to accept the merchant's employment to help them drive away robbers and beasts along the way, and in the process, cheap and effective Cecil healing potions come into the sights of these mercenaries who are not very well-funded.

No one would skimp on protecting their lives - a potion to heal diseases and wounds and a potion to stop bleeding add up to less than three silver coins, which even the most down-trodden mercenaries can afford, so before the merchants reach their destination, the healing potions that Cecil has received have begun to circulate among the mercenaries throughout the South.

Mercenaries who are often out and about, often injured and need to be treated, will be the original and most stable source of consumers for Cecil's healing potions.

On the other hand, Leslie Ling sent a new order for mining equipment, as well as a letter hoping that Cecil Ling would send a few more "magic net technicians" to help them expand the magic net.

Gawain looked at the handwritten letter from Viscount Andrew Leslie, and a smile slowly appeared on his face.

The first batch of technicians sent to Leslie Collar helped the Tanzanian mine lay the basic magic net, so that the mine used the powerful magic energy engine to pull the minecarts and crush the ore, and before the Viscount put the production efficiency of these magic machines into place, he actually had no need to further expand the magic net - now he hoped that Gawain would send another batch of magic net technicians over, which would show that Mr. Viscount had tasted the great sweetness of the magic net.

What will he do? Maybe it's to spread the magic net to your own castle, or maybe it's to cover the entire mine, and it's more likely...... I wanted to take this opportunity to learn the technique of laying a magic net.

Anyway, it's all in Gawain's expectations.

He summoned the technical person in charge of laying the magic net—originally a rune craftsman from the royal capital, but now he has become a "naturalized talent" who is determined to stay in this territory—and gave him the task of leading the team to Tanzania again, and after explaining the task, he reminded: "According to my estimate, Viscount Leslie may try to bribe you this time and let you tell him the key to laying the magic net......"

The technical leader suddenly looked serious: "I will never be swayed by money, Lord Lord!" ”

"No, I ask you to accept the bribe," Gawain shook his head, and the words in front of him startled the technical person in front of him, "Of course, it has to be a little more tangled and difficult. ”

"Your Excellency...... What does that mean? ”

"The magic net is a very simple thing, and sooner or later someone will learn it, so I don't mind passing on the magic net technology, but I have to charge some tuition," Gawain said as he wrote a reply to Viscount Andrew, "Raise the price of the purchase a little higher, the technology is valuable." ”

After the technical lead left, Gawain called Hetty again.

As soon as the latter entered the study, Gawain said bluntly: "Inform the 'Population Introduction Commissioner' in Tanzania Town that there will be a large number of cheap mine slave laborers and unemployed free people miners in Tanzania Town in the next period of time, recruit all these people as much as possible, and there is a shortage of people in our factory." ”

Hetty's face was clouded: "Huh? Ancestors, how do you know? ”

"Viscount Andrew has bought a lot of mining equipment, and at least two-thirds of the miners are going to lose their jobs," Gawain said with a smile, "according to the habits of the traditional aristocracy, they don't have to keep a useless labor force for nothing—not to mention that there is no surplus land around Tanzanian Town to absorb the population released by the mines." ”

After Hetty also left, Gawain finally finished the business at hand, and he stretched out a big stretch, ready to take a little rest.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard a slight click from the windowsill, followed by a crisp sound of springs and mechanical structures being released, and Gao Wenyu turned his head suddenly, and immediately saw that a mechanical device on the windowsill was bouncing high!

The fully automatic anti-amber warning device worked!

Without saying a word, Gawain reached out and pressed the head of a half-elf who was falling from the windowsill in embarrassment, and his body was out of the shadow state to reveal his original form: "You don't go out of the door!" ”

Amber pounced on her, "Do you put a mouse trap on the windowsill like this!" ”

Gawain pressed the other party's head and easily suppressed all the girl's resistance: "What kind of mouse trap, that's an early warning device - can you be caught if you don't go through the window?" ”

Amber craned her neck to maintain her last dignity as a thief: "I didn't get caught!" I was just taken aback! ”

I don't know what dignity she has to maintain......

Gawain glanced at the shameless half-elf, "How long have you been listening outside the window?" ”

"From the moment you shamelessly asked the Demon Net Technician to blackmail money for you," Amber opened her mouth and showed an expression of adoration as she spoke, "Hey, old zongzi, I found that you can mix very well even if you are not a nobleman, you are a pit person...... Okay, okay, I won't talk about it......"

Gawain put away the fist that was about to be knocked down, looked the girl up and down, and then began to get down to business: "I heard that you pulled a large group of people back?" ”

"A hundred or so bastards, all of whom I knew back then, but that's not all," Amber said with a smug face, "I'll tell you, there are many more, but they're all spread over a few nearby territories, and it's winter, and those bunnies are all nesting in the tavern and pouring themselves to death, and they'll have to be pulled out one by one—but I don't have to go myself, I've already brought in the people I trusted the most, and then let them run and pull them." ”

Gawain looked at Amber with some surprise: "If you count it like that...... You were not a small force back then, huh? ”

"Actually, these people can't all be regarded as 'my forces'," Amber knew that Gawain was a layman in this regard, so she explained with a smile, "This kind of scoundrel has no stable organization at all, everyone makes a living in the streets and alleys, and meets in the gutter, and it is just a loose group to keep warm, and I know a wider range of people because I ran around in the past." It's a sparse net, and I'm only helping you pull up a few knots, but as long as these people are willing to contribute, they can help you find more people. ”

Gawain's face was abrupt: "Then I understand." Is there anything I need to do? ”

"Of course," Amber nodded, "I'm going to send my most trusted people to gather men in other territories, but you have to know how troublesome it will be for them to cross the realms of other nobles - they need documents and guarantors to prove that they are walking around on the betgets of Duke Gawain Cecil, which will prevent them and their men from being hanged by the local nobles on the road." ”

In this era, people are tied to the land where they grew up, every commoner is the private property of the nobles, and the common people are hardly allowed to leave or enter any territory at will, otherwise they will risk being hanged - if you want to become a merchant or mercenary or adventurer, you need to get documents from the nobles, and even if you have these documents, if the issuer is not strong enough, Those who possessed the documents could still be harassed and blackmailed by the noble soldiers along the way (in fact, this was almost the main source of income for many noble private soldiers), and this was the status quo in this era.

But if they not only have the supporting documents, but the issuer of the documents is also significant enough in the whole aristocracy, then they can go unimpeded.

Duke Gawain Cecil is no longer the chief guardian of the South, but his name is still important in this land, at least without a conflict of interest, the old-fashioned nobles must show enough reverence for this name, this reverence for the superior nobles is also an important part of the nobles to maintain their system, so anyone who holds the pass issued by Gawain Cecil can be unimpeded in the South, and basically do not have to worry about being extorted by the nobles along the way- This is also an important guarantee for the smooth development of Gawain's trade routes.

Gawain agreed to Amber's request with little hesitation: "No problem. But you have to make sure that the people who get the pass are reliable, and you have to make them understand their mission and the importance of keeping a low profile before they go, and I don't want those people to go around with my pass and make it public. ”

Amber grinned: "Don't worry about this, the ones I brought out are all old oilers, they can't do anything else, low-key recognition and cowardice grandson is better than anyone else, with the duke's pass, you can walk like a refugee, you let them swagger through the city than let them die." ”

Gawain: "......"

I always feel that there is nothing to be proud of, why does Amber say these words with an expression that looks like she has saved the world......

At this time, Amber began to sigh again: "The pass issued by the duke...... If it's that kind of unconditional access paperwork, God knows how much money this thing can make on the black market. You're probably the first nobleman ever to issue such a document to a gangster. ”

"I'm not the first," Gawain waved his hand when he heard this, "When we first brought down the northern region, Charlie alone signed more than a hundred certificates and permits for the local mountain people. From the perspective of the present, the northern mountain people of the past were all uncivilized barbarians, and they could not even be counted as scoundrels - but they are the ancestors of the current northern mountain army. ”

"Wow-you mean let me lead a group in the future?!"

Gao Wen glanced at the half-elf who climbed along the pole, and raised his hand: "Say, do I knock directly or go through a process?" ”

Amber: "......"