Chapter Eighty-Nine: The War on Money

Dai Lan returned to Celtic Castle in a triumphant manner. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoEvery knight, every maid got the news in advance, this unruly young boy, hatefully taught the unsuccessful but pretentious knights of the Jacob family.

Even Aunt Susan, because she was Dai Lan's landlord, felt that her status in the Robertson family had improved a lot.

Earl Jonard praised Dai Lan in front of everyone, and poured a glass of Glengorny whiskey for Dai Lan, giving him enough face.

The old lord also drank all his wine, wiped his beard, and said loudly: "Let Jacob and those people see this time, our Robertson family is not easy to bully!" Dai Lan, you don't have to worry about them coming to the door, all the consequences are borne by me, an old man! ā€

This time, even Grand Elder Galero did not raise a voice of opposition, he knew very well in his heart that he had injured a few inferior knights, and it would not tear the faces of the two major families.

Hamilton, who was injured in a fight, also became a hero, attracting the attention of many maids. It is said that when he woke up the next morning, he found many anonymous letters outside the door, all of which were full of words of affection.

The time for the alliance between the Alliance of Theon and the Dark Forest is getting closer and closer, and the small town of Dundee is also shrouded in a depressing atmosphere.

The Western armies at that time were completely different from modern armies.

At that time, neither the invincible British Empire, nor the powerful Germanic Empire, nor Spain, the rightful overlord of the ocean, had enough financial resources to support a standing army of more than 100,000 men. For example, in the English Empire, the number of troops attached to the country was only 50,000.

Once caught in the middle of a war, this is only enough for a quick siege battle. If the guards are tug-of-war, they must accumulate at least 200,000 warriors!

People are fed by horses, and the daily ration consumed alone can reach a staggering fifteen hundred gold louis. Therefore, when it comes to war, both the West and the East have only one thing in common: war is money!

Whether it's the purpose, the process, or the result, it's money!

In order to have a sufficient number of armies in times of war, the rulers of various countries adopted the same approach: mercenaries.

On weekdays, the emperor and the king tried their best to win over the major families and give fiefs and a part of the tax rights. Allow them to have their own knights and mercenaries. Before the big battle, the king issued a summoning order, and all the families must send their best troops to join the battle.

Of course, if they are victorious, the clan will also receive the corresponding spoils according to their performance in the war.

Due to the huge profits at their disposal, the major families are constantly recruiting villagers and purchasing weapons. This doubled the Robertson family's ironware business more than usual.

Ever since Newell's Pharmacy made an advertisement with blood, Roche Herbal Medicine has gained fame. Families in almost all of Scotland sent people to order and buy.

This is where the shortcomings of the Robertson family's lack of experience in drug sales become apparent.

The large number of purchases led to a serious shortage of raw materials, and after the bitter ginger and Tian Qi were replenished, it was found that several alchemy furnaces had to be stopped for maintenance due to overload.

There are also limited channels for drug resale, so they have to entrust Newell's stores in other cities to help with promotional sales. This directly led to a large part of the profits being divided.

Ordering too much, what a happy trouble!

In the past ten days alone, the Robertson family has received more than 100 gold louis. In other words, just this kind of medicinal material, the old lord can get more than 3,000 gold louis every year. It won't take two or three years to easily pay off all the arrears.

The prosperity of the family and the vicissitudes of the empire and the alliance of Seon are meaningless to Dai Lan, a traverser.

In other words, Dai Lan did not have any sense of belonging in this dark but colorful Middle Ages.

What he has to do is to solve Bruno's problem as soon as possible, find his girlfriend Joyna as soon as possible, ask the ins and outs of the whole thing, and know his life experience.

Therefore, the whole family was extremely busy, rushing to make alchemy furnaces and medicinal materials, recruiting village warriors to train soldiers, but it gave Dai Lan a chance to breathe.

Out of everyone's sight, he can concentrate on studying the problem of other clever drugs in the "Selected Tang Poems".

Dai Lan found that many of the rest of the medicinal materials were extremely rare in terms of raw materials, and even some of them were really unbelievable.

For example, one of the main ingredients of medicinal materials that can increase the distance of mind control magic is actually the Kraken Scale Armor!

Whenever he saw this, Dai Lan would turn the book to the front and look at the title on the cover to make sure that the book was a Tang poem and not a fantasy novel.

In the end, Dai Lan could only focus on some slightly more reliable drugs. For example, the drug that quickly improves the physical fitness of knights - "Hercules's Choice".

In view of the growing tensions with the British Empire and the Kingdom of Scotland, Old Master Andrew arranged two secret gatherings with great emotion. Once in the Boulder Village near the Dark Forest, and once still in the Debroye Tavern.

Dai Lan took the time to attend the meeting in the Boulder Village, as an elemental mage, of course.

Remy, the owner of the de Broglie Tavern, also attended the party, and although he was said to be a subordinate of the king fat man, Dai Lan's wariness of him was obvious. I don't know him at all, and I don't want to take the initiative to talk to him.

Dai Lan also noticed that Carrick, the swaggering apprentice magician of Su Ri, was not present today, which was unusual.

When I saw Emily again, she looked much better. His fair face also shone brightly, and his blue eyes shone brighter than the starry sky.

Dai Lan answered several inferences of Master Andrew's theory of elemental composition, and of course did not explain the periodic law of the elements of the great god Mendeleev, but he was still shocked.

He also used Landau's first-order phase transition theory to explain the crystal woman's doubts about the mutual transformation of ice and water.

Finally, our charming, wise, erudite, Doctor Elemental Mage stood quietly with Miss Emily beside a circle of boulders, looking up at the vast cosmic firmament and watching the pops fly by.

Emily closed her eyes, her long eyelashes fluttering, and her red lips whispered something in silence, apparently wishing.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes and looked at Dai Lan under the black robe, and asked with a smile, "When will I be able to have a rainbow in the sky?" ā€

The calm elemental mage was stunned, nodded slightly, and muttered, "I think, one day, you will get the most beautiful rainbow ...... in the world."