The Storm Market can be said to be the most critical part of Duke's plan in the future, because with the deterioration of relations with the royal family of the French Empire and the gradual tension in the situation in France, Duke's plan for the Storm Firm may change, resulting in a decrease in the income of Storm Castle.

Don't look at the current booming development of Stormcastle, but this is all based on the fact that there is a large inflow of funds, and everything in Stormcastle can be said to be smashed with money. If there is a cut off the flow of funds, let alone the issue of development, it will be very difficult to maintain the current situation.

However, now Duke is not as worried as before, because it is very important that the food problem in Storm Castle can basically be solved this year. The Middle Ages solved the food problem in an important way, so everything else was a minor problem, at most it had a little impact on Duke's previous promise, but Stormcastle was good enough compared to other territories.

The Storm Market was built in the middle of Storm City and Storm Castle, in fact, Duke's previous plan was to build on the outskirts of Storm City, closer to Alpine City or Andorra la Vella. Because the entire Stormcastle is currently in an expansionist situation, Duke naturally wants to expand the Stormcastle's sphere of influence even more.

But when the Storm Market was being built, it was just the time when Duke was leading the army out, and if the entire Storm Market was successfully built, it would inevitably encroach on some of the territory of Alpine City. Under normal circumstances, Duke didn't take Alpine City in his eyes, after all, the Alpine Army had already beaten himself half-crippled, and the Third Legion of the Empire had also been transferred to Andorra City, and the remaining Light Army's only task was to prevent the Ice Demon from going deeper, and as for the disputes between the lords, the Holy See maintained a relatively neutral position, at least on the surface.

So Duke doesn't have to worry about the reaction of Alpine City at all, it doesn't matter if he encroaches on a little territory, if he doesn't worry about the reaction of the French royal family, Duke has the idea of annexing the entire Alpine City.

However, with the rise of the Prince of Andorra, he has become more and more afraid of the increasingly powerful Storm Army, and he has taken the lead in Duke and annexed the entire Alpine City, and the current Alpine Lord has actually become the puppet of the Prince of Andorra.

Under such circumstances, the relationship between Storm Castle and the Prince of Andorra is naturally becoming more and more tense as the largest local power in the Kingdom of Andorra. During the period of time when Zhang Nan led the army out, Fei Duo did not dare to risk testing the bottom line of the Prince of Andorra, so he could only open the storm market within the territory of Storm Fort.

As a result, the entire territory of Stormcastle became more crowded, and the distance for outside merchants to enter Stormcastle was also extended to a certain extent. It will also have an impact on the expansion and development of Storm Castle in the future.

If there is a benefit, it is that it can let foreign merchants see this majestic storm new city, after all, this is the only modern city on the medieval continent, it is still very shocking and spectacular.

When you come to Storm Market, this is not the kind of small shop market you imagined, all kinds of shops or something. It's more like a distribution center, with little retail presence, and the merchants who come in from outside buy Stormcastle goods in bulk and sell them to various territories.

Even Storm Castle, in order to attract merchants, and even have enough profits to attract these merchants, promised to provide a one-stop service from shipment to transportation. In other words, the goods sold in the Storm Market can be rented by the Storm Wagon Company's wagon fleet and transported to the destination where they are to be delivered.

After all, compared to other carriages in this world, the storm carriage has to become an old-fashioned carriage in terms of speed and cargo capacity, which can greatly reduce the cost of merchants. Another point is that the Storm Carriage is not currently sold on a large scale outside of Storm Castle, and is more open to private customization.

When Duke entered the Storm Market, the merchants here all bent down towards Duke, not only because they were in the territory of Storm Castle, but because many merchants admired Duke in their hearts, and managed such a piece of Storm Castle that could be called a dead land, to the prosperous scene of today.

And Duke naturally responded with a smile on his face, the merchants in this world are not as low as ancient China, but they are certainly far inferior to the aristocratic class like himself, so Duke's cordial and kind greeting won their cheers and excitement.

After casually looking at some ironware and porcelain shops, Duke came to the main event of the day, the carriage shop. Due to the large production and demand of the storm carriage, it is not open for sale to ordinary people, but it has opened a luxury carriage customization for the aristocracy.

Duke stood next to the Storm Carriage, and at this time, Martin, the current director of the Storm Carriage Factory, also hurriedly came over and introduced: "Lord Lord, this is the luxury carriage you ordered before you left, and now it has been customized, like this carriage, which ranges from hundreds of gold coins to thousands of gold coins, and is currently able to sell thirty cars a month." ”

Thirty carriages, even if calculated according to five hundred gold coins, there are fifteen thousand gold coins, and the cost of making these thirty carriages, even if you count these decorations, will not exceed one thousand gold coins, and the profit margin of fifteen times is amazing on any one commodity.

Duke looked at the luxurious carriage carefully, unlike the usual storm carriage, it also had a canopy, glazed windows, various soft materials, and even a curtain made of pearls and gemstones. As the Storm Sea Clan gradually expanded its territory, there was really no shortage of these pearl gem storm castles now, and Duke himself didn't have any hobby of collecting these things, in his eyes they were just some gorgeous stones.

But once these things are added to the carriage decoration, it can instantly improve the grade of a carriage, and it can also increase the value of the carriage exponentially. As Duke lifted the curtain of the carriage, there were comfortable cushioned sofas around it, and there were various small hidden compartments for storing things. And in the middle of the carriage was also placed a small iron stove on which a small table was erected.

"My lord, winter is coming soon, and adding such a small iron stove for heating to the storm carriage is even more popular with those nobles. There is also the fact that you can drink and eat directly on the carriage, etc., just add such a small thing, and the price of this storm carriage can be increased by another hundred gold coins, so the storm carriage that is sold now is basically equipped with iron furnaces and dark grids. ”