Chapter 227: Calculation
"This Chris looks good, why don't you use him, Luo Sheng? Haven't you been in a hurry to open up the North Continent trade route before?" After Klaas left, Alyssa asked Luo Sheng with some confusion. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
What happened in the territory during this time, Luo Sheng did not hide anything from Alyssa, so Alyssa knew very well about all aspects of the territory, so she was very aware of the urgency of opening up the Hokuriku trade route.
After Bunir completely transferred the Magic Light Seven to Rasheng in order to repay the favor, the sea passage between the New Sprouts and the Elson Kingdom has actually been opened. Relying on the Magical Light VII, a top-level armed merchant ship that is not afraid of fish-man harassment at all, and is extremely fast and has a high cargo capacity, the New Sprouts can continuously purchase various materials from the Elson Kingdom and transport them to the New Sprouts.
However, after the combined fleet of the Hall family and the Sprout Chamber of Commerce arrived at Sprout Harbor, the material reserves of Sprout Harbor were quite abundant, and some necessities, such as grain, dried meat, and salt, were enough to be used until next year, and the demand for supplies was greatly reduced. Even if some additional construction materials are needed because of the mining of the True Silver Vein, at most, it only needs a few more trips from the Magic Light Seven, and other transportation capacity is not needed at all. In other words, if Luo Sheng only focuses on the construction of his own territory, most of the capacity of this sea passage with low cost, safety and security will be idle.
Luo Sheng relied on selling the interests of the mineral veins and giving great credit, and this sea passage that he finally got into can't be wasted. Therefore, Luo Sheng moved the idea of transporting all kinds of goods needed from all over Hokuriku from Elson to Hokuriku to sell. After all, the population of Beilu is quite large, although it is poor, but there are also a lot of special products, if you can master this market, not only can you get another channel to obtain resources, so as not to hang yourself on a tree in the Kingdom of Elson, but also can obtain extremely rich profits, as well as huge influence, which is extremely beneficial to the development of the territory.
However, in order to sell the goods shipped from the Kingdom of Elson, it is necessary to master the network of trade routes on the Hokuriku side. And this point is precisely Luo Sheng's weakness, the previous days of hard work, the results are still few, at most you can only buy goods to some villages around the territory, and then go out, you will not be able to catch it.
In this case, this active Klaas is undoubtedly the talent that the sprouts are most in need now. His own strength is good, he has a capable team in his hands, and he is familiar with the business network of Hokuriku, and with such a person to join, all the trade routes on Hokuriku will soon be opened.
With this trade route network, Luo Sheng relied on a stable and cheap supply of goods, and soon was able to grasp the commodity market in Hokuriku, and then influence the vast area within a radius of hundreds of miles. Therefore, in Alyssa's opinion, with Luo Sheng's previous style of doing everything possible to accelerate the development of the territory, Chris should be hired immediately and put in charge of opening up the Northland trade route.
"Although I am anxious to open up the trade routes in the Northland, I must also choose the right person! Such an important matter cannot be handed over to others casually. Luo Sheng said with a smile.
In the previous life, when the Benson family ran the Sprout Territory, the Hokuriku trade and the development of real silver veins were the two main industries and sources of income for the territory. Such an important matter, Luo Sheng naturally had to deal with it carefully, and he didn't dare to entrust it to others at will.
"Do you think there's something wrong with this Klaas?" Alyssa was slightly stunned and asked with a frown, "He is also a devil believer?"
Alyssa also knew about the fact that Luo Sheng offended the devil forces because of the extermination of the one-eyed shark pirates, and offended the devil believers of the Duke of Tamil, so after Luo Sheng felt that there was something wrong with Klaas, he immediately thought of the devil forces. After all, there are not many forces that Luo Sheng has offended, and the only one who has the ability to influence Beilu is the Tamil Duke, whose territory is close to Beihai.
"I'm not sure. He doesn't smell of evil in him, and he shouldn't be a devil believer. But if it wasn't someone sent by the Duke of Tamil, it's hard to say. Luo Sheng shook his head and said.
As someone who has dealt with demons, demons, and their followers countless times, Luo Sheng has a unique set of methods for identifying the people involved. When communicating with Klaas before, Luo Sheng had already identified Klaas through spell detection, physical contact, and distinguishing tastes, and did not find the aura of evil energy on the other party.
However, the fact that he did not perceive the smell of evil power in Klaas does not mean that Klaas is completely credible. The Duke of Tamil, as the most powerful real duke in the Taylor Kingdom, although he colluded with the devil, did not reveal his identity as a devil believer, and is still the most powerful person in the Taylor Kingdom. Even if the devil-related forces are not used, there are still a large number of normal people who are willing to serve the Tamil Duke. It is not surprising that Klaas, a merchant from the Taylor Kingdom, secretly worked for the Duke of Tamil.
"That's right. This Klaas, the news does seem too well-informed. Alyssa nodded and said with a solemn expression.
It has only been a month since Luo Sheng arrived in Hokuriku, and it has only been more than half a month since the extermination of the one-eyed shark pirates. With the efficiency of information communication between the two sides of the North Sea, if there is no special information channel, ordinary people should not have received the news of Luo Sheng's extermination of the one-eyed shark pirates, let alone know the current situation of the new sprout collar and take the initiative to come to the door.
"Then Luo Sheng, why did you still give him the Golden Scale, so that he could help you recruit sailors?"
"One is that when I can't be sure that Chris's identity is problematic, I don't want to rashly reject him and miss out on this talent. After all, we will inevitably absorb talents from all walks of life in the future, and if there is no practical reason, we will refuse the first person who takes the initiative to join us, which will have an impact on recruiting talents in the future. Luo Sheng said slightly helplessly: "The second point is because we are really short of sailors now!"
After exterminating the one-eyed shark pirates, Rasen's ships are not small, but the truly qualified sailors are very limited. Even if all the pirates were released, it would not be enough to fully activate the existing ships. What's more, most of the one-eyed shark pirates are unruly, except for a very few exceptions who are not bad in nature and sincerely repent, Rasheng is not ready to exempt other pirates from hard labor.
So at the moment, except for the Magic Light Seven, a large ship that operates independently, the sailors in Luo Sheng's hands can only barely drive a small fleet. Under these circumstances, recruiting a large number of qualified sailors, starting a fleet, and building up the water power of the sprout territory has become an important task in the construction of a territory.
Originally, the best place for Luo Sheng to recruit sailors should be the Elson Kingdom, but because the surrounding fishmen were too strong, the maritime trade of the Elson Kingdom was not developed, and sailors suitable for sea navigation were even more scarce. At present, the fleet under Bunier's command is basically used by the sailors brought out by the Archam Radiance Chamber of Commerce from the Northland Business Alliance, and they are not able to support Luo Sheng on a large scale. So even though he knew that Klaas might have a problem, Luo Sheng still gave the other party a large sum of gold and asked him to go to Fei Lingang, who had a large number of qualified sailors, to help recruit manpower.
"But if Klaas really has a problem, the more people he recruits, the more trouble we have?" asked Alyssa, frowning.
The Duke of Tamil is the Sprout Territory's greatest enemy at this stage, and is even more dangerous than the nearby Fishmen of the Blue Frost Clan. If Klaas is a man of the Duke of Tamil, then letting him recruit sailors is undoubtedly tantamount to giving the other party the opportunity to stuff people into the sprout territory. At that time, I am afraid that half of the people brought by Klaas will be controlled by the Tamil duke. If these people have mastered the fleet of the New Sprout Collar, it will be a bomb that could detonate at any time around them.
"If Tamil is alive in the future, then the people brought by Klaas may be a problem. But what if Tamil is dead?" said Roson with a smile.
Luo Sheng dared to ask Klaas to help him recruit people, and naturally he already had a plan in his heart. If Klaas really has nothing to do with the Duke of Tamil, then not letting him take over the affairs of the Hokuriku trade route for the time being, although it will delay some development time, but after he recruits enough sailors, the trade route will be more abundant and faster, which is equivalent to sharpening knives and cutting wood.
And if Klaas is really the Tamil Duke's person, then when Klaas recruits people back, the Tamil Duke may have been solved by the Nine Rings White Tower. After all, after the incident in the Demon Slayer Canyon, the upper echelons of the White Tower of the Nine Rings were already planning to speed up their control over the coastal states of the Northlands. The Duke of Tamil was targeted by the White Tower of the Nine Rings at this time, and the end was already doomed, and things would not drag on for too long.
And once the Tamil Duke dies, unless Klaas is a dead man who is absolutely loyal to the Tamil Duke, after the death of Tamil, as long as he still wants to get ahead and gain glory and wealth, he can only be truly loyal to the Tamil Duke. The spies he brought with him were the same except for the devil's followers. So Rason is not worried that Klaas will become a huge hidden danger for the new sprout collar in the future.
"I see!" Alyssa immediately understood Luo Sheng's plan, and said with a smile: "It seems that Luo Sheng, you let Chris go back, and you still want to get a piece of the Tamil legacy of talents!"
If Chris is really the Duke of Tamil's man, and Tamil will soon be destroyed, then Rasson sent Klaas back to recruit manpower, and the purpose was not just to recruit sailors.
As the leader of a great power, once the Duke of Tamil is strangled in the name of colluding with the devil, his men will inevitably fall into great panic. In this case, in the capacity of Rason, if he uses Chris as a 'role model' to solicit those Tamil talents, he will definitely be able to gather a considerable number of suitable people.
"Hehe, I'm just thinking about it, whether it can be done or not depends on the next development!" Luo Sheng said with a smile.
For the current sprout collar, because of the discovery of the real silver vein, there is no shortage of materials, and what is really needed for the development of the territory is talents from all aspects. This kind of talent generally belongs to the core backbone of various forces, and it is difficult to recruit from outside, so Luo Sheng can only hit the head of the Tamil Duke who is about to fall.
"Since you have an idea, Rason, it's best to say hello to Master Buniel. Even if Klaas doesn't get through, we won't be empty-handed. Alyssa suggested.
"Okay, I'll go talk to Brother Buniel. ”