Chapter 273: What is the fastest money

On the 31st of August, Lorist disembarked from the Exocet in the Dawn and was greeted by Bodfinger and Supervisor Hansk on the docks.

"This harvest is good, seventeen ships, five large ocean-going merchant ships, twelve medium-sized armed sea-going ships, all of which are the fleets of slave owners of the kingdom of Haneyabada. There was a fleet of ships transporting luxury goods, and Hansk was in charge of you, and there were two fleets with more than a thousand slaves on them, all of whom had been purchased from several countries on the southern side of the Golden Coast. Let them work on the island for a while, and then let them be free to ...... when we return from our expedition."

"Yes, sir. Governor Hansk replied.

"There are more than 200 members of the slave catcher on board, Bodfinger, you send someone to interrogate you, and then hang all the slave traders and slave catchers to death. And the same goes for those sailors, after the interrogation, there are many evildoers, and those who belong to the citizens of the Kingdom of Haneyabada should not be spared, understand?" Lorist didn't care at all that his few words decided the fate of hundreds of people.

Some time ago, Lorist was in a hurry on the island, and he couldn't bear the boredom and got on the ship and went to Sad Ocean to requisition the ship with Ingerek and them. It's just that I didn't expect that the sad ocean would be empty for a long time, and sometimes I can't see a ship for a day. Come to think of it, the ships along this coast are not unlimited after all, and those smuggling ships have almost all fallen into the hands of Lorist after two requisitions, and even if there are those who have slipped through the net, they feel wrong and hide and do not go to sea......

In desperation, Lorist simply took the Flying Fish and the Storm of Dawn to the Kingdom of Haneyabada to wait on the sea trade route from the Zangjin Bay to the Golden Bay, and the harvest was extraordinary. Almost all of the big slave owners and nobles of the Haneyabada Kingdom had their own private fleets, seven or eight ships, two or three small ones, and in less than half a month, more than forty ships were captured. As long as it was approached by the Flying Fish of the Dawn, with Lorist there, the ship basically had to run. The Storm finally proved its artillery power, and seven or eight ships were sunk for escaping......

"Yes, sir. Bodfinger turned around and gave a few brief orders, and soon several of the Silver Knights of the family led a large group of soldiers towards the captured ships.

"My lord, all the remaining troops in the family domain have arrived on the island. Boderfinger said.

"Well, I saw the beach full of boats from the family fleet, and I knew they had arrived. Lorist said.

"But my lord, I found that most of the soldiers who disembarked were languishing, they were not accustomed to drifting on the sea for long periods of time, and many of them were seasick. "Boderfinger has bad news.

"That's no way, ask the pharmacist to refine more seasickness potion, and have a bottle when you go out." Lorist could only come up with a not-so-good idea: "Is there anything else?"

"Your Excellency, the fourteen ships that the Peterson Chamber of Commerce borrowed from us have also arrived. President Peterson has also written you a letter, and Knight Renmerd has sent a report on the outcome of the war in the Kingdom of Trimber and the Second Highness's battle in the Kingdom of Redlis. Governor Hansk said as he handed over a letter.

While opening the letter, Lorist asked, "What does the battle report say?"

"The kingdom of Trimber is gone, and the Business Alliance has won a big victory. In addition, His Royal Highness suffered a great defeat in the province of Majik. Bodfinger replied, "I have put the report of the battle in your big tent, my lord." ”

"Oh. Lorist put the report aside and opened President Peterson's letter and read it.

In addition to greeting him, President Peterson's letter briefly introduced the current situation of the business alliance and the next dynamic changes, and the most important thing is to explain a very serious fact in the letter, the eight-month-long glass war with the Trimber Kingdom has greatly damaged the vitality of the business alliance, even the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, one of the giants, has suffered huge losses, both in business and in the strength of the Chamber of Commerce itself, it is currently in the most difficult period.

Unlike in the past, when the business alliance resisted the invasion of the former Krisson Empire, the business alliance at that time was supported by one side in need. The kingdoms and principalities around the world all knew that once the business alliance fell, it would be their countries that would be unlucky next, so they spared no effort to support the business alliance at that time, and everyone's relationship was so good that it was a mess. Even if a business alliance withstands a major loss from the invasion of the former Crisson Empire, it will make up for it in the next few years through trade with the surrounding countries.

But this glass war is different, and the business alliance of love and reason is the role of the victim, but it happened to run into Trimber VII, who has only one tendon in his head, and having such an enemy is enough for the business alliance to be unlucky, and he messed up and entangled, and the business alliance has successfully transformed from the role of the victim to a villain who is powerful and bullying.

In the eyes of those countries around the world, this is clearly the beginning of the commercial alliance to use its strong strength to oppress and annex the small countries around the country after losing the strong enemies in the north. Just like the glass war with the Trimber Kingdom, it must be a war provoked by the business alliance with an excuse to see the glass monopoly business of the Trimber Kingdom.

The truth of the matter is not important, what matters is the fact that what happened in front of us, the army of the Business Alliance came to the royal city of Fayes in the Kingdom of Trimber, and vowed to destroy the Kingdom of Trimber. Trimber VII may seem ridiculous to those who have traveled around, but it would be too much for a business alliance to destroy the kingdom of Trimber. Therefore, the eleven countries that sent reinforcements to support the Kingdom of Trimber may be for the gold coins of Trimber VII, but it is more to guard against and guard against the ambitions of the commercial alliance.

It's just that no one expected the outcome of this glass war, just as those military experts and war scholars who wrote the history of continental warfare felt that they could not put pen to paper when they summed up this glass war, there was not a single battle, field battle, offensive and defensive battle, except for marching, robbery, assassination and counter-assassination, the two armies almost sat in silence for more than six months, and then inexplicably ended with the destruction of seven nations.

It was an extremely absurd war, full of dastardly intrigues, deals, coercion. Assassination, surrender and betrayal. This is what a military expert commented. At the end of the war, two second-rate chambers of commerce conspired to kidnap the family of a high-ranking general of a small country's reinforcements at home, forcing the commander of that country's reinforcements to turn around and lead his troops back to capture the king and surrender to the business alliance, which saved his family's lives......

In his letter, President Peterson made it very clear that although the business alliance of the glass war was victorious, the impact continued. On the bright side, the Mercantile Alliance succeeded in implementing the lordship system, annexing seven circumferential states, making it the third largest nation on the continent of Gelinthia, and having enough land to reward the knights.

But the bad side is that the rest of the countries around the country have strengthened their precautions against business alliances, not only affecting the expansion of the trade routes of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce in the country, but also restricting or expelling the trade points of the business alliance chambers in their countries, and imposing heavy taxes on caravans passing through their territory......

In this case, President Peterson admitted that the Chamber of Commerce had encountered great difficulties, although it had obtained the territory of the Chamber of Commerce, but at the same time, the expenditure had increased significantly, and they needed to open up new trade routes, reorganize the trade layout of the Chamber of Commerce, pacify the people of the new territory, develop and build the territory, and establish the Chamber of Commerce of the territory......

Therefore, President Peterson hopes to delay the delivery of the trade money with the Norton family for a year and a half, and even wants to pay the 10,000 sets of equipment that the Chamber of Commerce is going to order from the Norton family. In the letter, President Peterson also said that the barter method that had been planned could not be carried out now, and that the eight-month-old war had cut off half of the trade routes of the commercial alliance, and that prices had skyrocketed, and that the price of the food needed by the Norton family had quadrupled compared to before the war, and that it was no longer profitable.

"How much does the Peterson Chamber of Commerce owe us at the moment?" Lorist asked.

"My lord, the last time the Beast Fur Trade Peterson Chamber of Commerce still owed us 320,000 gold fords, which were originally intended to be repaid with food and other supplies, but last time they sent a letter saying that because of the war with the Trimber Kingdom, it will be delayed for a while. It just so happened that there was an attack on the island of Hilowas, so we agreed to their request. In addition, the 10,000 sets of fine iron equipment they are going to order from our family add up to about 1,540,000 gold fords. ”

Since Governor Hansk was one of the handlers, he knew the transaction bills well: "My lord, what does the Peterson Chamber of Commerce say, when are they going to pay?"

"See for yourself......" Lorist handed him President Peterson's handwritten letter for him to see.

Governor Hansk was quickly shocked: "My lord, no, we can't agree to this request of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, if they want to delay the payment for a year and a half, our family will already have no money." Manager Speer has calculated very well that our family's reserves will be exhausted by May and June next year according to the established budget. Now we are counting on the arrival of the money from the Peterson Chamber of Commerce so that we can hold on until all the development and construction projects in the family territory are completed, otherwise there will be a big mess in the family territory......"

Lorris nodded, "Alright, I know what to expect, I'll write back to President Peterson." Governor Hansk, the total amount of supplies and belongings on those captured ships should be more than 100,000 gold fords, you go and register first, and now you can earn a little bit of income. ”

Governor Hansk left in a hurry.

Bodfinger was not calm next to him: "My lord, has the family really encountered this financial difficulty?"

"Yes, if it weren't for the release of those captive laborers this year and the attack on Shilovas Island, our family would still be able to get by. Even those new products can make us a little bit of money. Lorist smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't expect that so many captive laborers would join our family's armed forces after being released, all of them are in line with the conscription regulations of our family's armed forces, it is easy to refuse their requests, but it is even more pity to abandon them, plus we heard that the Chikde Chamber of Commerce has the idea of attacking Shiloas Island, and it is imperative to expand the armament."

With these tens of thousands of horses, they still have to be equipped and trained, and military spending is almost rolling upward. In particular, the expenditure of the Marine Corps and the sailor training camp is the largest part of it. Not to mention, the cost of the Lightstorm and the supporting bronze cannon and training gunners adds up to almost 30,000 goldfords.

To add insult to injury, our family's Hilovas territory was also attacked by slave traders and slave catchers from the Kingdom of Haneyabada, which caused great losses to our family, and the cost of rehabilitation and bereavement alone was untold to come. In addition, we have to take revenge and gather family forces to attack the Kingdom of Haneyabada, and the military expenditure has increased by hundreds of thousands. Speer's budget is right, if there is no major income by May or June next year, the family will go bankrupt. ”

"My lord, is there no other way?" said Bodfinger anxiously.

"Hmm......" Lorist waved the letter from President Peterson in his hand: "Originally, I wanted to use the business of the Chamber of Commerce of the Business Alliance to obtain the territory and fight them to establish the Chamber of Commerce and need standard equipment, but now it seems that this glass war has dragged on for too long, and the Business Alliance has also suffered a lot of vitality." You see, even the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, one of the Big Seven, is having a hard time, not to mention the second- and third-rate chambers of commerce below, it seems that you have to wait two or three years to complete this business, and then wait for those chambers of commerce to recover. ”

"Alas......" Bodfinger was a pure soldier, and he could only look up to the sky and sigh, worried about the family's financial crisis.

"Borg, let me ask you a question, do you know what is the fastest money in the world?" Lorist asked Bodfinger a surprise question.

"En......" Bodfinger thought for a long time before he replied hesitantly: "Is it a business of military equipment?" I used to hear Knight Schrader say that the business of military equipment is a huge profit, and when we organized the convoy to go north, it was military equipment that was transported......

"No......" Lorist shook his head: "The most profitable thing is robbery, robbing those territorial nobles." You remember that after we defeated the Earl of Corbilly in the kingdom of Redlis and occupied his city, I first returned to the family domain, and Schreid stayed with you for three months, and did three months of military equipment business with the nobles of the territory, and the convoy did not exceed one million Kingford.

Next, you led the convoy to the Kingdom of Antinac, although you were used by His Royal Highness, but you still swept the entire Kingdom of Antinac with the powerful armament of the convoy, almost two-thirds of the territorial nobles were hanged on the gallows by you, and from the manor castles of these territorial nobles who were hanged by you, the value of the property you got exceeded more than two million gold fords......

When we arrived in the Northlands, we defeated Duke Lukins, sacked the Grand Duke, and recovered more than a million worth of property. When he returned to the family domain, the total wealth was nearly five million gold fords. If we don't do anything, then this huge amount of money will be enough for me and you family knights to live a very luxurious life for a few lifetimes.

We have invested all these funds in the development and construction of the family territory, established a strong family army, eliminated the tide of demonic beasts that have ravaged the family territory for more than 200 years, and provided a stable and happy living environment for the families of the displaced people and soldiers who followed our convoy to the Northland. We have also built a lot of industrial and mining workshops, towns and villages, elementary schools for children to read and write, and then a formal academy......

We found an estuary at the end of the Blade Mountains, built a harbor city, turned a once treacherous black mud swamp into fertile land, and the family has been investing huge sums of money to get the thriving and thriving family territory it is today. Seriously calculated, the family spends more than one million goldfords on investments every year, and even the profits earned from doing business are invested, such as more than two million goldfords earned by trading standard equipment with three allies......

If it weren't for the raids of the slavers and slave catchers on Hirowas, perhaps I would have led you to raid the Duchy of Madras, for there is nothing else for us to plunder in the Northlands except for the Archduke of Madras, who seems to be relatively wealthy. My original plan was to land on the white sands of West Dgrad Province, raid the lair of the Grand Duke of Madras, loot his belongings, and evacuate from the sea, using the looted funds to solve our family's urgent needs. ”

"Don't look at me like that, Borg, you're my henchman, and I don't mind telling you the truth. The first reason for formulating this plan is to give our family armed a chance to fight, and we must know that elite soldiers are not trained, but can only be tempered after war. The second is that the Duchy of Madras is an enemy country with us, and it is justified to use him, and the third is to take the opportunity to make the Grand Duke of Madras break some money. Lorist laughed.

"Now that the Kingdom of Haneyabada has sent it to the door, I can let go of Grand Duke Madras first, anyway, his lair is in West Degrad Province, and he won't grow wings and fly away, so I can leave it and wait for a chance to come back later. Just as I am not at all worried about the impending financial crisis of my family, I believe that the kingdom of Haneyabada must be much richer than the principality of Madras, and that those slave owners and nobles and slave traders must have earned a lot of black money over the years, and I think I will be happy to collect their ill-gotten gains and use them where they should be used......"

A sinister smile appeared on Lorlist's face: "Bodfinger ......"

Bodfinger was excited: "My lord, here I am." ”

"Remember, the first task of this expedition to the Kingdom of Haneyabada is to save those of us who have fallen into the hands of slave owners and slave traders, and the second priority is to loot the wealth of the Kingdom of Haneyabada and solve our family's financial difficulties. As for our family soldiers, we want to advertise that we are on a journey to avenge the tragic death of the inhabitants of Hilovas Island, and to free the slaves of the kingdom of Haneabada, so that our family soldiers can be convinced that we are on the side of justice, so that our family armed forces can become a strong military force and not a gang of bandits, do you understand?"

"My lord, I understand, as you say, that those who commit Norton will be punished from afar! We are going to punish the slave owners and slave traders, and the seizure of property is only incidental, but we must not say ......"

"Very well, Borg, now you can tell me what the battle report sent by Lenmerd said, how did the Second Highness suffer a big defeat?"

"Well, the Glass War is over, Trimber VII committed suicide in a shameful manner, and the Kingdom of Trimber is gone. Several countries that sent reinforcements to support the Kingdom of Trimber were annexed, and two of them were still the commanders of those reinforcements who defected, I don't know if they were bribed or what, and led the troops back to China to capture their own king and surrender to the commercial alliance, and now the commercial alliance has become the third largest country in terms of territorial area, which has also caused doubts and precautions throughout the country.

Renmed said that prices were high in the city of Morente, and that the cost of two copper ales in the Red Crow Tavern had risen to ten copper a cup, and he also demanded that his salary be increased, otherwise he would not be able to support his seven wives and so many children......

About the Second Highness suffered a big defeat in the Majik Province of the Kingdom of Redlis, he also read the publication in the daily newspaper of Morente to know that the newspaper said that there was a military master in the aristocratic alliance of the Kingdom of Redlis, called Zturam or something, he used the carelessness of the Second Highness to lead the 70,000 troops of the Second Highness to the low-lying area, and then dug the embankment built in advance, and used the water to break the army of the Second Highness. It is said that although His Royal Highness escaped with his life, there was not much left of the 70,000 army under his command, and His Royal Highness vomited blood in anger and swore not to kill this Zturam and swore not to give up......"

...... (To be continued.) )