How many people are in the Golden Regiment now?

Barol couldn't tell, he was in charge of cultivating the inner line of mercury, and the inner line developed the outer line on his own, and the outer line was the coachman, gangster thug, black market merchant, tavern owner, grocery store owner, and so on. During this time, Balor has been entangled with the Kamen Brotherhood in Ascending Rock City, and the mercury inside line of Gambis has developed on its own. After he returned, he began to deal with the affairs of the Gambis mercury insider. The information he has learned so far is not comprehensive, and he only knows a general situation: seven or eight thousand peripheral members, only a few.

Since Balor is only responsible to Victor, Lilia is unclear about how many people there are. All she has at her disposal are smuggling caravans and copycat strongholds. The total number of smugglers and mountain dwellers was close to 20,000.

The channels, terminals, and information of the Golden Regiment have their own origins, and the two leaders of Lilia and Barol do not know each other. The person who should know the details of the gold group is the pioneer Victor. But Barol can't even say the number of peripheral members now, what can Victor know?

All he knew was that the profits generated by the Golden Regiment were far from what he expected.

I thought that the three-and-a-half-year-old Golden Tuan was still a small cow and needed to be fed carefully...... Unexpectedly, it has turned into a big fat cow!

But what about the milk?

Viscount Randall decided to figure out two of the most critical questions:

Who took my money? How did they divide it?

So, while wiping his sweat, the mercury chieftain Balor gave an example:

The Barony of Schultz is rich in mahogany, sedge candles, and charcoal, and lacks herbs for strengthening elixirs, such as red tendon grass, blue thorn fruit, and iron ox flower. The Golden Regiment's smuggling caravan passed through Schultz, and the Mercury Inner Line developed an outside merchant in Redwood Town, from which he took candied fruits, soaps, and all kinds of mountain goods to sell. Among them is the herbs that Schultz's family desperately needs.

When the outside traders made money, they bought horse-drawn carriages as soon as possible, leased two public transportation routes, and made regular donations to the church. He was thus protected by the priest.

As the public carriage line connected to Schultz Collar, the volume of smuggled goods skyrocketed, and bulk goods like lard, bacon, and canvas began to appear in the Redwood Town market. This caught the attention of Baron Schulz. However, due to the good relationship between the outside vendor and the priest, the goods he sold met the needs of the Schultz Collar. The baron did not take a rough approach to the vendor, but sent someone to investigate him.

The investigation concluded that the freeman trader had a relationship with the coachman of the territory, and used the public carriage to smuggle the goods of Yehliu City to the Schultz territory for profit.

Merchants and coachmen joined forces to resell goods, evading transit taxes to the detriment of neighbors, and Schultz had an additional trade channel and cheaper prices. Baron Schultz turned a blind eye to the audacious freeman merchants, and even secretly defended him.

Outside vendors thrived, raising more than 20 thugs, building several shops, hiring men and coachmen, renting more public carriage lines, handing over offerings to the sheriff's office, and donating money to the church, becoming the number one person in Redwood Town.

However, things have taken an interesting turn. The villagers of Schultz led the way out of a mixture of cheap lard and butter to make a new sedge candle. It has a large flavor, low brightness, and is not resistant to burning, but it costs only one-fifth of the butter green sand candle. The villagers were originally for their own use, but the outside traders saw a business opportunity. He bought a large number of oil-mixed candles for 2 copper soles and 5 candles, and then sold them to outside vendors in other territories for 2 copper soles and 3 candles. Since the outside traders began to use public carriages to ship abroad, of course, Schultz's other specialties were indispensable. And his purchase price is much higher than that of the caravan.

The gold group has a rich variety of out-of-line shipments, cheap prices, and reasonable prices for purchased goods. Baron Schultz couldn't stop laughing, and he chose to turn a blind eye to the resale of Yehwillow materials by outside vendors through public carriages.

Outside traders have developed deep interests with gangsters, village chiefs, magistrates, priests, and even Baron Scholz himself. It is easy to kill the traders, and it is easy to replace him, but the spontaneous formation of trade channels by this homeless merchant cannot be broken. Otherwise, the losses for the Schultz family are far greater than the gains from collecting transit taxes.

Baron Schulz's oil-mixed candle ended up lighting up the outcast shantytowns of Waterdeep for 2 copper soles and 1 candle.

The inner line of mercury was concocted in the same way, and the outer merchants of the Golden Regiment are now scattered in the major towns of the Kingdom of Gambis.

Nelson, Barrett, and Todd were amazed. Victor had one key word in his mind: wild growth.

The inner line of mercury points out a way to make money, and the black market vendors on the outside line have made the gold group bigger by themselves. Black market vendors independently complete all aspects of short-term transportation, warehousing, procurement, sales, security, etc. Each link needs manpower, and everyone has their own family and friends behind them. In other words, the current members of the Golden Regiment include: 20,000 mountain people, more than 300 black businessmen, more than 6,000 thugs, the same number of men, and tens of thousands of family members.

With so many people eating on the plates of the Golden Regiment, how much more can be left for the Randall family?

Of course, wild growth is in line with Victor's original vision. In the case of the Randall family's lack of money and few people, it is necessary to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the displaced people through the way of profit, so as to use their financial resources and manpower to strengthen the entire organization. Thus, in just a few years, the Golden Regiment has become a behemoth.

Wild growth means getting out of control, though.

In the mode of operation of the Golden Regiment, the mercury inner line hides behind the scenes, contacts black market merchants, and distributes Randall's goods through the public transportation network and local fairs. The Randall family made money, and smuggling caravans, small lords, vassal village chiefs, and black market merchants all got a share of the profits, and they also fed a large number of coachmen, gangsters, and shop men.

On the surface, everyone seems to be happy, but the total economic volume generated by the Golden Group is more than one million gold soles every year. Victor only shares a small part of the profits, how can he be willing? Just like Schultz's candle business, Victor also wants to get a piece of meat, but he can't even drink a sip of soup.

The candle business doesn't need Victor's hands, and of course he can't get a piece of the meat. In fact, the black market vendors didn't know the name of the Golden Regiment at all, nor did they know any of the big bosses behind the scenes, they only wanted to curry favor with the local lords and priests. Worst of all, when the black merchants and small lords joined forces to open up the public transportation network, they no longer relied on the mountain routes opened up by smuggling caravans.

This would severely weaken Victor's grip on the Golden Cluster.

The gold group is large and bloated, with a loose organizational structure, no unified pricing strategy, no control over the costs of each link, and no clear benefit distribution plan. If the entrepreneurs of the earth crossed into this world, they would definitely say that this thing might as well go bankrupt and reorganize.

Victor said slowly, "I'm not satisfied with the current situation of the Golden Regiment!" After a pause, he added, "The money we got was too small. ”

Nelson was stunned for a moment, and muttered, "My lord, I think it's okay...... Last year, I got 3,000 gold soles!"

The Golden Regiment has a set of dividend distribution plans within the Randall family, and the money earned by each smuggling caravan is deducted from various costs first, and Victor takes half of it, and the rest is distributed according to shares. The Randall family currently has 37 smuggling caravanserais, and last year's net profit was 90,000 gold soles, with Nelson holding a 10% stake, so they shared 3,000 gold soles. Victor also had an extra 45,000 gold soles for his private house. But this amount of money is probably less than a fraction of the annual income of the gold group.

Victor sighed, shook his head and said, "If the total transaction volume of the Golden Regiment last year exceeded one million gold soles, would you still be so happy?"

Nelson gasped and exclaimed, "How can there be so many?"

"Isn't it unbelievable? I can't tell you about the matter in the field of commodity circulation. You just need to know that there are nearly 100,000 people who rely on the Golden Regiment for food. That's not a strange number!"

Victor snapped his fingers and said, "The Golden Regiment now has two trade routes, the mountain road for valuable goods and the public carriage for reselling bulk goods. In fact, the public carriage channel created more than ten times more wealth than the mountain road! Lords, churches, village chiefs, black merchants, villains, coachmen, and shop men all over the country made money from the two trade channels of the Golden Regiment. And our proceeds come entirely from the mountain road channels of the smuggling caravans, and the public transport channels have nothing to do with us in half of the copper soles!"

"I started the Golden Regiment, but they make more money than us!

Victor looked around, his gaze finally falling on the old spy Balor.

"Because, most outside vendors don't listen to us. Balor replied with a calm expression.

"Don't listen to us...... That's right!"

Victor stroked his palm and smiled: "The 20,000 mountain people in the mountain road stronghold listen to us, and the smuggling caravan can easily recruit 1,400 mountain mercenaries. The Golden Regiment has at least 70,000 or 80,000 peripheral members, while Mercury can only dispatch a few dozen reliable manpower...... This is because we have not been able to effectively control the outside vendors. ”

Nelson looked at Barol with disdain, he had just been struck by the old agent's tone.

Obviously, only a few dozen people can be dispatched, but more than 6,000 thugs are to be said. Those thugs don't listen to you, no matter how many people there are, there is a fart! Fortunately, the adults are wise, and they can see through this old liar at a glance. Or is it our War Bear Mercenaries who are most useful to adults...... Nelson muttered smugly.

Victor took Nelson's expression into his eyes, waved his hand and said, "The black merchant does not listen to the dispatch, the responsibility lies with me, and it has nothing to do with mercury." ”

"Your Excellency is wise. Barol bowed convincingly.

"Then how can you get the black merchant to obey?" Victor tapped the table and raised his chin at Nelson, "You come and tell me...... Don't look around, I'm talking about you. ”

"Ahh......h I think that in order to make businessmen obedient, you have to figure out why they are disobedient? I think...... I'm wondering, why do they make millions of gold soles a year?

Victor was taken aback that Nelson, who knew nothing about business and trade, was able to get to the point. That's his innate wisdom.

Victor said with a pleasant face: "Reprocess, reproduce, resell...... In the case of Baron Schultz, we sold cheap lard, and the coachman of the public carriage transported the lard to the Schultz collar with only a freight in between, and Baron Schultz used the cheap lard to produce candles, which he sold to merchants, who in turn sold the candles to homeless families. Isn't that more profitable than reselling lard?"

"Oh, I see. Nelson rubbed the stubble on his chin, shook his head, and said, "The candle business has nothing to do with us, no wonder those merchants don't listen to us." ”

"That's the truth, but they use the channel of the Golden Regiment. Victor said unreasonably: "I am going to make them obedient now and give us a share of the candle business." What do you say?"

Nelson thought for a long time, shrugged his shoulders, and spread his hands, "I don't know. ”

Victor shook his head and smiled, his gaze turning to Balor.

Balor smiled flatteringly and slyly, "Your Excellency, you have already arranged the means to restrain the vendors in advance. ”