Chapter 559 Three Thousand Rent Territory

Ledos, the consul of the Liberal Alliance, hurried to meet Lorist the next day. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Your Highness, is there anything we have done wrong to offend your family?" asked Ledos very directly.

"What do you mean?" said Lorlist.

"Then why did Baron Schrader come to me yesterday and say that he wanted to rent land to move the camp of the noble family's fleet in the dock fleet area?"

Only then did Lorist realize that the fat man who dared to fall in love went to the ruling council of the Liberal Alliance to negotiate the matter of renting land, which made Ledos think too much.

"No, you're mistaken, Ledos. That's what I told Baron Schreider to rent land from you. Now that peace has been restored to the Plains of Falka, our clan forces have fulfilled their mission and promises, so by the end of the year, all four legions of our clan armies will withdraw to the Northlands. Originally, the family fleet also had to evacuate the Zangjin Bay, considering that the Freedom Alliance did not yet have naval armaments, and it was impossible for your Freedom Alliance to invest a lot of money to form an armed fleet to protect the security of the Zangjin Bay and the outer sea routes. Therefore, although our family fleet has to evacuate the city of Morente, it cannot leave the bay of Tibetan gold.

The city of Morent and the Tibetan Golden Bay have resumed the lively scene of ships coming and going, and it is also related to the safety of the sea routes where our family fleet comes to trade, so it is impossible for our family fleet to evacuate the Tibetan Golden Bay for a period of time. In order to maintain our friendly relations with each other, I personally believe that our family fleet can no longer occupy your dock fleet area in vain, so I asked Baron Schreider to negotiate with you to lease land and build another fleet camp, and return the dock fleet area to you......"

"I see," Ledos breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Highness, you are right, our Freedom Alliance currently has no plan or funds to form an armed fleet to maintain maritime security, so the next issue of maritime security will depend on your family's fleet to maintain." However, I don't think we need to negotiate any land lease, we can lease the dock fleet area to your family fleet for ten years free of charge. ”

Lorist waved his hand: "No, Ledos, we can't lease the dock fleet area. Now that peace has come, the Liberal Alliance is an independent country, and the city of Morent is the capital of the Union, so there can be no armed forces of other forces in the city of Morente, lest your ruling parliament be accused of betraying the country. Moreover, the current situation of maritime trade is getting better and better, and the merchant ships of the southern countries of the mainland are gathered, and the dock area of the city of Moriente will soon face the problem of expansion. Under such circumstances, if our family leases the dock fleet area, it will have a great impact on the operation of the dock.

I'm not talking about speculation, Ledos, and now that we lease the dock fleet area to you, it won't be questioned by others. But what about two or three years later? With more and more merchant ships coming in, the dock fleet area in our concession will occupy a large area of sea because of military control, which will cause great inconvenience to your dock operation. Under the temptation of profits, our loan will become a thorn in the side of many stakeholders. My fear is that if there is any conflict at that time, we will still have to move out of the dock fleet area, so it is better to get away from the city of Moriente as soon as possible and choose another lease in the Golden Bay. ”

Ledos was a little dizzy when he listened: "Your Highness, you must have thought too much......

Lorist laughed, "Just in case." The Norton family has always acted above board, and the reason why we are thinking about the long term is also to prevent our two families from having disputes over these trivial matters in the future, so we have arranged this in advance, and this is also for the sake of maintaining a friendly relationship between us. ”

Ledos thought for a moment and nodded: "Well, Your Highness, you are quite right. Then where are you going to lease the Golden Bay to build your family fleet camp?"

Loris pointed to a map of the Golden Bay hanging on the wall: "Here, our family wants to lease the land at the mouth of the sea. ”

"What!" Ledos opened his mouth in disbelief, "But Your Highness, that area is a wasteland, a rocky beach and an offshore reef area......"

The estuary of the Tibetan Golden Bay, surrounded by Lantau Island and Xiaoyu Island, is like a strong arm bending to embrace the Tibetan Golden Bay, blocking the wind and waves of the open sea, making the Tibetan Golden Bay like a quiet spring water. Lantau Island and Siu Lantau Island are steep rocky cliffs, with no grass growing and cliffs lined up with cliffs and cliffs as hard as steel, day and night to meet the erosion of wind and waves. The cliffs of the inland sea are covered with small holes, which are the nests of petrels. It is said that there are also nests of sea eagles and sea harriers on the summits of Lantau Island and Siu Lantau, but the mountains are high and dangerous, and it is difficult for humans to climb up.

On the map, the shape of Xiaolan Island resembles a huge palm, slightly tilted inward, and the coast is an offshore reef area, with several small rock-like reefs facing Xiaolanu Island in the distance, and a sea surface of nearly 500 meters between the two. This is the estuary and outlet of the Tibetan Golden Bay. Ships going out to sea or coming in follow the travel rule of keeping to the left to avoid accidental collisions.

The topography of Zangjin Bay is a bit like a gourd, with a small front and a large back. The mouth of the White Milky Way, the second largest water system in Guelintea, which feeds the rich Plains of Falli, is in the small bay in front of the gourd, and unlike the famous mother river estuary in Lorist's memory of the magnificent landscape like a waterfall, the mouth of the White Milky Way feels more like moisturizing things, and if it were not for the different colors of the junction of the green river and the azure water, it would be difficult for people to tell which is the river and which is the sea. In particular, both moons in the sky are full moon days, and there is also the phenomenon of seawater pouring into the white Milky Way, so both sides of the estuary are swampy areas with no people.

The city of Morent is the bottom of the Tibetan Golden Bay, so the most prosperous and lively banks of the Tibetan Golden Bay are in the big bay of the gourd, and the two sides of the small bay in front are relatively desolate. Especially on the other side of the White Milky Way, the large area by the sea is even more deserted. As Ledos said, it was a wasteland and rocky beach, and the area near the White Milky Way was still a large swamp. But whether it is a small bay or a large bay, the Tibetan Golden Bay is the territory of the Liberal Alliance. The place Lorist was referring to was the cove in front of him, the uninhabited wasteland in the reef area by the sea at the mouth of the sea.

"Yes, it is this area that our family wants to rent, a radius of thirty miles. Loris nodded and said, "Because our family fleet is also an armed force, avoiding the bustling urban area will not disturb the people, and the second is to facilitate the fleet's drills without affecting the normal navigation of maritime trade merchant ships." Third, it is close to the sea and can quickly go to sea to carry out the tasks of clearing pirates and protecting trade routes. That's why we decided to lease it. ”

"But, it's too desolate, and it's too far from the city of Morente for your fleet to come and buy daily supplies. And you're going to have to spend a lot of money and effort to rebuild a camp...... Also, why should a fleet camp be leased to such a large area, and it can be canonized as a barony for thirty miles around......"

Ledos wondered if Lorlist's lease of the wasteland contained any other purpose, in fact, he thought that the place leased by the Norton family fleet was as close to the city of Moriente as possible, not to mention that it was a good business for a fleet to purchase ingredients for daily consumption, not to mention the cost of fleet members traveling to Moriente City. Everyone knows that the soldiers of the Norton family are rich, generous, and law-abiding, and they are much better than those soldiers who are greedy and cheap, and they are the most popular customers in those tavern brothels.

"In addition to providing a training space for the soldiers of the fleet, we are also preparing to relocate the families of the soldiers of the fleet stationed here, so we are also preparing to build farms, livestock farms and vegetable gardens. Perhaps we'll also build a town here to serve the garrison fleet. With these in mind, our family decided to rent such a large place. Anyway, for you, this is just a wasteland, and we will develop and build it for you after earning our rent. When the lease expires, we can return the developed land to you free of charge......" Loris chartered a promise that Ledos couldn't believe.

"This, this...... How many years are your family going to go on loan?" Ledos finally raised a key question.

"Well, we have to calculate it carefully, the key is how much rent you will rent this land to us, plus how much money we will invest in the development and construction of this land. As a merchant, Ledos should know that we will not waste our gold coins here in vain if we don't make any profits. After all, everything here is owned by your Freedom Alliance. Therefore, according to the term of the loan, we can consider spreading the development and construction funds over each year, and we will lease the loan for as many years as we can return to the original cost, and I will let Baron Schrader and your ruling council discuss this part to arrive at a result that is satisfactory to both of us. ”

Ledos respectfully saluted and retired: "Your Highness, you are right, then I will take my leave and discuss with the councillors, and wait for the arrival of Baron Schreed." ”

Three days later, Shi Fatzi appeared in front of Lorist: "Your Highness, it's done, this is a lend-lease agreement." The Governing Council of the Liberal Alliance leased the territory of the mouth to the sea on the other side of the White Galaxy to the Norton family for ninety-nine years, with an annual rent of three thousand gold coins. Originally, I wanted to lease it for a hundred and fifty years, but Ledos was worried that such a long lease would be accused by others of betraying the territory of the Free Alliance in disguise, so they changed it to a ninety-nine year lease. However, Your Highness, is it too much of a loss for us to spend nearly 300,000 Kingford to lease this land where birds do not lay eggs for 99 years? And we have to invest a lot of development and construction funds......"

Lorist smiled with satisfaction: "Hehe, nearly one hundred and eighty square miles of land was leased to us by the Freedom Alliance for thirty-nine years at a price of three thousand gold fords, I can only say that we have taken advantage of it." Three thousand gold fords a year, Ledos they leased to us as the annual income of an ordinary barony's domain. For our family, this is a strategic point to control the Golden Bay. The 180 square miles of land on the coast are only additional, the important thing is this reef area, and it will not be exchanged!"

Picking up a charcoal pencil, Lorist sketched a few times on the map of the Golden Bay: "Come and see, Schreid, do you understand now?"

The reef area on the coast of the mouth of the Golden Bay is connected by Lorist, like a fist reaching into the sea. Shi Fatzi immediately understood: "Your Highness, do you mean to fill in this reef area like the Romani Cape Reef Area to build a sea castle fortress?"

Lorist nodded: "The area of this reef area is not large, the most important thing is to go deep into the sea of these reef mountains, connect them together and arrange a fort on them, then the entire estuary will be controlled in our hands." Neither at sea nor into the Zangjin Bay, no merchant ship could escape the aiming range of the guns on the battery. Mastering this place is equivalent to controlling the entire Tibetan Golden Bay. ”

"Your Highness, then who are you going to let be responsible for the construction and development of this family fleet camp, and what is the size of this camp?" asked Shi Fatzi.

"In my original plan, I was only going to build a base for the family fleet to anchor for the fleet members to rest and recuperate for a short time. But what I didn't expect was that the Freedom Alliance actually agreed to lease the 180 square miles of land by the sea to our family, which I was going to bargain with them. It was a bonus. The ninety-nine year lease is enough for us to invest in the comprehensive development and construction of this place, at least to make the daily consumption of food and other ingredients for the family fleet to the point of self-sufficiency.

For the sake of full development, we have to send people to explore and map this area, and choose a suitable site to build a town for the families of the fleet members and the armed soldiers stationed there. In addition, I am going to place here a corps of four battalions of 12,000 people, an artillery battalion, a cavalry battalion, a garrison battalion and a steel crossbow battalion. As the town guard of this territory. With this town guard, I believe that even if something happens, they will be able to hold out until our family's reinforcements arrive.

As for the development and construction of this fleet camp and this territory, I am going to hand over the task of Schward, and he completed the task of building the castle at Cape Romani very well last time, and I am very satisfied. In addition, Schward has a resolute personality, is conscientious, and is cautious and easy-going. He will also be the commander of this town guard corps, and I want him to have more experience and experience, so let him stand alone here. What do you think?" said Lorlist.

Shi Fatzi nodded approvingly: "Your Highness, Schward is indeed a very suitable candidate, we have all watched him grow up and know him very well, and we can rest assured that he is in charge here." Well, Marek and I will take someone here to conduct a careful survey, first design a blueprint for how to develop and build, and then hand it over to Schwarder, and he can carry out the construction according to our blueprint. But we don't have the labor to do the construction here, so how can we solve this? Is it a shipment from the family domain?"

"There is no need to transport labor from family territory to carry out the construction. Lorist thought for a moment and said, "We can contract the most basic construction to the builders of all sizes in the city of Moldant, but we can mobilize a group of skilled construction personnel from the family territory. In the end, when the construction of those secret defenses is completed, we can let technicians guide our family soldiers to carry out the construction, which can also speed up the progress of construction and complete the development and construction of the territory as soon as possible. ”

"Alright, then I'll retire first, Your Highness, and I'll go there with Malek tomorrow to have a look. ”

"Wait, Schrader, I'll be fine tomorrow, let's go check it out. ”

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