"Oh. Victor raised his slender eyebrows and said with interest, "Tell me about it." ”

"First, forbid Old John of Wildwillow to ship to the freedfolk merchants, first cut off their supply from the source, and force them to submit. Barol said in a loud voice.

Nelson shook his fist and said gleefully, "Yes!"

"It's a stupid idea. ”

Victor said angrily: "Randall is not the only one in Yehwillow City. John Sr. did not ship to the Free Folk merchants, and other families could. Even if the black merchants can't get the goods in Yeliu City, they can still sell their lord's goods. The Randall family lost a shipping channel and cheapened outsiders for nothing. ”

"My lord, my eyes are like torches. Balor first slapped a sycophant, and then said confidently: "There are more than 300 outside traders in Gambis, and they only know a few people from each other. And we know each of them and understand their sales channels. The lords and gangsters of Yehliu City all listen to the adults, and the adults can at least let the outside traders cut off their goods for a few months. Mercury threatens them to be obedient, and if anyone is not honest, we will support a new merchant to replace him. As long as the business can continue, the lords and vassals will not care who will do it. ”

"These are the two backhands that the adults have arranged in advance. ”

Victor curled the corners of his mouth and asked, "And then?"

"Then, we had more than 300 outside vendors pay their share on a regular basis. ”

"Yes......" Nelson slapped his thigh and looked at Victor with a confused face, and said, "No, why not use it?"

He asked again about the key point.

Barrett, the old instructor, couldn't hold back, and explained: "In this way, the unorganized freeman traders have become organized groups of gold. Once the lord begins his investigation, our secrets are exposed. ”

"What are the consequences of exposure?" asked Nelson with a furrowed brow.

"I don't know. Barrett shook his head and said, "There must be a reason why the adults don't want the Golden Regiment to be exposed. ”

Barrett is worthy of being the combat commander of the War Bear Mercenary Regiment, he is delicate, calm and composed, and good at thinking. Nelson is sharp and resolute and has a knack for grasping the fighter. The two of them work together to complement each other...... Victor sighed secretly and raised his voice and said: "The lords all want the golden group, and no one will accept anyone, and no one will be able to get it...... As a result of the early exposure, the golden clump was crushed to pieces by the big and small lords. We smuggled caravans and mercury bore the brunt of it. ”

"The golden group is hidden in the shadows, it is not in our interests, and if it is placed in the light, it will be dumped by the lords. ”

Victor's voice changed, and he said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have already handed over the Golden Regiment to the Marquess Sophia Wimbledon. She will help the Golden Order find a strong backer - the Cardinal Council of the Holy See. ”

"Aren't you surprised?"

Victor deliberately emphasized Sophia's marquisate status, wanting to draw a clear line between the Marquis of Wimbledon and the Randall family. However, the four people present all had a natural expression.

Victor and Sophia are legal husband and wife, and today they are cold, maybe tomorrow they will be better than honey. As a vassal of Viscount Randall, it would be wise to remain silent in the lord's domestic affairs.

The four of them sat there honestly, as if they hadn't heard the lord's question.

Victor pondered for a moment, then said, "Sophia thinks that the Golden Regiment does not need smuggling caravans and mountain strongholds. ”

Nelson didn't say a word, turned a deaf ear, like a good baby.

Victor hated it so much that he simply went straight to the showdown, "Sophia has turned the golden group from dark to light, and our income can at least triple it." But the Golden Regiment is my brainchild, and I'm not going to let it go like this. ”

"Sophia is my wife, and I have no dispute with Sophia. However, the vassals of the Marquis of Wimbledon were not vassals of the Randalls. Sophia, with the men of the Marquis of Wimbledon, was able to build a golden regiment on her own. These people don't take money to feed bear groups, smuggling caravans, and mercury. Therefore, you must fight with them for the right to speak in the Golden Regiment. ”

"As you wish, my lord. The four of them hurriedly stood up and said in unison. As long as it's not aimed at Sophia's mother, it's okay.

"Sit down. Victor raised his hand and continued: "The scale of the golden regiment is huge, and everyone can use it the same. But if you want Mistress Sophia to accept you into the upper echelons of the Golden Regiment, you have to show results that people have nothing to say. ”

"During these three years, Sophia and her vassals will concentrate on opening up the trade routes of the Sassan Empire, the Wharton Steppes, the Kingdom of Dordor and Naville. If she goes north, then we will go east, opening up the trade routes of Gambis, the Rand Empire, the El Kingdom, the Suss Kingdom, the Eastern Alliance, and the Borui Kingdom. When the two merge, your position in the Golden Regiment will be secured. ”

"Do you know what you're supposed to do, Todd?" asked Victor.

Todd didn't expect that he would be able to participate in such a big event when he first joined the Randall family. He suppressed his excitement and said respectfully, "My lord, this is the first time I have heard the secret of the Golden Regiment...... I admire your wisdom and pattern. I am willing to do my best for the family business! Although there are still many things I still don't understand, I will humbly ask Mr. Barol for advice. ”

Victor nodded, and turned to Instructor Barrett and said, "Once the relationship between Xiong Tuan and me is exposed, the situation will become very dangerous...... Sophia's opening up trade routes in the north needed a deterrent force. If the bear group fights Sophia's banner, it will not be killed and retaliated against by the lord. ”

"If you can earn Sophia's trust and respect......" At this point, Victor fell silent.

Sophia adheres to the principle of neutrality of the merchant aristocracy and does not retain an armed force that is good at infiltrating raids. At present, she needs to use the bear group to deter her external opponents and eliminate the hidden dangers within the bucks merchant group. When she completes the internal and external integration, she is bound to strip the bear group out. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Pope to endorse the Golden Regiment.

Victor shook his head and said, "Forget it...... In the future, I have other arrangements for the bear group. Your main task now is to assist Sophia, and by the way, help Mercury to develop the inner and outer lines in the Kingdom of Dodor, Neville, and the Sassan Empire. ”

"Yes. Barrett said calmly.

Victor asked the old agent, "Balor, I remember a merchant named Welch who was in charge of the candied fruit business of the Golden Order?"

"Yes. Barol replied, "Wech was once a freeman merchant in Blacksburgh, and had dealings with Lord Nelson. He is now the biggest black merchant in Waterdeep. ”

"I remember him too. Nelson said angrily, "That fat man wants to buy our snow sugar at the price of salt." Later, when I poured snow sugar into the sewer ditch in Blackcastle, he was so anxious that he refused to raise the price. ”

"Wech is a talent. Victor smiled, "Actually, for Sophia, Gambis's bones are the hardest to gnaw. Her Clover Merchant is responsible for the trade of the Kingdom of Gambis, but Clover is loyal to the Kite Castle. Sofia can't use the four-leaf clover man to develop the golden regiment of Gambis. Then we'll help her pave the road in advance. ”

"Isn't Welch going to open branches in the towns of Gambis? Those outside vendors who eat with the Golden Regiment must regularly hand over candied fruits and dividends to Clear. Those who refuse to pay will be out!"

"I see. Barol nodded, glanced at Nelson, and asked, "What if he doesn't dare to come?"

Wei Qi followed the hammer of the War Bear Mercenary Group on his first trip to smuggle goods, and the two had a good relationship. Welch is the only merchant who has been a mercenary for a long time, so his backers are the War Bear Mercenaries.

"Don't worry about the friendship between Wedch and Hammer. ”

Nelson waved his hand and said indifferently: "If he doesn't dare to come, let him out." I think that fat man has the courage to do big things. ”

"Good. After that, Wedge was the inside line of mercury. As long as he dares to come, I will try to keep him safe. Barol said without moving.

The candied dividends can be seen as a mandatory franchise fee from Victor to all beneficiaries of the Golden Mission. This change will bring the Randall family at least an additional income of 70,000 or 80,000 gold soles a year. And the position that Wage is in is very critical and very dangerous. In a few years, he will be exposed to the sight of the Clover merchants. Victor can't come forward with Bowech yet, or the agents of the Kite Castle will immediately arrest him. Baror's so-called protection is actually to hide Wage's identity as much as possible, and to kill him in advance as a last resort. The turning point for Wedge lies in the speed at which Sofia takes over the Gambis Golden Regiment, and only Sofia can protect him.

High risk means high reward, and as long as Welch holds up until Sophia makes a move, he can get a place in the Golden Group. Of course, as a secret son of the Randall family.

Whether Sophia wants it or not, Victor will infiltrate the golden mass with mercury. He believes that the rise of the Golden Regiment will be unstoppable, and the major forces will try their best to install secret agents, and only by occupying the high position of the Golden Regiment in advance can the interests of the Randall family be ensured and the development direction of the Golden Regiment can be grasped.

Nelson and Barrol's performances pleased Victor, who smiled and asked, "Any questions?"

"Your Excellency, you just said that Madame intends to abandon this trade route?" Nelson stood up and asked, "What about our smuggling caravans and copycat strongholds?"

"Give up, how can you give up, what to do and what to do, it's business as usual!"

"Yes!" Nelson replied loudly with a punch in his chest.

The mountain and forest roads are far away, the environment is treacherous, monsters and beasts are rampant, and the small volume and high-risk transportation conditions greatly increase the transportation cost of goods. Now that there is a public transport network, mountain roads should be abandoned. Sophia is in business, and her ideas are reasonable.

Victor has his own considerations, though.

The Randall family finances are divided into two parts. The income from the eleventh tax and the kingdom annuity was in Lilia's custody and deposited in the treasury of Pinghu Fort. The procurement of supplies, the construction of territories, the salaries of the mercenary legions, and the salaries of the stewards and deacons were all taken out of the treasury. The income of the Golden Regiment, which is not subject to any taxes, belongs to Victor's private money, which is mainly used for the construction of mercury and smuggling caravans, as well as for the manufacture of alchemical creatures.

At present, Randall's property is handed over to the Two-Headed Lizard Chamber of Commerce for exclusive use, but the coffee, snow sugar, lark mountains, and swamp resources in Victor's hands are not within the scope of unified purchasing. These goods have been sold by smuggling caravans.

Otherwise, where does Victor's private money come from for more than 100,000 gold soles a year?

Abandoning the mountain path channel meant that Victor could only sell the resources processed by the alchemy auxiliaries through normal channels. Not only will he pay a large amount of taxes, but he will also expose all the secrets of the Skylark Mountains and the Swamp. Moreover, it is also a lot of income to resell the herbs and animal skins collected and processed by the mountain people.

In the short term, Victor will use the mountain road channel to sell hundreds of thousands of gold soles worth precious goods such as coffee, snow sugar, clam seasonings, crystals, rare herbs, etc., and purchase gold, silver, hard currency, and fire element crystals.

In the long run, the human kingdom is about to face its most severe test, and the fierce mountain hunters are also a force worth fighting for.

Sophia may have feared that the Golden Order's co-optation of the mountain people would anger the lords everywhere, but Pope Clement didn't necessarily think so. If the Church had the conditions, he would have been eager to spread the faith to the savages. Victor's alchemy humans can create such conditions.

As long as the relationship between the cottages, the smuggling caravans, the Glorious Church and the local lords is well managed, Victor can win over the mountain people and increase his political prestige and have more power.

"I'll make Sophia change her mind. A confident and elegant smile appeared on Victor's face, "It's the same in everything." ”

"If there are no other problems, you can step down. Barol stayed. ”