The furnishings in the tent are relatively simple, but the space is quite spacious, and it is not crowded to entertain 5 guests at the same time. Everyone sat down according to the position of the guest and host, Viscount Negus waved away the attendant, and said with a smile: "Victor, I have heard that the swift bird of the centaur hills is untamable, fierce, and the meat is tender and delicious, the pioneers of the centaur hills have hunted and killed the swift birds a few years ago, and when I take office as a lord, my territory will actually find a swift bird again." Unexpectedly, you successfully domesticated this giant bird of prey and formed the Swift Bird Light Cavalry. If you are willing to sell the Swift Bird mount to me, the price and terms can be negotiated. ”

It was not the first time Viscount Negus had seen the Swift Bird Light Horse, and in his first confrontation with Victor, he personally shot several Swift Bird and the Spirit Monkey Militia, and if Victor hadn't intervened in time, that small group of Swift Bird Light Riders would have died under his arrows. The two sides kept this matter a secret, and no third party except Victor and Negus knew that the two had secretly reached a tacit understanding.

The Swiftbird is now worth twice as much as a domesticable fighting bird of prey, but neither Victor nor Sylvia will allow outsiders to touch it until the Swiftbird Light Rider is on scale. Viscount Negus suddenly made a non-point request, I am afraid that it has a deep meaning.

Victor groaned for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I can't be the master of this matter." ”

Negus nodded, his gaze swept over Sophia and Sauron, and said pointedly: "I also have many things that I can't do, so let's talk about what we can do." ”

Everyone here is related to Raventown. Raventown's territory of about 1,000 square kilometers has no defensive depth, but it is sandwiched between the territory of Negus and Sauron, which can act as a buffer. Sauron and Negus are in different camps, they are old rivals, and it is inevitable to be wary of each other, and in order to avoid unnecessary conflicts, both sides want to plant an eyeliner in Raven Town to monitor each other's movements.

It was this relationship that Victor used to turn Raven Town into a trading port, allowing the caravans of Negus and Sauron to enter and leave freely, so as to achieve the purpose of sitting on the ground and dividing the fertilizer. Because of Raventown, Negus and Sauron were able to communicate with each other without colluding with each other, and they gradually tasted the sweetness of trade, and caravans came and went in and out of Raven Town more frequently, and Raventown became more and more prosperous. Victor was even confident that he would bring more lords into Raven's trading circle, but unfortunately, the arrival of the barbarians upset the tripartite balance and caused Raventown's development plans to be stillborn.

With the barbarians temporarily living in the mountains west of Raventown, the Paladins stationed in Raventown, and the Knights of Iron Wall and Knights of Glory stationed in Viscountdom Negus and Viscountdom Sauron, respectively, Raventown's trade came to a standstill.

However, Victor thinks Raventown can be saved, for the simple reason that they all need money.

Pioneer lords need to invest a lot of money in infrastructure construction, including the cultivation of farmland and pastures, and the construction of cottages, roads, and castles. The savings of the Viscount Negus family for several generations have been smashed into the construction of the territory, but it is still not enough, otherwise he would not have reached a secret agreement with Victor to exchange raw sugar for stone. Sauron is even more miserable, his parents' savings are pitiful, his uncle's inheritance has been occupied by Sophia, a great knight of the wind system, and he has to rely on the money issued by the royal family to maintain a decent life, how can he have the money to build a territory? Sauron's economy is highly dependent on the Auguste family, he mortgaged the only medium-sized iron ore in the territory to the Archduke Williams, in exchange for a huge loan, and also put half of the money into the construction of the territory, the family's living expenses suddenly became stretched, and even less than an ordinary knight. Raven was open to the trade of raw sugar and mountain goods, and Sauron's caravan was only reselling supplies to make monthly payments, and he certainly hoped that Raven's trade would be sustained.

When everyone needed it, Raventown's trade had a basis for survival.

Need to be needed, the overall situation of the kingdom still has to be considered, the truth is tacit, but there is nothing to do with Sophia at all, she suddenly ran over and was a spoiler, and Viscount Negus had to agree on the framework of the conversation in advance, so as not to embarrass each other.

No, there's another person here who doesn't know how to pretend to understand, and that's Master Tournans.

Although the legendary paladin has a high status in the Church, he has very little power, and this lord prefers to participate in the affairs of the lords. Victor didn't know how Turnans got involved with Nelson, but he was happy to have a good relationship with Tournans, as long as the bald paladin revealed a little bit of the Church's training secrets, it would be very helpful to the mercenary army.

Victor glanced sideways at Turnans, who was engrossed, and said in a loud voice: "In that case, then let's make it clear in front of Lord Tournans." If you don't even have this kind of responsibility, I don't think you need to talk about it. ”

Tournans nodded solemnly, imitating the Pope's tone and said: "It is better to make the dispute between the lords clear at the negotiating table, and the Church will be responsible for mediating your conflicts." ”

It's a dispute! It's obviously cooperation......

The three lords exchanged a wry glance, and Sauron was the first to speak, pointing the finger at Sophia.

"I have no problem, but I would like to know in what capacity Lady Sophia is involved in this conversation, and if it is the Marquis of Wimbledon, the trade in Raventown has nothing to do with you. If it's Viscountess Randall, Lord Randall is here, and you don't seem to need to get involved. ”

Sophia smiled and retorted unceremoniously: "I am both the Marquis of Wimbledon and the Viscountess Randall, and my guests live in Raven Town, I bear half of the expenses of the barbarians and paladins, and I can buy your goods or not." The most important thing is that I'm rich, so I can sit here. Sauron, what do you have, and in what capacity are you sitting here?"

"I have a way, and I have the right to be exempted from the transit tax on goods, or to increase the tax on the transit of goods. ”

Sauron Wimbledon said sincerely, "Sophia, I don't have a personal vendetta with you. Who will inherit the title of Marquis of Wimbledon, I don't count if I say it, and it doesn't count if you say it. I lost to you because His Royal Highness Williams lost to Her Majesty the Queen. In my opinion, the territory is more important than the marquis, but I can have the trust of His Royal Highness Williams today, I am loyal to His Highness, His Highness let me inherit the title of marquis, I will inherit, he let me give up, I don't care. But as a lord, I want Raven to maintain its previous trade policies. So, I'm worried that you're going to change the situation. As he spoke, he saluted Victor's jaw, "What do you think, Lord Randall?"

Victor nodded, "Lord Negus, do you also want Raven Town to continue to maintain an open and free trade policy?"

"Of course. Viscount Negus smiled and said, "Victor, according to the original agreement on exchanging stones for jabers, I have already delivered the stones for the construction of Raven Castle, but you still owe me 200,000 pounds of jabers. After a pause, he added: "There is one thing I want to make clear in advance, my stone can only be bought by Viscount Solon, and if the York family wants to buy stone from me, there is nothing I can do." Unless His Majesty Friedrich nods. ”

"Stone is not on the trade list, but green bricks can. Victor turned to Sauron and asked, "Archduke Williams has built a 50-meter-high fortress in Viscount Sauron, and your Excellency may owe a huge amount of money. ”

Sauron smiled bitterly: "The initial budget is 300,000 gold soles. ”

"I'm the same there. Viscount Negus shook his head and said, "Victor, I don't have the money to buy green bricks. ”

The planning of the construction of the realm was the internal affairs of the lord, and the king was logically not entitled to intervene, but the two first lords, Sauron and Negus, were very dependent on the support of the royal family economically, politically, and militarily. The king told them to concentrate their efforts and build the fortifications first, and they tightened their belts to complete the task. The king was not a philanthropist, and the cost of construction was ultimately borne by the two lords.

The king's borrowing plus interest has not been repaid for generations, and how can they not try to make money?

Victor smiled slightly, very glad that he did not owe usury.

"I know you don't have any money, but the Knights of Glory and the Knights of the Iron Wall do!" Victor said lightly: "The barbarian guests will not be able to leave for a while, and the knights and their cavalry will have to stay here, maybe ten years, maybe fifteen years, their relatives and servants will also come, these noble knights can't live in a simple wooden house, right?" You build a few magnificent villas and rent them to rich knights, and others will definitely come to you to ask for rent, and you can collect them rent for five years at a time, which is enough money to build a house for them. Knights have a house to buy furniture and daily necessities, right? Then build some shops and do some business. In this way, you don't have to spend a copper coin to have a beautiful town, and the rent of the house after five years is pure profit. ”

Sauron and Negus were impressed, but Sophia looked at Victor with a smile, and the woman had already thought of this. Victor ignored her and continued, "Randall's territory is too far away from here, and it is not cost-effective to transport the bricks here. But I currently have the right to operate the green bricks of the Centaur Hills, and I can let the nearby Viscount Hanas produce the green bricks and sell them to you at cost price, but I won't make half a copper sol. ”

Viscount Negus groaned and asked, "Your Excellency Randall, what are your conditions?"

"It's simple. ”

Victor said, "As far as I know, the stone of Viscount Negus was shipped directly to Viscount Sauron. I now require that the convoy transporting the stone must transit through Raventown. That shouldn't be difficult, right?"

Sauron frowned, "I don't understand your intentions, but I can send a convoy to Raven Town to load and unload the stones, but you have to make sure that you don't use the stones. ”

"I promise. Victor nodded, "Actually, Raven Town will not build any more fortifications other than Raven Fort. ”

"Wait!"

Tournans glared and interjected, "Lord Randall, you still don't seem to be making any money?"

"It's true that Victor didn't make any money from it, but the residents of Raven Town did. Sophia explained, "Lord Negus's convoy transports the stone to the Viscount of Sauron, and then transports the bricks back without having to transit through Raventown. Now, Sauron's convoy transports the bricks to Raven Town, and back to Lord Neguth's stones. Loading and unloading stones and bricks requires hiring workers, the convoy men need to buy food, and the stewards need to drink and have fun and carry some goods along the way, so the residents of Raven Town have an income, and Victor also earns money. ”

Sophia turned her pretty face, took Victor's hand, and asked with a smile, "Honey, is that so?"

Victor nodded and asked, "What do you want, dear madam?"

"I've heard about your deeds in Wildwillow City. Sylvia told me that you had turned Willow City into a thriving business lord. Sophia smiled and said, "Although I haven't been to Wild Willow City, I went to Transition Raven Town. I can see that Raven Town can become the second Wild Willow City, or even surpass Wild Willow City. ”

"As long as I'm involved!"

Sophia said with burning eyes: "The Knights of Glory and the Knights of the Iron Wall have money, but you don't have any goods to sell them, but I do." If you buy your own goods, you need to pay transit taxes to other lords, and I don't. I have a monopoly on purple cane wine, and my caravan can also bring all kinds of goods, fine pottery, expensive silk, cheap grain, good leather, rare herbs and spices...... With these goods, you can not only meet the needs of your knights, but also sell them to other lords and make a profit. ”

"I have no opinion. ”

Sauron's jaw was in agreement, but Viscount Negus was silent, and everyone's eyes were fixed on him, and after a while, he spoke: "Lord Sophia, I want to know what you plan to do next?"

"The Kingdom of Dordor protects the interests of the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce and restores everything to its original state!"

Negus shook his head with a wry smile and said, "You think I can call the shots?"

"You can't be the master, His Majesty Friedrich can!"

Sophia said in a deep voice, "Don't tell me that you want to resume trade with Raventown, and there is no King Dodor behind this. His Majesty Friedrich intended to make friends with guests from the Arrett Mountains through trade. I can't stop Raven from trading with you, but I can frustrate your plans. ”

Sophia shook her fair index finger and said, "I promise the barbarians won't see any of the Duoduo, and you can also try to break into the barbarians' camp and see what happens?"

"Then I won't see it!"

Viscount Negus said lightly: "Lord Sophia, why do you have to be hostile to our Kingdom of Duo?"

"So I was hostile to the traders of the Kingdom of Dordor and deliberately didn't sell them the goods?" said Sophia, laughing angrily.

"Your caravan is unhindered in the kingdom of Dordor and the lords of Dordor have not collected transit taxes from you, your caravan has not been harassed by bandits and thieves in the kingdom of Dordor and the lords of Dordor have exercised their duty of protection, and your goods are unsalable and the lords of Dordor are willing to pay for them. ”

Viscount Negus shook his head and said, "Sophia, it's you who dislike Lord Duoduo's bid is too low and unwilling to sell the goods. We, the Kingdom of Dord, have never violated our trade pact with the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce. It's an indisputable fact!"

Sophia was silent for a moment and asked, "What kind of conditions did the South Wind Chamber of Commerce offer for you to support them like this?"

"No comment. ”

Negus explained to Victor instead, "My family is far from the center of the kingdom, and I am only a viscount lord now, and I am not qualified to understand why. However, I think that if the Kingdom of Borui can convince His Majesty Friedrich and the High Lord of Dordor, it will also be able to convince the Empire of Sassan. ”

"Lord Randall, I'm sorry. I can't help you with your wife's affairs. ”

Victor waved his hand and smiled: "This does not affect our cooperation. Then he said to Sophia, "My dear, if you want to participate in Raventown's trade, we welcome you. ”

"Why not?" Sophia raised her eyebrows and said calmly: "I won't admit defeat easily, but I'm not a stingy person either. ”

"Then I would like to ask Lord Tournans to witness our agreement. ”

Tournans stood up, touched his big bald head, with a confused expression, he seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to understand anything, and then looked at Nelson with a confused face, and his heart was suddenly relieved.

It turns out that there is one more that I don't understand.

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