The next day.

Bishop Perot deliberately postponed his trip and stayed in Pinghu Town, and he had some questions about the public carriage to consult Victor.

While the Bishop was waiting for Victor, Victor had just begun to get down to business with Sylvia.

On the east side of Golden Oak Manor, there is an 8-acre stream reservoir, which is a small artificial lake, but the scenery is very beautiful. The air is pure and invigorating, the tranquil surface of the lake is like a mirror, reflecting the straight golden hemlock on the lakeside, a brick-paved path winds between the lakeshore and the trees, and there are benches for visitors to rest on the side of the road.

Sylvia and Victor were walking by the lake, she was wearing a blue hunting costume today, not wearing a crown that symbolized status, her blonde hair was simply tied in a ponytail, and her simple and free dress was less graceful and noble than in the past, and more kind and easy-going.

"Nice view. ”

Sylvia stopped in front of a bench, and the trained attendants quickly cleaned the leaves from the chair, unfolded a folding table, served candied pastries, and even lit a small stove and began to make coffee.

In a few moments, a lakeside sofa appeared in front of Victor's eyes, and Sylvia picked up a grain of snow candied fruit and said with a smile: "Honey, aren't you going to sit down?"

The great nobleman's work was envied by Victor, he sat down beside Sylvia and deliberately teased: "Actually, the snow sugar candied fruit is pickled in jaggery sugar......"

"It's sweet. Sylvia took the squire's silk scarf, wiped her fingers, and continued: "I didn't expect you to really form the Swiftbird Light Cavalry. ”

Victor's heart sudden, and he hummed casually, Sylvia glanced at him, and said slowly: "I remember that the notarization in front of the gods we signed also includes the ...... of the swift bird."

Seeing that he couldn't get by, Victor said helplessly: "I don't have enough swift birds to raise, I'll supply them to you in two years, okay?"

"Hehe, I like to see you feel distressed and helpless. Sylvia smiled and said, "You can rest assured, I'm not interested in the flashy Swiftbird light rider at all." ”

The York family obviously couldn't solve the problem of the swift birds, and Victor just breathed a sigh of relief, but heard Sylvia say, "I still have 427 swift birds here, do you want them?"

"How do you have so many swift birds?"

Victor was startled, and he asked suspiciously, "Since you don't like the Swift Bird Light Ride, why do you raise more than 200 of them?"

"The centaur hills are vast, you don't think that only Randall has swift birds, right?" Sylvia raised her eyebrows and said, "After I got the method of domesticating swift birds, I sent people to hunt the remaining swift birds in the centaur hills, plus the 19 pairs you sent, I collected a total of 156 swift birds, all of which were raised in Blackcastle Town at that time. Within a few years, the number of swift birds had increased to more than 400. ”

"No wonder......" Victor nodded.

In the earliest days, Randall led nearly 300 first-generation swift birds, but later the hill camp fell, and most of the swift birds were tragically poisoned by Ant-Man, and only about 80 swift birds managed to run into the mountains and escaped by luck. It took a lot of effort for Victor to get them back, and while Castle Blacks was not breached by Ant-Man, the Yorks outnumbered the Swiftbird population in the mountain fort.

Sylvia continued, "I didn't plan to form the Swift Bird Light Cavalry at all, and using the Swift Bird to breed alienated war beasts is my purpose. ”

"It's a pity that the alienated rat that Bruce and Nicole brought back from the Swamp is not alienated enough to alienate ordinary creatures at all. As she spoke, she shook her head and said, "The Swift Bird's weight-bearing capacity is too poor, and it can only be used as a mount for scouts and heralds...... How about I give you all these birds to decorate the façade?"

Victor asked in a deep voice, "What conditions?"

"Jargon. Sylvia stretched out her hand-carved hand and said, "Sell me Randall's 60% share of the raw sugar, and all 427 swift birds are yours." ”

"Sugar?" Victor frowned.

Raw sugar is a seasoning for civilians, and Randall Collar ships for only 4 copper soles per pound, and the highest market retail price does not exceed 1 silver soles, and most civilians still can't afford it. At present, Randall has 505337 acres of purple cane forests, with an average yield of 7 tons of purple cane per mu, 5,000 acres of purple cane per year, 13% of the sugar output of purple cane, and an annual output of 4,550 tons of raw sugar, totaling 10.01 million pounds. In the past three years, Victor has only sold a total of 2.82 million pounds of raw sugar, making a profit of 8,700 gold soles, and the backlog of raw sugar is more than 26 million pounds!

Victor, who was overwhelmed by the huge inventory, would have stopped producing jaggery long ago if it weren't for the sake of brewing purple cane wine. Now, Sylvia now asks for 6 percent of raw sugar, worth almost 60,000 gold soles, and gives away 400 swift birds for free! However, since it was Sylvia's request...... Then it's time to measure.

"Honey, what do you want so much jaggery for?"

"Help you get rid of the backlog of jaggery...... What kind of eyes are you? Sell or not?"

"Not for sale!"

Sylvia raised her eyebrows, pinched Victor's cheek, and asked, "Why don't you sell it?"

The beauty was lightly angry, and Victor grabbed Silvia's slender hand, kissed it, and said with a grin: "My dear, if you really want to get jaggery from me, you won't use such a straightforward method." Moreover, you are not short of jaggery at all. ”

"Tell me, what's the good news for me?"

Looking at Victor's triumphant appearance, Sylvia smiled, her tense jade face was like a glacier thawing, roses blooming, she shook her head and said, "You really know me......"

"Some time ago, Sophia's Chamber of Commerce wanted to buy raw sugar from me, and they offered six copper soles per pound, in any quantity. As for the reason, they didn't hide it from me. The Sassan Empire was in the midst of a field war with the Orcs, and they found that jaggery was a very good supply, easy to carry, a quick way to restore the strength of a soldier, and an effective way to relieve hunger. Therefore, the Sassangian Empire designated jaggery as a strategic material and had to purchase it in large quantities...... I made the mistake of not writing the jerkery in the notarization before God. ”

Sylvia pretended to be annoyed, then smiled again: "Victor, congratulations. You've got a strategic item in your hands!"

Victor couldn't help but burst into tears, he had always believed that the value of purple cane was immeasurable, but he didn't expect that the cane sugar would not sell, and the purple bagasse would become a hot commodity. Four years have passed, the function of jaggery is finally known, and the purple cane industry has reached the moment when the melons are ripe. It is a pity that Randall once had millions of acres of purple cane forests, and only 500,000 acres remained after the ant plague, and after three years of overgrowth, it was able to increase by 5,337 acres, and it will take at least 17 years to restore the scale of one million acres.

Victor took a deep breath and said seriously: "It is we who have mastered a strategic material!"

"That's right. It's us!" Sylvia chuckled, "But for twenty years, the raw sugar trade is up to you. ”

After the York family discovered the value of purple cane, they looked for purple cane forests everywhere, and there were really a lot of scattered purple cane forests in the corners of the Renma hills, totaling no more than 600,000 mu, and now there are only more than 80,000 mu left. The York family regarded these purple cane as treasures, and sent special guards to clean up the nearby weeds at all times, so that the purple cane could grow freely. Without a twenty-year recovery period, the York family would never have harvested these purple canese.

Victor was surprised that Sylvia did not intend to meddle in the raw sugar trade for the past 20 years! You must know that the purple cane grows when it is harvested, and even if it is harvested 20,000 mu a year, there is an income of 140,000 gold soles, which is not a small amount of money.

Victor sighed, "Sylvia, I admire your boldness!"

Sylvia pursed her lips and smiled: "Don't praise me, since I said that I won't interfere, I won't interfere in your jaery business." After a pause, she asked, "Soon, Sophia's henchman will come to Pinghu Town to discuss the purchase of jaggery, what are you going to do?"

Victor's heart moved, and he asked, "What price did Sophia set for the Sassangs?"

"It is said to be 4 silver soles per pound of jaggery. ”

"6 copper soles bought, 4 silver soles sold, a full 24 times the profit...... What a profit!" Victor shook his head and said, "Then they won't have to look for me!"

"Huh?" Sylvia's eyes flickered and she said, "Of course the price can be negotiated, but I want to remind you that strategic materials are not ordinary goods, and the impact it causes is more than the profit itself." If you raise the price of jaggery, the Sarsanians will raise the price of barley accordingly. It's not what I want to see, and it's not what the royal family wants. You're going to be under a lot of pressure!"

"I understand. Victor nodded and said, "I agree with the price of 6 copper soles per pound, but they have to go to Wild Willow City to buy raw sugar." The reason is simple, we must support the commercial position of the Buryat Territory!"

"However, I harvest up to 8,000 acres of purple cane forests every year, and Sophia can get 20 million pounds of raw sugar this year, and only 5 million pounds a year in the future. The rest of the jaggery, I'm going to reprice!"

Sylvia agreed, "The more purple cane is harvested, the more taxes will be paid, and I will remind you if you don't say it." ”

Randall will inevitably receive next year's eleventh tax, and the jaberland sugar has now become a strategic material, and the royal family of Gambis is also staring at this piece, and it seems that the twenty percent tax will not be able to run away, so that 8,000 acres of purple cane will be 11.53 million pounds of jaggery, and 5 million pounds will be handed over to Sophia, and there will be 6.53 million pounds left. However, Victor put a maximum of 3 million pounds of jaggery on the market, and the remaining 3.5 million pounds, he wants to smuggle!

With 24 times the profit, how could Victor not be blushing? How could other kingdoms not maintain the smuggling caravan when they found that they could buy strategic materials that were in short supply through private merchants? When the smuggling caravan grew, Victor would increase the output of raw sugar, forming a situation in which one family dominated. Of course, there is no way to transport huge quantities of raw sugar on the rugged mountain roads, but Victor already has a comprehensive plan to smuggle large quantities of goods, and the church plays a key role in this!

"Looks like we're going to talk to Bishop Pero, and we're going to make a trip to Raven Town to start a smuggling caravan heading north!"

Victor thought about it and couldn't help but smile, and Sylvia asked next to him, "Honey, what are you thinking?"

"Uh...... I'm happy that I'm going to have a big income right away. ”

Victor was in a good mood and said to Sylvia: "My dear, you give me all those swift birds to raise, I will provide at least 60 swift bird mounts to Jinshui City every year, and I promise that there will be a surprise for you!"

"Of course, you have been surprising me, and I'm sure you'll surprise me more. ”

Sylvia said tenderly and unrefusably: "Honey, I want to visit your hill camp now, you ..... won't refuse me, right?"

Victor's expression froze suddenly, and Sylvia smiled when she saw this: "I can give you some time to prepare." Is two hours enough?"

Victor stood up and gracefully extended his hand.

"No need to prepare, we can go now!"