On the third day after leaving the town, the important letter from Blackhammer Fort was finally handed over to Rod, because the content of the letter was related to the illegal development of Blackhammer Castle, the butler Mulos did not dare to use the crow to deliver the message, but asked the most trusted ranger to travel thousands of miles and hand the letter to Rhodes himself.

When Iron Paw handed the letter to Rod, the wax mark on the envelope had not yet been opened.

"How did you find me?"

Rod asked Ironclaw curiously as he opened the envelope. Because he had already left the Northern Alliance, it would take a while for Iron Claw to find him.

"I went to the camp of the Northern Coalition first, and they said that you have been gone for a while, my lord, and no one knows where you are going, so I asked Celta about the situation, and Celta asked me to find the dwarf. ”

"Alves?"

"Yes, it's him, I found the white bear by his side......"

"Yes, I left the white bear behind, and it was too noticeable for me to bring it. ”

Rhodes said.

"I asked Alves, and he told me where you were, so I chased you along the Ice Avenue, and I found out that you had stopped in the town of Ulak. ”

"Hmm. We also went underground and killed some undead and vampires. ”

Rod returned, opening the envelope.

"I see it...... It's a dead town......"

"It's not easy for you to find me. ”

Rod praised that Iron Claw and Lawrence are one of the few qualified rangers in Black Hammer Castle, and if they were someone else, it would be impossible to find themselves in this environment.

After speaking, Rod opened the letter and read the words on it carefully. At first glance, the handwriting of the fair and beautiful is from the handwriting of the old housekeeper. I happened to have been away from Black Hammer Fort for so long, and I also learned something about my hometown through this letter.

"What happened to Blackhammer?"

Caroline leaned over and asked curiously. This was not originally her concern, but since the Ice Pepper cultivation had her benefits, the matter of Black Hammer Castle seemed to have become her business......

"What's going on? Hehe, it hasn't happened yet. After reading the letter, Rod smiled.

Raheim wants to get more partners to invest in the construction of the port and other projects. Rod continued.

"Isn't that a good thing?"

"What a ghost, these aristocratic businessmen are very clever, they take a fancy to the geographical advantages of Black Hammer Castle, and want to occupy this advantageous resource, their development is not free, they must occupy part of the right to benefit, and when their share exceeds mine, at that time, it is impossible to tell whose Black Hammer Castle is. This castle has been defended by our hard work, and now that the Beastmen have just been wiped out on the front foot, there are people on the back foot eyeing the cheap assets here, and I have to say that these merchants are really pervasive. "101 Chinese Net

Rod scoffed. He knew Laheim's intentions, and the success of his investment in the deep pit mine gave him a taste of the sweetness, and he participated in the development of the mine at a very low price, and the income from the sale of ore far exceeded his initial investment. This made his ambitions swell. However, as a merchant, not a lord, Laheim overlooked the fact that he was able to invest in the mines because of the bloody battles of the warriors of Blackhammer Fort in the early stage to keep off the invasion of the beastmen, and it was because of this that he had a safe environment in the deep pit mining area.

If it hadn't been for that, the Beastmen would have burned the mine to the ground. If you want to calculate it carefully, the manpower and material resources invested by Rhodes in the early stage to protect Black Hammer Fort are also an important cost. But Rod didn't count with him like this, after all, with the conditions at the time, Rod didn't have much to work with.

But now it is different, the safe environment, thriving towns, and the territories that the predecessors fought so hard to keep can no longer be sold to outsiders at such a low price. In other words, the investment climate has improved, and previously cheap assets are no longer cheap. And Rhodes doesn't have to go back, and he knows that Laheim's so-called new investors are just his relatives, distant relatives, his wife's relatives, and distant relatives, and when they have interests, they are often swallowed within a family, because he can't swallow them alone.

Caroline nodded as if she didn't understand.

"And what are you going to do with this?"

She continued.

"Simple, unless his investors offer a good enough price, don't think about entering Black Hammer Fort half a step. As for what he said about developing the city, I have the money......"

Rod smiled back, and Caroline instantly understood. Leaving Iron Claw in place with a bewildered expression.

"You go back now, I guess when you return to the castle, Lawrence will also return to the city, and the Ice Queen will grant a grant in the name of the Tsar and reward me with a gold crown of 10,000 as my military reward. I asked Lawrence to secretly escort this part of the gold back to the castle, and it is estimated that in another week, the money will arrive at Blackhammer Castle. ”

Rod turned his head to Iron Paw. He didn't even bother to reply to the letter, just verbally explained to Iron Claw. After all, it doesn't matter, Lawrence's ability to return to Blackhammer is the most important thing.

As for Laheim's investors, Rhodes didn't have an idea of what he wanted, but now, a new idea was born in his mind. The new partner can have, but not his Laheim's friends, relatives, these. Rather, the aristocrats from all over Kislev, as long as interest groups are not formed, there is no problem in cooperating in development. It's just that how to regulate the relationship between these nobles is a science. Neither let them be too intimate, nor too contradictory for them. Rhodes guessed that the job was beyond the competence of the old butler Muros, and that if he was to do so, he needed someone who really knew how to manage...... Yes, as the town grows, many things get complicated......

......

Iron Claw walked away with a confused face, he originally thought that the lord would give him a letter and ask him to return it to Muros, but the lord turned out to be only a verbal explanation, in the eyes of Muros, the big thing seemed to be insignificant on the lord's side...... Alas, forget it, let's go back and talk about it. The Ranger said to himself......

"Rod, although I'm not interested in investing or money, I still don't understand. ”

After the ranger who delivered the letter left, Bogur came to Rhodes' side, and he was actually confused by the conversation just now.

"Don't understand what?"

Rod asked.

"Since that guy named Laheim is so snobbish and greedy, why don't you just kick him out and find another partner?

The dwarf asked, touching his head.

"Get out? impossible. At least not now. Laheim owns 30% of Blackhammer's assets, some of which I share with him, such as mines and markets. If he leaves, and withdraws this one-third of his assets, the operation of Blackhammer Keep will be in serious trouble. At the very least, there is a danger that the chain of funds will break. You know, what is produced is not immediately realized, it needs to go through trade and circulation, and until it is sold, the ore or other goods are worthless. If Laheim siphons his funds, Blackhammer may not even be able to pay its workers for a while...... Moreover, there are some assets that he has already bought, and if he wants to leave, I will have to pay him a large fee to buy back those assets. This will cause Blackhammer Fort to be financially tight in the short term, and there is a danger of bankruptcy if it can't be slowed down. I can't kill him and steal his money, can I?"

Rod replied. Of course, this is a superficial polite remark, whether the capitalists can be killed or not is no longer a topic. In the empire, it is not new for the rulers of many cities to attract investment from the nobility in the name of joint development and making money together, and only when they see that the capital is expanding and the nobility is making a lot of money, and then find an excuse to kill and occupy their property, it is not new. After all, the law is up to them.