The trade fair begins.

Walking down the street, the counters are full of goods. The cries of merchants are endless.

The prosperous city of Dadir seems to have returned.

It can be seen that Baron Sith has done his homework. Not to mention anything else, it takes a lot of effort to gather such a businessman.

Like many of the local aristocracy, Hudson only watched and did not buy. This is agreed by everyone in advance, and no matter what goods appear in the city, they will not be traded this time.

As for the future, let's talk about it then. The memory of the nobility is also time-limited, although emotionally speaking, everyone does not want to see the northern nobles become bigger, but the southern region does need a commercial center.

Some of the cities of Dadir have become commercial centers, which can bring enough benefits to everyone, and it is expected that people will not refuse this convenience.

If the financiers don't make a move, the transaction volume will naturally not go up. The contributions of just a few dozen Northland nobles are far from supporting a commercial center.

There was no surprise that none of Katelai's orc slaves were sold. Not only did the local nobles not buy it, but the northern nobles did not take care of the business.

Although Baron Sith came forward to greet everyone, it was a pity that all the nobles of the Northlands had a large number of orc slaves in their hands. If it weren't for the fact that they knew they couldn't make a move, it was estimated that they would have to sell some of it for cash.

There is no way, orc slaves are really not useful. Nothing but simple chores can be done.

The main thing is that the language barrier makes it difficult to carry out the training smoothly.

Not every territory has endless hard work, and when the number of slaves exceeds the demand, the lords will not continue to buy slaves.

Even if everyone is very sympathetic to Baron Katelai's plight, this is only verbal, and it is a little bit to ask them to pay real money to support it.

Besides, it's not like everyone didn't help. A group of northern Xinjiang nobles also scraped together a few thousand gold coins and lent them to Kate to come to Baron for emergency.

As fellow entrepreneurs, the money is squeezed out of everyone's teeth. It's interesting to be able to do this.

After all, although everyone is also a nobleman in Northern Xinjiang, the land of Northern Xinjiang is also extremely vast, and most of them have never interacted with each other before.

If it weren't for the chance, let them go south together, and it is estimated that they would not even have the current love.

……

"Kate comes to Baron, it seems that no one wants these slaves. There is no point in keeping them except for wasting food, so find an opportunity to dispose of them! ”

Sith suggested sincerely.

Although the reputation of slaughtering slaves is not good, they can always find a way to cover it up. If you keep raising this group of idle people, your reputation will not be damaged, but your wallet can't stand it!

After only two days of helping, Baron Sith felt the pressure, and if Kate came to Baron to stay here all the time, he couldn't resist it.

"Dear Baron Sith, this is cruel. Otherwise, no one wants these slaves now, because it is the time of the farming.

After a month or two, spring ploughing begins, and lords who need labor may buy it.

You can rest assured that I will borrow you for the daily expenses of the slaves. As long as these slaves are delivered, I will return them as soon as the time comes. Baron Kate said with a sincere face.

I don't know how much he cares about the life and death of the group of slaves in front of him, but in fact he is just fighting for benefits. Anyway, now that the slaves are kept by the Sith Baron, his pressure has been greatly reduced.

If you can drag it out until the spring ploughing and sell this batch of slaves, it will be very profitable.

However, this is only a possibility, and no one dares to guarantee whether the local nobles will be short of labor during the spring ploughing season.

At least during the autumn ploughing, the family relied on the help of relatives and friends to complete the sowing.

At the time of spring ploughing, it is not impossible to borrow people again. This kind of favor, which has no risk and does not require much cost, most nobles will sell it.

If it drags on until the spring ploughing, these slaves still can't be sold, then not only will Kate come to Baron to finish, but even Baron Sith will have to go crazy.

The poor have no ability to pay back. The daily eating, drinking, and lazing of more than 20,000 slaves was a large expense.

Even if the cost of three copper coins per person per day is calculated, 25,000 people have to spend 75,000 copper coins a day, which is converted into 50 gold coins.

In two months, at least 3,000 gold coins will be lost. And that's just the most basic expenses, and the cost of the army to guard the slaves hasn't been counted.

In the event of an accident, a slave revolt or something, it is not known how much damage will be generated.

What's even more troublesome is that all the money has been taken out, and the big trouble of orc slaves has not been solved.

It is impossible to return goods, and the slave traders in these years do not have the option of returning them.

Maybe Kate came to the unlucky Baron, and the creditors will chase the world in the future, but the Baron Sith, who took over the slave, will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

"Impossible!"

"Come to Baron Kate, if you insist on keeping this group of slaves, then take them home and raise them yourself!

Slavers are not welcome in Dadir City, and I will immediately enact a set of laws prohibiting the slave trade here. ”

Sith said indifferently.

As a lord, you have the right to legislate in your own domain.

If it weren't for the fact that the creditors were too big, Baron Kate could have made his own laws to keep all the creditors out.

"Dear Baron Sith, I don't want that either. But there is no way, if I deal with this batch of slaves now, all my investment will be lost.

As agreed, my debt period is only half a year. If you can't repay the debt you owe within half a year, you can imagine the consequences.

If you can come forward and get the creditors to agree to a moratorium on debt recovery, I will do as you wish!

If you can't do it, then there is no way, people can only put you on your side first. Do whatever you like, I'm not going to leave with them anyway. ”

Baron Kate said with a broken jar.

Even if you offend the Sith Baron, it's better than being hunted down by creditors. Now among the two counties of Lyte and Wyton, Baron Sith's family has the thickest background.

Baron Kate couldn't find a better way than to rely on him.

"It can't be! You have too much debt, and I don't have that face. If you have this skill, you might as well beg your father.

If Viscount Hank Cage is willing to come forward, maybe everyone will give you another chance.

The Maple Leaf territory is fertile, and as long as you work hard, there is still hope that you will be able to pay off your debts within five years. ”

The more he spoke, the quieter he became, and it was clear that Baron Sith himself didn't believe this nonsense. No matter how fertile the land is, the territory also has to be expensive!

The wealth accumulation model, which only calculates income and does not take into account expenditures, is pure hooliganism.

There are many territories with an annual income of tens of thousands of gold coins, or even tens of thousands of gold coins, but after the expenses are over, there are very few territories that can still balance tens of thousands of gold coins.

Don't say it's the Maple Leaf Collar, even if Dadir City is managed, Baron Sith doesn't dare to guarantee that he will be able to balance tens of thousands of gold coins every year.

If you simply calculate the territorial income, the territory occupied by the five wealthy families in Northern Xinjiang is more than one province, and the annual income is enough to earn millions of gold coins, but in the end, it is not beyond their means?

It can be maintained because the great nobles have other industries.

Including Baron Sith, who wants to make Dadir City a commercial center in the south, ostensibly for tax purposes, but in fact to gather popularity and develop his own industry.

Relying on that little tax alone, I'm afraid it won't even be enough for daily expenses.

The real money is still made by renting/selling shops and houses in the city, as well as selling grain, vegetables, meat and some daily necessities produced in the territory.

Similar gameplay, the Maple Leaf Collar can't be copied. It's just farming income, it's okay to live a small life with peace of mind, and it's impossible to get rich at all.

Perhaps thinking that the idea was too ransy, after a pause, Baron Sith added again, "Maybe you can go and talk to the mountain baron."

If there is one of the two counties that has the greatest demand for labor, it is that guy.

With that guy's appetite, even if the population of the territory exceeds 20,000, it still can't meet his needs.

Anyway, you've dealt with each other, so it's better to sell the slave to him at a discount. As long as the price is cheap enough, he will not dislike it.

It's a big deal to lose a little money, it's better than dragging it out like this. You must know that every day of delay like this now, you will increase the loss of nearly 100 gold coins. ”

This is true, although the Sith does not want to be an enemy. But compared to the hot potato smashed in your own hands, it is better to be a cheap enemy.

After this period of contact, he found that Hudson's strengths lie in military and territorial development, and he really didn't see how strong his political skills were.

At the very least, he will not give his competitors a favor.

Since political means cannot keep up, the degree of danger is reduced. There is nothing wrong with developing the territory, but if you plunge headlong into the development of the territory, it will be a big failure.

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

"It's useless, that guy is also in debt now. For the sake of territorial development, that idiot put all his money into it.

Now that the situation is stable, the rags produced by that guy can't be sold now, and he can only sell some farm tools and daily necessities.

If he hadn't been able to pay off his debts with the iron products he produced, he would not be much better off than I was.

I invested more than 60,000 gold coins in this batch of slaves at the cost alone, even if they were sold at a loss, do you think that bastard could afford to buy them? ”

Kate came to Baron to pretend to be helpless.

In the presence of Baron Sith, he would not say good things about Hudson. What's more, he didn't have a good impression of Hudson in the first place, and now he is saying what he thinks from his heart.

Got an unexpected answer, and Baron Sith was a mixed bag. It is undoubtedly a good thing that competitors have financial problems, but the tragedy is that the troubles seem to be unavoidable.

"Come on, Kate, what do you want?

If it's a stupid thing to ask me to settle your debts for you, then it goes without saying.

Everyone is a smart person, and you should know how big the basket you poked out was.

The investment of more than 60,000 gold coins collected a pile of garbage. Even if he was able to sell some of the high-quality slaves, the loss this time would not be less than 50,000 gold coins.

With such a huge loss of money, no one can bear it for you. Even if the plan fails, I can't agree to it.

I've done my best for your sake. The colleagues in the northern Xinjiang have a large backlog of slaves in their hands, and it is impossible for them to take over your order. ”

Baron Sith said indifferently.

If it weren't for the wrong occasion, he would have wanted to kill this nasty guy in front of him immediately. Compared to this guy, he suddenly felt that the hostile "Hudson" was as cute as a white rabbit.

"Among the more than 60,000 gold coins, there are more than 50,000 arrears, which must be settled.

Among this batch of slaves, the high-quality slaves who can sell can probably return 10,000 gold coins, and the funding gap is still 40,000.

To my relatives, friends, and family in the Northland, I can borrow about 10,000 gold coins, and my family can also lend 10,000 gold coins.

My colleagues also lent me a few thousand gold coins, and I was able to cash out a few thousand gold coins for my weapons and equipment and war horses, and now I only need 10,000 gold coins to tide over this difficult time.

Therefore, I hope that Your Excellency will be kind enough to lend me 10,000 gold coins to help me tide over this difficult time. ”

Baron Kate said earnestly.

The amount of holes dropped from 50,000 to 10,000, and Baron Sith's face looked much better. It's just that whether to lend this money or not, his heart is still beating drums.

His instincts told him that it would certainly not be that simple. If, in normal times, Kate came to Baron to borrow money, it is likely that she would be able to borrow money from relatives and friends.

But now it's different, everyone knows that he lost a lot of money. Before borrowing money, one has to think about his ability to repay.

What if you know that you can't fill the hole and run away with the money?

Something like this has happened in the continent of Aslant before. When you run into it, you can only consider yourself unlucky, and you can only think about it if you collect arrears across borders.

"If I don't agree, you don't want to lead people to rob the caravan, do you?"

Baron Sith asked, uncertain.

If you don't have money, you go out and rob it, which is normal for the nobles of the Northland. Other times, Baron Sith wouldn't be nosy.

It's just that not now, the reputation of Dadir City has not yet been erected, and there is a big news that the merchant has been robbed, and the rest of the story cannot be told.

"If it really gets to that point, I can't help it."

Kate came to Baron with her hands spread out and directly admitted that she had that intention.

……

With the extorted gold coins, Kate knew that he had offended Baron Sith to death, and in the future, it would be difficult for everyone to maintain even the friendship on the surface.

"Prepare the car, let's visit Baron Hudson."

"Kate, I'm afraid I'm going to be right now, okay?"

Knight Holman said worriedly.

It is really immoral to visit his opponent as soon as he received the money from Baron Sith, or on someone else's territory.

"If I don't look for him, what will happen to these slaves in my hands? Do you really want to dispose of it and bear a brutal name?

The fact that Baron Sith was able to lend me 10,000 gold coins was already very interesting, and he couldn't force people to hurry.

But even with these 10,000 gold coins, what should I fill in the remaining holes?

Uncle Holman, do you think that at this time, someone will really be willing to lend me money?

Even within the family, if they knew the news, they would probably complain.

Instead of embarrassing everyone, it is better not to open this mouth, so as not to hurt the feelings. ”

Baron Kate said self-deprecatingly.

If you don't open your mouth to borrow money, you will never know how bad your popularity is. The nobleman who originally had a good relationship with him also took out two or three hundred gold coins to deal with it this time.

In the future, everyone will have to support each other, and now they are only willing to lend this little money. Then it is even more difficult to make relatives and friends who are far away in the north and it is difficult to communicate in the future.

After all, aristocrats pay attention to mutual benefit and reciprocity, and they can't let people pay unilaterally and can't see returns!

Baron Katelai, who saw through all this, did not complain, but chose to deal with it positively.

At least in the last conversation, he had determined that Hudson was interested in these orc slaves. Although this buyer may not have money, he is still a buyer.

……

After going around in a circle and pit Baron Sith, the two reappeared at the negotiating table.

Hudson hadn't changed much, but Kate's heart had changed. The cruel reality told him that the connections he had previously managed were not reliable.

In the last negotiation, he still had some confidence. I thought that the worst result would be nothing more than a loss, and with the help of relatives and friends, I would be able to keep my territory even if I was not good.

The reality is very slap in the face, if it weren't for the strict fiefdom system of the kingdom, there would still be people who wish he would go bankrupt and come over to receive the fief.

"Kate is here for Baron, and I can't hide it. I do have an interest in these slaves, but the mountain lords have little money at the moment, and the cash they can use is 20,000 gold coins at most.

If the transaction is made at this price, you are afraid that you will lose money this time. It's not in line with chivalry to rob while it's hot, so I didn't make an offer last time. ”

Listening to Hudson's words, Kate came to Baron to complain to herself.

A profiteer talking about "chivalry" was already very funny, but now he couldn't laugh at all.

The only buyer lacks financial resources, and he keeps saying that he won't rob while the fire is hot, so he doesn't want to take the initiative to send it to let people rob him!

Typical of being upright and upright, and unwilling to bear moral pressure. Later, it was not Lord Hudson who took advantage of the fire to rob, but Lord Hudson who helped the needy.

As for him, Kate came to Baron, naturally he was incorrigibly stupid and a gold medal supporting role. Who made him the "stupidest slave trader" now?

"Baron Hudson, thirty thousand gold coins! As long as 30,000 gold coins, these slaves will be packaged and sold to you.

At this point, I don't hide it anymore. In order to acquire these slaves, I went in 60,000 gold coins at a cost alone.

Now I have to borrow money to settle the final payment. If the price is lowered again, I will have to go bankrupt on the spot. ”

Baron Kate said helplessly.

It is estimated that he should be the most failed businessman in the whole continent. Others bargain to make more and earn less, but he is different, just to not go bankrupt.

"Kate come to Baron, don't be in a hurry. Even if I raise 30,000 gold coins to trade, I'm afraid you won't have a good time in the future.

Territorial development can be very expensive. No matter how good the foundation of the Maple Leaf Collar is, it is difficult to break even in the first two years, and it is not good to have enough liquidity on hand.

Why don't we work together in a different way, and I buy these slaves at the original price. However, instead of settling in cash, the iron products produced in the territory are traded.

You take these iron products to talk to the slave traders, they are all some farm tools and daily necessities, and there will also be a large market in the Northland, so you don't have to worry about getting your hands on it. ”

Hudson agitated.

Frankly, he really wasn't prepared to trick people this time. After all, you can't catch a sheep and keep it down, otherwise the sheep will be bald, and there will be no sheep to pick up.

As a tool man, Baron Kate Lai has overfulfilled the task this time. not only pitted the Sith Baron, but also divided the nobles of the Northlands.

It would be a pity to discard such a valuable chess piece.

It just so happened that I needed to expand the market, so I simply took this opportunity to test it. It's best if you can get through the market in the north, and it doesn't matter if you can't get through.

As a high value-added product, the cost of a product worth 60,000 gold coins is less than 30,000 gold coins?

As long as he doesn't sell locally and doesn't compete with himself in the market, Hudson doesn't mind impacting the outside market at all.

"Baron Hudson, I'm afraid this is a bit difficult, isn't it? Unlike the southeastern provinces, the iron market in the north is actually monopolized, and foreign goods cannot be squeezed into it at all......

Before Kate could finish speaking, Hudson interrupted, "Your Excellency, you are thinking too much. Can't you take it out and sell it, and aren't you allowed to use it for yourself?

Even if you can't use it yourself, you can still sell it to the Orc Empire, and maybe you can make more. As long as you don't sell it in the Northland, you won't be able to account for the past.

What's more, it was the slave traders who were in charge of the sale. You just have to put the goods in their hands, and what happens next has nothing to do with you. ”

There is no problem, whoever sells is responsible. Even if they really violated the interests of the local snake, it was impossible for people to go all the way to the southeastern province to find a middleman to settle accounts.

"But when cash becomes a commodity, can they say yes?"

Kate is really bottomless in her heart, at least on him, it is unacceptable for cash to become a commodity.

"It's up to them. Anyway, if you don't have any money now, they will either accept the goods to pay off the debt, or they will come and collect it when you have the money. At most, it will beat you up and let out a bad breath.

Even if they want to kill you in their hearts, for the sake of money, they want you to live well.

Even if one of them is impulsive, the others will help stop it. After all, if something happens to you, it's even harder to collect the debt. ”

Hudson said indifferently.

It is the uncle who owes the debt, and the same applies in the continent of Aslant. If the creditors are not rational, you must not owe enough.

A lord like Baron Katelai, who owes more than 50,000 gold coins, few creditors can give it up.