Chapter 8 Displaced People

The registration of the Chamber of Commerce was very smooth, in the name of the nobility, and was not subjected to any difficulties.

The name of the Chamber of Commerce is the Blue and White Chamber of Commerce, the emblem is a cyan flower bone, and the registered capital of the Chamber of Commerce is 2000 gold coins.

A small aristocrat registered a chamber of commerce, which was very common and inconspicuous in the southern part of the empire. It didn't go unnoticed by anyone at all.

Next, Le Fei will bring a large number of hired people, with herbicides, to the market areas set up by the nobles of various territories to sell.

The name of the herbicide is very bluffing, and the publicity effect is also very powerful, which makes the more people who wait and see, but not many are actually sold.

At the beginning, the five sales locations were set up, and the sales amount for a whole day was only 20 gold coins.

The operation of the Chamber of Commerce for a day, taxes, booth fees, and labor costs, total, nearly 200 gold coins.

This is still the early stage, and if it is expanded in the later stage, the operating costs may increase.

However, the sales on the first day were a bit overwhelming. 20 gold coins, and regardless of the cost, even if it is 100% profit, it is only one-tenth of the operating expenses.

This is no longer a concept of trading at a loss.

Such a revenue deficit simply made those merchants laugh out loud. "It's a pure trick!". Most of the merchants commented on the sales location set up by Rollin: "In a few days, they will close the stall and leave." ”

But Luo Lin didn't care, and he didn't panic in the slightest, he took the return of the housekeeper Lefei, nodded, said You did a good job, and put it aside.

The effect of the herbicidal potion is real, and now the whole south has been attacked by the big wild grass, and one day, after the effect appears, it will spread ten or ten hundreds, almost without any publicity, and the sales point is the only one, so it will naturally quickly become popular. There is no need to worry about the sale of herbicides, in the early stage, just be patient.

Another thing that Rollin cares about is the expansion of the territorial guard.

Chuck handed over some of the recommended people and teams to Rollin to look at.

Among his recommendations were some people from his hometown, some adventurers, and some mercenaries.

Luo Lin frowned slightly, the people from his hometown can be considered, but the number of people is too small, and it is not easy to control, so it is not the best choice.

And the adventurers, who are lazy and lax, regardless of the problem of su zhì and strength, is the power that can be exerted after being formed into an army, which is really worrying.

Although mercenaries are a good choice, they have their own system, even if they declare allegiance to Luo Lin because of money, they will not be co-opted with the current strength of Luo Lin! Because if they are not careful, they will be counterattacked, and when the time comes, it is not certain who is the master.

After choosing for a long time, there was no good goal, which made Rollin a little headache.

As if seeing Rollin's headache, Chuck raised his head and said cautiously: "Actually, I still have a goal, but I don't know if it's good or not......"

Rollin glanced at Chuck and said, "You say." ”

Chuck then said: "The north is turbulent, because of the constant wars in the empire, many people from the north have come to the south in exile...... Although most of these people are homeless people with low combat effectiveness, the cost of taking them in is very small, and if they are fed and trained, they will also become a good fighting force. Not only that, but among these people, there will also be some people who already have some strength, who can also be absorbed because of the war and displacement. I just don't know, what do you think?"

"Wanderers?" Luo Lin's eyes lit up, this was indeed a good choice, he hesitated for a moment, he asked: "But these people, since they have strength, why don't they go to become soldiers?"

Chuck glanced at Rollin, thought for a moment, and then said: "This is because of the military system of the empire, if these people join the army and do not receive training, most of them will be sent to the front line as cannon fodder, so many people are not willing to join the army and die......"

"I see, since that's the case, then you should make a show and recruit a group of displaced people. The number of recruits is probably between 2,000 and 3,000!" Rollin put the decision down.

"Yes!"

"Well, you go and ask the housekeeper for 1,000 gold coins to buy grain, the grain doesn't have to be too good, last year's old grain is fine, as long as it's not spoiled. Rollin thought for a moment and added.

It's not that he's stingy, but there's a rule and regulations in it. It's all the old grain, they're almost starving to death, so who cares?

In addition, they should not be allowed to eat for nothing, and if they eat white food, they feel that it is a gift of the lord's mercy, and for a long time, it has been taken for granted, then the atmosphere will be broken, and the hearts of the people will be scattered.

So, even if you do something meaningless, let them do the work.

This is the way to govern the people. It is not advisable to be merciful. If you take it, you will bring about your own destruction.

Rollin continued: "Also, after eating my stuff, they can't help but work. There is a forest in the back mountain, let some people go over and mine wood! There is ore in the low mountain in the north, you take people to blow up the mountain with gunpowder, and then mine it. In addition, I will also open up a pit and barren land, and by the way, rebuild the road in the town. ”

"Also, let these people build their own houses, and they will build them out of wood from the back mountains! ”

"In the end, the most important thing is to draw a team of 300 to 500 people from among these people. They are treated a little better than the outcasts, not only are they fed, but they also have some meat! Your main task is to train these people like crazy. ”

"Maybe there will be people who don't know whether they want to make trouble? Don't be afraid, you train them to the death, let them train, and after they are full, they want to rest immediately, and they won't make trouble!"

"Also, among them, there must be people who are not willing to train, you have to work out one more thing besides using a whip, and the final regular army is only 200 people!"

"These 200 people can wear armor and leather armor, eat meat at once, and have salaries! In addition, if you kill people on the battlefield, you will be rewarded with 5 gold coins for killing 1 person, and you can be promoted to captain by killing 5 people, leading a team of 20 people. Kill 10 people is awarded to the captain, rate 100 people. Kill 20 people and award a knight's medal!"

"After successfully training a team of 200 people, with an example, you can also select people who are willing to join the army and continue to train, so that I can train qualified troops in batches, my goal is not much, three batches of 600 troops can be. ”

Chuck listened to Rollin's words, and even himself, his breath became rapid. Now, according to Rollin's standards, he is only a little more powerful than the squad leader, and he is just below the captain.

Rollin looked at Chuck and said, "You do it well, your future position is a knight and their commander, but you must not let me down!"

Chuck got down on one knee: "Yes!"

"You and your subordinates may not be able to do this alone, after all, there are 2,000 people. It's not trivial, you recruit a trustworthy mercenary army, 50 to 100 people, and let them assist you and supervise them. Rollin said: "The mercenary's money can be drawn from the steward. ”

"I see. ”

"Stand down. ”

Rollin watched Chuck leave, his eyes slowly closed, thinking about these things, thinking about it a few times, and thinking carefully, he didn't know if his strategy was right or wrong?

Only learned from practice!