Hearing that the lord was going to do the work of drawing a map, which requires a high degree of accuracy, Jeff immediately handed over a ruler, but Leon refused.

"No, I've got a good brain. ”

It was good to say that the entire map of Campbell was now in Leon's mind, and then the quill in his hand continued to scribble various graphics on the sketch, almost without pause.

The northernmost part is the southern foothills of the Bronze Helmet Mountains from the Earldom of Macaro into Campbell's territory, and the Wolf's Kiss Forest extends from the mountains to cover a quarter of the northern land. To the west and southwest of the corner between the mountains and forests are the towns of Montenegro and Forest, and further west of these two towns is the land of the Earl of Green Mountain, the Green Mountain Territory.

By this point, the terrain northwest of Campbell had gradually taken shape in his hands, but Leon was really not very good at drawing maps, symbolizing the forest in the shape of chicken feet, and the town was simply a square, and the name was written on it.

"Huh......" The young lord stopped his pen and looked at it with satisfaction.

"You're really, really, really detailed!" Jeff had been brewing for a long time before he came up with such a word to compliment.

In fact, for them, no matter how detailed Leon is, they will not be surprised, after all, the young man was born and raised in Campbell, and if they don't know the situation of their birthplace, they will be curious, but what these people can't imagine is that whether it is the former little nobleman Leon, or the current time-traveler Leon, the two together may have been to one-tenth of Campbell's land.

"It's okay," Li Ang was completely unconscious, and casually put the pen on the table, "It's just too time-consuming." ”

It took more than 20 minutes to draw only a quarter of the way, and it was impossible for so many people to wait for him to finish the entire map, not to mention that he had already used this to cover up the matter of owing money, so it was time to talk about the business, right?

"Erik, are Temple and Lyle back?"

These two men were the merchants and hunters who wanted to stay in Campbell after the Brown Bear riots, and they were so excited to hear that the lord wanted to build a free trade zone when they received an affirmative answer from Leon and immediately asked to leave for a while to sell off some of their properties elsewhere and return to Campbell to focus on this important job for the rest of their lives.

Leon agreed to their request, and at the same time allowed the two men to reveal a little bit of the idea of the trade zone to some familiar hunters, first, to see the repercussions, and secondly, of course, to prepare in advance, once the shelves of the trade zone were erected, some hunters could settle in, and seize the time to explore the wider part of the Black Forest.

The liaison with Temple and Lyle had already been handed over to Eric, so the gangster leader immediately replied: "I haven't come back yet, but Temple has sent someone to bring a letter, saying that he has gone to a far area with Lyle, and there are a few of his friends there, so it is estimated that it will be some time later." ”

"That's just right," Leon smiled, "if they had moved a little faster, maybe I wouldn't have even prepared the timber and stone for building a house." ”

"That's fine," said Eric, "even if there isn't even a house in the trade zone, as long as you fence off a piece of land with a rope and set up a sign for a free trade zone, the hunters don't care if they have a place to eat or stay, as long as the lord acknowledges it." ”

This sentence can be regarded as to the point, as long as there are benefits for hunters, it doesn't matter if there is food, clothing, housing and transportation, and if you want to enjoy it, you can go anywhere on the mainland, why bother in Campbell, a relatively barren land?

However, the young Lord Campbell disagreed with Eric's claims.

"No, Eric," Leon said with his hand in the blank space to the right of the sketch, "this is the location of the trade zone, and we must not only build houses, but also build them beautifully, sturdily and functionally, and we must plan the layout neatly, and each house must be functional, which is in line with my intentions." ”

Jeff took a breath, "My lord, the cost of such a house is not cheap, and the cost will at least exceed the expected several times, I feel that it is not necessary if it is just a trade area, at most it would be good to build some solid houses?"

"Look," Leon shook his head, picking up his quill and drawing a square at the location of the trade zone, and then pulling a straight line from the square to the west, extending directly to the center of the sketch.

"It's my long-term plan, so I have to think about it. ”

Even Eric's eyes widened at this moment, "You mean that in the future, the trade area will be expanded into a town corresponding to the manor?"

"Yes," Leon said, putting down his pen and leaning back in his chair, "the Black Forest has only been discovered by hunters for so many years, and it is conceivable that this trade area will exist for a long time, ten or eight years is not to say. ”

"I've learned from Temple that once this free trade zone opens, at least one or two hundred new and old hunters will come in on the news, not counting those who haven't had time to get the news. There are so many outsiders concentrated, and they are all jobs that exchange their lives for money, and their spending power must be very strong. In the past, Campbell couldn't meet the requirements, but now I will open all kinds of taverns with different styles and tastes, hostels with high, medium and low-end tastes, alchemy shops that accept custom alchemy potions, shops with a wide range of magical equipment, and even grocery stores, tailors, and bakeries, do you think these hunters will spend a lot of money in these places?"

“...... Absolutely," Eric stared at Leon's finger, as if he could see the small square that symbolized the town as buildings rose from the ground and crowds of people swarmed in.

Li Ang smiled, "They go to the Black Forest to explore, harvest all kinds of products, return and sell them to the merchants in charge of the purchase, and then take a large amount of money to eat, lodging, buy alchemy potions with various effects, and update the old equipment on their bodies for the next exploration...... Isn't that a perfect cycle?"

"So I'm going to make sure that they don't leave the trade zone while enjoying the treatment they can think of!"

The group of people sitting around the table stared dumbfounded at the young man in the middle, who had transformed from a lord into a sinister merchant who ate people and did not spit out bones, and reaped a fortune from these hunters.

"Sounds pitiful to the hunters...... Caterina muttered.

"No," Leon smiled at the knight girl, "it sounds like this, but in fact, their output will always be greater than their input, and the money spent is only a part of it after all." ”

"And my main purpose is not to make much money from them, but to drive consumption in this form, to form a new commercial town, and then ......," Leon's palm opened, patting on the position of the trade area, "and then to bring the commercial atmosphere of the whole territory to the surface, otherwise Campbell is still completely self-sufficient in farming, and has no ability to get rid of the reputation of being the most barren and remote part of the kingdom of Sver." ”

"It's a good idea, but just two hundred or two or three hundred hunters can achieve your goal?" the alchemy master suddenly spoke, he used a rare tone of discussion with the apprentice this time, and probably thought that this idea was feasible, "Let's talk about it specifically!"

"They're just consumers," Leon smiled at his mentor and began to elaborate on his thoughts.

The first facilities to be built required to employ a large number of people, which provided another paid career option for all the lords, such as some young people who did not want to work in farming, such as large and burdensome families who could come to the trade area to find employment, and when these people came to the trade area and received the first payment, although it may be insignificant compared to the hunters, it will gradually become a consumer group that cannot be ignored.

Secondly, when the fame of the trade area spread, it was predictable that in addition to hunters and lords, people from all walks of life would flow here, and Leon planned to control only some of the shops himself, and other commercial facilities would attract foreign merchants in the form of "entry fees" and "operating taxes", so as to attract more merchants to Campbell.

This idea is arguably a step further than his predecessors, and has completely evolved from a small free trade zone into a commercial town, that is, a new commercial center in Campbell.