Because of the waterway, horse-drawn carriages could not be consigned, so the Richard caravan had to rely on manpower to transport goods.

It is very convenient to take the waterway, and the boat can replenish the water along the way, and after entering Jonathan's territory, you can enter Eastburg after two days of dry food.

Richard's caravan of 300 men didn't actually need to carry much baggage.

With a small number of iron wildebeest horses to help transport them, they could bring back twenty tons of merchandise.

Twenty tons of salt, saving some enough to feed 20,000 people for a year.

Transporting this batch of salt back, organizing a caravan this time, and the goal of coming to Duke Jonathan's county will be achieved.

It only costs 110 gold coins to buy salt, and 12 gold coins need to be paid for the round-trip shipping by water, which saves a lot of money.

Richard calculated a little, according to the price specified by the Savile steward this year, the Haaland family would have to invest at least more than a thousand gold coins to buy the salt controlled by the Archon Jerram.

More than a thousand gold coins, you can raise an additional squadron of regular troops.

Even if the Haaland Territory has a lot of income now, the additional expenditure of more than a thousand gold coins is very heavy.

The remaining six hundred gold coins from this sale, Richard was not going to take them back.

The territory now has a good cash flow, and the gold coins brought back are of no use except for hiding them in the cellar.

Spending it indiscriminately will only cause inflation within the territory, and it is better to exchange it for goods in the Duke of Jonathan to strengthen the Haaland family.

In addition to producing table salt, the Duke of Jonathan is also very famous for its armor.

But there is no shortage of steel in the Haaland Lordship, and buying armor from the Duke of Jonathan will discourage the Haraland Chieftain.

The purchase of iron armor will affect the production of armor in Haaland's territory, so that the blacksmith's skills will not be improved for a long time.

Richard walked around Easter City and found that the Dukedom was also very productive, and the goods that could be produced here could be produced in Blackriver.

Although the Haaland territory lacked cloth, the transportation back from the Duke of Jonathan could not compete with local goods at all, including the freight along the way.

Just when Richard was a little disappointed and was about to take the gold coins back. Serena went straight to the door.

"Baron Richard, you've been wandering around Easte these days, looking for special goods?"

It didn't take long for a large caravan like Richard to enter East, and his information was discovered by the Sierra Chamber of Commerce.

In this environment of the Dawn Continent, every big businessman has the support of nobles.

There is no rule that nobles cannot do business in the major kingdoms, and almost all hereditary nobles will personally go down and run commercial activities.

Without a strong backer, no matter how big the business is, it will be easily swallowed up by the powerful.

"Yes, but I found that Jonathan's territory doesn't have particularly good merchandise other than table salt. If you bring it back to Fort Black, it will be difficult to compete with local products. ”

In the major kingdoms of the Dawn Continent, local protectionism is very serious.

The local business was controlled by hereditary aristocracy, and these people were intertwined and powerful.

Unless it is a scarce commodity that is not available locally, it is possible to make a profit in this environment.

Ordinary goods, simply cannot compete with the local chamber of commerce.

The Haaland family's steel trade has now affected the interests of some.

Some time ago, Baron Franklin of Brainer County sent people into the Harland territory, wanting to steal steel manufacturing technology, destroy the Harland family's mines, and attack the steel production capacity of the territory.

Baron Franklin was the largest producer of steel products in the province of Geda.

The family had a strong track record in the Pioneer War, and its territory was in Brainer County, in the rear of the province of Geda, and it was almost immune to orc invasion in recent decades.

Because of the discovery of iron ore in the territory, the Baron Franklin family was very wealthy. The operation of the territory is very good, although the territory area is less than 500 square kilometers, and there are already 40,000 slaves and people in the territory.

A wealthy territory and a large population can raise an army, and Barony Franklin's county is small in size, but it has six squadrons of soldiers.

Because of the steel production capacity, there are still a lot of iron armor.

The only thing worse than Haraland's territory is that it has less combat experience, except for the officers of the Franklin family, the soldiers do not practice breathing, and they are far inferior to Harland's territory.

The Haaland family and the Franklin family have been killed because of business conflicts.

Having caught the people who had entered the territory to make trouble, Richard had asked William to take the people away and sue them to the provincial capital of Leyte.

Because of commercial profits, the relationship became more and more stiff, and there were not a few nobles who finally broke out in territorial wars.

Although Richard is only a baron, the Haaland family already has a great influence in Geda Province, and their strength is second only to Viscount Rohman. He organized a caravan to come to the Duke of Jonathan to do business, and the upper echelons of the Duke of Jonathan naturally cared about him.

Where did Richard go every day?

How long did you stay?

How many people have you met?

Even the words of conversation with people were reported in detail to Serena's ears.

"It's true that it's hard for general goods to compete with local goods, but we in Duke Jonathan still have a lot of special products.

These goods will not be sold in the market, and if you want to buy them, you can only go to the Duke's Palace to find the Lady of Serra? ”

"Miss Serena, can you tell me any special merchandise?"

"For example, enchanted weapons, enchanted armor, magic bombs, Radiant potions, and some special magic plants, in addition, our Warcraft Horse Farm will also sell some war horses, such as the iron wildebeest needed by our family."

Before Richard became a professional, he once followed his uncle Soros to capture a group of iron wildebeests.

The Haaland family has nine of them, and in recent years the population has expanded slightly to fourteen wildebeests, and three have been successfully bred.

The Iron Wildebeest given to Roland was the most valuable, but unfortunately he died in the defense of the fortress of Pratos.

Uncle Soros was given three iron wildebeests, and now it has grown to five.

The number of Warcraft warhorses is too small, and it is not enough to organize a knight order dominated by professionals.

Moreover, there is also a lack of professional officers in Haaland's territory, and if he wants to form a knight order like Baron Harden, according to the development rate of a normal barony, Richard will not be able to do this kind of thing in his lifetime.

In previous years, the territory lacked funds, and there were no rich gold coins to buy iron wildebeest to expand the population. After listening to Serena's introduction, Richard was suddenly a little moved.

"Miss Serena, can you take a look at the Iron Wildebeest for sale?"

"Absolutely."

Led by Serena, Richard entered the backyard of the Duke's Palace.

More than a dozen iron wildebeest waiting to be sold are in the yard.

Richard took a closer look and was immediately disappointed. These iron wildebeest waiting to be sold are basically first-order inferior horses, and there are very few mares, and it is estimated that there are a little problems.

(End of chapter)