Although Odaye was promoted to a hereditary nobleman, he actually relied on his own abundant funds, and he had no military exploits and no prestige among the soldiers under his command.

Because of the tradition of knighthood in the Kingdom of Haaland, hereditary nobles such as Odaye were actually discriminated against in the aristocratic class. Although he was also a veteran of the 1st Squadron, it was difficult for him to get the respect he deserved in the social affairs of the nobility.

Every time there was a large aristocratic banquet, he would encounter people who insulted and ridiculed him, and this feeling of discrimination made Odaye humiliated.

But in order to keep his family's wealth, Odaye needs a noble status very much, and the foundation of this family he created is vain, and he needs to maintain all kinds of relationships in order to survive.

Over the years, the only people who can bring him comfort are Immorton, who is also a capitalist nobleman, and his old comrades-in-arms of the first squadron.

Odaye encountered some difficulties, and it was usually the people of the 1st Squadron who resolved the conflict for him. With Jennings, Sulla and others coming forward to protect him, he can not be bullied.

The 1st Squadron is the core of the Haaland infantry and has a very glorious combat history. The hereditary nobles who came out of this squadron consisted of six people: Martin, Jennings, Lost, Sula, Levin, and Odaye.

The six hereditary nobles came from the same squadron, which shows the strength of this squadron and its long history.

The military is different from government units, and there are special internal rules, which are very protective of their shortcomings externally, especially the old comrades-in-arms who have the same experience, and the relationship is unusually deep.

For example, Odaye and Sula are real friends of life and death.

It was with the support of Sulla, Jennings and others that Odaye's business grew bigger and bigger, and he became a big capitalist, and then used his strong financial resources to recruit mercenaries, fight the undead to obtain soul crystals, and was knighted successfully in northern Priland.

But because Odaye did not come to the front line to fight, in fact, he also has no prestige among the mercenaries recruited, and talented and ambitious people among the mercenaries have also left the mercenary group created by Odaye, unwilling to work for him, and Odaye's subordinates are basically mediocre people.

After thirty years of development of the Haaland family, it is naturally impossible for the vassals and nobles to be unanimous. Because of interests, origins, and origins, they are divided into different small groups.

The most powerful person is the Count of Romon, the supporters of the Count of Rohm, mainly the traditional nobles of the Heihe Province, these people add up to more than thirty people.

Then there is the Viscount of Blenny in the province of Pryland, most of his nobles are from gangs and mercenaries on the east coast, and now there are more than a dozen hereditary nobles who are close to the Viscount of Blenny.

The nobles who like to exclude and humiliate Odaye are mainly the above two gangs.

The six nobles of the first squadron are also a small group, and because of the comradeship, they are more closely united. Their relationship with the royal family is also deeper than that of the Black River nobles and the Priland nobles.

Odaye has such a background and has developed faster than his old friend Immorton.

Immorton has a relatively simple background, he turned out to be a famous merchant in Blackriver Castle, and he had a little friendship with Lady Ola and Rand.

Immorton's biggest background is his uncle Kane, who once served as the captain of the Northern Legion, and his status is similar to that of Richard's uncle Rand, who is Kane's purse.

When William was promoted to hereditary nobility, Immorton lent Richard a sum of money.

Because of business dealings, Immorton began to act as an agent for the goods of the Harland territory, and gradually made very rich profits, and with the transfer of the northern army to the south, Immorton began to separate from his uncle and immigrate to the Harland territory. In the years that followed, Immorton caught up with the opening of the industry and started a flour mill with Odaye, making super-profits.

Although Immorton became a hereditary nobleman, he was severely excluded from the upper echelons, and the flour mill he opened was not only not allowed to enter the hereditary aristocracy, but also in the territory directly under the royal family of Haaland, and was not respected by officials with noble status. Competing with Immorton for the market often costs more.

If it weren't for the fact that the state-owned flour mills were so sluggish and unable to compete with private capital, it would have been difficult for the flour mills in Immorton to be so nourishing.

With the establishment of the Kingdom of Haaland, the local flour manufacturing industry has become saturated, and the profits of flour mills have fallen to the level of 20 percent.

For this reason, Odaye decided to enter the province of Rex to inspect the market and see if he could relocate a factory to the province of Rex.

Unexpectedly, on the steamer, he actually met his old comrades-in-arms, which undoubtedly made Odaye very happy.

When people get old, they tend to miss the past and cherish the feelings of their youth.

Odaye and Behrens were not the same soldiers, Odaye joined the Haraland Territory in the spring of 3253 A.D., and was one of the first soldiers in the Haaland Domain. He was a soldier of the same age as Sulla, Jennings, Perran, and Darcy, and Martin was their first squadron leader, and even Richard trained with Odaye and others, sometimes living in the same tent.

Behrens joined the Harland Territory in the winter of 3254 in the Dawn Calendar, and was regarded as the third batch of soldiers in the Haaland Territory. Although the two were in the same squadron at that time, they actually did not have a deep friendship.

Their intersection was to participate in the orc invasion of 3255, a brutal war in which both Odaye and Behrens were lucky to be spared.

For more than 20 years since then, the two have had different encounters.

Odaye was not very talented, and was seriously injured in the process of practicing the breathing method, so he retired from active service and entered the army to recuperate in a clothing factory. Behrens, on the other hand, distinguished himself in the army, rising to the rank of professional and becoming an officer. After more than ten years, Behrens developed very well in the army, was successfully promoted to a third-order professional, served as a deputy captain, and entered Richard's sight.

If the odds of the previous decade are any guide, Behrens is far more successful than Odaye.

Unfortunately, fate is unpredictable, and Odaye met the noble man in his life when he was at his most depressed. Sulla, an old comrade-in-arms, lent Odaye a huge sum of money to open a hotel and hotel, and with the explosion of the economy and population of Fort William, Odaye earned the first pot of gold in his life.

After that, Odaye raised a huge amount of money and entered the flour processing industry, and soon raised his worth to 100,000 gold coins, becoming Haaland's leading capitalist class.

Behrens' luck was so bad that he was seriously wounded in the Orc War in 3264 Dawn Calendar, and since then he has withdrawn from the military and returned to the countryside.

Behrens had been in the army for many years and earned a salary of about three hundred gold coins, which was a rare rich man in the countryside. After retiring, he also has a very generous pension, and he also has a special background of the first squadron, although he is also considered a middle-level leader of Haaland, but compared with Odaye, who made a fortune in business, there is no comparison.

With the success of Odaye's knighthood, the status of the two people has fundamentally changed, and they are no longer the same class.

Odaye grew from a small business to a successful businessman, and his approachable personality and high affability are also important reasons. When they met their old comrades-in-arms, Odaye's conversation was very high, and the two of them recalled the past, their emotions were extremely excited, and their thoughts seemed to return to the terrible war they experienced when they were recruits twenty-seven years ago.

"Honorable Baron, I beg your pardon, I'm so excited." Behrens wiped his moist eyes, clasped Odaye's hands tightly and said, "My hometown is on the East Coast, and I was originally a free man. More than 30 years ago, because I couldn't afford to pay the loan shark, my father sold me to a slave trader, and I became a slave and lost my freedom.

At that time, my life was a mess, there was no hope in life, and there was no way out. It was the great King Richard who rescued me from the slave market, taught me breathing, helped me find my direction in life, and had an ideal to fight for.

Now, twenty-eight years later, I have long since retired from the army, and my eldest son has inherited my career and served as a squadron leader in the army, and the professional rank has caught up with me. made up for my regrets. The second son also went to school and studied, became a skilled worker, with a relatively high salary, the youngest son is the smartest, has good grades in reading, has been admitted to the civil service, and the only daughter is also married to the son of an old comrade-in-arms, and lives a very happy life. The children are all grown up and don't need to worry about me anymore.

Now that I am old and my wife has passed away, I am ready to return to my hometown and retire on this land. I didn't expect to be able to meet my old comrades-in-arms on the ship, how happy it was. ”

Odaye listened carefully to Behrens' chatter and reassured: "We are only in our fifties, and we still have twenty or thirty years to live, which is not too old. Compared to the life we had when we were younger, we should be satisfied.

Behrens, you've immigrated here, and the kids are all on the mainland, so if anything happens, who can take care of you? ”

"Actually, I have quite a few relatives from my hometown who live in the province of Rex, such as my younger brother, who is still alive, but the family is indentured slaves, and my sister is married to Vidora, and they are living in poverty. When I return to my hometown, it will be a great help to their lives. ”

Hearing this, Odaye nodded and said, "Behrens, it seems that you often communicate with your relatives here, how is the economic development here?" If I set up a flour mill here, will there be a market and a market? ”

"The serfs here live in great poverty, and although His Majesty the King has decreed the emancipation of serfs, the vast majority of the population of this province has no spending power for at least five years, and the population of the entire province of Rex has only a few hundred thousand freemen and a small number of nobles. If you want to start a flour mill, the market is far less than the local one. ”

Since Odaye had decided to relocate a flour mill to the province of Rex, he had already done his research.

Rex Province is a province with a large population, even if it is only a service industry nobles and free people, there are also hundreds of thousands of consumer population, and the Kingdom of Haland and the Kingdom of the Sith have signed a peace treaty, and there is no shortage of markets and sales for the business of the Kingdom of the Sith.

In a short period of time, the market of the Rex Province and the Sith Kingdom is enough to absorb a lot of production capacity.

It is easier to take root in this land and occupy the market by opening a factory in Rex Province first. The opening of the factory in the province of Rex is a key step in the growth of Odaye Capital.

Once Odaye monopolizes this market, he will be able to steadily overpower Immorton in the market.

Although Odaye did not agree with what Behrens said, he nodded on the surface. Although he has become a hereditary nobleman, he is still a businessman, as a businessman, it has almost become his instinct to be able to speak well and be exquisite, and his aggressiveness is far less than that of a military nobleman.

Seeing their old friend, Odaye and Behrens talked with great interest. It wasn't until the time of disembarkation that they were reluctant to separate.

Odaye is preparing to open a flour mill in Belenburg.

Belémburg is one of the most important castles in the province of Rix, located on the north bank of the Maya River, with a total population of about 60,000 people.

Originally the capital of the Duke of Belém, Belém Castle was home to two legionnaires and a population of more than 200,000 people near the castle. With the arrival of Haaland's army, the garrison of Berenburg was dismantled. Without the garrison and their families, and with the flight of the Dukes of Belém, who lost part of their population, the castle of Belém now has a population of only 60,000.

With a population of 60,000, Belémburg is already the third largest city in the province of Rix. Odaye's decision to open the factory in Belenburg is a key factor in its proximity to the main wheat producing region in the province of Rex, but also in the densely populated Berenburg region and the very low price of labour.

After arriving in Belenburg, Odaye went straight to the local magistrate Idar.

The administrative system of Haaland is divided into five levels: province, county, county, township, and village, and the county guards are already middle and high-level cadres.

Of the more than 1.5 million square kilometers of land, there are only nine provinces and dozens of counties. Being able to climb to the position of county guard, whether it is ability or background, there are merits.

Idar also has a special relationship with Odaye and Behrens, and his father is also an old comrade-in-arms of Odaye and others, but he was unlucky to die at the hands of the orcs in 3255 in the Dawn calendar.

At that time, Idar was less than 10 years old, Haaland was not yet financially developed, the number of pensions was relatively small, and life was still very difficult.

Martin, the leader of the first squadron, mobilized his comrades in the first squadron to raise donations and take out some money to help these orphans and widows.

After Odaye's career, he also maintained this relationship, donating a large amount of money every year to help care for the orphans of the dead and disabled of the 1st Squadron. Although Odaye is not familiar with the relationship with Idar, he can still get in touch with the golden sign of the first squadron.

Moreover, Odayer's investment in Belém is a take-off for both sides. The factory was successful, Idar was given political success, and Odaye was taken care of locally, and he chose the factory near Belém Castle, where Idaer's background was also a key factor.

Before the investment, Odaye had already spoken to Idar several times and roughly agreed terms.

Signing the contract this time is actually a procedure to carry out, and the process is very simple.

(End of chapter)