Out of boredom, Raymond turned his head to look around, and soon found that on the other side of the table, there was a person who was even more depressed than himself.

"Miss Charlotte, you didn't have been there, otherwise you wouldn't have believed what was happening. It is said that at that time, those robbers fired thousands of arrows, and I rushed to the front alone, without even a shield in my hand, so I had to wave my sword in my hand and block all those arrows. And guess what, I'm not hurt at all, wahahaha..."

At this time, Harlot, who was very drunk, was pulling Charlotte and telling her "heroic deeds" with foaming at the mouth, as if she had forgotten the "two feet" that Charlotte had given her last time.

"Really? It seems that the scene must have been unbelievable. Charlotte pushed Harlotte's mouth wide enough to reach her cheek, accentuating the tone of the last four words.

didn't realize that his cowhide was blown up, and Harlot thought that he had finally gotten another look at the beauty, and couldn't help but float up with excitement: "Of course, you can faint when you meet a cowardly person." I rushed to the gate of the robber's camp and split it open with a single sword. If it weren't for me, the guys in the back would have rushed in, let alone killed them..."

"Well, it seems that you have the most credit. Come, let me toast you. Charlotte forced a smile and raised her glass to Harlot.

Since the robbers were eliminated, Charlotte, who had been depressed, finally cheered up, and she would deal with Harlot's harassment to some extent. At this time, she finally exuded a charm that matched her beautiful appearance, and she had her own style in every gesture.

Harlott's eyes were almost straight, and he mechanically raised his glass and poured it, half into his mouth, half on his face, but his gaze never took off Charlotte's flowery face.

"Young master, that guy is so hateful, he dares to say that your credit is his, do you want me to teach him a lesson. At this time, Barste leaned into Raymond's ear angrily.

"Haha, forget it. Raymond smiled and asked, "How is it, do you like it here?"

Baste scratched her head: "I can't say I like it." However, the scenery is beautiful and the food is delicious, and no one of us and Luz will find it strange here, which is good. The most important thing is that where the young master is, people will follow him. ”

Seeing Bath say the above words seriously, Raymond's heart was moved, and he couldn't help but reach out and rub her head. Feeling the young master's mood, Catwoman squinted her eyes comfortably, and rubbed her head against Raymond's body, like a real kitten.

"Hey, what are you thinking?" asked Rickett on the other side to Freddy, who hadn't spoken for a long time.

Freddie said disdainfully, "I'm thinking that this banquet will cost at least hundreds of gold coins." Just after eliminating the threat from outside, the city is still in shambles, not thinking about how to recover first, but wasting money on such boring activities, no wonder they have been bullied by hundreds of robbers for so long. ”

Freddie couldn't even get used to it, and Rickett couldn't help laughing, but it really seemed like something that could only be said by this cynical fellow.

He couldn't help but say: "It is precisely because we have eliminated the robbers that we need to celebrate, and this is also to boost morale, when you didn't see us coming, the people in the city were about to become." ”

Freddie snorted: "If you really want to boost morale, the best and most direct way is to slaughter all those robbers and make the people angry." Keeping them in prison will only be a waste of food. ”

Although he knew that this guy was ruthless, Rickett couldn't help but shudder, fortunately he joined the gang at the beginning, otherwise it would not be a good thing to be an enemy of this guy.

At this time, Dreya interjected: "Then what can be done, the other party is a prisoner after all, how can he kill indiscriminately." The Rawitt Federation is not a country in the usual sense, and there is no way to send those guys to prison, so they can only lock themselves up. ”

Freddie glanced at him, "Why can't you do it? Load those guys on your ship and sell them to Reed, let him resell them as slaves, and still recoup some of the losses, that's what smart people do." ”

This guy is really... Unexpectedly let his Cangyun be a slave ship, Dereya didn't dare to say any more, and quickly shut up obediently.

The party lasted until late at night, and finally ended when most of the people were drunk. However, the people on Raymond's side were very conscious, and they held a meeting overnight after Lutz supervised the delivery of the drunken escorts to the barracks.

It can be said that the successful defeat of the bandit group is definitely of great significance to Raymond and the others, which means that they have finally gained a foothold in this strange continent. Charlotte, in particular, publicly announced an agreement with them so that they could legitimately settle down in the town.

When I decided to cross the ocean and go to the continent of Veronica to find opportunities, in fact, everyone had no bottom in their hearts. However, it took less than a month for them to find a stable foothold, much to everyone's delight.

Raymond, in particular, subdued that group of subordinates and eliminated the bandit group at the lowest cost, showing wonderful skills and strategies, which made everyone full of confidence in him. At this point, he finally fully established himself as a leader in the group.

At this moment, in a large conference room in the mansion, from Raymond down, Bath, Lutz, Freddy, Rickett, and Harlot, the leaders of this wandering team, gathered together. Since Dreya is currently only the owner of the ship hired by Raymond, he is not eligible to attend this internal meeting for the time being.

With his hands propped on the table, Raymond looked at the people sitting on either side of the long table, and said slowly, "Everyone, we finally did it. ”

"Okay. Catwoman and Harlot immediately jumped up cheering.

Luz and the others were more steady, looking at each other with a look of joy in their eyes.

"So, let's take a look at our first results. Rickett?" Raymond said.

Rikketta nodded, stood up and said, "I took the time to make a preliminary estimate of that batch of loot in the afternoon, and it can be said that the harvest is huge. The combined value of those two batches of property was more than 100,000 gold coins, and it seemed that those robbers had a very good harvest in the past year or so. ”

From this number, we know that Raymond really did not misunderstand Harlot, although it is difficult to say in the future, but at this moment, this guy has cleverly chosen his loyalty to Raymond, thus ensuring a place in this conference room.

It seems that this time the bandit was indeed a good deal, not only did they gain the approval of Headington, but also made a lot of money. Coupled with the 100,000 gold coins of jewelry he got from Lord Saoirse before, Raymond now has about 300,000 disposable funds in his hands, which is of self-evident significance to their future development.

When he heard that the loot was worth so much, a trace of regret flashed across Harlot's face, as if he regretted whether he had been a little too honest when he collected the loot. He exclaimed, "There are so many, great, let's divide them quickly, so that the brethren will have the money to go... Belch. ”

When he saw everyone staring at him like fools, he realized that it was no longer time to be a robber and divide gold and silver, so he couldn't help coughing in embarrassment and didn't dare to speak again.

Ignoring the idiot, Raymond continued, "I decided to sell all of this shipment to Reed for cash. Now the question is, where are we going to spend this money?"

"Points—" Harlot shouted almost instinctively, but luckily he quickly covered his mouth as soon as the words came out.

"Young master, let's go buy a lot of delicious food, right?" Next, Catwoman's suggestion, who had no concept of money, was directly ignored by everyone.

"Young master, can you buy some weapons and armor? Our escort team is still wearing the equipment they used to be robbers, which is very simple, and their number is already very small, it is really difficult to form a decent combat force. Lutz suggested from what he was good at.

Raymond shook his head: "The matter of updating equipment, there is no hurry for the time being." Now that we've just cleared out the bandits, if we reinforce our arms immediately, we won't make the people of Headington suspicious. ”

"I think we should invest that money in Headington. At this time, Rickett said suddenly.

"What, are you crazy? Why give them the money?" said Harlot, puzzled.

"It's not giving, it's investing. Rickett corrected.

"It's not the same. Harlot muttered, then turned to Barste and asked, "What do you mean by investment?"

"Meow, people don't know. Catwoman was also at a loss.

Raymond asked with interest, "Why did you do this?"

"Because of the bandits, the whole of Beddington's business is almost at a standstill, and from a business point of view, it's the best time to buy the bottom," Rickett said. ”

"By doing so, we can help Beddington's economy recover as quickly as possible, and we can make an investment that will allow us to integrate into the town as soon as possible. ”

"I understand, they are short of money, so we give them money so that those guys will appreciate us. Catwoman suddenly realized.

"It's not giving, it's investing...", Rickett couldn't help but correct again.

"Stupid, don't you understand?" Freddie said angrily, "It's not a matter of good feelings at all, and it has little to do with money." Don't look at the fact that now they are grateful to us for driving out the bandits, but soon, they will find it a very unsightly thing to have a group of outsiders in their town. ”

"An alliance without linked interests will never last. So, these investments are not about helping them recover their economy or gaining their favor, but about tying this town to our interests and making them a part of us. ”

"So, in the future, if those guys want to break the covenant, it will directly harm our interests, so we will have an excuse to do it. This is the most important point!"

In the afternoon, he had just reached a pact with Charlotte, and Freddie was able to say this without changing his face in the evening, and he could only say that this guy was definitely a cold-blooded animal.

Rickett and Freddy, interpreting this investment behavior from an economic and political perspective, respectively, is obviously very revealing.

Raymond then said, "Well, do as Rickett said." ”

Economics is not Raymond's strength, so he asked, "How much should we take?"

Rickett thought for a moment: "At the beginning, 50,000 was about the same. ”

Raymond couldn't help but say, "So little, don't we have about 300,000 funds?"

Rickett explained: "For security reasons, we shouldn't make too much initial investment, and it's best not to let Beddington find out about our intentions, and then gradually add to it later." ”

Lutz couldn't help but say, "What if the other party doesn't accept it?"

Rickett said confidently: "Don't worry, at present, Headington is in ruins, it is the time when we need money, we are willing to invest, it is too late for them to welcome it, how can they refuse." ”

As he spoke, he said to Raymond: "Although I agree with Freddie that the political significance of this investment is far greater than the economic significance, I still want to get as much return as possible." So in the next two days I'm going to draw up a preliminary investment plan, spread the money across the industries as much as possible, and then you can present it to Mayor Charlotte, and that's fine. ”

Raymond nodded: "Okay, then this matter will be left to you to handle." ”

Then, he added: "In the future, our funds will be managed by you, and you can make your own decisions about the use of less than 10,000 gold coins." ”

The economy is not Raymond's forte, so Raymond wisely chose to leave it to the experts, and his decision was quite bold.

Ten thousand gold coins is by no means a small amount, and after obtaining this power, if Rickett has the heart, he can easily make a lot of money from it. But on the contrary, Raymond can do this to maximize his ability to free himself from cumbersome financial affairs.

The only thing he had to worry about was the loyalty of the chosen ones. And it is clear that Raymond chose to fully trust Rickett.

Even a person as sluggish as Harlot knew what Raymond's decision meant, and he couldn't help but open his mouth, deeply regretting why he didn't read more books when he was a child. And Freddie's eyes lit up, and he seemed to be impressed with Raymond again.

Rickett didn't expect Raymond to trust him so much, and after being stunned for a few seconds to make sure that he had heard correctly, he said excitedly: "Lord Raymond, please rest assured, I will definitely live up to your trust." ”

"Haha, then whether we eat fragrant and spicy food or drink the northwest wind in the future depends on you. Raymond patted him on the shoulder.

At this time, Freddy suddenly said, "My lord, I hope you can allocate me a sum of money alone." ”

Unexpectedly, even Freddie came to ask him for money, Raymond was surprised: "What do you want to do?"

"I'm going to build an intelligence system. Freddie said.

"Intelligence system?" Rickett was stunned: "Is this necessary?" *******************************************************************

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