Generally speaking, countries on the mainland prohibit the purchase and sale of land, especially the land of the nobles, which is rewarded by the king, and selling it privately will not only deprive you of your title, but even invite murder in serious cases. However, there are always more solutions than difficulties, and the reality is that many nobles have squandered their belongings and have to sell their land in exchange for money in order to make ends meet.

As a result, some nobles privately sold their land to others, but did not report it to the king, and only claimed to have leased it to someone.

Renting land was not prohibited, so many nobles used the excuse of renting land to sell it in order to evade legal sanctions. Selia's family was originally a big nobleman, and she had seen a lot of such phenomena, and everyone remembered it when she said this.

If it was before, I'm afraid no one would dare to make such an idea, the money needed to buy a large piece of land is definitely a huge amount, these mercenary people don't even dare to think about it, but now that Sawan has money in his hand, buying land has become one of the options that can be considered.

As soon as it came to buying land, everyone's minds were immediately opened, and even Lyanna, who had been silent, became active. The mercenaries are the most well-informed when they travel all day long, and the rapid spread of news from all over the world is largely due to these people.

Everyone has gathered together the news they have heard, this is really not to say that they don't know, they are shocked, it turns out that there are so many down-and-out nobles on the mainland, although not every down-and-out nobleman has the intention of selling land, but these can be regarded as potential purchase objects.

After some analysis, everyone roughly circled a few objects, these places are all coastal places, and they are not rich and prosperous places, even if they are bought, it is not easy to attract the attention of others. Once it was decided that they would establish a base by purchasing land, the newly formed mercenary group immediately went into action. Hortz summoned a few of his quick-witted men and told them to go and find out who of the nobles had any intention of selling the land.

In the next few days, in addition to waiting for news in Bianshan Town, everyone began to work on merging the two mercenary groups, and this matter was left to Hortz and Winnett.

Sawan and Larry discussed where they might need to spend money next, and the two made a list of things one by one, and then roughly estimated the possible costs, in short, if they didn't do these things, once they started to do it, they found that things would be so many and so complicated.

A few days later, news came back, first of all, the mercenaries heard that the Count of Porter in the Fork Bay area was interested in selling some of the land, but the area was not large, and everyone was not very satisfied. Then all kinds of news came back, and after some screening, everyone finally determined three good places, among which the Duke of Amberton in the country of Hieronis was the most satisfied, so they decided to consider buying this place first.

After all, buying land is not as easy as buying a piece of clothing, and you have to see it for yourself anyway, so Sawan decides to take Naros, Celea, Lyanna, and Larry to investigate, and buy it if he is satisfied. The thought of owning their own land right away, everyone didn't want to wait any longer, so they packed their things and went on the road that day, and in order to get there as soon as possible, Sawin also brought Raun with him.

Shortly after the group left Bianshan Town on horseback, Sawin ordered Lawn, "Lawn, use your magic!"

Lawn smiled bitterly, and said in his heart that I have become a person who specializes in speeding up horses......

With the help of Lawn's wind magic, the speed of the journey was greatly accelerated, and it would have taken more than ten days to get from Bianshan Town to Heronys, but now it only took half the time to arrive. Hieronis is a small country on the southern coast, located on the coast of the Gulf of Hiro, because the sea route does not pass through here, so the economy here is not developed, and the population of the whole country is also very small, and it is a place that no one usually pays attention to.

After entering the herones, Sawan found that the scenery here was very different from that of the hinterland of the continent, not only did there be many plants that had never been seen before, but the climate was also very hot, which made Sawan very uncomfortable. The Duke of Amberton's territory is in the west of Hieronis, because it is a small country, and there are not many great nobles in Hieronis, and the Duke of Amberton is the largest of them.

After Savin and the others arrived at their destination, they were not in a hurry to meet the duke, but looked around in the duke's territory, this area is mainly hilly, and the water system in the territory is also very developed, which should be a very suitable place for agricultural planting, but because the population is too small, many places have not been developed, so the economy has been very backward.

The backward economy caused many tenant farmers to leave the area and run to other places, so that the population here became smaller and smaller, and the lack of people also made the duke lose his taxes, and finally made up his mind to sell the land.

After learning about these circumstances, Sawan is full of confidence in buying this place, the current duke is unsustainable, presumably the price will not be very high, and this kind of thing is related to the face of the nobles, when the time comes, there is no need for Savin to say that the duke will definitely try his best to hide it, which will be very important for the early development of Savan.

After deciding to buy the land, Sawan and the others rode to the Duke's castle, which was the only lively place in the area. The Duke of Amberton's castle is located on a hill, and the locals say that it was built hundreds of years ago, and when they look at it from afar, they see a dilapidated castle standing alone on a hillside, and one of the minarets has collapsed in half, looking like a haunted castle in the legend.

Celia commented: "It's a pity that such a dilapidated castle is still inhabited. ”

Larry said: "If this duke hadn't been down, he wouldn't have taken out the land and sold it, and these nobles are often not as good as ordinary commoners once they are down, after all, commoners still have a skill, and these nobles can't do anything but collect taxes......"

After a while, everyone had arrived at the gate of the castle, and saw that there were many small traders on both sides of the road leading to the gate of the castle, such as fabrics, leather, vegetables, and fruits...... There are all kinds of miscellaneous things, and they are no different from the village markets in other places.

Sawin laughed, "It's a lively place. ”

The others frowned and said, "It seems that this duke is miserable enough, and he actually allows the merchants to do business at his own doorstep, and other nobles may have let the soldiers drive them away." ”

Sawan said: "What's wrong with this, as long as the place can be prosperous, a small face is nothing, I think this duke is a very practical person." ”

Everyone laughed and walked through the bazaar towards the castle, where only two soldiers were guarding the gate, and they were not even wearing armor, and the long-handled battle axe was placed at their feet casually, and their attitude was extremely casual. When the two soldiers saw Savin and the others approaching, one of them stood up and asked, "Who are you?

Larry stepped forward a few steps and said, "We have come to visit the Duke, and we have a business to discuss with him. ”

The soldier couldn't help but be happy when he heard Larry finish speaking, and said, "This is really fresh, no one has been here for a long time, I didn't expect so many people to come here today, you wait, I'll go back and pay a respect." After saying that, the soldier ran into the castle without even taking his weapon, and several people frowned when they saw it.

Then another soldier came up and asked with a grin, "Where are you from?"

Larry's eyes rolled, and he said that he was just asking about the soldier from him, so he approached the soldier who was guarding the door and asked in a low voice, "I heard that your duke is in financial difficulties now, are you planning to sell the land?"

The soldier nodded and said, "Don't mention it, we haven't been paid for several months, a few days ago an intermediary brought someone to ask, I heard that the price given was too low, and was rejected by the duke." ”

When Larry heard this, this was an important piece of information, and he could feel the other party's bottom line before the negotiation, and wait for his side to bargain. So Larry quietly slipped a few silver coins and continued to ask, "How much does the intermediary pay?"

The soldier leaned into Larry's ear and said, "I heard that he gave 500,000 gold coins, and the duke said it was too low......" Larry was shocked when he heard it, 500,000 is too little, this duke's appetite is not small!

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